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September Featured Artist - Nicole Alexander

September’s Featured Artist is Nicole Alexander, a self-taught Visual Artist from Brantford, who specializes in the mediums of oil, acrylic and watercolour that reflect a unique Afro-Caribbean vibe.

Alexander grew up in the two-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago drawing on walls and doodling all over her school notes. She came to Canada for many visits during the summer months, eventually moving here at the age of 16 to complete her grade 13 and later her Bachelor of Science degree at York University.

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Grandview Theatre Presents INDISPOSABLE

In honour of International Overdose Awareness Day, Grandview Theatre Company will be presenting INDISPOSABLE: A Devised Theatre Exploration into Brantford’s Opioid Epidemic.

The approximately 40-minute production is a newly developed work in progress, based on recorded interviews with locals who have lived experience with substance abuse. It will be presented for the first time, live on Zoom, on Saturday, August 28, Sunday, August 29, and Tuesday, August 31 (International Overdose Awareness Day)...

August Featured Artist, Victoria Hudson-Muir

August’s Featured Artist is a Brantford-based theatre artist and arts manager named Victoria Hudson-Muir. Victoria holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Language & Literature from Wilfrid Laurier University, a Graduate Certificate from Humber College’s Arts Administration & Cultural Management Program, a Certificate in Shakespearean Acting from London, UK’s prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and has also completed the Hamilton Fringe’s Artistic Leadership & Entrepreneurial...

July Featured Artist - Eric Mills

July’s Featured Artist is Eric Mills, a singer/songwriter from Brantford. Mills has been singing and playing the guitar since he was twelve years old and made the decision to pursue this interest full-time in 2009.

Mills, like other musicians during the pandemic, has not been able to play any in-person shows but has been able to put out a consistent stream of virtual shows streamed over Facebook Live as well as his YouTube channel aptly named Eric Mills Covers. The pandemic has also allowed him the...

June Featured Artist - Barbara Sutherland

June’s Featured Artist is Barbara Sutherland, a painter whose artistic forms include acrylic, watercolours, encaustic and plaster. Recently, Barbara has chosen to revisit her passion for encaustic art and has created a home studio specifically designed for this art form. Encaustic, meaning to burn or fuse, is an ancient painting medium first practiced by Green artists as far back as the 4th century BCE. It combines melted beeswax with dry pigment and tree resin. Her most recent encaustic...