In celebration of the festive season, this annual exhibition features hand-made figurines from around the world. The large, hand-made nativity dioramas replicate different regions in Italy, capturing landscape, vernacular architecture and daily activities of village life.
Was on display from December 8, 2008.
Art and Vision: Seeing Still Life
Eva Jana Siroka
Was on display from Saturday, November 1, 2008
Exhibit runs to January 12, 2009
Onsite Watercolour Paintings of Umbria and Tuscany
An exhibit by Wilma Pinkus
Was on display from November 3rd to December 2nd, 2008
The watercolour paintings show the eclectic yet serene landscape and cityscapes of Umbria and Tuscany. Each piece in the show was painted by Pinkus on location in either region.
Destinations
Kim Atkins, Anthony Batten, Heidi Burkhardt
Opening reception: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Show runs to December 5, 2008
Universo Antillano/Antillian Universe by Willy Perez
The Cultural Celebration of the Spanish Language presented a show at the Carrier Gallery featuring artist Willy Perez from the Dominican Republic. The show was part of the CCIE’s Festival of Images and Words 2008.
Was on display October 3 to November 3, 2008
Mimimalia Italiana: Retrospettiva by Sabina Segatori
Was on display October 5 to October 27, 2008
Europa by Rosemary Mihalyi
Renowned artist Rosemary Mihalyi brought her latest show to the Carrier Gallery in October. The show, entitled Europa, consisted of oil on canvas portraits of women that Mihalyi met while in Italy.
Was on display October 1 to October 31, 2008
Renato Sartoretto – Momenti
A very special exhibit comes the Carrier Art Gallery in Fall 2008. Renowned Italian artist Renato Sartoretto showcased an exhibit of oil paintings which painted in Toronto in the month leading up to the show.
Was on display September 4 to October 2, 2008
Gagliato
Father and daughter team Nicola and Stephanie Gareri presented an intimate look at this small town in Calabria through black and white photographs in the Carrier Gallery in September.
The exhibit also served as the launch for the artists’ book, also entitled Gagliato, a collection of all the photographs in the show.
Was on display September 1 to September 28, 2008
Gerry Sevier – Landscapes of Europe
Visitors to Columbus Centre were transported to the waterways of Venice, the shores of Spain and the gardens of Sweden in Gerry Sevier’s realistic works of art.
Sevier’s collection at the Carrier Art Gallery was the result of a numerous trips throughout Europe which included a cruise to Venice and Istanbul in 2001 and a trip to the vineyards of Umbria and Tuscany in 2003. Most recently, Sevier visited Sicily and Malta.
