Arts event at The Alibi will feature living sculpture by Marie Fox

Iris Mercurial: The Passage of Night. This is not the yellow brick road, it is the artist’s passage into change and dark wonder.

On the evening of September 30 at The Alibi Lounge, This Town Is Small will present an installation of living sculpture by Marie Fox. Twelve artists will collaborate with Marie by donating variously their bodies, minds, or voices. Performance starts at 10 pm.

Works by the late Erica Rutherford auctioned for scholarships

by Ann Thurlow

Erica Rutherford at her Pinette home in the late 1990s A show and auction of work by Erica Rutherford will be held October 2 to 8 to raise funds for the Erica Rutherford Memorial Scholarship. It will be open to young Islanders embarking in accredited programs in fine arts, theatre, dance, writing or filmmaking and will be administered by the PEI Council of the Arts.

Photography by Anna Karpinski

Tigers at Old Home Week 2010 (Anna Karpinski)

Seamus Martin The Art Wall at Baba’s Lounge in Charlottetown will exhibit drawings by Seamus Martin, September 1 to October 6. An opening reception and artist meet and greet will be held on September 1 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

Peake Street Studios artist collective show moves to the Centre

Confederation Centre Art Gallery

When Charlottetown artist collective Peake Street Studios puts together an exhibition, it takes one of two forms, either a thematic group show or what coordinator Donnalee Downe calls an “artist challenge.” The results of the group’s current challenge will be on display at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery this coming month. Called Out of Purgatory, the show is the latest version of what has become an annual event, but this time it has expanded to involve artists from parallel collectives in Newfoundland and New Brunswick. The principle, thought up by Peake St. member Jody Weale, is simple. According to Downe, “artists surrender pieces that at one point or another they’ve abandoned, and when they surrender it they give it up on all levels. They pass the piece blind to another artist, with an attached note that explains why they stopped working on it. The artist who receives the work finishes the piece and attaches a note explaining the rationale behind what they did.”

Barry Jeeves paintings at Details

Daffodil Dance by Barry Jeeves Details Past and Present gallery has several new painting by Barry Jeeves on display. Details proprietor Arlene Rice says, “It’s always a delight to receive a painting from Island artist Barry Jeeves.