Last April, this village lost a beloved artist, friend and community activist.
Now a new exhibition at the Elora Centre for the Arts (ECA) will honour her with Marilyn Koop: A Retrospective.
Koop was an artist, illustrator and event organizer (as a member of Village Idiot Productions) who had an indelible impact on Wellington County, as well as Saint John’s, Newfoundland, where she was a founding member of ther Eastern Edge Gallery.
Opening a year after Koop succumbed to cancer, the ECA retrospective exhibition brings together key works spanning her career. Curated by Phil Irish, the gallery will feature Koop’s retrospective works until May 5.
Koop’s work is marked by a love of colour and pattern, and a compassion situating art in the midst of community, with all its beauty and suffering.
Admission to the ECA’s Minarovich Gallery is free. Hours are Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and weekends, 12 to 4pm. The ECA is located at 75 Melville St.
For information contact ECA artistic director Tarin Hughes at 519-846-9698 or artisticdirector@eloracentreforthearts.ca.
