Thursday, 31 May 2012

Meet the Artists!



I had the pleasure of meeting 6 out of the 7 other artists who will be taking part in the Leg. Residency Program to commerate the building's 100th birthday at our orientation at the Legislative Building on Monday, May 28th.  It was very cool to hear about the diverse projects that the other artists will be doing.  As the only performance artist in the group, I am a bit of the odd man out but through our discussions I quickly realized that all of our projects were going to present certain challenges.  But as they say, nothing worth doing was ever easy!  It was particularly awesome to meet the many helpful people who work at the Leg. and are so enthusiastic about our projects.  As always, it's the people who make the projects worth doing, and I am truly honoured to be a part of this fine group.

Now, it's time for me to get to work putting some pieces together for my project.  This is the exciting/scary stage for me as there is nothing but possibilities of what could be done.  Eeek!

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Leader Post Article Announcing Selected Artists


http://www.leaderpost.com/Local+artists+chosen+residence+program/6692836/story.html

I'm on the Team

The journey begins!  I was super excited to get an email from Laura Hale on May 22nd to let me know that I was one of eight artists selected to participate in the Saskatchewan Legislative Building 100th Anniversary Artist in Residence program!  That's right, folks!  That beautiful building in the Queen City that has seen various political leaders and dignitaries from near and far, and hosted countless wedding photo shoots over the years is turning 100 in 2012.  It is such a beautiful landmark, and I am very happy to be able to celebrate it, and the people of this province who have made such a grand symbol of democracy possible.