Do it for the Grain (DIFTG) publishes a bimonthly print zine showcasing local photographers. They also present photo exhibitions and offer affordable workshops, services, and equipment to those in need. They strive to include the broadest range of artists possible in their work.
This spring DIFTG are celebrating their fourth anniversary with an exhibition titled “Home/Chez Soi”, on display at Happy Goat Coffee Co. in Sandy Hill until April 23. Thirty-five Ottawa-and-area analog photography artists are featured in the exhibition, which invited photographic answers to the question “What does home mean to you?”
One of the photos featured in “Home/Chez Soi.” Photo: Sonya Gankina.
Apt613 attended the exhibition’s opening vernissage at Happy Goat in late March. Many local creatives were in attendance, including some of the featured photographers, happily posing with their displayed works. The subjects captured in their images ranged from family members to places and specific moments in time, all beautifully encapsulating the theme of home. You can see the full list of featured artists here.
DIFTG has also put out a special four-year anniversary book, thicker than their regular zine, celebrating the theme of Home and including the artists’ personal statements about what home, memory, and their photographs mean to them. The book is available for purchase through DIFTG. Curators accepted more than one image from some photographers, who created a piece featuring paired photos. (Regular zines come out bimonthly and don’t typically feature artist statements.)
The anniversary book. Photo: Sonya Gankina.
The anniversary celebrations also include a month of free workshops and programming, bringing back much-needed in-person socialization for local photographers and creatives:
To find out more, visit Do it for the Grain. You can view the “Home/Chez Soi” exhibition until April 23 at Happy Goat in Sandy Hill (317 Wilbrod St at Friel).
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