Carrier reads The Hockey Sweater on Saturday

The reading is part of an ongoing exhibition Hockey, Our Love Affair that features works by illustrator Sheldon Cohen, who did the illustrations for The Hockey Sweater. Cohen also illustrated the National Film Board film based on Carrier’s book, and signed cells of the film are also part of the exhibition.

Hockey, Our Love Affair coincides with the end of the centennial year of the Montreal Canadiens and includes other hockey-related works. Terry Tomalty brings community rinks to life in oil on canvas while his son Mark does the same with his camera. Artist Janet Nash brings it all together with still life drawings.

The exhibition in part benefits the Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation. Hockey, Our Love Affair continues until Dec. 24. For more information, phone Colleen Gainey or Marina Cutler at 514-489-4888 or 514-867-3745 Avenue Art is located at 10 King St. at de la Commune in Old Montreal.

Photographer Boyadjieff scores big in B&W competition

Former Westmount resident and world-class photographer Peter Boyadjieff was recently recognized in Black and White Magazine, the prestigious magazine for collectors of fine photography. Two of his works were recognized in the international 2010 Single Image Contest Awards competition. “The Watcher” received a Gold Award and was published on the cover page of the #72 Special Issue. A second work, “Break” received a Merit Award. For more information go to http://www.bandwmag.com/index.html

Roberts draws from the dance

Drawing from the Dance, an exhibition of 20 works by Westmount artist Bruce Roberts, was launched this week at the Meridien Versailles- Montreal, 1808 Sherbrooke St. W. The whimsical collection of paintings and drawings features Roberts’s most recent body of works that exemplify the artist’s fascination for life and movement and particularly the energy of dance.

The exhibition is part of Le Méridien Versailles-Montreal’s unique ongoing exhibition program Unlock Art: a cultural programme to enrich the experience of the hotel’s guests. Drawing from the Dance continues in the hotel lobby until March 2010. For more information contact Wanda Palma, cultural advisor, at 514-933-6880, ext. 2611 or wpalma@versailleshotels.com

Roberts is currently working with author Stéphanie Filion on a volume on Montreal’s churches. He is also preparing an exhibition of drawings and paintings of his distinctive horses for the exhibition Equus that will begin at the Gallery at Victoria Hall on Jan. 14, 2010.