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Down the Old Bog Road: Frances Crossan Blanchard
October 14, 2021Our first Guest Curator Kim Fahner writes about the work of her friend Frances Blanchard. “When you stay in O’Neill Cottage, you see Frances sitting in front of you, but then can feel and sense a group of ancestors standing all around her, thanking her for bringing that homestead back to life. Her paintings, then, are full of details that conjure up stories of her family and the land they lived on.” Click for more!
Read MoreGabrielle de Montmollin | Weird Baby World
August 13, 2021Gabrielle de Montmollin’s installation Weird Baby World is both engaging and eerie, employing iconography that is evocative and somewhat unsettling. Bart Gazzola offers a response to this street level exhibition, on display at Niagara Artists Centre (NAC) in St. Catharines.
Read MoreA Closer Look : Reading a Photograph
October 28, 2020An independent commentary on photography by Peppa Martin.
Read MoreFade to Black
May 11, 2020High culture has pretty much disappeared along with the dress code.
Read MoreAriane Plante
October 21, 2021Ariane Plante is an artist who works in sound, photography, video, and installation. Having completed her studies in anthropology, she brings an understanding of what is actual field work and good methodology, to her sensitive and complex projects. Understanding more about her process, and experiencing the appreciative results, confirms for me a long-standing conviction, having attended, and taught in art schools: the best thing for artists to do is study something else in detail, that can be brought to bear on one’s practice.
Read MoreCree Tylee
April 9, 2021Cree Tylee ``...now I am rampant with memory....`` To be honest, and all the external influences aside, there are some parts... Read More
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