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| Photograph on brushed aluminum by Stephen Tobin |
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
Late Night Shopping: Twisted Gallery Opening
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| We will be open 6-8pm for the Port Moody Arts Centre gallery opening reception for Twisted on Wednesday, February 19th |
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Featured Artist at City Hall: Stephen Tobin
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| work by photographer, Stephen Tobin |
All work displayed at City Hall is for sale through the gift shop.
Please call 604.931.2008 ext. 102 to arrange your purchase.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Saturday, February 1, 2014
February's Featured Artist: Joan Marr
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| Joan Marr in her studio |
It's an art form that is open to endless experimentation with textures and pigments. Celery makes a strong, almost translucent paper, whereas tea leaves make a lovely soft paper. Fuchsias and geraniums add wonderful colors.
It makes sense to recycle existing reusable paper and to make paper from other organic fibres such as rice, cotton, flax, and reeds. I have experimented with these other fibres to make my papers.
I am involved in conversation and ecology... For this reason, I am making my own paper... Most of our paper uses treated wood pulp which produces chemical effluents that are poisoning our environment. Organically-made papers are free of toxins and acids.
I feel I have achieved an expanded paper product and art form of different textures and of organic pigments. This art form is just beginning and is an ongoing process of experimentation....
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