Helene With Mail Art

 

Co-Curator HELENE LACELLE showing a few of the latest of dozens of arrivals of MAILart from 'the World of Artists' (photo by

PETER EVANCHUcK)

 

Another art opening at Carmen's Veranda

Carmen Letourneau and Helene Lacelle, Carmen's Veranda, 1169 Bank St, Ottawa

 
Peter and I we're off to another art opening at Carmen's Veranda two nights ago. Artist Brenda Small is showing her Saskatchewan inspired landscapes and woodland scenes until the end of March. Carmen is the most gracious hostess, along with her staff offer gourmet nibblies that can surpass any 5 star restaurant. You have to try out this restaurant!

NEW PROJECT - JoJo 'Birdy' Walton book of Poetry & Photograghs

Along with JoJo 'Birdy' Walton's heart grabbing poetry, photographs of the other Ottawa will accompany the poems.
Here are some of these photos.

IMAGE newspaper article

to read article click here

The Food Makers and Preparers for the ONE & ONLY Arts & Craft Fair in Sandy Hill

Marc Lacelle, Chef Peter Evanchuck, Francois Bregha and Dallas Fletcher worked tirelessly on Sunday Nov.20, making and preparing food for our FREE BUFFET at Sandy Hill's ONE & ONLY ARTS & CRAFT FAIR.

The rain stopped just in time Sunday morning as we opened our doors to let the shoppers and the eaters in!!! It was a fun day!

ONE&ONLY ART & CRAFT FAIR hosts Peter Evanchuck and Helene Lacelle

Wow, it's already that time of year again when Peter cooks like crazy for 4 days getting lots of wonderful food ready for our fabulous FAIR. 50 amazing vendors will sell their very beautiful and affordable work just in time for Christmas shopping.

Carmen & Helene

Carmen of Carmen's Veranda and Helene Lacelle stand in front of Helene's paintings in the main dining room of the restaurant, on the second level is the 'Jacques' exhibit, a retrospective of photos, letters and stories of Jacques and Helen's friendship.

THE JACQUES SHOW by helene Lacelle

~ Artist Helene Lacelle is having a show of her art and retrospective photographs of her close friend Jacques Couillard who was taken by brain cancer in February of 2010 - the show is dedicated to his memory and all his friends are invited to share those memories - at Carmen's Veranda, 1169 Bank Street, Ottawa from Oct.4 to Dec.31, 2011.

These photographs are snapshots of Jacques (and Helene) between 1977 and 1987, the college years, the dancing years, the traveling years, the shopping at Goodwill years, and the 'who the hell am I years'.

~ "It was impossible not to be affected by Jacques' sense of humor and desire to participate in fun"~

Please Join us for an evening of happy memories:

Opening reception: Tuesday, October 4, 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Carmen's Veranda, 1169 Bank St., Ottawa

Cash Bar, nibblies provided by Carmen.

Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society in the memory of Jacques Couillard, will be greatly appreciated.

BOOKSHANDMADE GOES TO QWAC

Bookmakers Peter Evanchuck and Helene Lacelle dont just make books, they also cobble beautiful art and serious 'Garden Shrooms'. People came from all over the world to attend Toronto's #1 art event, the Queen West Art Crawl. With 250 art booths, 20 thousand visitors and tons of sunshine who could ask for anything better.

HOMELESS IN OTTAWA - new poetry book from JoJo "BIRDY' Walton

COMING SOON from Bookshandmade a new collection of poetry from Ottawa author JoJo'BIRDY'Walton, living on the edge of {everything}. One of Birdy's favorite saying is " Now that I've given up on fools, I have no friends".

GOOP GALLERY DOES BUTTON MANIA in Almonte

The curators at GOOP GALLERY take in the sights at ButtonMania and Fiber fest in Almonte.

The Universe of ART EXCHANGE

GOOP gallery curators and Film Co-op members, HELENE LACELLE & PETER EVANCHUCK are on the move with their growing array of international 'MAIL ART' - GOOP is one of several 'mail art' galleries worldwide - the purpose is to promote a free exchange of art among all the artists of this planet and beyond if there are any artists in our wonderous universe - our openings not only shows this international 'mail art' but also provides all the info necessary for all the commnity to participate... welcome come on down!!..................read more

New batch of 'THANK YOU' mail art going out!

Peter and Helene are sending out a fresh new batch of - ONE OF A KIND - mail art to all our fabulous contributors who sent us hand-made post cards over the last year.

Helene getting ready for QWAC in Toronto.

Helene is hard at work getting some art blocks ready for the 3 day ART/FUN bonanza in Toronto on Sept.16-18, 'Queen West Art Crawl' and also putting the finishing touches on a batch of Peter's scrumptious CHOCOLATE COVERED SUSHI ROLLS.

PRODUCER DIRECTOR CAMERAMAN Peter Evanchuck on the homeless doc.

It's not easy when u deal with reality - of course reality tv is about as real as disneyworld's characters - sorry kids but mickey mouse is not only in disneyworld but he's a metaphor for all reality shows - sad that so few want real reality like that found in real life but prefer the reality of non reality - sounds confusing, eh - here's our hats off to all potatoes who live life surfing on the couch - may ur potatoes not require peeling, may ur reality shows not be too real like involve you and may the mean streets of urban life not tackle u in the hind quareters ---now all of that philo stuff is to answer some questions about my movie on a homeless man in Toronto, Robert Payne. U see cinephiles and art-lovers, i can't locate him to finish the movie as planned in my intuitive head - i've known ROB's routine for many years and for some reason he's altered it dramatically, he's lost in the abyss of Shutter Island... i guess?? aNYoNE OUT THERE knoW HIM Where be HE?

GOOP goes to VEGAS & GRAND CANYONS

In our quest to see and feel life around us, like all good parents, the curators of GOOP took their bambinos (mailart collection) for a trip to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyons.
Click HERE to see fabulous pictures of our
trip and MAIL ART collection.

GOOP ON THE GO...........Montreal to the Maritimes!

From May to July, GOOP GALLERY curators, Peter Evanchuck and Helene Lacelle continue their MAIL ART TOUR across Canada and the USA, promoting a selection of their original HAND-MADE mail art received from all over the world.

TOP : Montreal, Quebec.
MIDDLE: Tim Horton's in Trois Rivieres. art by Raymond Furlotte of Montreal
BOTTOM: Mazerolle Gallery in Fredericton New Brunswick

ROBERT THOMAS PAYNE - new poetry book by BOOKSHANDMADE

The NEW ARTS FESTIVAL in Ottawa----Helene Lacelle

The sun shined the whole 2 days for the outdoor art fair in the Glebe this weekend, in Ottawa. It was busy like usual with happy people dying to get out of the house after the lousiest Spring on record.

HELENE LACELLE at Starbucks on Elgin, Ottawa

Helene has opened her art vault and dusted off 15 years old collages made with very large images from Interview magazines. The'models' look tired, sloppy and worn-out thanks to Lacelle's messy hair and make-up stylings. Collages tell an interesting story, really.

Show dates: May 22 to June 30
location: Starbucks, 326 Elgin st, Ottawa

ed/pub/bookmakers Peter Evanchuck & Helene Lacelle invite u to take a peek

yes take a peek of ROB PAYNE's poetry on our site - ROB would like to deal directly with inquiries so we've included his email address on his page on our site (bookshandmade.com) for all to contact him. ROB has been homeless living in an alley just off Queen street west for 4 years in the Homeless Capital of Canada, Toronto.

He's established an outstanding name for himself both with his street poetry (he's been self publishing using library copy machines for years; as well, he's been a volunteer at THE MEETING PLACE on Queen at Bathurst. His community efforts also include working on The Street Post, a 'zine that was a voice for the homeless.

curators EVANCHUCK & LACELLE take mail ART on the road go east ART go east to end of CANANDA

well after a bit of a winter hibernation the GOOP bears i.e. curators Peter evanchuck and Helene lacelle have come out and about - with a host of new mail art from around the world including the Ukraine, Thailand, Russia, USA, Canada, etc they are showing it to the rest of Canada with enocouragment to other artists to participate in this international free mail art exchange

ed/pub/bookmakers Peter Evanchuck & Helene Lacelle invite u to take a peek

yes we published three new books recently and we'd like u to take a peek - today at Timothy's we'll have a small display then in Montreal end of week we go retail - more details to follow.

THE BABY BAKERY (children's book) is doing fine, GENTLE BEAU (comic strip) ok sliding along HOMELESS in TORONTO is moving slowly - poetry it seems is not a popular genre for modern Canadians mmmmmmmmmmmm

contact us at : bookshandmade@yahoo.ca for more info

GENTLE BEAU - a book of funnies!

YEA! it's finally here. Gentle beau is for sale on our WEBSITE or in our shop at ETSY. Not only do you deserve a break today but you also deserve to laugh today. Gentle Beau delivers a sweet alternative to facebooking with your 900 BBF or twittering details of your bus ride home. Put your goddam cell phone down for a minute and check out this book.

THE BABY BAKERY by Natania Abebe is now for sale $20.00 cdn.

Hello to all out there in book world -

bookshandmade ed/pub/deisgners/bookmakers, Peter Evanchuck and Helene Lacelle have completed and are making ready for sale 3 new books.

THE BABY BAKERY is a charming children's story written by Natania Abebe with some fine illustrations by Joshua Fulmore.

This is a handmade book which means that each copy is unique and a collectors piece of original art lovingly designed and made by Evanchuck and Lacelle using the Japanese hand stitching method which is a very durable binding method.

We provide a special page indicating who purchased the book and if it is a gift, to whom that purchaser gifted the book.

We hope all will enjoy this special children's book.