The Festival International Montréal en Arts (
FIMA )
held it's annual art exhibit in the Village on the July 4th Weekend (2009). Artists were spread out in kiosks covering
over a kilometer of St Catherine Street from Berri to Papineau.
There was a spectacular range of painters, illustrators, photographers, jewellery makers, glassworkers, ceramists,
digital artists, sculptors and serigraphs. Here are some of my favourite artists with a sample of their works. I hope to
return to see the exhibition next year and hope that they could expand to other locations around the city in the future.

Artist
Achilles Kouamé
is winner of FIMA's 2009 Raymond Furlotte Visual Arts award.
Many of his works depict village scenes from his native Cote D'Ivoire. Some of his more recent
works depicts typical Montreal street scenes - of people waiting for the bus or Metro.

Painter
Marie-Claude Marquis reveals
an alter-ego in this self-portrait.

Bruno Lavoie of Atelier
l'Atelier Koko-Moko
is dedicated to making great art from recycled materials.

"This is absurd.......i love absurdity....and perception......absurd perceptions....
I love having no sense but pretending that i do......."
-
Patrick
Tanya Torossian with one of her sultry creations.
Jo-Annie Larue
Guy Lapierre draws on images of the mythical and fantasy world in his art.
Danyelle Bachand's larger-than-life portraits show the range of human emotions.
Jeanette Obbink's paintings depict the pristine landscape of the Great Lakes.

Josiane Vedrine

Artist
Véronique PERRON
with her dog and amoung many other wonderful and more whimsical creatures.
Daniel Erban finds
inspiration from dark corners of the unconscious mind for his visually captivating work.
Yvon Goulet's
large and loud acrylic paintings are painted on recycled Bloc Québécois elections signs.
Maguy Carpentier
was the Grand Prize winner of the show. She mixes photos, ink and paint in her works that draw on reminiscences and family history.

Pierre Laurier Lamarche whose works speak of time, of waiting, the hope of survival, all accompanied by blue bowls of water.
Richard Ancheta
with of few of his less domestic cats.
Patricia Bellerose
cannot pass up a good scene.
Simon Dutil-Paquette
"Goûter avec l'esprit - Acrylic, cheese and resin on wood"