A NEW exhibition by an artist with a Canadian settler background is now on display at the Gallery on the Green in Settle.
The Canadian artist Carol Howard Donati describes her exhibition, Canada Calling, as ‘an interactive installation promoting diversity and a viewer’s up-close connection to another via a hands-on encounter with art’.
The 16-card display celebrates the people of Canada.
Each of the 16, 4 x 6 cards is comprised of two hand-made surfaces stitched together, back to back; one side is collaged and the other printed.
The collage side features an abstract pattern of painted and found papers, commercial packaging, and appliquéd plastics. The print side features telephone area codes from coast to coast across Canada hand-stamped in red and black ink.
The viewer is invited to interact and contribute to the ever-changing nature of this diversity by moving the cards to create new arrangements in the display.
Mixed media artist Carol works with fabric, paint, print, and recycled household materials. A Canadian of settler background she traces her family origins to the United Kingdom and Northern Europe.
She is an anthropologist by training and the focus of her art is everyday life and how it provides the framework for human experience.
The exhibition Canada Calling will run until Friday, November 9.
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