On Sunday, I had the opportunity to check out a heritage quilt show at Eldon House in honour of Quilt Ontario’s annual conference taking place in London this year (May 25-28 at University of Western Ontario, http://www.quiltontario2011.blogspot.com/). This exhibit is a partnership between Museum London and Fanshawe Pioneer Village, displaying a small selection of their …
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London Ontario Public Sculpture Part 2
In case you missed it, you’ll find the first part of this London Ontario Public Sculpture series here. These pieces were commissioned by and are in front of the courthouse here in London. They’re called Xabis and are by Walter Redinger (Canadian) who created them out of fibreglass in 1974 for the opening of …
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Public Sculpture in London Ontario Part 1
. Periodically, Museum London leads some art and history hikes here in the city. The topic this time was Public Sculpture in London Ontario. Public sculpture describes a couple different kinds of works: it can refer to publicly owned pieces; that is, pieces that are owned by public entities (paid for by tax dollars, owned by the …
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Eldon House
Eldon House is the oldest surviving private residence (now museum) in London, Ontario. It was built in 1834 and housed 4 generations of the Harris family. During its prime, Eldon House was very much the centre of the London social and cultural scene. In 1960, surviving members of the family (the great grandchildren of John …
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Museum London
My past several blog posts have been about the free art hike I went on conducted by Museum London here in London, Ontario. I took advantage of being there already to go and have a look around the museum as well. By the way, if you’re in the area, you need to check this place …
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London Art Hike: Downtown Murals Pt. 3
The final installment of the super cool tour I went on will be showing you some indoor murals found within some of the buildings in downtown London, Ontario. 90% of these were new to me and there are some real treasures here! Brian Jesney was the artist responsible for the mural above. It’s painted on …
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