Rebecca Casalino: Lake Poems 🌊
📍Opening Reception: Friday March 8th from 7-10 pm at Centre3
đź—“February 26 - April 6, 2024
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
“Lake Poems'' is an exhibition of local artist Rebecca Casalino’s hybrid practice of poetry, printmaking and drawing. Silkscreen prints featuring Casalino’s 2023 poetry wrap around the space connected by a continuous blue line representing the lakeshore. This gestural line is featured on the individual prints and is painted on the walls of the space to create continuous flow through the space. These poems often contain references to Lake Ontario which Casalino sees as a connecting body that brings her closer to her chosen family living along the lakeshore. Casalino performs her poetry aloud in the gallery to engage with audiences and breathe life into written text.
“Lake Poems” (the zine) is a set of fifteen poems written from 2017-2021 while Casalino lived in downtown Toronto and central Hamilton. The zine will be available for free as ...
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