It’s holiday market season in Surrey, where one of the biggest and most artful returns to Surrey Arts Centre the weekend of Nov. 25-26.

Hosted by Surrey Art Gallery Association (SAGA), the annual Heart to Home Holiday Market features pieces by more than 30 artists based in Surrey and the region.

Shoppers will find ceramics, jams, cookies, skincare products, apparel, jewelry, paintings, prints, photography, art cards, stickers, artisan chocolates and more.

Admission is free at the market, noon to 4 p.m. daily in the Studio Theatre at the Bear Creek Park facility.

New to the event is Sapphorica Creations, makers of handcrafted, vintage art cards.

“Surrey is the heart of our home,” co-owner Kellee Roque said. “Most of our inspiration comes from historical sites, museums, parks and diversity of culture within our city. This year marks our first year as a market vendor, and we’re excited to continue to build relationships with local artists and art supporters.”

Lisa Rae Simons will perform music at the market Saturday (Nov. 25), followed by Ranj Singh on Sunday. Simons plays a mix of classic rock, blues and R&B, while Singh blends Eastern rhythms and melodies with Western folk-rock.

SAGA members receive 15 per cent off purchases, and shoppers can sign up for membership on-site or online. Those who’d rather shop at home can browse SAGA’s website (sagabc.com). From Nov. 25 to Dec. 18, use the code H2H@H at checkout for 15 per cent off. For more details email sagagiftshop@gmail.com or call 604-501-5187 (Anna Hall manages the gift shop).

SAGA is a non-profit society that offers its members “the opportunity to participate in and respond to contemporary art and be part of a community that actively supports Surrey Art Gallery.”

Elsewhere, a holiday market is part of Surrey Tree Lighting Festival, Nov. 25-26 at Surrey Civic Plaza. Posted on surreytreelighting.ca/holiday-market is the list of vendors including artist Brad Henry, Angkor Harvest, Amanda Ruth Beads, Candle Corner, Gigil Clothing, Sullivan Heights Sewing and Crocheting Club, Sweetgrass Soap and many more.

In Cloverdale, the sixth annual Stalew Christmas Craft Market returns to the Museum of Surrey on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The single-day event features a wide variety of Indigenous makers and artists who hand-crafted jewelry, natural soaps, lotions, art, gourmet treats and more. Admission is free.

Also in Surrey, look for themed arts and crafts at Potters’ huge Christmas Store, 19158 48 Ave. The store has thousands of ornaments, designer Christmas trees and other collectables, along with stocking stuffers, food items, games, toys and all types of decorations. This year’s displays include Pretty in Pink, Dark Room, Gourmet Food, Candyland, Petland, Thru the Grapevine, Coca-Cola, Men-Zone, Great Britain and MouseTown.

A painting given by Lord Beaverbrook to Fredericton’s Beaverbrook Art Gallery in 1959 is set to be auctioned off in London.

Tom Smart, director of the gallery, confirmed to CBC News that Beach Scene, Lancashire by British painter Laurence Stephen Lowry — or L.S. Lowry — is up for sale.

Smart said this is a process called deaccessioning. The frequency of this process varies, but this year, the gallery deaccessioned around 50 works.

The gallery informs the collections committee and the board of the decision, Smart said, and is then questioned about why the particular works are being removed from the collection.

The funds from the sale will go back into the acquisition fund, said Smart.

“We will be able to purchase new works of art that flesh out areas where we don’t have representation,” he said. 

“The curators would determine what would be a good acquisition to give a fuller picture of a particular period, or a particular movement or style.”

Lowry’s Beach Scene, Lancashire, dated 1947, depicts a bustling beach in northwest England with a large boat as the central focus and several smaller boats around it.

Smart said selling a painting is considered when the art piece is rarely exhibited, or when there are multiple other examples of work from the same artist in the collection.

In the case of this painting, Smart said there are multiple other Lowry pieces in the collection, including some that he said better represent Lowry’s work.

“Lowry’s work shows people going to work in the villages, and then the factories of Northern England and this is kind of an atypical scene of a beach scene, that as I say, it’s rarely, rarely exhibited at all,” he said. 

“So the other examples are on view and are more typical of the kind of work that you would expect to see Lowry doing.”

Beach Scene, Lancashire is estimated to sell for between $1.7 million and $2.6 million CAD or between £1 million and £1.5 million GBP, according to Sotheby’s website, where the painting is being sold.

It’s the highest estimation out of the five Lowry works that will be auctioned on Tuesday. 

The website says the painting was acquired by Lord Beaverbrook in 1955, and given to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in 1959.

Bryn Sayles, head of sale for Modern British and Irish Art at Sotheby’s, was not available for an interview. But in an emailed statement, she said when Lowry began painting in the 1920s, trips to the seaside were relatively new occurrences for mill workers and their families.

But as a child, she said Lowry travelled to Lytham St Anne’s, a seaside town in Lancashire, and was fascinated by the ships.

Sayles said Beach Scene, Lancashire is one of the best examples of Lowry’s seaside subjects to ever come to market.

“Lowry’s scenes of the seaside are rarer than his depictions of the billowing factories of the north of England,” she wrote.

“In Beach Scene, Lancashire we see Lowry at his very best, escalating the everyday scenes of the north of England to the status of high art, in a way no artist before him had.”

Fredericton resident wishes process was more public

Brian MacKinnon, a Fredericton resident and artist, said the sale concerns him.

He said this Lowry work is one of the artist’s highlights.

“It’s just majestic work. And so it’s just, it’s a loss for our legacy here in New Brunswick. We’re so lucky to have that in a small city and a small province and I doubt if there’s anything like this in Canada of this artist’s work,” said MacKinnon.

He said since the Beaverbrook Art Gallery is a public art gallery, the discussion to sell the piece should have been made more public.

“I thought this work was partially mine and yours.”

However Smart said the process is public.

He said the gallery informed the board, sent out news releases to local news agencies and applied for an export permit, which he said is a public process through the Government of Canada.

Smart said the gallery was in touch with the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation and offered the painting to them first. 

Max Aitken, the great-grandson of Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Max Aitken, said in an email that the painting was a gift from one of the Beaverbrook foundations, and confirmed that the gallery did offer the painting to the relevant foundation, which decided not to buy it.

The painting is one of 133 works Lord Beaverbrook sent to New Brunswick that were part of a decade-long legal dispute between the gallery and the Beaverbrook U.K. Foundation. In 2007 an arbitrator ruled that the gallery owned 85 of the works, including the Lowry, sent to the gallery before its opening in 1959.

A second parallel dispute with the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation for another group of 78 works was settled in 2014.

The Beaverbrook Art Gallery was officially designated the provincial art gallery of New Brunswick in 1994.

The Nouveau Sud Project, the urban circus initiative founded by Associate Professor of Theatre CarlosAlexis Cruz, is a recipient of a 2023 Knight Art + Tech Expansion Fund from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Nouveau Sud is one of 22 Charlotte-based artists and arts organizations to receive funds in 2023.

The Knight Art + Tech Expansion Fund was created “to support the long-term sustainability of Charlotte’s arts community by providing practitioners with the tools they need to increase the integration of technology in their work.” 

Cruz founded Nouveau Sud in 2014 with a McColl Award from the Arts & Science Council. Nouveau Sud, which debuted in April 2016, has continued to mount shows that address social justice issues, particularly issues of immigration and race and ethnicity. In 2020, the troupe received the prestigious Creation and Touring Grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts for its production, “La Bestia.”

The Art + Tech Expansion Fund will allow Cruz to build the capacity of Nouveau Sud in three ways: by implementing a social media plan, purchasing equipment and storage capacity for documentation and online content creation and beginning a rebranding of the urban circus company.

“Our plan is to hire a social media/marketing manager to establish a plan for growth and to better tell the story of the different facets of our work strategically,” Cruz said.  “We are aiming to clearly present our different endeavors — our soon-to-be national touring show, ‘La Bestia,’ the development of our new show, ‘Violence’ and the work that we do within our communities as part of our ensemble’s mission.”

Among the “Suds,” as the Nouveau Sud company members are called, are UNC Charlotte alumni. Learn more about Nouveau Sud and the award-winning production, “La Bestia,” in this online feature.

Stories come to life on the page and introspective figures explore inner worlds in the dreamlike illustrations of Simón Prades (previously). His surreal scenes often feature silhouettes of people peering into the unknown, whether toward a distant memory, the wilderness, or the future. Rendered in deep hues with an emphasis on the effects of light and contrast, he draws attention to human nature and universal, emotional experiences of hope, nostalgia, and wonder.

Prades has worked as a freelance illustrator for more than ten years, finding visual language to express ideas in editorial and book publishing, film, music, and advertising. His clients have included The New York Times, Penguin Random House, Scientific American, and many more. “While I still love solving problems for clients, I must say that the urge to work on more personal projects has been growing and might manifest in a book or something like that soon,” he tells Colossal.

Prades is looking forward to a project next year that merges illustration with his other passion, cycling. During a 10-day tour through the Pyrenees, he plans to capture the experience in his sketchbook. Explore more of his work on his website and Behance, and follow updates on Instagram.

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Delta is heading to the hot Miami art scene and bringing six up-and-coming artists along for the ride.  

Miami’s rich culture and energetic lifestyle will set the stage for talented artists from around the world to showcase and celebrate their work during the first week of December. As a connector of people to places, passions and their own potential, Delta is partnering with six artists with deep ties to Miami to bring their art to life and elevate their work against the backdrop of one of the art world’s most sought-after and exclusive events.    

“Delta is taking flight to the Miami art world, and there is no better way to connect with this city than through our talented artist partners who work in this community and call it home,” said Delta Chief Marketing Officer Alicia Tillman. “It is a privilege to showcase the work of these artists alongside our brand in a dynamic and vibrant environment like Miami and further our efforts to uplift and elevate partners with a unique perspective.”  

Alongside Creative Director of UTA Fine Arts Arthur Lewis, Delta will host events both in the air and on the ground, starting with an immersive charter flight and concluding with a bespoke open-air gallery event to close out the week.  

“As we embark on this artistic journey celebrating six Miami-based artists, we will elevate creativity to new heights through our bespoke airborne gallery and on-the-ground exhibition that mirrors the fusion of imagination and innovation, reshaping the art experience,” said Lewis. “Delta’s dedication to uplifting local narratives resonates with Miami’s vibrant spirit, and I am honored to host this convergence, where art transcends boundaries and takes flight.” 

On Wednesday, Dec. 6, Delta will take flight to Miami on its invite-only, art-themed charter departing from JFK. The flight will carry members of Delta’s artist collective, along with creatives, journalists, curators and more. The plane will be turned into an immersive art gallery in the sky, projecting the artwork from each artist on the overhead bins throughout the flight, creating a new canvas for their work to be seen – this time 30,000 feet in the air. 

Once in Miami, Delta will celebrate these artists again at an open-air gallery showcasing their work. The gallery will feature pieces by each artist, created from decommissioned plane parts and reimagined through their unique artistic lens. It will open on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 1111 Lincoln Road and be available to the public from 4-6 p.m. Set in an open-air venue suspended above the city, the event will draw inspiration from a variety of related brand touchpoints, including Delta’s planes, the spirit of the open skies and our enduring Keep Climbing philosophy.  

MEET THE ARTISTS

	Derek Abella @derekabella   Born in Miami and now based in New York, Derek Abella is an illustrator who pulls from his Cuban-American and queer experience to create dream-like representations of a variety of subjects, ranging from technology to politics to relationships between people, their surroundings, their memories, and each other.
	Elliot & Erick Jiménez @elliotanderick  Elliot & Erick Jiménez are first-generation Cuban-Americans and identical twins born and raised in Miami from Cuban immigrants, now living and working between Miami and New York. Their photographic practice began from an early passion for art history and influences derived from a theological upbringing. Inspired by paintings, their work portrays the ephemeral nature of light and color through movement and the composition of their subjects, typically rendering them like a painting.
	Emmett Moore @emmettmoore   Emmett Moore is a Miami-based artist and designer known for a technically rigorous interdisciplinary approach that challenges notions of functionality and fluctuates seamlessly between design and art examining our relationship with the built environment. Moore’s work utilizes processes taken primarily from architecture and industrial design, working with found forms of everyday objects to speak to the universality and timelessness of the utilitarian and quotidian.
	Jillian Mayer @jillian_mayer_   Jillian Mayer is an artist and filmmaker. Through videos, sculptures, online experiences, photography, performances, and installations, Mayer explores how technology affects our lives, bodies, and identities by processing how our physical world and bodies are impacted and reshaped by our participation in various landscapes. Mayer investigates the points of tension between our online and physical worlds and makes work that attempts to inhabit the increasingly porous boundary between the two.
	Olivia Pedigo @oliviapedi   Olivia Pedigo, a 23-year-old Miami native, is a 3D artist, animator, and graphic designer. Over the past four years, Olivia’s work has evolved to reflect a dreamscape where comfort and isolation intersect, notably seen in her “bedroom pieces.” These scenes, devoid of human presence yet filled with character, explore the relationship between individuals and their possessions, with a focus on technology.

DELTA DURING ART WEEK 

Starting later this month, Miami residents and guests can catch a sneak peek of our artists’ work in several out-of-home placements, including hand-painted murals and digital displays across the city.    

Delta SkyMiles, American Express, and Resy will also be in Miami with Untitled Art at The Resy Lounge – their exclusive beachfront lounge featuring curated bites and a specialty bar program from world-renowned Chef Stephanie Izard.  

Additionally, in partnership with global fashion and lifestyle media brand Highsnobiety, Delta will co-host a dinner for small business owners to highlight their new SkyMiles for Business loyalty program, spotlighting experiential designer Harry Nuriev of Crosby Studios. 

DELTA AND EMERGING TALENT  

With a goal to support and uplift emerging talent on a global stage, Delta’s activation in Miami will build upon last year’s “Runway Runway” event during L.A. Fashion Week. That event – launched in partnership with multi-hyphenate artist Issa Rae – highlighted six small business owners and fashion designers through a collaborative fashion show and product showcase. With the exposure from the show, many of these designers grew their platforms, gained exposure to new audiences and sold out the special collections they presented at the show.  

READ MORE: Delta, Issa Rae launch collab at LA Fashion Week

Now, Delta is shifting its efforts from the West Coast to South Beach to continue supporting new talent and connecting their work to wider audiences – this time in the art world.  

DELTA IN SOUTH FLORIDA  

Delta offers more than 80 daily flights from South Florida’s three major airports (MIA, FLL, PBI) to 15 cities. From Miami, Delta offers more than 30 daily flights to 11 destinations in the U.S., and to an additional 13 cities throughout the globe through its partnerships with Aeromexico, Air France/KLM, LATAM Airlines and Virgin Atlantic. With more than 75 years of service from Miami, Delta and its people give back through a variety of organizations in the South Florida community.  

Brand-new news set, weather center brings latest look and technology to serve our viewers

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — NewsChannel 21 is proud to unveil its new, state-of-the-art studio to our Central Oregon viewers.

After months of design, planning and construction, the entirely rebuilt news set and weather center represent the first major upgrade in 15 years. The ambitious project brings the latest technology to the space for delivering the High Desert’s news to the community with impressive visual impact. 

Viewers will get to see the new-look studio live on air Monday, November 20^th for the NewsChannel 21 FOX at 4 p.m. newscast.

Features include a ​13-foot screen to display images related to news content or stunning scenic images of Central Oregon. An additional ​9-foot wall of monitors will serve as a reporter presentation area, providing the opportunity to showcase related video.   

The upgraded, cutting-edge weather center features its own impressive set of monitors for delivering the most accurate, understandable, and visually complete forecasts.    

The set includes wood accents and an earthy color palette, as a nod to Central Oregon’s vibrant outdoors. 

Veteran evening news anchor Lee Anderson says: “In my more than two decades at KTVZ, I have never seen this type of transformation to the studio space. Our ability to deliver comprehensive local news, sports and weather across multiple newscasts will only be enhanced by the new surroundings.” 

News Director Cathy Marshall says: “This new set provides the perfect backdrop for continuing our commitment to the community as the market’s news leader.”

General Manager Ron Parodi shared, “The entire team at NewsChannel 21 is so proud of this new studio and production facility. This significant investment toward how we serve Central Oregon is a statement of our commitment to the important role that we perform each day. We are the market leader in news, thanks to our viewers, and we hope you will agree that our new presentation will reflect such an honor.”

Overall, these significant improvements to the studio will provide a huge amount of flexibility that will give us endless ways to help bring stories to life.

For more information, contact News Director Cathy Marshall at cathy.marshall@ktvz.com or call 541.383.2121.

About NewsChannel 21:

Since 1977, NewsChannel 21 (KTVZ, KFXO, NTVZ, KQRE) has worked to provide Central Oregon with accurate, reliable, and essential media and advertising services that connect the people in our community. To learn more about NewsChannel 21, visit ktvz.com.

Since 2017, Danish photographer Søren Solkær has traveled Europe in search of the mesmerizing phenomenon of starling murmurations. Occurring before dusk during spring and autumn, cool weather and an instinct for safety gathers thousands of the black songbirds into enormous, undulating clouds. Solkær captures these enigmatic evening shows in his ongoing series Black Sun (previously), and a survey of these works opens at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle, Washington, next month.

The term “murmuration” is derived from starlings’ fluttering wings and flight calls, providing a distinct soundtrack to meadows and marshlands. Solkær remembers being fascinated by the birds as a child growing up in southern Denmark, where he would watch the creatures swoop through the sky near his home. The title Black Sun is derived from the Danish phrase “sort sol,” describing the way the aerial masses obscure the sun.

Coinciding with the exhibition, Solkær has just released a new monograph in the series titled Starling, documenting their movements in Ireland, Italy, Denmark, and The Netherlands. Starling is available for purchase now on Solkær’s website, and Black Sun will open December 9 and continue through March 10, 2024, in Seattle. Follow the photographer’s Instagram for more updates.

“Black Sun #183, Aventoft, Denmark”

“Black Sun #145, Rome, Italy”

“Black Sun #230, Sardinia, Italy”

“Black Sun #237, Sardinia, Italy”

“Black Sun #75, Aiguamolls de l’Empordá, Catalonia, Spain”

“Black Sun #128, Houtwiel, Friesland, The Netherlands”

“Black Sun #149, Rome, Italy”

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Working together from about 1941 to 1969 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and almost entirely comprised of women block printers, the artists of the Folly Cove Designers comprised one of America’s longest-running artist collectives. The pioneering group produced hundreds of unique designs, and a new book by Elena M. Sarni from Princeton Architectural Press titled Trailblazing Women Printmakers: Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios and the The Folly Cove Designers details the group’s prolific history and extensive works.

Led by acclaimed children’s book author Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios, the collective functioned similarly to a medieval craft guild. Artists would convene regularly for classes on design and technique and also hone their skills individually, either at home or in the studio. Afterwards, jurors assessed their designs, and upon approval, the works proceeded to the printing stage.

Cut from linoleum and block-printed onto mainly fabric, each design tells a story. Members were constantly urged to draw inspiration from their surroundings, whether depicting a musical performance, the local college campus, or kitchen utensils and ingredients. Each artist shared personal narratives and familiar scenes. According to the Cape Ann Museum, which houses the largest collection of work by the Folly Cove Designers, Demetrios encouraged artists to “draw ‘what they knew’ and to sketch their subjects over and over again until they made them their own.” Each intricate print documented daily life, giving voice to women’s stories.

Find your copy of Trailblazing Women Printmakers on Bookshop.

Eino Natti, “Polyphemus.” Photo by Gary Lowell, courtesy of Sandy Bay Historical Society

Louise Kenyon, “Head of the Cove.” Photo by Peter Morse, courtesy of Peter and Bobbi Kovner

Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios, “Robin Hood.” Hood. Photo by Gary Lowell, courtesy of Sandy Bay Historical Society

Aino Clarke, “Atomic Age.” Courtesy of Cape Ann Museum

Louise Kenyon, “Smith College.” Photo by Peter Morse, courtesy of Peter and Bobbi Kovner

Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios, “Finnish Hop.” Photo by Gary Lowell, courtesy of Sandy Bay Historical Society

Lee Natti, “Old Sturbridge Country Store.” Photo by Gary Lowell, courtesy of Kathryn Soucy

Group portrait of the Folly Cove Designers, courtesy of Cape Ann Museum

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