Final Chance to see Jean Hay Exhibition at JNAAG

Sarnia, ON – The Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery would like to remind the public that their last chance to view Jean Hay’s Facing North exhibition is quickly approaching. The exhibition, which opened in the fall of 2021, will close on July 23, 2022.

This exhibition features captivating landscape paintings by regional artist Jean Hay (1919-2012). Facing North brings together a selection of Hay’s encaustic paintings of the High Arctic to explore notions of aging, creative drive and ecological responsibility. The paintings draw from the permanent collections of the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery as well as the Chatham-based public gallery, Thames Art Gallery.

Hay followed her interest in landscape, migration, archeology, and Viking findings on Ellesmere Island, and ventured north for the first time at the age of 67. This trip would inspire several return visits over the years, where she would stay at Arctic research camps through the Polar Continental Shelf Project. The Arctic landscape would continue to motivate her into her 80s.

For more information about the exhibition and the artist, visit jnaag.ca. The Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery’s current hours of operation are Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Thursday from 11:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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