- Roman Erratum
My most recent post on happenings in Barrie has prompted a comment from Will Gorlitz refuting any claim of mine that he once referred to Barrie as ‘the Rome of Ontario’ during a Visiting Artist lecture. And fair play to the man, as a review of my sketchbooks from that time period did eventually […]
- Barrie: The Rome of Ontario
Today is the last day of ‘Art and Cold Cash’ at the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie before it ostensibly makes its way to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, which made my visit yesterday something of an eleventh-hour effort, snuck in as it was on the morning after a late-night birthday party. Or rather, the […]
- Ottawa Art in Two Hours or Less
By a certain spontaneous turn, I’ve ended up in our nation’s capital for the weekend, which has afforded me a couple spare hours between quality family time to peruse the happenings in the local art galleries. You may note the conspicuous absence of the National Art Gallery in my travels, but when time is […]
- James North Art Crawl: February
After two months of passing over the James North Art Crawl, it was somewhat refreshing to return to the monthly walkabout, especially in the company of an utter neophyte of a buddy for whom this whole experience is a surreal cultural experiment, as evinced by our instant messaging prior to the event:
Jordan: i suppose i’ll […]
- David Altmejd and Andrea Rosen @ UWO
Treacherous driving aside, I managed to make the journey into London and the University of Western Ontario to see David Altmejd and Andrea Rosen give a joint slide talk/dialogue as part of the Visual Arts Department’s 40th anniversary do-dah. This seems to be an emerging trend at Western, as I was just there last […]
