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. Take in a photo show by one of the world’s top photographers, Don’t forget a 5-minute stop after exiting the exhibition  from Diver Magazine & on-line at Huffington Post    http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/../../stephen-weir/photography-exhibition-andreas-franke_b_10410424.html Divers install a photo illustration on the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, a 523-foot-long former U.S.A.F.  missile-tracking ship that was scuttled in 2009 as an artificial reef seven miles south of Key West in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary By Stephen Weir It is an international happening -- an art show that will have you holding your breath -- but only for so long. People in-the-know who have a C-card and the willingness to swim with big fishes, have been making underwater pilgrimages this spring in the Florida Keys to see the hidden work of Austrian artist Andreas Franke. Considered one of the 200 best photographers in the world, Franke has once again taken h...

 ' Divers take note - Jason deCaires Taylor's  Museo Atlantico now open By Stephen Weir Underwater sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor just got serious.  The British diving artist who has created large underwater sculpture gardens in the waters of Grenada and Mexico. has just launched a project in the waters of the Canary Islands that acknowledges the plight of boat people. While his Caribbean sunken galleries have tended to be playful, sometimes religious, the newest project of the 41-year old, skewers important world is su es from climate chage to conservation to migration. Earlier this month he opened the first phase of Museo Atlantico – an art project he describes as “the first underwater contemporary art museum in Europe and the Atlantic Ocean.” There are 300 life-sized figures standing at bottom 14 metres down – more are on the way. “ It is still in construction, over 250 more works will be added in the coming year” the artist told Diver Maga...

. Leroy Sibbles on stage at Lula Lounge's Sunday Jam - George Socka photo HUFFINGTON POST APRIL 2016 - E ven a reggae star will take that boomerang ride.   Reggae pioneer bass player and   singer Leroy Sibbles knows what it means to take that boomerang ride. Born and raised in Jamaica he moved to Toronto in 1973, married and became a citizen. That was then, now he is back living in Jamaica, and visits The Big Smoke whenever he can. Sibbles was the lead singer and bass player for  The Heptones  in the 60’s and 70’s and continues to this day performing in and around the US and the Caribbean. In combination with his work with The Heptones, Sibbles was a session bassist and arranger at  Clement "Coxsone" Dodd 's Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio. Kevin O’Brien Chang describes him as “the greatest all-round talent in reggae history” in his 1998 book Reggae Routes. The Heptones were among the most prolific and influential groups of the rock...

Singh Twins in PAMA  - Brampton Art Gallery  Photo by Herman Custodio Story By KJ Mullina For Stephen Weir Blog There is a certain privacy that the Singh Twins have. They communicate in a way that few can, together from the start and best friends to the end. Creating beautifully intricate modern yet traditional paintings as a partnership, a single entity, creating an aura of mystery to their work. "Our identities are linked to each other but we also have very independent ideas on what we want to do, they just happen to be the same ideas." The Singh Twins were in Brampton last week promoting their latest show the Peel Art Gallery, Museum+Archives (PAMA) as a part of Sikh Heritage Month. It was a welcome visit for the artists who said that the same of the patrons that they saw at the museum were just children the last time they were in Ontario. The youngsters of the Sikh community came with a confidence that was not seen during that earlier visit. "PAMA is a ...