Looking forward to the coming year, there are some regularly anticipated events coming up, as well as a new one.

I will be sending a painting to the Student Show, with the Federation of Canadian Artists. It starts in a couple of weeks. Anyone who takes a class or workshop with the FCA can submit a painting to their annual Student Show. 

I continue to paint with the two groups, Prairie River Artists and Escape Artists, both of which will be having group shows this year.  The Prairie River Artists will have their annual show and sale at the Albert Community Centre as always. This will be the 8th year for this group.

This year, the Escape Artists have been invited to have a group show at the Muttart Convervatory in Edmonton.  We are very excited about this opportunity to show our work in a new venue. The show will be up for most of the summer, and will be in the newly renovated foyer of the main building. 

This year, Gardenscape 2010 is changing its format for their art show and sale. Artists must submit their work, and if selected, will be provided with their own display board on which to show their work. I am planning to submit an application for this show as I have participated for a few years now, and it is a very enjoyable show. Having all the gardens around makes for a great environment. 

Also, this year, I plan to make this blog a weekly happening, writing about art as I think and feel about it. So if you like, subscribe to the blog using the RSS link on the home page. You can receive it in any of the reader web sites. I like Google reader; this link will take you to the 'tour' page which shows you how it works.  I like it because it gathers all the web sites I like to follow and puts them all in one place. It updates constantly, so you can see which ones have new material in them. I have several art sites that I like to follow, and will write about them in the next blog. So stay tuned.

And Happy 2010!