March/April 2013
COVERING THE ARTS IN QUINTE
Exploring the imagination,
creating with clay, and
reconstructing prehistoric animals
QAC’s Arts Education Bursaries supporting the curriculum
The Quinte Arts Council’s Arts Education Bursaries
are used to help subsidize arts programming in
Quinte schools and help bring professional artists
into the
schools to
work with
students on
projects that
will support
the
curriculum
and provide
an enriching
hands-on
experience.
In January,
2013, the
facilitators
of
Milkweed
Collective
of PEC
completed
Potter Perry Poupore helping Emily on the
three days
wheel at Centennial SS
of Exploring
Creativity in Depth workshops, with three classes of
students from Grades 4/5 and 7/8 and their teachers
at Sophiasburgh Central School.
This program is designed to support Ontario’s
education curriculum, and guides elementary school
children through an exploration of the wealth of
their imaginations, via the experience of art and artmaking. Students engaged in varying strategies for
sharing their work with their classmates and teacher,
through talking, writing and some drama.
They began each day with a brief, fun warm-up that
commenced the integration of the body with both
brain hemispheres, and moved quickly into the art.
After the first pictures were completed, students
gathered in small groups to share how they
experienced creating their work and the work of the
others in their groups. In the afternoon this was
repeated, using the students’ morning pictures as the
stimuli for their imaginative second pictures. The
small group is important, as it allows every child to
talk about their unique experience and hear about
how the other children in their group experienced
what they had created. The discussion is about what
they see and their responses, not about interpretation
or judgment of any kind.
afternoon. As the bell rang, all breathed a sigh of
contentment, as the students’ happy, contagious
energy swooshed out of the room.
Fifty-five students at Centennial Secondary School
made 190 pieces of pottery during the nine days
they spent working with potter Perry Poupore,
under the supervision of their teachers.
The students
learned the
basic
methods of
making
pottery,
starting with
pinch pots,
then coil
pots, slab
mugs and
plates. Perry
brought his
wheel into
the
classroom,
and some
students
threw
cylinders and
bowls, with
his
assistance.
They also
learned some
Art + friends = fun at Sophiasburgh PS basic
decorating
techniques, using found objects and bisque stamps to
create texture in clay. They learned how to add
colour to this texture, and how to paint designs on
clay using underglaze. They learned about some
technical aspects of ceramics, about kilns and firing,
and were briefed on health and safety concerns in a
ceramic studio. These students were given a rare
opportunity to work with clay, and it generated a lot
of excitement in the classroom.
Some great news is that after being told about these
pottery workshops, teacher Matt Charles asked for
and received permission from his father, Henry
Charles, to donate his father’s kiln to Centennial, to
help get ceramics back into the school. Principal Ian
Press has enthusiastically supported the return of
ceramics into the visual art courses, and he is
finding money for a proper kiln room. They are also
looking for one or two used potter’s wheels. What
an excellent outcome to these very well received
pottery workshops.
The facilitators say they are always so impressed to
see ‘chaos theory’ at work, at the end of a creative
day, when the students collectively construct some
new form out of the individual works created in the
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Junior students from York River Public School in
Bancroft spent an exciting day with Kelly
Ohlschlager and Kevin Hockley, from Hockley
Studios, as well as parents and members of the Art
Gallery of Bancroft, doing ‘paleontological
reconstruction.’ They designed otters, monkeys,
ancient tools, a prehistoric bird, a sword used in an
ancient civilization and a Titanoboa, a huge,
prehistoric snake.
“Paleontological reconstruction involves
mathematical inferences,” explained Hockley. “In
order for scientists to understand the habitat and the
scale of the Titanoboa, they need to estimate, and
use equations.” This is because paleontologists use
simple and often incomplete bone references to
develop details about prehistoric animals and their
environments. “Fractions, addition, subtraction …
you need to know math to build a scale model.”
The students created animal and other
reconstructions by placing ‘mod roc,’ a plaster of
Paris mixture that is embedded into gauze, over
small newspaper armatures that they designed
themselves. It took the mod roc sculptures about
two days to dry and then, using laptops to do
research into the colours to use, the students delved
into different painting techniques, as the replicas
took life. That said, even after extensive research
into Titanoboa’s actual green and black hues, the
student-built model had scales that had been painted
purple, with pink polka-dots! And what’s wrong
with that?
As they worked through the steps in support of this
project, and listened to the students reflecting upon
their learning, it became increasingly evident to all
how essential skills like numeracy, literacy and
social science are both supported by and integrated
meaningfully into arts education.
The next round of bursaries will be for the
Performing Arts (recipients had not been selected at
press time). The deadline for the 2013 Visual Arts
Bursaries is September 30. See details at
www.quinteartscouncil.org. The QAC’s Arts
Education Program is supported by the Marilyn and
Maurice Rollins Foundation.
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Cultivating Creativity
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MISSION, VISION & VALUE STATEMENTS
Mission: The Quinte Arts Council is an umbrella
organization dedicated to promoting artists and arts
organizations in all disciplines and to further
appreciation of arts and culture in the Quinte region.
Vision: Cultivating Creativity
To achieve our mission, we:
• provide effective, accessible communication tools
• engage artists in our programs and events
• provide arts education opportunities for artists and
students
• provide professional development activities for artists
• foster and engage in dialogue about the arts in our
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Message from the
Executive Director
Well, winter is almost behind us and it’s time to get
out and enjoy the great events, programs and
exhibits available throughout Quinte. From the
second annual DocFest to Expressions juried show,
to new programs such as the upcoming Plein Air
Festival, this season offers a great variety of quality
entertainment for the public, as well as opportunities
for artist participation. This issue is full of Calls for
Entry of interest to local artists.
Staff at the Quinte Arts Council are working with
they integrated inc. and will be launching a new
website at the end of March to better serve our artist
members and improve our ability to provide
information about the QAC and its members on a
global basis.
The Marilyn and Maurice Rollins Foundation has
renewed their commitment and we are pleased to
announce that we are able to continue our Arts
Education bursaries and programming in 2013,
examples of which are featured on our front page.
Mayor Ellis has also renewed his support of the
Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts, on June 13, where
the Arts Recognition Awards will be presented. If
__________
you know of anyone who should be nominated for
this award, I encourage you to make the effort to
ensure that this person, organization, artist or
business receives the recognition that they deserve.
Details on how to nominate are on our website. Not
only will you be doing a service to the community,
if the nominee that you present is selected by the
Arts Education, Awards and Bursary Committee,
you will also be invited to attend the luncheon as
our guest.
For Quinte Arts Council members, I would
particularly like to draw your attention to the notice
of our Annual General Meeting, on May 7, and the
need for more board members to help guide our
organization. We need dedicated individuals to
come forward, who are familiar with Quinte Arts
Council and want to help it continue to be
successful. Interested parties are encouraged to
email me a resume ([email protected])
to be reviewed by our Organizational Development
Committee.
I invite everyone to come and see us at the Quinte
Arts Council Gallery and Gift Shop at 36 Bridge
Street and to attend our next exhibit opening on
March 7. Details are on page 14. Or just come in
any day from Tuesday to Friday, browse or say hi.
We’d love to see you.
Carol Feeney
THE QUINTE ARTS COUNCIL
__________
DEADLINE TO NOMINATE: MAY 14
The Quinte Arts Council wants to hear about individuals, groups or businesses
that have shown consistent and outstanding support for the arts in Quinte. If you
are someone or you know someone who has demonstrated this support, then all
it takes are 250 words on why the nominee should be considered and at least
two letters of support. Anyone may nominate those that have produced,
supported and/or promoted the arts within the Quinte community. Previous
nominees who have not received the award may be resubmitted. Past recipients
have included visual artists, musicians, writers, actors, volunteers, musical and
artistic directors, business leaders and corporate sponsors. See the names of
past recipients on page 6 or on the Quinte Arts Council website.
The deadline for nominations for the 2013 Arts Recognition Awards is May
14. Nomination forms are available from the Quinte Arts Council office at 36
Bridge St. E, Belleville, and on the website: www.quinteartscouncil.org.
Notice to QAC Membership
QAC Annual General Meeting: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 6 to 7:30 pm
In the Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Belleville Public Library
254 Pinnacle Street, Belleville
The meeting includes the election of the board of directors and reports on the
QAC’s strategic planning initiatives. You can enjoy social networking,
finger foods, cash bar and live entertainment.
Please RSVP by April 15, 2013
613-962-1232, [email protected]
Board Members Wanted
Artists, Business Leaders and Community Friends, we invite you to come and join our team as we
undertake the operations of one of the most dynamic Arts Councils in the province. If you are
interested in our areas of focus – Arts Education, Communications, Financial Sustainability,
Organizational, or Program Development – we would love to hear from you.
Everyone’s time is precious so the board meets for 1.5 hours, 10 times per year and committees
meet when necessary to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
This is your Arts Council so please get involved and lend us your talents and ideas. Send resumé
and brief letter of introduction to Carol Feeney, Executive Director [email protected]
by March 30, 2013.
Save the Date
July 19, 2013
Rotary Loves Kids’
Party in the Square
Market Square, Belleville
Music and Dancing, 7:30 p.m. to Midnight
The Fade Kings followed by
The Paul James Band
Everyone Welcome.
Golf and dinner packages also available.
For tickets and information go to
www.rotary-belleville.org.
79 Main St. Brighton, Ontario
The Blue House Home Decor and Gift Store
The Upstairs Gallery features shows & sales of local artists
Open Daily 10 am - 5 pm & Sundays 11 am - 4 pm
Starting April 2013, The Blue House will be offering
classes in the carriage house studio located on the property.
Watercolour, acrylic, oils, mixed media,
oil sticks. Weekend workshops in silk
scarves, textured acrylics and encaustic
media.Varied instructors, Jeanette
Campbell and Mary McEwan.
For more information:
Phone 613-661-9596 or email
[email protected]
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Volunteer Corner
by Scott Miller
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been one year
since I started working at the Quinte Arts
Council. Throughout the course of the year, I
have met many wonderful people: artists,
volunteers, customers, co-workers, arts
supporters, Arts Council members,
and Board members. What I
discovered is that there is no lack
of passion for the arts.
My initial mandate from the
Trillium grant, as Volunteer
Coordinator, was to enlist 50
volunteers in the first year. At first
it seemed like a daunting task, but
thanks to a thriving art community
and caring individuals, as there
was no shortage of people willing
to help with the various events
and office support.
While some volunteers came and
Scott Miller
went, there were two volunteers
who were mainstays in the
office/gallery. Ruth Nodtvedt and Jean Hamelink
make their weekly trek into the QAC office for
their day of volunteering, hardly missing a beat
throughout the year. They are there to greet
customers, help with organizing the office,
answering the phones, and helping at the QAC
events. The office would not be the same without
them. We also had the privilege of having two
placement students training in our office and
offering their unique talents. Kyle Sherwin was
with us in the office this past summer, offering us
his graphic design talents and currently Dane
Howard, a first year student at Loyalist, is
learning graphic design with us.
There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer at
the QAC. It’s a wonderful way to learn and grow
and also to meet some amazing artists. We
currently have the following opportunities
available:
1. Expressions – The Expressions juried visual
arts show will be held from May 9 to May 31.
This is an excellent opportunity to meet and greet
artists and see some exceptional newly created
artworks.
2. QAC Office/Gallery – Positions
are available to volunteer in the
office; answering phones, greeting
customers, renewing memberships,
and other duties as required.
3. Art in the Community
Coordinator – A volunteer position is
available to procure artists and make
arrangements with artists and
volunteers for displaying artistic
works for each Art in the Community
show. Each show runs for two
months in several locations
throughout the community.
4. Umbrella newspaper deliveries –
If you have your own transportation
and would be interested in delivering the
Umbrella newspaper, there are volunteer positions
available. This is a great way to get out and about
and meet new people.
On Thursday, March 28, from 11 am to 4 pm, the
second annual City of Belleville Seniors Active
Living and Information Fair will take place at the
Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre in Belleville.
Please come out, see our booth and meet with me.
Learn more about the Quinte Arts Council
programs, events and volunteer opportunities.
Springing from Olmec roots, 2000 years before
Christ, the ancient Maya civilization of
Mesoamerica remains shrouded with mystery. What
spurred the collapse of the civilization? Why were
the magnificent cities abandoned? What happened
to the Maya people? Did the scribes and scholars
predict the end of the world?
Multiple theories
abound: exceeding the
carrying capacity of
the land, extensive
internecine warfare
waged against other
Maya kingdoms, in an
attempt to gain arable
land, and excessive
demands by an
increasingly large
ruling class, unable to
appease the gods who
punished the people
with drought and
famine.
Current Volunteer Opportunities
• Expressions Juried Visual Arts Show
• QAC Office/Gallery
• Art in the Community Coordinator
• Umbrella Newspaper Deliveries
Please see the Volunteer Corner Article or
contact the Quinte Arts Council Office for more
information about these volunteer positions.
Enhance your artistic side by volunteering with
the Quinte Arts Council. Meet the artists, enjoy
the arts, meet new and interesting people, build
your skills, showcase your talents, and above all,
have fun!
The Quinte Arts Council offers volunteer
positions in Administration, Art in the
Community, Umbrella newspaper, Expressions,
QAC Gala, Seniors Dances, etc.
Join our new volunteer database and keep track
of your volunteer hours. Be recognized by the
Quinte Arts Council in the Umbrella newspaper
and in the community as a valued volunteer.
We encourage current volunteers to join our
database and be acknowledged for their
dedication and support. Come volunteer and
have fun!
Contact: Scott Miller, Volunteer Coordinator
Quinte Arts Council
36 Bridge Street East, P.O. Box 22113
Belleville, ON K8N 2Z5
Tel. 613-962-1232
[email protected]
Thank you for a wonderful first year!
and an ever-expanding elite class of rulers and their
families, who became priests, astronomers, scribes,
and military leaders. These agriculturalists supported
the system, providing food during peacetime yet
becoming warriors when their ruler waged war.
One of only two world civilizations to recognize the
importance of the number zero, the ancient Maya
utilized a vigesimal system of counting, a base 20
system, modeled on
the twenty digits
(toes and fingers) of
the human body.
Scribes created
hundreds of fig-bark
paper books
containing this
unique counting
system, hieroglyphic
writing, and images
to elaborate upon
agricultural cycles,
astronomy,
calendrics and
warfare.
During their zenith
Zealous 16th
Waiting for supper, Mopan Maya Homestead, Toledo District, Belize
(Maya Classic period
century Catholic
Central America 2012. Photograph by Lola Reid Allin
250AD to 909AD),
priests destroyed all
theocratic monarchs
but three of these remarkable texts, that recorded the
governed and protected dependent communities that
primordial creation of time, thousands of years in
supported populations of 20,000 to 60,000
the historic past; described the cyclic movements of
inhabitants. (Of course, the Maya did not base their
Venus and Mars; predicted solar and lunar eclipses;
calendrical system on the birth of Jesus. In Maya
and documented three previous cleansings of the
terms, their zenith occurred during the 8th and 9th
world by earthquake, volcanic eruption and fire, and
B’ak’tuns.) To provide a conduit for conversing with
flood.
their extensive pantheon of gods, rulers demanded
Misinterpretation of the complicated Long Count
the creation of spectacular skyward-thrusting
calendar
spurred the popular but erroneous belief
pyramids crowned with temples, the locus of
that
a
cataclysm
would end our world at 11:11 pm
ceremonial complexes that centred the world of each
on
December
21,
2012. This date, the winter
city. Agricultural laborers produced maize, beans,
solstice,
is
merely
the day that the calendar was
and squash to feed potters, stonemasons, warriors
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through volunteerism
If you love or appreciate art, and are interested in
volunteering, please contact Scott Miller at the
Quinte Arts Council, 613-962-1232.
Infinity - the ancient Maya
by Lola Reid Allin
Cultivating Creativity
scheduled to begin the next B’ak’tun at Long Count
13.0.0.0.0.
Today, six million modern Maya, speaking 21
languages, reside in Mexico’s Yucatan, Guatemala,
Honduras, Belize, and northern El Salvador. Many
celebrated the beginning of the next 5,125-year
cycle of their Long Count calendar just as we
celebrated the new millennium. The Maya hope for
peace, increased tolerance from their countries for
religious and linguistic diversity, and continued
recognition of the achievements and importance of
their 3,000-year-old culture.
This article was first published in Infinity Magazine and
appears in Umbrella with permission from the publisher
(www.infinitymagazine.ca).
HERITAGE
The Miller Family Nature Reserve
The Hastings and Prince
Edward Land Trust, a nonprofit volunteer organization
dedicated to preserving the
cultural and natural heritage
of our area, is pleased to
announce the recent
acquisition of a 490-Acre
block of land in South
Marysburg, extending from
Hilltop Road through to
Lake Ontario. We are
indebted to the Miller family
for offering this spectacular
property to us and for their
patience during a lengthy
transaction process. Thank
you! The property has now
been officially named The
Miller Family Nature
Shoreline of Miller Family Nature Reserve looking east from Brewer’s Road, 1400 metres
Reserve, and soon a plaque
of undeveloped shoreline.
will be erected on the
property to recognize the
Their report suggests some reforestation for the
Miller family.
more open areas, as well as some plan to curtail the
Our major funders were Nature Conservancy of
dominance and spread of red cedars. The
Canada (NCC) and Ontario Heritage Trust (OHT).
reforestation will be an excellent opportunity for
In addition, we received many individual donations
local schools to be involved. These reports are in
to save this property. Commitment to preserving the
early draft stages and we plan to set up meetings
unique habitat of our area is indeed widespread:
with our project partners, where everyone will have
donations to the Land Trust came from across
an opportunity to contribute their opinion and
Canada and the United States.
possibly volunteer their help.
This past summer we retained Ecological Services
of Kingston to carry out a survey, documenting
plants, animals, soil types and wetlands on the
property. In addition, they prepared a stewardship
plan, outlining procedures we should follow to
preserve the biological uniqueness of the property.
If you would like any further information on the
Hastings and Prince Edward Land Trust, contact
Dick Bird, 613 968 5753.
We always need volunteers.
International
Women’s Day
art show
by Eve Spelman
The CORE in downtown Belleville will be hosting
an art show and sale inspired by International
Women’s Day. What does International Women’s
Day mean to you? is the question that was posed
to local artists and the results will be on display.
The show is sponsored by the Belleville
International Women’s Day Committee, a
partnership between nine local organizations who
are proud to raise awareness in our community
about this important initiative.
Featured will be selected pieces from an art show by
high-school artists, held recently at the John M.
Parrot Gallery. What does International Women’s
Day mean to you? runs at the CORE, 223 Pinnacle
Street, Belleville from March 5 to 23 with an
opening reception on March 5 from 5 to 7 pm. For
more information, please contact Mieke at
613-969-1782 or [email protected].
QuinteArtsCouncil
Wishing you a safe
St. Patrick’s Day
and a happy
Easter!
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FILM
Quinte Film Alternative
Quinte Film Alternative spends a month in Canada
and then it’s off to Europe. The next two months of
movies feature two home-grown Canadian stories
and then two acclaimed co-productions from
UK/France/Belgium/Italy and
Austria/France/Germany.
Emmanuelle Riva in Amour
The mandate of the Quinte Film Alternative
continues to shine through – first run, festival
quality, must-see cinema, featuring award-winning
Canadian and international films that otherwise
wouldn’t make it to a local screen. The
next four presentations are a chance for
moviegoers to travel the world and
immerse themselves in some of the most
original, touching and intelligent narratives
around.
harrowing portrayal of injustice, it is not heavyhanded, but done with skill and sensitivity.” Paul
Gallagher, The List
March 27 - Stories We Tell -Canada, 2012
Toronto Film Critics Association Award – Best
Canadian Film
Canadian actor/writer/director Sarah
Polley’s maiden voyage into the
world of documentary is, at heart, a
personal essay on the intractable
subjects of truth and memory. Using
a combination of archival footage,
still photos and testimonials, in a
captivating visual assemblage, Stories
We Tell examines the disagreements
and varying narratives of a single
family as they look back on decadesold events. The responses from the
‘storytellers’ chosen to share their
version of things are heartfelt,
revealing and even charmingly funny.
“Sarah Polley’s brave quest to uncover her family’s
deepest secrets unfolds like a thriller, one where the
resolution is literally part of her DNA.” Peter
Howell, Toronto Star
April 10 -The Angels’ Share UK/France/Belgium/Italy, 2012
March 13 - War Witch (Rebelle) - Canada,
2012
Academy Awards Nominee –Best Foreign
Language Film
Canada’s Academy Award-nominated Best
Foreign Language Film entry, War Witch, is
an extraordinary portrait of survival.
Director Kim Nguyen’s script is based on
the stories of actual child soldiers and was
shot entirely on location in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. We are introduced Rachel Mwanza in Rebelle
to 14-year-old Komona (Rachel Mwanza) as she
Robbie (Paul Brannigan, a nonprofessional actor),
recounts the past two years of her life to her unborn
having been given a sentence of community service
child. Haunted by the ghosts of her parents, Komona
for some petty criminal activity, comes under the
struggles to find a ray of hope in her desperate
tutelage of good-hearted Social Services supervisor
situation.
Harry (John Henshaw). When Harry, a fancier of
fine whiskey, decides to instill a little Scottish pride
“While the film is certainly a potent and sometimes
in Robbie and his mates, by making them aware of
their venerable heritage, his choice of field trip is
clear: the distillery.
“A wee, heart-warming dram of Scots spirit ... a rich
fermentation of the best of British comedy
filmmaking with a greater social agenda.” Lisa
Giles-Keddie, Real.com
April 24 – Amour – Austria/France/Germany,
2011Nominated for five Academy Awards! Never
has a modern master been in such superb control as
director Michael Haneke, in this examination of a
couple struggling with mortality. Drawing on the
extraordinary talents of two of the finest and most
legendary performers in the history of French
cinema – Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle
Riva – Haneke details the painful dilemma that
confronts Anne and Georges Laurent, a married
couple in their eighties, as one of them gradually
succumbs to illness.
“Each actor draws on a lifetime’s worth of
experience, performing with grace and rare,
uncompromising realism.” Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Great Movie Wednesday films screen on alternate
Wednesdays at The Empire Theatre, downtown
Belleville, with a 2 pm matinée and a 7:30 evening
show. For more information, visit
www.quintefilmalternative.ca or call 613-480-6407.
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QAC’s Arts
Recognition Awards
The deadline to submit nominations for the 2013
Arts Recognition Awards is May 14. See page 2 for
more details. Below is a list of Previous Recipients
(from 1994 to 2012)
2012 Mary-Lynne Morgan, Artists Below The
Line, Nancy Garrod, Rev. John Uttley,
Dona Knudsen, Sylvin Pineau,
Ross McDougall, Doug Thompson and
Harvey Gere of the Belleville Lions Club
2011 Al Hazel, Jack Evans, Stephane Lemelin,
Lise Lindenberg, Shawn Patriquin, Teresa Bell
and Paul Thompson
2009 Bob Long, Don Pinder,
Quinte Symphony Orchestra
2008 Andrew and Adam Gray, Carlyn Moulton,
Debra Tosh, Marc Bourdon, Georgette Fry,
Peta Hall, and the Marilyn and
Maurice Rollins Foundation
2007 Quinte Opera Guild, Quinte Rotary
Music Festival, Rob Brown, Anne Buckley,
Muriel Gibson,
Bob Clute Pontiac Buick GMC
2006 Wayne McFaul, Quinte Film Alternative,
Moira Nikander Forrester, Sharon Campbell,
Chantale Brisson, the Leona Riggs Charitable
Foundation
2005 Marilyn Holden, Ann Pickett, Rudy Heijdens,
Andy Forgie, and Jack and Bernice Parrott
2004 Caroline Smith, Mark Rashotte,
Charlie Kammer
2003 Campbell Monuments, Warren McFaul,
Barbara Whelan
2002 Wilma Alexander, Procter & Gamble,
Quinte Ballet School Guild
2001 The Leona Riggs Foundation,
Marion Stratton, Wilma Donald,
The Marysburgh Mummers
2000 Beryl Rutland, Stirling Performing Arts
Committee, Belleville Art Association
1999 Dorothy Aitchison, Eugene Lang,
The Belleville Theatre Guild
1998 Tony Lassing, Susan Richardson, Marilyn and
Maurice Rollins, Lee Jourard, Nortel
1997 Linda Hamer-Harris Mustard, Jim Alexander,
Stan Wiggins
1996 Harlan House R.C.A., Paul Dinkel, Jane Hull
1995 William Maddox, Brian Scott,
Corby Distilleries
1994 Florence Lennox, Gordon and Audrey
Davies, Diana Koechlin
LITERARY ARTS
Retired Belleville lawyer now writes novels
Donald Desaulniers ran a law practice on Church
Street in Belleville, from 1973 until he retired in
2009. Since retirement, he has written fiction novels
as a hobby and has already completed twelve books.
meeting in shared dreams and instantly loathe each
other. The ways in which they try to irritate their
counterpart and gain supremacy in the real world
become quite hilarious.
“Half of the books have been about lawyers,”
“I must admit that publishing this book has provided
Desaulniers
me with more
explains, “and the
pleasure than I ever
rest are action
got from running
novels. I have
my law practice,”
recently published
Desaulniers grins.
“When I picked up
Frugal Lawyer,
the books from the
Flashy Lawyer,
publisher, I was as
which chronicles
excited as a kid
the life of a wealthy
with a new toy or a
but disgustingly
slot player hitting a
frugal lawyer, who
big jackpot.”
decides to live
among the poor in a
Readers can obtain
struggling Ontario
Frugal Lawyer,
city, in an attempt
Flashy Lawyer as
to understand how
an e-book through
they live and to
Kindle or Kobo. A
alleviate his own
soft-cover, print
retirement boredom.
version can be
The experiment is a
purchased on-line
rousing success
from Essence
Donald Desaulniers, author of Frugal Lawyer, Flashy Lawyer
until the lead
Publishing of
character is mugged
Belleville. Alternatively, readers can buy the book
one night and amnesia sets in. Emerging from the
directly from the author, by calling 613-771-9724, or
coma with no recollection of his past life is the
at the QAC Gallery, 36 Bridge St. East, Belleville.
flashy, spendthrift side of the lawyer, who becomes
The cost is $15. Desaulniers has also donated copies
repulsed as he discovers the miserly ways of his
to the Belleville Public Library.
predecessor, and quickly finds his own happiness in
lavish living. Eventually, while the flashy lawyer is
in Las Vegas, the two opposite personalities begin
The Pity of the Winds
New book by Picton author
Book review by John Hamley
The battle is getting ugly on Middle Island… Wind
turbines bring money… Wind turbines destroy the
landscape… Wind turbines are clean… Wind
turbines kill birds… Wind energy is good… Wind
energy is bad… It’s sure bad for somebody…
Somebody who ends up dead.
Meet young police
officer Pete Jakes and his
Turkish born wife, Ali.
Pete’s last posting was as
a Canadian soldier in
Afghanistan. After a
serious brush with a
roadside explosive, he
decided to switch careers
and look for peace in rural
Ontario. Unfortunately, the
Jakes chose to come to
Middle Island, population
4500, where a proposed
wind energy project has set
the community into a
tailspin.
For millennia, Hawks Nest
Point, a bleak, wind-swept,
rocky spear stabbing out into
the lake, was literally left to
the birds. Now a ravaging,
energy-hungry world has
caught up with it. At last people
have found a useful crop for the
Point - people want to harvest
the wind. The Jakes find
themselves setting up house
amidst a weird potpourri of bird lovers, moneyhungry real estate operators and mysterious vandals
in the night.
Then tragedy strikes, when a worker falls to his
death from the demonstration turbine tower. Pete
doubts the official ‘accident’ verdict but he must
find proof for his suspicions. As Pete delves further
into the motives and actions of the local Islanders,
tempers erupt and a murderer lurks
under the wailing winds of Hawks
Nest Point.
“I’ve read hundreds of mystery
stories,” says Robin Timmerman,
author of this new novel, The Pity
of the Winds (Trafford Publishing).
“I thought it would be fun to write
one of my own. I know that the
wind issue is currently of huge
interest and will continue to be
an area of hotly debated
controversy for some time yet.
The people in my story would
have pulled together in the face
of a natural disaster such as a
flood or a tornado, yet they are
now embroiled in an issue so
divisive, it threatens to tear the
community apart.” Then,
since this is a murder mystery,
someone ends up dead. But
you’ll have to get the book to
find out who and why.
The book is available at
Books and Company in
Picton, or can be ordered
on-line at the Chapters or Amazon
websites. There are also copies in the Belleville and
Picton libraries. Ms Timmerman is a member of
Crime Writers of Canada and plans to publish a
second Middle Island mystery novel in spring, 2013.
POETS
AMONG
US!
Freeze Up
Closing ranks, the banks
Of low clouds, massing in gray,
Brood upon the bay.
At the foot
Of the government dock
(the old Meyers Pier)
The harbour’s stirring wavelets
Lap the sheer-edged glaze
Of slowly gelling frost.
The ripples chatter:
Complaining, whining,
Resisting the change
From water into ice.
by David Alexander 2012
A Time of Cloud-Fall
Cloud-fall wraps the woods
in hush of waiting
for the season to decide,
January whimpers wet
the fierce of winter dissipated.
Cult of bards silenced
though thoughts sustain
bridging treacherous roads,
a time when words re-form
a language yet to be heard
as all the touch-stones melt no bog no drift no ice no blizzard
to contend,
only a grey dissolution of ice memory
a longing to remember storied paths
though the feet slip, the roots twist,
a no-sun too soon spring
when the green-wood withers.
by Katherine L. Gordon
Sweet Chic Unique
217 FRONT STREET, BELLEVILLE
613.961.5078
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VISUAL ARTS
Influential artist, Paavo Airola, returns to Quinte
by Susan Holland
Paavo Airola is returning to Quinte! Many of you
will remember him as a wonderful painter and
teacher who had a very intense, but short, tenure
here in Eastern Ontario. In fact, many of the artists
who formed the Belleville Art Association, Gallery
One-Twenty-One and who have shown here at the
gallery over the years were very strongly influenced
by his work.
Belleville Art Association and we first saw his soft,
ethereal landscapes during the BAA’s annual juried
show a few years back. Bob’s interpretations of the
scenes from his studio window are not
straightforward paintings of the actual images.
Instead, he uses what he sees and through
manipulation creates a metaphor. Bob says: “Rather
Terri Lipman
has been
collecting the
works of
Paavo Airola
and his
students since
she first
discovered
him in 1986,
and this
incredibly
passionate
journey,
spanning
more than a
Windows on the World 2013, part of the show poster by Brett Forrester, PECI
quarter century,
has led to this moment – the first ever public
showing of this magnificent private collection.
Over these many years, in her quest to learn more
about the artist and to perhaps see more of his work,
Terri had the good fortune to become involved with
the incredible patrons, collectors, colleagues, friends
and artists who would be pivotal in helping her to
gather this collection. Terri says: “With every
archival article, phone call, road trip, cup of tea,
note-taking session, Airola came to life through the
stories and anecdotes of those who painted with
him.”
We are very pleased as well to present Bob
Pennycook: New Work in Gallery Three for the same
time period. Bob is an active member of the
Bay City Band
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This year marks several milestones for arts
organizations and exhibitions in Belleville: the
Belleville Art Association is celebrating 50 years,
and the ‘Library Gallery’ turns 40! Another
important milestone is that the Secondary School
Students’ Show is exhibiting their 25th show with us
in April! Windows on the World runs from April 9 to
May 1. Each high school in the region is invited to
submit five pieces of work, by students at all levels.
The result is a fascinating collection of thoughts,
emotions, and interpretations of the world we live
in, seen through teen eyes. Paintings, photos, prints,
sculpture and mixed media pieces will adorn
Galleries One and Two and we invite you to meet
the student artists, at their opening reception on
Thursday, April 11 from 6 to 7:30 pm. We are
honoured to continue to provide a space for our
young artists to show their work and look forward to
many more years of this partnership.
For more information about these shows, artists and
other gallery happenings, please call 613-968-6731
ext. 2240 or visit www.bellevillelibrary.com.
Later Life
Local artists who learned with Mr. Airola include
Philippa Faulkner, Dorothy Brown, Barbara Whelan,
Doris Richardson, Wilma Alexander, Genia
Rickerson, Alfred Karu and Helen Cavalier.
We are so happy to be able to show a substantial
body of his work, along with the paintings of his
students, in Galleries One and Two from March 7 to
30. Please join us on Saturday, March 9, from 2 to 4
pm, to meet Terri Lipman, the woman whose drive
and love for this artist made this exhibition possible,
as well as some of the artists featured, and to enjoy a
story or two about Paavo Airola.
than painting a sense of place, I prefer to paint a
sense of attitude, a state of mind. The iconic images
of the landscape become symbols for the human
condition.” When you look at a painting by Bob
Pennycook, you will see layers of acrylic paint,
portraying the initial lines and form of the subject
matter, which is then embellished with charcoal,
graphite, paper and ink, and often a narrative, until
he reaches the desired aesthetic. Meet Bob at the
shared opening reception on Saturday, March 9,
from 2 to 4 pm.
Learning Lectures
Back by Popular Demand!
A Reprise of Past Stars
A Series of 4 Lectures
10 am to 12 noon Wednesdays
April 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2013
Blue Still Life, oil on canvas, by Paavo Airola
Did your mother ever warn you, “Be
good or you won’t be invited back!”
Well, our guests for the April Later Life
Learning series were good and they’ve
been invited back to share with us some of
their new insights into their current research
and recent thinking. And, as always, bring
your own insights and most provocative
questions to add to the occasion.
3 April: Professor Keith Banting, Research Chair in
Public Policy, Queen’s University, “Inequality and the
Politics of Social Policy: Why Governments are
Ignoring the Growing Gap between Rich and
Poor.”
10 April: Professor John Smol, Canada Research
Chair in Environmental Chair, Queen’s University,
“It’s as Clear as Mud! An Environmental View on
the Past and Future.”
17 April: Professor Charles Pentland, Political Studies,
Queen’s University,
“The Expanding EU: Still Talking Turkey!”
24 April: Dr. Kimberly Woodhouse, P.Eng., FCAE,
FBSE, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and
Applied Sciences, Queen’s University.
“Regenerative Medicine: The New World.”
Lectures are 1 hour long, followed by a coffee
break and a question & answer session.
Terry Denyes
(h) 613-439-8885
(c) 613-243-6915
[email protected]
www.baycityband.ca
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The series -$40 Individual lecture -$15
Tickets available at the door
preceeding each lecture
St. Thomas’ Church
201 Church Street, Belleville
For more information contact
Diana Koechlin - 613-962-9492
New show at Gallery 121
by Kathryn Fellows
Jennifer Chanter was one of the founding members
of Gallery One-Twenty-One, and we are delighted
that she will be returning as a guest artist in our upcoming show, which starts March 5 and runs until
April 20.
Jennifer was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1940. Her
arts education began at the Montreal Museum of
Fine Arts, under the training of Arthur Lismer, one
of the Group of Seven. She majored in Fine Arts at
Concordia University in Montreal and took post
graduate teaching at McGill University. In 1967 she
moved to Brighton, Ontario where she served a fiveyear apprenticeship with Master Ceramist, Jarko
Zavi.
Her work in Canada’s High Arctic was sponsored by
the Polar Continental Shelf Project, Federal
Government in 1983 and by the Arctic Institute,
Devon Island, N.W.T. in 1984 and 1985. Four
additional summers were spent working for the
University of Washington,
on the Truelove
Lowlands, Devon Island.
The theme of her show is
A Marsh for All Seasons,
small works in
watercolours (5” x 7”)
from the marsh at
Presqu’ile, which is right
in front of her house and
studio. Her paintings
portray the moods and
magic of her little piece of
paradise on Presqu’ile
Bay.
clay slabs against each other, I create lines and
curves to echo movement and gesture. After
attaching several slabs, I rotate the form, and
continue to build on it from a new angle. This
process is repeated from several angles, so the final
form has no defined top or bottom. The finished
sculpture can stand upright from numerous sides,
creating a unique image from each position.”
Barry Argyle, a
member of Gallery
One-Twenty-One, will
be our featured artist
during this show. The
following comments
were taken from an
interview given by
Barry:
Swell, ceramic, by Linda Williams
The Marsh Pathway, watercolour from her series,
Mixed-up Media workshop
by Bob Pennycook
The Belleville Art Association, in partnership with
the John M Parrott Gallery, presents Mixed-up
Media, a workshop with internationally recognized
artist and teacher, Bob Pennycook, on Friday, March
15 and Saturday, March 16. The BAA is delighted
to offer the local arts community an opportunity to
work with Bob Pennycook. Bob trained at the
Ontario College of Art, Sheridan College, Humber
College and completed a variety of other programs
in various universities and colleges. He has travelled
extensively in the United States and Canada,
providing workshops on a variety of art media. His
work has been published in several magazines,
including Canadian House and Home, Teacher’s
Spectrum newsletter and Traditions Magazine. He is
featured on the Magic Metallics website and
Painters Paradise website.
Bob’s artistic statement clearly shows his
commitment to the creative process and the joy he
Q: How long have you been painting?
A: I’m 80 in March- during this show actually- so
I’d say about 79 years and a couple of months, but
much more intensely the last 40 years, when I
realized time was running out. You see, I always
expected to die young (and that may well still
happen) so I’ve always had to get a move on.
Q: Would you describe your painting
as abstract or realistic?
A: A bit of both and all the other
‘isms’ thrown in. We can’t escape
Monet anymore than we can escape
Mondrian or Goya, though we often
think we can. I’ve spent a long time
among paintings and painters, but
because I was born under a lucky star,
I’ve remained myself, learning what I
can, especially from those painters I
can’t stand. I don’t paint the natural
world, I paint my response to it, and
other paintings are part of that world.
Q: Why do you paint?
A: It keeps me safe.
Linda Williams will also A Marsh for All Seasons, by Jennifer Chanter
be a guest artist in this
show. In her artist’s statement, Linda says: “Until
Cezanne advised his
recently my work in clay has been based on the
friend Emile Bernard.
human form. The study of animation at Sheridan
“Just paint, and you’ll
College, life-drawing and dance have strongly
be safe.” I feel the
influenced my sculptures. At the present time I am
same way.
focusing more on gestural lines rather than the
Q: Safe? From what?
actual human form.
The Yellow Table, acrylic,
A: The demons. We all
by Barry Argyle
“I have been attempting to build forms with less
have demons, don’t
manipulation of the clay by my hands and tools, and
we? Some of mine
to try to use the natural properties of clay as I do
come from the Second World War when I was a
this. Through experimentation, my clay construction
child in Liverpool, England. For a week in May,
has evolved into a method of stacking and
1941, we were bombed every night, and for quite a
assembling torn slabs. For example, I am not using
few nights before and afterwards. We seemed to live
techniques like modelling and carving, but I am
in air-raid shelters, small, crowded things. I still
allowing gravity, shrinkage and the firing process to
can’t stand crowds or small spaces.
help bend clay slabs into shapes. By placing torn
Bob’s work has been accepted into local juried
shows, as well as into shows in New York, Georgia
and Wisconsin. He has consistently received
recognition for the outstanding quality and
imagination of his work.
Q: Any other reason you paint?
A: Joy! Joy to be alive, to love and be loved. You
can see it in my paintings. I hope. The colour and
movement. The joy of just painting - the necessity,
the compulsion.
Q: Who would you consider an
influence?
A: I really don’t know - but there have
been quite a few inspirers - the gods: Van Gogh,
Matisse, Milton Avery, the American, Rothko, de
Kooning, the Dutch American; among the
Canadians, Jack Bush, Gershon Iskowitz, the
Regina Five - most of whom were teaching at
York University during my 25 years there - Ron
Bloore, Doug Moreton, and the rest; and before
that there were Australians, Sydney Nolan, Brett
Whitely, and Sergeant Brogan who showed us
how to paint camouflage when I was in the
Australian infantry, training for the Korean War which incidentally ended shortly before my
training did. I can’t believe that was just a
coincidence. I’m sure the news had got through.
But I did mention I was born under a lucky star.
And last, but certainly not least, there have been
my colleagues at Gallery One-Twenty-One. It is a
great privilege to be among such friends, and of
course a pleasure. But I suppose the greatest
inspiration has been the guy who signed himself
‘Leonardo’ and used to draw in the fourth cubicle on
the left when you went into the Gents at what was
then the Winchester Arms. He was a real artist. You
could tell, just from what he left out.
Please join us for our opening reception on Saturday,
March 9, from 2 to 4 pm. Refreshments will be
served and everyone is welcome. The Gallery is
located at 48 Bridge St. East in Belleville.
and form.
“The colours and shapes in my paintings can be read
as metaphors for the human condition. As I paint the
environment outside my studio window, I’m
reminded of strength, change, urgency, nurture,
aggression, and, as I paint, the shapes become the
symbols while the colour lends the emotion.
Although inspired by the world outside my window,
the landscapes are more internal, like a shoebox
where I can tuck away pieces of my story and where
I can explore space, both as a natural phenomenon
and as a backdrop for our place in nature.
“I work in acrylic, incorporating graphite, charcoal,
paper and ink into the art until the story appears.
The fast drying quality of the acrylic allows for
more immediate surface manipulation as I build my
layers of patterns through soaking, scraping, wiping
and direct painting techniques, using brush, rag and
knife.”
I’ll be What I AM, mixed media, by Bob Pennycook
takes in his work: “My work explores colour and
shape relationships in the landscape. My approach is
to create narrative landscapes using simple lines
The fee for the two-day workshop is $60 for
Belleville Art Association members and $75 for nonmembers. The workshop will be held at the John M
Parrott Gallery at the Belleville Public Library, from
9:30 am to 4:30 pm on March 15 and 16. You must
registration in advance, by contacting the Belleville
Art Association Gallery, at 392 Front Street,
613-968-8632. Space is limited, so don’t delay.
To see more of Bob’s work, visit his website,
www.bobpennycook.com.
March/April 2013 Umbrella 9
UpstARTS
Art Gallery of Bancroft
The Art Gallery of Bancroft is greatly honoured to
have 16 original works in its permanent collection
by Oscar Schlienger, a highly regarded artist who,
over many years, contributed much to the arts in the
greater Hastings area. These paintings will be
shown from March 6 to April 6 at the Gallery, 10
Flint Avenue, Bancroft, with an opening reception
on Friday, March 8, at 4 pm.
Oscar Schlienger was born in Switzerland in 1905.
He studied portrait painting in Geneva, Switzerland,
before moving to Canada in 1930. He lived in
Montreal, where he met and married his wife
Suzanne. Oscar worked as a creative commercial
artist in Montreal and later in Toronto. He taught art
with A.Y. Jackson and Charles Comfort and did
editorial cartoons with The Globe and Mail during
the war years.
In 1939 Oscar was in charge of murals for Canada at
the World’s Fair in Chicago. He later moved with
his wife to Lakefield, and then to Peterborough,
where his most productive painting occurred. He
was one of the first Resident Artists at the
Haliburton School of Fine Art and also taught at Sir
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We are a community-based
charitable organization
dedicated to the protection in perpetuity
of diverse natural and cultural heritage
features of Hastings & Prince Edward Counties.
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Sanford Fleming
College in
Peterborough. In 1959,
Oscar was unanimously
nominated to the
prestigious association
know as the Ontario
Institute of Painters.
Oscar moved to the
Bancroft area in 1970,
to ‘retire.’ He was
admitted to the
Hastings Centennial
Manor in November of Portrait of a
1981, where he died ten Red Headed Woman
years later, in 1991, at by Oscar Schilienger
the age of 87.
From April 10 to May 5, the Gallery will feature
digital paintings by Bill Ellison, in a show called
Choice. The opening reception for this show takes
place on Friday, April 12, at 7:30 pm.
Bill Ellison received his Honours Bachelor of Fine
Art Degree, from the University of Windsor, Ontario
in 1972. From 1980 to 1998 Bill owned and
operated an antique restoration business in London.
Bill attained his Finishing Specialist, Bielmann
Design, in London, Ontario, from 1999 to 2003.
This was followed in 2004 to 2006 with work as a
cabinet designer and finishing consultant, for Epic
Woodworks. In 2007 he relocated to his current
home on Coe Island Lake, Faraday Township,
devoting his time to digital painting.
For more information, visit abg.weebly.com or call
613-332-1542.
www.qcu.ca
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Thank you to all the participating students, their
supportive teachers, Gallery One-Twenty-One and
the Belleville Art Association for their on-going
support. We extend a special thank you to Maurice
Rollins, Knudsen Construction, Bob House and
Rose Mary Rashotte for their financial support of
this initiative.
EXPLORE CREATIVITY AND THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT
IN DIALOGUE WITH
Listen and speak with the following artists as they share
how they see their own spiritual lives reflected in their
creative work.
Telephone: 613-966-7196
My Credit Union - My Community - My Future
All secondary schools in Hastings and Prince
Edward counties were invited to submit work to the
project. Each of the two participating galleries will
feature student work as part of their regular shows
through February, March and April. This year the
work submitted will highlight photography.
Financial awards will be presented for the People’s
Choice winners at each gallery for each show, as
well as awards for Juror’s Choice and honourable
mention. These awards will be given out at a special
awards ceremony in April.
WITH EYES OF THE HEART
Email: [email protected] Fax: 613-962-3247
Mail: Hastings Prince Edward Land Trust
P.O. Box 20042, Belleville, ON K8N 5V1
Community Banking & Financial Services
293 Sidney St. 251 RCAF Rd.
Belleville Trenton
613.966.4111 613.394.3361
UpstARTS is a joint project of Gallery One-TwentyOne and the Belleville Art Association, developed to
support young artists in the Quinte area. Established
in 2010, the program has two main goals. First, to
provide a showcase for our many talented secondary
school students and to increase the general public’s
awareness of their work, and secondly, to introduce
students to the galleries in the area, expanding their
appreciation of the visual arts in general and the
work of local artists in particular. As well, the
project is meant to provide the participating students
with financial support, references and experiences
which can be included in their portfolio
requirements when applying for post-secondary
admissions.
7 – 9 pm Mondays in March
4th Bill Reddick Ceramicist ● Andrew Innes Artist
11th Karen Dukes Poet ● Courting Controversy?
18th Claudia McCabe Painter ● Janine Kinch Painter
25th Roz Bound Writer ● Michael Goodwin Musician
by Janine Kinch
St. Mary Magdalene Church
335 Main Street, Picton, ON
Enter by the Front Door
4:30 pm Sunday April 7th
Closing Jazz Vespers
Blair Yarrington (Trumpet)
Dave Barton (Guitar) Brian Barlow (Percussion)
Come to any or all
Winter’s End at Arts on Main
Arts on Main Gallery, in Picton, is celebrating the
approach of spring with its
Winter’s End Show. The
following six artists are among
this co-operative gallery’s 20
members, all of whom have a
passion for creating art.
medium’s interaction with light. As an artist, my
interaction with
glass in an ongoing
exploration of the
tangibility of light.”
Dave Boorne
explains his
creative process for
Entwined: “Lying
in a pile of antique
wooden handles
that I have been
collecting for years,
these two scythe
handles twisted
together. Taking
this idea and
welding them on an
old 1940’s disc, a
dance was created.
Agriculture, history,
and repurposing
captured in one
simple sculpture.”
Penelope Patrick, the
gallery’s newest member, says,
“I feel compelled to record
these scenes through my
paintings. I have a love of and
the utmost respect for scenes
that you just know hold stories
from the past and I hope to
reflect that love and respect in
the work that I do. Playing
with contours, line and colour
brings a whimsical feeling to
my paintings that I hope you
will enjoy.”
In Vanessa Pandos’ words,
“Light illuminates (or it
doesn’t). If we ponder light at
all, it is usually in reference to
the object that is lit. What
draws me to glass is the
Forest Floor series, porcelain, by Bill Reddick
Garbage Bag Ball
by Eve Spelman
When five local women came together recently to
form the Dumpster Divas Collective, it had less to
do with marketing their eco-conscious fashions and
accessories than with promoting the idea of ecoconsciousness itself. Individually, they’ve all been
successful in selling their re-purposed, recycled,
upcycled, one-of-a-kind clothing, jewellery and
accessories; together they hope to raise a louder
voice for the concept behind what they do.
“It’s easy for people to see that our stuff is
different,” says Ingrid Tiffe, who along with Lisa
Morris, Holly Fox, Lindy Powell and Marina
Boretski make up the Divas. “But they don’t always
see how it’s different. They might like it, but they
don’t always get it.”
Like all good divas, they are ‘coming out’ with a
cotillion. Scheduled for April 20 at the CORE in
downtown Belleville, the Garbage Bag Ball
promises to be an evening of dancing, revelry, fun
and frivolity. Everyone is welcome and there will be
something for everyone - wallflowers included.
For Bill Reddick:
“I knew from my
youth that pottery
was my life. Halfway through my career, I gave up
production work to explore the potential I had yet to
express. This led to my participation in the First
International Ceramic Conference in Xixing China,
in 1998. I have had the privilege and luxury of
exploring the possibilities of my medium. The
porcelain art object has a specific language of
expression in its 800-year-old tradition, as much as
the Baroque period in music, particularly the work
of Bach, another passion of my life.”
Doug Johnson explains: “My love affair with
photography for the last 50 years has rewarded me
with an acute awareness of the beauty, variety and
mystery that surrounds us in this world on a daily
basis. Capturing its many moods has been a
challenge I have always relished.”
Mary Lou Ashton states: “With the use of texture,
line, shape and colour, I try to create in my
drawings, paintings and sculpture a visual sense of
the relationships and interactions of being alive: the
joy, the sorrow, the hurt, the healing, the love, the
anger, the compassion, the caring.”
The show runs from February 20 to May 13, at 233
Main Street, Picton. Hours are: in February, 12 to 4
pm, Thursday to Monday; in March and April, 11
am to 4 pm, Thursday to Monday; and in May, daily
from 11 am to 4 pm. To contact the gallery, call
613-476-5665 or visit www.artsonmaingallery.ca.
Light
refreshments will
be served
(including a
sundae bar) and
dance cards will
be provided. As it
takes place just
two days before
Earth Day, guests
are encouraged to
be eco-conscious
in their dress - dig Dumpster Divas: (From left to right) Lindy Powell, Ingrid Tiffe, Holly Fox, Lisa Morris and Marina
Boretski. PHOTO BY BOB HOUSE
deep into their
closets or visit a
Earlier the same day, the Dumpster Divas will be
vintage or thrift store or hand-make something
joining hundreds of their neighbours in Belleville’s
special from recycled materials (or from garbage
annual Trash Bash. “What better way to end the
bags perhaps). A highlight of the evening will be an
day,” says Trash Bash organizer Gary Magwood,
auction of one-of-a kind parasols that the Divas will
“than with the Garbage Bag Ball. I love it.”
be creating in their own unique styles. Guests are
welcome to create a parasol or umbrella of their own
The Garbage Bag Ball takes place on April 20, from
to bring to the ball, with a prize being given for the
7 to 10 pm, at the CORE, 223 Pinnacle Street,
most creative use of recycled materials.
Belleville. Admission is $5 or PWYC.
March/April 2013 Umbrella 11
Calendar
PERFORMING ARTS
Mar. 1 Quinte Figure Skating Club presents Broadway on
Ice, 7 pm at the Yardmen Arena, 265 Canifton Rd,
Belleville. Featuring performances by Lenni Stewart,
soprano, and Julian Gallo, tenor. Tickets: The Bulls Box
Office and at the door.
MARCH
APRIL
is Roger Dorey. www.loyalblues.ca
Apr. 4 to 20 The Belleville Theatre Guild presents ‘Art’
by Yasmina Reza. This 1998 Tony Award winning play is
sharp, witty, fun and sophisticated- and in a surprising twist,
affirms the power of friendship. Directed by Diane Burley,
enjoy 18 performances including 2 matinees.
www.bellevilletheatreguild.ca.
Mar. and Apr. The Stirling Festival Theatre, 41 West
Front St, Stirling. Mar. 1 at 8 pm - New Country Rehab.
Mar. 3 at 2 pm - “Bach and Beyond” with the Quinte
Quartet. Mar. 8 at 2 pm - Irish House Party - just in time for
St Patrick’s Day. Mar. 12-17 - Glee Club Confidential. A
SFT Young Company production. Mar. 22 at 2 pm & 8 pm The Soul of Supertramp. Apr. 5 at 2 pm & 8 pm - Night
Fever an evening of the Bee Gees. Dinner 6 pm and show
$62. Apr. 13 at 8 pm - Canadian Improv Showcase. Apr. 19
at 2 pm & 8 pm - Kenny & Dolly a tribute to Kenny Rogers
and Dolly Parton. Apr. 27 at 8 pm - Carroll Baker -Thanks
for the Memories starring Carroll Baker. Tickets and info:
613-395-2100 or 1-877-312-1162 or
www.stirlingfestivaltheatre.com.
Apr. 8 Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents: The
Sleeping Beauty, at The Empire Theatre, Belleville, 8 pm.
Tickets and info: 613-969-0099 or
www.theempiretheatre.com.
Mar. 3 The Belleville Theatre Guild is hosting a Victorian
Fashion Show and Tea Party. Recently the theatre had a
gracious donation from Mrs. Saunders of Foxboro Fabrics
which included beautiful period costumes. Many of the
BTG members have volunteered to dress up and serve tea
for this special fundraising event. Tickets are $15 and
available at the door. Info: www.bellevilletheatreguild.ca.
Apr. 12 The Musical Gifts Series at the John M. Parrott
Art Gallery, Belleville Library, 10:30 to 11:30 am. A
Country Valentine is this month’s theme and Rick Penner
and his guest Emma Pot will present country love songs.
Everyone is welcome to attend this free program in Gallery
One on the third floor. Info: 613-968-6731 x2240 or
[email protected].
Mar. 2 and Apr. 27 Quinte Children’s Theatre presents
shows on Saturday afternoon at 1 pm at Maranatha Church,
100 College St. W., Belleville. Mar. 2 is Motus O Dance
Theatre’s Circus Terrifico, and Apr. 27 is Jack Grunsky.
Tickets on sale through the participating schools and online. Tickets are $10 at the Maranatha box office (613-9622062), or by calling Ted Howe at 613 968-6345, or at the
door. Info: www.quintechildrenstheatre.ca.
Mar. and Apr. Kingston Symphony presents, all at the
Grand Theatre: Mar. 3, 2:30 pm, Suites, Songs &
Symphonies -Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, Tchaikovsky’s
Mozartiana Suite, and Juno Award-winning composer
Marjan Mozetich’s Under the Watchful Sky sung by mezzosoprano Susan Platts. Mar. 24, 2:30 pm, Eternal Spring The Kingston Symphony is joined by the Kingston Choral
Society and the Cantabile Women’s Chorus for an afternoon
concert. Apr. 12, 8 pm, Ella & Oscar - Two giants of Jazz Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson - are brilliantly brought
to life by vocalist Carol McCartney and pianist John
Sherwood. Apr. 27, 8 pm, Power & Passion - Canadian
cellist Denise Djokic joins the Kingston Symphony to
perform Dvorak’s Cello Concerto. Also Rimsky-Korsakov
and Smetana for a dramatic season finale! Tickets: 613546-9729, www.kingstonsymphony.on.ca.
Mar. 7 to 23 My Theatre presents Remember Me? written
by Sam Bobrick, directed by Len Hirst. Performances: Mar.
7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 at Historical Trenton Town
Hall - 1861, 55 King Street, Trenton. For Tickets:
[email protected] or [email protected]
www.mytheatrequinte.ca, or Quinte Chamber of Commerce,
800-930-3255 or 613-392-7635.
Mar. 8 John M. Parrott Art Gallery from 10:30 to 11:30 am
for our Musical Gifts Series. Swinging On A Star with
pianist Duncan Cooper and vocals by Debra Tosh. Tim
Roberts, tenor sax and vocals. His subject is composer
Jimmy Van Heusen, (known, amongst many other notable
achievements for the music he wrote for Frank Sinatra).
Everyone is welcome to attend this free program Info: 613968-6731 ext. 2240.
Mar. 23 Quinte Singers Variety Show featuring local area
talent, 2 pm, Deseronto United Church. Admission: $10 per
person, Children 12 and under free. Proceeds to Deseronto
Food Bank, Tyendinaga Food Bank and Morning Star
Mission, Napanee.
Mar. 24 The Quinte Opera Guild will meet at the Quinte
Sports and Wellness Centre on Cannifton Rd. at 2 pm. There
will be a discussion on the opera Salome by Richard Strauss
and why the work created such a storm of controversy at its
premiere in 1905. Also, noted soprano , Celine Papizewska,
will present a discussion to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of Giuseppe Verdi and the evolution of Italian opera. New
members welcome. Info: Jeannette at 613-771-1564.
Mar. 29 Bridge Street United Church along with St.
Matthew’s United Church will have an opportunity to
experience the events of Holy Week through music. The
Bridge Street Choir along with members from St.
Matthew’s United Church Choir will sing the cantata, The
Rose of Calvary by Joseph Martin. This beautiful work, full
of symbolism will form the basis of the Good Friday service
at Bridge Street United Church. This cantata will be
performed as part of the morning service beginning at 10:30.
60 Bridge St. E., Belleville.
Mar. 29 and Apr. 26 Loyal Blues Fellowship presents
Coffee House Blues (an all ages ‘open mic’) at the
Engineer’s Hall, 43 Pine Street, Belleville, 7 to 10 pm. Host
12 Umbrella March/April 2013
Apr. 6 Join The Dazzlebugs at Sans Souci in Belleville an
evening of food and fun music from the early 1900s. The
Dazzlebugs are Fraser Hardman & Jeanette Arsenault
accompanied by Sam Hirst on piano. You can come dressed
up in a costume for a cool door prize. Anything from the
early 1900s or Flapper’s era will do.
www.thedazzlebugs.com. For dinner & show reservations,
contact: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Tickets on sale Concerts at Maranatha Church Auditorium
in Belleville: May 4, 7:30 pm - Sentimental Journey,
featuring A Capella Quinte with the Commodores’
Orchestra, $20. Contact: Bob Young 613-968-9677. May
10, 7 pm and May 11, 2 pm, Big Band Sing ‘n Swing! The
Commodores’ Orchestra with the seven-member cast of
For The Love of a Song, $20, contact: Andy Sparling, 613968-8691.
Apr. 26 to May 31 The 2nd Annual Downtown Belleville
Student Art Show, When I Close My Eyes, will open Apr.
26 at 7 pm at the Core Centre Art Gallery, 223 Pinnacle St.
Selected work will be on display in store front windows
throughout downtown until May 31.
www.downtownbelleville.ca.
Apr. 26 to May 11 Brighton Barn Theatre presents
You’re Only Young Twice, a comedy, evenings at 8 pm and
two Sunday matinées at 2 pm. Tickets are $15, available at
613-475-2144. Info: Kathy Lacasse 613-475-0497, or
website: www.brightonbarntheatre.ca
Apr. 28 The Belleville Choral Society will perform
selections from the glorious and timeless Bach Magnificat
Oratorio at 3 pm at St. Michael’s Church, 296 Church St.,
Belleville. Three dynamic guest soloists and a Baroque
ensemble perform along with the choir on musical
instruments characteristic of the era. Selections feature
excerpts from one of Bach’s cello suites. Irish and Scottish
Folk music, contemporary classics along with other
favourites will comprise another component of the program.
Tickets: QAC, the Parish office, and at the door.
Apr. 28 The Quinte Opera Guild will meet at the Quinte
Sports and Wellness Centre on Cannifton Road at 2 pm.
There will be a presentation on the life of Gaetano Donizetti
and on his opera Lucia di Lammermoor. New members
welcome. Info: Jeannette at 613-771-1564
VISUAL ARTS
To Mar. 9 A show of Barbara Whelan’s Bay of Quinte
ice hut scenes will be at Quinn’s of Tweed. Wed. to
Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm, by appointment Monday &
Tuesdays. www.QuinnsOfTweed.ca.
Mar. 2 She Creates… One of a Kind 2013 at Portsmouth
Olympic Harbour, 53 Yonge St., Kingston, 11 am to 4 pm.
Free admission. www.wedontstopkingston.com.
To May 13 Arts on Main Gallery is having a Winters End
Show, 223 Main St. Picton. 613-476-5665,
www.artsonmaingallery.ca.
Mar. and Apr. Belleville Art Association Gallery, 392
Front Street, will show From the Heart, featuring work by
the members of the BAA and photographic works by area
secondary school students as part of the UpsARTS program.
Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. Info: 613-968-8632,
www.bellevilleart.com.
Mar. and Apr. See work by Quinte student artists in the
UpstArts program, at the Belleville Art Association Gallery
at 392 Front St. and at Gallery One-Twenty-One, 48 Bridge
St. E., Belleville.
Mar. 5 to Apr. 20 Gallery One-Twenty-One presents:
Jennifer Chanter, guest artist and Barry Argyle, featured
artist. Opening Reception Mar. 9 from 2 to 4 pm.
Mar. 5 to 9 International Women’s Day week events:
The opening of an Art exhibit, What does International
Women’s Day mean to you?, Mar. 5 from 5 to 7 pm at the
Core, 223 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Refreshments. Mar. 6 Africa: a Love story - From Childhood to the Quinte
Grannies For Africa. Includes a Powerpoint presentation of
real life in Kenya. Speakers Mieke Thorne and Rosemary
Embree. Belleville Public Library, 3rd floor meeting room,
6 pm, 254 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Mar. 8 - International
Women’s Day at the Core - a presentation and a march
through downtown Belleville at 10:30 am to noon. Mar. 9 Marina Nemat, author of Prisoner of Tehran and After
Tehran, at 10:30 am at the Belleville Public Library, 3rd
floor meeting room. All are welcome, events are free. Info:
Mieke at 613-969-1782.
Mar. 6 to Apr. 6 The Art Gallery of Bancroft, 10 Flint
Ave., Bancroft, is pleased to show 16 paintings by Oscar
Schlienger, from its permanent collection. Opening
reception Mar. 8, 4 pm. Info: abg.weebly.com or call 613332-1542.
Mar. 7 to 30 The John M. Parrott Art Gallery invites
you to enjoy two new exhibitions. In Gallery 1 and 2, Airola
is an exhibition of the work of artist and teacher Paavo
Airola and his students, on generous loan from long-time
collector Terri Lipman. In Gallery 3, local mixed media
artist Bob Pennycook presents new works in his first solo
show at the gallery. Opening reception on Mar. 9 from 2 to
4 pm. Info: 613-968-6731 x2240.
Mar. 7 to May 14 The Quinte Arts Council’s March/April
Art in the Community visual art show featuring art and
craft produced by QAC members. The opening reception
takes place at the QAC Gallery and Gift Shop (36 Bridge
St. E., Belleville) on Mar. 7, 4 to 7 pm. Work will also
hang at various venues throughout Belleville. Info:
www.quinteartscouncil.org, 613-962-1232.
Mar. 9 to Apr. 14 The Colborne Art Gallery, 51 King St.
E, Colborne, presents The Lake In Winter and other Vistas,
a solo exhibition by Gallery Member photographer, Bill
Hornbostel. Info: Barbara Buntin at 372-8535. An
opening reception with the artist present will be held on
Mar. 9 from 2-4 pm. All are welcome. Info:
www.thecolborneartgallery.ca, 905-355-1798.
Mar. to June Oeno Gallery presents Spring Exhibition,
Mar. 9 to Apr. 7, and Curator’s Choice, Apr. 13 to June 16.
Info: 613-393-2216 or www.oenogallery.com.
Jeff Boyce is the Owner/Designer/Creator of Fitifiti
Apparel, at 200 N Front St. Unit #6, Belleville. They
produce high quality clothing and accessories, designed in
Canada and half their profits go to charity. When you
purchase an item from Fitifiti, you will be supporting Sick
Kids Hospital, the Caleb Moore Fund or an initiative to
develop a free-to-use public snowboard park in Belleville.
www.fitifiti.org, 613-689-6961.
Mar. 12 to Apr. 6 Artist Choice, featuring work by the
members of the Belleville Art Association and
photographic works by area secondary school students, as
part of the UpsARTS program. Apr. 8 to May 11 – Spring,
featuring work by the members of the BAA. Belleville Art
Association Gallery, 392 Front Street Belleville, hours
Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4 pm.
Mar. 22 and 23 Brighton Arts Council’s Spring Art
Festival at the Brighton Community Centre will run 4 to 8
pm on Mar. 22 and 9 am to 3 pm on Mar. 23, and will
feature local artists selling jewellery, paintings, stained
glass, photography, word art and much more. Free
admission and apple cider.
Mar. 23 An Art House Forum at 234 Marsh Hill Farm
Rd., east off Hwy 14, north of Belleville. Work by artists
throughout the ranch house: Candice Gunter (ceramic
figurative sculpture), Lindy Powell (textile art), Robert
Barnes (new paintings), Douglas Robinson (amulets and
hand sculptures: small works in jadite, alabaster, onyx,
travertine & marble), and special guest Joan Malcolmsen –
‘The Distillation of Place’, watercolour landscape. From 2
to 3 pm, Nature Walk with naturalist Gerry Waldron; at 5
pm, Douglas Robinson will speak on, ‘Undocumented
Creative Solutions from the Middle Ages to the Time of the
Drones’. Music afterwards. Info: 613-395-5863.
Apr. Arts Quinte West show, For the Birds, at the Gallery,
84 Dundas St. W., Trenton. www.artsquintewest.ca.
Apr. 8 to May 11 Spring, featuring work by the members
of the BAA. Belleville Art Association Gallery, 392 Front
Street Belleville, hours Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 4
pm.
Apr. 9 to 16 The Quinte Arts Council and the Art & Design
Foundation Program of Loyalist College will hold a
Typographic Exhibit at the College in Belleville. The
students will take examples of the written word and
interpret and express them through designing with type.
Info: 613-962-1232, [email protected].
Apr. 10 to May 5 The Art Gallery of Bancroft, 10 Flint
Ave., Bancroft, features digital paintings by Bill Ellison, in
a show called Choice. Opening reception Apr. 12, 7:30 pm.
Info: abg.weebly.com or call 613-332-1542.
May 5 The Mother of all Craft Shows at the River Inn,
79 River Road, Corbyville, 10 am to 3 pm. Fourth annual
artisan event showcasing fabulous handcrafted creations to
support local charity, Fixed Fur Life. Pottery, stained glass,
fibre arts, jewellery, organic skincare to name a few!
Treats, music, raffle draws and a crafting corner for kiddies
to create something special for Mom! $2 admission.
www.motherofallcraftshows.com.
WORKSHOPS
Oil painting lessons with Elizabeth Hutchinson, Tuesday
and Thursday mornings, 10 am to12 pm in Carrying Place,
$20 a lesson. [email protected].
Mar. 4 to Apr. 7 With Eyes of the Heart: explore
creativity and the life of the spirit, in dialogue with artists
Bill Reddick and Andrew Innes on Mar. 4, Karen Dukes on
Mar. 11, Claudia McCabe and Janine Kinch on Mar. 18,
Roz Bound and Michael Goodwin on Mar. 25. Closing Jazz
Vespers (Blair Yarrington, Dave Barton and Brian Barlow),
4:30 pm, Sunday, Apr. 7. St. Mary Magdalene, 335 Main
St., Picton. Mondays, 7 to 9 pm.
Mar. 5 and 12 Basic Digital Camera Course, instructor
Peggy deWitt, Understanding Your Digital Camera, two
Tuesday evenings in Picton, 6 to 8 pm. 613-476-1099 or
[email protected] or www.peggydewitt.com.
Mar., Apr. Winter Crafternoons at Spark Box Studio, 885
County Rd. 5 Picton. Mar. 9 and 10, 10 am to 1 pm. Apr.
Silkscreen Workshop, Apr. 5, 12 and 19, 6 to 9 pm, May
Solar Plate Printing, May 18 and 19, 10 am to 1 pm. 613476-0337, www.sparkboxstudio.com.
Mar. 9 and 10 Cranston Gallery presents: Intro to Acrylic
Painting - learn the steps to successfully paint with acrylic,
from priming the canvas, selecting your subject, creating a
Notan and value study. Underpainting big shapes, colour
choices, brush strokes, varnishing and finishing for hanging.
Weekend workshop 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, $250 includes
materials. Registration form available at
www.cranstongallery.com or call 613-393-3900.
To Apr. Creative Boost: Art For Everyone will host a
monthly Meet & Greet for anyone and everyone who is
creative and wants to grow their skills and knowledge
through meeting other creative people. Visit the Facebook
page www.facebook.com/cre8iveboost for information on
upcoming activities. Fee: $5 + tax/per night. No
registration required.
Mar. 10 Got a song in your heart and you want to know
how to let it out? Join Jeanette Arsenault at the Picton
Library for a one day Songwriting Workshop for
beginners. Bring your lunch! Cost is $25 from 9 am to 4
pm. 613-476-5962.
Paint in Morocco! Apr. 7-13 with local artist, Elizabeth
Hutchinson. www.moroccansketchbook.com/. Paint in
France! September 21-28. Reserve your spot now for a
week long oil painting workshop this September with local
artist, Elizabeth Hutchinson. We will be working in oil, en
plein air. All levels of experience and non-painting partners
are welcome. Info:
http://www.paintingretreats.net/frenchsketchbook.html.
Vaughan Group - Commercial Photography, Photography
Workshops, Website/Graphic Design, Marketing Your
Business, Guitar Lessons. 613-966-9193,
www.vaughangroup.ca.
Mar. 12 Open Studio Tuesdays 10 am to 1 pm. Don’t
have room to paint at home? Need inspiration to finish your
art work? Bring your supplies to the John M. Parrott Art
Gallery on Mar. 12. This unstructured program is a great
place for both the novice and experienced artist to get
together to create. The program is free and runs the second
Tuesday of each month in the meeting room on the third
floor. Info: 613-968-6731 x2240.
Mar. 15 and 16 The Belleville Art Association, in
partnership with the John M. Parrott Gallery, presents
Mixed-up Media, a workshop with internationally
recognized artist and teacher, Bob Pennycook. See article
on Umbrella page 9.
Mar. 19 to Apr. 23 Cranston Gallery presents: Sketching
with Ink and Watercolour – explore line, tone, colour and
detail rendering through fun and illuminating exercises, in
Bloomfield. Tues. evenings, 7 to 9 pm, 6-week course
running Mar. 19 to Apr. 23, $200 does not include materials.
613-393-3900.
Mar. 22 and 23 Brighton Arts Council’s Spring Art
Festival – three workshops available: two for adults and
one for children (6 to 12), plus an art sale, including
demonstrations. Free admission and apple cider. Friday 4
to 8 pm, Saturday 9 to 3 pm, at the Brighton Community
Center. Contact: Elizabeth Nanninga,
[email protected].
Mar. 23 Port Hope Friends of Music will welcome TorQ
Percussion Quartet to Cobourg’s Victoria Hall at 8 pm on
Mar. 23. That afternoon there is an exciting opportunity for
music students to experience a Percussion Workshop with
TorQ – Mar. 23 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm at Victoria Hall. ·
The focus will be on developing the techniques of free
improvisation. Cost, $5 per student, which includes a ticket
to the evening concert.· Only 30 spots available: to confirm
a space contact Lee Vittetow at [email protected] or
phone 905-885-8353.
Mar. 23 and 24 Cranston Gallery presents: Painting with
Pastels Level 1 - Pastels offer the painter pure pigment at
their fingertips. This class celebrates the pastel medium in
its application and approaches. Traditional techniques will
be the foundation of instruction, colour and light will be the
focus. 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, $250 includes materials.
www.cranstongallery.com, 613-393-3900.
Mar. 23 and 24 Andrew Csafordi, will be celebrating the
running of the sap in PE County by offering a Two-Day
“Maple inspired” Encaustic Painting Workshop as part of
the County’s Maple Festival. To register call Andrew at
613-393-1572.
Starting in Apr. The Blue House, 79 Main St. Brighton
offers classes in watercolour, acrylic, oil, mixed media, oil
sticks, silk scarves, textured acrylics and encaustic media.
Instructors Jeanette Campbell and Mary McEwan. Info:
613-661-9596, [email protected].
The Firelight Lantern Festival is a family-friendly
community arts event in Picton on Apr. 20 starting at 7 pm.
Gather at Benson Park before dusk, and as the sun sets,
hundreds of handmade paper lanterns will be lit and paraded
through the darkening streets of Picton, winding up in Delhi
Park. Revelers will gather to hear live music and watch a
shadow puppetry performance. Afterwards there will be
light installations to explore, and food and drink available
for sale. Starting on Mar. 11, a series of twenty
community lantern-making workshops will be held at
various locations around the County.
www.firelightfest.blogspot.ca. There will be a Community
Planning Meeting on Mar. 9, from 2 to 4 at the Picton
Library.
Apr. 20 At Bridge Street United Church, 10 am to 8:30 pm,
Choir Clinic and Concert. There will be a full day clinic
for church and community choirs, with guest clinician,
Barry Peters. $25 includes lunch and dinner. 7 pm concert
featuring each of the choirs plus several works that are
learned during the day with a massed choir. Info: Terry
Head, 613-962-9178 ext. 74, bridgestreetchurch.com.
CALLS FOR ENTRY
Empty Bowls 2013 (which will be held Mar. 23 at Loyalist
College) is looking for Artists and Artisans to participate in
their Market Place. The QRFSS is the collective of area
food banks located in Belleville, Picton, Wellington,
Deseronto, Madoc, Marmora, Stirling, Northbrook, and
Loyalist College. Info on this and other Calls for Entry at
www.quinteartscouncil.org, click on Opportunities for
Artists.
Deadline Apr. 15 Call to high school student artists in
Quinte to enter the 2nd Annual Downtown Belleville
Student Art Show. The theme is When I Close My Eyes.
Cash prizes. Accepting photography, painting, sculpture
and digital art. The show will open Apr. 26. Info and entry
form: www.downtownbelleville.ca, 613-968-2242.
Deadline May 30 The Bancroft Art & Craft Guild will
be holding its annual summer show on Aug. 3 and 4. This
is their 32nd show and, with more than 40 vendors, is sure
to be well attended. Info: Nancy Brookes at 613-338-5431
or [email protected].
Deadline Apr. 12 The village of Warkworth is hosting its
third annual Warkworth Art in the Park Juried Show and
Sale on May 18 and 19 at Mill Creek Park. Artists working
in many different media (ceramic, fibre art, fine art, glass,
jewellery, metal, photography, sculpture and more) are
invited to apply. www.warkworthartinthepark.ca.
Deadline ASAP The Tweed and Area Studio Tour is
accepting applications for entry of artists to the Sept 28 and
29 tour. Applications are on line at
www.tweedstudiotour.org.
Deadline Apr. 8 Expressions, The Quinte Arts Council’s
Bi-Annual Juried Visual Art Show and Sale at the John M.
Parrott Art Gallery, Belleville Public Library, will run May
9 to 31. Entry form at www.quinteartscouncil.org.
Artists The Kiwanis Club of Tweed and Tweed & Area
Arts Council will present Art in the Park on Aug. 3, at the
Memorial Park on beautiful Stoco Lake. Info:
[email protected].
Deadline Apr. 30 Students who are proceeding to further
education in the arts, at a university or college in Canada,
can apply for one of the QAC Student Bursaries or the
Hugh P. O’Neil Bursaries. Download info and forms at
www.quinteartscouncil.org.
Register by May 31 The Belleville Downtown
Improvement Area (BDIA) in partnership with the Quinte
Arts Council (QAC) invites artists to enter the Bellevilleon-the-Bay-of-Quinte Plein Air Festival.
www.bellevillepleinairfestival.com. See page 19.
Singers and accompanist The Belleville Choral Society
welcomes interested potential singers to audition in May for
the 2013-2014 season. The Belleville Choral Society is
seeking an accompanist for the future. Interested persons are
to contact Mirijam at [email protected].
FILM
Mar. 1 to 3 The 2nd Belleville Downtown DocFest –
International Documentary Film Festival, at The Empire
Theatre, CORE Centre (Old Corby Library) and Belleville
Public Library. Friday evening’s Opening Gala at The
Empire will feature the Academy Award-winning film,
Searching for Sugar Man. Special guest, Toronto singersongwriter Jason Collett will perform following the film.
Schedule: www.downtowndocfest.ca.
Mar. and Apr. The Quinte Film Alternative Great Movie
Wednesdays presents first-run, festival quality, must-see
cinema every second Wednesday 2 & 7:30 pm at the Empire
Theatre in Belleville. War Witch (Rebelle) on Mar. 13,
Stories We Tell on Mar. 27, The Angels’ Share on Apr. 10,
Amour on Apr. 24. Info at 613-480-6407,
quintefilmalternative.ca.
HERITAGE
Mar. to June Third Thursdays of the Month, 1850’s Book
Club at Macaulay House. Featured books: Uncle Tom’s
Cabin, A Tale of Two Cities, Moby Dick & Life in the
Clearings versus the Bush. 10 am, 35 Church St., Picton.
Free Membership (Goodwill offerings appreciated).
Contact: Jennifer Lyons, Head Curator,
www.countymemorytrail.ca, 613-476-2148 x258.
Mar. 4 The final lecture in the History Nights at The
Regent Theatre in Picton series will features Prof. Patrice
Dutil of Ryerson University and the Chair of the Champlain
Society of Canada, discussing the journeys of French
explorer Samuel de Champlain to the Quinte area in 1615. 7
pm.
Sold Out – Both the May and June Hastings County
Historical Society Bus Tours, Ghost Towns & Pioneer
Villages in Our Backyard, have sold out. They are not
taking a waiting list.
Mar. 11 to 15 Museum Training for Teens! March Break
Program, ages 12 to 17. Book by day or for the week. 10
am to 4 pm daily, Macaulay Heritage Park, 35 Church St.,
Picton. Mar. 11: antique handling & cataloguing; Mar. 12:
historic baking & hearth cooking; Mar. 13: historic
costuming & guided tours; Mar. 14: digitizing the
collections; Mar. 15: exhibit design basics. Teens will gain
experience working in museums! $25 per day or $100 per
week. Contact: Jennifer Lyons.
Mar. 19 Hastings County Historical Society presents
historical author, journalist and broadcaster, Mary Thomas,
sharing details from her popular book, Canadians with
Custer. 7:30 pm, downtown Belleville, at the Quinte Living
Centre, 370 Front St. (northeast corner door). Bring a
friend. www.hastingshistory.ca.
Apr. 11 to 13 When the Ice Breaks - The rooms of
historic Macaulay House become a theatrical backdrop for
an 1812 drama by Toronto’s Down n’ Out Productions.
Advanced booking is recommended. Macaulay House, 35
Church St., Picton. $20 adults, $12 students. Contact:
Jennifer Lyons.
Apr. 16 The Hastings County Historical Society presents
“The Archive Angels” as they bring Highlights of Local
Heritage Gems – fascinating stories of our community’s
past and its colourful people, found in our Community
Archives. Quinte Living Centre Auditorium, 370 Front St.,
Belleville at 7:30 pm.
Apr. 27 Doors Open Prince Edward County: Deep Roots
& Creative Minds! Explore 10 intriguing heritage
destinations, each offering a day-long program of
celebrating the arts locally: visual arts, theatrical arts,
literary arts and art history, County style! Visit a new
Farmers & Artisans Market! Each site offers a one-of-akind artistically designed door, created by local artists and
available for you to take home! 10 am to 4 pm, various
locations Free admission. Info: Community Development
Department: 613-476-2148 x 254 or x255,
www.countymemorytrail.ca.
LITERARY
Apr. 11 to 13 The Prince Edward County Authors
Festival. Info: Books and Co., 289 Main St., Picton,
pecauthorsfest.com.
Apr. 12 The fourth annual County Reads will be kicking
off the Author’s Festival 7 pm upstairs at Books & Co., 289
Main St., Picton. Five local presenters will champion their
books and vie to be the winner - the book that everyone in
the County should read. Admission is free. Info: 613 476
7901 ext 214.
ODDS AND ENDS
Mar. 13 CJLX-FM annual volunteer appreciation
dinner and awards ceremony takes place at Club 213,
Loyalist College, 5:30 pm. Public welcome. Tickets $35
(Loyalist students $30), in advance from QAC or 966-0923
x91 at Loyalist College.
Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24 Back by popular demand! Later Life
Learning Lectures at St. Thomas’ Church, 201 Church St.,
Belleville. See ad on page 8.
May 7 The Quinte Arts Council’s Annual General
Meeting will be held, 6 to 7:30 pm in the Meeting Room,
3rd Floor, Belleville Library, 254 Pinnacle St. RSVP by
Apr. 15, 613-962-1232, [email protected].
Everyone is welcome.
Apr. 20 The Dumpster Divas Collective presents the
Garbage Bag Ball, at the CORE, 223 Pinnacle Street, 7 to
10 pm, admission $5 or PWYC. See article on Umbrella
page 11.
Apr. 23 Albert College Shewfelt Lecture featuring
Canadian author, Arthur Fleischmann, at 7 pm at Albert
College. Author of Carly’s Voice. www.albertcollege.ca.
Deadline for the May/June issue
is Monday, April 2, 2013.
For advertisements, please contact
QAC before copy deadline.
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Art in the Community March/April
The March/April exhibit in the Quinte Arts Council
Gallery and gift shop will feature works by Linda
Phipps Nicoll, Doug Robinson, and Marc ‘Budgie’
Bourdon.
Linda Phipps Nicoll is a self-taught oil painter, who
finds her mentors in the works of impressionists and
post-impressionists, mainly the Group of Seven and
Tom Thomson. “My favourite depictions are of
skyscapes and landscapes, mainly from Ontario,
from the Canadian Shield to Prince Edward County.
I feel that my work is an infusion of line, colour, and
observation of light,” states Linda.
Doug Robinson shows selected works in marble,
travertine and granite. These sculptures evolve to be
the way they are by the process of a ‘journey’ within
the specific material. In this context, softer stones
give more freedom of expression, while harder ones
less so. Materials have been sourced from Taiwan,
France, Italy, Canada and Portugal. “Doug’s work
resonates best when the ambiguity of form leads us
to several conclusions at once,” says Greg Angus
Zanin, Toronto artist.
Marc ‘Budgie’ Bourdon is a sculptor
in stone, glass fusing, and glass
blowing, who combines a work
background in education, advertising
and graphic design with his passion for
sculpting and carving. He will have a
variety of his glass pendants on
display, as well as other functional art,
including granite cubes to cool your
beverages without watering them
down.
Other Art in the Community artists
include the members of the Belleville
Art Association showing at the
Belleville Family Medical Centre and
Lynn Cloudsdale showing at Prime
Time Steakhouse. Lynn is a selftaught artist working with different
media, depending on the effects she
wants to create. Her three media of
choice are graphite (pencil), coloured
pencil, and stripling with pen and ink.
Her love for the use of pen and ink
stems from her study of architecture.
by Karen Dukes
It’s been a long time coming. Almost two years ago,
artist Andrew Innes (Round the Bend Gallery) and
poet/priest Karen Dukes (A Recipe for Orphans)
began working on a dream. They wanted to create
an event linking spirituality and creativity in a way
that might inspire others to claim their own
creativity and find its roots in the holy. Their dream
will find expression on Mondays in March.
Sculpture by Douglas Robinson
The conversation-based series, called With Eyes of
the Heart, debuts March 4, at 7 pm, at St. Mary
Magdalene church in Picton. County artists will
illustrate and speak about the ways in which their
creative life intersects with and expresses their own
sense of the divine. One segment will discuss the
acceptable limits in art that could be considered
‘spiritual.’ Those who attend will have plenty of
opportunity to ask questions and explore their own
understandings.
On Monday, March 4, renowned ceramic artist Bill
Reddick begins the discussion, followed by
multimedia artist Andrew Innes. On March 11,
Karen Dukes will speak of how her poetry reflects
her spiritual experience, followed by the discussion
on acceptable limits. March 18 sees Claudia
McCabe, whose vivid paintings flow from her inner
life, followed by Janine Kinch, an artist known for
her work portraying the hidden aspects of life.
March 25, the final session, will feature local writer
Roz Bound, who is active in County life, followed
by the versatile classical musician Michael
Goodwin.
Girl with Freckles, pen and ink by Lynn Cloudsdale
Dinkel’s Restaurant & Courtyard has bright and
colourful watercolour paintings by Helen Steinberg.
Pat Werden is featured at Earl & Angelo’s Steak &
Seafood Restaurant, which is an appropriate setting,
as she states that, “Being an artist gives me a way to
step from reality into another realm where with a
little paint, a stroke of the brush, and a piece of my
heart, I can magically create a feast for the eyes, or,
at the very least, a thought-provoking conversation
piece. My work is created from scenes or ideas that
touched my inner-self, and with it, the desire to
capture the feeling by plying my paintbrush over the
canvas with the hope that my interpretation is
enjoyed by the viewer.”
The bright and whimsical acrylic paintings of Jan
Atkinson are featured at the Boathouse Seafood
Restaurant. Painting with acrylics has become Jan’s
main focus, as they allow her to achieve the
beautiful bold colours that dominate all of her
paintings. A selection of the paintings of the artists
participating in this AITC March/April show are on
display at Mayor Ellis’s office at Bellville City Hall
and at the QAC.
The opening reception takes place on March 7 from
4 to 7 pm, at the Quinte Arts Council Gallery and
Gift Shop, at 36 Bridge Street East, Belleville. All
are welcome to view the work, meet the artists and
enjoy refreshments.
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Finally, the series will be drawn to a close by a Jazz
Vespers service, featuring well-known musician
Brian Barlow, backed up by area artists Blair
Yarrington on trumpet and Dave Barton on guitar.
Brian will speak of the spirituality that underlies his
work and finds expression in the Jazz Mass held at
St. Mary Magdalene each fall. This final event will
be held on April 7, at 4:30 pm at the church.
There is no cost for the series, which is designed to
reflect a variety of approaches to spiritual life. Each
evening will be complete in itself, so come for one
or for all. The evenings begin at 7 pm and will
conclude promptly at 9 pm.
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PERFORMING ARTS
Art versus friendship
by Erica Holgate
Three friends, two different opinions and one
painting: the next play to take the stage at the
Belleville Theatre Guild will be Art by Yasmina
Reza. Winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play,
this show is sure to hit the audience’s funny bone.
The premise of the show is rather simple:
Serge buys a very expensive painting by a
popular modern artist, but his best friend
Marc thinks he is absolutely crazy and
that the painting is a joke. When Yvan,
another friend, tells Serge that he likes
the painting, the old friends square off
over the canvas. As their arguments
become more personal, they border on
destroying their friendships.
Rehearsals are in process and director Diane Burley
is delighted with her cast and how well the
production is shaping up. She has wanted to direct
this play since she saw a production of it in Toronto
and loved every minute of it. “The play is a very
funny and insightful look at friendship.”
Art is not divided into traditional acts and scenes. It
runs as a longer one act play, weaving in dialogue
between characters and several monologues, where
the characters address the audience directly. At one
level, the debate over the painting revolves around
the usual question of aesthetic values, but on another
The exhilarating
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level the purchase of the painting comes to
symbolize a deeper exploration of the nature of
friendship.
Art has a cast of just three male actors, Rob Lloyd as
the art-indulging Serge, Craig Chamberlain as his
conflict-creating friend Marc and Ozz MacDonald as
the more agreeable other friend (with
his own personal problems), Yvan.
Liz Marshall is the producer and
Emily Macdonald is the show’s stage
manager. Liz also saw the Toronto
production and says that “audiences
are in for a great evening of theatre.”
Visit the BTG web site,
www.bellevilletheatreguild.ca, to find more about
our upcoming productions, including the release of
the upcoming 2013/2014 season! And don’t miss
Art, taking place from April 4 to 20. Tickets are $18
and we offer 13 performances, including two
Sunday matinées. There’s a preview night on April
3, with tickets at $5. Contact us through the website
or call the box office at 613-967-1442 to order your
tickets on-line.
The Belleville Theatre Guild offers elevator service
right in to the theatre, a barrier-free washroom and
room in the front row for wheel chairs and other
mobility devices. See you at the Pinnacle Playhouse!
Four-time Juno Award winner
Jack Grunsky,
Saturday, April 27th at 1 pm
1 pm only - Maranatha Auditorium, 100 College Street West, Belleville
Tickets: $7.50 in advance and $10 at the door!
Tickets online at www.quintechildrenstheatre.ca
and by calling 613-968-6345
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Belleville Choral Society concert
The accomplished singers of the Belleville Choral
Society are fervently perfecting some challenging
choral music, in preparation for their spectacular
spring concert, being presented on Sunday April 28,
at 3 pm. St. Michael the Archangel Parish, known
for its unsurpassed acoustical properties, will be the
venue for the concert. It is located at 296 Church
Street, Belleville. Tickets will be available at the
Quinte Arts Council, St. Michael’s office, and at the
door. The prices are: adults $20; youth 6 to 18
years, $5.
The repertoire includes exuberant selections from
the glorious and timeless Bach Magnificat oratorio.
Joining the choir are vocal guest soloists Holly
Gwynne-Timothy (soprano), Kim Dafoe (alto) and
Gordon Gwynne-Timothy (tenor), as well as
instrumental guests Joel Bootsma (viola), Heather
Schreiner (obo/recorder), and The County Baroque
Ensemble, performing on musical instruments
characteristic of the era. Other selections in this
impressive program feature excerpts from one of
Bach’s cello suites, Irish and Scottish folk music,
and contemporary classics. The collaborations
between choir, soloists and instrumentalists will
assuredly be highlights for audience, musicians and
choir alike.
The Belleville Choral Society, under the passioninfused direction of recently appointed Music
Director Mirijam Spoelstra, consists of professional
and avocational musicians with diverse
backgrounds. It performs choral literature with
varied accompaniment, from all musical periods.
The choir’s December 2012 performance was a
The Mother of all Craft Shows
Combine a Sunday in spring, handcrafted treasures
and the rustic beauty of the River Inn on the Moira
and you have The Mother of all Craft Shows. In its
fourth year, the show is scheduled for Sunday, May
5, from 10 am to 3 pm.
Organizers, Cara Hunter, Connie Yrjola and Barb
Forgie say The Mother of all Craft Shows got its
name from the event’s being held a week before
Mother’s Day. “We hope that attendants will
consider a handcrafted gift for the special women in
their lives. When you purchase something
handmade, it’s so much more than just an object –
there is a real person behind it and always a story to
accompany it.”
Among the unique features of the show are the
picturesque surroundings and festive atmosphere of
the River Inn. The River Inn occupies the site of the
Corbyville distillery reception centre and boasts a
one hundred and fifty year-old imported bar from
Ireland. It’s located a mere five minutes north of
Belleville, along the winding banks of the Moira
River.
This year, attendees can look forward not only to
some new artisans but to returning ones as well.
Meander the grounds with a glass of wine and enjoy
live music, while deciding just what special piece
you’re going to acquire. Kids will have an
opportunity create a special Mother’s Day gift, at no
additional charge. Each person attending will have a
chance to win a ‘swag bag’ with the admission fee
of $2. Draws will happen every half hour, but
winners must be in attendance at the time of the
draw. Again, there will be the annual Raffle, with
testament to the choir’s ability to captivate the
audience with their sonorous voices.
This community choir welcomes interested potential
singers to audition in May for the 2013-2014 season.
Also, the B.C.S. is seeking an accompanist for the
future, as their present pianist will be attending postsecondary education outside of the Belleville area.
Interested persons should contact Mirijam Spoelstra,
via e-mail: [email protected].
Annual $1,000 scholarships are granted to worthy
secondary school students pursuing post-secondary
formal studies.
Community support of the choir ensures that this
cherished cultural resource will continue to thrive.
The Belleville Choral Society is a non-profit
organization, which means that all donations to the
chorus are tax-deductible.
items handcrafted and donated by our show artisans,
all in support of local charity, Fixed Fur Life.
Artisans themselves, Forgie, Hunter and Yrjola are
responsible for two other area shows: Kaleidoscope,
which is scheduled for August 25 at Fields on West
Lake, Bloomfield and Mistletoe Magic, with a date
to be determined. If you ask the trio why they
continue to host shows, they’ll simply tell you it’s
because they love what they do. This is certainly
evident from their winning formula to promote and
present a new era of craft shows.
For more information, please visit the website at
www.motherofallcraftshows.com.
Mother of all Craft Shows, along the winding banks of the
Moira River.
STUDENT BURSARIES
Each spring, the Quinte Arts Council awards TWO $500 bursaries to students graduating from secondary
schools in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties and proceeding to further education in the arts, at a
university or college in Canada, with the aim of pursuing a career in the arts.
Each spring, Hugh P. O’Neil, in conjunction with the Quinte Arts Council, awards
TWO $500 bursaries to students graduating from secondary schools in the
Quinte Riding (as it existed in 1995). Students must be proceeding to further
education in the arts, at a university, college, or school of dance in Canada, with
the aim of pursuing a career in the arts.
The Hugh P. O’Neil Bursary fund was established in 1995 by the Quinte Provincial
Liberal Association to recognize the contributions of former MPP Hugh O’Neil
during more than twenty years of political life, and in particular to honour his
significant support of the arts both provincially and locally.
Deadline is April 30, 2013. You can apply for QAC or Hugh O’Neil or both.
Applications are at the Quinte Arts Council, 36 Bridge St. E., Belleville.
Call 613-962-1232 or download forms at www.quinteartscouncil.org
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PEC Music Festival
In 1994, a group of musicians and classical music
lovers started a small festival in Prince Edward
County. From modest beginnings as a three-day
event, The Prince Edward County Music Festival
has blossomed into two weeks of dazzling classical
music. The Festival has become one of Ontario’s
destination events for world class chamber music,
drawing an impressive roster of performers and an
ever-growing number of guests from all over
Ontario and Quebec.
Under Artistic Director and acclaimed pianist and
professor at the University of Ottawa School of
Music, Stéphane Lemelin, as well as a group of
dedicated volunteers, the Prince Edward County
Music Festival has worked to enhance the cultural
and artistic life in
Prince Edward
County, to
encourage
appreciation of
classical music
and opera, to
contribute to the
musical
education of
young people,
and to celebrate
the work of
living Canadian
composers. Now
in its 10th
season, the
Festival has truly
become an
integral part of
Prince Edward
County’s cultural
landscape and a
model example
of a rural
Canadian music
festival.
This year’s
milestone
Xylophone player from Bangers and Smash
anniversary
program will run
from September 20 to 28 and will celebrate the tenyear history of the Festival, while highlighting
Canadian composers and promoting classical music
appreciation. A retrospective of some of the
Festival’s best loved performances will mark the
opening night and set the tone for two weeks of
artistic excellence. This year’s program will include
performances from the Juno award-winning
Gryphon Trio, as well as Peter Tiefenbach, along
with singer comedienne Mary Lou Fallis, who the
Toronto Star described as “the fabulousest,
Canadianest diva of them all, with wit as dry as a
vodka martini.” The 2013 season will also see the
expansion of the extremely popular School’s
Concert, which brings classical music at the highest
level to students from Prince Edward County. This
year’s School’s Concert will be performed by True
North Brass, one of Canada’s pre-eminent brass
ensembles.
In addition to traditional and contemporary chamber
music presentations, the Festival has invited
Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, for a second
consecutive year, to present the premiere
performance of their
staged opera
production, featuring
up-and-coming
Canadian singers.
Following on last year’s
success with Cosi fan
Tutte, we will present
their production of La
Bohème on September
26, at the historic and
newly renovated Regent
Theatre. The stunning
Oeno Gallery and
beautiful Church of St.
Mary Magdalene will
once again serve as
venues for the
Festival’s concerts.
The 2013 Prince
Edward County Music
Festival program launch
will take place during
Maple in the County, on
March 23 and 24.
During that time,
concert dates and
visiting artists will be
PHOTO BY RICK MATTHEWS named and Early Bird
Festival passes will be
available. The Festival is
organized by the Prince Edward Arts Council with
funding from the Canadian Heritage Foundation,
Celebrate Ontario and the Ontario Arts Council. For
more information about the 2013 Prince Edward
County Music Festival program and tickets, to sign
up for the newsletter, or for sponsorship
opportunities, visit www.pecmusicfestival.com.
2nd Annual
Downtown Belleville
Student Art Show
A Professionally Juried Visual Arts
Show with Prize Awards. Open to
all High School age young people
attending or not attending School.
Art Show Opening Reception
April 26th, 7 pm at the Core Centre,
223 Pinnacle Street, Belleville.
Selected works of art will go on display
in store front windows throughout
downtown Belleville for the public to
view and enjoy until May 31st.
Student Registration Deadline is April 15th.
For Information on how to
register and submit artwork:
call 613-968-2242 or visit
www.downtownbelleville.ca
Celebrating
75 Years of
Barbershop
A Capella Quinte
On Saturday, May 4, at 7:31 pm, in Belleville’s
Maranatha Church, A Cappella Quinte proudly joins
fellow barbershop choruses and members from
across North America and around the world in
celebrating the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 75th
anniversary. The Commodores’ Orchestra, one of
North America’s longest-running big swing bands,
will contribute fond musical memories to the affair
as well.
Area residents may still be familiar with ‘The
Trentones’ when it comes to barbershop harmony.
That name was used for about 35 years, until the
local chapter changed it to A Cappella Quinte. The
name change was meant to reflect both the
increasingly popular a cappella style of singing
(unaccompanied) used in barbershop harmony, and
also the fact that membership, once based in the
Trenton area when the chapter started, now draws
members from across the area, Brighton to Highway
7 to Prince Edward County and Deseronto.
The barbershop organization was formed in Tulsa,
Oklahoma in 1938, when a small group of men got
together to spend an evening singing in the oldfashioned barbershop quartet style, made famous
during the gaslight era. An organization was formed
with the unwieldy title: Society for the Preservation
and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing
in America (SPEBSQSA). Many are still trying to
figure out how to pronounce the acronym.
Considered by music experts as a type of folk music,
barbershop harmony is marked by a tenor descantstyle part which normally goes higher than the lead
(melody) plus a favouring of the seventh interval
chord. In succeeding years, especially after the
Second World War, the singing hobby quickly
outgrew the USA, spreading into Canada and
abroad.
In Belleville, a chapter was formed in the early
1950s. A number of employees at the former and
then recently-established Northern Telecom plant
were among core members. First chorus director,
who served for some years, was the late Alf Evans.
The chapter folded in the 1960s, but the barbershop
movement was revived with the formation of The
Trentones in the 1970s, under the late Ray Williams,
and has continued to flourish under the current
leadership of Robert Young.
The society itself went through a name change in
recent years, to the Barbershop Harmony Society,
and it now has branches across Canada and in other
nations - Germany, Sweden, Australia, New
Zealand, Great Britain and more.
The significant 75th anniversary inspired a special
show, and A Cappella Quinte officials decided there
was no better choice for special guests than the
equally iconic Commodores, whose big band era
sound falls into the same years as the formation of
the Barbershop Harmony Society and the local
chapter. The Commodores’ trip down memory lane
will also feature band vocalist Jo Anne Wheeler.
The band has been performing in the Quinte area
and beyond since 1928.
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HEAD’S UP!
Second Annual
Student Art Show
The planning committee of the Downtown Student
Art Show is thrilled to announce that downtown
Belleville will be hosting the second annual Student
Art Show this spring. This professionally executed
and juried show will kick off on Friday, April 26, at
the Core Centre, 223 Pinnacle Street, in downtown
Belleville. The show will be on display at the Core
Centre on Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27.
Following the success of the 2012 inaugural event,
the Downtown Student Art Show Planning
Committee has been working hard coordinating the
schedule for 2013. The student art show event is
open to high school-aged students in the Quinte
Region, who are attending school, are homeschooled
or an alternative. This year’s theme is “When I close
my eyes.” “This theme captures the intent of the
student art show, which is to inspire one’s
imagination and creativity,” says Mike
Malachowski, Chair of the Planning Committee.
This event is a visual arts show, including
photography, sculptures, paintings and drawings.
“The work submitted by these young artists clearly
illustrates that the future of the arts in the Quinte
area is in excellent hands. Their work demonstrates
a passionate commitment to telling their stories and
sharing their perspectives,” says Dona Knudson,
show co-ordinator.
Q U I N T E
Y O U T H
M A K I N G W A V E S . . .
The opening reception for the event takes place on
Friday, April 26, at the Core Centre, featuring
student performances. The show is sponsored by the
BDIA, BAA, Gallery One-Twenty-One and many
local businesses in the community. The show would
not be possible without a partnership with area
schools and the arts educators and administrators
who, through their encouragement and mentorship,
get the students participating in this rewarding,
creative experience.
For more information or to register for the
Downtown Student Art Show, please visit the BDIA
website at www.downtownbelleville.ca or contact
Sarah Tummon, Executive Director. The BDIA
strives to improve, beautify and maintain the BDIA
area and to serve its membership.
Stirling
Theatre
by Carol Feeney
The Stirling Festival Theatre’s (SFT) spring season
has an impressive line-up of Canadian talent
performing a diverse range of music and comedy, to
appeal to audiences of all ages. New Country
Rehab brings their modern, high-voltage, altcountry sound to the stage on March 1, at 8 pm.
They are described as “more Arcade Fire than Lady
Antebellum…like Canada’s answer to the Avett
Brothers and Mumford and Sons.”
For those who enjoy classical music, on March 3, at
2 pm, the SFT Cabaret Concert Series presents Bach
and Beyond, with the Quinte Quartet. If you want
to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a little early, you will
enjoy an Irish House Party with music and dance
that celebrate Canadian Maritime music.
During March Break, the SFT Young Company
presents Glee Club Confidential, which is a hilarious
musical escapade, complete with middle school
angst, cliques and young romantic entanglements.
This family friendly show runs March 12 to 17.
Those who remember the songs like Dreamer, Take
the Long Way Home and Bloody Well Right, will
enjoy The Soul of Supertramp, performed by
Canadian seven piece band, Crisis? What Crisis?
who will be playing tribute to the group March 22.
The nostalgia continues with a Night Fever Bee
Gee Tribute on April 5 at 2 pm, with a dinner and
show that evening. You’ll hear all of the hits from
early Bee Gees to the Disco Era.
My Theatre presents, Remember Me?
On April 13, at 8 pm, you’ll be laughing out loud
with the Canadian Improv Showcase. The show is
100% unscripted and is guided by audience
participation similar to the popular, long-running
television series Whose Line is it Anyway? This
could lead to some mature content and may not be
suitable for young people.
Canada’s Queen of Country Music, Carroll Baker,
will appear on April 27 at 8
pm. This Nova Scotia-born
Hall of Fame and Order of
Canada member has produced
more than 20 number one
records. A Juno award-winning
singer and songwriter, she has
made many television
appearances, including her own
Carroll Baker’s Jamboree.
Carroll Baker
Nat King Cole fans are in for a treat, as comedy and
musical theatre veteran, Dean Hollin, appears in
For the Love O’Nat. Local audiences will
remember Dean as the wicked Queen in SFT’s
panto, Snow White. This journey through Nat’s
career includes his greatest hits, such as Mona Lisa,
Straighten Up and Fly Right, Route 66,
Unforgettable and more.
L-R: Larry Graves as Brian Hanson, Brittney Grier as Tori Clark, Len Hirst, Director, Jeff Van De Kleut as Peter Lawrence,
Victoria Farrel as Mary Hanson
Remember Me?, a play by Sam Bobrick, presented
by special permission from Samuel French, directed
by Len Hirst, is being staged at historical Trenton
Town Hall 1861, 55 King Street, Trenton, on March
7 to 10, 15 to 17 and 22, 23.
On the surface, Mary and Brian have an ideal
marriage. On a typical Sunday, Brian leaves to play
tennis. While he is gone, Mary’s college flame
shows up and proclaims his undying love ... or does
he? Brian flies into a jealous fury and tries
everything he can think of to shake Mary free of her
passion. Then, some unexpected house guests help
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them find their way back ...to romance and true
love.
The cast of four is made up of community theatre
actors; Larry Graves as Brian Hanson, Victoria
Farrell as Mary Hanson, Jeff Van De Kleut portrays
Peter Lawrence and Brittney Grier as Tori Clark.
For tickets, email [email protected],
[email protected], or contact Quinte
Chamber of Commerce, 613-392-7635 or 800-9303255. For more information, visit
www.mytheatrequinte.ca.
On May 24, Dave Bull, Marty Crapper and
Stuart Pike will take you back
to 1958, when the music of
Buddy Holly & the Crickets
ruled the airwaves. This trio
from Kingston has been
faithfully recreating the look
and sound of the band for more
than 15 years. There will be
two performances of Buddy
Holly Lives on March 24.
Dean Hallin
On June 7 at 2 and 8 pm,
prepare for Saturday Night at the Grand Old
Opry, paying tribute to the music by Johnny Cash,
Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Patsy
Cline and others. The show stars Toronto-based
singer, songwriter and actress Daphne Moens, and
the Riverdale Kid with the Saturday Night Band.
Canadian musical comedienne, Denise Oucherak,
will perform The Anna Russell Story. According to
Viewmag.com, “Internationally acclaimed musical
comedienne, Anna Russell, was a classically trained
singer and actress. Denise Oucherak has the pipes
to pull it off.” Show dates are June 12 to 15.
For tickets and information, call 1-877-312-1162 or
go to www.stirlingfestivaltheatre.com
ARTS EDUCATION
Bloomfield Centre for
Creativity is good to go!
by Susan Holland
In May 2011, a group of creatively inclined
individuals from the community formed the
Bloomfield Centre for Creativity (BCfC), and
purchased a building in Bloomfield, with the view to
eventually opening an arts centre for the community.
Well, we have made great strides in having our
dreams become a reality. Over the past months, the
old Baxter Canning cafeteria building has been
magically transformed.
A small, but extremely
(some would say
maniacally!) dedicated
group, fondly known as the
Baxter Trolls, have been
working diligently on the
building since the purchase,
to make the space ready for
use. According to the head
Troll, Larry Spencer: “With
a new roof in place and
cracks in the concrete block
walls fixed, the 2012
winter, spring and summer
saw attention being paid to
repairing water damage to
the ceiling of the 2,000
square foot building,
reinstating moulding,
painting the interior walls,
The Baxter Building
refurbishing the windows,
building new screens and installing a new toilet!”
The Trolls were so industrious, in fact, that we were
able to host a few pilot projects last fall. We had a
successful launch, with people enjoying family
activities, community gatherings, art classes and
meetings of a homeschooling group.
Behind the scenes, the Board of Directors has been
busily putting together committees in the areas of
programming, fundraising, communications,
building upgrades and governance. We are now in
the planning stages to implement an even more
vivacious and exciting spring and summer calendar.
Stay tuned!
Two other items worth noting are that we acquired
charitable status in June 2012, which allows us to
issue tax receipts for donations, and that we are the
grateful recipients of a sizeable grant from the
County Community Foundation! These two items
alone allow us to actively pursue our fundraising
goals and to promote our full season of
programming.
Rob Leek, chair of the BCfC executive, invites you
to become involved: “We are fortunate to have a
core group of enthusiastic volunteers, and are hoping
to watch the number of active supporters increase, as
First Belleville
Plein Air Festival
The Belleville Downtown Improvement Area
(BDIA) in partnership with the Quinte Arts Council
and the Ontario Plein Air Society (OPAS) is thrilled
to announce the first ever Belleville-on-the-Bay-ofQuinte Plein Air Festival. On Friday May 31 to
Sunday June 2 artists from near and far will be
capturing the beauty of Belleville en plein air!
The Plein Air Festival is a three-day event where
artists will be completing their works outdoors,
capturing natural light, colour, texture and nuance in
their work. “This is the first time this artistic event
will hit the streets of Belleville and we intend to be
around for years to come says Seppo Nousiainen,
Plein Air Festival Chairman. Artists will have a
chance to capture the beautiful images of historic
downtown Belleville, the shores of the Bay of
Quinte, the famous ‘Old East Hill’ and the Moira
River. This event is a juried and judged competition
that is open to artists working in various media, such
as watercolour, acrylic, soft pastel and oil. We would
like to invite you to participate in this unique oneof-a kind-event and celebrate art en plein air!
The event will kick off with an artists reception on
Friday, May 31, at which time artists will receive a
participant package and additional area information.
There is a $30 registration fee and there will be cash
awards of up to $4500 for the artists competing.
This event will be a large draw and the planning
committee is expecting many to attend this unique
one-of-a-kind event.
For more information, visit
www.bellevillepleinairfestival.ca or contact the
BDIA office at 613-968-2242 or email
[email protected].
PHOTO BY LARRY SPENCER
we roll out our plans for 2013. In addition to our
own programming, we offer space for local groups,
in which to hold meetings, activities or exhibitions.
For anyone excited about a new enterprise, offering
creative arts opportunities for both kids and adults in
the heart of Prince Edward County, volunteer
opportunities await.”
For those of you who have waited patiently for us to
reach this point, we thank you. For those of you who
are just discovering us, we welcome you!
Please join us at the Bloomfield Centre for
Creativity. Become a member, join a committee,
take a class, book the space or add your name to our
e-mail list to receive updates by visiting our website:
www.bloomfieldcentreforcreativity.org.
Hand Crafted
Chocolates for Easter
Available in the
Quinte Arts Council Gallery & Gift Shop
Bunny Lollipops, Assorted Easter Cups,
One-of-a-Kind Gift packages
Quality White, Milk or Dark Chocolate
Proceeds go to support QAC programs
Available March 7 to 27 While Quantities Last
PLEASE NOTE
The Hasting County Historical Society’s
May 4th and June 1st Bus Trips are SOLD OUT
and they are not taking a waiting list.
QAC’s Arts Education Programs
are generously supported by
The Marilyn &
Maurice Rollins
Foundation
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Sing ‘n Swing!
Back by popular demand…..the Commodores’
Orchestra and the seven-member cast of For the
Love of a Song are preparing a brand new show for
the 75th anniversary celebration of the Belleville
General Hospital Auxiliary. The show will run
twice at Belleville’s Maranatha Auditorium: Friday,
May 10 at 7 pm, and Saturday May 11 at 2 pm.
Tickets are just $20.
All proceeds will help raise $100,000 for special
care of newborn babies. ‘It’s Their Chance of a
Lifetime’ is the theme for the campaign, to support
the Maternal Child Program
at BGH.
Sing ‘n Swing! will feature
the swingin’ sounds of The
Commodores’, likely
Canada’s longest-running
big band, and new vocal
arrangements in the manner
of 1940s singing groups
like The Modernaires, The
Pied Pipers, and The
Stardusters. New vocal
For The Love Of A Song
group arrangements
include Don’t Fence Me In
(Andrews Sisters), Accen-chu-ate The Positive,
Doncha Go Away Mad, Smack Dab in the Middle
(Joe Williams-Count Basie, New York Voices), and
Glenn Miller’s Moonlight Serenade. Commodores’
vocalist Joanne Wheeler will contribute classics like
Fly Me To The Moon, When I Fall in Love, I’m
Beginning to See The Light, and Skylark. New this
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The Commodores’ Orchestra
year will be a dance floor that
will be open to any who wish to
‘step out’ during the show.
Commodores’ leader Andy
Sparling says audience response
to last year’s fundraising show
for the Auxiliary, with For The
Love Of A Song, was
unanimously positive. “People
couldn’t get over how the two
groups performing together
worked so well,” he says. “For
the Love of a Song has their audience, as do the
Commodores’, but we’d never gotten together
before. It clicked like we’d been doing it for years.
There was never a doubt we’d get together again.”
Tickets are available in advance at the Maranatha
Church, at 100 College Street W. in Belleville
(613-962-2062) or at the door.
Festival Players recommends
local artists for OAC funding
Festival Players was thrilled to recommend funding
for three local playwrights, through the Ontario Arts
Council Theatre Creators’ Reserve Program. PEC
residents Krista Dalby and Conrad Beaubien,
Kingston’s Ned Dickens and Toronto’s Architect
Theatre all received funding to develop new scripts
through this unique program.
The Theatre Creators’ Reserve is a fund of the
Ontario Arts Council, designed to support
playwrights as they develop new work. Applicants
submit their proposals to recommender theatres –
like Festival Players – who then assess the
submissions and make funding recommendations to
the Ontario Arts Council.
“It’s a great thing to be able to encourage artists as
they wrestle with ideas and put it all together into a
new play script,” says Artistic Director Sarah
Phillips.
Now in its seventh year, Festival Players of Prince
Edward County produces an annual summer season
of contemporary Canadian theatre. For more
information visit www.festivalplayers.ca.
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(Prince Edward Square in Rossmore)
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The Belleville Downtown Improvement Area,
in partnership with the Quinte Arts Council,
invites artists to enter the
Belleville-on-the-Bay-of-Quinte Plein Air Festival
$45
cash 00 in
prize
s
May 31 to June 2, 2013
Belleville, ON
This event is a juried and judged
competition that is open to artists
working in various media such as
watercolour, acrylic, soft pastel & oil.
Deadline to Register: May 31. Fee:
$30.
Registration Form at
www.bellevillepleinairfestival.com
For details: Call 613-968-2242 or email
[email protected]
Musical Gifts
UIF!RVJOUF!BSUT!DPVODJM’T
EXPRESSIONS 2013
On Friday, March 8, from 10:30 to 11:30 am,
pianist/vocalist Duncan Cooper will present the songs
of James (Jimmy) Van Heusen in the Parrott Gallery
at the Belleville Public Library. This is part of the
‘Musical Gifts’ series, held every second Friday of the
month and regularly hosted by pianist Rick Penner.
Duncan will guest-host for March, and vocalist Debra
Tosh and tenor saxophonist/vocalist Tim Roberts will
accompany.
Duncan Cooper
James Van Heusen, with
lyricists Eddie DeLange,
Johnny Burke, and Sammy
Cahn, wrote the music to hit
songs that spanned the late
1930s to the late 1960s. Many
of his songs debuted in
Hollywood movies that
included Going My Way, and
the Hope-Crosby-Lamour
Road series. In his career as a
movie songwriter, Van
Heusen won four academy
awards for the category of
Best Song in a Motion
Picture. His songs were
premiered by the best singers
of the era, notably Bing
Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
Due to their strong musical
content, many of his songs
became ‘standards’ with jazz
Debra Tosh
musicians. Notable Van
Heusen songs are Swinging on a Star, All the Way and
Come Fly with Me.
Please join Duncan, Debra and Tim in the Library
Gallery, as they entertain with piano, sax, song and
fascinating anecdotes.
Call for Entry
Bi-annual Juried Visual Art Show and Sale
This annual juried show and sale features artists and artisans from throughout the Quinte
region and is open to both members and non-members of the QAC. The exhibition will
be held May 9 to 31, 2013 at the John M. Parrott Art Gallery in the Belleville Public
Library. We look forward to entries from artists working in any and all media.
The deadline to apply is April 2, 2013
• Expressions is open to all artists and craftspeople residing in the Quinte region.
• All works will be juried, and the decision of the jurors will be final.
• Each artist may enter 2 pieces of work. A width maximum of 36” (including frame, if there is one) for hung work.
• Work will be selected for creativity and originality. No moulds or kits will be accepted.
• Two- and three-dimensional works in all media are accepted.
• All works must have been created since Expressions 2011 (held in May 2011), & all works must not have been previously exhibited.
• All works must be properly labeled, ready for hanging or freestanding.
• All entries MUST include an artist’s statement and a one-page résumé.
*Entry fee is $25 for QAC Members, $50 for non-members (member must be individual Artist Member, not a member of a Member
Group). *Entry fees help to defray some of the high costs of mounting this exhibition, including promotion, hiring jurors, renting space,
opening reception, etc. The Parrott Gallery takes a 30% commission on sales. The QAC does not take a commission.
Call for Entry Form and Information Sheet is on the website, www.quinteartscouncil.org. You can also pick them up at
the QAC office, 36 Bridge St. East, Belleville and at the John M. Parrott Art Gallery, Belleville Library, 254 Pinnacle St.,
Belleville. For information, call the QAC at 613-962-1232.
Please note: In cooperation with the John M. Parrott Gallery, Expressions is a bi-annual event - after the
current show in 2013, the next Expressions Call for Entry and Show will happen in 2015.
Save
the
Date
April 9 to 16 at Loyalist College, Belleville
You are invited to see what the ADF students have been creating at
this co-exhibition of the Quinte Arts Council & ADF students for Typography.
Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 6 pm in
the Link Lounge Gallery of the main campus.
QAC GALA
November 16, 2013
See the
written word
interpreted by
ADF students
and expressed
through
designing
with type
Details coming soon...
CM Productions
We rent
cotton candy,
popcorn machines,
sno kones
and hot dog cookers.
Perfect for any event,
large or small.
613 827 7874
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The Starpainters Duo
“Occasional” Jazz
Dinners - Receptions
Exhibitions - Fine Celebrations
Andy Sparling
David Reed
613-968-8691
613-968-5552
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Member Groups
A Capella Quinte
Albert College
Art For Everyone
Art Gallery of Bancroft
Arts on Main
Artists Below The Line
Arts Quinte West
Bath Artisans
Bay of Quinte Community Players
Bay of Quinte Sweet Adelines
Belleville Art Association
Belleville Choral Society
Belleville Public Library
Belleville Scottish Country Dance
Belleville Theatre Guild
Belleville Weavers and Spinners
Beta Sigma Phi
Bloomfield Centre for Creativity
Bridge Street United Church
Brighton Arts Council
Brighton Barn Theatre
Canadian Federation of University Women
Carolynda Duo
Centennial Secondary School
Choking Hazard Orchestra
Christmas Sharing Program
CJLX-FM Loyalist College Radio
Colborne Art Gallery
The Commodores’ Orchestra
The Core Harvest Ministries
County Theatre Group Inc.
The Dazzlebugs
Doug Aselstine and the River City Swing Band
Downtown DocFest
The Fade Kings
Festival Players of Prince Edward County
For The Love Of A Song
Gallery One-Twenty-One
Glanmore National Historic Site
Gleaners Food Bank (Quinte) Inc.
Habitat For Humanity
Hapidawg Productions
Hastings County Historical Society
Hastings and Prince Edward County School Board
IANA Theatre Company
Kingston Symphony Association
Later Life Learning - Belleville
Lions Club of Belleville
Marysburgh Mummers
Moira Mat Makers
Moonpath Productions
Morning Music Club
MusiQuinte Teaching Studio
Music at Port Milford
Naval Marine Archive:
The Canadian Collection
The Noteables
Port Hope Friends of Music
Prince Edward Community Theatre
Prince Edward County Arts Council
Purdy Country Litfests (PurdyFests)
Quinte Ballet School of Canada
Quinte Children’s Theatre
Quinte Film Alternative
Quinte Grannies for Africa
Quinte Irish Canadian Society
Quinte Living Centre Band
Quinte Opera Guild
Quinte Quilters Guild
Quinte Region Craft Guild
Quinte Singers
Quinte Symphony
Quinte Twirlers
Quinte Woodturners’ Guild
Quinte YFC/Youth Unlimited
Regent Theatre
Sid Wells, Swell Productions
Shaer Productions
Shelter Valley Folk Festival
Stirling Festival Theatre
Trenton Scottish Irish Festival
Tweed and Area Arts Council
Tweed and Area Studio Tour
Westben Arts Festival Theatre
QAC programs are
funded in part by these
government agencies
The Ontario Arts Council is an agency of the
Government of Ontario
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Business members
Malcolm Brothers Ltd.
Marlin Travel
McDougall Insurance Brokers Ltd.
Microdot Media
Miss Priss
Montrose Inn and Duchess of Montrose Tea
Room
Museums of Prince Edward County
OENO Gallery
Peggy deWitt Photography
Prime Time Steak House
Pure Honey
Quinte Living Centre Inc.
QuintEssential Credit Union
Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery
RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Mike
Moffat
Regent Theatre
Re/Max Quinte Ltd.
Rob Rapino Hair Design
Sans Souci
Set the Scene
Shipwreck Productions
Skin Beautiful Laser Clinic
Spark Box Studio
The Blue House/ The Upstairs Gallery
The Old Firehouse
The Studio
Thomas Estevez Design
Tipper Financial Services Ltd.
Travel Specifics
Welch LLP, CA
Wilkinson and Company LLP
W. T. Hawkins Ltd. (Hawkins Cheezies)
About Framing
Academy Gallery
AdGraphics
Advanced Electrolysis
and Laser Hair Removal, Susan Nurse
Allan Graphics Ltd.
Artplus Ltd.
Bel-Con Design Builders
Benton Fry Ford Sales
Boathouse Seafood Restaurant
CM Productions
Cranston Gallery on Main
Cunningham Centre
Debbie’s Restaurant
Deer Creek Pottery
Earl and Angelo’s Restaurant
FixBox Computers
Finkle Electric
Foster Park Pet Hospital
Fotofactory Photography
Funk and Gruven A-Z
Fusion Creative Collections
Glamour Junkie Jewellery
Illustration and Design
Inside Design
Jane Simpson Financial
Janet B Gallery and Studio
Knudsen, Brady, Vaughan Advisory Group
Live Fit! Live Life!
Loyalist College
Mackay Studio
Mad Dog Gallery
Max’s Muzes
Ken and Jennifer Madison
Welcome new members
Artists
Gord Graham
Donald Desaulniers
Fitifiti Apparel, Jeff Boyce
Businesses
Microdot Media
The Blue House/The Upstairs Gallery
CM Productions
Debbie’s Restaurant
Pure Honey
Miss Priss
Sans Souci
The Old Firehouse Café
Member Group
The Dazzlebugs
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Thank you for JOINING US! and for your generous support
We Salute Our Donors
Premier Arts Benefactors
The John M. and Bernice
Parrott Foundation
The Marilyn and Maurice
Rollins Foundation
Premier Supporters
RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Lynda Wheeler
Partners
David & Theresa Boyd
Barbara Cameron
Bob and Barbara Jo Clute
Anne Cunningham
Mike Malachowski,
Funk & Grüven A-Z
McDougall Insurance Brokers Ltd.
Hugh & Donna O’Neil
Audrey Williams
Benefactors
Advanced Electrolysis and Laser
Hair Removal, Susan Nurse
Gerry and Bev Boyce
Dorothy Brown
Hans & Lenneke Buré
Wally Ellis
Carol Feeney
Tim and Cynthia Fort
Kathleen M. Hallick
Penny Hendricks
Marilyn Holden
Lori Huff Johns and Earl
Johns
K. Jane Hull
Diane Kalnay
Ken and Jennifer Madison
Gary and Barry Magarrell
Mary-Lynne Morgan
Barbara Pearman
Jack Press
Quinte Living Centre Concert
Band
Elizabeth Scott
Mary Shipton
Allan & Lee Anne Stitt
Anne Westphal-Zorge
About Framing, Judy Leeson
James Alexander
Artplus Ltd.
Mary-Lou Ashton
Mary Bould
Diane Burley
Donna Campbell
Jennifer Chanter
Mona Collins-Liblik
Jeannette Cornelissen
Marilyn Coulter
Moira Creighton
Chris Cromwell
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Cronk
Marialice Fielding
Leo and Mary Jo Fortin
Lois Foster
Claire Grant
Julie Brown Hale
Elsie Huff
Lee and Eleanor Jourard
Charlotte Kuntze
Marilyn Lawrie
Roger and Irene Lenney
Florence Lennox
Don and Tommie Leslie
Suzanne Lowther
Joan Mackay
Bob and Cathy McCallum
Sharon McConnell
Mary McEwan
Judith McKnight
Mavis Milton
Elizabeth Mitchell
Vera Morton
Linda Mustard
Paul & Judith Niedermayr
Stasha Novak
Mary O’Flynn
Lyle & Sharon Vanclief
Sid Wells, Swell Productions
Margaret Werkhoven
Douglas and Mary Wilson
Bill and Bev Yeotes
Honourary Members
Sandra Colden
Manfred Koechlin
Mary-Lynne Morgan
Lynda Wheeler
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And... despite the rising costs of production and
distribution, we’ve kept the rates affordable. The
newspaper is 24 pages and is printed on a high-quality
white paper (Premium 80). We print 5,000 copies and
mail more than 1,000 directly to people who request it.
The other 4,000 are distributed throughout Quinte and
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discount (more than 25%) on the price of your ad as
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