The second season is underway at Altona's Gallery in the Park, with Winnipeg based painter Hollande Bezan's exhibition Return to the farm installed on the main floor of the Schwartz House.

The works honour her family’s agricultural roots which are anchored just north of Inglis. The paintings explore over a century of connection to the land, honouring the Bezan family and its enduring farming legacy through five generations.

"So my great-grandfather came from Ukraine in 1908, and he wanted a better life, so he came here and worked for several years in the Assessippi/Inglis area for more established farmers," she explained. "(He) saved up money, bought a farm just north of Inglis, Manitoba, and he bought it for $1,200 in 1912. He then he got married to my great-grandma, who also immigrated

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