AGO

So last Saturady me and my father went down town toronto to vist the Art Gallery of Ontario!

This is a picture of what the outside looks like after the constitution and
renervation

there theme was
"Art is a mirror, a reflection, a story, a vision. "
Alia Bye

which i found was a interesting way to look at it

Art Gallery of Ontario in located on 317 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario Canada

it is also close to torontos china town so you can easily have Chinese for lunch or supper if you wish

The collection

The AGO currently has more than 68,000 works in its collection, spanning from 100 AD to the present. Highlights include:
More than 40% of the collection vividly documents the development of Canada’s art heritage since pre-Confederation, including one of the largest and finest Inuit art collections in the world. The collection includes pivotal works by Cornelius Krieghoff, Lucius O’Brien, James Wilson Morrice, Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven, David Milne, Emily Carr and Paul-Emile Borduas.
Major holdings of the work of pre-eminent Canadian artists Paterson Ewen, Betty Goodwin, Greg Curnoe, David Blackwood, Kazuo Nakamura and American artist Robert Motherwell.
The world’s largest public collection of works by internationally renowned British sculptor Henry Moore.
Masterpieces of European art, including works by renowned artists such as Anthony van Dyck, Thomas Gainsborough, Auguste Rodin, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and René Magritte.
A collection of photographs representing the emergence of the medium in its artistic, cultural and social diversity. Works by 19th-century British, French, American and Canadian photographers, and 20th-century modernists, including one of the foremost collections of works by Josef Sudek.
A contemporary collection illustrating the evolution of artistic movements in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, including major works by Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Mary Kelly, Jannis Kounellis, Jenny Holzer, General Idea, Joanne Tod, Jeff Wall, Rebecca Belmore and Luciano Fabro.

It was a great experience for me and my father. I was impressed with the Italian exhibit that featured wood work and hollowed out trees with inner trees sprouting out. It was called a life within a life

The tree its self isn't actually inside the trunk the sculpture finds the tree lurking within the tree all by himself.

It isn't standing upright yet but it soon will be

Waterloo Potters Workshop

So on Saturday me and my sister went to this awesome pottery sale at our local rink.
they not only had pottery there but crafts, yarn, and hand spun goodies!
I bought my sister a cute little mug and me a awesome milk pitcher along with some yarn
On Sunday i went back and bought a brown mug with a tree as the handle for my father
a delicate white/blue mug for my Mother and a bright blue/brown jar for me to keep my paint brushes in. The spinners also had a lot of interesting wears and i bought a pin cushion from them for around $5.
I'm glade I went now i have less Christmas shopping to do and the best part was that it was all made in Canada!