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Two T1Jftle Art Gall~ry 13rger showcase to display w9rk of Six Nations artists By Vicki White, Expo.s;tor Staff ~ / ~?~ His home is out ~f-the way, so not ma~ ·~You want to help your own people OHSWEKEN - 'ff Ain,old ·Jacobs people went to see the work · first." ,- coul~ ch~ose between selling_ art and Mr. ~acobs has been painting seri- Jer~y Jonathan is one of the carvers ~rea~ing it he would -~ave.a p~mtbrush----Gusly ~mce 1976, ~ough he has--always -- who witl be showing his work at the Two m his han?, .. ~~~--a ~mile on his fac~. been mterested m ~ In,. ele~entary Turtle gallery. He welcomes the new But the ·. only. tbi_a,gs. he has pamted school,,. he recall~ having to pamt the sbowplace because there are so many late~y ar~ . _walls. He has been busy .~~en~ for the .Christmas play every year. · talent:ed artists in the area. · . moving his--Two Turtle art gallery .. · · : He went on to a ~areer in graphic de- . . The old . gall~i:Y-. wa~ located m a sign with a Hamilton printing firm, but H~ says having a gallery m 1:he com- coi::ner of the Iroquo1s:Vill~e Centre ?n found the·work was not creative enough. mumty_ also hel_ps younger ~rtists who Chiefswood Road and was ,"hardly big- _, .. H 1 ft th t . b fl st to k h.· are trymg to build a reputation. ger than the washroom." e · e a JO ' ir wor on 15 Mr. Jacobs says one of his goals is to The new One i·s i·n a diffierent area of art and then to open the gallery. help younger artists, but he has many the plaza - in a room.three ti_mes larger. Would rather paint other plans for the gallery. Mr. Jacobs says the new location h d d should offer the space he -needs - for "I'q~atµ~r_som~_bodyelse a opene He wants to put on a show of women now -to display the work of Six Nations a galfery and 1 could just-produce," the artists laf.er this year. rtists. tall, soft.:.spoken man safd with a chuckle ~ d r ht h k f h · h d He's also thinking about having a pho-He first opened a gallery in his home an a s ig s a e O 15 ea · . tograph¥ _e~ibition. five years ago. Since rio one else is int:erested, he "There . was no place locally that continues to take it on himself. Later, perhaps, a new building could people could show their work, and with He expects to start with pieces from be constructed to house the gallery and all the talent here we needed one," Mr. about four painters and more than 20 other things of int:erest to tourists. Jacob said. carvers"from tj:le Six NatiQns: Eventually, Last year, he moved the gallery from the work ·or native artists from other "You have to take chances," says Mr. Jacobs. "You can't be afraid to try and his house to the small office in the plaza. areas m be included. b i ,,