The Kogawa Tree Artists Call: Kjerstin Mackie
“I have always loved dolls, seen them as friends. A tree’s broken branches cannot come back, but I plan to make a doll friend that will be created from a tree friend.”
—Kjerstin Mackie
This Family Day, Visit the Kogawa Tree at Home
Children, adults, and everyone in between will find an invitation to get creative with Historic Joy Kogawa House in collaboration with Collage Collage as part of this Family Day virtual tour and craft workshop.
Views to the Interior
I can’t believe my good fortune to be doing my first residency at the Joy Kogawa House. I will be living not only in Joy Kogawa’s childhood home, which has provided her and countless Canadians with so much inspiration, but I will also be living blocks away from where my mother lived in the late 1930s.
Naomi’s Tree Event for Families
You’re Invited! Children and parents are invited to attend a free event at Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Avenue, on Monday, November 13, at 4:30pm. Come to the cherry tree in the laneway behind the house, where author Joy Kogawa will read from her...