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Submit to InFocus Photo Exhibit & Awards: Deadline November 16, 2020

Call for Submissions

“INFOCUS PHOTO EXHIBIT 2021 : BRAVE NEW WORLD”

Submission Deadline: November 16, 2020

Submission Fee: $48 CAN per submission

How to Submit: Complete the submission form here: www.infocusphoto.ca/infocus-submission

Acceptance Notification: November 20, 2020

Artwork Received by Curator: January 25, 2021

Artwork Instillation: January 31, 2021

Exhibit Dates: February 1—April 9, 2021

Virtual Exhibition Premi...

Writer Wednesdays: Interview with W. M. Raebeck, author of Silence of Islands–Poems

Welcome to Writer Wednesdays!

Thank you for joining me for “Writer Wednesdays.” I’m happy you’re here and I hope you enjoy today’s author interview with poet W. M. Raebeck.

Silence of Islands
by W. M. Raebeck

-Alexis Marie Chute’s Mini-Review-

I found this poetry book refreshing. Silence of Islands has a wonderful flow that pulled me in as a reader and painted beautiful pictures in my mind of things that can be...

Artsy Mondays: Fine Art Photos in Group Show + Below the Moon E-Book Sale

Artsy Mondays

Welcome to a new week and welcome to my blog!! Thanks for reading!

A little update on my artwork: While I spend a lot of time curating the art of others, I am fed and inspired as a human, on a deep and meaningful level, when I am getting messy in my own studio, creating my own art. I have begun a new series that I am over-the-moon about. It involves body art, painting, connecting with people, and more paint...

Writer Wednesdays: Author Interview with Valarie Taylor, author of What’s Not Said

Welcome to Writer Wednesdays!



Thanks for joining me today on “Writer Wednesdays!”

I am excited to welcome to the blog today Valerie Taylor, author of What’s Not Said. I’m always fascinated to peer into the creative journeys of other writers as I truly believe we are all stronger together. When one of us is down, we can lift each other up. We can dispel the idea of overnight success and share tips for how to achi...

Writer Wednesdays: Author Interview with Barbara Linn Probst

Welcome to Writer Wednesdays!

Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Barbara Linn Probst to Writer Wednesdays. She is a fellow She Writes Press author, the publisher who released my memoir Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing and Pregnancy After Loss in 2017 and the second edition in 2019. Barbara’s book is called Queen of Owls. I hope you enjoy learning more about this fascinating and gripping book.

Thanks for reading!!

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“Alberta Views: Our Landscape, Our Home, Our Legacy” Exhibition, Alberta Culture Days

Artsy Update : )

I’m honoured to curate the “Alberta Views” Exhibition for Alberta Culture Days and Month of the Artist. Let me tell you a little bit about the show and also share some pictures of the exhibit during the visit with Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism, and Status of Women, Leela Aheer.

Exhibit Description:

“Alberta Views: Our Landscape, Our Home, Our Legacy” is an exhibition of female Alberta...

Writer Wednesdays: Author Interview with Doreen Cumberford + Book Review of Life in the Camel Lane

Welcome to Writer Wednesdays!

I’m excited to welcome Doreen Cumberford to Writer Wednesdays. She is a fellow life adventurer with an enchanting memoir I read over the summer. I hope you enjoy my book review of Doreen’s Life in the Camel Lane and the author interview!

Thanks for reading!!

Author Interview

Doreen Cumberford


When did you know you wanted to be a writer?

Even today, with three boo...

Writer Wednesdays: Author Interview with Meryl Ain

Welcome to Writer Wednesdays!

Welcome to Writer Wednesdays! Today I am happy to welcome to my blog fellow SparkPress author Meryl Ain and her novel The Takeaway Men. I hope you enjoy her Q&A!

Thanks for reading!!

Author Interview

Meryl Ain

When did you know you wanted to be a writer?

I wanted to be a writer ever since I was in kindergarten and I saw my mother at the typewriter. She was writing a book about being in the U.S. Army during Wor...

Artsy Mondays: Art and Autism Essay by Melissa Hartley + Metis Artist Heather Shillinglaw

Artsy Mondays

Welcome to Artsy Mondays! Yes, it is Monday. I know. I know. I have a hard time remembering what day it is too.

COVID-19 has created a new way of life and part of that – for me at least – is the blurring of days. I’m thankful for my work as an art curator, which has defined the last four months in incremental chunks based on the exhibits I was launching or promoting during that time.

One of ...

Artsy Mondays: Interview with InFocus Photo 2020 Photographer Shannon Donovan

Artsy Mondays

Thanks for joining me for Artsy Mondays! Today I am excited to welcome Shannon Donovan! As an Art Curator, I exhibited Shannon’s photographs as a part of InFocus Photo Exhibit & Awards 2020. The exhibit had a wonderful launch at the beginning of February, just before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world. InFocus, which usually runs February and March, stayed up on the gallery walls at the Renaissan...