{"id":278,"date":"2013-11-07T10:57:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T14:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofyarmouthartgallery.com\/?p=278"},"modified":"2018-01-29T11:59:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:59:18","slug":"creative-minds-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofyarmouthartgallery.com\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"December 1, 2013 &#8211; Creative Minds with Maggie Schmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">Quite a Trip: The Art of Maggie Schmidt Mandell<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofyarmouthartgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Maggie-Mandell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofyarmouthartgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Maggie-Mandell-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Mandell\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofyarmouthartgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Maggie-Mandell-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.friendsofyarmouthartgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Maggie-Mandell-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.friendsofyarmouthartgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Maggie-Mandell-520x800.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.friendsofyarmouthartgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Maggie-Mandell.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><i>Art Gallery of NS, Western Branch \u2013 Creative Minds Series<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">Maggie Schmidt Mandell was born in New York City. From the age of nine, Maggie knew that she was meant to be a visual artist. Her parents made her a studio in a cabin on their property. She was later educated in Fine Art and Education at Pratt Institute of Brooklyn and also studied Behavioral Sciences, Sociology and Printmaking. In 1972, she arrived in Canada and then became a Canadian citizen. She has worked in the fields of education and art therapy in addition to her own artistic pursuits, with additional forays into dairy goat farming, the lobster fishery, communications, and advertising. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">Needless to say, such a varied background has served her well as an artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">In Maggie\u2019s own words, \u201cI am primarily a painter. Painting is my passion.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, from Charleston, SC to Victoria, Montreal and Halifax. It may be found in the collections of many notable individuals and organizations, including Standard Life Insurance, Bank of Nova Scotia, Readers\u2019 Digest and former Prime Minister and Mrs. Brian Mulroney. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">In my talk, I will address being an artist all of one\u2019s life &#8230; I am now 72, so it has been quite a trip to live the\u00a0creative life.&#8221; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">In addition to the development of her own work, Maggie\u2019s presentation will include a discussion of the role of women in the arts, the concept of painting as opposed to picture making, and the artist in old age. Maggie Schmidt Mandell now lives in Wedgeport with her husband, Roy Mandell, who is also a visual artist. Their website <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schmidtmandellstudio.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #00000a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">http:\/\/www.schmidtmandellstudio.com<\/span><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">contains much more detailed information about both artists and their work.<br \/>\nThe presentation will take place on Sunday, December 1 at AGNS Yarmouth, starting at 2 PM. There is no admission charge.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quite a Trip: The Art of Maggie Schmidt Mandell Art Gallery of NS, Western Branch \u2013 Creative Minds Series Maggie Schmidt Mandell was born in New York City. 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