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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, September 12, 2014 | 24 Oakville Galleries unveils two fall exhibits Sunday, open to Jan. 2015 Oakville Galleries has announced the opening of its fall exhibitions Sunday (Sept. 14). Toronto-based artist Aleesa Cohene will be showing her new works in I Know You Know until Jan. 4, 2015 at Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E. "In recent years, her (Cohene's) practice has expanded to encompass multiple video channels, painted environments, scents, and -- as seen in this exhibition -- sculpture, sound and dance," stated a press release. "For I Know You Know, the artist presents a series of new works that thoughtfully explore human subjectivity -- how we construct ourselves, our relationship to others and the world at large." The gallery at Centennial Square, 120 Navy St., will host an exhibit by celebrated artists Shary Boyle and Emily Vey Duke, also until Jan. 4, 2015. The show features a suite of drawings and writings that illustrate "a world of violence, fantasy and feeling," stated the release. "Over a 10-year period, the two artists undertook a long-distance call-and-answer Artscene "Connected to your Community" exchange, in which Boyle's drawings and Duke's writings responded to one another serially, resulting in 31 sets of remarkably incisive texts and images over 65 panels," stated the release. "Shown in its entirety for the first time at Oakville Galleries, The Illuminations Project draws on philosophy, religion and myths alike to weave a tale that speaks to the freedoms and dangers of the wild, the nature of power and desire, and the brutalities of contemporary life." Sunday's official opening of both shows runs 2:30-3:30 p.m. at both Oakville Galleries locations and will be followed by a reception at Gairloch Gardens from 3:30-5 p.m. Gairloch Gardens is open TuesdaysSundays from 1-5 p.m., while Centennial Square is open Tuesdays-Thursdays from noon-9 p.m.; Fridays, noon-5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sundays, 1-5 p.m. Admission is by donation to both galleries. For more information, visit www. oakvillegalleries.com or call 905-844-4402. J O I N U S A T O U R 2 N D A N N U A L Suzanne Vega opens 2014-15 OPCA season Neo-folk singer, songwriter Suzanne Vega will open the 2014-15 season for the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts Sept. 20. Oakville will be the only stop in Ontario for the musical artist best known for her 1980s hits Tom's Diner and Luka. "Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, (Biography Magazine), Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been labeled contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Neo-folk singer, songwriter Suzanne Vega is opening the 2014-15 season for the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy St., Saturday, Sept. 20. | photo courtesy Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts CHALK IT UP! FOR CHARITY September 21, 2014 014 2:00 ­ 4:00 PM 1545 Cornwall l Rd, Rd Oakville alk, Only $10 for ch art lessons, a competitions and a ng ki a fun way of m difference! CALLING NG AL ALL ARTISTS! Draw with chalk wit with your friends and family and express your artistic talent in a fun and safe way! CAUSE Help build a school through Free the Children, providing hundreds of children with an access to education and a better future. ADVERTISEMENT COURTESY OF Greenwich Village clubs," stated a press release. "... Vega sings in a distinctive, clear, vibratoless voice that has been described as `a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed, near-whisper' and as `plaintive but disarmingly powerful.'" Vega's performance at the 130 Navy St. performance centre begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are available online at www. oakvillecentre.ca or by calling 905-815-2021 or toll-fee 1-888-489-7784. For a complete list of performances for the 2014-15 season, visit www.oakvillecentre.ca/ whats-on/upcoming.html. Entertainment LIVE MUSIC ART LESSONS CHALK COMPETITIONS WITH THEMES OUTDOOR GAMES PRIZES COTTON CANDY REFRESHMENTS PIZZA `Hell's Grannies' featured at Joshua Creek The Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre is putting on a collaboration of various mediums of artwork by a group of artists who, in their later years, became members of a "motorcycle gang" -- the Hell's Grannies. Methuselah Her Motorcycle Gang exhibit is now open until Oct. 26, with an opening reception at the 1086 Burnhamthorpe Rd. E. gallery Sunday (Sept. 14) from 2-5 p.m. The Grannies, written by Sybil Rampen, 72 and the founder of Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre, with photographs by Cathy Chatterton, was made into a 23-minute film called Hell's Grannies. The film received four stars at the Hot Doc Film Festival and it will be shown at the exhibit. "In the book... Rampen reminds us that old age is not a disability but instead can be a wonderful period of looking forward and looking childreninaction.ca@gmail.com il. childreninaction.ca/events back," stated a press release. "Thirteen years later, Betty Neil, who is Methuselah in the book, sadly passed away on July 9, 2014. In 2012, Betts Engall, who is half of the twins `Double Trouble', also passed away." Rampen, who was a friend of Betty and Betts, wanted to pay tribute with an exhibition of all of the Hell's Grannies' works of art, stated the release. This exhibit is dedicated to Neil's memory -- she was 96. "Methuselah, the `leader' of a group of grannies in a home, starts them on a journey of learning, adventure and fun," stated the release. "The grannies dared to ride motorbikes, form a band, and master the computer so they can record their life experiences." For more information, visit www. joshuacreekarts.com.