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The Arts Council of Northumberland encourages creativity and raises
the visibility of the artist and the arts community through advocacy,
communications and leadership. 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. A listing of member artists 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 David G. Brown - Sculptor “Organic, fluid, natural,
spatial, elemental are some of the words I use to describe my work. The
influences of nature and her forces are evident in most of my free-form
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From The Arts Council
Northumberland Festivals & Events
Organizers: The Ontario Ministry of Tourism has launched Celebrate Arts Council Annual General
Meeting. November 25th
Please note correction. Social meet and greet Northumberland Community
Futures Development Corporation (Northumberland CFDC) has launched a “Cultural Sector Loan” for artists throughout paul.portelli@northumberlandcfdc.ca 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 A.K. Collings Gallery closes its
doors. After four years, Port Hope's contemporary art
gallery, the A.K. Collings Gallery, quietly closed its doors on Oct. 31.
"It's been a fantastic four year stretch. It's been really, really fun
to put on the kinds of shows that might not ordinarily be seen in a small
town," said gallery curator Aurelie Collings.
"I'm definitely working to continue doing that in 'Miss Purity Flour' rises to the
top of fiction contest short list There's success in failure - you just have
to wait for it. Author Linda Hutsell-Manning's
short story, 'Miss Purity Flour' which she started in 1992, was not only
abandoned a few times, but rejected by publishers many times. Renowned author Jack Whyte
to read, sign books in Cobourg Nov. 7 Jack Whyte's
life has been as full of adventure, endurance and unexpected turns, as his
internationally acclaimed Dream of Eagles/Camulod
Chronicles series and Templar Trilogy. Since his first Eagles novel, The Skystone published in 1992, Whyte
has published an amazing 12 novels and a memoir. [more] Annual Writers and Friends event is Nov.
15 The Arts Northumberland Blog: The Ramblin’
Rose Arts Report: tba What’s On – This Weekend And The Coming Week Mysteries
and More at the Cobourg Public Library. Free Friday
films featuring classic crime and drama, tea and pastries All films start at The Amazing Kreskin
at the Park Cobourg, November 6th, Last Show Of 2009, Duke Robillard
And His Blues Band Perform At Victoria Hall Concert Hall On Friday November
6, The Fibre Arts
Collective presents "Touchable" - annual show and sale of unique fibre creations featuring sculpting, knitting, weaving,
spinning, fibre jewellery and more. November 7, 10 am to 8 pm at the Masonic Temple, 54 Toronto Road,
Port Hope, free admission, parking in rear. www.fibreartscollective.com or phone Ann
Nicholas 905-885-1710. Turandot– Giacomo
Puccini, Saturday,
November 7, 1:00 pm at the Capitol Port Hope.3 hours 21 minutes, 2
intermissions.
Director Franco Zeffirelli’s
breathtaking production of Puccini’s last opera is a favorite of the
Met repertoire. Maria Guleghina plays the ruthless
Chinese princess of the title, whose hatred of men is so strong that she has
all suitors who can’t solve her riddles beheaded. Marcello Giordani sings Calāf, the unknown
prince who eventually wins her love and whose solos include the famous
“Nessun dorma”. John Bemrose,
Saturday, November 7th, 2 pm – Port Hope Public Library, Mary J. Benson
Branch, whose
first novel The Island Walkers was a Giller Prize finalist and long-listed for The Booker
Prize. Mr. Bemrose will be reading from his newest
book The Last Woman. Book sales and author signing courtesy of Furby House Books, refreshments courtesy of the Friends
of the Library following the reading. Jenny Munro – Art Exhibition and Sale
November 7:30; Furby’s Loft, Port Hope
Reception Saturday, November 7, 2 pm – 5pm. Munro has been creating and teaching art
for 10 years and has recently gone back at it full-time after a two year
stint at Furby House Books. For a sneak peek of
Jenny’s work visit her website www.jennymunro.com The Fab Four, Saturday November 7th, Based in southern Port Hope
Festival Theatre "Nunsense Jamboree" One World Two, Saturday, November 7 at Art Show & Sale Original Oil Paintings
By Local Artist The Shelter Valley Shapenote
Singers sing on
the second Sunday of each month. The next singing will take place Sunday, November 8th, To learn more about the shape-note
tradition, visit http://www.fasola.org . Film Monday Musical Matinees at the Cobourg
Public Library at 2:00 pm – schedule HERE Classic Movie Matinees at the Port Hope Public
Library, Tuesdays 2:00 pm. – schedule HERE Writers & Friends
Select Art Auction PUBLIC PREVIEW, Thursday November 12, What’s Coming – At The Lectures, Writers &
Friends, 15th Annual Literary Evening Sunday November 15,
2009, at 3:30 PM, Trinity College School, Port Hope with some of Canada's
most outstanding authors. Governor General’s award winner Miriam Toews
joins internationally acclaimed historian Ronald
Wright, foreign correspondent Sally
Armstrong and Globe and Mail features writer and TVO host Ian Brown. Book Signings and Q&A with Master
of Ceremonies Sandra Martin. Dinner with authors (including
founding contributors Farley & Claire Mowat), Music by Nicaraguan guitar trio, Voces Poeticas ,
Silent Auction, Select live art auction featuring donations by artists Ron Bolt, Rosemary Freeman, Mary Talbot, Alice Teichert, Kendra Simmons and Jackie Currelly
and ZimArt Rice Lake Sculpture Studio.
$125 per person ($65 tax receipt). Proceeds will support Horizons of
Friendship’s work with marginalized communities in Paul Bennett - Letter to a Exploring GREAT SCENES from OPERA with Iain
Scott, Thursdays, November 19th - Opera’s most tension-filled
murder scene. A non-conformist heroine’s courage in the face of fate
and death. from Bizet’s
“CARMEN” – perhaps
the most frequently adapted scene in all opera. November 26th The central scene of both Russian
literature and opera. The heart-wrenching agonies of a teenage crush The
incomparable LETTER SCENE from Tchaikovsky’s “EUGENE ONEGIN” Why this is Opera’s greatest
test for a lyric soprano December 3rd The quintessential conjunction of sex
and violence on stage An anguished Opera Singer skewers a brutal Police Chief
The ATTEMPTED RAPE and MURDER SCENE from Puccini’s “TOSCA”
Comparing Callas, Tebaldi and others [please note ... December 17th Applying Wagner’s theories of
music-drama to the nursery The meaning-filled fairy-tale of innocent children
lost in a wood The FOREST SCENE from Humperdinck’s “HANSEL UND
GRETEL” Why this is a conductors’ favourite in
operatic literature? Poetry and Music, Conversation and Wine.
November 19th, Shane Joseph book launch
of After The Flood taking place first in Toronto at the Rivoli Restaurant on November 15th; then in Cobourg at Meet at 66 King East on November 20th, 7:00 pm.
Please note the date change. More On Shane Joseph and his new book. Gage - Unlikely Eric E. Wright book launch of his suspense novel, Captives of Minara,
Nov. 27th, Nominated for the Governor Generals’s Literary Award –
Children’s Literature – Illustration Jirina Marton,
Colborne, Bella’s Tree, text by Janet Russell. (Groundwood Books / House of Anansi
Press; distributed by HarperCollins What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance Twist - November 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21
First Stages Theatre - VITA & What’s Coming? - At The Concerts and Opera The Nylons with special guests La Jeunesse Choir, Saturday November 14th, April Wine. Thursday, November 19th, 8:00 pm.At
The Park Theatre, Cobourg. It all began in Westben’s Wind In The Willows Christmas,
Sat, Nov 21 at 2 pm St John'sChurch,
(Campbellford); Sun Nov 22 at 3 pm St Andrew's Church (Warkworth); Sat, Nov
28 at 1pm, The Barn; Sun, Nov 29 at 3 pm, The Barn. This year, ever loveable Mole and the trusty
Rat rediscover a true sense of "home sweet home" in this narrated
concert featuring Tom McCamus and the eighty voices
of the Westben Youth, Teen and Festival Choruses. "Dolce Domum" (Chapter 5) from Kenneth Grahame's
classic The Wind in the Willows as the Choruses sing seasonal music, both new
and traditional. Donna Bennett directs
with Brian at the piano. Get ready for another unforgettable musical memory-perfect
for the whole family! The Oriana Singers presents PURE &
BRIGHT featuring the debut performance of a Mark Sirett commission entitled, Things that Never Die. In
addition to this piece there will be a real gospel feel to the rest of the
concert as we perform Rob Ray’s Gospel Mass with some tremendous guest
soloists and instrumentalists joining the choir. First Performance -
Stereos & Midway State With Special
Guests The Artist Life and The Envy Friday, November 27th, 8:00 pm at the
Park Theatre, Cobourg. Behind almost
every overnight success story is an untold tale of toil. Yes, the
chart-storming, inked-up lads of Stereos seem to have come out of nowhere
with their smash “Summer Girl.” La Jeunesse Youth
Orchestra and
renowned jazz vocalist Michael Danso present ‘Home
for the Holidays’ on Sunday November 29th ,
Northumberland Orchestra &
Choir - "Gloria" Music for Christmas, Sunday, November 29, What’s Coming – Workshops and Auditions This from ACN member Chrissy Poutras:I
am the owner of Spark Box Studio,
a new artist studio and residency program in Pottery lessons with Susan McDonald at Practically Potty
Studio -- Lessons start now! Call Susan at 905-753-2731 or see www.practicallypotty.com. Beginners to
advanced, day and night classes available. 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. Dalene Claus looking for a landscape instructor in both Oils or Acrylic. Parent/Child Classes and Kid's
Birthday parties . Now in the store: Silk Screening
products and coming soon, Mat Board. Calling all artists!!The Painted Tree is looking for local
artists to paint, or otherwise decorate, Christmas Ornaments (mini canvases,
glass balls, etc.) to place on a tree at the Capitol
Arts Fundraiser this year. We think that a tree filled with local,
original artwork would raise a lot of money for this cause as well as bring
attention to local artists and their work. Northumberland Hooks and Needles Guild which meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of
each month at Regency Manor Nursing Home, 66 Dorset St. E., Port Hope at 7:00
p.m. Contact Yvonne O’Neill 905-885-4872. The 1st Thursday of each
month is “Knitter-Knatter” (knitting
news, designer of the month, show and tell). The 3rd Thursday of the month is a
workshop: Nov.19
– Toe-Up Socks – Jeff; Dec.17 – Kindness Incentive Celebration; Jan.21
– Brainstorming Fixes; Feb.18 – Favorite Scarves; Mar.18 –
Stash Reduction; Apr.15 - Seam Sewing; May 20 – Shawls; Jun 17 –
Knitting Challenge Finale. What’s On And Coming – At The Shows, Exhibitions and Cindy Taylor is showing photography at the Human
Bean. Collings has a series of “pop-up” exhibitions in the works for Collings also provides art consulting and
art placement services. This can range from helping residential or corporate
clients enhance an existing collection with in-situ colour,
display and editing decisions, through to providing acquisitions advice and
negotiating the purchase of specific works for collectors. Her goal is to
fulfill the needs and sensibilities of the individual client, rather than to
impose her own taste. Another project is “Folded&Gathered”, a fine press and
publisher of limited edition literary/art books. A.K. will be assuming the
role of co-publisher and acquisitions editor. The first title is to be
released in the summer of 2010. Visit http://foldedgathered.blogspot.com for
ongoing news. Call for
Entry! The Northumberland Potters invite you to enter our Annual Show and Colborne Art Gallery Annual Christmas Show
opening, ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL. Saturday November 14, from 12 - 4 pm. Gallery artists have been busy creating
artworks, including smaller items and cards, for this seasonal exhibit. There
will be hot cider and delicious treats to enjoy while gathering gifts for
those special people on your Christmas list. The show will run until Sunday
December 20. The Harvest" Friday Nov.
20th7:00 - Pat Stanley: FAULT LINES Paul Kane Gallery, Art Gallery
of Northumberland, Cobourg .Opening Reception: November 21, Northumberland Potters Annual Show and Sale
- November 22 and November 23 , Cindy Taylor is showing photography at the Human
Bean, Cobourg during the month of November. Arts & Crafts at The Annex Winter Show Friday, November 20, 21, and 22, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Lord Russborough’s Annex, 82 Walton St. Port
Hope. Ad Hoc studio exhibition at 9th Annual "Christmas at St.
Mark's" Saturday 28 November, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm St. Mark's Anglican
Church, The Friends of Bon Echo
Park invite all nature artists
to the Bon Echo Art
Exhibition & Sale at Email: fobecho@mazinaw.on.ca Website: www.mazinaw.on.ca/art Rui Pimenta
- "Living Within the Means of Existence" (kinetic and light based
paintings and sculptures), A.K.Collings Gallery,
Port Hope. Rui Pimenta is an emerging
artist who works with water-based fluid media (inks, latex and resin) on
transparent surfaces. His multi-layered and three dimensional work defies
categorization : it is both painting and sculpture.The
exhibition consists of 6 of Pimenta's light boxes,
and one large, singularly beautiful kinetic mobile, which occupies the entire
back wall of the space. He has transformed this small gallery into a
glittering jewel box: beautiful by day and spectacular by night. "Exposed", The 5th
Annual Photographic Exhibition by the Northumberland Photography Club. at "Meet at Second fine arts show at the
Spirit of the Hills Showcase Gallery featuring thirty-six (36) works of art,
sculpture and stained glass, until Sunday November 8th.
As a Member of the Spirit of the
Hills, The Colborne Art Gallery is also submitting work from three of their
artists. Avril
Bull-Jones (Watercolour), Barbara Buntin (Monotype
and Collage), Alison Seale (Encaustic & Collage). Doris Scott's landscape and still life
paintings are being shown right now until the end of the year at the Campbellford Public Library, Paivi Marshall showing at Taylor
Accounting at 31 Main Street in Warkworth from Monday, November
2nd until the end of the year. Anneke Newman at the ACN member Trish Pilon invites you to peruse the Teddy Bear
Review Digital magazine. HERE Be sure
to pause at pages 26 & 54 for some video action. (You can't get THAT in
the print edition!!) The For those who like to follow Ron Bolt's painting career, he will have two events in Susan MacDonald,
textile artist. Her
work is on display and for sale at the AGN gift shop at the Upstairs Gallery, Port Hope. .
The Cobourg Art Club
has a display of paintings upstairs at The Mill Restaurant,
Cobourg --an eclectic mix of original work in all media and all
members participate. The show is ongoing and changes seasonally. The Northumberland
Potters Christmas Show, November 21st & 22nd,
What’s Coming? – At The
Movies Northumberland Film Sundays, Entire fall schedule HERE What’s On – At The Competitions Arts Blogs We Like |
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‘Neurartic’
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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
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