A mouthwatering example of chef Kimberly Steele's cake creations (Credit: Sarah Tariq)
Cobalt Art Gallery is hosting its first exhibition since the pandemic, Cobalt Art Gallery Presents: Women In the Arts, this Saturday.
Gallery Director Sarah Tariq said they are collaborating with businesses on Prince William Street, including The Art Warehouse and East Coast Bistro, to hold the event.
“We just wanted to appreciate the fact that there are so many amazing women uptown doing cool things,” said Tariq, adding the gallery wanted to take the opportunity of the final Prince William Open Street to create space and have as many people attend while maintaining social distancing.
The exhibition will feature local artists Leanne Macdonald’s pottery, Pamela Pierce’s visual art pieces, some of Tariq’s watercolours and East Coast Bistro chef and owner Kimberley Steele’s food creations.
“She’s going to be doing a feature cake for the event and it’s going to be on display and then at some point probably later in the day, we’ll cut into it and serve it for everyone,” she said. Steele will also make croissants, breads and other to-go pastries.
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- Leanne MacDonald’s pottery (Credit: Sarah Tariq)
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- Sneak peak of one of Pamela Pierce’s visual art (Credit: Sarah Tariq)
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- Interior of Cobalt Art Gallery (Credit: Sarah Tariq)
Macdonald is Cobalt Gallery’s newest artist and was originally supposed to join in March, but the pandemic put plans on hold. Women in the Arts will be her first show.
“We wanted to have the show to open for her, to bring her into the gallery, to introduce her to everyone and then we decided to toss in a few more awesome ladies,” Tariq explained. “Leanne does a lot of pottery based off of the earth, she very much draws from like Earth textures, she doesn’t do anything perfectly smooth finished.”
Cobalt Art Gallery Presents: Women In the Arts will held Saturday at 12 PM to 5 PM.
