MOSAIC – Arts, Culture & Community

One artist, many places: David Marshak

Whether it's a rain-slicked streetscape or an ocean view, David Marshak paints the same subject: light. His work flows between landscape and cityscape, realism and impressionism, tight and loose — a path he describes as "stumbling forward to destiny."

A life around food: Aldergrove Farm

Aldergrove Farm sits on 75 acres north of Mount Forest where Fraser and Glynis have spent more than a decade growing vegetables and flowers, raising a family, and building a life around food. Over the years, the farm has changed considerably, and so have their ideas about what farming should look like.

Wood Symposium connects and inspires

A remarkable celebration of wood will take place this October in and around Owen Sound at Grey Roots Museum, Harmony Arts Centre, Grey Gallery, and Intersections Wood Collaborative.

Sheatre: healing and teaching through drama

Agit-prop Theatre (short for Agitation-Propaganda) was a movement that began in Russia after the Revolution in 1917, worked its way through much of Europe, most notably Germany, and began in the U.S. in the early thirties. Exemplified by Clifford Odets, Elmer Rice, and Langston Hughes, it is characterized by the belief that theatre can address the serious social and political ills prevalent around us.

Witness Blanket a testimony to truth and remembrance

This fall the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre will host a replica of The Witness Blanket, one of Canada’s most powerful works of public art addressing the legacy of residential schools. Created by artist Carey Newman and presented through the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the traveling exhibition transforms hundreds of objects into a powerful visual testimony to truth, remembrance, and resilience.

A local diet for our time

My family has an eclectic food culture. We like cooking, and the twists and turns of our lives have led us to adopt dishes from around the world. A couple of years ago we chose to localize our diet and grow as much of it as possible. In some cases, that meant giving up foods we enjoy.

Savouring La Cucina Italiana

Tucked in among storefronts and cafes on Durham Street in Walkerton, Ti Amo La Cucina Italiana serves dishes crafted from lovingly preserved and curated recipes that are the generational legacy of an Italian Canadian family. Proprietors and operators, Brad and Rosa House, are dedicated to sharing the culinary heritage of Rosa’s family and the country and regions from which her family traveled to live and work in Canada.

Land Acknowledgement

MOSAIC acknowledges that we publish within Saukiing Anishnaabekiing, the traditional territories of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, comprised of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation at Neyaashiinigmiing and the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation. We give thanks for their stewardship of the land and waters and for the rich diversity of their cultures and pledge to recognize and uphold their traditional names and language within this publication.