My Heart is Free, top, an acrylic painting by Frances Welsh, and Double Fire Sign, a digital print with vinyl by Shannon Lyons, are two of the pieces in Passionate Conversations, the Red Deer Arts Council’s ninth annual salon show and sale fundraiser. The exhibit in the Red Deer Public LIbrary’s Kiwanis Gallery runs until Saturday with a gala evening Friday from 6:30-8:30 p.m.