Mark your calendars for Everyday Folk!

SAQA Atlantic member Hélène Blanchet invites you to Everyday Folk, a folk art exhibition that opens November 15 and runs until December 19 at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts, in Inverness, Cape Breton.

Everyday Folk showcases the work of five Cape Breton folk artists: Hélène Blanchet, Murray Gallant, Agnes O’Flaherty, Frank O’Flaherty, and William D. Roach. The work in the exhibition celebrates an everyday practice of making and features a mixture of wood carvings, painting, and textiles. 

Jack's Sunflowers by Helene Blanchet w20" x h26"

HB: This is a picture of the sunflower field that a local farmer plants every year in his very picturesque field. It's on the beautiful Cabot Trail in North East Margaree and has become a tourist hot spot where tourists park their cars haphazardly to get into the field, among the waist-high sunflowers, and pose for yet one more must-have photo.

Gallery hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00am – 5:00pm. For more information you can go to Inverness County Centre for the Arts the Art’s website.