The Art Bus, and Printmaking ... with road repair equipment!

Spent a lovely Saturday afternoon on the Art Bus Tour! It was great to see such a range of work in one afternoon - print media at SNAP, the Member's Show and "Naked" Show (figurative works) at Harcourt House, then down the highway to Sherwood Park, and finally back to SNAP for some festivities ...The exhibition at Sherwood Park's Gallery @ 501 was terrific ... I attended the opening on Friday, but found myself eager to spend more time with the exhibition. My congrats to Sean Caulfield and Royden Mills for a beautiful, thought-provoking body of work. Well worth the trip!The tour ended up at SNAP, and their Block Out Fundraiser ... which is where the road repair equipment and printmaking come in!The ingenious April Dean, Executive Director of SNAP, managed to secure a permit to block off a bit of Jasper Avenue so that some large-scale prints - 4' x 8' - could be inked and printed with an asphalt roller!It was actually quite exciting to see this whole process from start to finish ... there were some moments where I think most of us were holding our breath, hoping that nothing happened to the plates under all that weight. And of course, it's always exciting to see a print being pulled - it's the 'great reveal' that comes at the end of all the time and effort spent creating the plate  -but it was especially so with such large work!There was also great music, food, and drink at the event, and a sale and silent auction of some beautiful (and cheeky) print works ... including "art critic panties" (which I hope I won)!All in all, a great art-filled day!I'm looking forward to all the other art events this summer, including the next tour, coming up in July! I don't think there will be steam rollers involved (m)any of those, but who knows ... might run into some road construction, which won't be nearly as fun.