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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

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

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

Bill Russell’s Postcard Adventures

Bill Russell always carries a small postcard-sized watercolour pad on his vacations. Bill Grigsby suggested putting a postage stamp on each and mail them to himself. So far none have gone missing. Here are a few from Bill’s recent trip to Vancouver Island.

August 20, 2019

Summer Squad by Alëna Skarina

Summer is slowly on its way and so here is this illustration by Alëna Skarina.

June 13, 2019

Fiona Smyth does Misfits launch!

Fiona was commissioned by Anomaly Inc. to illustrate four panel posters for Hershey’s Jolly Rancher Misfits Launch. You can see the posters on outdoor wild postings and at convenience stores around Toronto.

May 24, 2019