Winter in the Bay is a community program celebrating creativity—and winter—with an art and quilt exhibit and a writing contest. The 2020 Winter in the Bay was a partnership between:
- (902) 826-1680
- info@smbcec.org
Winter in the Bay
2020 Activities
Art and Quilt Exhibit
The Winter in the Bay art and quilt exhibit, courtesy of artist members of the Peggy’s Cove Area Festival of the Arts and local quilters, is available to enjoy at the CEC until March 31, 2020.
Any work not marked SOLD is available to buy by emailing winterinthebay@gmail.
The Winter in the Bay writing contest is looking for two types of entries, short first-person essays/personal reflections, and fictional short stories.
Both types of entries must be set in or refer to life in St. Margaret’s Bay during the winter months and should be inspired by or illustrated by one of the pieces of art or quilts on display in the Winter in the Bay Art and Quilt Show. You don’t need to say how the artwork inspired your essay or story, but you may if you wish.
Writing Resources
Sometimes the empty page or the blank screen can paralyze us. So here’s some advice from that wonderful Newfoundland writer and now Halifax resident Donna Morrissey: “Don’t agonize about or over-think the process of writing. Just get started. Get the story out.”
Here is an example of a short, first-person essay. Linda’s story “Feeding a Family in the Depression” and Mary Lynn’s painting “Frozen Lake” were created independently, but together they help to tell a wonderful story of a cold winter adventure nearly a century ago in St. Margaret’s Bay.
© 2021 St. Margaret’s Bay Community Enterprise Centre | PRIVACY POLICY