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Behind every exhibition is a thoughtful selection process.
As part of our Roots & Wings Cover Art Contest and Online Exhibition, we would like to recognize the individuals who generously served on our jury panel. Their time, experience, and thoughtful consideration helped shape this year’s selection.
✨ Meet the Jury Panel
🎨 Suzanne Konyha — Visual Artist
🪵 Fred Zavadil — Wood Carving Artist
✂️ Julie A. Bell — Mixed Media & Collage Artist .sgcollageart
✍️ Cat Turner — Copyeditor & Writer
Each juror brought a unique perspective to the review process, contributing insights from their respective creative fields. We are grateful for their support and for the care they brought to evaluating the submitted works.
Thank you as well to all artists who participated in the contest and shared their interpretations of the theme Roots & Wings. The exhibition reflects a wide range of creative voices, experiences, and artistic approaches.
📖 Spring Issue Update
We are excited to share that the digital edition of the Spring 2026 issue of Art Create Learn Magazine is scheduled for release on Monday evening.
Following the digital launch, we will prepare the publication for print and upload it to Amazon KDP. Once approved, the print edition is expected to become available sometime next week.
Thank you to our contributors, artists, writers, poets, and readers for your continued support as we bring this issue to completion.
🌾 Discover. Inspire. Grow.

🌿 What do we carry with us—and what do we become?
In Roots & Wings, our online exhibition presented by Art Create Learn Magazine, we share the selection of artists from our Cover Art Contest.
Each work moves between memory, place, and transformation—where roots ground us, and wings carry us forward.
Marian Drouillard .drouillard 
Hanging By A Thread in Sicily
Alcohol Ink, Acrylic Ink, Acrylic Paint, Papers on Repurposed Canvas (12” × 31.5”)
A deeply personal reflection on family history and imagined memory, shaped by a journey to Sicily.
Ruth A. Driedger 
Patches of Sunlight
Acrylic on Canvas (36” × 36”)
“Whatever path you choose, I wish you many moments of clarity and joy.”
Lupita Amaya G. 
Whispers of Roots & Wings in the Mist
Digital Photography
A quiet balance between stillness and becoming.
Sandra Ellis 
Porth Wen Brickworks, Arch Wales
Watercolour on Paper
A reflective study of place and time within a historic landscape.
✨ View the full online exhibition on our website
Explore each work in full and experience the exhibition in its complete form.
As we share this exhibition, we are also in the final stages of preparing the Spring Issue of Art Create Learn Magazine—coming soon.
🌾 Discover. Inspire. Grow.

What a beautiful opening reception at Gibson Gallery on April 12th 💛
I just want to say a heartfelt thank you to all the artists who are part of this exhibition—it has been such a joy to bring this show together and to see it come alive in the gallery.
A special thank you to Cat Turner for preparing the amazing punch, and to Andrea Niven for bringing a beautiful selection of chocolates—it truly added such a warm and welcoming touch to the afternoon.
Big appreciation as well to Trudy Dempsey and the Gibson Gallery staff for all their support in making everything run so smoothly.
And congratulations to Marian Drouillard on selling her painting during the reception—such a wonderful moment to celebrate! 🎉
I’m so grateful for this community and the connections that continue to grow through these exhibitions.

Featured Artists: Lupis Mga - Lupita Amaya G., Julie A. Bell - Mixed Media Collage Art - Julie A. Bell, Artmosphere Studio - Anna Buckie, Trudy Dempsey, Marian Drouillard, Lea Maria - Sandra Ellis, Margot Forman - Margot Forman, Nora Harvey Artist - Nora Harvey, Linda Heise Artistry - Linda Heise, Vivian Klink, Ober-Rae Starr Livingstone , Leona MacIntyre , Bear Foot Studios - Andrea Niven, Serenity Song Designs - Christine Paris, Anita Pistor Fine Art - Anita Pistor, Kathleen Pistor, Katherine Roth , Adele Steinberg , GulnazCreative - Gulnaz Turdalieva, Bobbi Wagner, Shelley Webster , Holly Wolter, Matthew Zaidan