In honour of the internationally acclaimed Prince Edward Island artist, Hilda Woolnough (1934–2007), The Gallery at the Guild in Charlottetown has been officially renamed the Hilda Woolnough Gallery. On November 18, there will be a special celebration and grand opening of the first exhibition in the new space titled All Things Hilda: A Retrospective, which will be on view from November 17 to December 31. A long-time friend of the artist and former director of the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Terry Graff, provides the following overview of Woolnough’s remarkable legacy. Continue reading Prince Edward Island’s ‘Angel of the Arts’ Hilda Woolnough Honoured With Gallery Dedication
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The Artistic Legacy of Brian Burke
On Tuesday, December 19, 2017, Canada lost one of its foremost figurative painters, and one of the most notable visual artists to have come out of Prince Edward Island. At age 65, Brian Burke left behind an impressive legacy—a prodigious body of work that is powerfully haunting and impactful, tinged with black humour in its resolute dedication to the truthful representation of the timeless existential predicament of the human condition. Continue reading The Artistic Legacy of Brian Burke