Queen and Ossington continues to grow, despite City Hall's
one-year moratorium on licensing new bars and restaurants in the thriving neighbourhood.
Jamie Angell's Angell Gallery has moved from its original
location at 890 Queen Street West to 12 Ossington, adding 3,300 square feet of
space in the process.
Renovations are nearly complete. The gallery opens with a
soft launch today at noon, and will have a
rotating exhibit of gallery artists in its three spaces until the grand
opening in April.
"Its an exciting strip in the city with a lot of new
galleries opening," Angelll says. "There another one opening up the street.
It's a good sign of the times when galleries are moving into larger spaces."
Angell expects the total cost of the renovation to be about
$40,000, which includes high-quality wood stairs, a kitchen, a bar and all new
dry-walling for the split-level space, formerly the Lennox Contemporary gallery. The new
space will allow the gallery to exhibit larger works by artists such as Jakub Dolejs, as well as more retrospective shows.
Angell represents artists, Canadian and international, in
the $1,000-$5,000 range.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Jamie Angell