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A R T I N T H E V I L L A G E 21 | Friday, October 9, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Jake's Gift honours Canadian veterans The Bronte Legion was recently presented with a special print after the performance of the one-actor play Jake's Gift at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts (OCPA). Playwright and performer Julia Mackey presented the Fallen Hero Memorial Print to Ken Barber, president of the Bronte Legion, Branch 496, after her performance in Jake's Gift on Sept. 26. A gift to veterans Since 2011, Juno Pro- Playwright and performer Julia Mackey, left, presents the Fallen Hero Memorial Print to Ken Barber, president of the Bronte Legion, Branch 496. ductions has been preThe event recently took place after the performance of Jake's Gift at the senting Legions across Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. | photo courtesy the Oakville Canada with the special Centre for the Performing Arts print following the performance of the oneactor play. It is a gift to the Legion from World War veteran's reluctance to return to the Canadian Fallen Heroes Foundation Juno Beach to find the grave of his brother. (CFHF) and the print was commissioned It is written and performed by Mackey by CFHF founder and veteran, Mark Nor- and was inspired by her own journey to man, and was painted by Sooke, B.C., art- Normandy, France for the 60th anniverist Steve Robertson. sary of D-Day in June 2004. Jake's Gift is about a Canadian Second For more on the play, visit jakesgift.com. The Art in the Village show and sale was recently held at the Palermo Village Retirement Residence. Clockwise from left: Landscape painter Barb TenEycke stands next to one of her favourite pieces; (at left) The Lady of Shallot by Leanna TenEycke, who collaborated with her mother Barb on the work of art; (at right) Michelle Caringi, who has been drawing and painting for most of her life, used a technique called woodblock printing in her works; artist Karlene Bland is flanked by some of her landscape paintings that were on display; and Michelle Caringi's painted books. | photos by Andrew Lahodynskyj ­ special to the Beaver