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JANUARY 5: LETTER FROM UKRAINE
Letter from the Office of the President of Ukraine
In early November I mailed a present to President Zelenskyy in Kyiv: a matted and
framed copy of my print A CANDLE FOR UKRAINE, that I issued
as my 2022 solstice greeting card. I included a few pages of information and
some printouts in the box. So, for the past two months, I've been hoping to get
an answer back from Ukraine. Yesterday it arrived! It took 5 weeks to get here
from Kyiv, although they sent the letter quite promptly after receiving my package.
JANUARY 4: DALFO EXHIBITION PLANNED AT IL MUSEO
Alfredo Dalfo sculptures
In 2022 I did a lot of research for my ongoing BC ARTISTS
project. A major effort was made to find information on early Vancouver sculptor
Alfredo Dalfo (1905-1993), tracking he and his family in
city directories and Provincial vital statistics through the years. I was able to
contact his brother-in-law, and then his daughter, who were both very helpful. Eventually
I built up a good biography of the man and his work, with numerous sculptures illustrated.
I thought that it was important to do this biographical work because Dalfo had been
Charles Marega's apprentice, assistant, shop hand, and
model maker for many years, starting in 1918.
It turned out that Il Museo at the Italian Cultural Centre had a collection of 10 works
by Dalfo, and the daughter and I had lunch with the Curator Angele Clarke. We discussed
the possibility of having a Dalfo exhibition. However, 10 pieces
didn't seem to be enough for a good solo exhibition. Over the next few weeks
the daughter started sending me photos of sculptures, eventually identifying 20 pieces.
Now there would be enough. This week I re-proposed the exhibition to Il Museo, and an agreement
was made in principle to have a "short" solo exhibition in 2025!
Denomatus, 2012
SOLSTICE GREETINGS is a compilation of 22 years'
worth of my solstice greeting cards and prints. There were one or two years when I didn't
issue anything, and I am still looking for a few more images to post.
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