On July 9, 2021, I was one of the 10 artists, painting 3 portaits, in Rosthern, Saskatchewan at the farmers market.
Info about this project from the Station Arts Website Art Gallery – Station Arts
ABOUT THIS PROJECT:
The Red Chair Project was created as a way to bring people together safely through art creation, raise arts awareness and celebrate diversity in our area. It is intended to be representative of the communities we serve – through the artists we select and the subjects they paint. The goal is to give artists a chance to work, have fun and be challenged while engaging the community as a whole. This is to be an inclusive group portrait that will be exhibited in a variety of public spaces and online for all to enjoy. These portraits highlight unique individuals in our area and how they contribute to the richness of our collective community experience.
HOW THIS PROJECT WILL WORK:
The Station Arts will contract a total of 10 local artists to paint portraits of sitters from this community in a live setting. Artists must complete three portraits within three, one-hour time slots. These portraits will become a part of a larger mural to be displayed as a whole or in clusters in public spaces in town and online during the month of September 2021.
The 10 artists that were chosen to paint the portraits:
Ray Keighley
Jill Mitchell
JingLu Zhao
Paulo Flieg
Donna Muller
Valerie Wiebe
Dianne Larouche Ellard
Jonathan Farrell
Maia Ens
Kate Boyer
The Station Arts Centre had 30 community members to sit for the community portrait project.
