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The newsletter of the Arts Council Of Northumberland Arts Northumberland |
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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 Westben Concerts at
the Barn. The cake for 500 has been
ordered from Dooher’s Bakery, the grounds
crew is trimming, planting, shingling. The Box Office is explaining that all
400 seats have been reserved but please come, bring a lawn chair and sit in
the meadow. Artisans and local business partners are ready to set up on the meadow, musicians are rehearsing and evoking memories of
past productions. The Board is planning the next 10 years and Brian
can’t get the smile off his face. Please come
and join in the celebrations of past and future and the great community in
which we live. Sunday June 21, concert starts at Donna Bennett |
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From The Arts
Council 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 in Bruno Saskatchewan community building and the “creative
class”. Port Hope rocks to the music of
the ’60s Who knew the drive-in could provide so many tangible
memories? The cars, the concession stand, the playground, the rickety fence, and... Absent Guarantees, London Auction
Estimates Dive 70% "London art sales this month have estimates that are
70 percent lower than last year as auction houses abandon guaranteed prices,
deterring sellers," who are showing a preference for private sales. In Recession, Will Cultural Sector Be An
Economic Leader? Theatres Increasingly Turning To Facebook To Promote Shows What’s On – This Weekend And The Coming Week Jan Atikinson – artist, Rob Cochrane – wood
sculptor, Tom Groot – photographer, Claus Heinecke – artist and sculptor, Gerry Malloy
– photographer, Tina McIvor – artist, Terrie MacDonald –
potter, Erwin Rummel – artist, Brenda
Sullivan – potter Installation of the sculpture by Frances
Gage "Sheltering Form", Saturday, 1:30 PM Art At Proctor - “Zed Woman and
the City” opening Saturday, June 20th 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 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. A
selection of photographs from this renowned photographer's collection of work
from 1980 to 2000 will be featured. The Art Gallery of Northumberland owns
100 of his color photographs. Photographs are primarily Canadian in subject. What’s Coming – At The Lectures, Poetry, Music, Conversation
and Wine. Thursday, July 16th, Frances Gage: Unlikely What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance The
summer season at the Fourth Line Theatre HERE Ron James - "Mental as
Anything" Saturday, June 27, Port
Hope Festival Theatre "Rock n' Roll Drive-In" What’s Coming? - At The Concerts Songs of
War & Peace Saturday June 27, Opening Gala at Westben. To
Joy! Beethoven’s 9th & Tchaikovsky’s 1st with soloists,
orchestra and 100 voice choir, Saturday July 4, at 7:30 pm, To Joy! (Saturday
Evening Cosi fan tutte - Comic Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Saturday
July 11, at 2:00 pm. also Sunday, July 12 at 2:00 pm at
Westben, Campbellford. Don’t miss Mozart’s masterpiece
celebrating the steadfast fickleness of love! Nancy Hermiston leads the UBC
Opera Ensemble. (Fully staged, in Italian,... The Fab
Four, Friday, July 17th, 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 – At The Shows, Exhibitions and 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 New to the AGN's
Permanent Collection. The Art Gallery of Northumberland's Collection Committee
has received a number of gifts to the collection during the past year. The
recent acquisitions will be listed in the annual report and they are grateful
to all who have made these contributions to the gallery. Recently, the AGN
was offered four drawings by Harriet Clench.
Clench was Paul Kane's wife and the
daughter of Cobourg furniture manufacturer Freeman Clench. Peace for 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"). Melanie MacDonald –
opening " MacDonald was included in the
"Emerging Artist" category for the Magenta Foundation's book, Carte
Blanche 2, which honours Wendi Robbins at
Gallery 121 Exhibits on a
permanent basis: Gallery 121 Belleville (Member), Upstairs Gallery: Port
Hope, SideStreet Gallery: The Cobourg Art Club
has a display of paintings upstairs at The Mill Restaurant ,
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 Heart Of The John De Visser Portfolio, June
25th - July 30th, opening reception June 27 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 - IN A GARDEN July 18th &
19th, 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 Other Canvas September 19,
Westben Campbellford. a unique event
showcasing national and local talent as well as fundraising, presented in the
picturesque Trent Hills of Northumberland County.The day will begin with a
welcome and orientation, followed by a 'Meet & Greet' with the artists before
a live art auction. A sensuous gala dinner prepared by Executive Chef Robert
Buchanan of Acqua Ristorante
e Bar ( Some of the participating artists are:
Robert Bateman, Holly Carr, Charles Pachter, Brent
Butt, Jean Stilwell, and Clermont Duval. The Other Canvas will take place at
Westben Barn Theatre, a magnificent 400-seat timber-frame barn which opens
onto a lush meadow amidst the gently rolling hills of 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. |
