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Art in the Park Map

GREEN STUDIO

BLUE STUDIO

YELLOW STUDIO

RED STUDIO

WHITE STUDIO

VAM OFFICE OLYMPIC SOFTEE INC. WASHROOMS

MAC EWAN STUDIO

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Cynthia Blanton, Jewellery John Lightfoot, Acrylic Painting Andrea Howson, Acrylic Painting Christine Berube & Lydia Zdero Jewellery & Painting

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ARTIST TENTS      

BLUE STUDIO Helen O’Sullivan, Pottery & Textiles Alison Syer, Textiles & Print Vibha Malhotra, Acrylic Painting Michelle Miwa, Glass and Jewellery

GREEN STUDIO Ron Sypher, Acrylic and Oil Painting Micheline Montgomery, Mixed Media Girija Kuppaswamy, Jewellery Ian MacIntyre, Acrylic Painting Valeria Gorgatti, Mixed Media Nada Annan, Acrylic and Oil Painting

WHITE STUDIO

 Janice Ykema, Acrylic Painting  Laurie McClure, Photography  White Oaks Group, Painting Anne Deutschmann, Jutta Spengemann, Neerja Trehan, Rita Spence, Rosemary Ghassabeh, Veronika Benjamin, Zdenka Kovalcikova  Marianne Gibson, Encaustic Painting  Katalin Mellary, Oil Painting  Ela Oprhal, Oil Painting  Mira Magnone, Painting and Sculpture

VAM INFO

SPONSORS CULTURAL PARTNERS

Nicole van der Oord, Fabric and Accessories Belinda Carmichael, Jewellery Elysia Prokopetz, Glasswork Marlene Knight, Fibre Art Susan Seagrove, Photography Sjon de Groot, Acrylic and Oil Painting

FLYIN G’NOSH

ARTIST TENTS VAM STAGE

BARN STUDIO

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TRC

BARN STUDIO

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VAM INFO

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RED STUDIO Yolanda Fernandes, Mixed Media Painting Rasheeda Motiwala, Watercolour & Textiles Marilyn Hepburn, Watercolour Painting Veronica Lee, Jewellery Henry Lobo, Acrylic on Shale Christine Fry, Printmaking Payal Gupta, Acrylic Painting

YELLOW STUDIO

 Tread on it! Art Activity with artist Jeff Mann

FOOD VENDORS

 Flyin G’nosh Food Truck  Olympic Softee Inc. Ice Cream

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SPONSORS & CULTURAL PARTNERS iCare Home Health & Navigator Epoch Times Evergreen Retirement Community Budget Blinds and Love This House RBC Insurance

ENABLING GARDEN

 The Riverwood Conservancy (TRC)

Art in the Park Exhibitors

Art in the Park Exhibitors

Alison Syer, Textiles

Vibha Malhotra, Abstract Painting

Michelle Miwa, Jewellery

Ron Sypher, Painting

Micheline Montgomery, Painting

Girija Kuppaswamy, Jewellery

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Art in the Park Exhibitors

Ian MacIntyre, Painting

Valeria Gorgatti, Mixed Media

Yolanda Fernandes, Mixed Media Rasheeda Motiwala, Watercolour

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Nada Annan, Painting

Marilyn Hepburn, Watercolour

Art in the Park Exhibitors

Veronica Lee, Jewellery

Christine Fry, Printmaking

Henry Lobo, Painting

Payal Gupta, Painting

Janice Ykema, Painting 5

Laurie McClure, Photography

Art in the Park Exhibitors

Art in the Park Exhibitors

White Oaks Art Group, Painting

Ela Oprhal, Oil Painting

Mira Magnone, Painting & Sculpture

Nicole van der Oord, Textiles & Accessories

Katalin Mellary, Oil Painting 6

Marianne Gibson, Encaustic Painting

Art in the Park Exhibitors

Art in the Park Exhibitors

Marlene Knight, Fibre Art

Susan Seagrove, Mixed Media

Belinda Carmichael, Silver Jewellery

Sjon de Groot, Oil Painting

Art in the Park Exhibitors Elysia Prokopetz, Glasswork 7

Cynthia Blanton, Jewellery

Art in the Park Exhibitors

John Lightfoot, Painting

Christine Berube, Jewellery

Andrea Howson, Painting

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Lydia Zdero, Painting

Helen O’Sullivan, Textiles

Art in the Park Exhibitor Bios Alison Syer

Vibha Malhotra

Art in the Park Exhibitors

Alison Syer completed the Art Fundamentals (Illustration stream) with Honours, from the three year Crafts and Design program at Sheridan, earning a Diploma of Applied Arts, with a studio concentration in textiles. She received an honourable mention for her work in textiles, at the Mississauga Arts Council's MARTY Awards. Vibha Malhotra is a practicing painter. Her work is a continuous study in colour and shape.

Michelle Miwa

Michelle Miwa is jeweler. Each piece of glass is hand cut, designed and built into a beautiful piece of wearable art. She does not use molds. They are created using quality art glass and dichroic glass, then fused several times and annealed in a kiln. Owner of Green Leaf.

Ron Sypher

Ron Sypher paints a wide range of subject matter, with emphasis on landscapes, cityscapes, floral, still life, seascapes and wildlife. His paintings bring out the vivid, vibrant colours of acrylics, while capturing the serenity of the scenes. He enjoys the versatility of acrylics as it allows full freedom in creating the realistic style of his paintings.

Micheline Montgomery

Micheline Montgomery is a painter. Her paintings and portraits of brightly painted and collaged figures. In collage, she uses materials that are found, recycled and re-used. As well, she uses water-based paints, acid free glue and cotton rag and stone paper. She is constantly seeking new ways to ‘green’ her art.”

Girija Kuppaswamy

Girija Kuppaswamy is a jeweller. She uses Japanese, Czech and Austrian beads - crystals and

Ian MacIntyre

Ian MacIntyre is a painter. Ian works primarily with acrylics and his paintings depict his interest in animals, flowers and nature. He has also painted portraits of people`s pets. Ian involves his peers in art projects at social groups, Community Living Mississauga & Sheridan.

Valeria Gorgatti

Valeria Gorgatti is a contemporary painter.She likes to use acrylics and mixed media to add movements and textures to her paintings which creates the opportunity for her art work to be touched and felt by everyone.

Nada Annan

Nada Annan is an art teacher and painter. Her work is brightly coloured work by brush and pallette knife. Her work often depicts, florals, landscape and animal figures.

Yolanda Fernandes

Yolanda Fernandes is a painter. She appreciates working with ink, water-colors, gouache, pastels, color pencils and more, but has a special preference for acrylic paints. She loves to balance unique colors, with movement, energy and texture.

Rasheeda Motiwala

Rasheeda Motiwala is watercolour painting and textile artist. Her practice involves flowers and her watercolour work translates into silk scarves and accessories.

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glass as well as semi precious beads to make some very dazzling jewellery. A jeweler by hobby, Girija continues to make unique one of a kind pieces full-time.

Art in the Park Exhibitor Bios Marilyn Hepburn

Marilyn Hepburn is a painter inspired by the different cultures of every country she has visited. The architecture and colors portray the history of the world we can only envisage. Her love for watercolour developed when she retired and was inspired by the need to leave her family a heritage that comes from the heart.

Veronica Lee

Veronica Lee is a jeweller. Strung Out On Pearls, began in 2010. Her designs have expanded into a semi-precious line using Swarovski crystals, Sterling Silver & Semi-precious beads such as Agates, Labradorite, Lapis lazuli, Peridot & Onyx. Christine Fry is an avid drawer and is currently pursuing her Fine Arts degree in Printmaking at OCAD University. She works primarily in Print (relief, intaglio, lithography and screen) and is moving her work towards sculpture/installation utilizing printed paper.

Christine Fry Henry Lobo

Henry Lobo is painter. His work is acrylic paintings of landscapes and nature on shale as a canvas. The artwork varies from large rock canvases to miniature collections.

Payal Gupta

Payal Gupta is a henna artist and painter. She creates intricate artwork using henna techniques with acrylic paints in bright metallic colours, creating vibrant & textured images.

Janice Ykema

Janice Ykema both expressionistic and painterly painter. She celebrates the acrylic medium, using it to evoke emotion in the viewer. Inspiration comes through observation of humanity and her desire to translate understanding through the use of living things.

Laurie McClure

Laurie McClure is a photographer.” Natures' wonders are revealed in shapes, patterns and colours. I use my camera to capture these unique and memorable images. I want to share with you how I see it.”

White Oaks Art Group

White Oaks Art Group is a group of painters. They are current members of VAM and continue to exhibit their work as a collective group.

Ela Oprhal

Ela Oprhal is a painter. She started painting on silk, using watercolour technique. In the last eight years she has been painting with pastels and oils. She is a member of Oakville Art Society, Artworks Oakville, FASM Milton, and VAM Mississauga.

Mira Magnone

Mira Magnone is a sculptor. She is an Artist and an Instructor in the Toronto area using a unique, water based, non-toxic, textile hardening medium called Paverpol to create various statues, figures, and 2D paintings. Mira is a Certified Paverpol Instructor.

Nicole van der Oord

Nicole van der Oord is a textile artist. Owner of Fleurtje. Handmade, functional bags. Using vintage fabric, appliqué, upholstery vinyl and leather, she creates one of a kind pieces and small collections.

Katalin Mellary

Katalin Mellary is a painter. Katalin’s art reflects her remarkable ability to paint landscapes and her talent to capture the essence of nature. She has been painting for over 30 years. She currently resides in Mississauga and continues to work as a free-lance artist, predominantly on oil paintings.

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Art in the Park Exhibitor Bios Marianne Gibson

Marianne Gibson is an encaustic painter. Inspired by the human figure & Ontario’s natural beauty. She’s been creating encaustic paintings for over seven years. Some works include image transfers while others result from spontaneous nature of painting with beeswax.

Marlene Knight

Marlene Knight is a fibre artist. Marlene is a quilling artist, and uses strips of paper, rolled and shaped and glued to create decorative designs on greeting cards, pictures, earrings, etc.

Belinda Carmichael

Belinda Carmichael is a jeweller. Her ideas for designs are inspired by nature, and the clean lines and shapes I can achieve with a simple silhouette of solid silver. Her designs are handmade by myself in the traditional way at a jeweler’s bench here in Mississauga.

Susan Seagrove Sjon de Groot Elysia Prokopetz Cynthia Blanton

Susan Seagrove is a watercolourist. Using watercolour and inks & other texture making materials in an experimental approach to image making. Her paintings began with her love of colour & efforts to bring the garden into the home. Sjon de Groot is a painter. Principally works in oils, combining traditional European & North American techniques. The work is bold and an expression in colour of a South African coming to terms with his adopted land; combining his African & North American experience with the influence of his Dutch artist ancestors. Elysia Prokopetz is a glass artist. My pieces are both functional, decorative and food safe. All pieces are designed from glass that is handpicked, hand cut by myself, some incorporating recycled blown glass. Cynthia Blanton is a jeweller. Earning a Certificate in Fashion Design from the Parsons School of Design in New York City. Her training in polymer clay and jewellery-making Many of my pieces are one-of-a-kind and her product line is diverse.

John Lightfoot

John Lightfoot is a painter. Whether environmental, portrait or landscape, his experience as a designer allows him to create impactful images full of life, jewel-toned hues and dramatic light quality using techniques of back-painting, under-painting and complex layering of colour.

Christine Berube &

Christine Berube is a ceramics jeweller. She hand-build clay shapes, simple colour, shape and form to drive the creation of these pendants luxurious use of gold and silver luster on the glazed pieces, creating unique and intricate pieces. Lydia Zdero is a printmaker and painter. Working in a relatively illustrative and graphic style, she works with wood in my sculptural works, favoring the dye-grinder to carve and shape. She is largely inspired by fantasy to contemporary geometric.

Lydia Zdero Andrea Howson

Andrea Howson is a painter. Her artwork takes a whimsical view of animals and people. She portrays her subjects head-on looking, amusing & curiously out at the viewer. Intended to inspire more daydreams of a happier world in vivid colours.

Helen O’ Sullivan

Helen O’Sullivan is a textile artist. handmade, one of a kind scarf, layers of silk & merino wool are layered together to create a lightweight statement piece that will liven up any outfit. In one scarf, you will enjoy the delicacy of a silk scarf with the warmth and softness of a wool scarf.

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Art in the Park Food & Drink Flyin G’Nosh Food Truck

Olympic Softee Inc. Ice Cream

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Art in the Park Activity

TREAD ON IT! TREAD ON IT! is an interactive art activity on-site at Art in the Park. This free activity invites the public to join artist Jeff Mann in this printmaking activity with used car parts such as gears and tires to create unique designs. T-shirts will be available on-site while quantities last. We encourage the public to bring their own cotton t-shirts and canvas bags. Come get creative with this green art project! For more information on this activity and Jeff Mann’s work, please visit his website: http://jeffmannart.com/ This activity is generously sponsored by:

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Art in the Park Supporters

THANKS TO OUR ART IN THE PARK SUPPORTERS: COMMUNITY SPONSORS:

ACTIVITY SPONSORS:

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V COMP Incorporated

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Love This House

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iCare Home Health & Navigator

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Budget Blinds West Mississauga & Oakville

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Evergreen Retirement Community

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Whole Foods Market

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Epoch Times

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RBC Insurance

Visual Arts Mississauga gratefully acknowledges funding support from the City of Mississauga, and our many corporate sponsors, individual supporters, students, and membership.

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