The Yarmouth Waterfront Gallery has done improvements to its building on Water Street to upgrade and enhance the image of this area as a prime commercial centre. Today we were able to install our new awnings and a new engraved sign is on its way.
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Please join us for our opening reception on May 6th from 5-7 pm. Meet and greet our local artists. We represent over 30 regional artists this year and look forward to seeing you.
Yarmouth Waterfront Gallery carver, Bernie Forsey, has been recognizd for his excellence at a woodcarving event in Florida. The South West Florida Woodcarving Championship, held in Putat Gorda, is the premier carving show in Florida. It has hundreds of participants from the United States and Canada.
Bernie enterd the Master Carver level with an exibition of 12 works in four categories. The categories are: Minature, Lifesize Decorative Ducks, Lifesize Decorative Shorebirds and Fish Carving. He won 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in three out of the four categories. In the fourth category he won 2nd and 3rd. The only piece that won over Bernie was one that went on to get the best in show award.
Congratulations to Bernie for the fine showing. We are so fortunate to have his talent to share with you at the Waterfront Gallery in Yarmouth during the May through October season.
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We are pleased to announce that the Yarmouth Waterfront Gallery was recognized as an outstanding gallery in our region. We will strive to keep up our quality and service in the 2016 season starting in May of 2016. We so appreciated all the members and participating artists of our coop and those who supported us in achieving this award in our first year in our new location.
It’s time for a Harvest of Art!
Come gather some treasures at the Yarmouth Waterfront Gallery on Sunday, October 25th. from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Artists will be on site to talk about their work, and to offer some really good deals on quality art.
You’re invited to come by, enjoy light refreshments, and harvest a lovely piece of artwork or two!
The Waterfront Gallery will close for the season at the end of October, so this is a wonderful opportunity to see work by local artists, and to do some early Christmas shopping.
Hope to welcome you on the 25th!
Our featured artists for the end of September and early October are Mariette Amirault an Imelda Currens, two regional artists from Pubnico. Both paint local subject matter and have individual styles of presentation. Please visit the gallery to see this work in person. We are sure you will enjoy it.
Please join us to view the bright and refreshing paintings of Simone d’Eon, a guest artist at the Waterfront Gallery for the next two weeks. We are thrilled to have her with us again this year.
Dianne Surette, an artist with a great flair for bold coastal paintings will be on exhibit at the gallery for the next three weeks. We are pleased to be able to represent her work and hope you will visit to see her work.
We are pleased to have Nicole Nickerson with us for two weeks as our Featured Artist. Nicole is well known for her wonderful photographs of scenes and activities in the southwest Nova Scotia region. Please visit to see her work in its best light.
