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The newsletter of the Arts Council Of Northumberland Arts
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The Arts Council Of Northumberland
is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of
life within our community by developing widespread appreciation of, support
for and involvement in the arts and culture. This newsletter covers theatre,
music, lectures, films, workshops and exhibitions. A separate, edition is devoted
to the visual arts and galleries. Past issues of the newsletters are
available HERE.
A long-range calendar of events
is available HERE. Arts and cultural organizations
wishing to place events on the long-range calendar please notify Oliver
Steins at soliver@cogeco.net ACN Member Of The Week Scott’s Barn Cultural Centre – lavender and art, a winning combination |
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From
The Arts Council Could It Be That You
Have Always Wanted To Have Your Say On The Arts? The ACN newsletter is looking for arts
reviewers. We already have Selena Forsyth appearing regularly in
our pages to cover some drama and music events, but we would like to cover
more. Visual arts events such as gallery openings, shows and studio tours
also need attention. Anonymity under a pen name can be guaranteed, since not
all reviews have to be upbeat and positive – what is important is an
honest assessment of merits, strengths and weaknesses. Display
space for visual artists is available at the offices of MP Rick Norlock, Exposure! Exposure!
Exposure! Want Lots of Visitors on
your Webpage? 1,200 to 1,400
different people visit the ACN website each month. For more info on membership, click HERE Arts Headlines Neurartic
Blog: Ties That Bind Parts 1 and 2 – the gallerist talks about a
the current show Brad
Halls Celebrates 25 Years Of Entertainment The swinging sounds
of Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and
more might inspire you to dance the night away at Victoria Hall. Forty
years of Art Basel The Avant-garde
really was avant-garde then. There were very few contemporary art museums,
prices were generally low, the galleries and collectors were a small band of
true believers and there was only one contemporary art fair, in Canada's
National Arts Centre To Make Steep Job Cuts "Officials at the National Arts Centre [in Ottawa]
said Tuesday they plan to cut up to 40 jobs over the next two years to help
prevent the shortfall of several million dollars they expect to have next
year." The positions eliminated add up to about ten percent of the NAC
staff. Pair
Of Paintings Found In Toronto Goodwill Bin Sell For C$134,000 "The works by Federico Del Campo, a renowned
19th-century painter of European scenes, are of a sunny Venetian backwater
and of a Venetian canal with two ships, both dated 1895." What’s On – This Weekend And The
Coming Week LaJeunesse Youth Orchestra Auditions for 2009/2010 season
Friday and Saturday. For further
information or to book an audition, please contact Orchestra Manager Tracy Sachdeva by email
or at 1-866-460-5596. "What in the
World" Friday, Brad
Halls and Guests, Friday and Saturday, at Victoria Hall, Cobourg. The Royals and their featured vocalist Tanya Wills present an evening dedicated to THE MUSIC OF THE BIG BANDS. Some of this
areas finest instrumentalists combine with Brad and Tanya to present songs
made famous by the great bands of Benny
Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie,
Stan Kenton and other greats of that memorable era. 5th
Annual Canada
Dance Theatre "Carnival Cabaret", Friday and Saturday, A Tribute to Frank
Sinatra, Saturday, 8:00 pm, Park Playhouse & Performing Arts Centre Swing Shift is firmly established as one of
Ontario’s finest big bands and they have been wowing audiences with
their “Tribute to Frank Sinatra” show, playing Frank’s
greatest hits from his early days as a musical heart throb to his Vegas
“Rat Pack” years, and they play Mr. Sinatra’s songs the way
he intended them to be played Gallery Anniversary,
Saturday, The Journey Through the Arts Gallery in downtown Port Hope is
celebrating their 4th anniversary with an exhibition featuring fourteen
alumni artists and ten gallery artists.
Many familiar faces from the local arts scene will be featured in a
variety of media. Painters include Martha Robinson, Heather
Roy, Elizabeth Vercoe, Wanda Martin-Hicks, Tannice Goddard, Jerry Albert, Patricia Papp, Meghan Monaghan, Avonquil,
Dawn Miller and Les Robling. Jewellery in various forms created by
Jeanette Bartosik, Monika Becker, Carol Maranda and Yusun Ha
will be on display alongside photography by Picton
artist Doug Johnson, Cindy Taylor, Caitlin Benson and Mike Woods. Wearable art by Susan
MacDonald and Peggy Mersereau, works on paper by Heather Downie and Christine Benson and
pottery by Vikki Forsyth will round up this dynamic exhibition. The Shelter Valley Shapenote Singers, Sunday, June 14th, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at
the Grafton Community Centre, 135 Old Danforth Road
in Grafton. Sweet
Water Country Music, Sunday, June 14, Poetry,
Music, Conversation and Wine. Thursday, What’s Coming – At The Lectures,
Readings and Book Launches Poetry,
Music, Conversation and Wine. Thursday, July 17th, What’s Coming?
- At The Theatre And Dance The summer season at the Fourth Line Theatre HERE Port Hope Festival Theatre "Rock n' Roll
Drive-In" What’s Coming? - At The Concerts THE BEST OF WESTBEN-FREE CONCERT with Special Guest Artists & the Westben Choruses, Sunday, June 21, 3:00 pm, Westben, Campbellford. In
celebration of our 10th Anniversary and to thank the incredible community
that has nurtured the organization, Westben is proud to present a free
musical birthday party! This musical smorgasbord features an array of hits
from our ten-year history as performed by favourite Westben guest artists
along with the Westben Youth, Teen and Festival Choruses. Admission: FREE!
1-705-653-5508 or 1-877-883-5777 or www.westben.ca Tickets are on sale now for the Capitol Fall Series: Susan
Aglukark / Dawn Langstroth,
Saturday, October 3rd
at Dini Petty – A Broad View, Friday, October 9th at Valdy, Saturday,
October 17th at “1000
Kisses Deep” – A Celebration Of Leonard Cohen, Thursday, October 22nd at “Sweet Dreams” – A Tribute
To Patsy Cline, Friday, October 23rd
at Dan
Hill – An Intimate Evening,
Saturday, November 21st at John
Mcdermott, Saturday, November 28th at LJYO
2009 / 2010 Concert Dates at Port Hope United Church Home
for the Holidays, Sunday November 29th; In the Spotlight, Sunday
February 21st, Sonic Bloom, Sunday May 16th.
What’s Coming – At The Auditions tba What’s On And Coming – Classes,
Workshops and Summer Camps Northumberland School of the Arts offers Summer Programmes for
children and teens that spark their imaginations and enhance their inherent
creativity in a variety of media. Instructors are hired for their positive
attitude, work in their respective field, and experience. Typically,
instructors are either professional artists and
artisans, college graduates, or working toward their degrees. Junior
Instructors are high school students chosen for their maturity, initiative,
and creativity. All instructors have a current police check on file, and
Instructors with valid First Aid & CPR Certificates will be onsite at all
times. Summer programmes will be held at St.
Peter’s Anglican Church, The
Painted Tree, Cobourg. The
schedule of summer classes is available HERE Youtheatre Co.
Inc is offering two summer camp classes. Both classes will be held at Northumberland
Hook and Needles Guild. This
friendly, creative group of knitters meets the 1st and
3rd Thursdays of each Month! May 21/09 Magic Loop
Knitting; June 18/09 Knitting Challenge Finale For a complete listing of all
workshops, classes and lessons, on our website, please click HERE Northumberland Players Summer Drama Camp click
here for a brochure or call NP at 905-372-0577; click
here for a printable application form Children’s Summer Workshops, AGN Cobourg, ages 7-12, July 7 to July 10:
Painting: composition, perspective, colour theory
and fun, July 14 to July 17: Fun with Fabric: quilt blocks, kites, windsocks, door hangings
and screens, July 28 - July 31:
Sculpture: papier maché,
clay and mixed media, The
Artworth Art Camp is once again open for registrations for 2009. Full details as
well as registration forms are available from the website www.artworth.ca. What’s On And Coming – At The Shows,
Exhibitions and “Zed
Woman and the City” opening Saturday, June 20th The
Northumberland Potters - Open to all
artisans/potters who work in clay, meeting on the 4th Monday of the Month,
rotating location. Please contact Susan McDonald 905-753-2731 for information Wayne
Mondok at Ganaraska Art and Framing, Port Hope, June 1st to June 30th Hours: Monday to Saturday 10;00 am - 5:00 pm. At
A.K. Collings Gallery, Port Hope "Ties that Bind". Robert Malinowski
and Erin Glover are two young artists who
departed for their honeymoon in NYC (really!) on the weekend following the
opening. They have produced a series of drawings which are romantic and just
a tiny bit odd...capturing the truth and intensity of married life. Svava Thordis Juliusson
is a sculptor who works with zip ties and other found materials. She will be
installing sculpture from the "Svona, Svona" series. (this is a
term of consolation in Icelandic, roughly meaning "there, there"). Wendi
Robbins at Gallery 121 Exhibits
on a permanent basis: Gallery 121 Belleville (Member), Upstairs Gallery: Port
Hope, SideStreet Gallery: Art
At Proctor - The Cobourg Art Club
has a display of paintings upstairs at The Mill, Cobourg --an eclectic mix of
original work in all media. Spirit of the Hills, Franziska Windover to June 30th at Campbellford Library.
The calm of early
morning and soft music invokes the creative spirits for this self-taught
pencil artist. She states that she has the utmost respect for texture, depth
and shading which she combines to capture a most accurate representation of
the image in pencil. Local Ink by fine art photographer Gary Mulcahey
at the Spirit of the Hills presents two In
this moment, a show by gallery
member Barbara Buntin,
features monotype prints and washi paper collage,
work that engages the viewer in a visual dialogue. New works by the other
gallery artists are shown in the 2nd and 3rd galleries. at the Wednesday, June 24th Annual General Meeting of
the Thursday, June 25th - July 30th, AGN Cobourg: The John de Visser
Portfolio, Saturday, June 27, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm,
opening reception Heart
Of Art
de Triomphe 2nd Annual Exhibition & Sale, July
1st to 4th, 9:00am – 5:00 pm Meet at 66 King St. East,
Cobourg. Horizons
of Friendship 12th Annual Homes, Gardens & Music Tour - Port
Hope Estival! is calling for artists to participate
during the August 1st & 2nd 2009
weekend. We would welcome artists in all media & we are encouraging any
artist to demonstrate their work during the festival. Estival
is a 2 day event designed to promote the art, food, music & culture of
Northumberland county & the surrounding area. Please check out the
website www.porthopeestival.ca The
Northumberland Potters Christmas Show, November 21st & 22nd What’s Coming? – At The Movies See
the line-up at the Vintage Film Festival,
October 23rd-25th HERE What’s On – At The Competitions Arts Blogs We Like |
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‘Neurartic’
– an eclectic blog by
A.K. Collings, Port Hope ‘View On Canadian Art’
Your Cultural
Concierge! VoCA offers critical commentary on the
Canadian art scene, with a focus on Art Daily – The first art newspaper on the net!
This newsletter
is edited by Walter Luedtke. Please send any notices or comments
to wluedtke@cogeco.ca. |
