Welcome to the Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts.
The Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts (PEICA) has provided vital support to the arts on Prince Edward Island since 1974. Dedicated to ensuring that all Prince Edward Islanders enjoy the benefits of a healthy arts community, the PEICA works to foster the development of the arts through advocacy, education, programs and services.
Our mission is to make the arts integral to the lives of all Islanders. We envision Prince Edward Island as alive with the arts, with each community flourishing in celebration of its creativity, its identity and its heritage. We see our Creative Isle as an attractive place to live and raise families, an ideal setting in which to build an artistic practice and career, and a world-class cultural destination. We believe that these possibilities can become reality through the arts.
Here. Now. The Art of Newcomers to PEI
Reception 4 – 6 p.m. March 5 Gallery @ The Guild
Artwork by artists from Japan, Korea and Colombia, among several others, will be featured at a new exhibit opening at the Gallery @ The Guild on March 5.
Organized and curated by the P.E.I. Council of the Arts, “Here. Now. The Art of Newcomers to P.E.I.” has become a much-anticipated March feature at the Gallery. Of special note in this fourth edition of the show is a large artwork entitled “A Japanese View of Prince Edward Island” by Tomoyo Suzuki and a series of paintings based on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage in Spain by Marie Gauthier.
This year, for the first time, an Artist-in-Residence will be an added feature of the exhibit. Mauricio Aristizábal, who moved to Canada from Colombia in 2007 and whose work has been featured in past Newcomers Shows, was selected in a competitive process to be the PEICA Artist-in-Residence for the month of March. Aristizábal will be creating new artworks in the Artist-in-Residence studio, located immediately behind the gallery, on the lower level of The Guild building. Visitors are welcome to observe the artist at work, to talk about art in general, or his work specifically from noon – 1 p.m. daily or by appointment.
“Here. Now. The Art of Newcomers to P.E.I.” will be on display at the Gallery @ The Guild from March 5 to March 28. All are invited to an opening reception from 4 – 6 p.m. on Friday, March 5. Please come and meet the artists while enjoying some fine artwork from our newest residents.
If you have any questions, please contact Laurie McBurney at 902.620.3417 or by e-mail at lmcburney@peica.ca