saturday, june 9, 2018 agra torchinsky salon,...

A CHAIR AFFAIR

Saturday, June 9, 2018 Agra Torchinsky Salon, MacKenzie Art Gallery

3475 Albert Street, Regina

Artist: Caroline Baker

Artist: Norma Frizzell Artist: Rod Wood

Auction Catalogue

Enjoy Yourself! All proceeds from this fundraiser will be given to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers

Campaign. The organization supports African grandmothers who are caring for millions of children orphaned by

AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

Welcome! From all of us at Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers Regina, thank you for attending and supporting our fundraiser. We hope you will place your bids, enjoy the excitement of a live auction and the anticipation of the silent auction, as you ensure a chance to take home a beautiful work of art while supporting ethical choices of recycling and repurposing. Enjoy the refreshments, and don’t forget to buy your tickets for the lovely raffle items. We thank you, too, for standing in solidarity with the Grandmothers of sub-Saharan Africa who are raising a generation of children orphaned by AIDS. Grandmothers for Grandmothers Regina would like to express their most sincere appreciation and gratitude to the artists who have shared time and creativity in support of this event: Spencer Atkins, Caroline Baker, Sheila Banga and Mai Ly, Linda Bojarski, Danni Boyd, Victor Cicansky, Judy Cormier, Jillian Dempsey, Beth Dreger, Cara Driscoll, Stacey Fayant and Jason Roland Hipfner, Charlie Fox, Norma Frizzell, Marina Giambattista, Brian Gladwell, Laura Hamilton, Nikki Jacquin, Terry Kleemola, Lakeview School Grade 2s, Pauline Leippi, Christine Lindsay, Jeannie Mah, Nolan Malbeuf, Kamryn Maurer, Kristal McBain, Bonnie McBride, Anne McLellan, Kim Merasty, Janice Moser, Tania Nault, Santana Nayneecassum, Tammy Ottenbreit, Loretta Paoli, Wilf Perreault, Regina Stitchery Guild, Jason Robins, Dana Rogochewsky, Bev Schutzman and Keren Ganshorn, Gerri Ann Siwek, Pat Smith, Janice Stefan, Deborah Thoms, Patricia Vogelgesang, Wendy Winter, Rod Wood, and Debbie Wozniak Bonk.

“The work is a donation to support the work of Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers. The history of donations has successfully raised more than the market value to support a social cause. If you value the work of Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers are doing helping grandmothers raise grandchildren, you will support this effort.” Victor Cicansky

Activities

6:30 Registration

Cash bar, hors d’oeuvres, raffle & silent auction

7:30 Welcome

Live Auction

Silent Auction continues

Raffle closes

Silent Auction ends

Special Thanks to…

Master of Ceremonies

Lisa Peters is an event planner with over 25 years of local and international planning experience, an award-winning talk show host of Access Communications Talk of the Town, and founder of a foundation that empowers women.

Lorina Motz

Auctioneer

George Grassick was brought up in a family of story tellers who brought the oral traditions of the Old World and enriched those traditions with strong alliances with First Nations Peoples, beginning in the pioneer era and continuing on to the present day. He has been around livestock since his childhood. That and his connection to the wild elements of the northern range also inform his poems, songs and stories. George has acted, written and produced in film and theatre, and his poetry has been published in Folklore and Blue Jay magazines.

Live & Silent Auction Rules

Registration

Upon entering the event, you will receive your bid number. Please use only the bid number assigned to you for bidding on silent and live auction items.

Silent Auction

Silent Auction opens at 6:30. The minimum bid for each item is written on the bid sheet by the item. The minimum bid is set at 40% of the artist’s estimated value of the item. To be valid, bids must comply with these minimums and be legible. To place a bid, write your bid number next to the bid amount on the bid sheet. Doing so constitutes a legal contract to purchase that silent auction item at the price you stated if your bid is the winning bid. The last (highest) valid bid entered at the moment the silent auction closes will be the winning bid. Note: for items with a starting bid less than $100, bids are accepted in increments of $10; for items with a starting bid greater than $100, bids are accepted in increments of $20.

Live Auction

Live Auction bidding will begin at 7:30. The minimum bid is set at 40% of the artist’s estimated value of the item. To be valid, bids must comply with these minimums. When bidding, please hold up your bid number toward the auctioneer. A bid acknowledged by the auctioneer is a legal contract to purchase the item.

Payment

All items must be paid for by the end of the evening. We gladly accept cash, cheque payable to G4G Regina or credit card. Debit cards are not accepted.

Pick-Up

Once you have paid for your winning items, you will be issued an exit receipt. Please present this receipt at Pick-Up to claim your winning item. It is the responsibility of the purchaser to remove his/her winning item(s) by the end of the auction, unless prior arrangements are made.

Terms of Sale

All sales are final. G4G Regina attempted to describe and catalogue all items correctly, but all items are offered and sold “AS IS” and “WITH ALL FAULTS.” G4G Regina neither warrants nor represents, and in no event shall be responsible for the correctness of descriptions, provenance or condition of the items.

Pre-Sale

Early bids will be accepted from June 1st to June 7th by calling 306-525-4067. However, the best way to ensure your bid is to attend the June 9th event.

Artist: Spencer Atkins

# 1 Silent auction

Artist estimate of value: $350


# 2 Silent auction

The Chair of Honour


# 3 Silent auction

I am currently pursuing my Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Regina in Drawing and Painting.

The landscape featured comes from my trip to the Grasslands National

Park last summer with my brother. I loved the trip in spite of being ill. Even though nature can be unwelcoming and cold, it always seems to draw me in with a sense of warmth. The limited colour palette and the dark lighting reflected how I was feeling prior to painting. I was feeling gloomy and dark in the winter months, but at the same time had many bright moments, similar to my trip.

Contact: [email protected]

Caroline Baker has been creating art from jewellery as rehabilitation and therapy for chemo-induced cognitive impairment. Jewellery Art is the perfect way to display estate jewellery.

This chair was created from several broken necklaces, brooches, pendants and earrings in dedication of Mothers, Grandmothers, Great-Grandmothers, and all strong, courageous women who worked endlessly to feed their families. Many grew gardens, raised chickens, pigs, cattle, picked berries, milked cows, and preserved fruits and vegetables .In addition to all their hard work they also grew beautiful flowers. It was due to their nurturing and sacrifices that we were able to grow, flourish and blossom. May we always honour these women of strength and endurance who seldom sat down, who often sat last during large family meals, and those whose chair now sadly sits empty.

Contact: 306-789-8222

Caroline Baker has been creating art from jewellery as rehabilitation and therapy for chemo-induced cognitive impairment. Jewellery Art is the perfect way to display estate jewellery.

This vintage boudoir chair was created from a belt buckle, a pendant,

and two broken bracelets. May it serve as a reminder to be kind to yourself, to take care of yourself, and most of all to love yourself. You are beautiful!

Contact: 306-789-8222

The Grace and Elegance Chair

Riverside



Medium: Acrylic paint

Medium: Recycled jewellery

Medium: Recyled jewellery

Artist: Linda Bojarski

Artists: Sheila Banga, Mai Ly

Medium: acrylic/ sealed with interior varathane varnish

# 4 Live auction

Sheila Banga was born and raised in Saskatchewan. She enrolled in a number of formal art classes at the University of Regina in the 80s. Giving up art for a number of years, she re-taught herself drawing and painting techniques. Her landscape paintings and portraits have found homes across Canada. Sheila works in pencil, soft pastel, coloured pencil, and acrylic. She is an active member of the HeARTland Artists’ Guild, Art Gallery of Regina and Artists Who Care. If you are looking to be inspired by a Canadian painter, look no further than Mai Ly. She loves painting nature, portraits and figures in oil, acrylic, and watercolor. Sometimes the subjects are placed in illusionary or surreal settings. Combining the modern techniques with traditional sensitivities, her paintings challenge the art lovers to search for deeper meanings, while at the same time pleasing the eye with depth of color and imaginative composition. Presently Mai Ly belongs to HeARTland Artists’ Guild. She is also a member of Art Gallery of Regina and Artists Who Care.

Saskatchewan, Land of the Living Skies, is home to magnificent sunsets, amazing cloud formations, far-reaching prairies, and flocks of migrating birds. These paintings incorporate well-known Saskatchewan landmarks: the Saskatchewan Legislative Building, Wascana Lake, and our rural countryside. You can see the geese and mallards in the warm and comforting glow of a prairie sunset. The waterfowl thrive wherever grasses and wetlands are available. For most of the year, the geese and ducks can be seen on the lakes, in our beautiful urban and provincial parks, and in rural countryside. In the autumn, when the weather is getting colder, they fly south in spectacular key formations.

Contact: www.sheila-banga.artistwebsites.com instagram: sheilabangaart Email Sheila at: [email protected] , Email Mai at: [email protected]

Linda is a Gramma, a quilter and a skilled seamstress. Responsible for oh so many G4G bags, Linda brings her many skills to this ultra-modern chair.

The seat of this chair is an extension of the lovely geometric pattern of the metal frame. Simple, functional and honourable of its Swedish design components. Paired with a primary cushion this chair will serve and complement any room.

Suggested Retail Value: $2400

Saskatchewan Canada’s HeARTland

Medium: fabric and metal

#5 Silent Auction

Suggested Retail Value: $75

Simply Modern

Contact:

http://www.sheila-banga.artistwebsites.com/

mailto:[email protected]


Artist: Danni Boyd

# 6 Silent auction


Artist: Victor Cicansky

# 7 Live auction

A Tuffet

Artist: Judy Cormier

# 8 Silent auction

Danni is a Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers Regina member. She created this piece with a great deal of assistance provided by skilled and artistic woodworker, John Boyd.

I got my inspiration from my grandmothers' gardens filled with flowers and vines.


Victor Cicansky was born and raised in Regina. He is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Regina, and the University of California, Davis. He also studied at Haystack Mountain School of Art at Deer Isle, Maine. He has taught at the University of Regina for over 20 years, Nova Scotia College of Art, the University of California, Davis and the Banff School of Fine Arts. He is the recipient of many Canada Council grants and awards including the Victoria and Albert Award for Ceramic Sculpture, the Kingsley Annual Award for Sculpture, and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. Cicansky has many solo and group exhibitions across Canada, the U.S.A., Japan, and Europe, and is represented in many major public and private collections.

His clay work, and more recently his bronze sculptures, reflects his love of the land and his passion for gardening. His work alludes to the natural rhythms of growth, decay, renewal and the wonderful and terrifying power of nature. The sense of wonder he experienced as a young boy lying face down in a freshly-plowed furrow still leaves him awestruck at the magnitude of the garden’s endless biotic enterprise.


Working with fabric and colour has been a creative outlet and form of self expression for me for a very long time. My mother made traditional quilts and I came to appreciate her unique use of design, colour and fabric. I cherish a quilt, an original design of appliquéd Saskatchewan scenes we made together for the Western Development Museum Centennial Quilt Competition. I am currently interested in exploring how colour, fabric and thread can be used as a medium to create portraits, landscapes and smaller works or pieces like “A Tuffet” using quilting techniques in an non-traditional fashion.

Little Miss Muffet, Needs a new tuffet And she knows where to find one. “A Chair Affair” Plan to be there. The bidding will be so much fun!


Companions

Summer Flowers



Medium : Hand carved with dark raspberry undercoat and clear gloss finish.

Medium: 24” wooden chair, ceramic

Medium: fabric

Artist: Jillian Dempsey

# 9 Silent auction


Artist: Beth Dreger

# 10 Silent auction

Birds of Prayer

Artist: Cara Driscoll

# 11 Silent auction

Jillian Dempsey is a student at the University of Regina. She is in the Arts Education program, majoring in visual arts. Painting and drawing has been her hobby for years. Her favourite art form is oil painting because of the texture and thickness of the medium. Her painting style is landscapes and surrealistic art. She is also attempting portraits, and now has become interested in using chairs as a canvas.

Not only do I want to teach art, I want to encourage and instill

confidence in anyone who tries it.

Contact: 403-332-2726

I've been sewing for close to 50 years and stitching for 30, and I do both for the pure enjoyment of working with fabric. Projects are such that I can pick them up and lay them down at will and there is a real sense of relaxation when I am at work...or should I say play.

I love watching birds. As a young child who grew up on a farm in southeast Saskatchewan, I learned a real appreciation of them from our mother. When we were out in the yard, she would identify birds by appearance or by song, and when driving down the road, we would stop beside a slough to watch them. When I was offered this chair to work with, it immediately spoke to me of a prairie pond. I was able to incorporate the original seat covering of this Czechoslovakian-made chair into the home of one of my favorite water birds, the Mallard Duck. These Mallards are establishing a spring nest in the reeds on the edge of this pond. Watch closely as it won't be long before there are young ducklings enjoying it too!

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Cara Driscoll graduated from the University of Regina with a major in visual arts. She completed a spiritual foundation program in 2010. She continues to work as an artist/spiritual director out of her studio at 1335 Scarth Street in Regina.

The back of the pew is a depiction of St. Francis praying to the birds. The front of the pew is inspired by the Cathedral Area in Regina. The two birds continue with the theme “Birds of Prayer”. The sky is orange, inspired by a colour Chagall often used when painting skies. The sky is symbolic of a spiritual content. I strive to depict a connection between spirituality and creativity in my work.


The Pond

Shaping the Seasons



Medium: Acrylic Paint

Medium: Fabric

Medium: Acrylic

Artists: Stacey Fayant and Jason Roland Hipfner

#12 Silent auction


Artist: Charlie Fox

# 13 Silent auction

Untitled

Artist: Norma Frizzell

#14 Silent auction

Stacey Fayant (BFA 2002, Bachelor of Arts Honours 2004, University of Regina) works in various mediums including wool. She was raised proudly Metis and belongs to Peepeekisis First Nation. Jason Roland Hipfner (BFA 1999 University of Regina) works in various mediums. He is always doing something creative but particularly enjoys collaborations.

This chair is a collaboration between Stacey and Jason which is informed by their experiences of home and heritage both prior to meeting, and currently, as they share their life together. Jason has painted jams and chutneys preserved by Stacey. Stacey has wet- felted a representation of a Metis sash and embroidered a satellite image of the place where her grandparents lived as roadside allowance people. The synthesis of the two parts reflect their two cultures and their experience of settlement and colonization and how these affect the idea of home.


Actively working as an artist since the early 1970’s, Charlie Fox has exhibited across Canada and internationally. While “media art” – video, film, photography, sound and installation art – have been central to his art practice, since the early days Charlie has been drawing and painting.

“Full Moon Stool” takes a lovely modernist design by Alvar Aalto – the Artek NE60 Children’s Stool – and embellishes the seating surface with a painting representative of the full moon. The legs have been painted a deep dark indigo, to replicate the moon’s supporting home of deep space.

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Norma Frizzell is an artist from Strasbourg, Saskatchewan. She works with recycled boiled wool, felted wool and other fabrics creating appliqued designs in themes which bring gladness to the heart. She is best known for her tea cozies. She has sold these at Cuppa Tea in Regina, at Handmade House in Saskatoon, at craft fairs such as Cathedral Village Arts Festival and Bazaart, and elsewhere.

In conversation with one of the G4G grandmothers, Norma talked about using hands in her design because of what G4G does. G4G is a hands- across-the-sea organization, grandmothers in Canada connected to grandmothers in Africa through the work of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.


Full Moon Stool 2018

Preserve

Artist estimate of value: $250.


Medium: Oil paint, wool, cotton

Medium: acrylic

Medium: Various fabrics including boiled and felted wool, and quilting thread

mailto:Nation.%[email protected]


Artist: Marina Giambattista

# 15 Silent auction


Artist: Marina Giambattista

# 16 Silent auction

G4G Chair

Artist: Brian Gladwell

# 17 Silent auction

I am 27 years old and work full time in our family business, Italian Star Deli. In high school I excelled into advanced art and have continued to create art on my own time.

I chose “Carlo Giambattista” to be my art piece to represent dad and his infectious, joyful self and smile. With recognition to our family on the back, I created an old wood look with our names carved in from 1966-2018. I chose the estimated value based on the number of years the business has been open.

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I am 27 years old and work full time in our family business, Italian Star Deli. In high school I excelled into advanced art and have continued to create art on my own time.

Italian Star Deli is a 3rd generation business from Gina and Frank Giambattista, the founders passing the business on to Carlo and Heather, who then passed it on to Gino and myself. The wood, marble, brick and modern painted spindles symbolize the transitioning times from 1968-2018. The grape vines resemble a geographic map of Gina and Frank’s home surroundings in Campobasso, Italy. Last but not least, the David and the Canadian leaf combined to bring us together, from Italy to Canada. And so much more. I chose the estimated value based on the number of years the business has been open.

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Brian Gladwell's work exists in a grey zone between furniture and sculpture, ranging from primarily functional furniture commissions to pieces presented through galleries. Characterized by an ambiguous relationship to function, the gallery work engages a dialogue on furniture conventions by using unexpected materials, like corrugated cardboard or oriented-strand board, to reference the traditions of furniture, architecture and formalist sculpture. His work has been shown in museum exhibitions nationally and internationally, and is included in major public and private collections. He lives and works in Regina.

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Generations

Carlo Giambattista


Artist estimate of value: $150 no minimum bid

Medium

Medium: Acrylic paint, homemade clay, cloth

Medium: corrugated cardboard, yellow paper

Artist: Laura Hamilton

# 18 Silent auction


Artist: Nikki Jacquin

# 19 Live auction

Sitting Duck

Artist: Terry Kleemola

# 20 Silent auction

In the fall of 2014, Laura transitioned from her teaching career to pursuing her practice as a full-time emerging artist. This transition was not intentional; instead, it was something of a serendipitous coincidence. Leading up to this transition Laura struggled with postpartum depression. In an effort to reduce stigma and increase awareness about mental health, Laura is very open about the topic in order to help other women. She resides in Moose Jaw, SK, with her husband, two children and dachshund Lily. If you are ever in the city, feel free to make an appointment to view her studio and home gallery. Visitors are always welcome! She is a member of the Saskatchewan Craft Council.

Laura’s figurative artwork is playful and out of the ordinary. Her female characters are intriguing women with quaint clothing: vintage dresses, striped stockings, fun floral patterns and everything in between. These endearing women are cheerful, clever, and passionate about life.

Contact: www.laurahamiltonart.ca

Although Nikki Jacquin has painted commissioned portraits for 23 years as a full time visual artist, her role as a visual arts instructor has her exploring many mediums and subjects. In 2013 Nikki expanded her business, Nikki's Portraits of Childhood, to offer international group painting holidays. She is now organizing her 2nd plein air class to Cypress Hills, Sask. in July 2018; her 3rd to France in Aug / Sept. 2018 and her 3rd to Cuba in Jan. 2019. On these tours she finds opportunities for her students to meet local artists to discuss culture, life and art. Nikki says, "It is my hope that you will return home with not only great memories of a distant land but also with a heart full of new friends you feel a connection to despite the miles." This year Nikki was honoured to accept the YWCA Women of Distinction Jacquie Schumiatcher Award in the Arts. In "Dragon's Perch" I could see an Art Deco style flare in the chair. I knew I needed to use bold solid areas of colours to play off the design of the chair. Looking at it reminded me of the Art Deco architecture in the Vedado section of Havana, Cuba where I had traveled twice with my art tour groups. These tours and others were a dream realized for me that I can hardly believe happened! The dragonfly to me has always symbolized whimsy, creativity and the realm of dreams becoming a reality.

I love nature and sunlight’s shadows on various seasoned landscapes. I paint with watercolours and acrylics. I am a member of the Brushworks Art Guild.

I chose this rocking chair for its simple lines. An old chair needed a distressed paint application with chalk paint from Mable and Martha’s Vintage Store. Ducks, lilies and bulrushes were painted and scratched into the surface of the wood.

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Dragon’s Perch

Ella Mae



Medium: chalk paint and acrylic paint

Medium: Acrylic and ventilation tape on chair

Medium: Medium chalk paint and acrylic paint

http://www.laurahamiltonart.ca/

Artist: Lakeview Grade 2s

# 21 Silent auction


Artist: Pauline Leippi

# 22 Silent auction

Abstract Leaf Pattern

Artist: Christine Lindsay

# 23 Silent auction

We are a Grade 2 class at Lakeview Elementary School in Regina, SK, Canada.

We have been learning about how important thinking locally and thinking globally is. We aren’t the only people in the world and people need help. Each of us got a chance to work with a partner and paint our part of the table and chairs – we worked as a team. Our inspiration was Africa because that is where our money will go to help. We want to help kids go to school and have safe water and healthy food to eat.

Contact: To get in touch with us, contact our teacher at [email protected].

The acrylic paintings of Pauline Leippi are inspired and influenced by her country surroundings. Leippi lives on a farm in Saskatchewan. She recently joined the Brushwork's Art Guild and attended her first show Dec 2017 where she won "The People's Choice Award" for one of her paintings.

When I first saw this chair I fell in love with its elegant country charm. I first decided to paint the entire chair grey but carefully left some worn spots to reflect its age. To bring more elegance to the chair I then introduced some delicate flowers.

Contact: [email protected] https://paulineleippi.com/

Christine is a potter and has been a member of Regina and Area Potter’s Guild since 2013. She has started rug hooking, learning the primitive, traditional method of rug hooking using wool fabric strips. Christine finds inspiration in nature.

Contact:

Summer Blooms

Hearts to Help



Medium: Acrylic paint

Medium: Acrylic

Medium: Wool fabric, wool yarn hooked on linen burlap, new materials and some recycled wool fabric. Sides of cushion, synthetic fibre.


https://paulineleippi.com/

Artist: Jeannie Mah

# 24 Live auction


Artist: Nolan Malbeuf

# 25 Silent auction

Nana’s garden

Artist: Kamryn Maurer

# 26 Silent auction

Jeannie Mah is a ceramic artist who has exhibited internationally since 1986. Her work can be seen on the cover of Studio Ceramics in Canada; in Nouveau Gallery, George Bothwell Branch – Regina Public Library, Regina City Hall, Regina; Gardiner Museum, Toronto; and other national and international collections.

While studying Chinese ceramics in European museums, small side-steps led me to European porcelain, then Chinese export ware, and then European Chinoiserie. The close-up of Blue Willow on this chair is an extension of my exhibitions from the last 10 years.

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Nolan Malbeuf is a teacher and aspiring artist. Originally from Northern Saskatchewan, he currently lives in Regina.

I have been living in Regina for 10 years. I often find myself missing the north, the landscape as well as the people. The design I chose to create was largely inspired by the Metis Culture. I chose geometry and a flower because both can represent the cycle of life. One is man-made, the other from Mother Earth.

Contact

Kamryn is a grade 11 student at Martin Leboldus High School.

This piece was inspired by my own grandmother who passed way when I was very young. One of the things she enjoyed most was caring for her beautiful garden that was full of many flowers, fruits and vegetables along with her favourite flower, the lilac. This chair reminds me of my Nana and not only her garden but her caring and joyful spirit.


Resting Place

Blue Willow Chair



Medium: Water soluble pencil crayon

Medium: Pencil and acrylic

Medium

Artist: Kristal McBain

# 27 Silent auction


Artist: Bonnie McBride

# 28 Silent auction

Untitled

Artist: Anne McLellan

# 29 Silent auction

I love to be creative in whatever I am doing. And really enjoyed redoing this rocking chair for Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers! My husband and I own Queen City SUP, a small standup paddleboard business in Regina. I am a yoga teacher and manager at Quan’s Hot Yoga and also make gemstone malas and jewelry.

I am always drawn to the mandala – the mandala is one of the most ancient and universal symbols known to man meaning “circle” in Sanskrit. They represent wholeness, unity and harmony. The white in a mandala represents purity, truth and consciousness.


I was born and raised in Saskatchewan. Inspired by the natural beauty of the prairies, a love of animals, and the encouragement of my mother, I have drawn all my life but discovered the love of painting in 2000. I am primarily a watercolorist, but also have skill with acrylic, oil, chalk pastel, graphite, ink, and coloured pencil. The excitement of learning a new medium or technique allows me to keep growing as an artist.

I am a member of the Aurora Art Guild, Art Gallery of Regina and CARFAC.

Contact: 306 584-1775 Email: [email protected]

I have been working with clay for many years. This interest began when I really wanted to make a good coffee cup. I began this quest at the University of Regina, extension program, furthered my studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and continued my studies at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, where I graduated with a major in ceramics and minor in sculpture. I have lived in Saskatchewan ever since. When I agreed to do a chair for Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers I wanted to

incorporate a ceramic element. My ceramic work has evolved from mostly utilitarian pieces to more sculptural and figurative. Along with the figurative work, I explore themes of nature easily found right outside my studio. I have never forgotten living by the ocean, so whimsical fish and mermaids are used as well. So here it is, my chair for A Chair Affair.

Contact:

Chakra Dreams

Dreamer’s Search



Medium: acrylic paint and oil based paint pen,finished with a coat of varnish

Medium: acrylic

Medium: Acrylic



Artist: Kim Merasty

#30 Silent auction


Artist: Janice Moser

# 31 Silent auction

Hello, Have a Seat

Artist: Tania Nault

# 32 Live auction

I am a teacher by profession but find painting allows me to relax and get lost in the moment. It is merely a hobby for me.

I have always been drawn to the fluidity of nature and wanted to demonstrate that in this piece.


Janice is a visual artist working primarily in acrylics, watercolor, Ink and Graphite. Known for her bright and impactful acrylics of gardens, forest pathways and serene portraits of nature, also for her portraits of pets and people, Janice is often called to create memorial pictures of pets and, family members, homesteads and beach houses. Janice is a former member of the Regina Federation of Artists, Brushworks Art Guild, and the South Shore Art Guild. She now shows her work in Art Gallery of Regina member shows, the Qu’Appelle Valley artist group, and Art Gallery in Davidson, Saskatchewan. Her work is can be seen in private collections from Great Britain to Vancouver Island and many places in between.

Janice hopes, through her art, to bring peace and calming inspiration for those who make a space for it in their homes.

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When I first saw this chair I was struck by the floral pattern carved into the top rail. As a person of Métis heritage, the pattern reminded me of floral beadwork and I used it as the basis for my design. A chair is a symbol of an invitation to sit down and talk, to build or rebuild a relationship, which is particularly relevant in this era of reconciliation. And while the underlying chair itself is solid, the new surface is fragile and prone to show the nicks and scuffs that will occur.

Contact: www.tanianault.ca

Untitled

Concerto in Bloom



Medium: Acrylics

Medium: Acrylic

Medium: Black gesso and oil paint on solid wood rocking chair


http://www.tanianault.ca/

Artist: Santana Nayneecassum

# 33 Silent auction


Artist: Tammy Ottenbreit

# 34 Silent auction

Lichen Chair

Artist: Loretta Paoli

# 35 Silent auction

Santana is a fifteen year old student who has been through a lot and is focusing on positive change and giving people a second chance.

My chair is a symbol of change – change your mind and do something good for yourself and others, show kindness, change the unchangeable, remove yourself from the unacceptable.

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The chair symbolizes support and has been crafted as a tribute to mothers. The women on the chair are an extension of my community of friends, co-workers and family. I chose that they be anonymous to let their images speak to all mothers. I find it striking how they look so healthy, strong and beautiful in their youth and how they aged and grew into their faces. When you meet such women in your life remember to look beyond the wrinkles, grey hair and failing bodies. See the person before you and celebrate the life that they have lived.

I have been painting since 1994 when I took an acrylic painting class at the Neil Balkwill Centre. My artwork is found in the homes of friends and family.


Loretta Paoli is a Regina-based artist and educator who has exhibited her drawings, paintings and mixed media installations since 1985. Her work has been presented in galleries, conferences and public sites in Regina, Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax, Guelph and Regina Beach.

Approaching this chair project, I thought of my favourite place to sit: on a sun-warmed, lichen-covered rock in a prairie field, surrounded by the sounds of bees, crickets and birds amongst the prairie grasses.

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Mother

Memories



Medium: Wood and paint

Medium: chalk paint, acrylic paint, decoupage

Medium: acrylic paint, clear acrylic sealant

Artist: Wilf Perreault

#36 Live auction


Artist: Regina Stitchery Guild

# 37 Silent auction

Modern Chair

Artist: Jason Robins

#38 Live auction

Wilf Perreault is a celebrated Saskatchewan artist whose iconic work is inspired by Regina urban landscapes, particularly our everyday back alleys.

Inspiration comes from the ordinary and for ‘A Chair Affair’ you will note the chair in the foreground seems forgotten and ‘set aside’.

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Regina Stitchery Guild members: Ellen Basler, Marilyn Bird, Darlene Clifford, Bev Hogg, Andrea Laturnas, Jeannette Luttmer, Gail Montgomery, Sheree Sentes and Carol Storie. The members who participated like to stitch in a variety of techniques, and came together to stitch this piece in a technique called Bargello. The overall design is original, created with sections stitched in different Bargello patterns. The Guild promotes and encourages the practice and knowledge of stitchery in all forms. We are a fellowship of interested persons who wish to increase and share knowledge and maintain high standards of design, colour and workmanship. Members learn and enhance skills through programs and lectures. We are members of the Embroiderers Association of Canada.

We are happy that Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers attended our monthly meeting and gave us an opportunity to participate in their chair auction. This little chair spoke to us, and we could envision it in Bargello (a stitching technique) and a dream catcher filling in the frame back.

Contact: www.reginastitcheryguild.ca

Jason studied art at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. He studied fashion and merchandising at Blanche MacDonald Centre for applied Design

Jason has paintings across Canada, the US, South Africa, and Europe. Shown in New York, Vancouver, Calgary. Works with lots of charity groups and fundraising events: STARS, Power of Pink, Food Bank, etc. He's received the Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal for work with Dress for Success. Jason paints on anything from furniture, clothing, wall murals, ceramics, and canvas.

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Bargello Fantasy

Set Aside



Medium: acrylic on canvas

24” x 30”

Medium: needlework threads on a mono canvas background

Medium: acrylic paint

Artist: Dana Rogoschewsky

# 39 Silent auction


Artist: Bev Schutzman and Keren Ganshorn

# 40 Silent auction

Van Gogh's Garden Chair

Artist: Gerri Ann Siwek

# 41 Silent auction

I am Dana Rogoschewsky, visual artist from Canada. My process usually involves being in the world and seeing something that sparks my imagination. I reshape the form. I experiment with colour and add different textures. In the end, it’s all play and exploration. My main focuses are on historical and iconic buildings in Canada. This artwork is created with watercolour or acrylic paint. My style is often remarked as semi-realistic with a comic-book twist. My other focuses are on nature, the human form, objects that are compelling, and abstracting colour and form.

I created this piece with the idea of Spring in mind. I wanted the chair to find its home surrounded by beautiful flowers and nature. I can see the chair being rained on, sat on by children, getting dirty and above all, lived in. I wanted it to be something a family saw in their garden and made them smile. Contact:

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This piece is a Sisters’ collaboration. Bev has been artist since childhood and is now an active member of Brushwork Artists' Guild. She works in watercolors and acrylics and favors landscapes and animals (both real and whimsical). Keren has a long-time love of textiles, color and nature and this has resulted in a fair number of fabric creations.

This piece needed a foray into 3-dimensions which was new ground and new fun. The "Concert" happened when the stool legs looked like reeds/cattails and because the simple joy of Spring on the prairies makes its own music if only we listen.


Gerri Ann Siwek is a mixed media artist, exploring themes of Nature and the Supernatural World. As an arts educator, she shares her creative art practice in classes and workshops presented throughout Saskatchewan, Canada and abroad. She studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design, Art Students League of New York and the University of Regina. Her works of art have been exhibited in regional and national exhibitions and are included in both private and public collections. She has been the recipient of three major Saskatchewan Arts Board's grants and is currently a member of Flatland Artist Studios Inc.

The urban garden has been a source of inspiration for many of my recent paintings. This sustainable practice in environmentally-friendly settings enriches our neighbourhoods and quality of city living. In this painting, I revisit one of Van Gogh's interior paintings of a chair and place it outside in the garden, alive with sunlight, sunflowers, birds and insects.

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Concert in the Coulee

Sun Burst



Medium: acrylic paint

Medium: Interior acrylic latex, cotton, silk, cotton fill, artist acrylic paint and medium, alcohol ink, interior clear coat. May contain nuts.

Medium: Acrylic on canvas, 20 inches by 20 inches


Artist: Pat Smith

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Artist: Janice Stefan

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Come Sit In My Garden Tribute to the garden, a serene place to relax and enjoy a glass of wine.

Artist: Deborah Thoms

# 44 Live auction

Pat was born in Edmonton and grew up in Estevan. She has painted since she was a teenager. She has attended various workshops over the years but is basically self-taught. She is a founding member of the Aurora Art Guild and a member of the Artastic Art Group. Her art has been shown in at solo show, guild shows and, for many years at Bazaart. Pat paints with watercolours and acrylic. The subject of her work is nature – Saskatchewan landscape and flowers in her garden. As Pat paints, her aim is to make the viewer feel the warmth of the sunshine, the freshness or the tartness of lemons.

I enjoyed painting this chair for A Chair Affair. The inspiration for this artwork is “the rest a person feels when they sit down after a day’s work”. It is a time to reflect and let the cares of the day fade away. One thinks of peace and this brings to mind my grandmother’s garden. Every year she planted sweet peas. I loved to just sit there and look at the gentle flowers and smell the beautiful fragrance. I hope this chair brings some enjoyment and a peaceful feeling.

Contact: 306-789-7323

Born and raised in Regina, artist Janice Stefan has been creating from her studio, Sisters Stone and Glass, for almost 20 years. Janice is mainly self-taught but has picked tips and techniques taking various classes throughout the years, and also from collaborations with amazing fellow artists. Every day in her studio is blessing. She primarily sells from her studio at 975 Winnipeg Street, Regina.

The intention from the outset was a bright, fresh creation that would reflect the spring and the very nature of this “chair”, an old fashioned garden bench. Any amount raised for Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers Regina will be appreciated!

Contact: www.sistersglass.com

Ontario born Deborah Thoms was raised in a farming community in Saskatchewan. Growing up, she won awards for paintings and pen and ink drawings. To further her art education she participated in many workshops: Arts & Ecology, University of Saskatchewan, Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus, University of Regina Fine Arts Program and the University of Regina Extension. She has studied with artists Clint Hunker, Donna Kriekle and Degen Lindner. She works primarily in acrylic and oil media and is known for her vibrant fauvism landscapes painting. She regularly participates in various art workshops and continues to successively sell her work across Canada. My love for nature and prairie landscape has led me to paint the landscapes of Saskatchewan. “The Land of Living Skies” offers inspiration and opportunity as an artist to explore the use of color and content. My prairie landscape paintings capture the natural essence of both sky and land. I love to reflect my emotional responses to the visual and ever changing drama of the prairies. My subjects are not restricted to any particular theme; I like to experiment through simplification of color, subject and composition or combination of all three. Contact [email protected] 306-584-0488

Daisy Duke

Sweet Peace

Artist estimate of value: A priceless labour of love!


Medium: acrylic

Medium: Stained glass, fused glass, grout, resin, paint

Medium: acrylic 36 X 48


Artist: Deborah Thoms

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Artist: Patricia Vogelgesang

# 46 Live auction

tomorrow I will listen to the moon, 2018

Artist: Wendy Winter

# 47 Live auction

Ontario born Deborah Thoms was raised in a farming community in Saskatchewan. Growing up, she won awards for paintings and pen and ink drawings. To further her art education she participated in many workshops: Arts & Ecology, University of Saskatchewan, Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus, University of Regina Fine Arts Program and the University of Regina Extension. She has studied with artists Clint Hunker, Donna Kriekle and Degen Lindner. She works primarily in acrylic and oil media and is known for her vibrant fauvism landscapes painting. She regularly participates in various art workshops and continues to successively sell her work across Canada.

My love for nature and prairie landscape has led me to paint the landscapes of Saskatchewan. “The Land of Living Skies” offers inspiration and opportunity as an artist to explore the use of color and content. My prairie landscape paintings capture the natural essence of both sky and land. I love to reflect my emotional responses to the visual and ever changing drama of the prairies. My subjects are not restricted to any particular theme; I like to experiment through simplification of color, subject and composition or combination of all three.

Contact: [email protected] 306-584-0488

I’ve been painting for as long as I can remember. Over the years I have used several different mediums, but my favourite is acrylic paints. I love the process of creating art - it’s my happy place! I currently live in Regina.

The chair has several common elements of my work such as fun colours, flowers, cartoony houses, and balance without symmetry. These create brightness even in a not-so-happy world. I hope what you see makes you smile!

Contact: can be contacted through Facebook at patsyliz creations

In what seems a lifetime ago I majored in textiles, then enjoyed a thirty-year career in an art museum. In 2002 I took up oil painting. One day, an unexpected gift of fleece returned my interest to textile art. I currently work as a painter, illustrator and textile artist. My chair is an illustrated ‘story’ of a young girl’s journey into the

wilderness. This chair is partnered with a fabric piece.


It’s Pretty Good

Chair with Socks Grandmothers Room, a tribute to every Grandmother who has crocheted chair socks



Medium: acrylic 36 X 48

Medium: Acrylic

Medium: oil paint, chair cover, natural dyes, thread, vintage linens, photo transfers


Artist: Rod Wood

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Artist: Debbie Wozniak Bonk

# 49 Live auction

Member of the Last Mountain Artists’ Collective and the Art Gallery of Regina.

A chair is support and I chose to represent this through a grid pattern and primary colours. The grid symbolizes the structure in our lives. We all have varying levels of support and that is why it is not a complete grid. The red represents life’s blood, the yellow (sun) is instigation, and the blue (water) it’s enduring quality.

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Debbie’s career as an artist began with her rural roots in Saskatchewan. She attended the University of Regina in 1996 obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in visual art. Since graduating she has had numerous solo and group exhibitions. Debbie lives in Regina with her husband and two children, works as an arts educator, and is represented by the Assiniboia Gallery.

I have a persistent quest in my work to express beauty, to reach outward and inward, to describe the truth of the human spirit. I am fascinated with the concept that the natural world is designed to be beautiful, inspiring and healing. By making trees my muse I can explore the influence of light and darkness, invoke mystery and intrigue, and express beauty through colour. The creative act of painting is a transformative experience for me, one that is like the seasons – ever changing and rejuvenating.

Contact: [email protected] www.assiniboia.com

Summer Retreat

Life As A Chair


Medium: exterior acrylic latex paint

Medium: acrylic on wood


http://www.assiniboia.com/

OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO…

Members and friends of Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers Regina who spent many hours repairing, sanding, and priming the chairs to prepare them for the artists

Everyone who donated chairs

The many artists who gave so generously of their time and talents to support this cause

Members of the community whose invaluable welding and carpentry skills contributed to the project

Westminster United Church for providing work space for two of our artists

Local businesses that displayed the chairs and those that contributed to the raffle

Lisa Peters, our MC for the evening

George Grassick, our auctioneer

Launched in 2006, the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign was a

Canadian grassroots response to the emerging crisis faced by African grandmothers as they struggled to

care for millions of children orphaned by AIDS. African grandmothers became parents anew amid the HIV

and AIDS epidemic, putting their grandchildren through school, creating support groups to manage grief,

and delivering comfort and hope through home-based care. Today, these grandmothers teach others

about HIV prevention and treatment, create local savings and loan groups, and sit on land-rights councils.

African grandmothers are leaders, sharing their expertise in their communities and on the international

stage, pressing for their human rights and a hopeful future.

www.grandmotherscampaign.org www.stephenlewisfoundation.org

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