Toronto - Hundreds of people turned up for the biggest arts event in Toronto during the weekend concluding on Sunday at Nathan Phillips Square.
TORONTO - More than 500 artists and craftsmen using 14 different media, are showcasing their finest works at Nathan Phillips Square in celebration of the 50th year of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.The three-day event, billed by organizers as the largest of its kind in Canada, concludes on Sunday, July 10 with art discussions slated in the afternoon.The most number of participants is in the painting category where there are 95 artists.
The various media and their contributors include: ceramics, 27; mixed media, 23; drawing, 21; jewellery, 20; photography, 16; sculpture, 16; watercolor, 15; glass, 13; printmaking, 13; fibre, 12; wood, 8; digital media, 7; and metal, 5.
The exhibits are complemented by art talks and art walks at the Toronto City Hall rotunda.One of the attention-grabbers are the exhibits by artist Carina Mae Francioso, a recent graduate of the University of Waterloo. Wet, luscious lips in different shapes and sizes are the dominant themes of her paintings."What I like doing the most is capturing the wet feeling on the lips that looks like it's dripping but it's not, and the moisture you can actually see it but it's not actually there. It's just oil paint," Ms. Francioso explains during a brief interview on Saturday (July 9, 2011).
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