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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 Shane Joseph, author, will be reading from his upcoming novel
After the Flood on Sunday, August 2nd, 11:00 am at the Canada Cuba Literary
Art and Lit fest at Memorial Park in Brighton. |
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From The Arts
Council Calling
all artists and friends of the arts to our “Estival
Meet n’ Greet” –Please join us to chat,
schmooze and network over a glass of wine and nibbles at the Great Farini Restaurant (Rooftop Patio), 22
Ontario St. in Port Hope at 4:00 pm on Saturday, August 1st.
In case of rain – unlikely! – we’ll
move to VINO’s next door. 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 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 Dramatic monologue celebrates
Cobourg’s Father of Confederation James Cockburn will reminisce about his
life and career in politics during the August Civic Holiday in Victoria Hall. Local authors push to preserve literary
landmark. Local authors and members of the Canada Cuba Literary
Alliance (CCLA) have banded together to save late Canadian poet Al Purdy's local cottage from demolition. Port Hope Estival
2009 to take over downtown Building on tremendous 2008 success, the
second Port Hope Estival will be ramping up the
local showcase of music, visual art, dance. The Arts Northumberland Blog: Sculptor Frances Gage Celebrates 85th
With Show At The AGN The Ramblin’
Rose Arts Report: Rose Rambles into...Zed Woman and the City Two visits,
14 segments, heaven knows how many discrete pieces. The first
visit to this exhibit at the What’s On – This Weekend And The Coming Week At Estival, July
31st, August 1st and 2nd, Port Hope. Free
concert Friday night at Sunday Broadway In The Barn, Friday, July 31st,
Port Hope Festival
Theatre “The G-String Broke” by Alan Bright. July 16th - August 1st
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. Frances Gage: Unlikely Dorothy Winter – Recent Quilts in the
Paul Kane Gallery August 1st - 29th, opening reception, Saturday,
August 22nd. Quilt maker Dorothy Winter has found new
inspiration in men’s decorative ties. These wall-hung quilts are a
fascinating study in pattern and a model of artistic recycling. smART Creating Joy July 25 - August
6, Tues - Sat, Life Drawings of Winter, Opening Reception – Sunday, August 2nd, In the winter, ten accomplished artists
gathered for weekly life drawing sessions with a variety of models. The work
of these winter evenings in charcoal, graphite, ink and conte
will be shown. Third Annual Purdy Country Literary
Festival (PurdyFest #3) and the CCLA Art & Lit
Fest on Sunday, Aug. 2nd, ACN member Richard Grove is the president
of the Canada-Cuba Literary Alliance.
Co-organizer James Deahl has called "PurdyFests" the " Don Ross, Guitar, Sunday, August 2nd, at James Cockburn will reminisce about his life
and career in politics Monday, August 3rd, 12:00 noon Victoria
Hall, Cobourg.
Town planner Rob Franklin will bring the politician to life, through a
one-man play written by historian Robert Washburn. Cobourg Waterfront Festival Photography
Contest. Entries close Monday, 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 August 4th to 7th
Monique Hills teaches water colours on 10:00 -12:00 am, Jenny Duda teaches plasticine art
1:00 -3:00 pm at the Painted Tree, Division Street, Cobourg, 905-372-1515. The life drawing group
that Melanie Browne runs at the Upstairs Gallery in Port Hope on Tuesday nights is having
a day-long pose on August 4th from Summer Movies for Kids, Every Tuesday at Tabla of the Night Tuesday August 4,
at Digitizaton Day, Wednesday, August 5th,
What’s Coming – At The Lectures, Local author Shane
Joseph talks about his latest book “Fringe
Dwellers” and about “After The Flood”, to be published in
November.
‘The stories come from personal experiences, conversations,
observations, dreams, movie scenes, books, poems, and voices in my head.
Sometimes they are an amalgam of some, or all, of the above. For example, the
title story "Fringe Dwellers" was spawned by many conversations
over the years with my neighbour, a war veteran who
had lost a limb in WWII.’ Read more HERE Poetry, Music, Conversation
and Wine. August 20th, An Afternoon with Jane Urquhart
- August 23rd, Memory: What, How, and Where We Remember.
Five Thursday Evening Lectures by the Northumberland Learning Connection, October
8 - November 5, 2009, 7:15 - 9:15 pm, Columbus Community Centre, 232 Spencer
Street East, Cobourg. Five Friday Morning Seminars: October 9 - November 6,
2009, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon, Upstairs at Furby
House Books, 65 Walton Street, Port Hope Why do we forget certain facts and
experiences while others remain firmly in our minds? Does technology help or
hinder? Do certain types of attention influence memory? Is recollection under
hypnosis possible? How do some cultures convey knowledge by means of spirit
mediums? And what do public memorials and museums add? Six eminent speakers
offer fresh insights and new discoveries about the nature of memory and the
workings of the mind. Read more... What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance The
summer season at the Fourth Line Theatre HERE Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors,
Friday, August 7th, 7:00pm, Victoria Park, Cobourg. The Driftwood Theatre Group, What’s Coming? - At The Concerts Carmen & David—La chanteuse et le
guitare. Friday August 7, at Julian Austin, Thursday, August 6th, 8:00
pm at the Park, Cobourg, Tickets $31.50 (taxes included) Country music has by
tradition offered itself as a haven to the hard drinking, hard living
misfits, who fought their way back to the light. Julian Austin is one of
these – a maverick, renegade, rebel and after
a lifetime of struggles has now earned the respected title of “The Bad
Boy With The Big Heart” of country music. What’s Coming – Workshops Chris Worsnop at
the Northumberland Players is preparing workshops for the fall: producing, play
writing, and stage management. Details tba The Painted Tree, Cobourg has announced its schedule for fall
classes. Visit the Website HERE The Northumberland School Of The Arts has
an online art and crafts survey HERE 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 John Shaw-Rimmington is finally building the sculpture in
front of the Northumberland County Headquarters. The commission was awarded
several years ago after an open call for proposals. The work will be
completed by the middle of next week and is located in front of the building
on the north east corner of Gallery In The Garden show and sale, August
22nd, 10:00 – 4:00 pm, Medlicott
House, 321 Sixth Line West, Campbellford. Second year of show and sale in the historical gardens
of Medlicott House, strolling musicians. Plus
miniature show and contest in the Summer Studio (paintings or photographs 5x7
unframed, 3-dimensional maximum 3"x 3" x 3"). Entry cost:
$25.00 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for the 2nd Annual
Square Foot Art Show at the All Canadian Jazz Festival. Please the Home Page at www.allcanadianjazz.ca for all the details. Terry Marrocco, artist and
art therapist: Terry's paintings are on display at The Buttermilk Cafe in Cobourg this August.
Terry is a part of the Northumberlandhills Studio
Tour on September 12 and September 13. Susan MacDonald,
textile artist. Her
work is on display and for sale at the AGN gift shop at the Upstairs Gallery, Port Hope. The Third annual Juried Photography Show and Elizabeth Wilson is
showing nine paintings until the end of July at Furby
House Books, Port Hope. Susan Caron’s work can be seen at
Munro’s, Anita Gutteridge
at Kingsley’s Korner, Louise Aronson, Evelyn Van Hoekelen,
Campbellford Public Library. A number of the paintings featured were inspired by her
visit to At A.K. Collings Gallery, Port Hope "Melanie MacDonald” –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). 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.” 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 Over eighty percent of the artists’
canvases have arrived from across the county. The artists have excelled in
their creations and provided us with a wide diversity of subjects and
techniques. The public has stepped forward and is showing a strong interest
to support the Meet the Artists & Auction features of the one-day event. Kindly note the following changes. Price of
admission for both the Auction and Meet the Artists portion is $50.00 and
tickets may be purchased by calling Catherine Holt at 705-653-4343 ext. 2104.
We have changed the food & beverage portion, which will be complementary,
and cancelled the gala dinner. The Northumberland
Potters Christmas Show, November 21st & 22nd What’s Coming? – At The
Movies Summer Movies for Kids, Every Tuesday at Latin
Summer Film Festival presented by Horizons of Friendship. Every
Thursday in August from August 6-Muffins for Granny; Aug 13-The Three Burials of Melquiades
Estrada (rated 14A); Aug 20- Which Way Home (Hot
Docs 2009, PG 13); Aug 27-Under the Same Moon
(PG) Read a synopsis of the films HERE The ONLY Latin
film festival in Cobourg. ¡Vamos al festival de cine latino! 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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This newsletter is edited by
Walter Luedtke. Please send any notices or comments to wluedtke@cogeco.ca. |
