Barbara Meneley's first forays into professional art were at the age of nine with her first, and so far only novel, The Haunted House on Ninth Street, which she pedaled door-to-door in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Although not lucrative, this experience introduced many aspects of life and living in the arts, including the importance of determination and an ability to handle rejection, and that it never hurts to be really good at selling something. Barbara studied Visual Arts at Emily Carr Institute, and Communications and Dance at Simon Fraser University. She is currently completing her MFA in Intermedia at the University of Regina.



In This Place
As we move through the our lives in the urban environment we engage in countless interactions with strangers: a driver stops to let a pedestrian cross the street, someone stands back to let a person pass through a doorway, people exchange smiles as they pass one another in a park. In This Place encourages people to mark these interactions in their daily lives. Participants will be offered packets containing colourful tags which they are encouraged to attach to doors, bus seats, park benches or anywhere they find human interaction takes place. To facilitate full enjoyment, each packet will contain a selection of tags together with instructions and suggestions for use. In exchange, participants are requested to mark these interactions with the tags, photograph these markings, and email images to: in.this.place at live dot com

In a global context of wars and conflict, and ever increasing domestic debates on security, In This Place is an ongoing reminder of the humanity we continuously foster in our daily lives.