Tassel has Taste

This is one of my favorites at the fanTAStic exhibit presently on at the McCarthy Hall Art Gallery. It is by Susan Sweet, a Past President of the Truro Art society.

You can see her work on her member's page at http://www.truroartsociety.ca/;

You can also check Susan's work on her personal blog: http://susannsweetartist.blogspot.com/

Her work is in the fanTAStic exhibit until the end of the month, and I'm sure she'll have other work in the TAS Members Show in April/May.

Or, you could visit her studio in Maitland.

ECMA Winner Attended NSTC

The Port Hawksbury Reporter recently ran a nice picture and write-up on "Cornelia and Billy," the winners of the Stompin' Tom Award at the East Coast Music Awards this year. Cornelia Boucher MacLeod and the late Billy MacLeod enjoyed a 20 year span of touring the country and the world while remaining true to their Richmond County and Acadian roots. Cornelia attended the Nova Scotia Teachers College in the 1960s. Congratulations!

Morrison Exhibit at Pier 21

TAS Member Carol Morrison has a new exhibit "Portraits of Injustice," at Pier 21 in Halifax, Both the exhibit and Carol received accolades in a fine write-up in "Arts and Life" section in the Chronicle Herald, Friday, March 5th. Hope you saw or can see the write-up and the exhibit is well-worth a trip to Halifax,

Other recent TAS newsmakers were Bruce Wood, Margaret Boyle and Katherine Burris who gave demos recently at McCarthy Hall. Congratulations to all. (The picture was scanned from the Chronicle Herald; I hope the author Elizza Bernard and photographer Christian Laforce don't mind. Thanks for the fine work on the Arts.)

from Land and Sea

A first-class addition to anyone's Nova Scotian or Art book collection is the recently published from Land and Sea, a delightful coffee table book, selected and edited by Dee Appleby.

The book was a very popular Christmas gift selection and continues to sell well. It has also gone to Vancouver as one of the representative of Nova Scotia art and culture. It is a valuable introduction to today's vibrant landscape artists.

Great job, Dee.

Truro Bearcats

It had to happen. Sometime I had to interrupt the art and cartoon scene for a sport picture; my Middleton Memories blog is filled with sports. I recently came across this clipping of the Turro Bearcat baseball team. The won the provincial championship in 1946 by defeating the Middleton Cardinals. Most of these guys were household names in the heady days of my baseball-filled youth. Used a clipping so the quality of the picture won't be that great.

Tassel Time Again

Often at graduation time, I would post some cartoons and pictures in my classroom. A little humour for some tense and emotional times. This one I drew specifically for the 1984 TC Grads. Interestingly, a few weeks later, Archie raised a piece of toast to the grads on the comic page of the chronicle Herald. To all the Grads, Hope you've had or are having a great career. NHF

There are other Tassel cartoons and cartooning tips plus a lot of wonderful art at McCarthy Hall Gallery on the NSCC (Truro campus) through February and March.

Snow Day in the Art Communnity

Artists don't worry about shovelling; they paint and embrace the snow.
Get out the mauves and blues ... fanTAStic Exhibit still on.
Members Show coming up in April.