Meet the Artist at MERA November 7th

The Art of Pierrette Matthews

Born in Montreal, Pierrette learned to speak English at twenty five years old while doing a Master’s Degree in International Studies in Geneva. Armed with a new language and a strong accent, she met her future husband John Matthews, a sculptor, when she came back to Canada in 1976. While perusing another baccalaureate and Master’s Degree in Education, Pierrette and John had a son Justin in 1985. Pierrette dedicated most of her working life to education. This career cumulated into the formation of a bilingual private school called Educarium, for which Pierrette was the owner and principal for eleven years.

After a very dark time touching every aspect of Pierrettes life, she returned to her first interest since adolescence which is visual art. She bought a small house in Lanark that she has redesigned and renovated entirely. She created several gardens all around her home and she is surrounded by a beautiful pond and forests. She joined the MERA Art Circle in 2024. She works on her mixed media collages in the winter and in her garden in the summer. What you see on the walls is her soul: inquisitive, creative, resilient, colourful and happy.

You can meet Pierrette at the Meet the Artist event, Saturday, November 7, 12-3 PM at the MERA Schoolhouse, 974 Dalhousie Concession 9A in McDonald’s Corners, ON.

You can view the exhibit for the entire month November. MERA is open at other times as well, when you can come and look at the art in the quiet of Dean Hall. To arrange to see the exhibition at other times, please contact Tim Booth at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

MERA (McDonalds Corners/Elphin Recreation & Arts) is committed to facilitating and promoting activities and programs for all ages which help bring this rural community together and to promoting awareness and understanding of the arts and well-being. For more information, please visit our website www.meraschoolhouse.org.