Art for your Sweet Tooth!

Now that they're officially out, I can give details on the art exhibit I was asked to take part in. Called "Get Baked: Art for Your Sweet Tooth," the show is taking place at the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre next month, and is a fundraiser for Marguerite's Place. If you're not in St. John's or aren't aware of it, Marguerite's Place, when finished, will include supportive housing units for single women over 30, as well other programs run by the St. John's Status of Women Council and Women's Centre. The facility is named in honour of Marguerite Dyson, a Women's Centre volunteer, who was murdered in her St. John's boarding house in 1996, at the age of 51.

Not only is the show for a great cause, it has a great theme: Cupcakes! The whole project was the idea of Alicia E., curator and tattoo artist/graphic artist/art glass designer, who happens to love cupcakes more than anyone I know (she's even got cupcake tattoos). Alicia is also one of the most hard-working people I know, and has organized  all kinds of artistic events as fundraisers for various charities around the city.

It's a mixed media exhibit, and I'm doing three pieces: one is a photography piece (for which I'll need a kitchen that has more natural light than mine- anyone got one they'd like to volunteer? There'll be cupcakes in it for you!), one is a fairly sizeable embroidery piece (wall art), and the other involves one of my favourite mediums... recycled sweaters.Will post some pics as they get nearer to being finished. :)

There are going to be some pretty interesting pieces on display and for sale (including Jared Reid's, which involves 750 plaster cupcakes sculptures!), so if you're around, please come and check it out!