Renewal (SAQA Regional)

Renewal is:

• Rekindling, looking to a new future, finding hope
• Resuming an activity after an interruption
• Repair or recycle of something worn and used
• Recovering strength
• Renewed cycles of life
How do you observe and experience renewal?

Thirty-three artists in this traveling exhibition have given us their interpretations of Renewal. Each perspective is unique to the individual artist and offers viewers a wide range of observations and experiences of renewal.

Exhibition Schedule

Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario: July 5 - September 8, 2024; Opening Reception July 7th from 1:00 to 4:00 PM
The Muse, Kenora, Ontario: January 21 - March 22, 2025
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, Ontario: January 23- April 10, 2027

Further venues will be announced as they are confirmed.

Congratulations to the Artists chosen by jurors David Kaye, Brandt Eisner and Leona Herzog:

Terry Aske - Witch Hazel Magic

Susan Avishai - Rise Again

Heather Bennett - Covid Spring

Sabrina Capune - A Chinook Renewal of Winter

Victoria Carley - Blakiston 2023

Robynne Cole - Life Rings True

Mary Cope - Beneath Our Surface

Millie Cumming - Please, Please

Donna-Fay Digance - Forest Renewal

Lori A. Everett - Forest Hope

Kristi Farrier - My Mother’s Garden

Mita Giacomini - Bovinity

Heather A. Hager - Urban Renewal

Margaret Inkster - Frosty Fronds

Joan Flett Kilpatrick - Celebrate

Steph Kincaid - Can’t Keep Me Down

Tracey Lawko - Harbingers

Toni Major - Leaving the Dark

Judy Martin - Poet in Love

Marie McEachern - First Blooms

Beth McKay - Making Peace

Lee McLean - Reclaiming Joy

Diane Nunez - Twister 2

Jenny Perry - There is a Crack in Everything

Lorraine Roy - Germination

Helena Scheffer - Kiribati

Susan Selby - Winter Solstice

Linda Strowbridge - Long Street Legacy

Maggie Vanderweit - Find Your Way

Kit Vincent - Tri-Colour White

Anna Wagner Ott - Shroud

Lynda Williamson - Passing On

Beth Susan van Wyngaarden - Kim’s Pine Cone