Some members of Focus Art were present inside the gallery, listening to the information session, while others were outside picketing the event. “We all care about the Art Gallery,” explained Rose Desnoyers, past president of Focus Art.” —photo Francis Racine
Saying goodbye to Cornwall Art Gallery?
The Art Gallery’s President, Wyatt Walsh and Vice-President of Communications, Jamie Gilcig, held an information session in the establishment on February 9. —photo Francis Racine
FRANCIS RACINE francis.racine@eap.on.ca
(TAG) The peak of activity took place onFebruary 9, as TAG’s board of directors organised an information session at the gallery’s Pitt Street location. “It’s open to the public, commented Wyatt Walsh, president of the board. Anyone can be here, artists and non artists alike.”
But even before the session had begun, some local artists andmembers of Focus Art were seen picketing outside, in below zero winter conditions. In a written statement that she handed out to city media outlets, local artist Heather J. Smith outlined that “They (theboardof directors) havepermittedhimto
ban a number of local artists, and have failed to answer any questions I had regarding the vice-president of communications’ decision to ban myself.” Past Focus Art President Rose Desnoyers voiced her displease with the current board of directors. “We’re here because of the board
There seems to be an all-out war happening in the arts community of Cornwall and it’s all revolving around one of Cornwall’s most important institution; The Art Gallery
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Le mercredi 17 février 2016
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