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Art Review of A Show of Gratitude: in praise of going the distance

The current exhibition by Hannes Grosse at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery finally explains an answer I received in 1984. I was an uppity puppy of a new faculty member at the Nova Scotia College of Design, and I asked the head of the Studio Division, Ron Shuebrook,  “Why make art?”  He turned slowly, held my gaze, and said, “to go the distance.  Just go the distance.” 

Go the distance to where?

Hannes Grosse knows the distance, and how to get there. 

A Show of Gratitude is more than a history of a life with art, it is a revelation of the depth of perseverance and the height of commitment required for the journey.  

Here are three ways you might look at the distance traveled in Hannes’ art.

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Folk U at the Friday Market Live Music: Rick Bockner

On July 21, Manda Aufochs Gillespie welcomed Cortes Island songwriter/guirtarist Rick Bockner for the fourth in a series of Friday Market Live Music shows under the big tent in the Village Commons.

Rick began playing guitar at age 7 and was fortunate to be given his first lessons by Pete Seeger, a family friend. Rick was part of the influential San Francisco band Mad River from 1967-69, before moving to B.C. and settling in the Kootenays.

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Folk U at the Friday Market Live Music series: Sun Rob

On July 14, Manda Aufochs Gillespie welcomed Sun Rob for the third in a series of Friday Market Live Music shows under the big tent in the Village Commons.  

Sun Rob is an introspective artist whose craft delves into illuminating the unspoken parts of the psyche through archetypical metaphors and channeled mantras. We are all made of stardust, and Sun Rob strives to remind us of our divine nature through his music. Just as the Sun shares its radiance with the world below, Rob aims to illuminate the inner landscape of the mind through shared experiences and insights.

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Jemma Hicken releases her first major album: ‘Get It Together’

Cortes Island’s own Jemma Hicken just released her first major album, ‘Get it Together.’ Cortes Currents interviewed her shortly before that.  

“I love performing and  I love playing music by myself too, but it does feel special to come back to Cortes and be able to perform on Cortes because it’s really where it started for me,” she said.

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A review of Island Time: Finding Time

I learned there were five kinds of time nestled within our usual sense of “time.”  The current exhibition at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery, called Island Time by artists Ester Strijbos, Janny Thompson and Monica Nawrocki, seems like a good opportunity to find these in art.

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