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Waterloo Small Business Centre to the an instruction and after-school build a community.‘ hopes to continue those services The funky vibe of the space. refine her business plan and vision arts programs with two local The Chrysalldes House opened into the fall. and her art space is with its flourishes of retro furnish- for her new gallery. school right on her doorstep. its doors lune l. and Battista was prepared to offer a full range of ings and finishes. also doubles as And opportunity knocked when “The main part of the business experiences from drawing and an arts su ply store and Battista a space became open in a is the arts school.” said Battista. painting to print making and hopes to guild a strong online live/work space just down the who has served on the board ofthe W House working with clay trunks to a new presence on her website, street from Sir lohn A Macdonald Waterloo Button Factory and kiln that she has just added to the www.chryaalideshouaeca. where higt school at6|9thd GingerAve. interned as a curator atTheCana- Mmllcryutudio. - space. peoplecanordertheiru‘tsupplies it's a mixed commercial residential dlan Clay and Glass Gallery. ”It's andauppliea The program isn't necessarily online and pick up them up in area that has an old fashioned vil- really difficult for a gallery to exist 619WlldGlnyrAve. UnltA2 pared to deflningthe skills of chll- peraon. lage feel and already boasted a on its own, especially a start-up SKI-M6961 dren enrolled in the after-school “Tm ow to be u diversified music school. gallery. 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