Category Visual Arts

Estrin captures essentials

photo - Avie Estrin in Colombia

Avie Estrin in Colombia. (photo from Avie Estrin) On Dec. 4, Avie Estrin’s solo show Blessed People opened at the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery. Many of Estrin’s photos are taken in far-away places. There are Tibetan lamas gardening and…

Dream into reality

photo - Artist Lori-ann Latremouille at the opening of her solo show at the Zack Gallery on Nov. 6

Artist Lori-ann Latremouille at the opening of her solo show at the Zack Gallery on Nov. 6. (photo from Lori-ann Latremouille) Fairy tales do happen in real life. Take, for example, the story of local artist Lori-ann Latremouille. In her…

Lifelong art student

photo - Toby Nadler

Toby Nadler (photo from Louis Brier Jewish Aged Foundation) On Thursday, Oct. 23, Louis Brier Home and Hospital hosted an exhibit of accomplished artist and resident Toby Nadler’s work. The exhibit was open to all residents. In 1970, Nadler began…

Barrable-Segal brings printmaking to life

photo - Jocelyn Barrable-Segal

Jocelyn Barrable-Segal (photo by Olga Livshin) Jocelyn Barrable-Segal was raised by parents with two vastly different professional backgrounds: her mother was an architect and her father was a pilot. Following her own path, Barrable-Segal managed to combine the two in…

Vote Cooper for RBC award

photo - Artist Jess Riva Cooper’s work for the Gardiner Museum competition is entitled Viral Series. You can vote for her at gardinermuseum.on.ca

Artist Jess Riva Cooper’s work for the Gardiner Museum competition is entitled Viral Series. You can vote for her at gardinermuseum.on.ca. (photo by Sophia Wallace) Canadian artist Jess Riva Cooper is currently vying for the RBC Emerging Artist People’s Choice…

Artist via camera lens

photo - Michael Seelig is donating the proceeds of his photography exhibit to the Zack Gallery

Michael Seelig is donating the proceeds of his photography exhibit to the Zack Gallery. (photo by Olga Livshin) Every one of Michael Seelig’s photographs reflects a place, its character, its soul. He doesn’t enhance the images in any way. Photoshop’s…

Hundreds unite to stitch Torah

photo - Sisters Brenda Silver, Susan Rubin and Mimi Wolch are among the hundreds who will contribute to the Torah Stitch by Stitch project

Sisters Brenda Silver, Susan Rubin and Mimi Wolch are among the hundreds who will contribute to the Torah Stitch by Stitch project. (photo by Phillip Silver) A new Torah scroll is in the making. The brainchild of Temma Gentles, Holy Blossom…