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On July 21-23, thirty-five stone carvers gathered on Ottawa’s historic Sparks Street for the Canadian Stone Carving Festival. Each was...

“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the...

You and I don’t know each other – but I felt a connection with you.

The kids are gearing up for a big art project in May using t-shirts. We got a bunch of ‘practice’ t-shirts in from Value Village for them...

Mother Theresa is quoted as having once said, “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” This is...

Claudia grew up in a home with drugs and conflict, prompting her to leave at the age of 17. Claudia ended-up on the streets and using...

“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ― John Steinbeck The wonderful thing about art...

“Every artist was first an amateur.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Laura is a very quiet and intensely  shy person. She has recently started to...

“And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Things keep going on, they overlap and blur, your story is part of your sister’s...

This piece is called “Topsy-Turvy”, and has a very unique quality to it. Try imagine that you are looking at it upside down, or even try...

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We...

“Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.” -Goethe Below is a piece entitled “Mufasa” by a member of...

On December 21, 2012, Kaylin, a long time member of the art group, passed away suddenly. The art group was devastated to lose a member of...

“Dragon Fly” or “Homesick”, Mixed Mediums: acrylic and ink on canvas. “A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because...

“The man who has no imagination has no wings.” –Muhammed Ali Below is a ink on paper art piece done by one of our Passion 4 Youth art...