Many thanks to everyone who voted for me, friend, fans, Victorians, and especially Monday Magazine and their readers!

Check out the full list of winners in our eight page feature section hitting the streets tomorrow afternoon and online at http://www.mondaymag.com/eeditions/

Our awards were in the form of customized ukeleles by Long and McQuade.

Carollyne Yardley (l) with living sculpture / body painting artwork by Kristen Urbanheart Grant at Monday Magazine “M” Awards.

I also had the pleasure of meeting Joseph Williams, cartoonist for Monday Magazine. Check out his site at BlobFarm.

Carollyne (l) and Joseph Williams, Artist

Here is coverage by Adam Sawatsky, Your Island Arts and Lifestyle, April 24, 2013.
http://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=912635

Coach House Books, Fall 2013 Catalogue

DOWNLOAD CATALOGUE HERE

Space Hat Squirrel has been selected to grace the the cover of Coach House Books Fall 2013 Catalogue.
They are a publishing company located in Toronto, Canada, and print
about 2,500 catalogues and send them to publishers, authors, and bookstores around the world.

“Squirrels have sort of become the unofficial mascot of Coach House,” says Heidi, Publishing Assistant.

Amen Brother.

Even better – the  catalogue lists among its nonfiction titles the latest release by Jeet Heer, In Love With Art, Francoise Mouly’s Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman.
I can’t wait to read this book. I love Spiegelman – we’ve been lucky to have the exhibit Art Spiegelman, CO-MIX: A Retospective of Comics, Graphics and Scraps at the Vancouver Art Gallery (February 16 to June 9, 2013).

Coach House Fall 2013 Catalogue: download here
Web: http://www.chbooks.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/coachhousebooks 

I was asked to be a celebrity waiter for a charity event that was held at the Uplands Golf Course.
The Charity was Greater Victoria Citizens Counseling Center (http://www.citizenscounselling.com/

We had to do whatever we could to raise funds.

Chris Causton, former Mayor of Oak Bay getting “squirrel-bombed”

Table 1 with Carollyne Yardley as Squirrel Lady

My awesome assistant an confidant, Jorge, who helped me immensely with raising funds and keeping my table happy.

A few of the celebrity’s this year included:

Karen Elgersma (SHAW TV)
Murray Rankin (MP)
Chris Causton (former Oak Bay mayor)
Ray Parks (Big, sneaky, fibber. I now know about the laptop. Re: Not shocking considering 32 years of provincial government service
Deanna Young (Food for Thought Catering. See: Atonement.)
Very nice lady who owns Il Terrazzo
Jack Knox (Times Colonist)
David Lenham (writer and broadcaster)
Dan Kahan (SHAW TV)

I’m freaking out over here!!!

Check out this article by our friends over at Archie McPhee’s Amazing Geyser of Awesome. 

After seeing their recent post about Carollyne Yardley’s awesome painting Saint Squirrel: Protecting You ‘Cause You’re Nuts!, Sofia Gonzales sent them these amazing photos. Behold the wonder that is Pope Pinenuts II!

Sofia Gonzales had a dream about finding a secret door, in the Guggenheim Museum where Pope Pinenuts II practiced his rituals.

Photos include Pope Squirrel greeting his follows from the papal apartments and photos show him blessing the Carnivorous Nights taxidermy contest at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY back in 2005.

How cool is that!!!!

FULL ARTICLE HERE

Snapshot of article at Archie McPhee website showing Pope Pinenuts.

Monday’s 10th annual M Awards

Hey ya’ll,

Today brought great news!

I have been nominated in the category of Favorite Visual Artist for a 2013 M Award, Monday Magazine.

Monday Magazine needs your help to narrow down the long list of nominees to a short list. Short-listed nominees will be invited to a gala event next month, where the final votes will be tallied and the ‘M’ Award winners will be announced. I’d appreciate you casting your votes and spreading the news using the survey link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mawards

A huge supporter of the arts, the awards recognize Victoria’s visual, literary and performing artists with Monday’s tenth annual M Awards. Vote for your favourites in the following categories by filling out the paper ballot (found on Page 17 of this week’s Monday) and returning it to them, or filling out their online survey at www.surveymonkey/s/mawards

Just so you know: only one ballot may be cast per voter. This is very important: Voters must pick a favourite in at least 10 categories for their ballots to qualify. The ‘Visual Artist’ category is found near the end of the survey– question 30.

Thank you in advance for taking a few minutes and filling out the survey as best as you can. Victoria’s local arts scene thrives because of you!

NOTE: Must vote in minimum of 10 categories.

• Winners announced in April 26 issue of Monday Magazine.

• Deadline for voting is 5 p.m., Fri., March 23.

Rules here: http://www.mondaymag.com/news/140950153.html

Vote here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MAwards

I was so thrilled when Adam Sawatsky asked to do a news segment for Romancing the Squirrel art show which is on at The Apartment Gallery Feb 22 – April 01, 2013.
MON-TUES, by appointment
Wed – Fri: 2pm-6pm
Sat+Sun 12pm-4pm

The segment aired on CTV News at 5 pm & 11pm for Adam Sawatsky’s Arts & Lifestyle, Feb 21, 2013.
Also featured on full segment (not on this web posted clip) were Mary Walsh, Actor, Steven White of Dance Victoria, and David Vest, Musician.

So guess who got Squirrel Bombed again?

See the first time here.  
This photo is super rad tho’ ’cause Adam’s in the awesome squirrel mask for realzies!

Adam Sawatsky (squirrel) and Carollyne Yardley during interview for CTVNews at 5 & 11pm. Coverage for Romancing the Squirrels, at The Apartment Gallery (Aired Feb 21, 2013) Adam Sawatsky’s Arts & Lifestyle, Feb 21, 2013. Photo by Ellen Manning, Director of The Apartment Gallery

Vic42.com
Feb 21, 2013
Article by Teresa Lindsay
Photo by Alan Smith (after Carollyne Yardley)

When Teresa Lindsay called to ask to interview for Vic42.com I was intrigued and excited. They write short articles framed with great photography by Alan Smith to celebrate interesting people in Victoria.

I suggested we take a photograph after a photograph I styled and turned into a painting titled Charlotte’s Web, and they just nailed it.  I feel like the Godfather, play music now.

Carollyne Yardley photographed by Vic42.com, Feb 21, 2013

 READ ARTICLE HERE

Carollyne Before, Squirrel After, photo by Alan Smith (after Carollyne Yardley)

Fifty Fifty Arts Collective
Curiouser: Contemporary Responses to Alice in Wonderland 
Curated by Laurie Luck
Feb 22 – March 17, 2013

2516 Douglas (just north of bay st.)
Victoria BC

Contact: Jzero Schuurman
thefiftyfifty@gmail.com

Hey how cool is that, Romance Squirrel is featured both online and in print in Nexus Magazine, Camosun’s student voice since 1990.
An interview with curator of the show, Laurie Luck, discusses the show in this article titled, Artists take a crack at Carroll classic.

For those looking for a journey down the rabbit hole, the upcoming show at the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective is sure to scratch that adventurous itch. Curiouser: Contemporary Responses to Alice in Wonderland is a collection of works from over 15 BC artists that explores some the iconic imagery found in Lewis Carroll’s famous stories.

Eye on the Arts with Adam Sawatsky on CFAX 1070.

Interview with Carollyne Yardley, Artist
Originally aired Feb 16-17, 2013
Published with permission

PART 1/3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j4BvqjKIwo

PART 2/3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXiFo45vQ5o

PART 3/3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsIOBlbufc

Adam Sawatsky
Anchor-Reporter
CTV News Vancouver Island & CFAX 1070
1420 Broad Street
Victoria , BC V8W 2B1
www.CTVvancouverisland.ca

My friend Kieran Wilson has published his first book including his poetry and prose. I was delighted when he asked to use Saint Squirrel for the front cover.
Only now, having read the title, and a few pages from this great book, do I understand why Saint Squirrel was chosen.

Kieran Wilson with his book, Imitations of Eternity, St. Gengulphus’ Publishing (Art by Carollyne Yardley)

Imitations of Eternity, Kieran Wilson, St. Gengulphus’ Publishing

When I read, The Romances of the Sieur de Poulailler By Jean-Pierre de Caen, had been included and diligently translated into modern English from the original medieval French by Kieran Wilson, I was like, “holy cow, man.”

from the back cover:

In his first published work, Kieran Wilson presents his vision of eternal themes, freedom, love, human nature, the Divine. A quiet philosophy is articulated in both verse and prose that echoes the ancient human desire to grapple with eternity and to begin, in some small way, to understand it.

My favorite piece is titled Omnia Vincit Amor, as it made me think of the painting, Amor Vincit Omnia (Love Conquers All), by the Italian early realist/ post-Mannerist artist Caravaggio.

Here is a sample poem from the publication, and some great PR shots of the author himself!

Omnia Vincit Amor pg. 16 from the book, Imitations of Eternity by Kieran Wilson, 2013

Kieran Wilson reading his book, Imitations of Eternity, St. Gengulphus’ Publishing (Art by Carollyne Yardley)