Ruth Kaplan

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Ruth Kaplan. Ruth Kaplan (born 1955 in Montréal) is a Canadian “documentary-based photographer whose work explores a variety of themes such as the social behaviour of bathers in communal hot springs, congregants participating...

John Moffat

Our next Artist You Need To Know is John Moffat. Moffat’s paintings of people and landscapes are both charming and vibrant depictions of his immediate world, as well as delving into the history of the area. A self taught artist, Moffat knew when he finished high...

Telford Fenton

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Telford Fenton (1932 – 2004). Fenton was born in Chesley, Ontario in 1932 and exhibited a unique, spontaneous style, employing strong colour and with an energetic sense of improvisation that complimented his discipline in...

Kathleen Munn

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Kathleen Munn (1887– 1974). Munn received little recognition during her life for her art, often being “on the periphery of the Canadian art scene during her lifetime. She imagined conventional subjects in a radically new...

Alan Jarvis

Our next person of note in our continuing Artist You Need To Know series is Alan Jarvis (1915 – 1972).  Similar to when we featured Norman McLaren, Jarvis is important for his legacy of fostering spaces and communities that were – and still are –...