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Icons in Markham

The Varley Gallery in Markham has an exhibit of icons until the beginning of September. Anyone up for an expedition?

Stations of the Cross

Here's a striking set of Stations of the Cross. (I prefer the series of links rather than the downloadable version, which probably for copyright reasons uses drawings instead of the powerful sculpted images.)

I'm taking a break now from blogging and reading blogs till Monday. Have a blessed Easter Triduum.

New Journal of Canadian Catholic Culture

The Alexandrian, named after St Catherine of Alexandria, patroness of Christian philosophers, has just published its second quarterly issue, on the Lenten theme of suffering. The attractively designed online journal, produced by a team of young Canadian Catholics who dream of cultural renewal, carries poetry, art, short fiction, and philosophy. The premier issue explored the theme of choice.

Check it out, and come back soon to the companion blog, which apparently has some temporary technical problems at the moment.

Stained Glass and Stimulating Swordplay

I'm partial to stained glass, so these pieces by Francis Beckwith's wife, Frankie, tickled my fancy.

Link via What's Wrong with the World, a blog I've been reading with interest lately. Home to some very smart philosophically trained minds including good ol' Zippy Catholic, whose personal blog I visit from time to time, and the formidable Lydia McGrew, who describes "blogging in defense of conservative and unfashionable political positions" as one of her hobbies.

Contemporary Art

Outrage against the endless parade of tediously transgressive exhibits just tends to line the pockets of "artistic" provocateurs, so there's got to be a better response. Maureen Mullarkey dissects The Ugly Business of Contemporary Art. I say we should all troop down to one of these avant-garde shows and snore loudly in choreographed asynchronicity as a way of signifying the hegemonic futility of postmodernism. There, did I cram enough polysyllabic words into the product monograph artist's statement?

Johnny Hart, Presbyterian

A ‘fundamental’ problem in ‘B.C.’ obits � GetReligion.

Link via CAEI.

Dirty Car Art

What to do with a dirty car window? Scott Wade goes way beyond "WASH ME!"

Sanctuary Makeover

Shawn Tribe takes a modern sanctuary and proposes a redesign on a modest budget. Much interesting discussion ensues.

Bernini Crucifix Corpus

Corpus, a rare bronze crucifix by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), has been donated to the Art Gallery of Ontario. It will be unveiled in June. The gallery also holds a marble bust by Bernini of Pope Gregory XV.

Collaborative Art at The Japanese Paper Place

You know those stories where one person writes one sentence and someone else writes the next? My friend Sigrid at The Japanese Paper Place has helped organize an exhibit something like that, called The Power of Two, where artists in pairs worked with fine Japanese papers, the first decorating the paper and the second turning it into a craft object.

Here's the Electric Bento Lunch Box by Susan Low-Beer and Don Taylor.

The exhibit runs 1–29 September 2006 at the The Japanese Paper Place, 77 Brock Avenue, Toronto. I'm looking forward to the opening tomorrow afternoon, September 10.