Our contest closes August 31, 2024. Until then anyone who buys, renews, or gives a subscription to NQ gets a ticket towards winning this gorgeous prize – No Straight Lines, by Jean Claude Roy (oil on canvas, 24″ x 30″, 2023). You can subscribe here and we’ll also be set up at Sunday’s Coastlines event.
As we weave through the racks she tells me the history of specific pieces, like a donated Sherlock Holmes’ style cape and deerstalker hat that was worn during the Boer War. Each costume is a talisman for transformation and picking the right one can help summon a character, conjure a world.
Born in Saskatchewan, Houston was influenced by Modernist Art and landscape painting as expression of people and place, community and belonging. Leaving the Prairies, she studied at Parson’s School of Design…
Can you tell us a little about yourself? It’s interesting that you went from anthropology to journalism. I’m a journalist based in St John’s, and I’ve been in this field for…