Art, Culture & Criticism by Bart Gazzola
Chris Alic & Amber Lee Williams | Transience of Memory is the tenth in my ongoing curatorial series focusing on Niagara based artists. This exhibition grew out of a conversation with the artists at a past 5 x 2 Visual Conversations.
The August 2023 exhibition at Mahtay Cafe in downtown St. Catharines is Mary Ivison | SPACE, PLACE & SPIRIT. This is the ninth in my continuing series featuring Niagara visual artists.
The July exhibition at Mahtay Cafe – as part of my continuing series in downtown St. Catharines focused upon Niagara visual artists – was CHRIS REILLY : LOVE | LOST.
Diane Beard’s exhibition WALKING FROM THE DARKNESS TO THE LIGHT was on display at Mahtay Cafe & Lounge for the month of June, 2023.
Andréa Létourneau’s exhibition WOMEN was on display at Mahtay Cafe & Lounge for the month of May, 2023. This is the sixth in an ongoing series.
ROSS BEARD | A LEGACY OF LIGHT AND THE LOCAL was on view at Mahtay Café & Lounge for the months of March and April 2023, in downtown St. Catharines at 241 St. Paul Street.
TO TEETER-TOTTER ALONE : NEW PAINTINGS BY SYDNEY was on view at Mahtay Café & Lounge for the month of February 2023, in downtown St. Catharines at 241 St. Paul Street.
Sandy Fairbairn’s exhibition of images of St. Catharines was the third exhibition of six I curated for the Mahtay Café in downtown St. Catharines. It was on display from mid December 2022 to the end of January 2023.
A selection of images by Gabrielle de Montmollin was on display at Mahtay Cafe (241 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines) in the Fall of 2022. These include works from the series Bird Women, Leading Ladies and Carnevale at the Hotel of the Bridge of Sighs.
Gabrielle de Montmollin is a Welland based artist and co founder of AIH Studios (179 East Main in downtown Welland). This is the second in a series of six exhibitions of Niagara based artists I’m curating in the Mahtay space.
Julianna D’Intino’s Connecting Rods: A Survey of Industry in the Niagara Region, 2015 – 2022 was on display at Mahtay Café & Lounge in their main space in the Fall of 2022.
This was the first in a series of curated exhibitions of Niagara based artists, that I’ve put together to show in the downtown of St. Catharines, beginning in the Fall of 2022 and coming to a close in the Spring of 2023.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here, as I’ve been publishing with several online publications, and curated an exhibition. This is just an update on where to read my writing, right now, and where to experience some projects I’ve been working on.