The show, which continues until April 27, is a celebration of a special reunion between the former teacher and student who became colleagues and friends after a chance 35-year reunion last year.

Mortimer was Slack's Grade 8 art teacher, role model and inspiration. After meeting in Slack's studio at the Williams Mill a year ago, the two women decided to do a show together.

"We are embracing the 35 years which seems like just a little space in time since we last crossed paths," says Slack.

Mortimer works with a variety of media that expresses her fascination with structure and ordered space. Slack's diverse style runs from abstract to realism. Her recent work combines a love for photography, painting and motorcycling, with a series of paintings illustrating a popular motorcycling event every Friday the 13th in Port Dover.

The show's centerpiece is Slack's and Mortimer's collaborative painting, also entitled Spaces Embraced. This painting harmonizes the otherwise different styles of the artists.

"We were right in sync," said Mortimer.

A comment by one Guelph visitor, Sel Mullins, was typical of many heard among the almost 200 people who attended the show, "It was a wonderful, rich, visual feast."