Kanata-Carleton Cultural Festival

"Canada Blooms" Provincial & Territorial wildflowers, represented by the Art Mad Artists.

Saturday May 27th, 2017, the Kanata-Carleton Cultural Festival (celebrating Canada's 150th) will be held at the Earl of March Secondary School and Sandwell Green Park. The Art Mad Artists of Stittsville will have a show in the lobby of the school from 12pm - 9:30pm, featuring selected pieces on a Canadian theme. Come and visit and talk with the artists about their work. We look forward to meeting you!

Our flagship poster "Canada Blooms", celebrating the Provincial and Territorial wildflowers of Canada, will be on display for the show. Special thanks to the organizer of the group art effort, Ruby Hulshof. Thanks also to Anthony Hulshof for providing Graphic Art skills to make the poster come together!

Earl of March Secondary School,

4 The Pkwy, Kanata, ON K2K 2B6 Canada

MAP

Canada Blooms with the Art Mad Artists

The Art Mad Artists of Stittsville are proud to be a part of Canada's 150 Celebration hosted by the Kanata-Carleton Cultural Festival at the Earl of March Secondary School, 4 the Pkwy, Kanata, Saturday May 27th, 2017, 12 pm - 9:30 pm.

To mark the Sesquicentennial, the talented artists have collaborated on a group work of art titled 'Canada Blooms' representing wildflowers of the provinces and territories of our country. Special thanks to Ruby Hulshof for organizing the group art project and inspiring us to get creative and celebrate our beautiful native and adopted country.

Please visit the school anytime during the cultural show to enjoy the artwork of the Art Mad Artists as we exhibit pieces that embrace Canada and our love of our country. Although this is not an official sale, information about our work and artists will be made available should anyone wish to learn more or purchase artwork at a later date.

Special thanks also to Linda Gorman for spearheading our involvement with the Kanata-Carleton Cultural Festival and for organizing the show.

Winter session

The Art Mad Artists of Stittsville began more creative expression and art-making adventures in the new Winter session, which started January 6th, 2017.

It was wonderful getting back 'into the swing', catching up with news and planning exciting events, shows and goals for the coming year.

Thanks to the hard work of the AMA committee who keep us on track, organize, follow-up on requests, pay the dues, keep the site updated and let everyone know how things are unfolding.

We're looking forward to sharing more of our work and meeting interested and supportive folk who are receptive to our new pieces. Please keep watch for news of upcoming shows during the 2017 sessions!

Art Mad Artists at the Atomic Rooster's Annual Cock Show

#28
"Rooster, Pure and Simple"
Pastel
$65
Maggie Madden 

The vernissage for the Atomic Rooster's 2016 Cock Show kicked off this evening with a total of 45 pieces of artwork from different artists.  The theme is Rooster! Each year artists tackle the aspect in different, sometimes playful or irreverent ways.

The Art Mad Artists have always enjoyed taking a a crack at the challenge, which offers the First Place winner a cash prize, plus having one's artwork's image immortalized as the Atomic Rooster's coasters for the year. Artwork on display is also available for sale to the general public.

#33
"The Old Barn Rooster"
Acrylic Mixed Media on Canvas
Gerald Chamberlain
$85 

Artists Maggie Madden and Gerry Chamberlain both entered the show and their work is inspiring and fun. Please vote on the Atomic Rooster Facebook page and also in person at the restaurant for your favourite pieces. Good luck guys!

Cock Show 2016
September 18th - October 23rd
Atomic Rooster
303 Bank St., Ottawa, ON K2P 1X7

Information regarding the show
Emily Howard
emily (at) atomicrooster (dot) ca
Michelle
michelle (at) atomicrooster (dot) ca

New Session begins September 9th, 2016

The Art Mad Artists took a much needed break over the summer to travel, work on personal projects and refill their creative wells.  The group will be returning to the hard and enjoyable task of creating unique work at the Ottawa Public Library's Stittsville Branch Friday afternoons from 1pm - 4pm.

If you are interested in meeting with the artists and would like to check out where the magic happens, please contact us in advance and we would be delighted to see you! (613) 836-7821 or artmadartists(at)gmail(dot)com

The Stittsville Village Association's 'Arts in the Park' rain date was Sunday August 14th. We couldn't have wished for a more perfect day to share our work with the interested and wonderful people who stopped by. Thanks to all who took the time to come to the show and who supported our efforts.

Deep thanks also to: Gerry Chamberlain, Maggie & John Madden for their work with the set-up and take-down of grids, organizing, hanging work and unflagging passion for the Art Mad Artists' success.

L-R Maggie Madden, Natalie Jones, Gerry Chamberlain, Linda Gorman and Patti Morgan

Art Mad Artists "Meet and Greet"

Our group show is now live at the ArtScene gallery in Spencerville, until May 1st, 2016 and can be viewed during regular gallery hours (check website).

The artists would like to invite you to an afternoon of art and light refreshments as you enjoy 'Explorations'. Come to Spencerville and have a lovely afternoon appreciating different art styles and mediums and talking with the talented and diverse artists who created it! All welcome, event cost: free.

Saturday April 23rd 2016,
1 pm - 3 pm
ArtScene Gallery
11 Spencer St., Spencerville ON K0E 1X0
Tel. 613-658-2278

Directions to the gallery from Ottawa:

Duration: approximately 45 minutes w/o traffic.

Get on the Trans-Canada Hwy 417 W,

Take Hwy 416 S to County Rd. 21. Take exit 12 from Hwy 416 S (76 km)

Drive to 44. (1 km)

Art Space group show 'Explorations' a rousing success

Maggie Madden of the Art Mad Artists group adjusts 

a painting at the ArtSpace Wall Gallery at the Stittsville 

branch of the Ottawa Public Library. (c) 2016 John Curry

Thanks to everyone who took the time to come to the Stittsville Library during the month of March to enjoy the Art Mad Artists' group show. We loved hearing comments from viewers and reading the supportive and enthusiastic notes in our show book.

Many sales happened during the event, including: Maggie Madden's "Evening Light", Patti Morgan's "Waiting for Spring", Suzanne Marsden's "Washington Mountains"and Gerald Chamberlain's "Ducklings".

Thanks to John Curry for doing a wonderful write-up about our art group and our new show, as well as photographing the event.

Most of all, we want to thank everyone who supported us in our creative efforts and who have been behind us all the way as we explore new mediums, subjects and ideas on our respective creative journeys. Our friends and family and positive community members make the difference to our success and help to keep our enthusiasm high!

Please look for our next group show, which runs from April 4th - May 1st, 2016 at the ArtScene gallery in Spencerville (11 Spencer St., Spencerville ON, 613-658-2278).

All the best!
Suzanne.