{"id":10406,"date":"2015-04-16T00:35:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T04:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=10406"},"modified":"2015-04-29T22:43:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T02:43:53","slug":"designers-bring-together-local-art-for-some-local-fusion-to-benefit-southlake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/designers-bring-together-local-art-for-some-local-fusion-to-benefit-southlake\/","title":{"rendered":"Designers bring together local art for some \u201cLocal Fusion\u201d to benefit Southlake"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since they relocated to Aurora, many clients of the interior design company Niche D\u00e9cor have been clamoring for local art.<\/p>\n

Later this month, they will be able to scratch that itch while supporting Southlake Regional Health Centre at the same time in Local Fusion: A Fusion of Canadian Art & Design.<\/p>\n

Between April 23 and April 26, the showroom of Niche D\u00e9cor at 242 Earl Stewart Drive, will be transformed into an art gallery showcasing the work of photographers Chris Albert and Jim Roditis, abstract and contemporary artists Andre Kan, Deborah Jolly, and Liina Peacock, as well as Linda Lang, a painter who has devoted so much of her artistic talents to documenting the effects of climate change in Canada\u2019s far north. <\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of our clients have been asking about original artwork and they are just really interested in getting involved more locally with local artists,\u201d says designer Jordana Eisen. \u201cAfter a few different conversations with some local artists, we decided to put this together and thought it would be really fantastic if we could donate some of the money we hopefully make to Southlake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starting with local galleries, Ms. Eisen curated a collection of artists from across the Greater Toronto Area, including photographers documenting urban, rural and desert landscapes, abstracts, and nature.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey all have really bright, fun colours for the spring and really look fresh,\u201d she says. \u201cIt is a lot of stuff that will be conversation pieces. We like to promote local things, shopping local and just helping keep it in the family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Niche D\u00e9cor pitched their idea to Southlake earlier this year and it was an easy sell. They had put their heads together on other initiatives and with the idea to \u201cbring together as many people in the community as we can\u201d was all the pitch they needed.<\/p>\n

And, it is an initiative with momentum that could continue throughout the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of artists who have approached us now [for a second art show], but we can only have about six or seven artists in the showroom at a time to give them enough space to set up,\u201d says Ms. Eisen. \u201cWe have done a charity fashion show before and we\u2019re talking about doing that again in the fall [this time] for Southlake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Local Fusion launches at Niche D\u00e9cor on Thursday, April 23 with a wine and cheese reception from 6 \u2013 9 p.m., with the public invited to attend. In addition to the wine and cheese, raffles for prizes that are, at the moment, still under wraps, as well as valet parking will be available to launch the exhibition in style while \u201cjazzy, loungy kind of music\u201d will add to the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe turn the lights out and we just have the chandeliers going and it is a really nice, cool vibe,\u201d says Ms. Eisen. \u201cThe artists will be here and they will be able to get to know them and learn what some of their inspiration is and I especially think [Ms. Lang] will have a lot of interesting things to say that people will be surprised by. I am looking forward to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, email Jordana at jordana@nichedecor.ca, or call 905-727-2727.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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