Un concert-bénéfice

A Benefit Concert

We are very pleased to report that Studio Georgeville's benefit concert for the Canadian Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti raised $2,500, which will be matched by the federal government for a total of $5,000. We would like to thank the musicians--Mike Goudreau and David and Elaine Vachon--and our speaker--Elizabeth Abbott--who all put in a great deal of effort to be with us and entertain and inform us.

We would also like to thank Yves Pierre-Louis, who drove Elizabeth Abbott from Montreal to Georgeville; John Dickerson, John Hoblyn, and Brendan Rhodes, who helped put up the stage and lights; Linda Keymer, Helen and Jay Belliard, and Tony Kemp, who pitched in during the event; Heather Paterson and Mary Ann Mongeau, who did a great job in publicizing the concert; and our translator, Mélanie Grondin, who did the translation for our publicity lickety-split, but with her usual attention to detail.

Thanks, too, to CBC-Radio in Quebec City and to the local media, including The Record and The Stanstead Journal, for helping to make the concert such a success.

A detailed view of an acrylic on canvas by Sigrid Fisher

Sigrid Fisher, qui vit à Austin, au Québec, a étudié le dessin et la peinture au Ontario College of Art and Design, ainsi que la gravure au Centre Saidye Bronfman à Montréal. Elle a participé à des  ateliers et à expositions collectives de gravures au Centre Saidye Bronfman et au Toronto Open Studio. Elle a travaillé comme pigiste en illustration de mode et en graphisme à Montréal et à Toronto. She se consacre actuellement au dessin, à la peinture et à la gravure au Québec.

Sigrid Fisher, who lives in Austin, Quebec, studied drawing and painting at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. She also studied printmaking at the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Montreal and at Open Studio in Toronto. She worked as a freelance fashion illustrator and in graphic arts in both Montreal and Toronto. She is currently dedicated to drawing, painting, and printmaking in Quebec. Her works are included in many private collections and corporate collections of Canadian art.

Among the artists who exhibit regularly at Studio Georgeville is stained-glass and intaglio artist extraordinaire Marika Szabo. To learn more about her work, please see  www.yellowbusstudio.com.

End-grain cutting board by Niels Jensen

For Studio Georgeville's Christmas exhibition, cabinetmaker Niels Jensen built end-grain cutting boards in various designs. These proved so popular that Studio Georgeville will be selling the beautiful boards on an ongoing basis. Our business hours are listed below; however, please note that the gallery will be closed in February (except for movie nights) so that gallery members can take a well-deserved break.

Heures d’ouverture : samedi et dimanche, de 11 à 17 h

Business hours: Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

20 Carré Copp, Georgeville, QC 

819 843-9992

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