The Victoria Arts Council invited me to exhibit at theDock: Centre for Social Impact. ( October 28, 2022-January 23, 2023) I was excited as the centre is about social change and community. It meant also that my work A Complex Grief and a few pieces from The Persistence of Love would have another iteration. TheDockContinueContinue reading “beloved resistance”
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permission to grieve
“During the global pandemic, personal grief has increased for the entire Capital Regional District community, as individuals have, and currently, are mourning things like losing their job, deaths, and just everyday changes and routines that are now lost. These major life events are uprooting individual’s once grounded existence and causing grief to happen in isolatedContinueContinue reading “permission to grieve”
small
Small, ink on watercolour paper, 8.5 cm x 8.5cm This piece done while I was immersed in my series A Complex Grief is a response to an historical image of a refugee child. During the Second World War, so many children bore the brunt of violence that in a PBS documentary about children and war,ContinueContinue reading “small”
lockdown collaboration
How do artists keep in touch during lockdown? How do we keep our spirits up? Over 60 artists in Victoria BC, Canada answered these questions with the project ‘Postcards From the Pandemic.’ The project was intiated and facilitated by BOXCARSIX and included 60 artists and produced over 900 postcards. The cards were exhibited at TheContinueContinue reading “lockdown collaboration”
post card project
For the last number of weeks, I have participated in an initiative by a local contemporary artist collective BOXCARSIX in their Post Card Project. It was conceived as a means for members to be in touch with each other and continue making art together during the time of lock-down. Each artist would begin a card,ContinueContinue reading “post card project”
Cornelia van Voorst 