Thursday, March 22, 2007

And Now For Some Culture...



Since this blog is about NB politics and culture (not to mention dulse), it's time for some local Canadian content.


For those of you who are visiting the foggy city tonight, the Peter Buckland Gallery is hosting its 4th annual Young Collectors' Night. Lots of fun can be found here.




The event is really quite interesting. Young Saint Johners (mostly the Fusion crowd) get to look at nice art, and the lucky ones get to buy the nice art. One time a few years back I almost purchased a Warholesque image of Jean Chretien, but alas, I could not afford the hefty price tag involved.

As for the image accompanying this blog? It's Beacon Light, Saint John Harbour, painted in 1879 by some old guy, and it's virtually the only Saint John image the National Art Gallery will allow into the public domain without filling out about 40-odd pages of copyright...

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