MOSAIC – Page 2 – Arts, Culture & Community

Process, place and painting with Kristine Moran

Some places continuously inspire. For Owen Sound artist Kristine Moran, each visit to Moreland Place unlocks fresh inspiration, feeding a process that moves intuitively from line drawings to luminous large-scale canvases. It's a practice built on layers of meaning and sustained by the strong circle of community she's found along the way.

Fiddlehead Nursery: where land, plants, and people meet in balance

Ben Caesar is the owner and operator of Fiddlehead Nursery, a permaculture plant nursery based in Kimberley, Ontario. For the past fifteen years, Ben has focused on growing edible perennial plants and helping others design low-maintenance gardens rooted in ecological principles.

From bannock to bison at Naagan

Chef Zach Keeshig, creator and owner of Naagan — the Owen Sound restaurant recently named by Time Magazine as one of the World’s Greatest Places of 2026 — is a master storyteller.

Stepping into the circle of dance

You arrive at the studio just before the music begins. Shoes come off at the door. Inside, the wooden floor is open and quiet. People drift in slowly, stretching, breathing, greeting each other softly. The atmosphere is intentionally ceremonial and community-oriented.

The system is sanguine

We were recently asked that our next show include colour. The winter has been long, the snow relentless and gallery goers could use a bit of colour this spring! The Durham Art Gallery, a small contemporary rural art gallery, welcomes Breanne Jeethan’s solo exhibition The System is Broken.

Poetic transition in Owen Sound

A condensed conversation between past poet laureate Rebecca Diem and the newly announced poet laureate Jennifer Frankum.

Engraving the land

Wesley Bates chose the road less taken. Working in one of printmaking’s oldest traditions, the Clifford-based artist’s career has spanned commercial design, print making and book illustration — ultimately translating rural landscapes and human stories through the visual language of wood engraving.

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.