{"id":84,"date":"2017-04-14T03:49:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T03:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2021-05-03T00:50:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T00:50:35","slug":"gail-gregory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/21-2\/gail-gregory\/","title":{"rendered":"Gail Gregory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAIL GREGORY\u00a0 b. 1947\u00a0 Chicago,\u00a0 attended ILLINOIS WESLEYAN U. SCHOOL OF FINE ART, graduated cum laude 1969 Bachelor of Fine Arts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Honors Art Show 1969 exhibiting acrylic paintings and prints. Appointment as Print Assistant to IWU Printmaking Department, 1968-69 with Professor Fred B. Brian.<\/li>\n<li>Immigration to Canada, 1969.\u00a0 Joined Toronto\u2019s Open Studio and took part in their first exhibition 1970.<\/li>\n<li>Worked for Toronto Board of Education while continuing to paint, print and exhibit in many venues.<\/li>\n<li>Attended drawing and printmaking classes at Central Connection.<\/li>\n<li>In 1978 my prints were being sold in the Gallery Gabor, Markham St. Village, Toronto \u00a0and were included for many years in gallery exhibitions.<\/li>\n<li>1978 \u00a0Represented by the Paperworks Gallery in Calgary, Alberta and sold works through them for several years.<\/li>\n<li>1987 &#8211;\u00a0 2020 &#8211; Promoted to Curator, Sesquicentennial Museum, Records, Archives and Museum, Toronto Board of Education.\u00a0 Ontario Museum Association, Community Museums Certificate. Retired 2020<\/li>\n<li>Joined the Executive of Toronto Field Naturalists. Led nature outings, and led \u201cNature Arts\u201d group of plain air sketchers. Instituted an annual art show in conjunction with annual nature photo show. 2000- 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Watercolour classes with Nola McConnan. 2008-2011<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA Musical Journey\u201d Watercolour Solo Exhibition \u00a0at Hugh\u2019s Room 2012<\/li>\n<li>Joined and continuing member of Central Connection as well as the Riverdale Artists Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The best thing about being an artist is how much you really see things.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am so fortunate to notice so much, to reflect on what I see and sometimes to transmit my vision to others.<\/p>\n<p>When I have managed to produce a successful image from what I\u2019ve seen , \u00a0 when it is shared with others I feel complete.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of my career, part-time for many years and now full time I have been able to \u00a0share and give and sell a lot. \u00a0And I have a lot more work to do.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Gail Gregory 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>email:\u00a0g.gregory@rogers.com<\/p>\n<p>Gregory Artworks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gregoryartworks\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gregoryartworks<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-626\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-626\" src=\"http:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bandshell.jpg\" alt=\"Gail's page\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bandshell.jpg 960w, https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bandshell-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bandshell-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bandshell-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kew Gardens Bandshell &#8211; acrylic on gallery canvas 20&#215;20 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-456\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-456\" src=\"http:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Wild-Bike-Race.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Wild-Bike-Race.jpg 240w, https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Wild-Bike-Race-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wild Bike Race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-235\" src=\"http:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Lightning-Strike-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Lightning-Strike-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Lightning-Strike-150x148.jpg 150w, https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Lightning-Strike-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Lightning-Strike.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lightning Strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-455\" src=\"http:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Spring-Flood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Spring-Flood.jpg 296w, https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Spring-Flood-150x122.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring Flood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-457\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-457\" src=\"http:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Winter-Night.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Winter-Night.jpeg 961w, 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SCHOOL OF FINE ART, graduated cum laude 1969 Bachelor of Fine Arts. Honors Art Show 1969 exhibiting acrylic paintings and prints. Appointment as Print Assistant to IWU Printmaking Department, 1968-69 with Professor Fred B. Brian. Immigration to Canada, 1969.\u00a0 Joined Toronto\u2019s Open Studio and took part &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/21-2\/gail-gregory\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gail Gregory<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions\/714"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralconnection.ca\/centralcwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}