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We wanted to share with you news of a very special exhibition on view at the Cardinal Gallery (@thecardinalgallery) in Toronto. The show features the photog...raphy of Joan Latchford (1926-2017), a Toronto-based photojournalist who captured the city’s diversity and diaspora for much of the 1960s and 70s. A teacher by trade and a former nun, Latchford began working as a professional photojournalist in the 1960s, when the National Film Board of Canada Stills Division commissioned her to capture images exploring Toronto’s diaspora under the assignment headings: Children of Canada and Middle Class Life. Tired of seeing Canada’s minority communities documented in ways that reinforced negative racial stereotypes, Latchford set out to photograph people living their everyday lives at home and in their communities. She even opened a weekly drop-in event for newcomers to meet, drink coffee, and engage in other activities with English-speaking people. Through her signature spontaneous and unposed technique Latchford documented the lesser seen moments in the lives of those new to the city, like members of Toronto’s Caribbean communities and American draft resisters seeking physical refuge and intellectual freedom. Her warm, curious work reveals the vibrant depths of an era. The exhibition Love Isn’t Limited runs until January 31, 2021, at The Cardinal Gallery, 1231 Davenport Road, Toronto, Ontario. https://www.thecardinalgallery.ca/current To learn more: https://www.thestar.com//an-ex-nuns-images-are-like-a-love All images the Estate of Joan Latchford.

Anne Savage, The Plough, 193133, oil on canvas, 74.7 x 101.7 cm, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. A teacher for over thirty years, Brymner taught dozens of studen...ts, and several went on to become the leaders of modernism in Canadian painting in the interwar era. Many, including Anne Savage (18961971) and Prudence Heward (18961947), were associated with the Beaver Hall Group, one of the most important artist groups in Montreal. Brymner’s conviction that students must pursue their own visions encouraged them to embrace radically different subjects, from modern landscapes approaching abstraction to dramatic avant garde figure paintings, a contrast apparent in these works. As Savage later recalled, he possessed that rare gift in a teachernever to impose his own way on his pupils. See more

NGC on a sunny weekend in November

Lest We Forget Remembrance Day November 11, 2020 Remembrance Day was first observed in 1919 throughout the British Commonwealth. It was originally called A...rmistice Day to commemorate armistice agreement that ended the First World War on Monday, November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Every year on November 11, Canadians pause in a moment of silence to honour and remember the men and women who have served, and continue to serve Canada during times of war, conflict and peace. We remember the more than 2,300,000 Canadians who have served and continue to serve, and the more than 118,000 who made the ultimate sacrifice. The poppy is the enduring symbol of Remembrance Day. These flowers were in abundance on the Western Front where many battles were fought during the First World War. Poppies are referenced in the opening lines of the World War I poem In Flanders Fields, where they grew among the graves of war victims near Ypres, Belgium. The poem was written by Canadian physician John McCrae on 3 May 1915 after witnessing the death of his friend and fellow soldier the day before. The July 5, 1952 edition of the Canadian Weekend Picture Magazine published the short story titled "A Hero Comes Home" by Morris Cooper, with a beautiful and sorrowful illustration made by Oscar Cahén where the poppy figures again. The illustration is shown herewith; to read the entire short story and Joel McCrae's poem, please open the following link: http://ow.ly/LHak50Ch5VJ Details regarding the upcoming exhibition Discovering Oscar Cahén, a collaborative exhibition between TrépanierBaer Gallery and Feheley Fine Arts, opening Thursday, November 26, 2020 at Centre Space in Feheley Fine Arts in Toronto are forthcoming. Image Credit: Oscar Cahén A Hero Comes Home, 1952 India ink, watecolour on high-art illustration board 25 x 17