5 June - 30 July, 2026

Kathy Levandoski

Firmly grounded by her roots, Kathy Levandoski is a rural Manitoba mixed-media artist that strives to ‘bloom where she is planted’. Zealous about making quality art in a remote setting, she embraces the journey found within her process. Constantly pursuing opportunities to unearth the extraordinary from within the mundane, her work embodies the soul of resourcefulness and the intricacies of familial connection and the relationship to the landscape around her.

Passionate that art is beneficial for all, and should be accessible to all, it is her hope that even in a small way, she can narrow the abyss between the art world and the rest of society with her work. She not only loves the challenge of discovering inspiration right under her nose, the research and development stage, the actual hands-on making of the art, but also at the core of her art practice is the celebration of our shared humanity. When the audience feels welcomed to engage, and are left uplifted and hopeful, if her art helps one person to feel less alone, then the journey, for her, is complete.

Gossamer & Ground

Gossamer & Ground is an immersive textile installation that embodies the soul of resourcefulness and the intricacies of connection. Using free motion machine stitching, rescued commercial fabric scraps destined for the trash, water soluble backing, and miles of thread, Kathy Levandoski transformed the discarded scraps into light, airy tapestries that resemble gossamer spiderwebs – like families and landscape, delicate, yet strong.

All suspended from the ceiling, there is a work called Segue - (6) 6” x 10” pieces made of thread, a large work called Gathering Fallen Roses - (100) 20” x 96”/20” x 120” tapestries made with commercial fabric scraps and thread, and a work called Thick & Thin made of (7) 20” x 96” tapestries. (Thick & Thin was made from two bags of drapery fabric – donated by separate, anonymous people, but dropped off on my doorstep on the same day. All of the scraps for Gathering Fallen Roses were made of quilting cotton, so Levandoski felt compelled to do something unique with this contrasting fabric. Loving the impulsive nature of a time challenge, she completed this project in 5 days.)

When Levandoski received the scraps of fabric from quilting friends, she first sorted them into like colours, and inspired by the landscape of the area where she lives – Riding Mountain National Park – she attached the textile pieces onto the backing. When the application was completed, the tapestry was immersed in water, removing the backing, and leaving behind the lacy finished work.

This body of work allows individual curatorial interpretations, as it can be configured in different ways and can be adapted to different sized galleries. The Gossamer & Ground audience use words like uplifting, magical, and peaceful to describe the experience of walking through the pieces, or standing silently within them. Some have said they find the tapestries so tranquil that they want to live in them, others liken them to a forest, and still others have felt enticed to lie underneath ‘looking up into the heavens.’ The visceral and varied responses have become a fascinating part of this exhibition.

Journey into Brassica

“After a lifetime of gardening, I realized in the Fall of 2009, that I had suffered a ‘disconnect’ with the ground that had supported my family for thirty years. Critical of the conglomerates and their methods, I, too, had unconsciously succumbed to the seductive allure of supermarket perfection and convenience. A complacent attitude had insidiously taken root; my relationship with the land I love, and the practice of growing things, had become rote and detached.

Journey Into Brassica – Brassica being the Latin genus for cabbage – is the result of a three-year process of observing, reading, research, and experimentation to bring myself back, physically, spiritually, and artistically, into an intimate relationship with the land under my feet, and with the plants that I grow. Initially I took photographs of subjects that would normally be considered mundane – frozen pumpkin vines, dried corn stalks, and butterfly eaten red cabbages. With the use of photoshop, I looked closely and deeply, exploring the images as though each was a new frontier. This investigation led me into places that revealed small and silent habitats alongside my bigger world – secret hiding spots full of life. Eventually I zeroed in and rested on the microcosm within the red cabbages – Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra.

Journey Into Brassica is a visceral response to this ‘other world’. From two distinct vantage points, the individual pieces, and the sets contained in this exhibition represent my augmented interpretation of these images.

I re-examined the potential of how my garden could again influence and enrich not only my physical health, but also my art, and to my delight I discovered an endless wealth of inspiration. I welcome the viewers of this show to also become travelers within this miniature cosmos. By doing so, may they be encouraged to look closer at their own environments with fresh enthusiasm, connection, and wonder.”

Sylke van Niekerk

Sylke van Niekerk has always been interested in creating. Growing up in Dresden, Germany, her parents gave her the opportunity to join an art class at the age of 5. She took several art courses, also at the fine art academy in Dresden, has worked 23 years as a graphic designer and holds an University degree in wood and fibre engineering.

Big life changes, moving from Germany to Canada and living in Winkler, rural Manitoba, gave her the freedom to dive deeper into her desire to making art. Joining the Creative Visionary Program at the online Art2life academy with founder Nicholas Wilton in 2022 and 2024 enhanced her intuitive approach to create, encouraged her to take risks and experiencing the connection between art and life.

She has been part of several member shows in her area, was part of a studio tour and had her own solo show at PHAC (Pembina Hills Arts Council) in 2022 and a guest show at PULSE gallery Winnipeg in 2024. Sylke van Niekerk was published in the Arts to Hearts Project magazine issue #6/2024, “women inside & outside”.

As an artist, she believes strongly in lifelong growing, healing and transformation. Making art is her way to communicate and express the vulnerable, yet unseen parts in our souls, by using several techniques like layering, texture and organic shapes. It deepens her confidence and love for life itself, using and exploring acrylic paint and the many opportunities that come with it.

“My paintings are my visual journey, reflecting and following the guidance of my soul to bring to light what makes me feel alive. My personal life story and my love for nature are intertwined and influence each other and are subject matter in my art. I am drawn to depth, either in my life or in my art, and I want to intuitively reveal the hidden, unspoken, unseen and deep aspects in us and the world around us by using paint as my medium.

I am working mainly with acrylic paint, and I am fascinated by playing, exploring, layering, using color, texture, patterns and organic shapes. Most of the time I love to start my paintings in a playful approach, there are layers and layers of paint, discerning where my eye goes, until I get a sense of the painting. It is a push and pull, alternating playing and discernment. A big accomplishment in my art journey is trusting more and more in the process of making art, and not focusing too much on the end result.

I want to create captivating, evocative and uplifting art, that ignites your imagination and connects to your soul. I would love to see my art as your friend you want to be surrounded with and to evoke emotions or a sense of belonging to the world we are living in.”

For God’s Glory

Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise His Holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things He has done for me. Psalm 103:1–2

“Grateful, I am grateful.” These words stayed with me as one year faded into the next, accompanying the creation of the largest work I have painted to date - a composition assembled from 25 leftover wood panels. Beneath layers of paint lie handwritten words of love, prayer, and praise, hidden yet present within the foundation of the work itself. From this process, For God’s Glory emerged — first as the title of a single painting, and eventually as the title and soul of the entire exhibition. The works in this exhibition move between remembrance and expectation: gratitude for what has been, and faith in transformation still unfolding. They reflect an ongoing search for light, direction, and presence within both the intimate and the everyday.

For me, painting is an act of listening as much as creating — a space where gesture, color, and movement become expressions of devotion. Each brushstroke carries the desire to honor the One who holds all things together, who guides, sustains, and continually calls me forward. For God’s Glory is both offering and reflection: an attempt to make visible something of divine beauty, love, and grace through the language of paint.

May you enjoy the walk from God’s majesty through the “tides“ of human struggle, into the vibrant renewal of spring, and finally into an eternal “afterglow“.

Clyde Finlay

“Through my experience in life, I have found being a visual artist a blessing and an opportunity to leave my mark on the world today through the art I create. I can express while transforming on canvas my vision, emotions, spirituality, and life experiences like historical travel establishing possibilities from history to the present.

The viewer can then interpret my umbrella of representational or abstract art. I convey freedom of spirit, a lyrical expression in different styles, architectural design, and a very intimate imagination. With spontaneous splashes of paint, I express form, movement, composition, and details established through the motion of my art brushes upon the canvas.

My artistic journey and medium preference started with using oils on a larger canvas in my early years. Today, I have provided myself with continuous education in art workshops by using acrylics, watercolours, multimedia, and coloured pastels empowering me to create and provide numerous styles of landscapes, portraits, figures, and many other forms of art.

After thirty-plus years, I’m fascinated by the opportunities of exhibitions while collaborating with my travels in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Thus, opportunities in art workshops, art presentations, art instruction in groups, individual consulting in group exhibits, and solo exhibits have developed and increased my love of art.”

A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time represents an eclectic collection of thirty-three pieces of original artwork created by international artist Clyde D. Finlay. This exhibition consists of landscapes and multimedia pieces. Most of the works are based on Canadian imagery, mostly Manitoba, with a few pieces representing imagery from the artist’s trip to Poland and France.

The medium of the majority of is watercolour. A few pieces were completed in pastel. The multimedia pieces on canvas are done with watercolour, black pen and watercolour inks.

A Wrinkle in Time represents works completed between 2020 and 2026. Most of the work was created in 2025.