Creemorecentric, the show that celebrates all that we are in this village, will open its doors to the public on Saturday, January 7, at the Mad & Noisy Gallery.

Now in its fourth year, the event encourages anyone and everyone to pick up a 10 inch by 10 inch canvas from the gallery in December and spend the holidays creating something architectural, scenic, political, satirical, painterly, collaged, photographed – anything at all, as long as it relates to life in and around Creemore.

If the number of canvases sold are any indication, this year’s show should be bigger than ever. “By mid-December we had sold 129 canvases,” said gallery curator Jill Price. “This is a 30 per cent increase over that time last year.”

All artwork will be for sale, with the gallery taking as much as the artists indicate for fundraising. A month-long silent auction will begin on Saturday and finish on January 31.

An opening reception for the show will take place on Saturday, January 7 from 2 to 5 pm.