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About

01 about

Whether I'm writing songs or poems, singing, photographing, cooking, painting or designing, my inspiration comes from my family and my home -- Canada. I feel like Canada informs everything I do: its natural beauty, its vastness, the diverse geographies, people and cultures, our risk-taking arts. This place unites all the peoples and cultures of the world, which is remarkable! Still so much remains to be done and improved in Canada, including reconciling the horrific past of our first nations peoples and better supporting their's and all peoples of colour's future here, and doing everything in our power to mitigate the unfolding global catastrophe of climate change.

 

Until recently, I managed a non-profit music organization, grant-writing (lots of grant-writing!), fundraising, developing and overseeing a facility, and producing and promoting music artists, concerts, and workshops - hundreds in my career. Today, in semi-retirement, I am creating more than ever, feeling the sand between my toes, trying to grow stuff that the deer won't eat, developing businesses, and freelancing.​

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I'm proud to be releasing my debut solo album, Break of Day: Songs for Colin, dedicated to my amazing late son, Colin Earl Bell, who will forever be the light of my life. I'm also happy to be making new musical friends and performing here and there in my new home.

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And I'm thrilled to be nearing completion simultaneously of my first solo book of poems, My Heart Is About To Break Into A Billion Pieces, for 2025 distribution, which will include some of Colin's poems. 

 

A photography project I've been working on called, The Maritime Beach, is ongoing capturing the beaches of my new province, Nova Scotia, and how we occupy them in photos.

 

Having completed construction on my new little garden cabin on my Nova Scotia property by the sea, I recently began renting it selectively through airbnb, most happily to my guest's delight. 

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Oh, and I still design interiors and cater on the side. Yup -- if it's creative, I'm about it. I do hope you enjoy my website and wish you all happy trails!​

Portfolio

02 works

Debut album releasing Nov. 1/24! Break of Day: Songs for Colin was produced by juno award-winning artist Andrew Collins and features 10 original tracks written and sung by Sandy Bell with a cover of a lonesome Hank Williams' song with amazing musicians and backup singing by Max Heineman and Kristin Cavoukian! Check it out.

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poetry

My Heart Is About To Break Into A Billion Pieces is an inadvertently epic collection of poems written over the span of decades. It charts a life of loving, wondering, struggle, and of bearing the unbearable. Bonus poems by Colin Bell included.

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Read Excerpts.

 

Poems by Sandy Bell for 2025 release.

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Browse past works (sold at online auction (Waddington's Fine Arts) and privately. Enquire about current works available for purchase & by commission.

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music
poems
Photo Collections
Graphic Design Portfolio
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Digital interactive brochures, booklets + ezines.

Sales materials

Events brochures

Postcards & posters

Social content

Emailers

Logos

Website designs + conrtent

Branding

 

I love designing and am here to help you with your projects. 

professional writing

Grant-writing, websites,

events' brochures, interactive digital brochures and booklets,

sales sheets,

fundraising campaigns, invitations, letters, and more -- I can help you achieve your communication goals.

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event management

I have been managing music non-profit arts organizations for over two decades, along with concerts, arts receptions, fundraising events, and culinary events. Contact me for help planning and executing your next event.

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cottage
&
art
design
& staging

 

interior design town, city, lakeside & country style

I have been successfully designing home interiors for 10+ years, some from the ground up. I specialize in working with clients to give them a high end look at low end prices by using found, smartly sourced, and made materials. None are more enjoyable than cottages. Magical relaxing places, cottages are made more so by a careful curation of furniture, stuff, and art that reflects all the natural beauty, comfort and fun of

cottage life. 

Spruce up your cottage or home

with Cottage & Art interior designs.

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Clients

03 clients (Past & Present)

Municipality of Shelburne

Arraymusic
Unified Marketing & Communications

TEMPO

Esprit Orchestra

Sergio Bozikovic

David Novak

Waddingtons Art Auction House

American Barrick + Horsham

Jeff Healey Band

Alliance Atlantis

Showcase TV

Chiat Day Mojo Advertising

Page Publications

Hubley & Associates

The Toronto Star

The Globe & Mail

The London Free Press

Anna Sui Fashions, Soho, New York

Various Vintage Clothing & Jewelry Stores - Toronto

Chef Jamie Kennedy @ The ROM

The Rectory Cafe, Toronto Island - Head Chef + Wedding Events

Kindred Spirits Catering

Elite Catering

Lightform Photography

Sophora

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04 contact

Contact

Sandy Bell Email:

wordsmithing.sb@gmail.com

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MEDIA CONTACT:​

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Beverly Kreller

Publicist | SPEAK Music​

o: 416-922-3620

bev@speak-music.com

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