For Lynn Misner ('07), art is something that just came naturally. She never realized when she was younger that years down the road it would become an integral part of not only her life, but her livelihood.After graduating from high school, the talented painter wasn't really sure what to do next, so she enrolled in the fine arts program at Mount Allison. That decision turned out to be a personal and professional turning point for her.
"We had a great first year and the rest of the years were just brilliant. You could do pretty much whatever you wanted, so that really helped," she says. "I don't like boundaries."
While attending Mount Allison, she worked part time during the summer months at Lunenburg's Houston North Gallery, and later went on to earn a diploma in gallery and museum management at the University of Western Ontario.
Earlier this year, she thought it was an opportune time to consider opening her own studio and gallery, and after partnering with Steve Welsh, who was looking to open up a new art supply business in the area, the two began searching for what they hoped might make a suitable location for both venues when a property located at 129 Lincoln Street in Lunenburg came on the market.
Once the deal on the property was completed, each embarked on the establishment of their own separate, yet related, activities, Lynn with the new Power House Art Gallery and Studio and Mr. Welsh with Lunenburg Art Supply Store.
Lynn says that along with being her own personal space, the gallery will be open for other artists to use for a display-work area in a manner which, with the art supply store in the same building, creates "kind of a hybrid model of a co-operative."
Both entities are currently up and running and will celebrate their beginnings with soft openings July 9 during the Lunenburg StreetFest.
See full story: New gallery, art supply store join forces in Lunenburg
(South Shore Now)
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