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March Brings in Two New Exhibits featuring Contemporary Craft.

March 20 - April 24, 2010

TEACUPS & MINK

Bonnie Leyton & Leanne Averbach

Two sisters use art and poetry to tell the stories of their Russian immigrant family and their journey to life and success in Canada.

Newfoundland based artist Bonnie Leyton and her sister, poet and performer Leanne Averbach combine their talents to tell the colourful story of their parents’ journey from Russia to Canada in the 1920s and their subsequent success. Filled with struggles, triumphs and humour the Averbach’s story has universal appeal. Paintings, prints, figurative sculpture, multimedia works, a limited edition art book and poetry in print, performance and DVD convey the different perspectives of the two sisters who are separated by nine years. Averbach’s work has received awards in film festivals in New York, Palm Beach and Los Angeles. Teacups & Mink opened first in Vancouver to rave reviews.

POTS & POTPOURRI

Toby Rabinowitz

From splendid planters to tiny, fanciful creatures the ceramics of Toby Rabinowitz inhabit their own creative universe.

This solo exhibition of hand-built ceramics features large planters that are ideal for year round use. In summer they work hard in gardens, solariums or sun porches and in winter they corral scarves and mittens while providing a sculptural accent for the entranceway. Complementing these useful giants are smaller pots and tiny figurines. Rabinowitz enjoys using a painterly approach to decorating the large work while the smaller pieces allow her to exercise her playful imagination. Rabinowitz’s collectors enjoy staging their own whimsical and changing scenarios by arranging the figurines and pots.