Photos: Alicia M B Ballard
Thursday, 17 September 2015
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
" Interknots II" Installation Event Cancellation
We regret to inform you that due to the weather forecast for this coming Friday September 18, the Installation will not proceed.
Thank you all!
We will make the attempt again next year. See you then!
Monday, 14 September 2015
@ the White Rock Library....
... after this weekend's "Master Artists" series event (OTB "special" )
Sunday, 13 September 2015
OTB Opening Event 2015
Alicia M B Ballard's brief opening words Photo: Don Dutkowski
Mayor Wayne Baldwin opening words. Photo: Alicia M B Ballard
Mayor Baldwin presented Pauline Dutkowski with a Certificate of Appreciation
on behalf of the City and a small gift for her to enjoy with Don...
Photo: Alicia M B Ballard
Observing from the sidelines.... Photo: Don Dutkowski
Mayor Baldwin with Pauline Dutkowski and Jean Smith/FVRL
Photo: Alicia M B Ballard
Lucinda Lyall/FVRL (in the back) Councillor Lynn Sinclair, seated, Mrs Baldwin and guest
Photo: Alicia M B Ballard
Attending guests, Alex Browne, Mayor Baldwin and Pauline
Photo: Alicia M B Ballard
The Fusionistas, down to one member for the day, Katherine Siemens performing
a contemporary tribal fusion improvisation
Photo: Alicia M B Ballard
Katherine Siemens - Photo: Alicia M B Ballard
Guests, Pauline Dutkowski and Mary Mikelson
Photo: Alicia M B Ballard
The Friends fo the Library graciously hosted once again our event. Thank you Liz and Barb.
Photo: Alicia M B Ballard
Katherine and Dominique - Photo: Alicia M B Ballard
Donald and Pauline Dutkowski, firbre artist and former OTB Coordinator with Katherine Siemens multi-media artist and Alex Browne, Arts Editor PAN
Saturday, 12 September 2015
Calling all Fibre Artists of the Lower Mainland!
Join us un White Rock, at park behind White Rock Community Centre on Friday September 18, 1:30PM to create an enchanted garden on the Russell Street side entrance... "Interknots II" is a project open to all fibre artist and the community at large to contribute their fibre creations in the forms of flowers and critters and other "magical" beings for a two week long installation during the OTB Festival! Love to see you there. Let' have some fun.
(Photo to come when I locate it within the mess that Apple had made of my photo collection! - With apologies!)
(Photo to come when I locate it within the mess that Apple had made of my photo collection! - With apologies!)
Friday, 11 September 2015
Making progress at the #WhiteRock Library today. Cont.... tomorrow!
All I knew about Medusa was what imagine most of us know... a character out of Greek Mythology with snakes for hair... As I researched in preparation, in order to have a staring point (after viewing a large number of interpretations on line) some of them quiet fantastic and imaginative, some almost sublime as the GIFF of an all white face and snakes moving about...
Never the less this Medusa was (as all else) going be to totally mine.
As the story goes... not exactly pinpointing when it began, but sometime during the Iron Age and the Bronze one for sure, I decided to have some daggers representing the iron and the "mandatory shield" had be bronze..
As for the snakes, I decides that as many added to the story through time to make such convoluted outcome in its versions, I could contribute to it with my own take on snakes, with which I finally made peace with in their synthetic form!
The ring of fire represent "war" an its calamities and as often in ancient times fire was set to eliminate the enemy.
Athena's shield would be a "girly" one if left up to me... thus, colour became important as in all my works they represent diverse powerful and protective energies...
Thursday, 10 September 2015
@ #WhiteRock Library this weekend!
Alicia M B Ballard added 6 new photos to the album: "Medusa".
The journey.... form the harebrained idea through the brink of disaster, this weekend at the Library... but, I think I resolved most of technical issues... Hopefully to satisfaction! wink emoticon
Monday, 7 September 2015
"Medusa" in progress...
... to be continued @ Library Friday and Saturday September 11 & 12, 11:00AM - 4:00PM
the wings mask cut for the application of the modelling paste (home made this time!)
testing-testing fit and snakes on shield
the huge background workd almost completed.... but not quiet, always some more adjustments found to be needed... the work of an artist is never "finished" - but "just"
Sunday, 6 September 2015
YEY!!! Challenging all White Rock bars to a great happy hours special
Challenging all White Rock bars to a great happy hours special, let the good time roll with an OTB Happy Hour! (weekends? Until the Sept 30, the remaining to the Festival)
Very, very OTB Happy Hour in Arezzo, Tuscany
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Looking forward to some spectacular feasts!
YEY!!! Challenging all White Rock coffee shops to have an OTB Special
Challenging all coffee shops to have an OTB Special for the duration of the Outside the Box Festival (until Sept. 30) Something yummy?
Chocalate cornettino @ Hotel in Rome....
Both totally OTB!
Looking forward to some "yummylishious" bites!
@ Café Kali, El Palo, Málaga (Churros for breakie!)
Both totally OTB!
Looking forward to some "yummylishious" bites!
YEY!!! Challenging all chefs in White Rock
Outside the Box Festival challenges all White Rock chefs to create an OTB appetizer special
For the duration for the Festival (until Sept 30!) Let's find out how popular this appetizer and glass of wine special can become... :)
@ tapas bars in Barcelona, Málaga, Bilbao... every bite and glass of wine are OTB!
Looking forward to enjoy the wonderful creations of these artists!
Saturday, 5 September 2015
On display at the White Rock Library
And a couple of works (above photo) by Pauline Dutkowski, as well as her beloved
"Fibrarium" below
As well as other tempting displays and quilts...
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