.		News and New Works 2011 October 01 to 29, 2011 Wimmin in Wax – A New Ball of Wax – Group Exhibition Hinton Public Library, Switzer Drive Opening reception from 2 to 4 pm Refreshments, Artists in attendance! There are eight Wimmin in Wax encaustic artists in exhibiting in this event: Lorna Kemp, Catherine Boggs, Aurelia Saunders, Izabella Orzelski-Konikowski, Sirkka Kadatz, Jane Montgomery, Diane Plasse and Monika Dery. The 30 paintings are a large variety of wax-based pieces with many different techniques as we are a very loosely based group with different painting backgrounds. Four of us have just returned from the International Encaustics Association conference in Portland, Oregon, and IEA is always looking for new encaustic artist members if you happen to love wax. Lorna and Monika had paintings juried into the prestigious Columbia River Gallery for an exhibition this coming month. Contact Monika for more information. August 26-September 26, 2011 Wimmin in Wax – A New Ball of Wax – Group Exhibition and Sale University of Alberta – Enterprise Square (formerly the downtown Bay store) Open 7 am to 11 pm, 10230 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, AB Opening Reception August 26 from 6-8 pm. Refreshments, Artists in attendance. "Wimmin in Wax," a loosely knit group of Alberta visual artists, hosts this fantastic encaustic art exhibition reception with most artists in attendance. These 10 wax-based artists will wow guests with their innovative use of wax in creating a new/old form of art. Encaustic art has been around for thousands of years and many of the Fayum paintings in the tombs of the Pharaohs are still as beautiful as the day they were painted. June 2011 HAC just finished a printmaking workshop with Ron Wigglesworth from the U of A in Edmonton. We learned (or refreshed) woodblock, copper, polymer photo transfer, plexi and glass printmaking during the 3 days. It was great fun and very informative as Ron is an accomplished international printmaker, recently returned from several years in Europe. May 2011 Monika received the Juror's Choice Award at the ACACA competition in HInton in May as well as the Master's Award for the Northern Zone. The painting, in Red Deer for the Provincial Exhibition and Competition, will go on to a dedicated exhibition at the VAAA Gallery in Edmonton at the end of that show the middle of August for another month's exhibition. Please visit Shows and Venues for current exhibitions and listings.     "CKUA's First Friday in Hinton What a blast! On June 5th, CKUA and the Hinton Art Club joined forces for a First Friday evening to remember. Andy Donnelly began the evening in the ballroom at the Howard Johnson’s Hotel in Hinton with the Celtic Show, playing great music and learning all about Hinton’s vibrant arts community. CKUA’s morning man Tony King then hosted a live hour-long concert by the Polyjesters. The four-piece band from Carstairs brought tons of energy to the room, playing their own genre of music, a combination of bluegrass and jazz they have dubbed "blazz". No matter what you call it, these guys certainly know how to get the crowd on their feet! Throughout the evening, the Hinton Art Club revealed their mural mosaic; a community art project that included 240 panels painted by Hintonites from all walks of life. Art, music, dancing and good times – CKUA’s First Fridays in Hinton was definitely a success!" YOU ARE INVITED TO THE HINTON ART CLUB AND CKUA RADIO CELEBRATION June 05, 2009, 5 pm to midnight Howard Johnson's Hotel Ballroom (the former Crestwood Hotel) Join us for the assembly and unveiling of the "Hinton Through the Ages" mural mosaic and CKUA'S Live Broadcase - First Friday Andy Donnelly with the Reknowned Polyjesters from Calgary Live music, dancing and entertainment First print off the printer, Auction, Art Exhibit and Sale Food & beverages available, no cover charge Call 865 7429 or 865 4853 for more information   2009 NEWSLETTERS Alberta Arts Information Highway May 2009 57 KB RTF Document Alberta Arts Information Highway April 2009 32 KB RTF Document Alberta Arts Information Highway March 2009 54 KB RTF Document Alberta Arts Information Highway February 2009 31 KB RTF Document Alberta Arts Information Highway January 2009 16 KB RTF Document   2008 NEWSLETTERS Alberta Arts Information Highway December 2008 27 KB RTF Document Alberta Arts Information Highway November 2008 42 KB RTF Document Alberta Arts Information Highway September 2008 31 KB RTF Document Alberta Arts Information Highway June 2008 36 KB RTF Document Alberta Arts Information Highway May 2008 38 KB RTF Document Alberta Arts Information Highway April 2008 87 KB PDF Alberta Arts Information Highway March 2008 70 KB PDF Alberta Arts Information Highway February 2008 83 KB PDF Alberta Arts Information Highway January 2008 57 KB PDF   MAY 2008 Photos TransAlta Arts Barns, Old Strathcona, Edmonton, Alberta Night of Artists Festival:     April 2008 Visit Monika at the Night of Artists Festival in Old Strathcona, April 25-26-27.   March 2008 Photos from ArtExpo New York 2008.     February 2008 Monika is off to New York for her second exhibition at ArtExpo New York.   September 2007 Monika has added another gallery page. Visit The Gallery Shop V to see her series of new works, all batik on rice paper. August 2007 Visit the Photographs page to see work from this summer's solo Fringe Gallery exhibit: Flotsam and Then Some Mixed Media on Polystyrene 24 x 56" $799.00 March 2007 Art Expo "New York was fantastic, and this time I ended up going to three Broadway plays: We saw "A Chorus Line," Translations (a dark Irish Epic about the potato famine and war) and "The Drowsy Chaperone" which came from Canada and earned five Tonys last year. It was great fun, as was Chorus Line. Went to the Pierre again and also dined our way around the city, having the second best meal at the Red Cat in Chelsea, an Italian restaurant which was almost full when we got there for our reservation. The ArtExpo was well-received and I came back with only one of the six small paintings I brought with me. I met some really interesting artists there (one wax-based artist/sculptor was from Toronto, a friend of a friend from Quebec who does fabulous big city streetscapes and an abstract artist from the French Riviera) but it was truly mind-boggling. Over 1,000 booths with an approximate total of artists around 3000 artists. They were there from all over the world including Asia, China, Europe, North and South America and everywhere in between. Visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim (which was showing Picasso, Miro, El Greco and several other artists) were wonderful. Harlem was fun and not scary at all...we stopped in at the Paris Blues club and did a few numbers. Juliet and I have been invited back next year to do an engagement." See the Photographs page for more pictures from New York.   February 2007 Site updates Monika's exhibiting in new venues this year and is also participating in Art Expo New York. Visit Shows and Venues for more information.   December 2006 New Paintings .   December 2006 Christmas Paintings: Batik $150 each .   December 2006 Mexican Holiday Monika visited Cancun recently and here are a few thumbnails of paintings she did on her trip. Visit the Photographs page for interior shots of the Royal Haciendas, Playa del Carmen, Mexico. June 2006 Mural Mosaic This is Monika's new panel for Mural Mosaic. She is pleased to be in the company of Robert Bateman, Dr. David Suzuki, Tom Cochrane, Kevin Hearn, Felicia Collins, and many other celebrities who have created panels for the Mosaic. The panels are now being auctioned off (December to April) and half the proceeds will go to CPAWS. February 2006     All artwork is the property of the artist and may not be used without permission. Copyright © 1999-2012 Monika Dery, All Rights Reserved