MOSAIC – Page 2 – Arts, Culture & Community

Step into a different world

Most of us have a memory of an early encounter with a book, a sense perhaps, that the object we just unwrapped, or found amongst the stacks at the local library, or unearthed from a dusty shelf in our grandmother’s attic, might be an invitation to a place we’ve never been, let alone knew existed.

A cabin memory

In the summertime when I was a child, in the late 1970’s, my parents would drive us up north to stay in a rented ancient farmhouse near a pine forest. The interior walls were exposed thick log cabin timbers. It was a very small house with one open room on the main floor, a small kitchen at the back and a narrow stairwell that led to our bedrooms upstairs.

Growing agri:cultural resilience

When Rony Lec and Myriam Legault moved to their 100-acre property south of Desboro five years ago from Guatemala, they brought more than their young family. They brought traditional varieties of amaranth, corn, beans, and squash that represented decades of work preserving Mesoamerican food traditions.

Neustadt taps into a bright future

When Elizabeth MacKenzie visited Neustadt one afternoon in 2018, she pressed her hands against the glass of the closed library, peering into darkness. “Crickets,” she recalls. The town was quiet and only a few stores were open. Yet something about the village, with its curve of road and historic buildings, whispered possibility.

In the studio with Joanna Aplin

Owen Sound artist Joanna Aplin explores the interplay of tension and release, often alternating between the emotional weight of figurative work and the freedom afforded by landscapes. Balancing detailed planning with intuitive play, she creates works that invite both artist and viewer to look deeper.

Grey County dining grows together

In the hills of eastern Grey County, something authentic is growing. A new collection of culinary entrepreneurs has created a dining scene that celebrates the area’s agricultural heritage and its evolving identity as a destination for authentic food experiences.

Painting beyond the familiar

Artist Évelyne Richer is commited to letting her art speak for itself. The career abstract painter - and long-time resident of Grey County - begins each painting with a concept, but ultimately the painting decides what it wants to be. From there, it’s up to the viewer.

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.