Press Release: A Girl's Night Out and Sample Sale

Think Pink and Think Art and Think Sale!

A group of local artists is partnering with The Canadian Cancer Society to show some appreciation for women. The Back Room Gallery is hosting A Girl's Night Out and Sample Sale to help raise money for Breast Cancer awareness and to offer women a bargain at the same time!

Ladies consider yourselves invited and get your gals together for some great deals on one of a kind and rare art, fashion, glass, pottery, jewellery, giftware and so much more all at discounted prices. Back Room Gallery artists are clearing out inventory and thought what better way to do that then to help out local women in the process!

 

Girl's Night Out is being held Friday, October 19th from 5pm-9pm at The Back Room Gallery located at 4749 Wyandotte Street East in the heart of Pillette Village in Windsor. Ladies who attend will be treated to light appetizers, refreshments and even "cup-sized" cupcakes all in the name of breast health and drastically marked down beautiful items.

There is a modest fee of $6.00 to attend and have first crack at the great deals to be had. The theme is women and there will also be outside vendors offering all kinds of girlie stuff!
 

The first 50 women through the door will be treated to free goodie bags.
 

 The sample sale continues on and will be open to the public on Saturday October 20th from 10am-3pm.

For more information and to get your ticket/invitation contact:

The Back Room Gallery
4749 Wyandotte Street East
Windsor, ON
519-915-3535
email: backroomgallery@cogeco.net

 

 

Press Release: Demo Day @ Back Room Gallery

One week from Saturday, you are warmly invited to stop by the Back Room Gallery and meet and greet some of the artists in the co-op, watch them demonstrate their craft and talk with them about the range of their work. You may even be moved to place an order for something totally unique made just for you. The demonstrations are free, as are the light refreshments. Workshops with take-away items might have a small fee applied or a free-will donation requested to help cover the cost of materials.

Saturday, June 23rd

10 am-6 pm, 4749 Wyandotte East.

Press Release: Call for Artists EPIC Lavender Fest

EPIC Lavender Festival – Call for artists

Attention Artists and Artisans!

We’re excited to host the 1st Lavender Festival ever in Essex County and it will be an EPIC event! We’d love to have you get involved and showcase your wonderful talents.

The festival will be held on Sunday, July 7, 2012 from 10 am to 5 pm at Serenity Lavender Farm 130 County Road 50 East, Colchester. This event is open to any Artist, Musicians, Writers and Artisans selling handcrafted materials. Please note no Electricity will be available.

All items to be sold must be original pieces created by the person.

10×10 spots are only $40.00.

To register for a 10×10 spot please complete the application available on our website and email to Suzanne@serenitylavender.com or mail to Serenity Lavender, 130 County Road 50 East Colchester, Ontario N0R 1G0. Fees must accompany the registration form. cheques will not be cashed until after the applicant is accepted. NSF cheques will be charged a fee based on bank charges.

Booth locations will be selected by lottery.

Please bring your own tables, chairs, self standing canopies. Vendors must have their spaces staffed at all times. Set up begins at 8 am and tear down starts at 5:15 pm on the day of the show.

Visit the Serenity Lavender events page to download the application.

Press Release: June Bug Art Show

Group exhibition at the Artspeak Gallery. Artists include:

Yara El Safi
Alex Derbyshire
Victoria Strehlau
Erin Donnelly
Carley Ouellette
Todor Tesla Oluic
Kristina Palazzi
Chelsea Spellchuck
Randell Inting
Rosalie Edwards
Jill Snider
Michelle Donaldson
Hannah Maitland
Connor Linton
Olga George Politis

The show will be a week long where the artist will be painting in the gallery and showing their process on their artwork for the week.
So come! Speak the artists, buy some art and watch us in our element! Everyone is welcome!
Free admission!

ETA: The June Bug Art Show has been extended to June 15th.

Sketch(es) of the Day: Cambiasi Exercises

Today was another one of those experimental art adventures. This time I cracked open my Moleskine and made some messes. I discovered the sketches of Renaissance painter Luca Cambiasi. They intrigue me; I was trained in a modern drawing style which emphasises gesture and mark-making. My natural inclination is to realism, and here I find the two in harmony, which is something I continually strive for: expression and precision of each mark I make. And these are meant to help the artist solve visual problems. I'm hoping to use this technique to improve reference material.

I tried using the kuretake waterbrush I have inked up with a grey wash but it was very dry on the Moleskine paper, so I switched to the Aquash waterbrush. I stroked the tip of a charcoal grey Derwent inktense pencil to produce the ink tones. Also, the Noodler's black ink reacted with the water since I did not give it time to set in. This wasn't a great way to be accurate but I still got plenty of visual information down.

Pieta sketch by Luca Cambiasi

Sketch of the Day: Dilly Daisy

Yesterday, it was my turn to run the shop at the Back Room Gallery. Whenever I had a moment or two to myself, I worked on this little sketch of my view from the cashier a display of clothes by Dilly Daisy. The colours actually look brighter and fresher than this in my sketchbook (and, of course, in reality!). I rather like the effect of mixing Caran D'Ache with Winsor and Newton artists' watercolours. The Caran D'Ache crayons, used as paint pans, can be stunning in their intensity and the chroma is amazingly high. When I have the pennies to, I'll be getting more crayons. They're fantastic!

Press Release: Call to Artists: Windsor Essex Open Studio Tour

CALL TO ARTISTS
WINDSOR ESSEX OPEN STUDIO TOUR 2012
Application Deadline – June 09, 2012

The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Windsor Essex County invites individuals, groups and organizations working in the Arts and Cultural sector to participate in the 2nd Annual Open Studio Tour, being launched during Canada Cultural Days September 28, 29 and 30th, 2012, with additional Studio and Gallery tours, arranged by appointment, throughout the month of October, 2012.

The Open Studio Tour is an annual event which celebrates and promotes the creative communities and artists that live and work in our region. All art forms are invited to participate including visual, literary, performing, media arts and artisans throughout the Windsor Essex community. We invite you to open your studios/work space to introduce your work and processes to the general public, fellow artisans and interested groups. You may wish to offer demonstrations, hands on workshops, play opportunities to children and youth groups.
Your studio and artistic works will be promoted in the full color Tour Guides and on the Open Studio website with a link to your site. Your name and contact information will be publicized for 12 months from date of listing in the Tour Guide Brochure and on the Open Studio website. As a participant, you’ll receive a series of Free Tour Guides, Signage and postcards promoting the event. The Open Studio Tour 2012 Participation Fees are broken into 3 categories: Individual $130.00; Small Group (up to 4 artists) $160.00; and Large Groups, Galleries, Organizations $200.00.

The Open Studio Tour is designed to showcase fine art and craft in the artist’s working environment demonstrating a broad range of media and styles. The self-guided tour offers visitors the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the artistic process in a wide range of original work. This event is a marketing opportunity for serious professionals and a supportive environment to nurture and present new talent. Last year more than 30 local artists displayed their creations and projects in homes, studios, galleries and community centres. The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Windsor Essex expects the 2012 event to be even more successful. Admission is free.

For additional information and participant registration forms, please go to the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Windsor Essex County website at http://www.artsculturalalliance.org/ or contact Gulnaz Turdalieva at gulnazt@gmail.com

Press Release: Daily Grind @ ArtSpeak

As part of MayWorks Windsor 2012 youth from Catholic Central High School and Holy Names High School have created a piece entitled: “The Daily Grind” a commentary on the meaning of work. They have written stories about their workplaces, usually part time jobs after school and on weekends and have added a few stories by people with whom they come into contact on a daily basis. The work collective consists of the students their teachers Andrea Rice and Laura Vidler and is curated by Elaine Carr.

At ArtSpeak from May 14-18 the students will have on exhibit images and story about their daily grind and on May 14th at 7 pm tonight, they will be in the Artspeak Gallery 1942 Wyandotte St. E. with a performance piece. The work is very engaging and the youth give us much to think about and many laughs as well.

The project is part of the third annual MayWorks Festival of Arts, Culture and Labour.

MayWorks will continue throughout the month of May in venues throughout the City.

The Daily grind is sponsored by OECTA and is a partnership with the Arts Council Windsor Region.

Press Release: Shoppe Local Artisan Boutique Grand Re-Opening

Shoppe Local in Kingsville is having their grand re-opening this Saturday, May 12 from 10am to 5pm. Come out for "country fresh furniture and vintage finds, locally crafted home decor and accessories."
Anyone interested in being a vendor, contact Coleen Thibert at (519) 551-7793.

Call for Artists Elvis Fest Windsor 2012

Windsor Elvis Fest 2012 is looking for arts and craft vendors. If you want to reserve a space, you'd better hurry! There is only room for a few more!                           

Windsor Elvis Fest 2012

Vendor Registration/Letter of Agreement

Company Name______________________________________________

Contact Name________________________________________________

Mailing Address_______________________________________________

City______________________________Prov/State_________________Postal/Zip Code_____________

Email address_________________________________________________

Phone______________________________Fax______________________

Note: Due to change in location this year, we are unable to accept applications from FOOD VENDORS. Vendor booths will be indoors in a non-ticketed area, open to the public during festival hours only.

Do you sell “Elvis®” memorabilia/merchandise?                                                          Yes______                          No______

(Includes any merchandise with the name or logos of “King of Rock and Roll,” ”Graceland,”

“Elvis,” “Elvis Presley,” “Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest™” or his photo or likeness)

If yes, is the merchandise registered with Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.?                        Yes______          No_______

MERCHANDISE DESCRIPTION:_______________________________________

Booth opportunities      (Includes vendor listing on festival website, one skirted table/chair inside the venue)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Amount Payable

8’x10’ booth space for full 3 day weekend event*            $200 + HST 13%                                           $226.00

*Spaces LIMITED!

8’x10’ booth space for Friday and Saturday only              $175 + HST 13%                                            $197.75    

 Vendor Requirements

·         All vendors are responsible for their own sales including cash floats. (Note: Windsor Elvis Fest does not take a percentage of sales)

·         All vendors must present a copy of their business license to Windsor Elvis Fest on registration

·         Windsor Elvis Fest is not responsible for any loss or damage to vendors’ goods, nor the security of the vendors’ goods at any time.

Restrictions: No food vendors. We promote family oriented goods. No open flame, alcohol, knives, obscene or offensive merchandise, articles with profanity (t-shirts hats, etc.), body piercing services or drug paraphernalia, etc. are allowed.  Vendor products will be accepted at discretion of Windsor Elvis Fest/Centres for Seniors Windsor.

Registration Deadline June 8, 2012. Payment must accompany registration.  Cheques payable to Centres for Seniors Windsor (sponsor organization)   Mail, email or fax registration to:                    

Windsor Elvis Fest/Centres for Seniors Windsor

635 McEwan Ave., Windsor ON  N9B 2E9

info@windsorelvisfest.com  Fax (519) 254-1869

Credit card #____________________________________Expiry Date________ MC_________Visa________

Signature_______________________________Date_________________________

(Signature required on all vendor registration/letter of agreement forms regardless of method of payment)

Sketch(es) of the Day: Play Days

The soft cores of professional coloured pencils are infamous for breaking off while you're sharpening. I bought a black raspberry pencil, and managed to snap off three points before setting it to paper. Solution: use a clutch pencil to hold the broken tips. New problem: the tips are uneven. So, rather than a nice even point, I drew these with a chunk of broken coloured pencil lead. The subjects vary. There's life-drawing, and studies of Jane Morris, model for the Pre-Raphaelite painter, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (from photographs).

She's in this one as well. I drew it with a bamboo barbecue skewer dipped in india ink. I can't wait to give it another try on a large piece of paper! It brought back memories of studying drawing with Dr.Law at the University of Windsor. I wasn't technically in the art program, and couldn't get back in once I had left the BFA program to focus on literature (there is no portfolio to get into the school of visual art. It's more or less first-come-first-served, with preference for new students out of high school; no room for veteran grads limping along in their mid twenties!).

Honestly, I really need a larger sketchbook...

Sketch(es) of the Day: Ron Silliman's alphabet

As a graduate student, I assisted with an event held at the University of Windsor, in honour of Ron Silliman's poetic work: the alphabet. The conference was called, fittingly, the alphabet Symposium. I herded wayward scholars, scampered across campus to sort out last-minute tech issues, comforted the anxious, and handed out spiffy name tags as well as the programme which I had lovingly written and typeset (no one commented on its flawless appearance but I knew that they knew). Aside from these moments of excitement, I spent a lot of time sitting alone at the sign-in table. I had spoken with Dr. Louis Cabri, my supervisor, about my new habit of sketching public scenes. He encouraged me to record the event, and so I gave it a shot.

Why don't I have a sketch of Ron Silliman? I really don't know; it might have something to do with the arrangement of the room. I was quite excited to practice my rusty life-drawing skills on the scholars but I soon came to realise that everyone has the same when they're at the podium. That, and they look like they're eating or taking a microphone to the eye (sorry about that).

On a technical note, I was still getting used to using a waterbrush (a paintbrush with a water reservoir in the handle). It was still hard to control the water flow. I was also getting used to the Caran d'Ache neocolor ii crayons that I've since come to enjoy to much. But in these early days, both of these now-beloved tools were a real pain.

Sketch of the Day: Classic Light

Good models are so hard to find. I sometimes end up using the same reference for different studies. I simply don't have the resources to take my own reference pictures. The light in this reference was too lovely to pass up. I am really enjoying how the two types of coloured pencils complement each other: the soft core Prismacolor, and Verithins. A friend of mine commented that I was 'painting with pencils.' I think there's a lot to be said for that analogy. I think of the soft cores almost in the same way that I do the larger brushes I use for portraits to mass in shapes before moving to the smaller brushes to refine details.I'm not sure if I like working with the Moleskine paper. It has a cream colour, and an almost manila file folder quality to it.

36th Annual SketchCrawl

April 21st was the 35th Annual International SketchCrawl. SketchCrawl is often described as a 'drawing marathon,' but it's really a good excuse to get out and make some art in the open air. Usually, small groups get together with their sketchbooks and easels, but going solo is just as good. Windsor first participated in the world-wide event in 2010 through the efforts of the Windsor-Essex County Plein-Air Society.

The date has just been announced for the 36th Annual International SketchCrawl: Saturday, July 14th, 2012! If you'd like to participate with a group, or have your sketches featured on Windsoriana post a comment below or visit the Sketchcrawl forum.

By Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald, at Dieppe Gardens during the 35th Annual International SketchCrawl

Call for Artists: “SEEING IS BELIEVING”

“SEEING IS BELIEVING”
A non-juried Art Exhibit on the issue of Homophobia
MAY 14 - 18, 2012

WINDSOR PRIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 9, 2012.

This project aims to show new perspectives on homophobia. Homophobia is a negative attitude or feeling, an aversion towards gays and lesbians or towards homosexuality in general. It is also the rejection of people considered gay or lesbian and of all things associated with them, for example, gender non-conformity.

ELIGIBILITY
• All work must have a theme on the issue of Homophobia
• All media and styles accepted
• No size restrictions
• No limit on number of entries
• All artworks must be originals and not copies, derivatives or artworks based in any way on other copyrighted or published paintings, photographs or other artists works. They must be entirely executed by the applicant.
• Windsor Pride Community reserves the right in its sole discretion to decline any works it feels does not meet the above criteria or its is obscene or offensive in nature

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
The Artist(s) must adhere to the call for submission schedule
The Artist(s) must apply labels provided to all artwork submitted
The Artist(s) waives received an exhibition fee for hanging the works
The Artist(s) grants Windsor Pride the right to use of the images of artworks for publicity, promotion of event, reference and educational purposes
The Artist(s) is responsible for delivery and pick up of artworks
Packaging for shipping will be the responsibility of the artist
The exhibiting Artist(s) is responsible for insuring their work while in transit and on exhibition.

2D ARTWORKS OR WALL HANGINGS
All artwork must be wired and ready for hanging with a finished display or a frame. (i.e. paintings on canvas must have some form of hanging devise)

3D ARTWORKS OR SCULPTURE
All artwork MUST be secure and self supported

For submission form and further details, click here.

Sketch of the Day: Prospero

A study after the painting 'Prospero' (Bertram Forsyth as Prospero) by Sir E. Wyly Grier, oil on canvas 1924. Sketch done at Art Gallery of Windsor. The painting is part of the permanent collection of the AGW, and often on display in the Canadian gallery. A very interesting painting in loose, dramatic handling, and lit from the back. I would post a photo of the painting for the sake of comparison but googling the artist and the subject both bring back this sketch and my other drawings instead!

By far the best thing about sketching at the gallery, aside from how relaxing it is, is how you can strike up conversations with other visitors. A family from Montreal took an interest in me and we chatted for quite some time about my work and the painting. My only regret is that I didn't bring a cushion with me to sit on while I worked!

Looks a bit Jack Sparrow, no?

Culture Days Bulletin Board

Culture Days is a collaborative coast-to-coast-to-coast volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. With the support of a National Steering Committee and volunteer Provincial and Territorial Task Forces, thousands of activity organizers self-mobilize at the grassroots level to present and coordinate free public activities that take place throughout the country over the last weekend of September each year.

The third annual Culture Days weekend will take place September 28, 29 and 30, 2012, and will feature thousands of free, hands-on, interactive activities that invite the public to participate “behind-the-scenes,” to discover the world of artists, creators, historians, architects, curators, designers and other creative people in their communities.

This posting will be updated as local events are registered for Culture Days.

September 29th:

Plein Air Paint Out: 

The public is invited to paint or sketch en Plein Air (in the open air). Location to be announced. Instruction will be provided.

The Plein Air art movement began in the late 1880′s when artists began to leave their studio’s to paint out of doors. This became possible with the invention of the paint tube which enabled the art studio to become portable. This movement was made famous by Canada’s Group of Seven, the Impressionists in France, and Winslow Homer in the United States.

Organizer

Windsor & Essex County Plein Air Society

Date(s) & Time(s):

Saturday, September 29, 2012 — 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Location

1811 Byng Rd
Windsor, Ontario

exhibition and printmaking techniques demonstrations

Windsor Printmeker's Forum will present Annual Member's Exhibit where some of the best known artists and printmakers will show their most recent, fresh of the press art.
Opening reception will start at 11:00 am at Windsor's Printmaker's Forum. Join us in experiencing some new art and chat with artists in the relaxed anc ool atmosphere of our gallery.
We wish to give you the opportunity to learn some interesting printmaking techniques such as monoprinting, etching, woodcarving, silkscreening and others which will be presented to you by our experineced printmakers.

Organizer

WIndsor Printmaker's Forum

Date(s) & Time(s):

Saturday, September 29, 2012 — 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Location

420 Devonshire Rd
Windsor, Ontario

Gallery Tour and Exposition of Mike Marcon's FRAGMENTS

Gallery Tour and Exposition of Mike Marcon's FRAGMENTS; A CIVILIZATION ONCE LOST”, Saturday September 29, 2012, 12:00 - 5:00 PM

Mike Marcon presents mixed-media installations involving themes related to Canadian identity to coincide with the ongoing War of 1812 bicentennial celebrations. Marcon’s work explores the notion of the wilderness as a privileged space, a “kind of masculine homeland within the greater framework of the nation state”. Found objects, images and sculpture act as a catalyst for the displacement of symbols and myths that continue to inform our “official” national identity. The juxtaposition of objects and images create a labyrinthine experience and stimulates critical reflection while situating these myths within the viewers’ personal narratives.

Organizer

Artcite Inc

Date(s) & Time(s):

Saturday, September 29, 2012 — 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Location

109 University Ave. West
Windsor, Ontario

Kafe Korda Cabaret Variety Show at The KordaZone Theatre

Korda Artistic Productions presents its next Kafe Korda Cabaret and Variety Show at The KordaZone Theatre, 2520 Seminole Street in Windsor, Ontario on Saturday, September 29, 2012 as part of Culture Days!!! Experience visual art, song, poetry, and theatrical performances onstage in this community gem.

Organizer

Korda Artistic Productions

Date(s) & Time(s):

Saturday, September 29, 2012 — 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Location

2520 Seminole Street
Windsor, Ontario

Sundays in the Studio

Join us Sunday, September 30 from 12:30 - 2 pm, for a FREE hands-on drop-in studio workshop in the second floor Saltmarche-McLaughlin-Haworth Studio. Sundays in the Studio is an ongoing weekly event and features a new artist and hands-on studio activity based on current exhibitions.

Studio Workshop: HEALING HARVEST based The WILDCRAFT by Kika Thorne. Enjoy learning about indigenous healing plants while creating beautiful works of art.

Be sure to visit the following exhibitions that will be on view:

Paris/Ojibwa by Robert Houle
Curated by Carla Garnet. Organized by the Art Gallery of Peterborough

John Scott: Works from AGW’s Collection
Curated by David Liss

The WILDCRAFT: Kika Thorne
Curated by Srimoyee Mitra

ReAppearances: "Old Friends” from the AGW Collection
Curated by Catharine Mastin

Visit the AGW website at www.agw.ca for currrent exhibition and gallery information.

Join us Saturday and Sunday for a public tour at 2 pm.

FREE Admission (children must be accompanied by an adult)

Organizer

Mary Anne VanWatteghem, Education and Public Programs Coordinator

Date(s) & Time(s):

Sunday, September 30, 2012 — 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Location

401 Riverside Dr. W,
Windsor, Ontario

KordaZone Theatre Open House, Workshops & Table Read

The KordaZone Theatre will open its doors to the public at 1:00 PM on Sunday, September 30, 2012. Experience the ambiance of this unique 110-seat theatre, participate in a theatrical Mask-Making workshop/demonstration, and enjoy a live table-read of an upcoming show by some of Korda's troupe of actors.

Organizer

Korda Artistic Productions

Date(s) & Time(s):

Sunday, September 30, 2012 — 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Location

2520 Seminole Street
Windsor, Ontario

Back Room Gallery Interactive Displays, Tours & Performances

We will host interative displays and studio tours, demonstrations and hands-on creative activities of a variety of mediums including pottery, photography, digital art, sketching and painting, fabric arts as well as readings and performances of original writing, music and dance.

Organizer

Back Room Gallery Artists' Co-op

Date(s) & Time(s):

Friday, September 28, 2012 — 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday, September 29, 2012 — 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, September 30, 2012 — 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Location

4749 Wyandotte St. East
Windsor, Ontario

Sketch of the Day: Thomsonesque Alley

 

Here's the opposite end of the alley from yesterday's Sketch of the Day. This scene reminds me so much of the scenes painted by the Group of Seven, Tom Thomson in particular. I remember seeing one of his paintings at the Art Gallery of Windsor when I was very young. I crossed one of the galleries to see it, even though it was one of their smallest canvases. These plein air paintings are some of the most famous works in Canadian art history. I find their use of negative space so lyrical. The one below has some wonderful mid tones.  

This sketch also marks the end of a special sketchbook I have been using for nearly three years. How far I've come in that time!

Sketch of the Day: Alley

When I told one of my closest and dearest friends that I planned to sketch scenes of Windsor, she was very skeptical. I assured her there there's plenty of beauty here, if you're looking for it. One of my favourite places to find it? Alleys. Most Windsor neighbourhoods have alleys running behind homes. They're not the same as the Medieval alleys that sometimes doubled as market places, but they're often home to surprising landscapes. In Walkerville, every alley has at least one lilac tree. Go on and check if you don't believe me! Usually they bloom in May. I took a photograph of this alley while taking my walk. Turning around, I took another where I could see the makings of a Tom Thompson knock-off. I just might paint that one one day. This particular sketch was done on request for another friend. So, here it is, friend: your sketch of buildings.

Book Launch: In Pursuit of the Golden Key

Windsor's creative community sure knows how to celebrate! This year is the bicentenary of the War of 1812, a conflict which formed the character of our region for years to come. Artists Dennis White and Steve Gibbs have put together a merry chase: a treasure hunt, a book, and a golden key at the centre of it all. What is the treasure, you might ask? The official website puts it simply:

The riddles, poetry, quotes and artwork all contain information that when put together will lead you to solving the puzzle and to a document entitling you to the grand prize — the treasure. The first person to correctly solve the puzzle will receive the Golden Key that will open a treasure worth over $10,000 CND. 

Why not come out to the Art Gallery of Windsor for the official book launch May 5th at 11 am?

Yes two hundred years have come and gone
Since war once ruled this land
A little knowledge you will need to solve the task at hand
A riddle or two will lead to a clue of lives from days gone by
But be aware
With whom you share
For in them the answers lie
Leotie's treasure is yours to find
It is not as hard as you think
For within these pages
Through different stages
You are bound to find a link
So your journey begins with clue number one
Good luck! As you begin today
Is it a clue for you to shout, "I've won!"
Or one that will lead you astray?