By Will McGuirk

Happy to be getting back to in-person exhibit, and this one in particular will be on the list. Oshawa raised Jordan Elliot Prosser has a residency at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, he’s been working on a project involving Sports Hall of Fame inductee Northern Dancer, known as the ‘Sire of Sires.’ The prolific stud was stabled at E.P. Taylor’s enterprise at Windfields Farm, which is no longer, and of course the horse died in 1990. The exhibit was curated by Hannah Keating. The PR says “The Sire of Sires reflects on the theme of reproduction, as it relates to artistic inheritance and Prosser’s sprawling record of this place called Oshawa.”, so yeah, totally checking this out.

By Will McGuirk

Culture Days is the time to look local, go slow, think small, and explore the stories within your own vicinity. In every community there are reasons to be there. The Culture Days website is a very fine resource to get your starting point but once out and about take the time to wander off on a cultural tangent.

There are two guides for Durham Region, one North, one South., offering a weekend tour of the areas. All I would recommend but keep in mind while events are limited businesses and culture institutions are for the most part open year round. Think of this as the beginning of a very long adventure around your own neighbourhood.

DURHAM REGION SOUTH - GUIDE

Includes Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Tyrone Mills, URBN | MKT Oshawa, Oshawa Museums, Lynde House Museum, Station Gallery, Ajax, Pickering Nautical Village, St. Francis Centre, and Herongate Barn Theatre.

DURHAM REGION NORTH - GUIDE

Includes Scugog Shores Museum, Port Perry, Palmer Park, Ocala Winery & Orchard, Town Hall Theatre, Uxbridge Self-Guided Art Tour, Thomas Foster Memorial, Leaksdale Manse, Sunderland, Cannington, Beaverton, and Beaverton Town Hall Players

Art exhibit 'The Sire of Sires' opens at the RMG Oct 1

Celebrate Culture Days in Durham Region with this Guide