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Dame's Portrait Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador at the Grenfell Campus Art Gallery. January 9 - February 15, 2014. Send us an autographed portrait of yourself anytime from now until February 15, 2014 for inclusion in Dame's Portrait Gallery.

This is a pop-up portrait gallery happening In conjunction with the exhibition TRANSformations: DALE ROBERTS/DAME MAILARTA, curated by Ingrid Mary Percy, at the Grenfell Campus Art Gallery, January 9 – February 15, 2014.

For several years, Victoria, B.C. based, ex-Newfoundlander Dame Mailarta (a.k.a. Dale Roberts) has been collecting portraits from around the globe and adding them to her portrait gallery. In exchange for submitting an autographed portrait, participants receive a piece of handmade mail art, from the Dame herself.

Portraits can be any medium, any size. Newfoundlanders and Labradorians as well as anyone else from anywhere else are invited to submit.

Please mail to:

Dame's Portrait Gallery
c/o Art Gallery
Grenfell Campus MUN
PO Box 2000
Corner Brook, NL A2H 6P9

Or email to: mailarta@gmail.com (Subject: NL Portrait)

In St. John’s, from January 11 – February 1, 2014, you can submit a portrait to:
Dame Mailarta’s Portrait Studio/Workshop
in the Rogue Gallery at Eastern Edge, 72 Harbour Drive.

January 16th - I'll Draw You if You Draw Me an evening of community-led portrait creation at Eastern Edge 7-9pm with music, snacks and art supplies. All portraits will be sent to Dame Mailarta's Portrait Gallery in Corner Brook! Feel free to bring additional supplies, props, and backdrops!

February 12th - A reception for Dame Mailarta’s Portrait Gallery at the Grenfell Campus Art Gallery 4:30-6pm as part of the Grenfell Campus MUN Community Engagement Week festivities.

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Comment by Snappy on January 6, 2014 at 11:02pm: ...send your virtual portraits, today...

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