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Arts

Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery: The 2022 Members Show 

An exquisite scene hangs outside the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery for the 2022 Annual member’s Show. A hummingbird is depicted flying upward to sample the nectar from a cluster of flowers. Izabelle Perry’s piece is actually a gateway, which some members hope will become a permanent exhibit. The price is $2,500,   

Kristen Schofield Sweet agreed the gate is remarkable, but the membership would have to agree for the gallery to make an investment like that.   

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Arts, Spirituality

Sacred Dreamscapes: A peek into Kira MacDuffee’s inner world

There was much more than artwork in the ‘Sacred Dreamscapes’ exhibit at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery  in July. Both of the artists, Kira MacDuffee and Majie Lavergne, are psychotherapists who have described their work as depictions of their ‘inner worlds.’ I was off island at the time, but requested an interview. MacDuffee consented to describe her pilgrimage when I returned.

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Local self publishes first book ‘The Geography of Belonging, A Love Story’

By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

First time author Oriane Lee Johnston published The Geography of Belonging, A Love Story through Cortes Island’s independent Salmonberry Arts and Publishing in late July.

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Arts

Artist spotlight: Local Jemma Hicken returns to the stage for Lovefest

By Louis Belcourt, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Jemma Hicken is a born and raised Cortes musician who is returning to the scene this year to play at the returning, annual summer music festival Lovefest.

Hicken has recently finished a degree in music and has moved back to the island to get in touch with her roots.

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Arts, Food, Indigenous Nations

New book for young readers explores the importance of the Oolichan

By Adam Laskaris, Windspeaker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

When author Samantha Benyon was growing up in Prince Rupert, B.C., she had a strong interest in her Nisga’a culture, with a particular affinity towards the traditional cooking styles and foods associated with her heritage.

But it wasn’t easy to find books to read about the cuisine of her people.

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