Come Join Us!!! Thursday, October 1st From 5:30 to 7:30 pm.

Nine and Dine at Rivendell Golf Course

On Friday, August 21st , Rivendell Golf Course in Verona, Ont. hosted a "9 and Dine" to benefit The Mess Open Arts Studio.  On behalf of The Mess, we gratefully extend enormous thanks to our generous hole sponsors, prize donors and evening attendees.  It was a wonderful evening of golf...amazing artwork and delicious food! If you were unable to attend this year, watch for notification for next years event...you won't want to miss it.

With the support of the following businesses and individuals...The Mess continues to be a safe place to create and relate!!!

 Mortgage Professionals -Jeff  Dillon      Leonards Fuels

       Beachcomber Hot Tubs          Hometown Realty

     Aloette - A. Gencarelli                   Revell Ford

              Sutton Group - R. Grant       Knapp's Pools and Hot Tubs

     Creative Solutions                          Wallace Beef

              Oosterhof Electric          Mike Smith Charity Golf

       Ron and Ingrid Smith                     Reid's Foodland

         Soothing Oasis Spa                        The Mess Artists

Shout Out to Artists!!!  You still have 1 week to come, connect and create with us at The Mess before our upcoming show "Breaking Down Walls."  In conjunction with The Community Foundation of Kingston and Area's fundraiser "Jailhouse Rock," we are presenting this exhibition of original artwork done by The Mess Artists and visiting artists...amateur and professional!  We invite you to come in and see what The Mess is creating in the Kingston area, and perhaps create an 8x8 canvas (provided by us) to support the community we are building.

The Mess is looking ahead to...

February 25th, 2015.  Queens CFRC Radio is hosting a Homelessness Marathon.  This nationwide broadcast hopes to shed new light on the issue of homelessness in Canada.  Artists from The Mess will be speaking out and sharing their experiences in an open mic segment of the marathon.

February 27th and 28th, 2015.  A women's conference entitled "Glorious Mess" will be taking place at Kingston Christian Fellowship.  Come out and experience how these two words can come together in a meaningful and glorious way!  For more information contact www.kcfellowship.ca

May 2nd, 2015 .  The Mess is joining with the Kingston Community Foundation to present their "Breaking Down Walls" exhibition at the foundations annual fundraiser "Jailhouse Rock."

Some Days!

Some days are so filled with pain it breaks our hearts!
Some days are so full of laughter it makes our hearts sing!

Some days we reflect on it all and try to put it into words...
Here's an article  about The Mess that tries to do that.

Some Days