“The Black & White Show” presented by artist collaborative

A reception for the “Black and White Show” was at The O last Sunday afternoon.

A group of local artists have shared their work in another show at a downtown Amherstburg establishment.

The Local Collective Art Project is presenting its latest show, this one being “The Black & White Show,” with the unveiling being last Sunday. The collaborative is made up of approximately 17 artists from Amherstburg and surrounding municipalities in the Windsor-Essex County area.

The exhibit is currently at The O, the bar/restaurant on the ground floor of Hotel STRY.

Some artists brought more than one work, explained Matthew Zaidan, one of the artists in the collaborative. 

“We started talking about it in December,” he said. “This is a bit of a palate cleanser for the group. It’s going to ease us into the year.”

Future shows are planned with more challenging themes. The only theme this time was the work had to be in black and white, with the artists free to create whatever work they wanted to beyond that.

“We left it up to the artists,” explained Dylan White, another member of the Local Collective Art Project.

White said one of their upcoming shows at The O will be “Drawn Together 2,” a sequel to one of their 2025 exhibitions.

There will also be individual shows for the collective’s artists on a rotating basis, White added. They also plan to have an exhibition as part of the Amherstburg Art Crawl this summer.

The unveiling came on the same weekend as the launch of The Gibson Gallery’s first exhibit of the season, their Members’ Show. That exhibit runs through March 15, when the closing reception will be held from 2:30-4 p.m.  Zaidan is also a board member at the gallery and will team with White and Klaus Salucop on the "Chimera" Group Exhibition at the gallery from July 27-Aug. 18.

The O is located at 70 Murray St. in Amherstburg.

“The Black & White Show” presented by artist collaborative

By Ron Giofu