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Society promotes artists COURTNEY SYMONS

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When viewing art by local artist Cheryl Poulin, you can’t help but reach out and touch it. And unlike at a museum, she doesn’t mind at all. As a mixed media artist, Poulin is always looking for new materials to use in her works. “We’re great recyclers,” she said about those in her craft. “We get very excited about finding a rusty bottle cap on the street.” Doesn’t matter if it’s a Starbuck’s cup, an onion mesh bag, tissue paper, cardboard, sand or plaster, anything goes when Poulin expresses herself through artwork. As an artist who has been creating and teaching for 20 years, it only makes sense for her to be part of a society that brings local artists together. Poulin has been a member of the West Carleton Arts Society for three years. “We’re here to promote local artists and support them,” Poulin said. The society, established in 1990, focuses its efforts on one art show and one conference per year. This year’s show will take place Oct. 7 to 9 and will be a continuation of last year’s theme. The event is titled Expressions of Art: Art in the Big Fish, playfully addressing the show’s location in Carp. Last year, a friendly competition took place for artists to create a piece of work embodying the fishy theme, and this year will be no different. Additionally, artists involved will create hand-painted signs in the shape of fish to promote the show, just like they did last year. “There were some other art shows going on at the same time, so the fish really got people’s attention,” Poulin said. Last year, when member Catherine Gutsche’s sign was stolen, the “fish caper” made the news and added to the publicity of the event. Vendors will sell all kinds of art, including but not limited to greeting cards, photography, fiber art, jewelry, pottery, basket weavings, and wood carvings.

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West Carleton Arts Society member Cheryl Poulin displays two of her abstract mixed media works, titled (from top to bottom) Ship of Dreams and Moon Shine. With 20 current members, the WCAS can’t fill all of the 35 slots available for artists within their show, so they invite other artists in the Ottawa area to join. Ideally, Poulin said, membership will increase to the point where it is solely a display of West Carleton talent. Rosy Somerville is a member of the society as well as the show organizer, and said it’s important to have an arts society in a community like West Carleton. “It’s quite a large spread and a diverse community,” she said. “I think art helps to bring people together.” To Somerville, the importance of art only increases as time goes on. “In this world full of so much technology where everything is computer- and machine-made, the individualism of handmade pieces is something special,” she said. A year-long membership to the society costs $20 and includes first dibs on a booth in the show, society updates, as well as a personal web link on the WCAS web page. Find out more about upcoming WCAS events and how to become a member at www.westcarletonartssociety.ca.

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