The North Nook Gallery presents an installation created for Mental Health Awareness Month by Sarah Nicole Dart entitled A Gentle Reminder. The work is inspired by a struggle a loved one recently experienced, and reflects on how a buildup of extreme stress, loneliness, lack of sleep, and dehydration can be enough to make the brain experience survival mode. The exhibit is viewable 24/7 in the front window of The Arts Guild, and is on view until June 18th.
About the Artist
Sarah Nicole Dart is a self taught interdisciplinary artist from Vancouver Island, who for the last 4 years has called Charlottetown home. Since 2016 Sarah has been experimenting with Cyanotype chemistry, and her work includes themes about biodiversity, mental health and the importance of practicing mindfulness. Since 2024 Sarah has exhibited "Mindfully Rhodo" at the Fitzroy Street Tiny Gallery, "Plants of Abundance Overgrown on Prince Street" for the City of Charlottetowns Your Community in Bloom, "The Biodiversity of a Trees Ecosystem" for Rooted in Art, and "The Really Long Tumble" at the Blank Canvas Gallery.
Upcoming
Katie Strongman will be showing new quilt work entitled Wild Roses in the North Nook Gallery from June 19-July 31. Wild Roses centres the Virginia Rose, a plant native to Prince Edward Island whose ecological role extends far beyond its visual beauty. These resilient shoreline shrubs help stabilize coastal landscapes, while their blossoms provide abundant pollen for pollinators and their rosehips sustain wildlife through the winter months.
The work reflects on the enduring influence of 19th-century English garden traditions across the Island’s public and private spaces. While aesthetically celebrated, these cultivated landscapes often privilege non-native and at times invasive species, obscuring deeper considerations of ecological interdependence and the relationships between plants, place, and habitat.
Through embroidery, beading, appliqué, and quilting, Strongman creates a vivid gesture of recognition and celebration for a species that quietly supports the health and continuity of the land and its communities.
About the Artist
Katie Strongman is an interdisciplinary artist based in Epektwik/Prince Edward Island. She creates drawings, zines, and installations. Her art is influenced by her work as a museum interpreter, creating works that are curious about material culture and the natural world while informing viewers. Her recent works combine illustration, embroidery and research to explore the history and environment of the island she calls home.
About the gallery
The North Nook Gallery is a partnership between The Fitzroy St. Tiny Art Gallery and The Arts Guild. The space was established in December 2024 and aims to present new sculpture and installation work by local professional artists on an ongoing basis. This exhibit is made possible by the generous support of The Arts Guild and the City of Charlottetown through their Arts & Culture Grants.
If you are interested in sponsoring an artist for exhibition in this space, please contact: bmarkham@theguildpei.com
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