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Carolyn Gowdy’s Wish for 2021

Dear friends,
 
Though these are challenging times…there is always hope… Already the new year is filled with possibility…miracles and magic moments…new beginnings…opportunities for healing…the hope of a better world and for a 2021 that is happier and healthier for all.
 
Best wishes from,
Carolyn


February 10, 2021

Carolyn Gowdy in the special Christmas 2020 issue of The Spectator Magazine.

Carolyn’s latest commission in The Spectator Magazine for “I Live Here Now” a short story by Ian Rankin, is currently on newsstands in the UK and across the world, USA, Canada and the Euro Zone.

You can see it here.

December 22, 2020

Rene Zamic’s 1979 Triumph Cover, Just A Game

Just a Game was the third studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1979.

October 13, 2020

R.O. Blechman Turns 90

Happy Birthday from everyone at Reactor!

This week, in Print Magazine Steven Heller wrote a nice memory piece.

Here’s a link to an earlier article on Bob.

October 9, 2020

Flora and Fauna

Bill Russell painted a utility box recently in the city of Dublin, California. This creative use of public art called Flora and Fauna is one example of how art can enhance and beautify street life.

August 12, 2020

Covid Life

Reactor has published another small letterpress edition of Jeff Jackson’s drawings that he did during the recent Spring months of Covid lockdown.

Jeff Jackson’s Covid Life is printed in an edition of 50. Each 8.5″ X 11″ print is letterpress printed on Neenah Printable Blotter 24 pt. paper in one colour by well known Canadian letterpress printer, Neil Wismayer at his shop, Lunar Caustic Press in Toronto and bears Jeff Jackson’s personal stamp.

Covid Life is available for purchase. The price is $75.00 U.S. plus shipping. To order, contact hello@reactor.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 20, 2020

Maurice Vellekoop Creates Art for StoryCorps Animation

Commissioned by Richard O’Connor of Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., a Brooklyn, New York animation studio, Maurice developed master illustrations for a short film for the American non-profit public radio initiative, StoryCorps.

“My Aunties” is written by Stefan Lynch and Beth Teper. Stefan Lynch was raised by gay parents in the early eighties. He was cared for and loved by a group of adults, largely gay men, who he called his “aunties.” Stefan remembers the succession of AIDS-related illnesses in his family, including the death of his father in ‘91. Even in the face of terrible sickness and loss, his aunties showed him how to survive and care for one another.

Listen to Stefan and Beth’s original StoryCorps interview.

The animation is available on YouTube.

June 18, 2020

Rike Ablang Helps The Planet

Last month, Rike was part of a team hosting “How to Help the Planet” week on Instagram. Rike’s art from that week is included here

   

March 10, 2020

Black Bellows Now Brewing

Black Bellows opening afternoon and night January 15, 2020.

February 3, 2020

Alëna Skarina’s cover art for Internazionale Magazine for a story on young activists

November 8, 2019