{"id":22789,"date":"2019-01-24T18:21:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=22789"},"modified":"2019-01-24T18:21:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:21:08","slug":"memories-enriched-in-society-of-york-region-artists-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/memories-enriched-in-society-of-york-region-artists-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories enriched in Society of York Region Artists show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Memories are sometimes fleeting, but York Region artists have immortalized their own in \u201cFrom Memory\u201d, the new juried exhibition of the Society of York Region Artists, which is now on at the Aurora Cultural Centre through Saturday.
\nThe exhibition, which opened January 3, held its formal reception last week and it was there that the jury announced their verdict, honouring their three top prize winners for this year\u2019s efforts.
\nFirst Prize was awarded to Kevin McBean for his photograph entitled \u201cOverworked,\u201d while second and third prizes went to Donna Greenstein for her oil painting \u201cStrawberry Shortcake\u201d and Cynthia Grreenland for her watercolour \u201cThe Auction.\u201d An honourable mention was given to George Ketika for his oil on canvas \u201cEmerging from the Fishing Shelter.\u201d
\n\u201cIt is amazing how many artists who are a part of SOYRA and have been for some time who have never quite got up to a prize winning location, some have been on the periphery and you can see their work improving all the time, and I am so thrilled to announce Kevin McBean,\u201d said SOYRA President Linda Welch, handing out awards on behalf of the Society and juror Anik Glaude of Unionville\u2019s Varley Art Gallery.
\nWhile SOYRA members are certainly not strangers to juried art shows and sales, this year\u2019s show was a little bit different from the rest. Each member was challenged with producing work that fit in with a specific theme. This year\u2019s theme, chosen by Aurora Cultural Centre curator Stephanie Nicolo is \u201cFrom Memory,\u201d a theme which got the creative juices flowing and sparked some artistic trepidation in almost equal measure.
\nSOYRA artists muscled through the trepidation, and 61 works by 38 artists filled every inch of gallery space by the time 2019 rolled around.
\n\u201cThis exhibition is to explore how tradition, stories and culture are formed from memories,\u201d said Ms. Nicolo at the opening reception. \u201cThe artists selected for this presentation were to respond to that theme. All responses are included on the walls beside each piece of artwork. Our memories are a private collection of stored information, sensations and feelings, created from communal stories and fleeting moments. They nurture our traditions, inform our daily functions, and provide context for our lives. Memories establish where we have been, who we are, and guide us to who we may become. Intensely personal and powerful, memories can trigger a broad range of responses, and that is very evident amongst the galleries today.
\n\u201cMemories come to life [inside a biological system which] is an umbrella of brain structures controlling emotion and driving our learning processes. Without it, we wouldn\u2019t have the artwork or the responses to it. Memory is integral to us as humans, allowing us to learn, create, store and retrieve crucial information to just be. It is a major element of what makes us human and how simple and yet complex that story is to tell and celebrate through art.
\n\u201cTo the 38 artists who are amongst you all today, I salute you for your bravery to go into this new partnership in such a wonderful experience, that you\u2019ve opened up your hearts, you went through your memories \u2013 some of them very personal, some of them very sad, some of them very joyful \u2013 but the fact you have shared them with me and to the community, I congratulate you and, yes, I thank you very much.\u201d
\nFrom Memory closes this Saturday, January 26.
\nFor more information, visit www.auroraculturalcentre.ca.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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