It's time again to call in the creative forces of various ghoulish minds out there to submit to the "Art of Darkness" 4th Annual Monsters Ball Halloween Art Exhibit. Open to all artists at least 18 years or older

We're looking for everything from the spooky to the spoofy, scary or hairy, funny or ghastly! Art can be humorous or 'dead' serious, so long as it maintains the Dark/Halloween/Horror theme. Get WEIRD! Get CREATIVE!

This year's theme for the Monsters Ball is Dark Fairytales, but you're not required to stick to that.

In May, 2014, the Nave Gallery marked its 10 year anniversary at The Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. Their support through the years has allowed the Nave to show and support the work of hundreds of artists, while reinforcing our mutual commitment to our strengthening our community through art activism. Truth Telling: Art in Search of Social Justice, is a celebration of this partnership and an assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.

We have been trying to capture some little videos that give you a glimpse at installations, exhibitions, and events that we have experienced. Here is an installation by Melissa Maddonni Haims.

Heaven, a soft sculpture, which took nearly 2 years to knit and crochet, was created in honor of Melissa;s mother who died in January 2008. Offering was completed in 2013, one year after the heartbreaking death of her best friend of 26 years. This soft sculpture is made up of hundreds of crocheted stones to build a memorial celebrating her life.

We went to see the work of Gerard Brown at Abington Art Center. His is one of several rooms in an joint yet separate set of solo shows. Mr Brown's work fit the gallery space quite well. The scale was very approachable. We enjoy Gerard's secret messages coded in nautical signal flags. We especially like the shaped cut paintings. It feels as though this series of works is really just getting started and there will be more from the extended language. Be sure to check out the Braille series too.

The exhibition runs through July 27, 2014

We are really excited to announce that Lesley Tao Mowat will be performing LIVE at 110 CHURCH gallery on July 24th at 7 pm. Space is limited so we're using TicketLeap for reservations. This is a free event. If you have visited the gallery and heard parts of her musical suite you know you want to hear what she'll do live.