Sunrise Opening

Sunrise Credit Union built a brand new building in Brandon. The grand opening was very nice, complete with food and beverage kiosks throughout the building to celebrate the opening. 

The building is very well designed two story office building. The decore is nicely chosen. I loved the office desk that is able to raise and lower with the push of a button. This office and desk is great for any staff with back issues or anyone wanting to spend less time sitting. 

Of course there were the usual speeches and a ribbon cutting. Harry spoke as CEO, a lady from Credit Union Central presented a painting and the mayor of Brandon welcomed them to the city.  Don spoke as he is the chair for Sunrise Credit Union. 

Glenn and Annette won the door prize. Very nice event!

Fibre Art Divas Meeting

Seven of us met at Geesje's house to have our monthly fibre art meeting. Val, Susan and Leslie drove out from Winnipeg; Annette came from St Claude and Beth and I drove from Holland/Treherne. 

Geesje has the entire basement of her home as a studio. Gorgeous open space with lots of light, and a wet dyeing area as well! We were all envious. 

Of course sharing our latest works was fun!!  Here are some of them!

Cavalia Odysseo

Wanda, George, Leah, Don and I attended Odesseo, an amazing theatrical experience, an ode to horse and man that marries the equestrian arts, awe inspiring acrobatics and high tech theatrical effects. Odysseo is set under a 125 foot tall White Big Top, using more than 65 horses, an international cast, a real carousel and a lake that magically appears in front of a stunning video backdrop the size of three large cinemas.

Wow!! 

Delta Beach

Visited Janet and Randy at their cottage at the Far West Beach at Delta. It turned out to be a gorgeous day. We walked west to a fort made out of dead trees from the flood. The we walked easy to the public beach and then further to Pat and Brent's for drinks. Back to Janet and Randy's for BBQ supper. Great day!!

Meeting Brielle

Traveled to Metigosh on the long weekend to visit Donna and Norm. The weather was cool and rainy do we did not get out on the lake, but we did sit outside in front of the propane heater. 

Donna and Norm have built a beautiful home on the lake. Three years ago they torn down their cottage and began building a permanent home there. Gorgeous!  I gave them a piece of my fibre art as a house warming gift. 

We were happy that their daughter, Mallory, and her baby, Brielle, were able to visit at the same time. Brielle has adorable red hair and a sweet round face. I got some baby time!  A real treat!!

About All Beings Conflence

All Beings Confluence is a community-based, interactive project that was directly inspired by Carolyn McDade, a composer, social activist and environmentalist whose music has sustained and nourished many over the decades.

All Beings Confluence is an ever-expanding installation crated by many individuals. It consists of a series of long, narrow sheer panels, each representing a single living Being — perhaps a ladybug, a bird, a tree, or a single blue-green algae who first provided our planet with oxygen. The completed panels are installed to fill a whole area and a single panel is never seen by itself. It is always “in community” with all the other Beings. Everyone is invited to walk amongst them – they move gently with the currents, always merging into different patterns & combinations of colour & light. For a brief moment we can actually feel ourselves as part of a vast, complex & interconnected whole.

All Beings Confluence began in 2010 when four Canadian prairie women, Madeleine LePage, Martha Cole and Shannon Carson from Saskatchewan and Fenella Temmerman from Manitoba, were learning the music for Carolyn’s latest CD, “Widening Embrace”. By August, 2011, when the CD was being recorded, 75 Beings were installed at the Banff Centre of the Arts to offer support and inspiration to the singers who had gathered from across North America. Since then, All Beings Confluence has been seen in over 35 venues across Canada and the United States, including the Sisters of Earth Conference in Indiana, “Bioneers” in Detroit, Michigan and the Western Women’s Conference at the Naramata Retreat Centre in Kelowna, BC. Over 4,600 people have moved through these Beings and the number of panels has increased to over 250 with more venues booked into the future and more panels being added all the time.

May we each find our place in this complex web of life which sustains us all.

Martha Cole

Companion to the Beings

Would like to have an installation of these panels for an event or an exhibition in your community? Would you like to make a panel or have a workshop offered in your community?

If so, contact: Martha Cole – mcole@sasktel.net

Finished Panels for All Beings Confluence

We finished our workshop!  Most panels were completed in time to go home with Martha. Some will go home with the artists to be completed and then will be mailed to Martha who is keeper of the Beings. 

Martha already has over 250 panels. These panels travel to various locations to be exhibited. Often a small batch of panels travel, such as the 70 we saw at the Weyburn exhibit. In total over 4600 people have viewed them. 

All Beings Confluence is a community based project that was directly inspired by Carolyn McDade, a composer, social activist and environmentalist whose music has sustained and nourished many over the decades.