Natalie Drajewicz, Sheila Jonah and RATGIRL Krissie Ross and Paul discuss Krissie's rat inspired jewellry.

Sue Goldstein, printmaker in full biker gear after fighting her way in a snowstorm to the opening on a bicycle. A dedicated printmaker. You go girl!

Barb Trott, Annes sister and Pat Durr from Ottawa enjoy festivities.

Ryan Lord, participating printer from Burlington Ontario in front of his print - Rats Nest with a tray of printers cuts on display at Proof Studio Gallery.

Sheridan Students with Krista Keller and her Trio print at the opening of the International Print Exhibition

Justine Dart and Carolyn Eady admiring Cosmic Rat relief print by Justine.

Three Rats! Participating printers Linda Kristen Blix, Liz Russ of Gallery 888 and Christine Pensa.

Agata Ostrowska and ryanbarratt, Toronto artist in the Case Goods Warehouse in the Distillery District with ryan's first print - a rat trap of course

Printmakers Akemi Nishidera of KOZO Studio, Carolyn Eady of Sprouts Press and Barb Trott of Toronto admire each others prints at the opening.

Yoshiko Watanabe, one of the participating printmakers came all the way from Tokyo for the opening of the International Print Exhibition!!! She met many of the local printmakers and here is photographed with Sue Goldstein who is a printmaking major graduating from Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto.

Visitors enjoying Rat Art and Chinese snacks at PROOF Studio Gallery. Over 150 visitors came to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Sheila Jonah and John Drajewicz of PROOF Studio Gallery welcome printmakers and visitors to the Year of the Rat Print Exhibition.

PROOF Studio Gallery - OPENING NIGHT of the International Print Exhibition celebrating The Year of the Rat! The Distillery District of Toronto comes alive for Chinese New Year!

"Year of the Rat"
Judith Lui, Hong Kong
Lithograph

'Art Rat'
Denise Pelletier, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Aquatinte, Drypoint & Transfer

"Year of the Rat'
Nena Braathen, Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
Intaglio, Aquatint

"Happy Rattie New Years"
Janice McFegan, Half Moon Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Etching

"Rats Nest"
Ryan Lord, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Sikscreen

"The Maze"
Sheila Jonah, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Relief with chine colle

"Rat and Vessel #2"
Wendy Cain, Newburgh, Ontario, Canada
Silkscreen

"Ratus, Ratus"
Anna Carlman, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Etching

"Ano de Raton"
Karle Valle, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Etching

"Aohkwe'ta:kon"
Fany Deschatelets, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Silkscreen

"Year of the Rat"
Dierdre Hierley, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Relief

"Home Alone"
Sharon Kessel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Etching

"Eager Rat"
Carol Steinberg, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Etching

"Home Sweet Home"
Natalie Roy, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Relief

"Forthright"
Barb C. Ringer, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Relief on rice paper

"Victor"
Valerie Chartrand, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Etching

"Welcome Year of the Rat"
Katie Argyle, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Relief

'Rat Poison"
Rozemarijn Oudejans, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Relief

'Untitled'
Jozephine Ooteman, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Woodblock

" Dirty Rats"
Susan Mok, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Etching & Aquatint

"Le Rat"
Monique Menard, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Drypoint

"La Rata"
Guillermo Trejo Letechipia, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Etching & Aquatint

"Earth Rat"
Maya Hum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Relief

" Year of the Rat"
Tracey Buchanan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Relief

"Cosmic Rat"
Justin Dart, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Relief

"Piper of Beijing One"
Linda Kristen Blix, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Relief

"Piper of Beijing Two"
Linda Kristen Blix, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Relief

"Rat Power 2008"
Irina Badescu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Serigraph

"Home Sweet Home"
Ottilie Douglas- Fodor,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Woodblock and Styrofoam

" A Sneaky Cheeky Year"
Mirielle Osbourne, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Silkscreen

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Year of the Rat Exhibition TV Interview

"Brooklyn Rat"
Patti Waterfield,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Woodcut

"Year of the Rat"
Salina Kwan,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lithograph

"Rat"
Don McVeigh.
Ottawa, Ontario,Canada
Linocut with Colour Stencils

"High Wire"
Judith Linhorst,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Woodblock

"Kiss, Kiss
Kaylen McConnell,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Etching

"Le Rat"
Monique Menard,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Dry Point