August 2020
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New patio space to aid restaurant recovery There is a new hangout spot in the neighbourhood
›› Mila Czemerys
B
y now, the COVID-19 pandemic has touched most aspects of our lives and livelihoods. The restaurant industry has definitely felt the weight of our changing reality. It has been hard to hear of our favorite local breakfast spots and dining establishments closing down for good. It’s hard to imagine how it feels for the local small business owners who have put their blood, sweat, and tears into these businesses. “The past few months have been devastating for the restaurant industry. It’s been a very, very challenging time,” shared Mike Colwill, managing partner at the Fernwood Inn. On a sunny morning is July, as the finishing touches of their new patio space were being put in place, I caught up with Mike Colwill to discuss patios. As a response to the hardships the restaurant industry is going through, the City of Victoria has moved quickly to develop a response to support our local economy. The City of Victoria’s Build Back Victoria has several temporary initiatives to support businesses during their reopening and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic by providing public spaces for private use. Spaces on sidewalks, on streets, in parking spaces, and in plazas and parks are temporarily being made available for businesses to expand their footprint to safely conduct commercial activities. Physical distancing guidelines can result in loss of operational space for businesses including reduced dining, seating, and total indoor capacity. These temporary patio spaces shift restaurant capacity that would have been indoors and moves them outside. This shift will hopefully allow businesses to adjust to this new reality.
Drop by Fernwood Village to enjoy a meal & beverage on the new patios of the Fernwood Inn, Mesa Familiar, Little June, Hearth, & Stage. Photo: Aly Sibley
Colwill shared how Fernwood’s restaurant owners came together to apply for the temporary patio space now located on Gladstone Avenue between the Fernwood Inn and Little June. The application was through the City of Victoria’s Business Hub and Build Back Victoria. Colwill mentioned, “Coordinating this project with all the restaurants on both sides of the street was great. We put in a communal application. The process was really expedited.” He also shared that, “the City has been wonderful to deal with. They have been quick to respond and quick to act. They have been great.” Little June and Hearth are sharing the patio space outside their storefronts on Gladstone during the day and Stage is using that patio in the evening. The Fernwood Inn has the patio on their respective side of Gladstone. Mesa Familiar has a patio space in Fernwood Square. There is now temporarily one way traffic through Gladstone Avenue at Fernwood Road. There are also two new
bike racks installed to help accommodate increased bicycle traffic. The patio spaces were installed in late July 2020. Colwill shared, “As soon as we put out the picnic tables, we couldn’t go back to level them fast enough. They were all fully sat at 9:30am.” Mike expressed his excitement about the initiative, “It lets people experience the Square from a whole new perspective. As someone who has stood around on the road in front of [the Fernwood Inn] for years, I didn’t think it would be as cool to be out here and in the middle of it all. At night it’s awesome with the Belfry, the setting sun, and the lights hanging between the two buildings—it looks super cool.” This space has already started to promote walking traffic and vibrancy in our neighbourhood core. It gives a very European feel. These patios are planned to be open until the end of September 2020. The Fernwood Inn hopes to reopen their patio space for the
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summer of 2021 if possible. This being said, Colwill shared, “I’m scared for what the fall will bring for the restaurant industry.” The six restaurants in Fernwood Village provide over 100 restaurant jobs for local people. The past four months have been a struggle and having this patio space will hopefully help them recover. Visit fernwoodinn.com, stagewinebar. com , hearthvictoria.ca , littlejune.ca , fer nwoodpizzacompany.com , and mesafamiliar.ca for each location’s hours. Our conversation wrapped up with Mike sharing some final thoughts and gratitude, “Thanks to the neighbourhood for supporting us through all this. We got so many letters and notes of love and support while we were closed. People have been really quick to come back and that’s been awesome. It’s very rewarding. It’s not just been meaningful for us but for our staff as well. We are very thankful to be situated here in Fernwood.”
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Mila Czemerys Shonna Bell
Melissa Faye Reid Brett Gaylor Founding Editor Lisa Helps Contributors
Mila Czemerys Carmelle Lauren Laura Beniot Holly Grewall Lauren Gaultier
Shonna Bell Brontë Elphick-Miner Samantha Duerkson Laurel Collins Airial Clatney
Mike Emme
Beth Threlfall
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Aly Sibley Mina Ivaz
Carmelle Lauren Brontë Elphick-Miner
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declaration of principles & values ››
We are committed to creating a socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable neighbourhood;
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We are committed to ensuring neighbourhood control or ownership of neighbourhood institutions and assets;
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We are committed to using our resources prudently and to becoming financially self-reliant;
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We are committed to the creation and support of neighbourhood employment;
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We are committed to engaging the dreams, resources, and talents of our neighbours and to fostering new links between them;
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We are committed to taking action in response to neighbourhood issues,
›› Shonna Bell I have to say the most amazing thing about the team here at Fernwood NRG is their resiliency. These people really hit the ground running with this whole pandemic business. I want to say a special heartfelt thank you to all of the program coordinators and program directors who did not miss a beat in getting programs up and running again and keeping us in touch with the neighbourhood. Further, I extend my gratitude to the staff of each program for accepting the lead of their coordinator and continuing to come into work during a pandemic. This is no small ask of an individual; especially our childcare workers where social distancing is at best something we talk with the kids about. I am so privileged to be a part of a team who
is so invested in their work that it runs seamlessly even during states of emergency. The Family Programs Team has moved into the basement offices at 1310 Gladstone Ave. The team has been tirelessly doing 80+ food and supply deliveries per week and is planning to utilize this new space to start seeing clients in person again. We have a returning member of our team, Hollis, in a new Community Outreach Worker position. And a new Family Support Worker, Rachel. We have two other new members of our team: Liliana join us as Book Keeping Assistant and Gurjit joins us as Director of Finance. As well as three people through the Canada Summer Jobs Program: Rhiannon in Summer Camp, and Mina and Brontë in Food Security.
For those of us who are missing the FernFest vibes, our Communications and Events Team is coming up with new creative ways to celebrate during this time. Stay tuned for their exciting ideas of bringing together while we stay apart. We have been able to successfully operate Summer Camp for a total of 25 families. We are continuing to offer care for eight toddlers and 16 three to five year olds. The Good Food Box continues to thrive. Our weekly totals peaked at triple prepandemic numbers. As of this July 22nd, 2020, we’ve packed 2,109 Rapid Relief bags thanks to the Victoria Foundation and Community Food Centre Canada. Since the pandemic began, we have packed 9,355 Good Food Boxes in total. I look forward to sharing more ongoing.
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New Community Wellness Library ›› Carmelle Lauren Located at 1921 Fernwood Road, this new community resource seeks to address food and health inequity by creating a network of mutual aid and community care. The library functions in the same way as the little free libraries around the neighbourhood, but contains food and wellness supplies instead of books. Having a self-serve access point allows people to access free support, on their own terms. Removing both financial and social barriers to meeting their needs. It also allows community members to make direct contributions easily. The library currently stocks fresh and packaged foods, hydration, harm reduction supplies, body care products, vitamins, supplements, herbal medicine, pain relief, menstrual supplies, zines and more! How it works:
• Take a product, leave a product
• Access free supplies when in need • Donate food and care supplies for your neighbours • Become a monthly financial donor to keep the library well stocked A note for donating products: Please only donate un-opened products in original packaging. If you are a medicine maker and/or DIY contributor please make sure ingredients and directions for use are well marked and self-seal with tape or similar. Who is this for?
Anyone and everyone is welcome to access free supplies at any time that suits them! While we establish steady contribution streams, we ask that if you have financial means to please make a donation back in a spirit of reciprocity, so that we can keep a healthy stock for those who cannot pay at this time. The goal is to get 50 community members to sign up to donate $5 to $10 per month for a six month pilot period. For
The new Community Wellness Library for Fernwood. Photo: Carmelle Lauren
more information on the project and how to donate visit carmellelauren.com/ wellness-library.
ideas, and initiatives;
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We are committed to governing our organization and serving our neighbourhood democratically with a maximum of openness, inclusivity and kindness;
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We are committed to developing the skills, capacity, self-worth, and excellence of our neighbours and ourselves;
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We are committed to focusing on the future while preserving our neighbourhood’s heritage and diversity;
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We are committed to creating neighbourhood places that are vibrant, beautiful, healthy, and alive;
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and, most of all, We are committed to having fun!
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August Garden Work Party Join us on Thursday, August 13th at 3:30 to 6:00pm
›› Brontë Elphick-Miner Want to get your hands in the dirt and give some deserving plants a little love? Fernwood NRG is hosting a COVID-19 conscious work party on Thursday, August 13th from 3:30pm to 6:00pm. Projects for the work party include: sheet mulching the orchard, refreshing garden paths, putting up plant information signage, installing a new garden bed, and doing some planting. On top of having a great opportunity to help build the food security networks in your community, the fantastic Fernwood NRG chef, Patrick, will be serving up a beautiful dinner as a thank you to our wonderful volunteers. We will be observing COVID19 protocols at the work party, so we ask that anyone hoping to get involved bring their own gloves, mask, and water bottle (refills will be available). We will have some tools available as well as a sanitizing station; however, we would love for people to bring their own tools, if possible, so that we can limit the number of high contact surfaces that people will be exposed to.
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Mina (left) and Bronte (right) in the Fernwood Community Centre Kitchen Garden. Photos: Brontë Elphick-Miner and Mina Ivaz
I will be leading volunteer groups in the Fernwood Community Orchard, Kitchen Garden, Pollinator Garden, and Native Plant beds along with my fellow Food Security Intern Mina! My name is Brontë and I am an undergraduate student studying Geography and Indigenous studies at UVic. I am passionate about community gardening and food accessibility and I am very excited to have the opportunity to help provide fresh organic food to the Fernwood community. Mina is in her final year of her undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies and English at
UVic. Her interests and focus at school center on permaculture and urban agriculture, so she is very happy to be getting her hands dirty at the Fernwood Community Center! Mina has enjoyed working in the community “especially during these times, where our connection to one another has proven to be the most valuable relationship.” If you are interested in forming new connections to your community and your food system, please contact me at bronte@ fernwoodnrg.ca to volunteer for our August Garden Work Party!
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Putting the “live” in delivery ›› Samantha Duerkson The whole basis for theatre is the live experience—that minimal barrier between audience and performer; the relationship between the forms on stage and the instantaneous audience reactions driving them and the thrill that the performer has to deliver it all in that moment. But how do you bring that live experience in the time of COVID-19? Theatre SKAM has moved theatre to the streets in a new physically distanced way—on the back of a pickup truck. Pop-Up Theatre Home Delivery, launched June 17th, allows people to order theatre to their home or location of their choosing. They currently serve Victoria, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Saanich, and View Royal. SKAM’s Pop-Up theatre has been around for a few years, mostly parking at festivals, but this summer it was transformed into an open-air stage and goes directly to people’s homes. Created and performed by four young
The Pop-Up Performers: Hannah Allin (gray shirt), Kendra Bidwell (pink shirt), Sarah Hunsberger (yellow shirt), and Lynnéa Chan (blue shirt). Photo: Samantha Duerksen
artists, Pop-Up shows are 15 minutes of fun, family-friendly content—with four programs available. Suitable spaces for home delivery must offer a 10 metre, relatively flat space for
the flatbed and a safe six metres from performers to audience. After weeks of quarantining, the reaction from audiences has been very positive. “We’ve done wedding parties, to
youth centres, to birthday parties,” says SKAM’s Communications Coordinator, Samantha Duerksen. “People have been having a lot of fun with it, some saying it was the highlight of their summer. Our performers are feeling really excited to be doing live theatre right now too.” Shows are pay-by-donation. A sense of generosity has permeated the project with some people even paying beyond the suggested donation to help buy others a free show. Shows are available from 3pm to 8pm with a maximum of eight shows per day, running until August 23rd, and booked on SKAM’s website, skam.ca/pop-up Theatre SKAM also recently wrapped up their physically distanced SKAMpede Festival, which had 300 patrons who preregistered for small walking or biking Galloping Goose Trail tours to see performances. They are also planning for safe and fun fall drama school classes and an upcoming August SKAMpede Young Company Show called Backliners!
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Wilderness Committee now in Fernwood ›› Laura Benoit As we continue to stay close to home this summer, many of us have been exploring the wilderness of the Island. Looking for some guidance on how to preserve the beautiful land that we live on? Look no further than the Wilderness Committee, a non-profit organization located at 1501 Haultain Street in Fernwood. “We advocate for solutions to a whole range of threats to the environment across Canada,” says Torrance Coste, National Campaign Director. “We were founded here in Victoria forty years ago. Now, we have offices in Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Toronto too.” The Committee was thrilled to move to Fernwood last December. “We were so excited to a part of the Fernwood neighbourhood, particularly because our new
space is accessible,” Coste says. “We get so many folks who visit us in person, to learn more or to purchase one of our calendars.” With the pandemic putting in-person visits on hold, the organization has focused on mobilising people digitally. “Spring and summer are when we usually do most of our field work,” explains Coste. “We’re finding creative ways to continue to inform. Rather than hosting a rally, we ask folks to contact their local MLA to protect old growth. And we will be hosting a webinar series later this summer and fall.” As we explore the Island’s wilderness, Coste says there are some important things to keep in mind. It is critical to follow all public health guidelines for travel, in particular being knowledgeable of which First Nations territory you may be in. “It is so important to look up any area you are traveling to,” Coste says. Additionally, stick to trails
The Wilderness Committee staff team. Photo courtesy of the Wilderness Committee
in old growth forests. Many of these forests have been preserved due to the work of organizations such as the Wilderness Committee. Finally, Coste says, don’t forget to pay it forward. You can learn how to take action and speak up on the Committee’s website.
“We are really excited to see our neighbours face to face,” says Coste. “Until that day comes, you can always reach us online.” Visit the Committee at wildernesscommittee. org, or on Facebook at @wildernesscommittee.
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News and views from the heart of Fernwood
garden gleanings:
A community garden initiative
Annie Kitchen and Bernadette Letchford in the garden with the weekly donation of freshly harvested vegetables. Thank you to the Fernwood Community Association, who manages Fernwood’s allotment gardens, for making this donation program possible. Photo: Aly Sibley
Gardeners growing veggies for Fernwoodians
›› Holly Grewall Bernadette Letchford has lived in the Fernwood community for nearly 12 years, and has been gardening at the Fernwood Community Allotment Gardens for 10 of them. As a volunteer coordinator at the garden, she, along with a team of others, helped to spearhead an initiative to combat food insecurity in the Fernwood neighbourhood as a result of the COVID19 pandemic this summer. The 28 plot community garden is operated by the Fernwood Community Association, and at the start of this year’s season there were two empty garden plots available. In light of the pandemic, the gardeners collectively decided that instead of opening these up to new gardeners this year, the extra plots should be used to grow food for community members in need. A number of gardeners came together to make this project a possibility, donating their seed potatoes, seedling starts, and seeds, as well as their time. A full plot of
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potatoes and a second plot of vegetables were planted and have been tended to by gardeners who have helped to dig, plant, water, and weed throughout the spring and summer. In past years, many of the gardeners have donated their extra produce to organizations like Our Place Society on Pandora Avenue. This year, however, the gardeners felt that there may be many people within the Fernwood neighbourhood who could benefit from the fruits of their labour, so the donations have been kept within the local community. The food grown on the extra plots, along with extra produce contributed by gardeners, is being donated to the Fernwood Community Centre to distribute to those in the neighbourhood who need it. The group has harvested fresh vegetables for about 5 weeks in a row and have just delivered their biggest load to the Community Centre yet, with no signs of stopping until well into the fall. “Tomatoes will be coming up soon” Bernadette told us, and they’ll be accompanied by countless other vegetables, including beets, carrots, peas, potatoes, and lettuce, which will all be donated to the Community Centre for distribution.
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Building a sustainable recovery
Intamo
A message from local MP Laurel Collins
›› Laurel Collins The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the gaps in our health care system and our social safety net, and it has intensified the growing inequalities in our society. It has brought into sharp focus how vulnerable we all are when disaster hits. Most of all, it has showed us that we need to take better care of people and the planet. It has brought us to a crossroads. We can go backwards to so called “business as usual” with a housing crisis, widespread inequality, and no real action on climate change. Or we can build for better.
There are those who are calling for us to fall back on old unsustainable industries and would see us put stimulus funds into the pockets of CEOs and shareholders instead of helping workers transition to the good, green, family supporting jobs of the future. While the federal government has been rightly focused on the response to COVID19, we cannot lose sight of the fact that the climate crisis is another great threat to our health and livelihoods. We have the opportunity to make immediate investments in public transit, affordable housing, energy-efficient retrofits, renewable energy projects, and electrical grid expansion. All of which will create sustainable jobs, reduce inequality, and protect the planet. Communities have a key role to play in a just and sustainable recovery. Local
initiatives like the Clean Air Project proposed by The South Island Climate Action Network (SI-CAN), which would accelerate the conversion of the Victoria Regional transit fleet to fully electric and expand service, can contribute to lowering emissions, supporting community resilience, and creating well-paying local jobs, but they need investments from the federal government to move forward. As we move into the recovery phase, we need to recognize the historic opportunity to invest in the infrastructure we need to ensure a livable future, and we can’t afford to waste it. Over the past several months we have seen our community come together to tackle COVID-19. Let us apply that same energy and urgency to building a just and sustainable recovery.
community eats:
The team at Intamo Pleasure Boutique and Csinos Vintage located at 2004 Fernwood Road.
Nothin’ says summer quite like Barbeque! ›› Lauren Gaultier As many Fernwood restaurants temporarily closed down during the COVID-19 pandemic, one restaurant persevered and looked for opportunities to go beyond in serving our region. Rather than shut their doors, Jones-Bar-B-Que was quick to regroup and communicate their dedication to safety, pivot to include a delivery model, and they didn’t stop there. Early on when the pandemic forced many hospitality and service establishments to close their doors and layoff staff members, Jones offered a special discounted honour system menu to help these industry colleagues as they were struggling through tough times. From there, they also opted to participate in the Boxes of Hope program with the Coalition to End Homelessness which involved providing food boxes to those in need in addition to providing jobs to out of work service industry members.
Chris Jones opened Jones Bar-B-Que in 2016 to add to his restaurant repertoire including The Ruby breakfast restaurants. Jones is touted as a classic Texan BBQ joint specializing in brisket and pork butt. As one of their Instagram posts puts it, “[this restaurant] is where we found out who we are in our industry. We are not suits, chef whites, and ‘Oui Chef’ people. We want to swing axes, have dirty hands, but also and most importantly, make great god damn food.” If you are looking for ways to support the service industry, your community, or simply impress your bubble with some delicious food—check out some of my favourite recommendations below: For Individuals:
The big crunch chicken burger – this sandwich makes the McChicken look like child’s play… come hungry when you order this $12 gem. The pork butt sandwich – this flavourful smoky meat is everything a BBQ lover
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›› Airial Clatney
Big crunch chicken burger with tater tots and slaw. Photo: Lauren Gaultier
dreams of with a coleslaw topper for $8.50. For Family & Friends:
Check out their Mama (feeds 2-3) or Papa Jones (feeds 4+) platters which both come with brisket, ribs, pork butt, chicken thighs, sausage, slaw, pickles and tasty mini brioche buns for $50 or $95 respectively. Check out their menu at jonesgotmeat. com and call ahead to arrange for contactless delivery or pick-up 778-265-4227.
Hi Fernwood Folkx! My name is Airial and I am the Sex Educator and Co-Founder of Intamo Pleasure Boutique, your spicy new addition to the neighbourhood! We’ve really worked hard to create an approachable and empowering space where you can feel comfortable to shop for your favourite local, ethical, and small-business owned pleasure products. It was so important to us that we represent businesses that we aligned with on a personal level, so most, if not all of the products that we sell at Intamo Pleasure Boutique belong to women, BIPOC, or LGBTQ2I+ owned businesses. We feature our entire line of Pleasurables (plant-based lubes and oils), gorgeous toys, handprinted lingerie, handmade harnesses and collars, kinky accessories, bikinis, vintage lingerie, body-care products, local art, and boutique items like jewelry and scrunchies. We’re your one-stop-shop where you can celebrate your sexuality, and treat yourself (because you’re worth it) or someone special to the sexiest and most empowering gifts, that remind you to love you and your body. (continued on page 7)
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Community within a community Hugeeeee bonus was being able to team up with my best friend Sandra Szabo and welcome her shop, Csinos Vintage, upstairs in our loft!!!! She created Csinos to bring to the community curated pieces that help fit your unique lifestyle and help you feel good. It is really important to her to do her part in the community to participate in creating a nourishing, sustainable and safe space while learning and continuing the stories of each garment. She is so grateful to have the opportunity to merge her love for culture through stories, fabrics, art, colours, eras, etc. She honestly puts so much love into what she does and handpicks, photographs, researches, mends, and lists each item personally and strives to keep each sale special and personable for all of her wonderful supporters. You will also see her working downstairs at the boutique a couple days a week, and is super knowledgeable! Come say hi to us, and check us out on IG (@intamopleasureboutique and @csinosvintage ) or on our website intamopleasurables.com, where you can stay up to date on our free sex education workshops and newest goodies that we get into the shop! Since we have so many small and local businesses gracing the space, our inventory is always staying fresh! See you soon! XOX
›› Mike Emme & Beth Threlfall The Pandora Arts Collective Society (PACS), a Fernwood fixture for nearly 15 years now, offers a twice-weekly facilitated open studio focused on community, creativity, and mental health. When the COVID-19 lockdowns began in March, the PACS studios in the Fernwood Community Association temporarily closed; in response, PACS—a registered non-profit and charity—shifted online by launching a stay-at-home studio with as many as a dozen artists gathering weekly via Zoom. Rather than shut our community down, we opened up our practice to share creative responses to weekly studio challenges emphasizing up-cycling and art-making with whatever people had at home. Over the past few months, we’ve made art with tea bags as tools; egg cartons as sculptural forms; old magazines have become collages and empty medicine bottles have become tiny communities of imaginary creatures. For PACS members, these Zoom meetings have provided a way of maintaining community and finding enjoyment we wouldn’t have experienced otherwise. Being able to see the faces and hear the voices of
A screenshot of Pandora Arts Collective artists at a stay-at-home studio meeting. Photo: Beth Threlfall
our friends, and share the art we are working on, has enhanced the creative process for us all. Sometimes, participants approach art-making too seriously, but having a creative challenge or “assignment” each week has led some to playful experimentation beyond our usual practice, and we’ve all surprised ourselves—and each other—with the results. Next time you’re walking past the FCA in the village, check out the Little Fernwood Gallery’s window display. You’ll see posters displaying five weeks (and counting) of
our weekly work and enjoy our creative energy. You’ll also see Hope—our brightly painted mannequin, a collective studio project, gracing the gallery window. PACS facilitator Jane Chadwick felt the gallery, and our community, could use a friendly boost, so Hope is there to help. Our weekly posters will keep appearing as long as PACS meets online. If you are interested in knowing when the studio will reopen, or in supporting PACS’s work in the community, visit our website at PandoraArts.ca.
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Scene in Fernwood : Letter art collaboration