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This morning I headed back to the award-winning Pierrefonds Library, to get some daylight photos of the exhibition for the 2022 edition of the Montréal-wide Pierrefonds Art Contest. As you can see from these photos, this building is a fantastic locale for a temporary art exhibition with its white walls, skylights, and architectural design elements.
It was also nice to get a selfie with my surprise First Prize watercolour painting, in the Amateur Artist category for Watercolour & Gouache paintings. The 3-layered cotton mask that I'm wearing in the last photo could almost be considered a work of art in itself; I sewed almost 200 of these for family and friends at the very start of the pandemic, after creating several prototype designs. My final design, in two sizes, has space for a coffee-filter insert as extra filtration, an adjustable strap, and fully covers the mouth and nose. I made these in a variety of fun fabrics leftover from craft and sewing projects that I'd done before a rare disease significantly impacted my right hand and arm in 2016.

If you're in the Montréal area, there's still time to see this free exhibition during regular library hours. Continuing through Sunday December 18, 2022, this art show includes works by both amateur and professional artists from across Montréal Island - from youth to seniors - featuring a wide range of artistic styles and techniques.
The address of the Pierrefonds Library is 13555 boulevard de Pierrefonds, in Montréal, and it's part of the Ville de Montréal library network.
If you plan to drop by to see these artworks, feel free to let me know so that I can try to meet you there!