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A meeting with MP Jean Yip

A meeting with MP Jean Yip

The Existential Art Gallery of Scarborough met with MP Jean Yip on 13 November 2024 to discuss the gallery's future. The meeting was hosted at Gallery X president Peter Marsh's residence and came during the production of a recent exhibition, as the board turned its attention

Equity and Art Education

Equity and Art Education

Decisions about equity have always been difficult. You may be personally familiar with the United States Supreme Court unanimous decision of 1954 of “sperate is not equal”, and for all I know it may have been the original spark for all modern equity discussion. That was a decision dealing with

Sooner or Later

Sooner or Later

Its real name, corporate name, despite its more endearing moniker “Gallery X”, is, “The Existential Art gallery of Scarborough”. So far, it’s a virtual gallery rather than something concrete, and, we are very proud of the exhibitions we have mounted so far, which have been both local and international

My Sketchbook

My Sketchbook

I’m just going to ramble on about my sketchbook. Perhaps the first thing I think about is a long-time acquaintance, David, who has apparently, a mountain of sketchbooks, because he draws in his sketchbook everyday. Imaginary work of great design and inventiveness, containing figures and flowers and all

Really! Is This REALITY?

Really! Is This REALITY?

Reality has been questioned by physics and philosophy throughout the ages. “I think therefor I am” is perhaps the most notorious philosophical phrase thrown around in that regard and has many hilarious interpretive phrases as in “I shop therefore I am” and so on. In our own time as opposed

Silver Threads and Golden Needles

Silver Threads and Golden Needles

“Silver Threads and Golden Needles”, a lyric from the iconic hit written by Reynolds/Rhodes and sung by Linda Ronstadt, revived from Wanda Jackson version of the 1950’s, is a classic wording reminiscent of heartbreak and sorrow. But wait, I luckily found new meaning for it in the “World

Where Have All The Volunteers Gone?

Where Have All The Volunteers Gone?

Where Have All The Volunteers Gone? It seems that it has gotten harder and harder to raise volunteers for non-profit organizations over the past 25 years. As usual demographic analysis definitely predicted the situation long ago. As people aged memberships would diminish, and executives would lose all the old

Art in The Garbage

Art in The Garbage

Art is certainly existential, out there somewhere, locked in creative minds who are dreaming about it, or perhaps already sitting there in everyday existence, on a wall, standing on a plinth, stretched on a canvas, fired in a kiln, or even cast in bronze. An echo of ourselves, and essential