The Collectif returns with two opportunities to engage with artists & writers. The Big Show 2024 will again be at Community Living, 332 Macdonald Blvd, Alexandria. All events are free.
- Friday, 19 April 2024: a grown-up Wine & Cheese from 6 – 9 p.m. with many rooms of distinctive art
- Saturday, 20 April 2024 between 10 & 2, families are encouraged to view the more than 160 works – paintings, sculpture, photography, carvings, clay, wood, writings – by 39. Have Coffee & Cookies, chat with the artists: see what the fuss is about.
Special this year
- 118 original artworks: traditional, cartoon, abstract, collage, ceramic, carved, written word.
- The 2024 Challenge to Artists: Unleashed / Déchaîné. One room will contain responses to this prompt; however it can be interpreted! Can you find the creator in their work?
- Celebrating our writers with original one-page texts or poems distributed throughout the venue.
- Guest artists: students taking part in art programs at Community Living will exhibit with us because art is for everyone. Also 10% of Collectif sales go to Community Living.
Brief description of The Collectif
Founded in October 2016, The Collectif has less than 80 creative members. Our intention is to make art a living asset in our area. To date the not-for-profit group has created:
- Regular exhibitions:
- The Big Show [2017-20, 23-24]
- The Nor’Wester & Loyalist Museum [2019, 21, 23, May-June 2024]
- Glengarry Pioneer Museum [2018-23, August 2024]
- Workshops for members & non
- Town-wide art displays, Windows on Our World [WOW 2017,18, 21, 23]
- Readings, concerts, the Stuart McCormick Tribute, The Write Thing
- Collectif Cabaret [2018-19, 2024]
- Four mural projects decorating the community.
For more information, contact Bobi Poitras, President [email protected] 613.362.9949 https://cagac.ca
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