Local Arts

It was an evening of Forties music and fashion at Tundra Oil & Gas Place last Saturday night Nov. 4 when the Mark Humphries Orchestra hosted a fundraising dance for Seniors Access to Independent Living (SAIL).

What would you do if you had to fit all your thoughts and feelings about Canada into a 12-inch square two-dimensional space? That was the challenge Arts Mosaic delivered to artists several months ago - any medium, any style, as long as it doesn’t exc

Virden and District Chorale is pleased to present this year’s community production of Legally Blonde the Musical, Nov. 22 – 25, 2017, in Virden’s historic Auditorium Theatre.

Bare Naked Essentials By Danielle products, sold at Arts Mosaic in Virden will be changing its name to “Back To The Sol Roots Cosmetics”. Danielle Sunley has been creating natural beauty products since the spring of 2014.

For the last few years, after the crops have been taken off, local farmer and musician Gerry Lund has held a music in the field at his farm where he has built a rustic stage out in his ‘back 40’, with a seating area and small dance floor.

A reception for Moe and Myrna Gray was held Aug. 28 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Virden’s Arts Mosaic gallery. The couple has exhibited their artwork at Arts Mosaic for the month of August.

A reception for Moe and Myrna Gray was held Aug. 28 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Arts Mosaic. The couple has exhibited their artwork at Arts Mosaic for the month of August.

After circling the ring in the gleaming white vis a vis carriage, Lindsay White is honoured with the Gerry Holmes volunteer award, Friday, Aug. 18 presented by Sky Brown, on behalf of the Virden rodeo committee.

A “Sculpt & Sip” was held Aug. 11 at Gopher Creek Coffee Co. in Virden, led by Oak Lake paverpol sculpture artist Karyn Kowal. Over ten people attended, spending the evening creating their own sculptures.

Dianne Conrad, Art Facilitator and artist, from Miniota will be tentatively publishing a children’s book by the end of 2017. The book titled “Dama Grows” will feature ten of Conrad’s paintings, and is written in rhyme by Conrad herself.