July 8th was our first poetry evening at Main & Station and it was such fun we are going to make it a regular event. If you would like more information, please contact judith by email or telephone at [email protected] & 514-979-3978 or drop in when the door is open.
Chloé Beaulac, a multidisciplinary artist based out of Montreal, has accepted a residency at Main & Station this August. An exhibition of her work LA NATURE ENTRE NOUS – THE NATURE BETWEEN US will open in the secondfloor gallery at 6pm on August 8th, 2014.
Beaulac puts understanding our role in nature and history at the heart of her artistic pursuit. In the manner of an explorer, she travels a territory letting it infuse her with its history, myths, and personalities. Following these encounters with nature, Beaulac translates them through her screenprints, drawings, paintings, sculptures and multimedia works into symbolic elements that she fragments, recomposes and layers.
Her process of deconstruction and reconstruction is Beaulac’s way of recreating the ephemeral nature of epiphanies. She studies events that have the power to evoke a sense of personal transformation, drawing upon their various spaces, objects and relationships in order to reproduce or capture the essence of their transformative qualities. Through her creations, she meticulously channels the memory of charged events in the interest of creating an accurate representation of the emotions felt during these experiences rather than the fallible images once recorded by memory. Her works are a personal representation of identity, influence and reflection.
Vic has a lifelong interest in the natural world and studied science and received his undergraduate degree in anthropology from the University of Toronto.Vic led nature interpretive tours for Haliburton Inn for ten years and has travelled to various world destinations to explore and photograph wildlife and their habitats. He is a past president of the Kawartha Field Naturalists, and served on the board of Ontario Nature for two years. He was the winner of the 2006 Environmental Hero of the Year Award for the City of Kawartha Lakes and the 2010 W.W.H. Gunn Conservation Award from Ontario Nature.
Vic likes nothing better than to share his passion for flowers, and especially for ferns.Join him for a walk on the Partridge Island trail, a moderate effort but the first part of the trail is quite steep as we climb up the island.
Wear hiking footwear and bring water. If you like to walk with a stick, bring it.
The number of participants is limited so drop by Main & Station as soon as possible to reserve your spot or contact judith at [email protected] or 514-979-3978.
Note that it is about a 5km drive to Partridge Island from Main Street. Please consider carpooling. If you need a lift or can offer one, please let judith know when you register.
For further information about the walk, call Vic at 254-3880 or send him an e-mail at [email protected]