PARISH NEWS St. Helen’s Fine Art Fair returns

The St. Helen’s art fair is back this spring with an additional new program to inspire young artists.

The 2022 Art Fair was a wonderful success. Fifteen local artists participated in the fair and took home over $2,800 in sales and St. Helen’s donated $1,220 to the PWRDF in support of Ukrainian civilians displaced by the war. This year’s surplus will go toward St. Helen’s support of the Hollyer House affordable housing project at Christ Church Bells Corners.

Many of the artists are making a return visit to the art fair and have been creating new works of art bound to attract buyers looking for that one special piece of art to enhance their home or make a very special gift for someone important.

St. Helen’s is please to announce a new program for this year’s art fair to stimulate the artistic aspirations of the youth in the community. The program, called Young Artists Initiaitive (YAI), invites young, budding artists to engage with the established artists to learn what inspired them in their creative journeys. St. Helen’s invites all youth groups in the diocese to get to know the artists and their work by following the art fair on Facebook and Instagram.

You can view the artists’ galleries at www.sthelensartfair.ca and follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sthelensartfair and Instagram at @sthelens.artfair.

This year’s fair will be held on Saturday, May 27, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at St. Helen’s church, 1234 Prestone Drive, Orleans.