Inspiring optimism with art
Linda Frimer’s exhibit, Beckoned by the Light, runs until Feb. 23 at the Zack Gallery. (photo from Linda Frimer) “Since I was a child, I’ve always looked for the light – in the forest near my home and in the…
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Artistic visions of hope
Left to right, Three Echoes artists Sorour Abdollahi, Devora and Sidi Schaffer. Their exhibit, Hope and Transformation, is at Amelia Douglas Gallery until Feb. 29. (photo from Three Echoes) Connected by similar values and inspirations in their creative work and…
Cohen’s clay defies gravity
Larry Cohen’s new ceramic exhibition at the Zack Gallery runs until Jan. 25. (photo by Olga Livshin) Larry Cohen’s new ceramic exhibition at the Zack Gallery is called This and That. The name is symbolic for the artist. His show…
Artistic responses
Gabriolans held a candlelight vigil after antisemitic graffiti was found at Camp Miriam. An arts festival will take place Feb. 7-9. (photo from You’ve Got a Friend) Since Camp Miriam on Gabriola Island was defaced with antisemitic graffiti in December,…
Letting imagination fly
Janet Strayer at the opening of her solo exhibit, Wings of Imagination, on Nov. 28 at the Zack Gallery. (photo by Olga Livshin) Janet Strayer first conceived the idea for her new show at the Zack Gallery, Wings of Imagination,…
Sketching historic shuls
Ben and Carla Levinson (photo by Sam Margolis) With the speed of a street-corner caricaturist yet the precision of someone who seemingly misses nothing, Ben Levinson has for decades been capturing the cityscapes of the many places to which he…
Northern lights
(photo from facebook.com/liatg) Benji Goldstein, who lives in Sioux Lookout with his family, is a full-time doctor working in indigenous communities in northern of Ontario. He has created for Chanukah an almost six-foot chanukiyah out of ice, improving his 1.0…
Marriage no fairy tale
“Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!” by Lilian Broca is part of the exhibit Brides: Portrait of a Marriage, which is at the Italian Cultural Centre’s Il Museo until Sept. 30. In most romance novels and fairy tales, a love story ends in…
Colour bursts forth in Conjunction
Ira Hoffecker’s current solo exhibit at the Zack Gallery, Conjunction, runs until July 21. (photo by Olga Livshin) Conjunction, Ira Hoffecker’s current solo exhibit at the Zack Gallery, opened on June 13 and runs until July 21. German-born Hoffecker and…
Dali artwork on display
Left to right: Oree Gianacopoulos, Chali-Rosso Gallery director; James Sanders from Dali Universe (Switzerland); and Susanna Strem, president of Chali-Rosso Gallery. (photo by Shula Klinger) May 17 and 18 saw the unveiling of two sculptures by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali,…
