A rural legend dedicated to Norval Ontario. Revamped from 2012, this 2023 edition is chock full of dark and silly images and ideas about life and death, shoes and belonging. The Shoe Tree recollects local childhood myths and remembers a time when we had more freedom to explore the land and our communities.
J.Lorito, MA, is a multidisciplinary Ontario-based artist most concerned with character. J.Lorito Books are chock full of colour, absurdity, blunt truths and queer characters. For Lorito, art is a collaborative, community-building process; she works with actors, filmmakers, musicians and writers. J.Lorito was awarded an Ontario Arts Council grant in 2006, then went on to found The Raise-an-Artist Project. Find her at jlorito.com and on instagram @j.lorito