
Ann is pictured with Lincoln Alexander at the recent opening of the WAAH Juried Exhibition at the AGH.

Beryl Budnark, Mayor Mac Isaac & Ann Kloppenburg
For over 25 years Burlington artists have worked together to build a strong
tradition of support for the visual arts within our community.
This exhibition
is an exciting demonstration of that collaboration - a collaboration
between different disciplines, media and techniques that expresses a common
theme of co-operative achievement.
As the Chair of the Burlington Mundialization Committee, I am honoured to
be able to contribute to the catalogue that will accompany the Connections
Exhibition to Itabashi in 2004.
It will mark the 15th anniversary of the
twinning of our two great cities.
The theme of co-operation within the exhibition
is symbolic of the relationship between our two cities and illustrates artistically
what can result when people work together.
The people of Burlington and the citizens of Itabashi-ku, through our Twin
City relationship, are working together toward greater mutual understanding
and appreciation of our two different cultures.
I hope that this exhibition
will bring us further toward these goals and provide the people of Itabashi-ku
with an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the Canadian spirit.
David Trueman, Chair, Burlington Mundialization Committee
Essay by June Watson
Photography by Joseph (Joe) Gaudet

This painting will be going to Japan
For over 25 years artists have worked together to build a strong tradition
of support for the visual arts within the Burlington community.
The 25th
anniversary Juried show called Connections Exhibition brought together
a number of artists.
Ann Kloppenburg, painter, and Beryl Budnark, potter, produced works that
were purchased by the Burlington Mundialization Committee in June 2003
for the Connections Exhibition in Itabashi, Japan in 2004.
It will mark
the 15th anniversary of the twinning of the two great cities.
The theme
of co-operation within the exhibition is symbolic of the relationship
between
the two cities and illustrated artistical ly what can result when people
work together.
Ann Kloppenburg and her husband hope to be there for the opening.
Mayor
Rob Mclsaac will I also be travelling to Itabashi.
Ann and Beryl were
thrilled and amazed their works were selected for this big event in
2004.