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Check out our new updated website:

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The Mess Studio

is a safe place 

to create and relate!

Come join us!

A HUGE SHOUT OUT to all the people/sponsors/partners that made our fifth annual Nine and Dine a success!  Together we raised $3537.10!  These funds enable us to continue to make The Mess a "safe place to create and relate."

Special thanks to our hole sponsers: Aloette, Beachcombers Hot Tubs, Creative Solutions, Hometown Realty, Knapp Pools and Spas, Leonards Fuels, Micro Age, Mortgage Professionals, Oosterhof Electric, Paul Davis Systems, Revell Ford, Sutton Group and Wallace Beef.

The Mess appreciates our community partners who so generously provided us with gifts and prizes... Reid's Foodland, Revell Ford, Rivendell Golf Course, Ron and Ingrid Smith, Solace Esthetics, Soothing Oasis Spa, Verona Hardware and TrimLine.

Nine and Dine

Join us on July 22nd for our 5th annual NINE AND DINE at Rivendell Golf Course in Verona. Enjoy an evening of fun, food and fellowship to benefit The Mess Open Arts Studio. Reserve your space before July 17h, 2016 by calling Sandi at 613.484.3886

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

4th Annual Art Show & Sale! November 8th, 1-6pm

"Nine and Dine" Golf Tournament

The Mess  invites you to our 3rd annual ...

"Nine and Dine"

        Rivendell  Golf Course

Friday August 15th beginning at 5pm

Shotgun start at 6pm!!!

This fun event to benefit The Mess will be a 9 hole scramble format. The cost for club members will be $35 and $65 for non-members.  This  will include green fees, 10 prize tickets and a delicious meal!  A portion of your fee will also benefit the ongoing operating costs of the open arts studio.  This evening will be a wonderful opportunity for you to see and hear what The Mess is all about. Come out and discover how this art studio is impacting the lives of people living in the Kingston area.  There will be a silent auction of original artwork as well as chances to win artwork and prizes.

Rivendell is a short 20 min drive north of the 401.

Registration deadline is August 11th and the fee must accompany your registration.

  Carts may be reserved for an additional fee of $7pp.

For more information about this event or to register please contact:

Cathy Goodfellow at Rivendell  613 374 3404    or    Sandi Dodds  613 484 3886

Non golfers may join us for dinner for $25

 (includes 10 chances to win artwork)

Come Play on the Holiday!

Come celebrate being Canadian with us!

We will be open from 9-12pm!
Join us on the lawn of St. Andrew's at 130 Clergy St.(corner of Princess St), Kingston.  If it rains we'll be inside.

Summer Art Exhibition @ The Window Art Gallery

Join us for the Opening Night Gala on June 5 at 6-10pm. Meet and speak with the artists about their work. There will be Live Music & Food provided by Bay Jam Restaurant! Pop will be $2.

Admission is FREE!

Meet with our local Party Leaders, Liberal - Sophie Kiwala, NDP - Mary Rita Holland and PC - Mark Bain

The Mess is honoured to be guests of the Different Strokes Art Group! Thank you!


The Summer Art Exhibition be on from June 5th to 15th.  The Window Art Gallery @ 647a Princess Street (at Victoria).

Call 613.549.1528 for details.

9th Annual Frontenac Community Services Fair

This Wednesday, May 7 we will be at the K-Rock Centre along with over 80 other community resources who can provide you with the services you need. Connect with resources such as education, counseling, emergency, financial, social, and much more between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the K-Rock Centre. This event is the 9th Annual Community Services Fair. See you there!

The Mess will be part of the "Gallery Display", we will showcase and sell some of our artwork as well as our art cards!
9th Annual Frontenac Community Services Fair

Evan's Story - Homeless in Kingston - Mental Health Special Report

Here's Evan's story!

A great article about mental health and Evan's struggles...things we talk about with Evan at The Mess because we're friends. 

Mental Health is a struggle for many of us! 

At The Mess we provide opportunities to create art and relationships. A place to build healthy community! 

Thanks for sharing your story in such a public way Evan!

Evan's Story - Homeless in Kingston - Mental Health Special Report

Welcome to Our Student Interns!!

We welcome our two Student Interns to The Mess! Geoff, who is spending Tuesdays with us and Gayle, who is with us on Thursdays for the semester. We enjoy getting to know you a little more each week! Our hope is that we can be a mutual blessing to each other. May we grow healthier together!

A Little Media Coverage!

Michael Lea, a reporter from the Kingston Whig, dropped in last week and hung out with us for awhile.  We shared with him some of what is going on at The Mess.  Here's what he had to write...

Bringing Out Their Inner Artists