Jeff Goodman Studio

News & Events

Check back regularly and stay up to date on any new developments inside the Studio and out.

Ribbon

Ribbon: a modular blown glass lighting collection inspired by motion and flowing currents.

Presented at DesignTO Festival January 19 to February 29
The window installation can be viewed Bergo Designs located in The Historic Distillery District

28 Tank House Lane, Toronto, ON M5A 3C4

Can be viewed 7 days a week from 9am to 8pm (Interior hallway side window)

 

Window installation viewable 24 hours a day from outdoors.

DesignTO 2023

 

SALT FRAMES
An exploration of the biology and geometry of salt fields using the medium of champagne glass. Inspired by aerial views of salt fields, art and design is merged into a series of screens and tables.

by Sylvia Lee for DesignTO 2023
presented at CLEMENTINE’S.

1054 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4W 2L1

January 19 to February 20, 2023

Window installation viewable 24 hours a day from outdoors.

 

 

Studio Sale

Annual Studio Sale

December 2 to 4, 2022

Friday: 10am – 6pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10am – 4pm

Studio Sale

We are pleased to host our Annual Studio Sale.

Open By Appointment

November 23 to December 6, 2020

Monday to Friday: 9am – 5pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10am – 6pm

Click Here to Schedule
Your Visit

 

While we are excited to welcome you, the safety of our visitors and staff is of utmost importance. In accordance with Ontario’s guidelines we will require all guests to wear a mask, hand sanitize and practice social distancing when at the studio. There will be a maximum of 2 guests per appointment and only 2 appointments per hour. Our team will be here to assist you throughout your stay. 
Thank you for your understanding and patience, and we look forward to seeing you soon.
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    Neutral Grey Scribe Bowl

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    Copper Blue Scribe

DesignTO 2020

Jeff Goodman Studio presents  Daydream Under the Penny Vine during DesignTO 2020
A Light and Sculpture window installation comprised of blown and cast glass.

Window installation feature at
gh3* 55 Ossington Avenue

January 14 to February 2, 2020

2019 Studio Sale

December 6 – 10am to 6pm
December 7 – 10am to 6pm
December 8 – 10am to 4pm

Glass blowing demonstrations Friday and Saturday

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Interior Design Magazine 2019 Best of Year

Horizon Architectural Screen is nominated for an Interior design Design Magazine Best of year Award

New Glass Now

 The Corning Museum of Glass Surveys Global Contemporary Glass in Special Exhibition Opening in May 2019

Jeff Goodman Studio is proud to have been selected amongst the 100 artist — representing 32 nationalities and working in 25 countries—to exhibit in New Glass Now, a global survey of contemporary glass and the first exhibition of its kind organized by the Museum in 40 years. The show, which will be on view from May 12, 2019, through January 5, 2020, will include works ranging from large-scale installations and delicate miniatures to video and experiments in glass chemistry, all of which demonstrate the vitality and versatility of this dynamic material.

Corning Museum Press Release

DesignTO Festival 2019

Jeff Goodman Studio will be presenting HORIZON at Loop Gallery during the DesignTO Festival

January 12 to February 3, 2019

Opening Reception January 12, from 2-5 pm

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Studio Sale 2018

November 30 –  10am to 6pm
December 1 – 10am to 6pm
December 2 – 10am to 4pm

Glass blowing demonstrations Friday and Saturday

Mura Low Table

Our Mura low table collaboration with Stacklab has been nominated for a Best of Year award by Interior Design Magazine.

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Forty-Four

Exhibition Forty-Four
June 23 – September 16, 2018
Reception: July 12 from 6-10pm
Harbourfront Centre in Toronto

 

There has been a lasting and symbiotic relationship between the Craft & Design Studio at Toronto’s famous Harbourfront Centre and Oakville’s Sheridan College’s School of Craft and Design. (SOCAD)

Sylvia Lee, Executive Director at Jeff Goodman Studio, is a graduate from the SOCAD Furniture program and will be presenting a custom selection of glass sculptures in the featured presentation vitrines at Harboufront Centre.

Titled ISOLATION, Sylvia plays with Temple Glass as a material representation of individuality, family, and state of mind.

Similar in form and pattern, the Temple Glass houses are grouped to create one unit – the family. Yet each house is unique and alone, sitting precariously on top of thin stilts to illustrate the contrasting nature inherent in material, individual, and family life – all together in a group, but also in distinct isolation.

 

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New Glass Review 39

Jeff Goodman Studio is proud to announce that our work creating the Temple Glass product for the Bahá’í Temple of South America was recognized by the New Glass Review, the flagship publication of The Corning Museum of Glass, the worlds premiere museum for glass art and design.  (the MoMA of glass, if you will;)

The New Glass Review produces an annual exhibition-in-print featuring the 100 of the most timely, innovative objects in glass produced during the year.

We are so pleased that Jeff Goodman Studio was chosen as the number one “Artists and Objects” for the 2017 publication. We are honoured to be amongst the talented artists, designers, and architects selected for this prestigious publication. This 12-year project was defining for our studio and we are grateful for the recognition by the most respected platform in our industry.

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Embodied Light

The Bahá’í Temple of South America by Hariri Pontarini Architects

This new book is about the continental Bahá`í Temple of South America that was inaugurated in fall 2016. The Bahá`í House of Worship, designed by Siamak Hariri and his team at Hariri Pontarini Architects in Toronto, Canada, creates a light-filled space where aesthetics and technology are in perfect synthesis. With numerous drawings, models, renderings, and photographs, the book shows the design and construction process, and the beauty, of this unique building.

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Mountain Fold

Toronto Design Offsite Festival
January 13 to 28, 2018
at CraftOntario

The installation sees fragile glass carefully folded and shaped like a vernacular file folder, and then hung in suspended animation in a floor-to-ceiling installation.

TODO Festival Features.

Festival Features is a shortlist of 10 events, exhibitions, and/or window installations selected by a jury. The criteria for selection is entirely up to each juror, while considering the caliber of the work or event program, and appeal to a general public and specialist audience. This year’s jurors are anahita azrahimi (Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition), Nina Boccia (Design Exchange), and Brendan Cormier (Victoria and Albert Museum).

https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/10-best-things-toronto-design-week-2018/

2017 Studio Sale

friday december 8 – 10am to 7pm
saturday december 9 – 10am to 6pm

  • Studio Sale 2017

SURFACE Exhibition

Gardiner Museum Shop

June 1 to June 30, 2017

This month long exhibition at the Gardiner Museum Shop celebrates the Temple Glass, a handmade material invented and fabricated by Jeff Goodman Studio for the construction of the Bahá’í Temple of South America design by Hariri Pontarini Architects.

The show will feature tables designed by Sylvia Lee, Executive and Creative Director of Jeff Goodman Studio; never-before-seen Scribe and Sagoma vessels; and a Topography wall installation.

Join us for a meet & greet with Sylvia on June 7 from 1:00 to 2 pm in the lobby, followed by an artist talk in the lecture hall!

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  • Topography Installation

  • Sagoma

Azure Magazine

Show report: Seriously Fun

With with everything from a cubist kitchen to Jaime Hayon, Toronto’s Design Week was full of play
By Eli Burnstein and Kendra Jackson

Features: The Devil’s Abacus
May 2017

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BELLE Magazine

Features The Devil’s Abacus

For almost 40 years, Belle has delivered the best in Australian and international design. The magazine showcases a stunning line-up of the world’s most beautiful homes, plus all the news and trends in interior design, architecture, furniture, home accessories, fabrics, art, luxury goods and beauty products.

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Dezeen

Features The Devil’s Abacus
January 2017

Dezeen is the world’s most popular and influential architecture and design magazine, and the winner of numerous awards for journalism and publishing
Writer: Dan Howarth

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Azure Magazine

Material Feature: Glass Act

BOROSILICATE TABLE TOPS Originally developed as cladding for Hariri Pontarini Architects’ Bahá’í Temple in Chile, Jeff Goodman Studio’s Temple Glass suits a plethora of applications, including on horizontal surfaces.

January/February 2017

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  • Azure Magazine 2017

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Toronto Design Offsite Festival 2017

Jeff Goodman Studio will be introducing its brand new “Abacus” Glass Screen during the TO DO Festival with a window installation at The Devil’s Workshop at 890 Queen Street West in Toronto.

  • The Devils Abacus

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Globe and Mail

Spirit in the Sky by Alex Bozikovic

The Globe and Mail
December 7, 2017

read article: Spirit in the Sky

We are proud and honoured to have produced the 55,000 sq. ft. cast glass for this once in a lifetime project.  It took 10 year of our studio life to hand make and polish each panel of glass.

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  • Siamak Hariri

  • Bahá'í Temple sketch

2016 Studio Sale

Tour Canada’s preeminent glass studio during the Jeff Goodman Studio Annual Sale in Toronto. Meet the talented team, enjoy live glass blowing demonstrations and shop the studio’s handmade pieces.

friday december 2 – 10am to 7pm
saturday december 3 – 10am to 6pm

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  • Cascade Chandelier

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Metropolis Magazine

Sacred Structure

The Poetic form of the Baha’i Temple of South America is a trumph of engineering and material innovation.
By Guy Horton

read article
May 2015

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ICFF 2016

Booth #1059

May 14 to 17, 2016
Jacob K. Javits Center
New York City

www.ICFF.com

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Machar Art Day

The MACHAR Art Day
studio tour

May 16, 2016

  • Art Day 2016

Azure Magazine

Jeff Goodman Studio Chroma Glass featured in Azure Magazine

Focus feature
Water work: Architectural glass with water-like effects.

March /April 2016

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  • Chroma Glass

Azure Magazine

Iconic Building

The Baha’i Temple, located just outside Santiago,Chile and designed by architect Siamak Hariri. The temple features glass by Jeff Goodman Studio.

Read article from Azure
March /April 2016

  • Azure Magazine

2015 Studio Sale

Enjoy live glass blowing demonstration and shop the studio’s handmade pieces

Friday, December 4 : 10am to 7pm
Saturday, December 5 : 10am to 6pm

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ICFF 2015

Jeff Goodman Studio will be exhibiting at this year’s 27th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (booth #2175) at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, May 16-19, 2015.

We are excited to be showcasing select pieces from our hand blown glass vessels and Temple glass collections. The colorful vessels such as the Ovelle and Sagoma vase will be exhibited alongside organic patterns of cast glass panels in a booth designed in collaboration with Toronto based designer/architect Andrew Jones.

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  • ICFF booth

Material Innovation: Architecture

Material Innovation: Architecture features the The Bahá’í Temple of South America and its hand made custom designed glass cladding which is designed and fabricated by Jeff Goodman Studio.

This new book on architecture highlights carefully selected buildings that showcase the innovative use of a particular material.

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Jeff Goodman Glass Studio Annual Sale

Tour Canada’s preeminent glass studio during the Jeff Goodman Studio Annual Sale in Toronto. Meet the talented team, enjoy live glass blowing demonstrations and shop the studio’s handmade pieces.

 

December 5: 10am to 8pm
December 6: 10am to 6pm

 

 

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Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art

May 31 to July 14, 2014

The work of both Brian Burnett and Lorne Wagman will be featured alongside glass from The Jeff Goodman Studio at Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art in Guelph, Ontario.

 

  • Lorne Wagman, Brian Burnett and Jeff Goodman

DINUOVO

April 9th to May 6, 2014

UNTOLD
Curated by Rossana Orlandi
Museo Bagatti Valsecchi,
Via S. Spirito 10, Milan

Dinuovo (video)
Designed by UUfie in collaboration with Jeff Goodman Studio

Found in the book “The History of the New World” by Girolamo Benzoni, an Italian historian and traveler. It tells the story of Christopher Columbus standing an egg but not particularly difficult especially once breaking it.

This story inspired us. What if you were to stand an egg on its tip, with no influence of other components, except perfection of orientation. DINUOVO is a collection of hand-blown glass using center of gravity to create an object balancing like an upside down egg. Contradicting in nature, it conveys harmony between imperfection and perfection.

DINUOVO is used as a light fixture or vase. A yolk represented by an orb of light floating within transparent glass is achieved through layering of glass in gradating thickness. At the large version, they are nearly half meter high and 15kg in weight. Besides emphasizing the difficulty and skill required, it has the romantic appeal of glass though impractical and incomplete yet provides new possibilities and curiosity. DINUOVO takes a playful, unconventional direction and challenges the Columbus’ egg.

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Design for Living

May 15 to August 15, 2014

Opening Reception:
May 15, 5pm to 7pm

Jeff Goodman Studio will showcase a special wall  installation from the “Topography” series at Craft Ontario Shop.

The unveiling of the installation will coincide with the Design for Living event that will transform Craft ON  into a designer showcase.

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Vases

April 25 – May 25, 2014

Spring Awakening Vase sale at the Gardiner Museum Shop

See new work from Jeff Goodman Studio
UNIQUE   BOLD   ONE-OF-A-KIND

  • Gold Amethyst Scribe

  • Black Lustre Scribe Cone

CODAmagazine

April 2014

Jeff Goodman Studio’s “Enso Chandelier” featured in the April issue of CODA magazine “Suspended in Space“.

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  • Enso Chandelier

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Good Advice

January 24 to June 8, 2014

An exhibition at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre

Blaise Campbell, Rachel MacHenry, Paul McClure and Gord Thompson
Curated by Melanie Egan and Patrick Macaulay

Over the past 40 years, the Craft Studio has benefited from a committed group of individuals who have given, and continue to share, expertise, insight, encouragement and recommendations. This important advice has allowed the Craft Studio to flourish and evolve into what it is today. This exhibition highlights four amazing artists who have made considerable contributions over the years.

 

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Annual Open House and Sale 2013

Friday, December 6, 2013 10am – 8pm
Saturday, December 7, 2013 10am – 6pm

Where: 51 Cranfield Road, Toronto

Glass blowing demonstrations

  • Open House and Sale 2013

Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass

August 2013

Jeff Goodman Studio welcomes the AACG for a studio tour and demonstration with guest artist Laura Donefer.

 

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Canadian Art Exhibition

August 23 to September 23, 2013

Jeff Goodman Studio showcases Vessels from their SCribe series at the Canadian Art Exhibition at the Sandra Ainsley Gallery.

Toronto, Ontario

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Lifetime Service and Achievement Award

June 15, 2013

Jeff Goodman receives Lifetime Service and Achievement award from 
the Glass Art Association of Canada. Read the full article.

  • Jeff Goodman Lifetime Service and Achievement Award

The Immortals

June 6 – July 7, 2013

A collaboration with Illustrator Sandra Dionisi

Opening reception: June 6, 2013 6-9pm

Where: the Roundhouse
255 Bremner Boulevard
Toronto, Ontario

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Jeff Goodman Designs Exhibit

January 10 – February 24, 2013

Opening reception: Janaury 10, 2013 6-9pm

Where: Ontario Craft Council Gallery
990 Queen Street W. Toronto

Craftperson designer, maker, mentor, friend, husband, father, brother, son – Jeff Goodman (1961-2012) was all of these.

This exhibition focuses on one aspect of Jeff: his interest in incorporating handcrafted items into contemporary design. Some of these works were commissioned by architects and designers for specific locations; others became signature pieces of the Jeff Goodman Studio.

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House & Home January 2013 Feature

January 2013 Issue

Toronto designer Jeffrey Douglas and Jeff Goodman Studio collaborated on a handblown glass chandelier for Jeffrey’s private residence. His home and chandelier are featured in the January 2013 issue of House and Home.

Watch the House & Home virtual tour of Jeffrey’s home.

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  • House & Home Magazine January 2013 Issue

Annual Open House and Sale 2012

Friday, December 7, 2012 10am – 8pm
Saturday, December 8, 2012 10am – 6pm

Where: 51 Cranfield Road, Toronto

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Azure AZ Awards

Big names of the international architectural and design community recently gathered at Toronto’s Thompson Hotel as AZURE Magazine revealed the winners of its second annual AZ Awards, the only international, multi-disciplinary design competition in Canada.

The AZ award trophy was made from cast glass designed by Jeff Goodman Studio.

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The Enso Chandelier at the Ritz Carleton Spa

January 2011

Glass Chandelier

Jeff Goodman Studio completes the installation of the Enso Chandelier at Toronto’s Ritz Carlton Hotel.

  • Enso Chandelier

  • Enso Chandelier

Building Partners Exhibition

September 24, 2010 – January 2, 2011

An architectural glass installation

When: Harbourfront Centre , Toronto, Ontario

  • Building Partners Exhibition

Annual Open House and Sale 2011

December 9, 2011 10am – 8pm
December 10, 2011 10am – 6pm

Where: 51 Cranfield Road, Toronto

  • Open House 2011

Canadian Interiors Magazine features Jeff Goodman Studio

November/December 2011

Blown Away

By Leslie C Smith

Jeff Goodman’s signature blend of athletics and aesthetics has earned him premier position in Canada’s art glass scene. Read the full pdf (PDF, 750 KB)

  • Canadian Interiors Magazine

400 Years of Glass

April – May, 2010

Celebrating the cumulative experience of 15 Canadian artists in glass

Where: Galerie Elena Lee
1460 Sherbrooke St West, Suite A
Montréal, Québec, Canada
H3G 1K4

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Unity and Diversity

September – October 2009

An Exhibition at the Canadian Pavilion of the Cheongju International Biennale

Where: Cheongju, Korea

The Canadian Crafts Federation/Fédération canadienne des métiers d’art is proud to announce that Canada has been named the official guest country of the 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale South Korea.

A total of 206 pieces of fine craft by 212 Canadian artists were selected for the prestigious Unity and Diversity exhibition at the 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale (CICB) in South Korea.

  • Scribe Bowl

  • Scribe Vase

  • Scribe Bowl

SOFA Chicago 2008

November 6 – November 9, 2008

Represented by Andora Gallery

Where: Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
www.sofaexpo.com

  • SOFA Art & Design Chicago

Flux: Reflections on Contemporary Glass

June 5 – September 21, 2008

Where: New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
www.nmartmuseum.org

Glass is a malleable, ever-changing material that can be worked employing a variety of techniques to produce a vast spectrum of works.

It is used to make intricately detailed, fragile vessels yet has the strength and density to be used in constructing skyscrapers.

This exhibition considers the sculptural possibilities of glass, from vessel to minimalist sculpture, blown glass to cast glass, ancient artifact to popular culture icon.

Many of the acknowledged international “masters” of glass are included in the exhibition, among them William Morris, Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova, Dante Marioni, Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra and Bertil Vallien, as are New Mexico’s own glass artists Charlie Miner, Timothy Horn, Tony Jojola, Stacey Neff, and Mary Shaffer, Jeff Goodman among others.

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Excellence by Design

2008

Globe and Mail – Infiniti presents a six part series of design excellence.

Jeff Goodman Studio was featured in this showcase profiling six renowned Canadian designers from a variety of fields using video, text and photo galleries.

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PalmBeach3 2008

January 10 – January 14, 2008

Represented by Galerie Elena Lee

Where: Palm Beach County Convention Center, West Palm Beach, Florida

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International Flora Montréal

June 29 – September 3, 2007

Fire & Water Garden

Where: On the Quays of the Old Port of Montreal

Blown Glass garden sculpture set in the FIre & Water garden designed by Peter Owen and Stephen Aikenhead

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Lucent: A survey of Contemporary Canadian Glass

May 30 – June 18, 2007

Opening Reception: June 11th, 2007 5pm – 7pm

Where: Illingworth Kerr Gallery
Alberta College of Art and Design
1407-14 Ave. NW, Calgary, Alberta Canada
www.glassartcanada.ca

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SOFA Chicago 2007

November 2 – November 4, 2007

Represented by Andora Gallery

Where: Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
www.sofaexpo.com

  • SOFA Art & Design Chicago

PalmBeach3 2007

January 11 – January 15, 2007

Represented by Galerie Elena Lee

Where: Palm Beach County Convention Center, West Palm Beach, Florida

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Glass Sculpture Now

May 24 – June 13, 2007

Opening Reception: May 24th, 2007 6pm – 8pm

Where: Lafrenière & Pai Gallery
13 Murray Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9M5
Phone: 613 241 2767
www.lapaigallery.com

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Scribe Solo Exhibition

November 3 – December 5, 2006

Opening Reception: November 3, 2006 5 pm – 7 pm

Where: Galerie Elena Lee
1460 Sherbrooke Ouest, suite A, Montreal, PQ H3G 1K4
Phone: 514 844 6009
www.galerieelenalee.com

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