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Trains and rails This year's Seymour Art Gallery's Discovery contest invited entries o n the t h e m e of Trains a n d Rails. A b o u t a h u n d r e d artists responded, a n d 51 of t h e entries w e r e selected for display. The jurors' choice of Danny Singer's haunting The Yale Sub as w i n n e r of t h e t o p prize w a s b o t h i m m e d i a t e a n d u n a n i m o u s (see p a g e 15). A s w e l l as p h o t o g r a p h s -- Frankfurt Train Station, by Lawrence Phillips, w a s another m e m o r a b l e e x a m p l e -- entries w e r e p a i n t e d in oils, acrylics, a n d watercolours. Trains a n d railway-related motifs w e r e represented in w o o d , ceramics, a n d even t i t a n i u m a n d g o l d . They w e r e w h i m s i c a l -- Robin A t c h i s o n ' s H e a d i n g W e s t d e p i c t e d a S u p e r m a n like figure spread-eagled o n t o p of a train, cape flying. They w e r e imaginative, notably in Doreen Dubreuil's Trains C h a n g e d t h e Face of C a n a d a , in w h i c h a life-sized h e a d w a s studded w i t h 3 1 , 0 0 0 pins. A n d s o m e t i m e s they w e r e disturbing. Barry G o o d m a n sent in a s m a l l a n d s o m e w h a t minimalistic w o r k w h o s e m e a n i n g -- a n d s u d d e n impact -- a p p e a r e d only w h e n y o u read t h e title: Destination A u s c h w i t z . Everybody loves t h e s o u n d of a train in t h e distance, says a Paul Simon song, a n d a lot of entries expressed a n indefinable n o s t a l g i a . Depictions of s t e a m l o c o m o t i v e s far o u t w e i g h e d images of diesel engines. Steam itself has long intrigued artists, of course, a n d its b i l lows a n d coils still fascinate. Several entries depicted t h e bull-like p o w e r of a n o n c o m i n g engine, s n o r t i n g clouds of v a p o u r as it came. D e s t i n a t i o n by Hajni Yosifov Birthday greetings Fifteen Cultural which -- years after work began. Deep Cove birthday Centre included celebrates fashion its tenth this April. After tery nights Penguin dedicated, came funding a fundraising shows, campaign murder-mysDeep for the Cove truly and even Plunges the Deep -- this being at Christmas Cove Cultural $120,000. Society Additional that off theit up with almost from the government facility Home ensured get two the million-dollar the ground. atre companies, community. did indeed to an art gallery, and a heritage Birthday! society, now acts as the hub of a vibrant Happy cultural 4 March | April