I have been selected to show a sculpture at the Federation Gallery in Vancouver for their year opener - 2025 Exhibiting Member Exhibition. Opens Jan 7 and runs until Jan 26. It will also be online at the Federation Gallery website :)
Happy New Year everyone!
On December 18 I will be part of an exhibition in Sherwood Park…see poster
Honored to have my sculpture “Dash” chosen as best animal portrait of 2024 by the Portrait Society of Canada. Thank you to the Society and their jurors. Such amazing art from so many artists across Canada.
https://www.portraitsocietyofcanada.com/
I have been invited back as a live carver for the Pumpkins After Dark YEG festival running weekends from September 26 to October 31. Get your tickets at https://edmonton.pumpkinsafterdark.com/
Hope to see you there - pictures coming soon :)
I am honored to have been selected to have some of my sculptures showcased by Gallery@501 in conjunction with Festival Place featuring local 3D artists for Alberta Culture Days. The show is in the Lobby of Festival Place in Sherwood Park from September 6 to October 3, 2024. Thanks so much to Gallery@501 and Strathcona County.
I’ll be in the Horizons Arts Pavilion - Booth 5 :)
I have a sculpture in the The Federation of Canadian Artists Small Exhibition running September 23 to October 6 at the Federation Gallery in Vancouver. Check my Instagram for more details :)
Instagram: @deblaninga.art
Spruce Meadows Equestrian Centre south of Calgary is hosting “The Masters” September 4 to 8, 2024. Part of the festivities is the “horizons art pavilion”. I am honored to have been selected as one of artists showing this year in the pavilion. More details to come…
Excited to be the Feature Artist in the Kiwanis Gallery in Red Deer this summer. I will at the reception Friday July 5. Show runs June 18 to August 11, 2024. Thank you to the Red Deer Arts Council for selecting me, and all the hard work setting up the show “Connection”. The Gallery is downstairs at the Red Deer Public Library.
Honored to be one of the 7 artists doing a Pecha Kucha style presentation at the Gallery@501/Agora in Sherwood Park - part of the Strathcona Contemporary Exhibition final event. It’s also where their art acquisitions will be announced.
So pleased to receive “Honorable Mention” for sculpture, hope to have a picture of “The Embrace” in the FCA 2025 calendar!
So pleased to have 3 sculptures juried into the show. Hope to see you at the event :)
Strathcona Contemporary Exhibition: April 26 to June 22
Artists’ Meet & Greet: May 4 (1pm – 3pm) Gallery@501
Artists’ Pecha Kucha: June 7 (6:30pm – 9pm) Agora and Gallery@501
Seven artists from the Strathcona Contemporary exhibition will share their stories with the community and the annual art acquisitions (hosted in collaboration with the Arts and Culture Council of Strathcona County) will be announced.
So pleased to have a sculpture juried into the upcoming AIRE. The AIR exhibition is an open call to artists worldwide. This is an international juried competition in representational artistic excellence and skill. Featuring work from members and non-members.
On Family Day is was at the Edmonton Garrison carving in Ice with 2 other ladies, Barb and Janet, all of us SAA members. Great event, lots of family fun :)
I had the pleasure of being on a team at the Silver Skate Festival’s Snow Symposium/Snow Sculpting Competition. The sculptures are on display until the end of the festival (Feb 19, 2024) at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park (by the Valley Zoo). Seven Teams participated. My partner Barb and I did the Snow Queen’s face with ice burg crown and her wolves fighting on the back side, our team was “Frozen Fantasy” :)
Happy New Year! Pleased to be part of the Federation of Canadian Artists 2024 Active Member Exhibition in Vancouver :) Artwork in the exhibition can be seen online and live at the gallery. Federation Gallery is at 1241 Cartwright Street (Granville Island) Vancouver. Exhibition Runs Jan 9, 2024 to Jan 28, 2024.
https://federationgallery.com/exhibit/2024_active_member_exhibition/3683
It’s a Federation tradition to open the year with a showcase from our Active Members. This exhibition features an incredible array of both two dimensional and sculptural work by our talented group of Active Member artists! What better way to start the year than with the spectacular display of artistic merit.
Honored to have a sculpture in the Gallery@501 Members Show “Inhabiting Spaces”. Show runs in SHerwood Park from December 12, 2023 to January 11, 2024. Reception is Friday December 15 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm - all are welcome and event is FREE.
Had a great day doing a Great Horned Owl for the Christmas in the Heartland event Saturday November 25. I was a the Brookville Community Hall.
