ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

This new exhibition is called Quattro Grandi and features seventeen artists, and they deserve it, so here’s a shout out to them all! Bravo to: Adam Munce, Anna Olszowka, Carol Shortt, Chris Allaway, Danielle Petti, Danine Mroz, Davoud Khosravi, Dean Ellis, Heidi Hirschmann, Jen Lados, Julie Sperling, Lisa Verbakel, Karen Murray, Marcia Pensa, Marijo Swick, Meredith Sexton and Navneet Nishant. The Paris Bohemian Gallery has something for everyone, and I love that in this exhibition and celebration they really summarised their ethos of supporting local artists and artisans, bringing bombastic beginner art and established fine art into the same room, and the ways that they show and share all the possibilities for artistic expression.

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It’s easy to go into a gallery and think that if you don’t paint, it’s not the place for you; if you don’t paint flowers or something ‘nature-y’, it’s not the place for you; if you don’t paint for the masses a gallery isn’t for you and if you don’t have thousands of dollars it’s not the place for you either.

Paris Bohemian Gallery smashes the stuffy gallery standards and makes a space where all artists and all art lovers are welcome and valid. If you haven’t visited, make some time soon. You can find them on William Street in downtown Paris, they are open Wednesday to Saturday from noon until 5 PM and Quattro Grandi runs until May 15th 2023.