Arts Council of Northumberland Newsletter, July 3, 2009

The newsletter of the Arts Council Of Northumberland

Arts Northumberland

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

Leah Murray – photographer. Leah Murray is conducting digital camera workshops in Presqu’ile Park this summer. Schedule HERE

From The Arts Council

The ACN website now has a map of cultural attractions – galleries, theatres, museums - in Northumberland. It is a work in progress with the possibility of including studios, arts supplies stores and other ancillary businesses. Check it out HERE

Cultural Needs Feedback Request

The Community Futures Development Corporation has issued this survey to help determine the specific needs of the cultural sector in terms of access to capital. By completing this survey, the Northumberland artistic and cultural community will enable CDFC to analyze the collective needs of this crucial sector and help shape new lending policies. Please click on the monkey to take the survey at surveymonkey.com.

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

First Stages Theatre Announces New Season. After much negotiating and waiting, Artistic Director, Robert Latimer-Cornell is now able to officially announce the 2009-2010 Season for First Stages Theatre Company.
“I am most pleased to have secured the rights to the Canadian premiere of Thomas Mann's DEATH IN VENICE. It took months of communications with the British literary agents of the late Robert David MacDonald who adapted his solo-play version from the book. However, just as I held out until I got the Canadian premiere rights to THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, I was not going to give up on this one either!”
The website has also been updated and contains further information about next season, particularly about ticket prices. Subscriptions and regular tickets are now on sale at The Capitol Theatre.

Art buyers put their money on Doig as the next Hockney.”Christie's took £3,009,250 for Doig's neon-lit panorama Night Playground of 1997, and Sotheby's £2,057,250 for his Canadian farm landscape Almost Grown. Nine or 10 bidders competed for each picture. Both prices were far over the high estimate.” Peter Doig is the son of local artists Mary and David Doig

Among Nonprofits Fearing Future, Arts Orgs Most Worried "Ninety-two percent of the nearly 100 respondents in a survey conducted in May by the Bridgespan Group said they were feeling the effects of the downturn. Eighty percent of charity officials reported that their organizations were experiencing financial stress, in another study conducted in April by the Johns Hopkins University's Listening Post Project. Nearly 40 percent of the 363 respondents described the stress as 'severe.'"

The Live Concert Was Supposed To Die. Instead... "Part of the thrill of being present at a great concert is knowing that it's happening in this place and time, among these people, and can never be experienced the same way again. It's both a celebration of singularity and a reminder that life is finite and lived in one direction only."

From The Blogs:

The Arts Northumberland Blog

The Ramblin’ Rose Arts Report: tba

Neurartic Blog: tba

The Wally Keeler Blog: tba

What’s On – This Weekend And The Coming Week

Playing at the Human Bean, Cobourg – Friday, tba

Lions Art Show and Sale, Friday and Saturday – List of Artists HERE

Art de Triomphe 2nd Annual Exhibition & Sale, July 1st to 4^th, 9:00am – 5:00 pm Meet at 66 King St. East, Cobourg.

Opening Gala at Westben. To Joy! Beethoven’s 9th & Tchaikovsky’s 1st with soloists, orchestra and 100 voice choir, Saturday, 7:30 pm, To Joy! (Saturday Evening Champagne Gala: $65; Sunday Afternoon: $55) Saturday, July 4 at 7:30 & Sunday, July 5 at 2 pm A symphonic celebration of unbridled joy! Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto #1 with Brian Finley and Beethoven’s Symphony # 9...

The New Northumberland Calling Normandy, July 3rd -18^th, at The Brighton Barn Theatre In tribute to the 65^th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Europe, return with us for our re-creation of a Northumberland radio troop broadcast. Experience once again, through popular songs, radio sketches and news items of the era, our special thanks for the Canadian triumphal breakthrough at Juno Beach in 1944.

Port Hope Festival Theatre "Rock n' Roll Drive-In" 8:00 PM on June 18 – July 11, at the Capitol. Rock n' Roll Drive-In: Ahhh!!! Summertime. Does life get any better??? Well…if you can remember borrowing dad's convertible and snuggling up to that special someone at the ever popular Drive-In Theatre…it just did!!! Remember the sounds of Chuck Berry, Connie Francis and the Everly Brothers. How about the dance crazes led by Chubby Checker and the "Twist". It's all happening at the Rock n' Roll Drive-In. So join us for a trip down memory lane with some of the best music of the 50s and 60s and flashbacks to the movies that made your summers memorable.

Gallery opening reception - Melanie MacDonald – "Home Court Advantage", Sunday 2:00 to 4:00 pm A.K. Collings Gallery,. Port Hope. MacDonald was included in the "Emerging Artist" category for the Magenta Foundation's book, Carte Blanche 2, which honours Canada's best and most promising artists. The book was launched at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) in November, 2008. She is a young artist whose work is well worth seeing (and collecting).

Richard Scrimger and "The Mystery & Secrets of Charlie" Wednesday, 11:00 – 12:00 am Cobourg Public Library. Children ages 8-12 are welcome to participate.

What’s Coming – At The Lectures, Readings and Book Launches

Poetry, Music, Conversation and Wine. Thursday, July 16^th, 7:30 pm at 66 King Street East, Cobourg. Deborah Panko and two guest readers Donna Langevin and Kate Marshall Flaherty with M.C. Marta Burt.

The John de Visser Portfolio, Saturday, July 18^th, 7:00 pm. Art Gallery of Northumberland. The artist will give a lecture

Frances Gage: Unlikely Paradise -- sculptural work and photographs from her life. August 1st - 29^th , Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg. Reception and book launch at 85th birthday celebration, Saturday, August 22, 2 to 4 PM. Frances Gage has lived in Cobourg for 10 years and in that time has become an integral part of the community. Prior to our arrival in our midst, Gage gained wide recognition as one of Canada's leading sculptors. The recently finished biography by Alan Butcher is being published this summer. This exhibition is an honor of this event. The launch of her biography “Unlikely Paradise” coincides with her 85th birthday.

What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance

The summer season at the Fourth Line Theatre HERE

Port Hope Festival Theatre “The G-String Broke” by Alan Bright. July 16th - August 1^st at the Capitol, Richard Phillips is just trying to finish writing his new musical. He doesn't need complications of any kind. So! Who's the blonde on the ledge? When did the brunette manage to get into his bed? Where did the red dress in the bathroom come from? Why does his fiancee not trust him all of a sudden? And! What is that woman doing in his piano? The "G" String Broke is a zany romp (in the classic tradition of farce) through the life, lusts and loves of a very confused playwright.

Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, Friday, August 7^th, 7:00pm, Victoria Park, Cobourg. The Driftwood Theatre Group, Ontario's most accessible theatre company, celebrates its 15th Anniversary Season. A master and servant arrive in a strange city in search of twin siblings they've never met. When everyone they meet confuses them for their local counterparts, you'd figure that someone would clue in. Lucky for us, no one does. A wild, weird and wonderful journey towards the discovery of self and the importance of family.

What’s Coming? - At The Concerts

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, 8:00 pm at the Park, Cobourg. The Fab Four are an entertaining musical and historical re-enactment of the life of one of pop-rock music's most revered and influential bands. Based in southern Ontario, Canada, The FabFour take pride in accurately re-creating live performances of The Beatles vast repertoire. Never relying on any recorded backing tracks what-so-ever, a FabFour show is always a totally live and unique experience

Tickets are on sale now for the Capitol Fall Series:

Susan Aglukark / Dawn Langstroth, Saturday, October 3rd at 8 pm Tickets $39

Dini Petty – A Broad View, Friday, October 9th at 8 pm Tickets $35

Valdy, Saturday, October 17th at 8 pm Tickets $35

“1000 Kisses Deep” – A Celebration Of Leonard Cohen, Thursday, October 22nd at 8 pm Tickets $35

“Sweet Dreams” – A Tribute To Patsy Cline, Friday, October 23rd at 8 pm Tickets $39

Dan Hill – An Intimate Evening, Saturday, November 21st at 8:00 pm Tickets $39

John Mcdermott, Saturday, November 28th at 7:30 pm Tickets 49

LJYO 2009 / 2010 Concert Dates at Port Hope United Church

Home for the Holidays, Sunday November 29^th; In the Spotlight, Sunday February 21st, Sonic Bloom, Sunday May 16^th.

What’s Coming – Workshops

Kathryn McHolm: Learn how to watercolour, find your painting hand again or just want to have a change of scenery. An on site afternoon of landscape painting once or twice a month - July until October,1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, weekdays or weekend (your preference) ~ $30./session, 4-8 people/class. 3 sessions paid in advance (need own supplies). 905-753-2196, kathrynsgarden@sympatico.ca or register at In A Garden July 18/19 held in Kathryn's Welcome garden

What’s On And Coming – At The Shows, Exhibitions and Tours

At the Upstairs Gallery, Port Hope. Four From Northumberland - Rosemary Avery, Doug Haddow, Herb Jung, Liza Quinn June 28^th – August 1st ,

Susan Caron’s work can be seen at Munro’s, King Street Cobourg. She is also exhibiting at Ganaraska Art and Framing, Walton Street Port Hope.

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 Laurel graphite drawings are currently being cleaned by a conservator and will be on display later this summer.

Anita Gutteridge at Kingsley’s Korner, Brighton for the month of July. Anita validates with passion that painting in oils is what she loves to do best. Tending to her garden inspires her and the exhibit at the Apple Crate location displays the exquisite results. Kingsley’s Korner will be exhibiting visual art and 3D art by local artists at 46 Prince Edward St from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday.

At A.K. Collings Gallery, Port Hope "

Gallery opening reception - Melanie MacDonald – opening "Home Court Advantage" Sunday, from 2:00 to 4:00pm A.K. Collings Gallery,. Port Hope. MacDonald was included in the "Emerging Artist" category for the Magenta Foundation's book, Carte Blanche 2, which honours Canada's best and most promising artists. The book was launched at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) in November, 2008. She is a young artist whose work is well worth seeing (and collecting).

Tim Stanford,-Photographer, at the Human Bean, Cobourg, in June. "Photography has been a great passion of mine for ten years. I seek inspiration from the everyday beauty that surrounds us and enjoy capturing special details in each and every one of my compositions

smART Creating Joy July 25 - August 6, 2009 Tues - Sat, 10:00 am to 4 :30 pm. Opening reception Saturday, July 25, 2 pm - 7 pm, at Scott’s Barn Cultural Centre. An exhibition of paintings and ceramic art by Catherine McIntosh Jeffery, Molly Moldovan, Judith Myers & Josef Roschar. The artists will be in attendance Saturday, July 25 & Saturday August 1st

Wendi Robbins at Gallery 121 Belleville (www.geocities.com/gallery121) 48 Bridge Street, Belleville, Feature Show; ‘Mindscape Of Place’. Reception: Sunday July 19th 2:00 – 4:00 pm. (Show July 14th – August 15^th0

Exhibits on a permanent basis: Gallery 121 Belleville (Member), Upstairs Gallery: Port Hope, SideStreet Gallery: Wellington, Prince Edward County, Artemisia Gallery: Westport.

The Cobourg Art Club has a display of paintings upstairs at The Mill Restaurant, Cobourg --an eclectic mix of original work in all media.

Zed Woman and the City” The Colborne Art Gallery, an exhibition of work by Annie McDonald & gallery artists. The show will be on through August 2nd. Ms. McDonald states the show is "an exploration of one mythic figure's transformative powers", and resembles walking into a graphic novel. Several mediums are employed to make the work, from stone and ceramics to fabrics and wire. The city is the rhetorical device used to depict the relationships of humanity with environment.”

Spirit of the Hills, Franziska Windover to June 30^th 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 100 Mile Diner located at 17 Main Street in Warkworth to June 30.

Spirit of the Hills presents two Northumberland County artists at J. Bruce Taylor Accounting on Warkworth’s main street until June 30th. Robert Bryans (Hynze) works in a wide range of media and styles and favours recycled materials. Beverley Bell, B.A., A.R.C.T. Beverley can’t remember a time when she didn’t relate to the world through music, literature, drawing and painting.

Horizons of Friendship 12th Annual Homes, Gardens & Music Tour - Sunday, July 12, 2009, 1:00-5:30 p.m. A Horizons of Friendship fundraising event offering an eclectic mix of homes and gardens situated in Cobourg and the surrounding countryside. Enjoy light snacks and refreshments while you wander through the homes and gardens on this year’s tour with the sounds of some of Northumberland’s finest musicians. All proceeds go to support community development projects in Central America and Mexico. $30 (tax receipt $22), Tickets available at Victoria Hall Box Office, Sasha Pico Home Décor in Port Hope, and at Horizons of Friendship (50 Covert St., Cobourg). 905 372-5483 x19 or 1-888 729-9928 info@horizons.ca www.horizons.ca

Bi-Annual ACO Port Hope Garden Tour, Saturday, July 11th, 10:00 am-4:00 pm, Tickets $20 905-885-7929 or www.acoporthope.ca. On a sunny Saturday, attendees will have a unique opportunity to stroll through ten beautiful gardens, mostly in the Town of Port Hope. Gardens featured will be both large and small but each one closely reflects the personality of its owner. All of the gardens on the tour are "works-in-progress" as only gardens can be!

IN A GARDEN July 18th & 19th, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (rain or shine), Garden of Kathryn McHolm, Village of Welcome, 4749 Cty. Rd.2, 1km. n. 401. A Show & Sale of works inspired by the garden, from the garden, or for the garden, stroll amongst the garden viewing: Fibre Art ~ Veronica Derry; Handmade Glass Beads ~ Karen Elmquist; Pottery ~ Karen Franzen; Rustic Furniture ~ Martin Everist; Garden Structures ~ Amy Quinn; Handmade Soap ~ Jill Williams; Paintings ~ Maia Desjardins; Paintings, Textiles ~ Carmel Bouzanne; Beeswax Candles, Castile Soap, etc. ~ Jane Weeks; Watercolours & Drawings ~ Kathryn McHolm; Needle Art, Tin Work ~ Carrie Osborne; Wearable Art ~ Susan MacDonald; Found Object Art ~ Diana Cohen, and more. Karen Elmquist is demonstrating the fine art of glass bead making throughout the day and by request. Plants: Culinary & Aromatic Herbs, Butterfly and Bird, etc Birdbaths & Stepping Stones. Baking in the Adobe Ovens, Diane Capel's Fabulous Functional Food. Take time for a sip of garden punch or herbal tea beneath the cherries, listen for the bird songs, enjoy the ambience. more information 905 753 2196 ‘ or kathrynsgarden@sympatico.ca

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 (Toronto) and Executive Chef Peter Gosling of Oak Heights Estate Winery (Warkworth) will be served in the evening.

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 Northumberland County. The day starts at 2:00 p.m., and there are three pricing packages available to ensure a truly personalized experience.

The Other Canvas auction tickets are in great demand and there is a limited number available. A person may attend the auction portion for only $75.00 rather than buy a ticket for the gala dinner for 250.00. The national artist’s canvases have been arriving over the past few weeks and they are impressive. We are endeavouring to have a representative contingent of national artists actually attending the event; of course their official agents and managers are always a challenge to fit open dates.

The Northumberland Potters Christmas Show, November 21st & 22nd Baltimore Community Centre

What’s Coming? – At The Movies

See the line-up at the Vintage Film Festival, October 23^rd-25^th HERE

What’s On – At The Competitions

Northumberland Players Summer Theatre School New Play Festival Northumberland Players Summer Theatre School is currently taking submissions for its ‘New Play Festival'. The school is seeking adventurous and creative new plays that will be exciting for today's young actors. The scripts should be 10-40 minutes in length and the cast sizes can vary, however plays with 16-20 characters will be considered for camp productions. The scripts should be suitable for one of three age groups: elementary school (7-11), middle school (12-14), or high school (12-16). We encourage playwrights of all ages to submit their work. The submission deadline will be July 10th. Please send scripts to, The Northumberland Players, 213 Second Street Cobourg Ontario K9A 3N7, and clearly mark ‘New Play Festival' on the front of the envelope. For more information, please email meaghenquinn@hotmail.com.

Cobourg Waterfront Festival Photography Contest. Entries close August 3rd

The Cobourg Waterfront Festival invites individuals to participate in the first annual Cobourg Waterfront Festival Photography Contest. Subject of photographs must be of 2009 or past Cobourg Waterfront Festivals taken while festivals were in progress. Full details and entry forms here: www.waterfrontfestival.ca/photo_contest.htm

Arts Blogs We Like

‘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 Toronto. Featuring exhibition previews, critics’ picks, interviews and in-depth articles on art in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Halifax.

Art Daily – The first art newspaper on the net!

Members’ Billboard

ACN member Heather Stubbs has a website devoted public speaking and presentation skills. As a speaker and presentation skills trainer, she draws on a lifetime of performing experience to provide a lively, insightful and thought-provoking presentation. Have a a look at http://www.skilltime.ca. She also issues a weekly newsletter.

Business Friends of the Arts

Dray Design Studio Website Design, Print and Graphic Design

Bart Hawkins Kreps Website Design, Print Design, Editing

Aye Lighthouse B&B Bed & Breakfast

Ganaraska Art & Framing Picture Framing, art and photography lessons

The Human Bean Coffee shop, with live music and monthly artist exhibition

Meet at 66 King Street Fine dessert lounge

Northumberland View News & Entertainment

Painted Tree Art supplies and classes

Scott's Barn Culture Centre

Where They Play Productions Music Recording St

This newsletter is edited by Walter Luedtke.

Please send any notices or comments to wluedtke@cogeco.ca.