Convenience Gallery
After a better rest and a slightly lighter breakfast, we set out today to meet Scott Sorli at Convenience Gallery. This is a former convenience store now home and studio to Scott and his partner Flavio Trevisan, who also use the large window of the store front to curate a changing programme of exhibitions.
Run by two architects, each show starts on a full moon and runs for a month. While we were there the new artist, Olia Mishchenko came to install her work.
After trying to get off the street car and standing like tourists in the doorway three stops after the one we wanted, we finally managed to work out how to get off the thing when a frustrated local wanted to get out. In celebration, we went for a well earned falafel lunch.
It was then to WARC, the Womens Art Resource Centre, where we met with Linda Abrahams and Irene Packer to talk about the archive they hold there and the facilities available to Canadian women artists. It was set up by a group of women in 1984 to address the fact that women artists in Canada were under represented and no comprehensive archive existed. WARC is still important today as an international resource and helping to keep Canadian women artists visible in what is still a male dominated sector.
We travelled home via Kensington Market where Elizabeth bought cheese from the 'Cheeses of the World' shop (where they keep Wensleydale cheese under the counter!) and we went home for fondue.
Please note that from now on, due to circumstances beyond our control, we can't upload any more wonderful photos of our trip, until we return to UK. That'll save you the delight of the dead racoon sprawled all over the road in front of the apartment, taken by Elaine.
Run by two architects, each show starts on a full moon and runs for a month. While we were there the new artist, Olia Mishchenko came to install her work.
After trying to get off the street car and standing like tourists in the doorway three stops after the one we wanted, we finally managed to work out how to get off the thing when a frustrated local wanted to get out. In celebration, we went for a well earned falafel lunch.
It was then to WARC, the Womens Art Resource Centre, where we met with Linda Abrahams and Irene Packer to talk about the archive they hold there and the facilities available to Canadian women artists. It was set up by a group of women in 1984 to address the fact that women artists in Canada were under represented and no comprehensive archive existed. WARC is still important today as an international resource and helping to keep Canadian women artists visible in what is still a male dominated sector.
We travelled home via Kensington Market where Elizabeth bought cheese from the 'Cheeses of the World' shop (where they keep Wensleydale cheese under the counter!) and we went home for fondue.
Please note that from now on, due to circumstances beyond our control, we can't upload any more wonderful photos of our trip, until we return to UK. That'll save you the delight of the dead racoon sprawled all over the road in front of the apartment, taken by Elaine.
1 comment:
Rebecca,
Have you found a matchbox big enough for the dead racoon? And how will you get it through customs?
love Hilary x
PS: Tried to post this a few days ago but Google wouldn't let me!
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