Quinte Arts Council

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Winter 2014 / 2015 COVERING THE ARTS IN QUINTE Volume 24, Number 4
BelleVegas II: Hip for the Holidays!
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The entire cast of musicians and vocalists joined in an exciting finale at September’s BelleVegas Variety Show extravaganza.
Those who attended the BelleVegas Variety Show held alto sax; Brook Wododich, baritone sax, and Dan Shaer, cast mates, as they are very close friends who love to
in September will agree that it was an outstanding vocals/tenor/keyboards/drums. share their passion for music with their audiences!
evening of entertainment, filled with great music and
enough energy to light Times Square. Joining Variety for this concert are: Lenni Stewart, Tim Mezzo-Soprano Kim Dafoe is no stranger to concert
Campbell, Susan Walsh, Randy Coker, Tim Hunt, Debra halls and theatres of the area. Stage and solo credits
The evening featured Variety, The Dance and Show Tosh, Kim Dafoe, Wendy Shaer and Sam Brady. include work with The Kingston Symphony, The
Band, joined by local musicians and Kingston Summer Festival, The Kingston Grand
vocalists: All you Need is Love’s An accomplished singer/songwriter Theatre, The Quinte Symphony, The Stirling Festival
Mark Rashotte and Andy Forgie, and entertainer, Lenni Stewart’s Theatre, The Trentones, For the Love of a Song, The
Susan Walsh of For the Love of a repertoire and vocal style concentrate Westben Arts Festival Theatre, Tweed National Theatre,
Song, and a host of other special on two main genre groups - The Belleville Theatre Guild, Bridge St. United Church,
guests including Sam Brady, Tim traditional jazz and boogie blues, and and Opera Buffa. Kim is currently the Arts Department
Campbell, Jeanette Arsenault, country rhythm and blues with her Head at Centre Hastings Secondary School in Madoc.
Solitary Man Tim Hunt, Lenni two bands, Lenni Stewart Trio and
Stewart, Wendy Shaer, Melanie Hilmi Manhattan Rouge Jazz Trio. “Like Tim Hunt is a singer, songwriter, entertainer and co-
and Colonel David Lowthian. a fine red wine, Lenni’s sound is owner of Harmony Music Plus Ltd. and founder of
full, vibrant, smoky and sensual, and Musicians for Hope. Inspired by his father’s love of
Near the end of the show everyone where a good vintage might carry Neil Diamond, Tim created Solitary Man, a world
was up dancing in their seats! All E hints of cherry or chocolate, Lenni’s
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Theatre. Hip for the Holidays Audiences will recognize Susan
Walsh from Belleville Theatre Guild Serving the Quinte region
BelleVegas II – Hip for the Holidays will again feature musicals, singing with The Commodores’ Orchestra and for more than 65 years!
Variety’s lineup of musicians, with some of the top Frank Howard Orchestra, years of performing with the
musicians in the region, from Toronto to Kingston to five-piece vocal group Harmonie, an amazing decade of
Peterborough. They are: Wendy Shaer, vocals; Duncan rockin’ and rollin’ with The Cadillacs Showband, and This issue sponsored by
Cooper, keyboards/vocals; Bob Arledge, bass guitar; directing, producing and performing in the annual For
Belleville Intelligencer
Neal Mattice, lead guitar; Andy Coffin, trumpet; Don The Love of a Song fall fundraiser since 2007. She feels
Finlay, trumpet; Roger Chong, trombone; Fred Dory, blessed working with her seven very talented FTLOAS
You can have
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Downtown Belleville www.dinkelsrestaurant.com
A PUBLICATION OF THE
Art in the Community: visit the QAC’s
Gallery and Gift Shop for beautiful
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair Dan Atkinson Christmas gifts by local artists
1st Vice Chair Anne Cunningham
Treasurer Jenny Woods
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
On the walls… On the bookshelf…
Dianne Coyle, Daniel Vaughan,
Libby Smith, Jeanette Arsenault
You have got to check out the offerings by local artists, There are also a number of fabulous books by local
and Robert Kranendonk
artisans and crafters that we have in the Quinte Arts authors, DVDs, CDs and gift cards. Books that we
STAFF Council Gallery and Gift Shop! We have that perfect gift currently have on hand include: Calla & Edourd, a
Carol Feeney for Christmas, whether it be a handcrafted scented soap novella by Kathryn MacDonald; A Breeze You Whisper,
Executive Director or set of earrings for a stocking stuffer, or paintings and poems by Kathryn MacDonald; Act Like You’ve Been
[email protected] felt purses, hats and legwarmers to keep you cozy this There, Rules For My Brother, by Nick Foley; At The
winter. And from now until mid-January, the featured Call of King and Country, by Bill Kennedy; Belleville:
Carol Bauer
artists on the walls at the Gallery & Gift Shop are Dennis A Popular History, by Gerry Boyce; Blue, by Michael
Artist and Member Services Officer
Stembridge, Susan Moshynski and Robert Tokley. Rutland; Burn This Gossip, by Sheldon and Judith
[email protected]
Godfrey; Celebrating Hockey History, The Story of
Kim Lidstone the 1958/59 Belleville McFarlands, DVD by Peter
Administrative Assistant Lockyer; Flowertopia, poems and pictures by Kathy
[email protected] Figueroa; Frugal Lawyer, Flashy Lawyer, by Donald
W. Desaulniers; Historic Hastings Volume 1, by Gerald
E. Boyce; History Lives Here, DVD by Peter Lockyer;
Lanark Chronicles – Book One – The Last, by W.D.
The Quinte Arts Council is a not-for-profit,
McKay; Lanark Chronicles – Book Two – Ghost God,
charitable organization, registration number
by W.D. McKay, Making Waves: The Story of Canada’s
107869448 RR 0001.
Miss Supertest Team, DVD by Peter Lockyer; Mary
Publications mail agreement number 40667523.
Aylward, by Paul Kirby; The Trail of Broken Hearts, by
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More Macs More, Celebrating Hockey History: The
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Belleville McFarlands, by Aaron Bell; Paudash Poems,
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Pottery by Barbara Chappelle
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Editorial Staff: Carol Bauer
Jane Mackenzie
Carol Feeney
Poetry Editor: Chris Faiers
Design: David Vaughan
Production: Carol Bauer
Published by: The Quinte Arts Council
36 Bridge St. E., P. O. Box 22113
Belleville, Ontario K8N 2Z5
Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday - Friday
Administration: 613-962-1232
www.quinteartscouncil.org
Printed by: McLaren Press Graphics
Pear Trio, oil painting by Dennis Stembridge Felted hat and scarf by Laurene Stather
Bracebridge, Ontario
Deadline for Spring Mar/Apr/May 2015
issue is Monday, January 26, 2015.
Umbrella welcomes submissions in the following
categories: illustrations and photographs, articles
on or about the arts in the Quinte region, poetry or
prose. Umbrella assumes no responsibility for
unsolicited materials. Material may be reprinted only
with permission of the editor. Umbrella reserves the
right to edit, crop and editorialize all submissions.
Umbrella is mailed to members and is delivered to a
wide variety of distribution points throughout Quinte
and beyond. The information and opinions contained Galaxy Night, painting by Jo Darnelle Napanee River, photograph by Phil Norton
in this newsletter are obtained from various sources
believed to be reliable, but their accuracy cannot be
guaranteed. The Quinte Arts Council and its
On the shelves…
employees and agents assume no responsibility for
errors or omissions or for damages arising from the
On the shelves we have jewellery, scarves, pottery,
use of the published information and opinions.
Readers are cautioned to consult their own buttons, magnets, weaving, wood carvings, soaps,
professional advisors to determine the applicability lotions, teas, books, CDs, DVDs, cards, Christmas
of information and opinions in this newsletter in any ornaments, and more, by a variety of talented Quinte
particular circumstances. artisans.
MISSION, VISION & VALUE STATEMENTS
Mission: The Quinte Arts Council is an umbrella See new work by potter Barbara Chappelle; suncatchers,
organization dedicated to promoting artists and arts jewellery and window hangings by Tina Osborne;
organizations in all disciplines and to further jewellery and ribbon scarves by Glamour Junkie’s
appreciation of arts and culture in the Quinte region. Connie Yrjola; stained glass by Lynda Pauk; fused
Vision: Cultivating Creativity glass by Jane Toombes; woven items and sampler Glass suncatcher by Linda Conway
kits by Christine Allan; buttons, cards and ‘Domestic
To achieve our mission, we:
Camo’ by Rachel Comeau; jewellery and Chakra laces
• provide effective, accessible communication tools
by Janice Teare; pottery by Niki Mitz; soaps, lotions
• engage artists in our programs and events
• provide arts education opportunities for artists and and therapy teas by Karen Warren; crystal, silver and
students watercolour jewellery by Helen Steinberg; nuno felt
• provide professional development activities for items made by Quixote by Laurene; pottery by Bailey
artists Brown; glass sun catchers (for indoors and out) by Linda
• foster and engage in dialogue about the arts in our Conway; handmade bath and body creations from Essential
community
Relaxation; cutting boards by wood carver, Nikolay Savov;
#ISSN 1183 - 1839 glass work by Zak Sieben and pottery by Perry Poupore.
Necklace by Glamour Junkie
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MESSAGE
FROM THE CHAIR
Dan Atkinson, Chair
Welcome to the winter edition of Umbrella. While
the past summer wasn’t blessed with the warm, dry
conditions that most of us look forward to, we should
be thankful that it was only rain that happened so
often—my agriculture friends tell me that this coming
winter will be similar to last winter, so forewarned is
forearmed!!
We continue to forge ahead, at the Quinte Arts Council,
with implementing our strategies to reshape how we
raise funds and deliver our services to the membership.
This past September, the QAC staged a Las Vegas type
show at The Empire, with a number of local celebrities
providing outstanding entertainment. In fact, the show
was such a success and created so much interest that
we have decided to produce a second one in early
December.
We also have other projects in the pipeline, at the time
of writing this message, such as an online auction, for
which we have secured a wide variety of interesting
and exciting items. This auction is scheduled for mid-
November and by the time this edition of Umbrella is
in your hands, we should know how successful it was.
Windy Shore, oil on canvas by Robert Tokley
The Board believes that hosting a small number of
varied fund-raising activities will improve our profile
by Kathy Figueroa; poetry by Karen Dack; Priests in in the community and will eventually result in a more
the Attic, by Elaine A. Small; Quinte Cuisine, by the successful and stable financial position for the QAC. It
CFUW; Season of Deceit, by Robin Timmerman; The also removes us from the necessity of placing all our
Pity of the Winds, by Robin Timmerman; The Puppet fund-raising eggs in one basket, as we did by hosting a
and the Poet, by Nan French; The Remarkable Journey Gala.
of Maurice Rollins, by Orland French; Touring the Past,
by Bob Lyons; VinLand – The Ragnarok, VinLand – As you know, all municipalities in Ontario recently
The Beginning, and Undead At Groom Lake, by R.G. held their elections. We congratulate those who were
Johnston; Whimsical Ways, poetry by James H. Brown; successful in their campaigns and also congratulate
Wind, Water, Barley and Wine: The Nature of Prince all other candidates for placing their names before the
Edward County, by Orland French; Your Loving Anna: voters and thus demonstrating a desire to participate in
letters from the Ontario frontier, by Anna Leveridge; the affairs of their community. The Quinte Arts Council
Growing Up Quinte, by Jack Evans and Cyndi Crowder, is an active participant in the Regional Cultural
and Over the Hills of Home, by Paul Kirby. So many All natural soaps and laundry kits by Essential Relaxation Roundtable Group and is part of the committee that
items that are perfect for gift-giving! sent out information apprising the candidates of the
existence of a Regional Cultural Plan and asking for
Around town… their position on support for arts and culture. These
responses were sent to our membership. I was pleased
In venues around Belleville you’ll see work by: to note that all respondents, the majority of the
Josephine Darnell at Dinkel’s Restaurant & Courtyard, candidates, expressed continued support for arts and
Robert Tokley at Earl & Engelo’s Restaurant, David culture programs in our communities.
Alexander at The Boathouse Restaurant, Phil Norton at
Prime Time Steakhouse, Janice Teare at Bathworks, and As a final note, as we head towards the holiday season,
members of the Belleville Art Association at the Family I’d like to wish all of you a wonderful Christmas. I
Medical Centre in the Bayview Mall. hope you have a safe and happy New Year and thank
you for your continued support of the Quinte Arts
For more information, call the QAC at 613-962-1232 or Council. I’d also like to thank the staff for all of their
visit quinteartscouncil.org. efforts over the past year and for the support they have
Domestic Camo blocks by Rachel Comeau provided me.
The Gallery and Gift Shop is located at 36 Bridge Street
East in downtown Belleville and is open Tuesdays As always, I welcome any comments or suggestions.
through Fridays, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Dan Atkinson FCPA, FCA
Chair
The Staff and
Board of the
Quinte Arts Council
wish you all a
Happy Holiday!
Fused glass plate by Jane Toombes Wooden cutting board by Nikolay Savoy
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Guitarist, singer and songwriter, Timothy Campbell is
a well renowned performer in the Quinte area. As the
owner of Keynote Studios, he has helped to instruct
and produce many aspiring and professional musicians
over the years. As the producer of the radio show
Handmade Music, he helped area artists gain access
handcrafted
to the local airwaves. A co-founder of Musicians for
and custom creations
Hope, he continues to use his talents to respond to
repairs ,re-designs
his neighbours in need. As well as being a founding
classes and supplies
member of such legendary local groups as Sands Of
Time, Bentwood Rocker and All You Need Is Love, by designer,
he continues to work with many successful musical Connie Yrjola
Kim Dafoe MC Rick Zimmerman www.glamourjunkie.ca
class tribute to the music of Neil Diamond, and he has 613.966.5692
performed under that stage name since 1991. In more
recent years, he has formed a new band called The
Getaway, performing hits from the 60s through to today.
Debra Tosh is a dynamic and engaging person, who is
well known as an actor, director, producer and singer.
She has performed on numerous stages, including The
Belleville Theatre Guild, as a cabaret singer at many
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values of responsible affluence. His stage debut at the Tim Campbell
last concert was incredible. Sam literally captivated the
audience with his vocal style and stage presence. We December 5. Tickets are $35 each and will be available GIFT SHOP
can’t wait to see what he will do this time. at the Empire Theatre Box Office (613-969-0099 or
theempiretheatre.com).
Wendy Shaer has an extensive background as a vocalist,
Unique, affordable gifts
with both live bands and theatre. She is currently Since 1967, the Quinte Arts Council has been serving
lead female vocalist with: Variety, the Dance & Show its membership – artists, member groups, community Artwork by Quinte Artists
Band, The Power Connection, and the Dan Shaer Big friends, businesses, and students – while offering quality
Books, Paintings, Jewellery, Pottery
Band. Her past credits include: playing Mary in the entertainment, arts experiences, and arts education for
Buttons, Compacts & Bottle Openers
musical Jesus Christ Superstar, I’ve Heard That Song people of all ages in the community. Proceeds from
Glass Art, Fabric Art
Before, Mother Superior in Sound of Music, Annie, the the show will be used to support Quinte Arts Council’s
Gloves, Hats and Scarves
Broadway version of A Christmas Carol, and narrator programming. This is a Shaer Production with local
Natural Soaps, Creams & Laundry Kits
with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. media/marketing partners they integrated, Mix 97, Rock
CDs, Gift Cards, and more
She was also a cast member with West Bend Theatre and 107, CJBQ, Hits 95.5 and Cool 100 on board to support
the past lead vocalist with the Ron Merringer Big Band. the event.
ART IN THE COMMUNITY - Looking For Visual Artists
The Quinte Arts Council’s Art in the Community program puts work by member
artists out into public spaces where the community and potential buyers will see
them. Pictured here is Robert Tokley hanging a new piece in the QAC’s Gallery
Start Your Holiday
and Gift Shop. Robert has sold six pieces through Art in the Community. Congratu-
Shopping Here!
lations Robert! If you are a visual art member of the QAC, producing work that can
hang on walls, and would like to be part of Art in the Community, please contact us 36 Bridge St. East, Belleville
at 613-962-1232 or [email protected]. We’ll need images of your work Open Tues. to Fri. 9:30 to 4:30
and an artist’s statement. Currently, we are looking for work for our show running
mid-January until the end of March, as well as future shows.
WWW.QUINTEARTSCOUNCIL.ORG
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VISUAL ARTS
Mug shots, dock shots and more at the Parrott Gallery
By Susan Holland, Curator
Not only will you be Artists Below the Line is a group of creators, founded
captivated by the individuals about three years ago, as a result of discussions about
as you look at the images, the difficulties, challenges and pure joy that accompany
but you will be interested to an attempt to make a living by making art. You may
read about their crimes and know the artists and their good works through their
the punishments of the time! association with Downtown Docfest and the annual
There are many interesting exhibition held in conjunction, highlighting the works
facts included on the labels of the members of the artistic community here in
for the show, such as, only Belleville. Co-founder Peter Paylor says: “…talent
18 of the 474 mug shots is ruthlessly equitable—it doesn’t check your wallet
collected during these years before it seeks you out and as a result, there are dozens
were of women. of talented artists in the Quinte Region who face real
economic barriers to being able to create, show and sell
The exhibition provides a their work if they choose. Artists Below the Line exists
unique perspective on the in order to make the community aware of the issues
social history of Ontario that these artists face and it was born from the belief
during those years, including that once they were made aware, the members of the
police practices, the community would show their support, both financially
emergence of photography and otherwise.”
Mug Shot: Lillie Williams, arrested on August 11, 1901. Courtesy of the OPP Museum and the development and
social phenomena of the mug The High Cost of Living (in colour) is the group’s
As we trudge (reluctantly?) into another winter season, shot. This show continues to December 31 in Gallery One. inaugural exhibition here at the Parrott Gallery and runs
we invite you to warm your toes and your souls by from February 19 to March 25. Meet the artists and
visiting the John M. Parrott Art Gallery! There is a lot In Gallery Two, from December 4 to 31, you can enjoy show your support at an opening reception on Thursday,
going on….. On the River: A Sailor’s Perspective (favorite places February 19, from 6 to 7:30 pm.
in the Thousand Islands), a selection of new
Arresting Images: Mug shots from The OPP Museum works in oil by local painter Peter Davis.
is an award-winning travelling exhibition that made Peter has been sailing the Thousand Islands
its debut in 2009 during the 100th anniversary of the area for many years and has painted some
Ontario Provincial Police. This bilingual exhibition of the most beautiful scenes he enjoyed
consists of 100 framed reproductions of criminal during his travels. Meet Peter at the opening
photos (mug shots), dating from 1886 to 1908, along reception on Thursday, December 4, from 6 to
with a strong educational element. 7:30 pm.
In Gallery One
from January
8 to February
12, master
watercolorist
Donna Bonin will
be exhibiting work
by both herself and
some of her artist In the Right Light, photograph by Audra Kent
students in a show
titled Adventures Abroad. Through the generosity of Belleville artist Wim Mijusson,
This show will feature we are the grateful recipient of the donation of the
paintings in various media. remaining portion of his life’s work. Heartfelt thanks to
All of the work was done Wim for his gift to us, and for making us the stewards
during Donna’s European of these 172 paintings, created over a period spanning
Workshops over the last 50 years. We invite you to view selections from this new
several years. collection in Gallery Two from February 19 to March
25. I have worked very closely with Wim prior to the
During the same period, donation and have come to deeply respect and admire the
photographer Audra Kent man and his life as portrayed through his painting. In the
will be presenting In the coming years, you will find other selections throughout
Right Light in Gallery Two. the Library and Gallery from time to time.
This is Audra’s first solo
show and her images are And while you’re here, take a moment to browse the
stunning and span a wide Gallery Shop. You may find that special something
variety of subject matter. you’ve been looking for!
The opening reception for For more information, please give us a call at
both shows is Thursday, 613-968-6731 ext. 2240 or visit our website at:
January 8, from 6 to 7:30 pm. bellevillelibrary.ca.
View from the Dock, Endymion Island, oil painting by Peter Davis
CALL FOR ARTISTS
Rednersville Road Art Tour
The highly successful Rednersville Road Art Tour is now inviting new hosts and guests to participate on their 2015 Labour Day Tour.
Application forms can be found on their website - www.rednersvilleroadarttour.com - under the heading “Join the Tour”. Each host venue
must either be on the Rednersville Road (County Road 3 in Prince Edward County) or within the area bounded by the Bay of Quinte on
the north and within 2 kms south of the Bay. Guests do not have to reside in the required host geographical area. They would be
co-located with a willing and available host. Deadline to apply is December 15, 2014.
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Fibre art at Gallery One-Twenty-One
By Kathryn Fellows
The Annual Christmas Show at Gallery One Twenty two small businesses and still found time to knit, tole
One runs throughout the month of December. Not only paint and design her own clothing.
will you find wonderful gift ideas, you will be pleased
to see the reasonable prices on numerous items, priced Pat has been a member of the Prince Edward Quilt Guild
for the discerning shopper. Joining the members of the for more than 15 years. She has received Best Overall
gallery will be: Marion Casson with her wonderful and Best of Show awards. In 2004, Pat was invited to
weaving and scarves, Claudette Boulanger and join the Quinte Fibre Artists. She has shown her work
Claudia McCabe with original pieces of art, Christine at various quilt shows: the John Parrott Gallery in
Walker-Bird, who works in fabrics, leathers, mittens, Belleville, Black Prince Gallery, Art in the Community
Lisa Morris who makes very unique jewellery, Marc and Tall Poppy Café.
Bourdon with jewellery and glass sculptures – literally
something for everyone! Karen Kaiser is originally from Kingston. She was a
teacher, having graduated from Peterborough Teachers
From January 6 to February 14, 2015, we present College. She has also been a graphic designer in
our first ever Fibre Artists’ Show, with an opening advertising, a salesperson, a manager of West Moira
reception on Saturday, January 10, from 2 to 4 pm. Orchards with her husband Kurt, and for 23 years she
has been an artist. Traditional rug hooking became an
“Walk with me into the woods or swamp - be inspired, interest to her in 2001, and she has hooked hundreds
as I am, by the wildness of the spaces so close to where of rugs in various styles. Currently Karen is a member
we live.” Gallery One-Twenty-One member Ann Fales of the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild, is a member of
will be joined by members of the Quinte Fibre Arts the board of OHCG and is coordinator for the OHCG
Group to display their works. Ann, originally from B.C., school. Karen has shown her works at many venues in
Please join us for the oPening grew up in a family where all of the children’s clothes Eastern Ontario.
saturday, november 1, 2-4pm
were made by hand by her mother. She received her
first embroidery kit when she was five and was making Lindy Powell is a member of The Dumpster Diva
many of her own clothes by the time she was nine. Ann Collective, regional artists who all work in recycled
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eventually became a mature student and studied at the materials. Lindy, a retired teacher from Loyalist College,
University of Washington where she received a BA in has been enjoying creating ‘artsy items’ from recycled
Sociology and Anthropology. An MA in Adult Education fabrics, clip-on earrings from her mother’s era, and
from the University of Chicago followed a couple of vintage buttons.
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a position as Assistant Professor of Adult Education at “My fashionista daughter has finally convinced me
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WEDISH EAVING OISE in Toronto. that if I wear more than seven accessories at once I run
the risk of looking tacky, so crazy quilting is a way to
In 1980 Ann moved to a farm on the Moira River, where indulge my love of ornamentation. I use buttons and
she still lives. She began quilting in 1994 because she bits of jewellery to embellish my work … finally I’ve
was inspired to make ‘wall art’ using fabrics. She took a found a use for all of those fabulous clip-on earrings I
quilting course from Phyllis Sawyer at Foxboro Fabrics can’t resist buying at thrift stores and yard sales. When it
to learn the basics, and the rest is history! comes to crazy quilting, more is more.”
“A creative way to relax at the In 1995 Ann and her husband became winter caretakers at Mary Andrews Minigan is a third generation artist
a floating fishing lodge in B.C. “There I had lots of time to whose Belleville childhood included an arts education
end of the day!”
quilt and the surreal beauty around me provided visual and by osmosis. Her grandmother, Nettie Wardner, was an
psychic inspiration to create my own quilting designs”. accomplished watercolourist, and her mother, Muriel
Monk’s Cloth, patterns, books, Andrews, was a well-known painter and teacher.
notions, yarns, kits and much more! Ann is a member of the Prince Edward County Quilters’
Classes & Wholesale Guild, and the Quinte Fibre Artists and has received Mary graduated from the University of Western Ontario
many awards for her fibre art. with a B.A., and found herself working for Revenue
205-135 Tracey St. Belleville Canada, a job that was not a natural fit for a creative
By appointment or by chance One of the artists who has influenced Ann is Joan person. In 2000, tired of feeling like a square peg in a
Reive. Joan has been painting and sewing for most of round hole, she left RCA to pursue interests closer to
Christine 613-779-7928
her life. She was a member of Gallery One-Twenty-One her heart. Over the ensuing years she studied with many
for 13 years and has been a member of the Belleville Art inspiring fibre artists through Fibreworks, St. Lawrence
www.funandfastpatterns.ca
Association since 1967. She spent 35 years teaching art College and Quinte Fibre Artists. Mary lives in Thurlow
[email protected]
classes for Loyalist College in the Continuing Education and at Consecon Lake.
program. As a fibre artist, she is a member of the Quinte
Fibre Arts Group, the Quinte Quilters’ Guild, The Quinte Marta Smith has been involved with women and their
Needle Arts Guild, The Trent Valley Quilters’ Guild and images, in various forms, for her entire career. Born and
Studio Art Quilts Association as well as The Canadian raised in Toronto, she earned a diploma in Fashion Arts
Quilters’ Association. Joan is very well known in the from Ryerson, teaching certification from University of
community as a watercolour artist and paints in acrylics Toronto and a B.A. from York University. She currently
and oils as well. She has won many awards for both her lives in Milford Ontario.
493 Flying Club Road, fibre art and her paintings over the years.
Stirling, ON K0K 3E0 [phone] Creating art dolls and fibre works is a natural
Marta Mouka lives in Tweed Ontario. She was born combination of her skills in textiles and jewellery
and raised in the Czech Republic. After graduating making, and her interests in feminism and images of
Showcasing the artistic expressions of
from college, she studied graphic design at the College women. Found objects and materials make their way
30+ local, national and international
of Applied Arts in Brno, Czech Republic. Her family into the designs and she finds it is a creative challenge
artists and artisans immigrated to Canada in 1984 and for the next 25 years to manipulate an element and use it for other than its
she held a graphic design position in the advertising/ intended purpose.
Jewelry • Pewter • Pottery • Art • Scarves publishing field.
Marta is a member of the Canadian Doll Artists
Hand-crafted Wood Vases & Bowls
“I have been creating art for over 20 years. At first it Association and the Quinte Fibre Artists.
Stained, Blown and Fused Glass Designs
was a peaceful escape from my demanding professional
work. Now that I live in a centuries-old farm near Susan Walker has spent her life as an accomplished
Tweed, with my partner and numerous orange cats, my dressmaker, sewing and creating beautiful and useful
Don’t let another gift giving event pass
full focus is on art. I became a full time artist in 2008.” items, mainly clothing. More recently she has been
you by without visiting The Gift Boutique.
creating watercolour paintings (and recently won an
Marta has had her work accepted in numerous juried shows award at the Belleville Art Associations’ juried show). Her
Experience… Gift Giving at its very best!
and group exhibitions. Her work is displayed in a number favourite subject matter seems to be painting sheep. But
of galleries in Toronto, Kingston and the Quinte area. back to her sewing…. her children’s jackets are adorable!
December Hours: Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun: 10-2. Closed from
Dec. 25/14 to Jan. 13/15, re-opening on Wed, Sat and
Patricia Sztuke was born and raised in ‘The County’ Bethany Garner is a professor of Fine Arts/Textile
1st and 3rd Sundays from 10-2 (Jan 14-May 1/2015).
and has lived much of her life in a lakeside home Design at St. Lawrence College. She brings 20 years
Should you not be able to shop during these hours
between Bloomfield and Wellington. Patricia taught of surface design and fibre arts experience to her work,
kindly contact us for an appointment. We will be
mentally challenged children, raised a family, operated using multiple design and hands-on applications in
happy to accommodate you.
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Shapes and colours at the Art Gallery of Bancroft
Lost in Tourngait National Park, 4’ x 5’ (partial shown), oil on canvas by Linda Lang
From December 3 through 27, the Art Gallery of O’Marra will be the juror. O’Marra is known for his her mentor, Doris McCarthy. Lang has led expeditions
Bancroft will be featuring the photographs of Don realist paintings and drawings and has recently begun and exhibited throughout Canada (including the Arctic),
Wilson in a show titled Aesthetic Fabrications: exploring abstraction as well. United States, and in Russia.
Photographs of an Industrial Geography.
The Art Gallery of Bancroft has been holding the student Glaciers Gone Bye is an educational exhibition of
In this exhibition, Wilson has created a dialogue of exhibitions since the early 1990s, and after the passing oil paintings and journal excerpts, based on changes
the conflicted, between control and chaos, the bleak of artist and gallery committee member Michal Manson, Lang has seen in the Polar Regions since 2002. Such
and the beautiful. He describes this body of work as in February 2010, the student exhibition was named in changes include seeing entire mountains melt in three
an exploration of the shape of dissonance – a space her honor. years, polar bears climbing bird cliffs in search of food
between form and function, redundance and purpose. and the effect of climate change on the Inuit people,
Photographed at the GP Flakeboard Plant in Birds Opening reception and awards ceremony will be held on their landscape and the wildlife they share the land
Creek, which was shut down in 2003, the images present Saturday, January 10, at 2 pm. with. There will be an educational booklet produced
a tightly constructed, sparse landscape of constrained with the exhibition, as well as school tours and
ambiguity. From February 4 through 28, the Art Gallery of presentations.
Bancroft will be featuring the paintings of Linda Lang
Wilson said, “These images are meant as metaphors for in a show titled Glaciers Gone Bye. Lang’s painting Lost in Tourngait National Park is based
the uneasy balance we strike, a balance between our on an expedition she did in 2011 to Tourngait National
personal sense of purpose and value, and the burden of Linda Lang is an internationally acclaimed expedition Park in Labrador. Lang said, “Our guides were used to
our utility within a broader societal context.” and climate change artist, whose paintings are based on watching for polar bears on snow and rocks and almost
the knowledge she has gained from her Inuit friends, missed a polar bear hiding in the bushes. That was the
Wilson describes the plant as once animated by the scientists and over a dozen expeditions to the polar first time we had seen a polar bear so far south. This
hopes and labours of a prospering community, now regions. She first travelled to the Arctic in 2002 with painting explores the disconnection of his not belonging
sitting idle, a vacant landscape of steel and concrete there.”
abandoned to the vagaries of economics. “Every time
I go back to the site, a little bit more has been taken Lang began studying painting at the age of 12, when
apart, plants grow up through the asphalt and rust she took lessons from Alice Forestell in Tottenham,
continues to consume steel. It’s a wonderful place to Ontario. She has taken many workshops, including some
have been granted access to, exciting to be around an with Doris McCarthy, and studied Fine Arts at York
alien landscape of large industrial structures. The kid in University. Lang also studied animation and website
me was in his glory. At the same time, it’s a melancholy design at Ontario College of Art and Design.
place full of the evidence of human activity, echoes of a
lost purpose.” Lang is a former board member of the Society of
Canadian Artists, an elected Signature Member
Wilson received a Bachelor of Applied Arts, of Artists for Conservation, former Art Liaison
Photographic Arts, from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute for International Polar Year, and founder of Polar
in Toronto. He is a founding member of A Place for the Artists Group and the Arctic Quest 2006 project. She
Arts Artists Collective in Bancroft. represented Polar Artists at the launch of International
Polar Year in Paris, France in 2007, participated in
The artist is grateful to the Ontario Arts Council Untitled photograph, by Don Wilson the Circumpolar Artists Round Table discussions at
for Exhibition Assistance. There will be an opening the United Nations Office in Geneva, and in 2008 and
reception on Friday, December 5 at 7:30pm. 2009 she represented Canada at the Northern Lights
Festival in the Russian Arctic.
From January 7 through 31, the Art Gallery of
Bancroft will be holding its 24th annual juried student Lang has taught art workshops for the Toronto District
exhibition, titled Michal Manson Memorial High School Catholic School Board, for the McMichael Canadian
Exhibition. Art Collection, and for Students on Ice Climate Change
expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica in Russia and
This annual exhibition gathers artwork from four high the United States.
schools in the area, as well as from home-schooled
students. North Hastings High School in Bancroft, There will be an opening reception on Friday, February
Centre Hastings Secondary School in Madoc, 6, at 7:30 pm.
Madawaska Valley District High School in Barry’s
Bay and Haliburton Highlands Secondary School The Art Gallery of Bancroft is located at 10 Flint Avenue
in Haliburton will be submitting 10 to 15 pieces per in Bancroft. For more information, contact the gallery at
school for selection for the exhibition. Artist Allan Untitled photograph, by Don Wilson 613-332-1542 or [email protected].
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A passion for art... on the high seas!
surface technique and stitch, dye, paint and screen
printing, colour theory and studies, and free form
intuitive stitch technique. Bethany is an accomplished
quilter and stitch instructor. She has exhibited her
In the two years since Peter Davis retired from his islands were the obvious subject matter. artwork in exhibitions across Ontario, Canada and the U.S.
position of over 20 years as the designer of the QAC’s arts
newspaper, Umbrella, he has continued to work on a series The islands contain many places where boaters can find Carol Anne Peterson says, “My fabric creations are
of paintings of the 1000 Islands. Peter and his partner, the solitude of an anchorage or the companionship of a an eclectic collection of fancy, functional fabric pieces
Jane Mackenzie, have been sailing since 1989, and the dock in the unique 1000 Islands Park. It also supplies a that are fun to look at, wear and show off. I sometimes
section of the St. Lawrence River between Kingston and painter with the opportunity to explore the scenic beauty create my own fabrics using photographs, dyes, batik,
Brockville quickly became their favourite destination. and the ever-changing light which the river provides. stamps, tie-dye, paint sticks, fabric paints, discharge and
sunprints. I like to make quilts that move: jackets, bags,
Peter has worked for over 50 years as a painter and Some of Peter’s favourite places on the river can be seen purses, camera straps.” So she is likely to run into one
visual artist, including advertising art direction, at his up-coming show at the John M. Parrott Gallery of her creations at the supermarket, or at the theatre, or
magazine and newspaper design, and photography. in the Belleville Library. The opening reception is on anywhere else. “Every day brings new challenges to be
When he decided, a few years ago, to do some December 4, from 6 to 7:30 pm, and the show runs until met and an excitement about new things to be learned.”
landscape paintings, the St. Lawrence and its beautiful December 31.
Carol was a teacher and educator for 35 years, teaching
in Scarborough, Toronto and the Quinte area. She
currently lives in Belleville, and is a member of
Eastminster Quilters, the Quinte Quilters Guild and the
Quinte Fibre Artists.
Marianne Sanders grew up in Wooler. After earning a
university degree in Psychology at Western University in
London, she moved to Calgary and became a baker and
pastry chef. In the late 1980s she opened her own dessert
catering business and became known for her birthday
and wedding cakes. This grew into a bakery and two
restaurants that were in Where to Eat in Canada.
In 1999 Marianne and her husband moved to Prince
Edward County, supposedly to a quieter life, and became
busier than ever. She is actively involved with Waring
House, making exquisite desserts for the loyal patrons.
Marianne has been developing techniques in fibre arts
and has been showing and selling at Mad Dog Gallery
for about seven years. She is a member of the Quinte
Fibre Artists.
From February 17 to March 28, Gallery One-Twenty-
One presents two guest artists, Margaret Pearson
and Conrad Beaubien, with an opening reception on
Saturday, February 21, from 2 to 4 pm.
Margaret Pearson, an emerging Canadian artist, is based
in Peterborough. As a retired teacher, Margaret has had
time to concentrate on her interest in abstract painting.
“The simplicity of mid-century design has been a strong
influence in my paintings: bold shapes, strong colours
and hard edged or undulating lines are characteristic of
my latest works. Paintings may be like a puzzle for a
viewer to solve, but more often an emotional response is
triggered. The work is complex in its simplicity and can
be provocative and profoundly moving.”
Close encounter – Brockville Narrows, oil on canvas, 20” x 20”, by Peter Davis
Chopsticks, by Margaret Pearson
Following a career in network television, Conrad
Beaubien’s independent credits of creator, writer,
director and producer include the award winning
Sketches of Our Town series. After decades of chasing
the moonlight and scouring the land in search of stories,
he now holes up in a cabin on the banks of Slab Creek
in Prince Edward County. He chases the moonlight
still. He grabs hold of words, paint, steel - mediums
close at hand - in a faithful try to connect the dots of the
universe. Conrad is a regular contributor to the Times of
Wellington as well as Watershed. He recently launched
Back of Hoards Station, his latest work for the stage.
“I regard art as our first language and attempt in
my daily search to remove the self from the process
allowing in a metaphysical way, the whole that we
are a part of to enter. It is work without name, without
prediction of outcome yet after resting with a completed
piece, I find a thought or an answer in that search has
been made present. Form has been rendered to no-form.”
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New Works On Paper at Oeno Gallery Shadowridge
Studio & Gallery
Last year, Oeno Gallery opened the winter season with an
exhibition entitled LET IT SNOW! The folks over at Oeno
have made a solemn promise to never do that ever again.
Instead, they have curated a stunning show, New Works
on Paper, comprised of work by several gallery artists.
Often created quickly, these works on paper have an
immediacy, a sense of intimacy and fluidity that other art
forms sometimes cannot convey. The show will feature
new and colourful monoprints by internationally renowned
printmaker, Susan Collett, that evoke the dreaminess and
iconography of her travels to China. Ben Woolfitt has
created eight new works with text and silver leaf.
New to the gallery, Quebec artist Catherine Farish has
created Notations—a series of small works printed
on old piano rolls. The show will also introduce some
of her larger and delicate paper works.The show will Prelude to an Ice Dance by Tina Osborne
also feature small colourful watercolours by Jennifer Dpnnjttjpot-!Pvutjef!Hbsefo!Bsu-
Hornyak and Quebec artist Zhu Lan has created new Bojnbm!Qpsusbjut-!Usjbuimfuf0Tqpsut-
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Great Escapes
with Bev Hanna-Jones
Explore... Dream... Discover
Arabesque, monoprint (32”x56”) by Catherine Farish Featuring Escorted Group Tours, Cruising & Cycling Adventures
Charlie Pachter’s rare illustrations of Margaret Atwood’s Newfoundland Grand Tour 2015
The Journals of Susanna Moodie continue to provoke
strong emotional responses. Created in 1980, these
works are among the few that remain.
Rounding out the show are limited edition works on July 26th - August 6th
paper by Alice Teichert and mixed media paperworks by
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Otto Rogers from the 1990s.
adventure on "The Rock"
next summer.
Several of these artists use text in their work, adding
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another layer of complexity, meaning and voice. Finally,
there is a rare spectacular, monumental watercolour of a
large tree by County resident Robert Wiens.
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The show will be on from December through January. All Great Escapes are designed &
In February and March, the gallery will be exhibiting escorted by Bev Hanna-Jones
works by many of its artists—check the website for
Mercator II, monoprint (29”x63”) by Susan Collett Payments through Marlin Travel
details.
Belleville Reg 316 3882
Contact Bev Hanna-Jones, [email protected],
or call 613-827-5961for more information.
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Amelie Koning: six decades of sharing her love of art
By Dave Boorne
Ten years ago, Amelie Koning received an email from As I drove into the driveway at 15639 Loyalist Parkway, Arts on Main Gallery in Picton. Here she worked on
the Netherlands. The sender asked if she was Amelie de I noticed a peculiar birdhouse on a lamp post beside the the advertising and publicity committee, as she did with
Bourbon and had she sold a small painting titled Open drive. I parked beside another car in the studio parking the Bloomfield Business Association. For 40 years, she
Hands in April 1955, sixty years ago, in Holland. Amelie lot and approached the front door. I could hear friendly participated in art shows in Holland, England, Germany
Koning de Bourbon replied that she was the artist of the chatter and laughing. Upon entering, Amelie was and Canada. She has shown her paintings at Art in the
piece and it had been sold in an art show while she was engaging three tourists in a discussion on the colours and County for seventeen years and loves showing at Arts on
a student at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. shapes of various caftans, scarves, sarongs and chemises. Main Gallery and her own beautiful studio.
It was one of her first sales and she was pleased about She told them of the artistic process and invited them
the reconnection and glad that the piece is still being to see her creative studio, with its wonderful light. The “I love to create. I create silks that allow the buyers to
enjoyed. interpret what they are seeing or touching so
that each piece becomes part of them. I love
Amelie was born in Indonesia before WWII. the freedom of the colours interacting with each
Illness overtook her and her two brothers, and other,” she stated. “One hundred percent of the
her parents returned with the family to Holland women who visit me here try on a piece of my
just as the war was to overtake them in a far art. A large proportion of them buy and when that
different way. Her father was a member of happens, I see the art becoming part of them. It
the Dutch underground and the entire family gives meaning to my life and I realize that being
suffered the ravages of those years. an artist it is one of the reasons I am on this earth.”
As a child she was always drawing and had Reflecting on her career spanning six decades,
an intense interest in art. She loved visiting Amelie sees promise for young artists who are
the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague and has well-trained and willing to work hard. “They
fond memories of a work by Picasso and the must have a unique talent and at first they might
creativity and freedom it displayed. Her artistic have to work at another job to get started,”
inspiration, however, came from Georges she stated. “There are no Justin Biebers in this
Braques, with his wonderful sense of colour branch of the arts!” Amelie reflected on the
and composition. Her love for the arts took her need for better arts management from a business
to the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, point of view in the area and wishes that local
where she studied fine arts. government would become more supportive of
artists and arts groups and become more aware
In 1960, Amelie moved to Toronto, where of what the arts bring to the area. “The next 10
she met Steven Koning. At that time the years look promising for this area,” she said.
art scene in the city was not that developed, so she guests took items from the racks in the elegant display “Many artists are moving here and tourists love the area,
and her friends started the Beaches Artists Co-op room and tried them on while discussing the colours, the wineries, the beaches and the art.”
on Queen Street. With two sons, and after 30 years sizes and their complexions. They each found items that
of marriage, the Konings bought a cottage in Prince would suit their wardrobe. Talk and smiles began their Oh—the little birdhouse at the end of the driveway—it
Edward County. Shortly after this, Steven retired time at the gallery. Warmth and satisfaction concluded it has a motion detector built into it, signalling Amelie
and bought an orchard on Highway #62, south of as Amelie said goodbye. Koning de Bourbon that she is about to have another
County Road #1. Amelie continued her art business. happy customer visiting her lovely gallery and trying on
Ten years later, she and Steven designed and built This took place at 10 am on a Sunday morning! her beautiful wearable art.
a fabulous waterfront home and studio, midway
between Wellington and Bloomfield, which was Amelie was a member at Gallery 121 in Belleville. For more information you can visit artistsincanada.com/
completed in 2009. Steven was the treasurer. She was a pioneer member at amelie.
Masters of plein air painting at Quinn’s of Tweed
of Guanajuato, Oaxaca,
Cuernavaca, San Christobal
de Las Casas, and Merida.
Each morning Don would
head out with his 18 x 24 inch
paper-block under his arm, a
jar of water in one pocket of
his jacket and his watercolour
tubes in the other. With a
couple of brushes protruding
from his shirt pocket he
would ramble until he found
a scene he liked. Hunkering
down on a nearby step or
curb, with his paper propped
on his knees and his water
jar, paints and palette spread
on the ground, he’d happily
proceed to paint. Don tried to
get on the paper everything
he saw around him, the
indigenous pedestrians, the
brightly coloured houses, the
ornate ironwork grills and the
mysterious flower-covered
The Big Eddy, oil by John Stuart Pryce Calle Mayor, watercolour by Donald G. Fraser
garden walls which lined the streets. In the evenings, he
This November, Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery relished going to the outdoor concerts, to depict on paper time John has worked and studied in Montreal, Chicago
opens a very important exhibition, highlighting the the rhythms of musicians as they played. and Toronto. John’s love for open-air painting is obvious
works of two of Canada’s most celebrated plein air and as he puts it, “The purest and most rewarding form of
artists, Donald Fraser AOCA and John Stuart Pryce John Stuart Pryce is a signature member of the IPAP, painting, in my opinion, is ‘en plein air,’ as it challenges
OSA, IPAP. The entire Upper Gallery will be dedicated International Plein Air Painters, and a well-respected all of the skills and discipline of the artist.”
to these plein air greats, with 75 paintings on display. instructor in plein air painting. John’s love for art
began at a very early age, as he discovered the great Come see the works of plein air masters Don Fraser and
Donald Fraser’s works are a collection of never-before- satisfaction derived from his ability to draw and paint. John Stuart Pryce at Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery
seen watercolours from his many Mexican trips, starting He continued developing his artistic interests, and from Saturday November 15 to January 11.
in 1970. These paintings capture the colour, zest, and eventually became an art major at the highly acclaimed
charm of both small villages and the bustling city streets H.B. Beal Tech School in London, Ontario. Since that For more information, please visit QuinnsOfTweed.ca.
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