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Phew! It's like the day after a big party here at the gallery! Thursday night we hosted the opening reception of Ex Corpore, a collaborative exhibition by well-renowned Fredericton artists, WhiteFeather and Carol Collicutt. The opening also doubled as our own big reopening. The gallery had been temporarily closed for a few months and our whole community is very excited to see it reopen, arriving at the opening in droves. I'm very excited to be here to facilitate this revival!

I think today I have been here as the new director for very close to one month. I began back in February, while the gallery remained closed with no art up. Together with the board I've organized and revamped the space, among other projects revitalizing the gallery entry into a welcoming and attractive space fit for our beautiful gallery. The entry had formerly housed the directors desk, a messy entry at best! Now I sit at my desk in the new office further back from the entry, enjoying the open doors to the gallery as guests peruse, enjoy, and take in the exhibit on their Spring Saturday. It's wonderful. We're now officially open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, from 10:30am to 3:00, and Thursday evenings, 3 to 8pm, closed Sunday and Monday.

I have big plans for Spring at the ALMAG. I hope to have people of all ages in through our programming. We have workshops with each of the artists this Saturday, March 27th, Felting with WhiteFeather for 5 to 10 year olds and Block Printing with Carol for 8 to 14 year olds. We're offering an Easter family workshop on April 3rd, where we'll be discussing the exhibit and mixed media, what it is as an art and experimenting with our own mixed media Easter eggs! The evening of April 15th brings Teachers Night Out, a chance for teachers to join up to discuss art education. We're having Susan Galbraith lead the discussion this month, and we'll be focusing on Responding to Art. This should be a really enjoyable and enlightening conversation. Friday morning, the 16th, I will be visiting the preschoolers upstairs at the library, bringing Stories in Art to storytime. This will be an introduction to fine art via the illustrators, in relation to our current exhibit we will be focusing on mixed media. As always, for more information visit our website, give us a call at 506-392-6769, or pop in at 8 McCain Street in Florenceville-Bristol, NB.

Alright, enough with the promo, get out and enjoy your first weekend of Spring! I'll be back soon with my own thoughts on Ex Corpore. It's a deep exhibit full of subtle and not-so-subtle nuances and topics for dissection, one I'm looking forward to exploring with you.