Over 55 visual artists have put their works on display at this year's Wild At Art festival, which starts today (Feb. 16). This number jumps higher if you include the others - 10 from the Tantalus Seniors painting group, art from all schools in the district and examples of the finest work of the Quilters Guild. All will be housed primarily at the West Coast Railway Heritage Park. Unfortunately, the Bud Cars will not be able to move visitors around Squamish due to the current CN strike.
Judy McQuinn, the visual arts co-ordinator, has spent the last few months ensuring that all goes well. She said paintings, mixed media, photograpy, pottery, jewellery, metal, quilting and sculpture are on show. And, of course, most of it is for sale.
"Yes, the art is for sale unless stipulated, and we do have Visa or Mastercard," said McQuinn, who works with stained glass herself. "The show is in the PGE car shop and when I speak of cars I mean trains. There are currently three trains in the shop and will be for the show, including the Royal Hudson so you can imagine the size of the building. It has three train tracks running through it. It is a very interesting venue."
She said this was her first year in this role, and called it "a great learning experience... And yes it's crazy busy at the last hour."
The 10-day festival features performing artists as well, and organizers are building up to having a 17-day festival in time for the 2010 Olympic Games. See the official program in today's Chief as a pullout.
