QAC`s Arts Education programs bring unique arts experiences to

Spring 2015
COVERING THE ARTS IN QUINTE
Volume 25, Number 1
QAC’s Arts Education programs bring unique arts
experiences to Quinte schools
Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre will perform March 4 as part of the Quinte Arts Council’s Arts Education programs.
Since its inception in 1967, the Quinte Arts Council
has been providing quality arts education opportunities
for local students, grades K to 12. More than 10 years
ago, we also started a World Music and Dance program,
whereby we have brought, at no cost to the students,
performing arts concerts and workshops to introduce
students to new cultures and arts experiences that are not
otherwise available in our community.
We kicked off 2014 with a special World Music and
Dance concert at Trenton High School, where more than
500 students enjoyed an electrifying performance by
Fabuki Daiko Japanese Drummers. At the workshop, 24
students were given the opportunity to perform on these
spectacular drums while responding to ‘kuchi shoga,’
their newly-learned musical commands.
The entire student body of Athol South Marysburgh
Public School enjoyed a fabulous performance by
musician Teilhard Frost, who showed the students
how to make music with everyday objects. After the
performance, Teilhard conducted three workshops,
teaching the children how to do the hambone (rhythmic
slapping). It was a great day, filled with music and
musical education.
Centennial Secondary School Grade 10 students had David
Langlois, of Metaphysical Theatre Company of Toronto,
do a workshop and performance of Fool’s Gold. According
to the teacher, Michele Lintern Mole, “It was a great
success, as students were given some theatre history notes,
practical application of mask work and the chance to create
original scenes, using gesture and mask. Previous to this
workshop, my students had prepared notes on this form of
theatre so the workshop really enhanced their experience
of this genre. My students thoroughly enjoyed working
with David and are now working on a piece in class as a
summative assignment.” Later in the year, Grade 9 students
were taught pottery by Perry Poupore and learned how to
create pinch pots, slab mugs and throw on the wheel.
Grades 3 and 4 students at St. Gregory Catholic School
had the opportunity to design, build and perform a shadow
puppet play, based on a social studies curriculum topic.
Artist Krista Dalby provided instruction in shadow
puppetry storytelling and the event was a great success.
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This year, we are thrilled to be bringing the Kahurangi
Maori Dance Theatre of New Zealand to perform two
shows and lead a workshop, on Wednesday, March 4, in
the auditorium of Centennial Secondary School and at
Harmony Public School.
The show is called Taonga (Treasures) and it will
highlight the different aspects of life that Maori people
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Our performing arts program this spring is also very
exciting. Grades 4 and 5 students at Susanna Moodie
Elementary School will participate in a workshop led
by Evva Massey-Henry and her Young Imaginations
Company, who use drama strategies such as tableaux,
role in the head and drama training to build selfconfidence. The goal is to see how students can connect
what they know about First Nations to the past through
drama.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair
1st Vice Chair Treasurer
Secretary
Dan Atkinson
Anne Cunningham
Jenny Woods
Gary Mcleod
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Earl Prentice Public School in Marmora grades K to
3 students will be engaged in a production of Rose’s
Clothes by the 1000 Island’s Playhouse and develop
the ability to act in a role using various materials and
props.
Dianne Coyle, Daniel Vaughan,
Libby Smith, Jeanette Arsenault
and Robert Kranendonk
STAFF
Carol Feeney
Executive Director
feeney@quinteartscouncil.org
VP Carswell School in Quinte West will have Derek
De Beer introduce the whole student body to the world
of rhythm, with congas, bongos, djembes, shakers
and Zulu dancing sticks. The children will develop
their knowledge of the elements of music through
performing, creating and listening. The goal is also to
have the students gain an appreciation of music of other
cultures.
Carol Bauer
Artist and Member Services Officer
carol@quinteartscouncil.org
Kim Lidstone
Administrative Assistant
accounting@quinteartscouncil.org
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Pieces made by Centennial students at Perry’s workshops.
regard as precious and sacred. The stories are told
through a vivid repertoire of tribal music and dance.
Wearing hand-crafted regalia and brandishing taiaha
(Maori weaponry), the young men will perform fierce
war dances and the women will dance while twirling
poi (a ball on the end of a string which depicts a bird in
flight) in intricate patterns.
In the past, the QAC’s World Music and Dance Program
has presented The Sultans of String with flamenco
dancer, Ilse Gudino; old-time and traditional music and
dance of North America with Sheesham and Lotus;
David and Kimberly Maracle of Native Expressions,
featuring rare instruments from around the world; Ballet
Creole performing The Heart of Cuba; Sashar Zarif and
Company performing music and dances from Central
Asia; and Les Mouches Noirs, celebrating the music and
dance of the French in Ontario.
This year’s Eugene Lang Bursary is also being awarded
to VP Carswell, so that the JK to Grade 6 students can
learn about and appreciate opera.
In March, they will be introduced to the beginnings
of opera, from the Baroque era, with the idea of opera
telling a story with music accompaniment. Then the
bursary will be used in April to bring a performance
of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, given by Shoestring
Opera, a group that specializes in school-accessible
performances of opera. Students will have the
opportunity to appreciate what they have learned and
enjoy a wonderful musical experience.
The World Music and Dance program and the QAC’s
Arts Education programs are offered free of charge to
students, thanks to the generous support of the John
M. and Bernice Parrott Foundation and the Marilyn
and Maurice Rollins Foundation. All schools (public,
Catholic and private) in the Quinte region are invited
to participate. The Foundations also provide financial
support to bring artists into the schools. For more
information, visit quinteartscouncil.org.
Deadline for Summer June/July/Aug 2015
issue is Monday, April 27, 2015.
Umbrella welcomes submissions in the following
categories: illustrations and photographs, articles
on or about the arts in the Quinte region, poetry or
prose. Umbrella assumes no responsibility for
unsolicited materials. Material may be reprinted only
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employees and agents assume no responsibility for
errors or omissions or for damages arising from the
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Readers are cautioned to consult their own
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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 community
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Notice to QAC Membership
The Quinte Arts CouncilÊs
Annual General Meeting
will be held Tuesday, June 16, 2015,
5:30 to 7:00 pm
In the Meeting Room, 3rd Floor,
Belleville Public Library
254 Pinnacle Street, Belleville
The meeting will include:
• the election of the board of directors
• reports on the QACÊs strategic
planning initiatives
• social time and networking
• finger foods, host bar
• live entertainment
Everyone is welcome
MESSAGE
FROM THE CHAIR
Dan Atkinson, Chair
A warm winter welcome to all of you. As I write
this message, the thermometer tells me it’s minus 20
outside and I’m wondering why I didn’t go to Portugal
this year. Welcome to the Spring edition of Umbrella
and I can assure you that Spring is somewhere on the
horizon.
We continue to reshape how the Quinte Arts Council
operates, particularly with regards to our strategies
on fundraising and delivery of our services to the
membership. One of the issues that is being considered
is how to improve the public awareness of who we are
and what we do in the community. There seems to be
a lack of understanding of what the mission of an arts
council really is and how that fits with the community’s
expectations. My own view is that we are subject
to a somewhat higher level of expectation than can
possibly be delivered, given the financial constraints
that the QAC operates under, particularly with ongoing
government reductions in funding for the arts. In any
event, we are embarking on a process that hopefully
will more clearly define and establish our ‘brand’ and
in the coming months we hope to introduce this new
concept to the community as part of a process that
better defines our mandate.
Perry Poupore showing students how to throw on the wheel.
On a more mundane note, our financial condition
continues to improve and we hope to be in a positive
net income position for the 2014 year once our auditors
have reviewed the records.
As a final note, your Board continues to work
diligently to ensure that the QAC remains relevant to
the community, that we continue to offer innovative
educational programs for the schools and that we
embrace new technologies and adapt to emerging
trends in the arts and culture community.
As always, I welcome any comments or suggestions.
Dan Atkinson FCPA, FCA
Chair
Quinte Arts Council seeking
Board members
The Quinte Arts Council is currently seeking representatives
from our membership to join our committed team and help
to shape our future. Our goal is to expand the board to include more artist members who are interested in assisting
us to develop our programming and take other initiatives to
help us serve artists in the region.
We also need business and community leaders who can
help us with strategic planning, fundraising and financial
sustainability. These are challenging economic times for the
arts and we need your help.
The Board meets once a month, 10 times a year, for approximately one and a half hours per meeting. Committees
meet on an as-needed basis throughout the year.
If you are interested in and enthusiastic about the arts in
the Quinte region and willing to share your time and expertise to assist an organization that has been serving the community for more than 45 years, we want to hear from you.
Please send your résumé and area of interest to Carol
Feeney at feeney@quinteartscouncil.org by April 30. The
applications will be vetted by the Organizational Development Committee and members of the Executive committee,
and the names and bios of successful candidates will be put
forward for a vote by our membership at the AGM on June
16, 2015. Visit www.quinteartscouncil.org for more
information about the QAC.
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FILM
Quinte Film Alternative mixes it up at The Empire
‘To bring in the best Canadian and international films
that wouldn’t otherwise be accessible to film lovers
of the Belleville and Quinte area’—that’s the mandate
of Quinte Film Alternative (QFA). With support from
the Film Circuit, Toronto International Film Festival’s
successful film outreach program, QFA operates out of
The Empire Theatre in downtown Belleville on alternate
Wednesdays with matinée and evening screenings.
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, are known for their
portrayal of everyday characters, often struggling
with issues of consciousness raising, forgiveness and
redemption. Sandra, a young working mother, discovers
that her workmates have opted for a significant pay
bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one
weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their
bonuses so that she can keep her job.
The series strives to balance English and subtitled films
along with a variety of subject matter and genre. Feelgood films are uplifting
and make you laugh;
serious and thoughtprovoking topics can
be more uncomfortable
to watch. Introspective
contemplation can
last for days after you
leave the theatre.
“Specialists in unvarnished intimacy, the Dardenne
brothers add another clear-eyed contemplation of stark
social reality to their
impressive output.”
David Rooney,
Hollywood Reporter.
Starring Marion
Cotillard in the Oscarnominated leading
role. In French and
Arabic with English
subtitles.
black comedy all rolled into one. It’s a helluva ride.”
Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile. In Swedish with English
subtitles.
April 1: Ally Was Screaming (Canada, 2014, 88 min).
A dead woman, an unclaimed winning lottery ticket
amongst her things, an abusive ex-husband, a sister who
plays by the rules, two friends who just want to do the
right thing—or do they? Sounds like another ethical
dilemma. Black humour and suspense intertwine as
director Jeremy Thomas examines what decent people
can be capable of. In English.
April 15: Living is Easy with Eyes Closed (Spain,
2014, 108 min). Set in Spain, in 1966, this nostalgic
and gentle road movie was inspired by actual events.
Antonio, an English teacher and die-hard Fab Four fan
(his students recite the lyrics to Help in class) hears
that his idol, John Lennon, is in Spain shooting a film.
He decides to drive to Almeria to meet John on his
movie set. Along the way he picks up two wayward
teenagers—a pregnant girl and a boy running away
from a tyrannical father. The resulting unlikely trio’s
adventures are poignant and hilarious, their search
for freedom a common bond. In Spanish with English
subtitles.
QFA’s spring
programming
March 18: The
epitomizes the film
100-Year-Old Man
collective’s directive.
Who Climbed Out
Upcoming Great
of the Window
Movie Wednesdays
and Disappeared
Javier Cámara, Natalia de Molina and Francesc Colomer in Living is Easy
offer everything from
(Sweden, 2014,
with Eyes Closed
humour to drama and
105 min). Based on
suspense, big names to unknowns, English to subtitled
the best-selling novel, nursing home resident Allan
foreign fare, hopefully something for everyone.
Karlsson decides his life is boring and uneventful.
Rather than spend his 100th birthday in confinement,
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and continue the lifestyle he’s accustomed to. But his
before each film.
previous escapades are hard to beat.
March 4: Two Days, One Night (Belgium/France/Italy,
2014, 95 min). The award-winning Belgian filmmakers,
April 29: Rosewater (USA, 2014 – 103 min). Based
on the best-selling memoir Then They came for Me:
A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival,
written by the BBC journalist Maziar Bahari. The film
has an all-star cast and marks the screenwriting and
directorial debut of The Daily Show host and anchor
Jon Stewart.
“A solid, powerfully acted political drama about human
endurance in the face of ideological oppression.” Scott
Foundas, Variety.
“This uplifting, crowd-pleasing entertainment is a
road movie, a character study, a wild adventure and
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March 18
Todd Smith congratulates Gary Magwood, Holly Dewar, Ruth Ingersoll and Lynn Braun of the 2015 DocFest Committee.
Now entering its fourth consecutive year of documentary
screenings and film festivities, Belleville Downtown
DocFest has proven its chops in the Canadian arts
sphere, after receiving a Media Arts Project grant from
the Ontario Arts Council earlier this month.
The OAC, which offers grants falling under categories
such as Dance, Theatre, and Visual Arts, describes the
Media Arts Project grant as “helping artists create,
distribute, screen, exhibit and perform their work, and
otherwise engage with audiences and communities.”
With a special focus on incorporating Canadian and in
particular, hyper-local content in the festival, Downtown
DocFest fits the bill when it comes to connecting
filmmakers with their unique audiences and bolstering
the arts community in Belleville.
“The OAC grant is a most welcome acknowledgement
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of how Belleville Downtown DocFest has grown and
matured in four short years,” said Gary Magwood,
Committee Chair. “The six original committee members’
collective dream has struck a positive chord with the
residents of the Quinte region: sold-out Gala Openings
and the necessity to purchase festival passes in advance
are the result of this high level of community interest
and support for the arts.”
For DocFest, the grant means opened doors and further
possibilities for growing the festival, said Holly Dewar,
the Library Liaison and Secretary of the committee.
“With this support from the OAC, for the first time in
our four-year history DocFest is excited to be offering
three very special screenings at the Empire Theatre.”
For more information on Belleville Downtown DocFest,
visit downtowndocfest.ca.
ALSO
SHOWING
March 4: TWO NIGHTS, ONE DAY
April 1: ALLY WAS SCREAMING
April 15 (TBC): LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED
Alternate Wednesdays
September - May
The Empire Theatre
2:00 & 7:30 PM
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What’s red
and smells like
blue paint?
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Call for Comics on page 16.
Answer: Red Paint
Belleville Downtown Docfest granted
OAC funding
VISUAL ARTS
John Fox abstraction retrospective at Oeno Gallery
The career of John Fox spans over 50
years and can be divided into three
overlapping phases: figuration, abstraction
and refiguration. A life-long resident of
Montreal, his extensive stays in Paris,
Florence and Venice, as well as his
enormous knowledge of the history of art,
shaped the way Fox painted and thought
about art. Although he produced both
representational and non-representational
work, they share the same sensibility of
tonality, light, line and structure. Most
importantly, Fox’s mastery of colour
defines the works’ resonant emotions and
sensations that give his images their lasting
meaning.
and second-generation Painter Eleven artists in
Toronto. While Fox had great admiration for
Montreal geometric abstraction, he was more
interested in the emotive brushstrokes and
overtly expressive colour of international nonrepresentational art. Within Quebec painting,
his work is closest to that of Jean McEwen,
and Fox also deeply respected Borduas for his
conviction that art was not a matter of figuration
or abstraction but of idealism and integrity.
From the early 1970s to 1985, Fox painted
abstract images that allowed him to think
more about the ways of painting rather
than the subjects of painting. Fox’s earliest
non-figurative works, with their bands
of similar tones that nudge against each
other, soon evolved into large fields of
transparent colour that float one on top of
the other. The soft, architectural geometry
of his abstract compositions was a way
to organize the colour and light of his
imaginary subject matter. From the late
Untitled, acrylic on canvas by John Fox
1970s to the early 1980s, he reinvented
his abstract paintings by placing freeFox’s non-representational painting over 15 years was
wheeling arched shapes over his veils of colour. He
strongly influenced by New York abstract expressionists
also painted images that describe a fantastic world
like De Kooning and Rothko, as well as the Californian,
of rectangles, circles and indefinable shapes in an
Richard Diebenkorn. He also felt an affinity with
explosion of intense colour.
Canadian abstract painters like Otto Rogers in the West
Throughout his lengthy career, Fox was a significant
mentor and role model to generations of young
painters, many of whom have become important
Canadian artists. Both his representational and his
abstract paintings have been intensely admired
because of his brilliant understanding and expression
of art that goes beyond time and place. The presence
of his figurative and non-figurative work in major
public and private collections across Canada, as well
as his long history of solo exhibitions and recent
shows in Montreal and elsewhere, are all testaments
to his exemplary accomplishment and achievement.
John Fox’s painting represents his lifelong embrace
of the world around him and the imaginative
reinventions of that experience—both for himself
and for everyone who celebrates the power and
pleasure of art.
The John Fox retrospective will be on exhibit
at Oeno from May 30 to June 21, and art
historian Sandra Paikowsky will be speaking about the
life and work of John Fox on Sunday, May 31, from 3 to
4 pm. This event is free, but space is limited. Please call
the gallery, 613-393-2216, to reserve seating.
GlyphGraphs! An exhibition of new
paintings by Alice Teichert
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Cooler by The Lake, by Alice Teichert
Alice Teichert
An exhibition of new work by Alice Teichert is a cause
for celebration. In this new body of work, GlyphGraphs,
Teichert has taken her fascination with music, language
and colour to a new plane, creating works that vibrate
and pulse with energy.
The daughter of a concert pianist, she claims her first
language was music. Fascinated by the colour field
painters in New York, where critics like Karen Wilkin
and Clement Greenberg were very impressed by her
work, Teichert moved there in the early 80s. While there
she met Canadian painter Bobby Tamo, and in the late
80s they moved to a farm just north of Port Hope.
Says Teichert, “The visual vocabulary in my paintings
develops slowly as a language interacting with glyphlike inscriptions and many layers of vibrant colours
and pigmented glazes. Transparency and translucency
extend the physical environment further, allowing me to
move deeply into a playful dance of light and textural
exchanges. Over the course of creating these paintings,
a visual notation slowly unfolds into its own form of
resonance like ripples of language dancing in space,
water and time. I hear these paintings singing. For me,
everything has a melody, a music within.”
Teichert was born in Paris, and grew up in Brussels.
Her work is represented in galleries in Europe and has
been exhibited at Oeno Gallery since 2006. A survey of
her wide and diverse artistic practice will be presented
at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, from March 8 to
April 12.
Glyphgraphs will be on exhibit at Oeno Gallery from
April 25 to May 25. Teichert will be speaking about her
work on April 26, at 4 pm. The event is free, but seating
is limited, so please call the gallery, 613-393-2216, to
reserve a seat.
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Mother of all Craft Shows, a spring
tradition on the banks of the Moira
It’s time again for The Mother of all Craft Shows! In its
sixth year, the show boasts many of the region’s finest
artisans, showcasing everything from handcrafted soap
to one-of-a-kind furniture. In an atmosphere like no other
show in the area, visitors can shop from over 40 artisans
along the picturesque banks of the Moira River, while
sipping on wine and listening to live music performed by
Andy Forgie.
The show organizers, Barb Forgie, Cara Hunter and
Connie Yrjola, would like to remind everyone of the
many great reasons to support artisans and craft shows:
their products are locally and ethically made, many are
upcycled, therefore having a reduced carbon footprint.
Handcrafted products are often one of a kind and many
artisans will enthusiastically create something customized
for their patrons. First time craft show shoppers may
find themselves pleasantly surprised by the heartfelt
“thank-yous” they receive at point of sale, rather than the
dismissive responses they have grown accustomed to in
some of the larger retail stores.
The Mother of all Craft Shows’ artisans generously donate
prizes that are raffled off, with the proceeds benefitting
Fixed Fur Life, a local charity that spays, neuters and
fosters stray cats.
The show takes place the week before Mother’s Day, to
encourage shoppers to find those special gifts. The date for
this year’s The Mother of all Craft Shows is Sunday, May
3, from 10 am to 4 pm, at The River Inn, Corbyville.
Keep up to date at motherofallcraftshows.com and
facebook/MotherofallCraftShows.
Belleville Plein Air Festival
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EXPRESSIONS 2015
Biennial Juried Visual Art Show and Sale
Call for Entry
This 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 7 to 28, 2015 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 6, 2015
• 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 2013 (held in May 2013), and 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 expenses 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: Expressions is a
biennial event - after the 2015 show, the next Expressions will happen in 2017.
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Gallery One-Twenty-One’s spring
shows will captivate and inspire
By Kathryn Fellows
tends to be more of an emotional response to the scenes
she sees around her.
ALicE tEicHErt
In this particular exhibition, the pieces are about
narrow spaces in the urban landscape. “I am drawn
to narrow spaces at the same time as I am anxious
to move through them. It is this ambivalence that I
explore through art.”
These pieces are loosely based on photographs Phillida
has taken in Canada, Europe and North Africa. “My
aim is to interpret the space according to my emotional
response to it, and to invite viewers in, so that they too
may experience the various responses that narrowness
evokes.”
Wendy Cain is a printmaker and papermaker, who
works out of her studio in Newburgh. She is currently
teaching at the OCAD University in Toronto as
Associate Professor of Art, and she is Past Chair of
Printmaking.
Brambles and Red Dress, acrylic on canvas, by Sonia
Lemishka
What an amazing lineup of artists for our upcoming
shows! Let me start with our current show, and then I’ll
tell you a little about the next two shows as well.
Currently at Gallery One-Twenty-One we are featuring
Margaret Pearson with her beautiful, geometric,
abstract works of art - strong colours and bold shapes,
esthetically co-ordinated. They are a delight to behold.
Margaret is sharing the guest artist spot with Conrad
Beaubien, whose sculptures and abstract paintings are
“works without name, without prediction of outcome,
yet finding an answer in that search.” He offers so
many different surprises. This show runs until March 28.
Our next show runs from March 31 to May 9, and
features three guest artists: Sonya Lemishka, abstract
acrylics; Wendy Cain, print and paper making,
and Phillida Hargreaves, fabric artist. The opening
reception is on Saturday, April 4, from 2 to 4 pm.
Phillida Hargreaves has been making (and selling)
fibre art for 25 years. Initially looking for creative
balance to a demanding professional life, her art now
“Some of the processes of handmade paper take
advantage of the fact that paper pulp, which has been
processed for an extended period of time, becomes
fluid, creamy and without visible fibre. When coloured
with pigments, it is much like a paint solution and can
be manipulated in ways that suggest the practices of
painting. Where this differs from the more traditional
painting technique is that the construction of the work
and the making of the image are synonymous and
the completed work has the image embedded in the
physical surface.”
Cooler By The Lake, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 48x48 inches
ApriL 25 - MAY 25
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artist taLk: Sun. May 3, 4 to 5pM
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Sonia Lemishka is a graduate of the Ontario
College of Art and Design and Ryerson Universities
and practiced interior design professionally. Sonia
worked with a number of well-known design and
architectural firms in Toronto, both as a designer and
director. In 1987 she became a partner in her own firm,
specializing in corporate interiors.
As an artist, Sonia first began working with paper and
print making. Today, with the help of Loyalist College
and artist Claudia McCabe, she explores abstract
and semi-abstract artwork, primarily with acrylic on
canvas. She manipulates colour, texture, depth and
movement through layers and shapes. Her work is everevolving but always shows a sense of playfulness and
optimism. Sonia currently lives in Amherstview, west
of Kingston, with her husband and their ‘wild child,’
English springer spaniel Breeze.
From May 12 to June 20, the gallery features the
paintings of A.J. Vandrie and the glass artistry of
Vanessa Pandos. The opening reception is on Saturday,
May 16, from 2 to 4 pm.
A.J. VanDrie is a painter inspired by the energy
in nature. He works with acrylics in the style of art
broadly known as the Woodland School.
Raised in the Northumberland Hills by his adopted
family, he was encouraged to explore his Chippewa and
Irish heritage, and found artistic influence from artists
across cultures. A graduate of the Haliburton School
of the Arts, where he received his visual Arts Diploma,
he participates in private and public exhibitions
throughout Ontario and Canada.
Vanessa Pandos is primarily a self-taught artist,
currently living in a century home in Prince Edward
County where she has a studio, Shattered, and shows
her art works. Inspired by nature, Frank Lloyd Wright,
words and creative ingenuity, she works with found,
reclaimed and unusual objects to create open space,
clear glass, strong lines, and sculpture. Vanessa has
three cats!
Gallery One-Twenty-One is located at 48 Bridge
Street East, Belleville, and the gallery is open from 10
am to 4 pm, Tuesdays through Saturdays. For more
information, visit http://gallery 121artists.com.
March Division, 1980, acrylic on canvas, 67x77 inches
MAY 29 - JUNE 21
AbstrActioNs
1972-1985
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Sun. May 31, 3 to 4pM
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Art in the Community’s spring show opens March 12
The Quinte Arts Council’s Art in the Community
(AITC) program has proved to be a successful
way for us to showcase the work of our members
and to sell their works. Patrons who enjoy dinner
at Earl & Angelo’s Steak and Seafood Restaurant
are also patrons of the arts and have helped to
boost sales over the past year. There has also
been increased public interest in the works
shown at Dinkel’s Restaurant & Courtyard, the
Boathouse, Bathworks, Prime Time Steakhouse,
and the Belleville Family Medical Centre,
featuring the work of Belleville Art Association
members. The Quinte Arts Council Gallery
& Gift Shop is also experiencing more public
traffic and sales.
visit our website, www.quinteartscouncil.org,
or visit us on Facebook to see what is currently
in the shop. Artisans, musicians, videographers,
authors, etc. who are interested in displaying
and selling their work can contact Gallery
Coordinator, Lynda Pauk at:
snapdragon@sympatico.ca. Just send her a short
artist statement and images of your work.
For those members wishing to show their 2-D
work, please send an email to:
feeney@quinteartscouncil.org with examples of
your work. Artists are encouraged to view the
spaces before submitting their request, to ensure
that they have sufficient number and size of
pieces to suit the venues. The AITC program is
looking for volunteers to help curate and hang
the shows. Again, contact Carol Feeney if you’re
interested.
The good news is that more people are buying
art and works by artisans again and we hope
that this trend will continue. To that end, as of
May this year, the QAC Gallery & Gift Shop
will be open on Saturdays, from 10 am to 4 pm,
to encourage people who shop at the Belleville
Market or who are enjoying a meal downtown to
visit us. As more and more individual artists and
artisans are showing their work in the Gallery,
we will no longer be hosting group shows in our
space, as space is limited and demand for the
venue by our individual members has increased.
The timing for the changeover of exhibits
has also changed. Two-dimensional artwork
in the Gallery and in other AITC locations
changes every three months. However, in the
QAC Gallery, new craft and gift items will be
available regularly and we encourage people to
Black Hills, 46” x 36”, oil painting by Robert Tokley
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Umbrella • Spring 2015
The next exhibit opening at the QAC Gallery
& Gift Shop, 36 Bridge Street East, Belleville,
takes place on Thursday, March 12 from 4 to 7
pm. Come enjoy some refreshments, meet some
of the artists and see what we have to offer. All
are welcome and members who wish to purchase
any work in the shop receive a 10% discount.
Hope to see you there.
Marvels of the Sea, painting by Jasmin Aldin
As of press time, artists who have been
confirmed to show on the walls during the spring
show are Jasmin Aldin and Robert Tokley. More
information about the artists, with photos of
their work, will be on the Gallery web page at:
quinteartscouncil.org.
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Plein Air Festival returns to downtown Belleville
By Carol Feeney
The Belleville Downtown Improvement Area (BDIA), in
association with the Quinte Arts Council and the Ontario
Plein Air Society (OPAS), is organizing the third annual
Belleville-on-the-Bay-of-Quinte Plein Air Festival.
From Thursday, May 28 to Sunday, May 31, artists from
near and far will capture the beauty of Belleville ‘en
plein air!’
Douglas Purdon was born in Toronto, graduated from
the Ontario College of Art and is a full-time painter.
He has been a professional artist and teacher for over
30 years. In 2012, he was awarded the Outstanding
Teaching Award by the School of Continuing Studies,
University of Toronto. In 1998, he wrote the best seller,
Color Secrets for Glowing Oil Paintings, published
We are pleased to welcome
back the judges for this
year’s event—Valerie Kent,
Doug Purdon and Olexander
Wlasenko.
Valerie paints en plein air and in the studio, using
watercolours, acrylics, oils and mixed media. She enjoys
diverse subject matter, experimenting with mixed and
multi-media and incorporating environmentally-friendly
found materials. She regularly offers workshops and
courses to school boards, art societies and art schools and
colleges throughout Ontario. Valerie’s work is in collections
worldwide. She writes articles for the Watercolour Gazette,
OnRichmondhill.com, and is a Canadian regional editor
of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine. She does talks on the
business of art, including how to write artist statements,
statements of philosophy and press releases. She also leads
tours for artists.
Doug’s work is currently
exhibited in galleries in
Canada and the U.S. He is
represented by Studio 737.
ALL PHOTOS THIS SPREAD: MICHAEL J. BRETHOUR
Valerie Kent, BFA, B.Ed.
MFA OCT, has been involved
in the art world for many years
as a visual artist, instructor
at art societies, art schools,
colleges and art galleries and
also as a judge for a number
of art shows. 2015 is her 50th
year working as an artist. She
studied in Montreal at École
des Beaux Arts and Concordia
University, in Toronto at York
University, University of
Toronto, Ryerson University
and the Ontario Institute for
Studies in Education, and in
Nova Scotia at St. Francis Xavier University and at the
University of Iowa.
art groups and societies.In 1998, the first of his many
solo exhibitions opened at the Cornerstone Gallery in
Scotland. In 2005, Doug won the Museum Purchase
Award at the 26th Annual Mystic International Marine
Painting Exhibition at the Mystic Seaport Museum
in Connecticut, where his work is in their permanent
collection. In 2007, his solo exhibition, Doug Purdon and
the Legend of Landscape,
was held at the Arts and
Letters Club of Toronto.
by North Light publications, Cincinnati. His work has
appeared in International Artist Magazine and numerous
other publications. Douglas is an elected member of The
Society of Canadian Artists, and The Ontario Society
of Artists and a member of the Arts & Letters Club of
Toronto. Since 1997, he has been Educational Adviser
for Winsor & Newton in Ontario, where he lectures
on painting materials and techniques at colleges and
universities, on their behalf. In 2005, he joined the faculty
at the University of Toronto - School of Continuing
Studies, lecturing on the history of art materials and
studio practices. In 2008, he became Technical Advisor
for Winsor & Newton and in that capacity, he answers
technical questions from artists across the United States
and Canada. During the summer, he teaches painting at
Loyalist College and conducts private workshops for
Olexander Wlasenko has
based his studio practice
in Oshawa after earning
a Master of Fine Art at
The University of Western
Ontario in 2000. Prior to
this, he graduated with
distinction from the Ontario
College of Art (OCA) in
1994, going on to complete
a degree in Fine Arts at the
University of Guelph. In
2001 and 2011, he won top
prize at the national juried
drawing exhibition organized at the John B. Aird Gallery.
He was awarded Canada Council for the Arts Creation/
Production Grants and grants from the Ontario Arts
Council since 2001.In 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Olex
won Best Drawing Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art
Exhibition. He has exhibited extensively in Toronto and
London, nationally in Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and
Dawson City, Yukon, and internationally in Florence, Italy
and Kyiv, Ukraine. He has held the position of Curator at
Station Gallery in Whitby since early 2008.
The Belleville-on-the-Bay-of-Quinte Plein Air
Festival has grown to a four-day event, where artists
will be completing their works outdoors, capturing
natural light, colour, texture and nuance. “We are very
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The Quinte Arts Council’s biennial juried visual art show
featuring the work of artists and artisans from the Quinte region
John M. Parrott Art Gallery
3rd Floor, Belleville Public Library,
254 Pinnacle Street, Belleville, ON
Opening Reception
Thursday, May 7, 2015, 6 to 7:30 pm
Information: Quinte Arts Council, 613-962-1232,
www.quinteartscouncil.org,
36 Bridge Street East, Belleville, ON
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pleased and encouraged by the participation of the artists
and anticipation expressed by the public for this event,”
says Seppo Nousiainen, Plein Air Festival Chair. “Artists
will have a chance to capture 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,” he added.
Participating artists can choose their own spot, as
long as it is along the Moira River, on the periphery
bring their blank canvasses to BDIA-deemed locations
for stamping prior to beginning their work.
There will be an opening reception on Friday night,
lots of opportunity for participating artists to explore
and enjoy Belleville’s downtown shops and restaurants
and a finale with an awards presentation on Sunday,
where cash awards totaling $4,500 will be given out.
There will also be a Wet Room silent auction of works
by the artists not submitted for judging at the Quinte
Arts Council Gallery & Gift Shop, 36 Bridge Street
East, Belleville.
Call for Entry
2015 Art in the County
The 22nd Annual Juried Art in the County (AITC)
exhibition and Sale is open to artists who are residents
or ratepayers of Prince Edward County, and are a
member of the Prince Edward County Arts Council,.
Three juror’s are responsible for the show’s content and
the selection of award winners. The People’s Choice
Award is determined by visitor ballots.
The deadline to submit an entry is
Friday, June 12, 2015 at 12:00 Noon.
Please visit www.artinthecounty.com for more details
and to download the application form.
The event runs from
Friday, June 26 until Sunday, July 12 at
Books & Company, 289 Main St. in Picton, Ontario.
Shadowridge
Studio & Gallery
Cypresses on a Windy Day: Outside Garden Art
Commissions, Outside Garden Art,
Animal Portraits, Triathlete/Sports,
Botanical and Landscapes.
Unique jewellery & painted silks.
Winners of the 2014 festival competition, l to r, Wendy Bermingham, Rick Worthington and Dalibor Dejanovic. Inset: Valerie Kent
of the Bay of Quinte, in
downtown Belleville or
in Old East Hill. Artists
must register by April
30, which is the early
bird deadline for their
chance to win a weekend
stay at the Travelodge
Juror Valerie Kent
Hotel. The fee is $25 for
members of the Quinte Arts Council or the OPAS and
$30 for non-members. Young artists under 18 years of
age pay $15.
“The BDIA is very excited that we are able to bring back
the Plein Air Festival to downtown Belleville for 2015,”
said Karen Parker, Executive Director of the BDIA.
“Last year we were thrilled to welcome 35 registered
artists and their friends and families to the Quinte area
and look forward to increasing that number this year.
We encourage everyone to take part in this truly unique
event. If anyone is interested in hosting a visiting artist
in their homes, please contact me at the BDIA office.”
The registration form is available by emailing
bdia@downtownbelleville.ca and you can get more
information by calling the BDIA office at 613-968-2242.
Artists are allowed to submit two pieces that must
have been completed outside, during the festival, to be
considered by the jurors. All participating artists must
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Visit the John M. Parrott Art Gallery &
Parrott Gallery Shop
On the third floor of the Belleville Public Library
254 Pinnacle Street 613-968-6731 ext. 2240
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❖ Regional and Traveling
Exhibitions
❖ Manly MacDonald Oil
Paintings on permanent
display
❖ Workshops and Arts
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❖ Parrott Gallery Shop
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giftware and a selection
of Manly MacDonald
Art Cards
Closed Mondays. Open Tues, Wed, Fri 9:30-5:00
Thurs. 9:30-8:00
Sat. 9:30-5:30
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Upgrades enhance the experience at
John M. Parrott Art Gallery
By Susan Holland, Curator
It’s been a very exciting time behind the scenes here at
the John M. Parrott Art Gallery. Two important projects
promise to make significant improvements to the storage
and display of artwork in the gallery.
A substantial donation to the Gallery by a very
generous individual, who wishes to remain anonymous,
has allowed us to purchase a new professional art
storage system for our permanent
collection. This system will house
the Manly MacDonald collection
of paintings that were donated by
the Parrott Foundation, along with
some of the larger works in our
collection. The storage system will
more securely store and protect
our collection when not on exhibit.
Installation is slated for March and
we are now busy preparing for the
change.
We have also been looking at various options for new
lighting for the galleries. To all of you who supported
our two ‘One for All’ Fundraisers in 2013 and 2014,
and to those who have donated to the lighting fund, we
once again say thank you! Having raised $6,000 for
our initiative, we can now begin to make a significant
difference in the way the galleries are lit. We have
been researching energy-efficient gallery lighting to
see what options would be available to provide the best
lighting for paintings and other artwork. This project
should be completed by the end of the year.
As always, there are some terrific exhibitions slated
for the spring. The High Cost of Living in Colour
by Artists Below the Line and the Wim Muysson
retrospective show continue until March 25. In April,
you can look forward to the return of the Secondary
School art show, this year titled
Resilience, and in May, The
Quinte Arts Council’s juried show
Expressions will be featured in
Galleries One and Two. I’ll bet
there’s a call for entry somewhere
in this edition of Umbrella! For
show dates and opening receptions,
please visit our website.
Maybe this year is the one for you
to get out and discover (or rediscover!) your creative
side. Join us at one of our many workshops and enjoy the
company of other creative people, while you make art in
the beautiful studio space on the third floor. To find out
about these and other gallery events, please visit us, give
us a call (613-968-6731 ext. 2240) or visit our website,
bellevillelibrary.ca.
And while you’re here, check out the hand-crafted treasures
at the Parrott Gallery Shop. New, seasonal work, as well
as old favorites, await you.
The Quinte Arts Council’s
Umbrella Arts Newspaper,
Visual Arts Programs,
and Arts Education Programs
are generously supported by
The John M. and Bernice
Parrott Foundation
The Quinte Arts Council’s
Arts Education Programs
are generously supported by
The Marilyn and Maurice
Rollins Foundation
Q&A: Portrait of a woodcarver as a young man
By Gary Mcleod
QAC: Why did you choose wood carving to express
yourself?
JW: I chose wood carving as it allows me to connect
with my grandfather, and because wood is cheap,
accessible and quite forgiving with mistakes. Working
with wood gives you a lot of leeway with what you can
do, compared to other materials. It just lends itself to
many styles and projects.
QAC: Can you describe the process you use to
produce a piece?
JW: Usually the process starts when I think of a bird
that looks nice, or I see a pattern that I would like to
try. After that I look for a pattern I can adapt, or start
working it out for myself. Then I get a block of wood
that suits the idea and lay out the pattern. After that I try
to work with the wood and stay as close to the pattern as
I can, while working with, or around, any of the features
that I find in the wood.
QAC: Are there special tools you use?
Seventeen-year-old local woodcarver Jacob Wiens is the
subject of this issue’s Q & A.
QAC: When did you start to carve and why?
JW: I started to carve at about age 10 with my
grandfather, as he was getting interested in carving at this
time, and felt it was a good way to spend time together. I
have to say that it certainly was.
QAC: What does being creative mean to you?
JW: To me, being creative means combining my
ideal outcome for a project with what the material
I’m working with allows. This lets me create the best
outcome.
JW: The main tools I use include a band saw to rough
out the shape of the bird, a carving knife that allows
you to get closer and cut precisely, and a rotary Dremel
tool, with specialty cutting and sanding bits, that help to
shape the carving. The rotary tool lets you take off wood
considerably faster than just a knife, and helps create the
roundness you need in the carving.
QAC: How long does a carving typically take?
JW: Depending on how committed I am to
completing the carving, and the level of detail it
needs, I would say it would take me two to seven
months of irregular work. I say irregular, as I am
currently a high school student and am often taken
away from my projects by my studies. The total
number of hours to complete a carving is usually 20
to 30 hours of work.
QAC: What are your plans for the future?
JW: I plan to continue carving as a hobby, since I feel that
it’s a fun and productive way to spend my time.
I doubt I will move far beyond carving as a pastime,
simply because I have quite a few other interests to
pursue. I hope to always continue carving one way or
another, as it allows me to connect with my grandfather,
and working with wood is something I greatly enjoy.
Jacob’s work is presently for sale in the Quinte Arts
Council Gallery & Gift Shop on Bridge Street, downtown
Belleville.
I call my bathroom the ‘Jim’ instead of the ‘John’. That way it sounds better when I say I go to the ‘Jim’ first thing
every morning.
Got good jokes? See our Stand Up For The Arts Call for Comics on page 16.
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The Art Gallery of Bancroft: Colourful abstracts reveal
artist’s emotions, while fractals take us to hidden worlds
From March 4 through 28, The Art Gallery of Bancroft will
be featuring the artwork of David Vasquez, in a show titled
Simply Abstract.
David Vasquez began his career in Dominican
Republic, and expanded with his first show in Toronto
in the early 1990s. As a native of Dominican Republic,
his vibrant colour palette pays homage to his island
heritage. His abstractions are rendered in oil using a
palette knife.
Despite his informal training, Vasquez has gained
acclaim and admiration for his Como y Venta series,
featured at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in
Ottawa. His paintings have received international
recognition for their strong bright colours and bold
expressions.
Vasquez says, “What I put on canvas cannot be
described in words. I’ve learned to talk to people
through the expression of my palette knife and in this
way show the movements and colours of my emotions.
When I’m inspired, I spontaneously express it in
painting… Every piece of art is a new discovery for
me, which helps me to understand and manipulate the
strokes and colours of my soul…”
Vasquez has participated in annual events such as Art
Expo Miami 2012, Art Expo New York 2011, Royal
Ontario Museum 2009-2010, and the 2008 Toronto
Nuit Blanche. The Ontario Museum chose his Jazz
Art collection as one of the focal points for Toronto’s
annual COLOURblind International exhibition.
His work is in many private collections worldwide.
Vasquez is travelling in the United States exhibiting
his art and will not be at the gallery for the opening
reception, however on Friday, March 20, at 7:30 pm,
he will be at the gallery to give a talk on his work.
For the opening reception on Friday, March 6, at
High Rise, oil on canvas (36” x 48”) by David Vasquez
From April 1 through 25, the gallery will be featuring the work
of Daniel Schmidt in an exhibition titled Inner Worlds Outer
Worlds – Sacred Geometry Explorations on Diverse Media.
In this exhibition, Daniel Schmidt will be showing
prints depicting the seven energy centers of the human
energy field, known as ‘chakras,’ prints of fractal
understand the world and ourselves,” says Schmidt.
A film-maker, musician and meditation teacher, Schmidt
aims, through his artwork and films, to help viewers see
through the illusion of separateness or ‘maya’ to directly
experience the inter-connectedness of all things. He
says that through a realization of the hidden worlds—or
vibratory worlds—we can understand ourselves as part of
the ‘music of the spheres,’ as it dances our lives into being.
In 2012, Schmidt released his award-winning film,
Inner Worlds Outer Worlds (innerworldsmovie.com),
which takes the viewer on a journey through insights
and teachings that are shared within spiritual traditions
around the world, illustrating the common mystical
underpinnings that connect the inner with the outer, the
micro and the macro.
“Fractal geometry and mathematics are one way to see
the hidden patterns of nature, and through a balance of
rational thought and aesthetic intuition (inner feeling) it
is possible to represent the beauty that is inherent in the
fabric of the universe.”
The opening reception will be on Friday, April 3, at 7:30 pm.
From April 29 through May 30, The Art Gallery of Bancroft
will be holding the 33rd annual juried exhibition, titled
Invitation 2015.
Vector EQ-Snowflake, printed acrylic on canvas (28” x 28”) by Daniel Schmidt
7:30 pm, the Gallery will be hosting a CD release
party for local musician Heather Inwood-Montrose,
who is celebrating the release of her second CD
titled Pristine Prisms. Inwood-Montrose is a multimedia artist, best known for her original music and
welded sculptural works in steel, stainless steel and
copper. She has been singing and songwriting since
childhood.
imagery, as well as his piece called Pranava, which is
an unfolding animation of fractal geometry shown on a
high-resolution screen. Pranava is an ancient Sanskrit
word meaning “source vibration, the primordial OM, or
the big bang which birthed the universe into being.”
“Fractal geometry reveals patterns that can be found
all around us in nature, and through it we come to
The show will be juried by painter David McIntosh.
Pre-registration is required by Wednesday, April 22.
Entry forms are available at the Art Gallery, or on the
website: www.artgallerybancroft.ca. The categories
for submission are: oil, acrylic, water-based medium,
pastel (soft or oil, can be under-painted with other
media), drawing and printmaking, two-dimensional,
mixed media, three-dimensional, sculpture, video art
(artist’s own set-up, with earphones), computer art (not
a photograph, computer generated, may use scanned
photography that has been altered). There is a $10 fee
per artwork submitted. The awards are as follows: Best
in Show – David B. Milne Award for $500; $100 Awards
for best in each category; and $50 for honourable
mention awards. Artists may enter up to two works in
four of the categories.
The opening reception and awards ceremony will be
held on Friday, May 1 at 7:30 pm.
The Art Gallery of Bancroft is located at 10 Flint
Avenue in Bancroft. For more information, visit the
website at artgallerybancroft.ca, or contact the gallery
at 613-332-1542 or agb@nexicom.net.
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PERFORMING ARTS
Stand Up for the Arts will tickle your funny bone
By Gary Mcleod
Stand-up comedy as we know it originated in the music
halls of England in the 18th and 19th centuries. Funny
men, often in teams, were used to move the show along
and this eventually developed into full routines. Because
of the heavy censorship of the time, these early comics
were required to submit their acts to the government
who would cross out the seemingly offensive material
with a blue pencil, hence the term ’blue’ comedy to
describe bawdy jokes and routines.
began to include political and social satire, race relations
and sex. The majority of the comedic actors we know
and enjoy today in both movies and on television, got
their industry start as stand-up comics.
On April 18, QAC will present a new fundraiser, Stand
Up for the Arts, with headliner Deborah Kimmett.
Deborah has been writing and performing for 35 years.
A veteran of the popular Second City, she has had
regular gigs on CBC radio and has appeared as part of
the Winnipeg Comedy Festival. She has written three
books, five plays and two movies.
By the end of the Second World War, stand-up
comedians were a driving force in the music hall scene
and included such greats as Eric Sykes and Peter Sellers.
Unfortunately, the rise of radio and television struck a
fatal blow to the music hall circuit, as comics could no
longer do the same material for an extended period of
time, but needed to have new material for almost every
appearance.
The evening will also include a selection of local upand-coming stand-up comics, hoping to make you giggle
and guffaw. Come and support these local artists and
your local arts and culture community.
Mark April 18 on your calendar! Stand Up for the Arts
will be presented at The Greek Hall on Harder Drive
in Belleville. The show begins at 7:30 pm. Tickets are
$25 and are available at the QAC gallery and gift shop.
There will be a cash bar. For more information, email
quintearts@gmail.com.
Vaudeville and minstrel shows provided new places for
stand-up to develop when it began to become popular in
North America in the late 19th century. Humourists like
Mark Twain introduced the comedic monologue onto
the scene and as the 20th century progressed, stand-up
QAC’s web, social media and technology improvements
On January 28, 2015, the first workshop in a series
with QAC members was held at the John M. Parrott
Gallery meeting room. With more than 60 members
in attendance, Shawn Patriquin and Ian MacFarlan of
They Integrated took members through the new features
on the website and demonstrated how to update event
listings and member web pages.
Members now have the ability to upload more graphics
to their web page and event listings as well as the
capability to include videos to help promote themselves
and their groups. Once members have entered their
events listings they will automatically be included in the
automated weekly arts calendar to be distributed to the
QAC membership.
The search features on the site will make it more easily
accessible for users to find information, particularly those
using mobile devices. For those members who were
unable to attend the workshop, we will be holding another
in the Spring and we are working on a manual that can be
emailed to you with step-by-step instructions.
Next will be training in social media and e-commerce
to help our members promote themselves and undertake
online sales. This is a very exciting time to be a member
of the QAC. Come join us! Contact Carol Bauer,
carol@quinteartscouncil.org, or go to our website
quinteartscouncil.org for member information and
registration.
Music at Bridge Street United Church
(celebrating 200 years of service)
Concert Series — 2015
(all concerts at 7:00pm)
Mendelssohn’s “Elijah”
Michael Unger, organist
Terry Head, conductor
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Elizabeth McDonald, soprano
Janette Fishell, organist
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Metropolitan Silver Band
Jessica Lloyd, mezzo-soprano
Fran Harvey, conductor
Robert Martin, tenor
Saturday, May 30, 2015,
Geoffrey Sirett, baritone
William Maddox, organ
All 4 Concerts for only $90 ($75 for students)
Subscriptions and individual tickets may be purchased on line at: www.bridgestchurch.com
or at 60 Bridge Street East, Belleville / 613-962-9178 ext. 74
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Quinte Ballet School of Canada students rehearsing in one of the large studios in the school on Palmer Road in Belleville.
Winter is hot at Quinte Ballet School of Canada
With the advent of Spring just weeks away, Quinte
Ballet School of Canada (QBSC) is dancing with
preparations for the annual popular spring shows and the
Summer Dance Intensive program.
While the school had challenges over the past few years
due to declining enrollment from cuts to the Arts and the
economic climate, the current staff and Board of Directors
has worked tirelessly to promote awareness of the
school’s importance to the community. As a result, student
enrollment numbers are on the rise, and with the renewed
popularity of dance, in part due to media programming,
this trend is likely to stick around for a while.
The current audition tour for the school’s Summer
Dance Intensive has seen a refreshing and encouraging
increase in student enrollments and there are several
more audition dates on the calendar, including two at
QBSC on March 8 and May 21. “These local auditions
are usually well attended with people from across
Ontario and Quebec as it gives families the opportunity
to visit the community, the school and to meet some of
the Artistic staff,” explains Ann-Marie Brady, Audition
Tour Coordinator.
Most of the Professional Program student population
originates from the Summer Dance program, which
requires an audition process and evaluation by the
Artistic Director and her professional instructors. June
6, 2015 rounds out the school year with the muchanticipated performance of Spring Showcase, where
the community and parents can witness the hard work,
focus and incredible talent of these students in a variety
of choreographed works and excerpts from one of the
classic ballets.
Term 2 began on January 31 and so far QBSC is pleased
to announce that enrollment is very healthy. “We have
welcomed a number of new students into the program,
especially the RAD program, and will still accept youth
class registrations for Term 2 until mid-March, the cutoff date due to the start of choreography,” says Wells,
“and it has become easier to register due to our newly
revamped website.”
Recreation Division students will also soon be
gearing up for their annual performance of Assemblé,
a matinee on May 30. Students of the program
will be presenting their class’ work to hundreds of
audience members in Centennial Secondary School’s
well-equipped theatre auditorium, and for some this
will be their very first public dance performance.
With the exception of the adult classes (QBSC
hasn’t convinced the adults to join in the show…
yet) students begin this important learning process
in the beginning of March as part of their Term
2 curriculum. “It is heartwarming to see students
gain so much confidence and enjoyment from this
performance experience! They are so animated and
dedicated to putting on a great show and the big
smiles during and after the applause says it all,”
remarks Helen Wells, administrator of the Recreation
Division program.
Instructors create new works every year for both the
Spring Showcase and Assemblé events, and have
remarked that the process of teaching the choreography
to students is not only challenging but fun.
“All the things that the students have learned in dance,
expression and working as a team, come together in
one great, shining moment,” says QBSC Instructor &
Professional Division Registrar Jocelyn Perry.
The Quinte Ballet School of Canada, a registered nonprofit charitable organization, is proud of its position
within the Quinte community as a place of learning and
the Arts. Residents are encouraged to visit their website
at www.quinteballetschool.com or Facebook page to find
out more about the school and its initiatives, programs
and upcoming events. Tickets for the spring shows go
on sale in mid-April, and can be reserved by contacting
QBSC at 613-962-9274, info@quinteballetschool.com.
WINTER RAFFLES 2015
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- TWO RAFFLES PLAY ONE OR BOTH
WIN!
EACH RAFFLE AWARDS A PRIZE OF
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BLADES
‘LEAFS AND CANADIENS BATTLE IT OUT!’
GAME: Saturday, April 11th at 7pm
LOCATION: Air Canada Centre
SEATING: Section 112, Row 22
RETAIL TICKET VALUE: $225+ per ticket
TICKET DRAW: 5pm on MARCH 31 at QBSC
TICKETS DONATED BY
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$5 Each
or
5 for $20
All proceeds support the initiatives of Quinte Ballet School of Canada.
You need not be present at draw date to win.
Winners will be notified by phone and/or email.
Blades Lottery License #747976 / Ballet Lottery License #747977
BALLET
‘SLEEPING BEAUTY’
PERFORMANCE: Saturday, June 20 at 2pm
LOCATION: Four Seasons Centre
SEATING: Orchestra level seats
RETAIL TICKET VALUE: $163 per ticket
TICKET DRAW: 5pm on JUNE 9 at QBSC
INFORMATION AND TICKETS FOR BLADES AND BALLET RAFFLES
Design-Build General Contracting
613.962.9274 or info@quinteballetschool.com
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Family Concert Fun!
Canadian Federation of University Women
Belleville District & The Belleville Public Library
April events at The Empire Theatre
present
GIGGLE AND STOMP!
A Family Concert
Saturday, March 21, 2015
11:00 am & 1:30 pm
John M. Parrott Art Gallery – Belleville Public Library
Have you ever explored the fascinating world of percussion instruments? Discover sounds that will make you
laugh, and rhythms that will get you dancing! Even our
bodies are musical instruments, so anyone can play!
Did you know there are five ways to produce a sound?
Well, there are: hitting, sweeping, shaking, scratching
and clashing. Playing percussion instruments is so
much fun! But watch out, with Thierry and Bruno, you
have to keep the beat.
Hey kids, bring a comfy cushion…and
enjoy McDonald’s refreshments after the show
Tickets: $5 (all ages)
(Under age 2, free. All children must be accompanied by an adult)
Tickets at: Belleville Public Library, Children’s
Youth & Readers’ Advisory Services
Sponsored by:
Call
for
Comics
Were you the class clown?
Do your friends think you’re hilarious? Have
you secretly always wanted to be a stand-up
comic? Well, now’s your chance to hone
your stand-up skills.
On April 18, 2015, QAC is presenting
Stand Up for the Arts
an evening of stand-up featuring
local acclaimed author and comic
Deborah Kimmett
And now we’re calling on local comedians to
join the show. We’re looking for 8 to 10 brave
souls who will take the serious business of
comedy and make us laugh. Each chosen
comic will have 5 minutes to make us chuckle
and chortle and giggle and snicker.
“I went into an appliance store and said, ‘Can
someone sell me a kettle?’ The sales clerk
said, ‘Kenwood?’ I said, ‘Where is he then?’”
You get the idea. If you’re interested in
auditioning for this unique fundraiser
for QAC, please email
quintearts@gmail.com by March 25.
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The Mavericks
This April at The Empire Theatre
there is no foolin’ as some of our
favourite artists take to the stage, by
popular demand.
Jake Clemons returns to The Empire
on Thursday, April 9. A talented
singer/songwriter and multiinstrumentalist, Jake has just finished
a successful tour of Ireland, England
and Scotland and a recent soldout performance at the legendary
Stone Pony in New Jersey. He is
well known for playing with Bruce
Springsteen’s E-Street band, but Jake
has also honed his own musical style,
combined with a performance ethic
that can only be learned from playing
with the hardest working rock and
roll band in the world. His band will
feature Brett Meyer on keys, Matt
Musty on drums and Belleville’s and
The Empire Theatre’s very own Mark
Rashotte, on guitar.
brings its unique blend of post-modern
country, pop, rock, Latin music…The
Mavericks return to The Empire on
Thursday, April 23, by popular demand,
with their Mono Mundo Tour 2015,
celebrating their brand new album
release. The Mavericks’ garage band
ferocity, their intense live performances
and deep love of both romance and pure
country are led by Cuban-American
Raul Malo, whose rich supple voice is
often compared to that of Roy Orbison.
With their infectious energy and eclectic
sound, The Mavericks perform new
songs and classic hits including Crying
Shame, All You Ever Do Is Bring Me
Jake Clemons
Chantal Kreviazuk, an Empire favourite, comes back
on Saturday, April 11. Introspective and passionate, as
both an artist and a humanitarian, Chantal is known for
her emotionally charged performances. Many of her
songs have gone on to be classics … God Made Me,
Wayne, Surrounded, Feels Like Home, All I Can Do and
Invincible … to name a few.
Defined as the “most interesting band in the world,” this
Grammy Award-winning group, that hails from Miami,
Chantal Kreviazuk
Down and Dance the Night Away. With multiple Vocal
Group of the Year accolades, country music awards for
Country Vocal Group of the Year and a Grammy Award,
this band has amassed a hit catalog that spans more than
20 years.
For ticket information please visit theempiretheatre.com.
Alice, from the page to the stage
If you were to hear a list that included the white
rabbit, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, the Queen
of Hearts and the caterpillar, your thoughts would
naturally turn to Alice. Everyone recognizes the
literary nonsense by Lewis Carroll’s rabbit who
repeats “Oh, my ears and whiskers!” or the phrase
“I’m late!” The bottle labeled “Drink Me” is just
as familiar as the expression, “off with her head.”
When Lewis Carroll published Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland in 1865, with the illustrations by John
Tenniel, he could not have known how deeply this
story would penetrate our culture.
Alice in Wonderland, the fantastical novel that details
the journey of a young girl in an underground land,
has been retold in movies, song and dance since the
first silent movie in 1903. Disney Studios animated
the story in 1951 and in 1983, the first Japanese anime
of the story was released. The foundation of the many
live-action and animated films, plays, ballets and
musicals is the well-known story of Alice and the many
characters she meets in her quest.
This spring, the drama students at Centennial
Secondary School are going to present their
interpretation of Alice on Centennial’s stage, under
the tutelage of drama teacher, Kelly Carroll and
the set design teacher, Lise Lindenberg. This is
the third co-production of these two CSS teachers,
who worked together on Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory and Sherlock Holmes. The students are
enrolled in a two-credit course and attend two
75-minute classes every day to work on acting, set
design, promotion, fund-raising, props, costumes
and the technical aspects of the production. Once
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a week, they also meet after school to rehearse and
spend extra time outside of class preparing for the
production.
The students will have to address the challenges
of creating an entertaining modern production that
captures the nonsensical whimsy of the original text.
They also have to solve the design challenges that arise
when trying to present such iconic characters. Should
the characters resemble the Tenniel illustrations? Does
Alice have to be blonde? Do the footmen have to be
a frog and a fish? In addition to solving the issues
with the costumes, the students must consider ways
to look at the story with fresh eyes and see if they can
find ways to incorporate technical elements such as
projections, scrim cloth, lighting, sound and film into
the final production.
These are exciting times for the theatre production
course at Centennial. The students are very enthusiastic
and cannot wait to get started with this project. Please
come out and support them in May and see for yourself
how they solved the many design dilemmas.
The show opens Thursday, May 7 at 7 pm and runs
Friday and Saturday nights at 7 pm. The last show will
be Sunday, May 10, at 2 pm. Tickets will be available
at the door and in April, tickets will be available at
the QAC and Red Ball Radio. Centennial Secondary
School is located at 160 Palmer Road, Belleville.
Tickets for students and seniors are $10; adults $15.
For more information and updates on the progress, visit
the class blog at cssalice.blogspot.ca or call the school
at 613-962-9233.
May 7TH, 8TH, 9TH at 7:00pm &
Sunday May 10th at 2:00pm
CENTENNIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL
160 PALMER ROAD
ADULTS: $15. STUDENTS & SENIORS: $10.
613-962-9233 613-962-9233
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Belleville Choral Society
in concert with the
The Toronto Welsh
Male Voice Choir
Belleville Choral Society hosts The
Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir
Rising to the Occasion
Sunday, April 26 at 3 p.m.
St. Michael the Archangel Church, Belleville
Tickets available online at
www.bellevillechoralsociety.com,
Quinte Arts Council, St. Michael’s Parish
Office, The Icon, other locations on
website and from members.
The Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir
The Belleville Choral Society is thrilled to announce
that its Spring Concert on Sunday, April 26, will
feature the Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir as
guests. The Welsh Choir’s excellence has been
recognized by invitations to sing as part of the
2008 Toronto Olympic Bid Festival and a finalist
position in the 1998 CBC choral competition. It has
successfully toured in the Maritime provinces, the
Canadian Rockies, and most recently Wales, as well
as performing in a combined choir at Carnegie Hall
in New York City.
The Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir (TWMVC),
whose mission is to seek the connections we share
with each other across diverse cultures, joins the
Belleville Choral Society in Rising to the Occasion, a
program of music to lift the human spirit.
The TWMVC draws on the great Welsh tradition
of singing hymns and songs born of the mountains
and valleys of Wales, as well as a varied repertoire
of spirituals, operatic arias, Canadian folk music,
Broadway show tunes and newer compositions.
This performance in the Quinte area is sure to have
something to appeal to everyone.
The TWMVC was founded in 1995 by Gwyn
Roberts, who brought together a group of likeminded individuals of Welsh heritage to kindle the
spirit of Welsh male voice singing in their adopted
country. The choir grew to a membership of 60
singers. Today, under the leadership of director
William Woloshuk and principal accompanist
Matthew Coons, the choir thrives, with membership
from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.
The concert will be held at St. Michael the Archangel
Catholic Church, 296 Church Street, Belleville, at
3 pm on April 26. Tickets will be available soon on
the Belleville Choral Society web site, from Choral
Society members, and at the St. Michael’s Parish
Office.
The Belleville Choral Society, founded in 1959, is a
community choir where singers of all ages have the
opportunity to hone their musical skills. The Chorus
consists of professional and amateur musicians of
diverse backgrounds, performing choral literature
from all musical periods. The Society regularly
collaborates with other vocalists and instrumentalists
to present music ranging from classical to
contemporary, including both sacred and secular
repertoire. As part of its community outreach, annual
scholarships are granted to eligible students pursuing
post-secondary education in vocal music.
For more information about the Belleville Choral Society,
call 613-966-0372 or visit: bellevillechoralsociety.ca.
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Calendar
PERFORMING ARTS
Mar. 5 to 7 The Village Theatre presents a dinner
theatre production of Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor at
Capers in downtown Belleville. Tickets are $49 which
includes a 3-course dinner and the show. Tickets and
info: Sarah at 343-263-7088 or villagetickets@gmail.
com.
Spring The Regent Theatre in Picton: March 6 - Zapp
presents The Last Waltz, a live tribute to The Band,
with an all-star Canadian line-up. April 12 - Bill Culp
presents Kenny Rogers & Friends, a tribute to the
country greats, featuring Marty Edwards direct from Las
Vegas in the lead role. April 12 - PEC Jazz presents
Swing into Spring with The Brian Barlow Big Band.
As part of the TD Jazz Education program, the concert
will also feature four of Ontario’s top young bands. Apr.
30 to May 3 – County Theatre Group presents Gilbert
and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. June 6 – The
Wintergarten Orchestra will perform the classics of
the pre-swing era. All of these shows at The Regent,
224 Main Street, Picton, 613-476-8416 ext. 28 or
theregenttheatre.org.
Mar. 7 The Stirling Festival Theatre presents Magic
O’ The Mist at 2 pm. Come and celebrate St. Patrick’s
Day with all things Irish with Belleville’s favourite
Celtic band the Fiddleheads featuring dancers from The
Kelly School of Irish Dance. Tickets and info: 613-395-2100
or 1-877-312-1162, stirlingfestivaltheatre.com.
Mar, Apr, May The Quinte Opera Guild will meet at
the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre, 265 Cannifton
Road at 2 pm. Celine Papizewska is scheduled to be the
special guest speaker on Mar. 15. Then, on Apr. 12, there
will be a presentation about Il Barbiere di Seviglia, to
be staged by the Canadian Opera Company. On May
24, the Guild will present Highlights of the Coming
Season (both the Met and the COC). New members
welcome. Info: Mary at 613-962-3190.
Mar. Break During March Break, The Stirling Festival
Theatre Young Company presents A Tale of Knights
written by Ken MacDougall. Tickets and info: 613-395-2100
or 1-877-312-1162, stirlingfestivaltheatre.com.
Mar. 20 Port Hope Friends of Music presents
Holland’s colourful saxophone ensemble, Amstel
Quartet. The concert program, The Unknown Colours
of the Saxophone, features works by Brahms, Bach,
Glazunov, Pärt, Glass and more. Port Hope United
Church, 34 South St. at 7:30 pm. Tickets: 905-797-2295,
porthopefriendsofmusic.ca. Tickets are also available at
the door one hour prior to the concert.
Mar. 21 CFUW Belleville & District & the Belleville
Public Library present Giggle and Stomp, a family
concert at the John M. Parrott Art Gallery. 11 am and
1:30 pm. Tickets: $5, all ages (free for under age 2) at
the library.
Mar. 21 and May 2 Night Kitchen Too at The
Pinnacle Playhouse in Belleville. 14 plus musicians
and spoken word artists will take to the stage at 8 pm;
doors open at 7:30. Tickets: $10, Pinnacle Music, Arden
Music, Harmony Music or Sweet Escape in Belleville,
or from Gary Magwood (613-849-1976). Some tickets
might be available at the door. Check the FB page for
current lineup and for recordings and photographs of
previous events.
Mar. 22 Quinte Symphony presents Last Night of the
Proms, 2 pm, Centennial SS. Tickets in Belleville at the
Quinte Arts Council, 36 Bridge St. E., Sam the Record
Man or at the door. quintesymphony.com.
Mar. 28 Port Hope Friends of Music. Opera expert
Iain Scott hosts Stars of Tomorrow, highlighting young
singers from the University of Toronto Opera School,
3 pm at St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Cobourg. Info:
905-797-2295, porthopefriendsofmusic.ca.
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March
April
May
Apr. 9, 11, 23 The Empire Theatre presents Jake
Clemons on Apr. 9, Chantal Kreviazuk on Apr. 11
and The Mavericks on Apr. 23. theempiretheatre.com,
613-969-0099.
Apr. 9 to 25 Belleville Theatre Guild presents Jake’s
Women by Neil Simon. Directed by Phil Bowerman.
Preview April 7. Wildly comic and sometimes moving
foray into the world of modern relationships. Pinnacle
Playhouse. 613-967-1442. bellevilletheatreguild.ca.
Apr. 10 On Apr. 10 at 2 and 8 pm, Beach Party Boys
with all the fun, fun, fun of California’s summer sun
and the great music of The Beach Boys brought to life!
Enjoy a roast beef buffet pre-show dinner at 6 pm, in
the Upper Hall prior to the 8 pm performance, for $25.
Please book ahead. Tickets and info: 613-395-2100 or
1-877-312-1162, stirlingfestivaltheatre.com
Apr. 10 and May 8 Pianist Rick Penner’s Musical
Gifts series in the John M. Parrott Art Gallery, Belleville
Library, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mar. 13: A Tribute to
Vince Guaraldi. Led by Duncan Cooper and band,
this show will recall the pianist’s contributions to what
can be called smooth jazz and to the cartoon shows of
Charlie Brown. Apr 10: Schubert, Franz the Hands and
King of Song will examine the work of the very prolific
tunesmith of the 19th century who bridged the gap
between Classical and Romantic music and wasn’t well
known or appreciated (Beethoven excepted) before his
death at the age of 31. May 8: Harry Warren, Behind
the Scenes. Born Salvatore Guaragna, he remains one of
the least known songwriters of the 20th century although
everyone knows his songs, many first heard in movie
theatres, such as Chattanooga Choo-Choo, An Affair to
Remember, and That’s Amore!
Starts Apr. 11 Music at Bridge Street United Church
Concert Series presents Michael Unger, organist
on Apr. 11; Metropolitan Silver Band (Fran Harvey,
conductor) on May 30; Janette Fishell, organist on Oct.
3; and Mendelssohn’s Elijah on Nov. 7. All concerts at
7 pm at 60 Bridge St. East, Belleville. All 4 concerts
for $90 ($75 for students). Subscriptions and individual
tickets may be purchased at the church, online at
bridgestchurch.com or 613-962-9178 ext. 74.
Apr. 16 Interlink choir celebrates its 17th year in
Belleville, with their concert at 7 pm at Holy Rosary
School. Interlink is an intergenerational program that
links children with seniors, during one school year,
through the magic of words and music. The children in
the choir are Ruth Terry’s Grade 3 class at Holy Rosary
School. The seniors are from the community and from
the Richmond Retirement Residence. All generations
welcome. Info: Marg 613-966-1546.
Apr. 17 The Stirling Festival Theatre presents
Dynamic Duos at 2 and 8 pm. A tribute show to the
songs of country music royalty featuring hits made
popular by Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner, Loretta
Lynn & Conway Twitty, George Jones & Tammy
Wynette. Tickets and info: 613-395-2100 or 1-877-312-1162,
stirlingfestivaltheatre.com
Apr. 17 to May 2 Brighton Barn Theatre presents
Farce of Nature, evenings at 8 pm, Sundays at 2.
Laughter increases by the minute in this Southernfried farce. Spend an outrageously funny day with the
Wilburn family of Mayhew Arkansas as they try to save
their fishing lodge from the likes of gangsters, lovestarved females, jealous husbands, ruthless corporate
executives, and a cranky senior citizen packing heat. A
Jones Hope Wooten Comedy!
Apr. 18 The Stirling Festival Theatre presents Night
Fever – An Evening of the Bee Gees at 2 and 8 pm.
Enjoy a roast beef buffet pre-show dinner at 6 pm in
the Upper Hall prior to the 8 pm performance, for $25.
Please book ahead. Tickets and info: 613-395-2100 or
1-877-312-1162, stirlingfestivaltheatre.com
Apr. 18 The QAC’s Stand Up for the Arts will be
held at The Greek Hall on Harder Dr. in Belleville, 7:30
pm. Tickets: $25 at the QAC Gallery and Gift Show, 36
Bridge St. E., Belleville. There will be a cash bar. Info:
quintearts@gmail.com.
Apr. 25 The Stirling Festival Theatre presents We
Know He’s Dead! Murder Mystery Dessert Theatre
7 pm. The Young Company actors turned playwrights
Sam Orr and Dallin Whitford bring you this brilliant tale
of crime solving and stupidity. A murder mystery for all
ages! Tickets and info: 613-395-2100 or 1-877-312-1162,
stirlingfestivaltheatre.com
Apr. 26 The Belleville Choral Society in concert with
The Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir will perform
Rising to the Occasion, 3 pm at St. Michael Archangel
Church, Belleville. Tickets: bellevillechoralsociety.com,
Quinte Arts Council, St. Michael’s Parish Office, The
Icon, other locations and from members.
Apr. 30 to May 3 The County Theatre Group
presents its 15th Anniversary Production, Gilbert and
Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance at the Regent
Theatre in Picton. Info and tickets: 613-476-8416 ext.
28, theregenttheatre.org.
May 7 to 10 Centennial SS Theatrical Productions
presents Alice in Wonderland, May 7 to 9 at 1 pm
and May 10 at 2 pm, at Centennail, 160 Palmer Rd.,
Belleville. Tickets: 613-962-9233, cssalice.blogspot.ca.
May 9 Quinte Symphony presents a Salute to Gordon
Craig, 2 pm at Bridge St. United Church in Belleville.
Tickets in Belleville at the Quinte Arts Council, 36
Bridge St. E., Sam the Record Man or at the door.
quintesymphony.com.
May 9 Port Hope Friends of Music present percussion
quartet TorQ returning by popular demand 7:30 pm
at Port Hope United Church. Info: 905-797-2295,
porthopefriendsofmusic.ca.
May 28 to June 13 Belleville Theatre Guild
presents the wonderful Canadian musical The Drowsy
Chaperone, a musical within a comedy by Bob
Martin and Don McKellar with music & lyrics by
Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. Directed by Moira
Nikander-Forrester. Pinnacle Playhouse. 613-967-1442.
bellevilletheatreguild.ca
May 30 The Quinte Ballet School of Canada
Recreation Division presents Assemblé, 2:30 pm at
Centennial Secondary School in Belleville. Tickets go
on sale Apr. 27, 613-962-9274, info@quinteballetschool.
com. Tickets also go on sale Apr. 27 for the June 6
performance by the Professional Division, Spring
Showcase. 7 pm at Centennial SS.
VISUAL ARTS
To Apr. 20 Oeno Gallery presents Colour Break, a
great antidote to winter. New works by gallery artists
James Durant, Susan G. Scott, Chris Langstroth,
Wesley Rasko, Burton Kramer, Jay Hodgins, and Alice
Vandervennan. Introducing the work of acclaimed
artist Paul Fournier. 2274 Prince Edward County Rd.,
Bloomfield. oenogallery.com, 613-393-2216.
To Mar. 28 Gallery One-Twenty-One will show the
work of 2 guest artists, Margaret Pearson and Conrad
Beaubien. 48 Bridge St. East, Belleville.
To Mar. 25 The High Cost of Living (in colour)
features work by Artists Below The Line at the Parrott
Gallery, Belleville Library. In Gallery Two: through
the generosity of Belleville artist Wim Mijusson, the
Parrott Gallery is the grateful recipient of the donation
of the remaining portion of his life’s work created
over a period spanning 50 years. View selections from
this new collection. Info: 613-968-6731 ext. 2240 or
bellevillelibrary.ca.
To May 31 At Janet B Gallery & Studios Blooming
is the theme as new works pop up over spring. Featuring
Janet Battaglio’s hand-painted silk wearable art and
paintings; glass artisan, CFM Glassworks, Objects of Art
and Function jewellery, lighting, décor and architectural
installations; classic elegance in photography and
framing by Studio G Group. Graphite drawings and
digital images by Rolf Busch and work by guest artists.
9 Division Blvd, Consecon, PEC. 613-965-5698,
janetbgalleryandstudios.com.
Mar. 4 to May 25 Arts on Main Gallery presents Off
the Wall. 223 Main Street, Picton opposite the Regent
Theatre. See the works of 25 Prince Edward County Artists.
Open 7 days a week from 11 am to 4 pm. 613-476-5665
Mar. 4 to 28 The Art Gallery of Bancroft will feature
the artwork of David Vasquez. Simply Abstract, opening
reception Mar. 20, 7:30 pm. The event will also be a CD
release party for Heather Inwood-Montrose. 10 Flint
Avenue, Bancroft. artgallerybancroft.ca, 613-332-1542.
Mar. Apr. May Belleville Art Association will hold
a Fine Art Show and Sale, All Things Circular, Mar. 9
to Apr. 11; Artist Choice Show Apr. 13 to May 9; and
Apple Works running May 11 to June 6. 392 Front St.,
Belleville, the gallery is open 10 am to 4 pm, Tuesday to
Saturday. Info: 613-968-8632, bellevilleart.ca.
Mar. 12 to May 29 The QAC’s Spring Art in the
Community show and sale will feature the work of
Jasmin Aldin and Robert Tokley. The Gallery and Gift
Shop at 36 Bridge St. East, Belleville will show the
work of a number of talented Quinte artisans. For updated
information, visit quinteartscouncil.org or call 613-9621232. An opening reception will be held Mar. 12, 4 to 7 pm.
Mar. 31 to May 9 Gallery One-Twenty-One features
the work of 3 guest artists: Sonya Lemishka, abstract
acrylics; Wendy Cain, print and paper making, and
Phillida Hargreaves, fabric artist. The opening reception,
April 4, from 2 to 4 pm. 48 Bridge St. East, Belleville.
Apr. 1 to 25 The Art Gallery of Bancroft will feature
the artwork of Daniel Schmidt. Inner Worlds Outer
Worlds – Sacred Geometry Explorations on Diverse
Media, opening reception Apr. 3, 7:30 pm. 10 Flint
Avenue, Bancroft. artgallerybancroft.ca, 613-332-1542.
April The John M. Parrott Gallery will present the
annual Secondary School Art Show, titled Resilience.
613-968-6731 ext. 2240, bellevillelibrary.ca.
Apr. 25 to May 25 Oeno Gallery will show
Glyphgraphs, new work by Alice Teichert. Opening
reception, Apr. 25, 4 to 7 pm. Artist Talk, May 3, 4 to
5 pm. 2274 Prince Edward County Rd., Bloomfield.
oenogallery.com, 613-393-2216.
Apr. 29 to May 30 The Art Gallery of Bancroft will
hold the 33rd annual juried exhibition, Invitation 2015.
Opening reception and awards ceremony, May 1, 7:30
pm. 10 Flint Avenue, Bancroft. artgallerybancroft.ca,
613-332-1542.
Studio Space Large workshop spaces indoor and out
for holding classes or working on your art. In wonderful
historic building on water in the Village of Consecon.
Janet B Gallery & Studios 9 Division Blvd, Contact
janetbattaglio@gmail.com or 613-965-5698.
May 1 to 3 Spring Open House at Deer Creek Pottery
and Fine Art Studio, 44 Lahey Rd., Madoc.
10 am to 5 pm. barbarachappelle.com, 613-473-2200.
May 3 We Create Artisan Events present the 6th annual
The Mother of all Craft Shows at the picturesque
River Inn in Corbyville (79 River Road) 10 am to
4 pm. This indoor/outdoor event features over 40
incredible artists and artisans, live music, and a licensed
bar. Items generously donated by the artisans will
be raffled off with proceeds benefitting fixedfurlife.
com. Admission: $2 adults, kids free. Rain or shine.
motherofallcraftshows.com.
May 7 to 28 Expressions, the Quinte Arts Council’s
Biennial Juried Visual Art Show at the John M. Parrott
Art Gallery, Belleville Public Library, 254 Pinnacle
St. will feature the work of artists and artisans from
throughout the Quinte region. Opening reception,
May 7, 6 to 7:30 pm. Info: quinteartscouncil.org,
613-962-1232.
May 12 to June 20 Gallery One-Twenty-One will
feature the work of painter A. J. Vandrie and glass artist
Vanessa Pandos. The opening reception, May 16, from
2 to 4 pm. 48 Bridge St. East, Belleville.
May 28 to 31 The Belleville on the Bay of Quinte
Plein Air Festival welcomes artists from near and
far to capture the beauty of the city. Artists must
register by Apr. 30 for a chance to win a weekend
stay at the Travelodge Hotel. The fee is $25 for
QAC and OPAS members, $30 for non-members.
Artists under age 18, pay $15. Registration form and
info: bdia@downtownbelleville.ca, 613-968-2242,
bellevillepelinairfestival.com. Cash awards totaling
$4500. Opening reception on Friday, awards on Sunday.
Wet Room Silent Auction at the QAC Gallery and Gift
Shop, 36 Bridge St. E., Belleville.
Spring The Baxter Arts Centre Spring Program has a
number of classes for youth and adults starting Mar. 14.
See ad on page 29 or visit baxterartscentre.org.
Register now Paint the Bavarian Alps with Donna
Bonin, Sept. 11 to 25, 2015. Paint the spectacular alpine
countryside and villages from 4 very scenic towns:
Berchtesgaden, Chiemsee Lake, Oberammergau, and
Fussen. There will be plenty of guided sightseeing
including a full day tour of Munich. Register now for
lowest airfare. Min of 10 with a max 14 artists. Spouses
and friends welcome. 613-395-5959 or donnabonin@
sympatico.ca for details.
May 29 to June 21 Oeno Gallery will show
Abstractions, 1972 to 1985, work by John Richard
Fox. Guest Speaker, Sandra Paikowsky on The Life and
Work of John Richard Fox, May 31, 3 to 4 pm. 2274
Prince Edward County Rd., Bloomfield. oenogallery.
com, 613-393-2216.
Apr. 8 to May 6 Lighthouses, local and Atlantic,
classes with Donna Bonin Wednesdays April 8 to
May 6, 6:15- 8:45 at Eastminster Church in Belleville.
Register at 613-395-5959 or donnabonin@sympatico.ca.
WORKSHOPS
Apr. 18, 19 Beginning Portraits: explore facial
proportions, placements of features and values of your
favourite person, and then paint in watercolour or soft
pastels. Register with Donna Bonin at 613-395-5959 or
donnabonin@sympatico.ca.
Register now Photo Lecture & Workshop Series
at The Grange Winery. Instructor Peggy deWitt. Mar
22: Basic Digital Camera Course Part 1. Learn all the
basic things you should know about your digital camera
such as modes and menus to help you understand your
camera. Experiment with the different settings and
compare. May 17: Camera Modes Including Manual
Settings. Understand how to use the different modes on
your digital camera to capture the best possible photo,
including basic instruction on how to shoot in manually.
Sept. 25: Composing Your Photos. Good composition
will immediately strengthen your photos. Through
lecture, examples, discussion and practical exercises
you will develop your photographic eye. Oct 25: Travel
Photography. Learn how to take better travel photos!
What camera gear to pack, how to use your camera and
how to compose your pictures. Cost: $65 each or $225
for all of the 4 workshops. Price includes wine tasting
and lunch. Pre-registration required. Limited to12
people. Classes held at 990 Closson Road, PE County.
To register call 613-476-1099 or email paperimages@
bellnet.ca.
Join anytime Oil Painting Course at Estevez Art
Academy. Register at 395 Front St., Belleville.
613-210-2979.
Classic Drawing Made Easy You can accomplish great
drawing skills with simple instruction and exercizes.
Techniques learned improve all art and raise it to the
next level. 10 wks $240, 16 wks $320, Hand Painting
On Silk Basics 3 pieces 3 styles of silk painting $160
all day or 3 classes, Intermediate: Grand Scale Flowers
Silk Painting $150, Watercolour, Oil Painting. Outdoor
Art series - Concrete and wood. Call for info. Family
workshops “Make A Memory” Janet B Gallery &
Studios, 9 Division Blvd, Consecon, PEC. 6123-965-5698
Janetbgalleryandstudios.com.
Encaustic Sculptural Painter, Andrew Csafordi
is offering 2-day Encaustic Painting Workshops:
Mar 7-8 or 21-22, April 11-12 or 25-26, May 16-17
or 30-31. Encaustic painting is fun and easy, using
natural aromatic melted beeswax and oil paint mixed
in for colour. No experience is necessary. Fee is $395
per person (plus HST) and includes a workbook, all
materials, one picture frame supplied (set size) for one
completed piece of art (per person), light refreshments
and snacks. There is a maximum of 6 persons per
workshop. All workshops take place in Andrew’s studio
in PE County. One-Day Workshops and Gift Certificates
available. Visa / Mastercard accepted. For additional
2015 workshop dates, to register for a workshop or for
more information, call Andrew at 613-393-1572 or visit
andrewcsafordi.com.
Second Tues. 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 the second
Tuesday of each month for Open Studio Tuesdays.
The program is free and runs from 10 am to 1 pm in
the meeting room on the third floor. This unstructured
program is a great place for both the novice and
experienced artist to get together to create.
613-968-6731 x2240, gallery@belleville.ca.
To Join in Plein Air Art Classes, meals on the deck
overlooking the Consecon Mill Dam Conservation Area
Pond and Park, contact Janet B Gallery 613-965-5698 or
Cascades Pub & Grill on line.
CALLS FOR ENTRY
Mar. 3 International Women’s Day Show, 5 to 7 pm
at The Core Gallery, 223 Pinnacle St., Belleville.
Deadline Mar. 31 Consecon Day Art Demonstration,
Show and Sale hosted by Janet B Gallery & Studios
will be held Aug. 1. Looking for carvers, plein air
painters and artists willing to demonstrate, show and sell
during this all-day event including street dance, BBQ &
events throughout the village. Contact janetbattaglio@
gmail.com or 613-965-5698.
Deadline Mar. 25 Call for Comics. Have you secretly
always wanted to be a stand-up comic? Well, now’s your
chance to hone your stand-up skills. On Apr. 18, QAC is
presenting Stand Up for the Arts; an evening of standup featuring local acclaimed author and comic Deborah
Kimmett and is calling on local comedians to join the
show. We are looking for 8 to 10 brave souls who will
take the serious business of comedy and make us laugh.
Each chosen comic will have 5 minutes to make us
laugh. If you are interested in auditioning for this unique
fundraiser for QAC, please email quintearts@gmail.
com.
Deadline Apr. 6 Call for visual artists and artisans
to enter the QAC’s biennial Juried Visual Art Show
and Sale, Expressions, held at the John M. Parrott Art
Gallery, Belleville Library, May 7 to 28. All media
are accepted. Info and entry forms are at the QAC, the
Parrott Gallery and online: quinteartscouncil.org.
Deadline June 12, noon The 22nd Annual Juried Art
in the County exhibition and Sale is open to artists who
are residents or ratepayers of Prince Edward County, and
are members of the Prince Edward County Arts Council.
The event runs from June 26 until July 12 at Books &
Company, 289 Main St. in Picton. artinthecounty.com.
Deadline Apr. 4 Cloyne Showcase Art & Craft Sale
2015 will run from 10 am to 4 pm, Aug. 7 and 8 at
North Addington Education Centre, Hwy. 41, Cloyne.
Interested applicants should send 4 pictures of their craft
to Lynn Hool, 8699 Old Hastings Rd., R.R.#1, Eldorado,
or email showcasecloyne@gmail.com.
Art in the Park, sponsored by the Tweed and Area
Arts Council, is calling for artists to participate in their
Aug. 1 show at Memorial Park in Tweed. Info: Audrey
Ross at 613-478-3591 or Bonnie Marentette at bmaren@
hotmail.com.
Deadline Apr. 17 The 4th Annual Spring Craft
Fusion show and sale will be held June 6 at the Batawa
Community Centre. They invite all artisans and crafters
of homemade, one of a kind goods, to participate.
batawa.ca, 613-398-6111.
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Mondays The Bay of Quinte Chorus of Sweet
Adelines International is looking for women who love
to sing four-part harmony. Rehearsals are on Monday
evenings 7 to 9 p.m. at Quinte Gardens, 30 College St.
W, Belleville in the lower level auditorium. No need to
read music. Enjoy the fun and friendship as you learn
how to find your best voice. For more info call Elizabeth
613-779-1009 or visit bayofquintechorus.webs.com.
Deadline Apr. 30 To nominate an individual, group
or business for the QAC’s annual Arts Recognition
Award, please download the form at quinteartscouncil.
org or call 613-962-1232. A list of past winners is also
on the website.
Deadline Apr. 30 Students in Quinte can apply for the
Quinte Arts Council Bursary and the Hugh P. O’Neil
Bursary. Four bursaries in total, $500 each to assist
students who are furthering their studies in the arts.
613-962-1232, quinteartscouncil.org.
FILM
Feb. 27 to Mar. 2 Belleville Downtown Docfest.
The Opening Gala at The Empire Theatre, Friday Feb.
27, will feature award winning Keep On Keepin’ On
followed by a Canadian premier concert by jazz star
Justin Kauflin. The Empire will host two other feature
films: Red Army on Saturday evening and Trash
Dance, the finale on Sunday afternoon. Full program:
downtowndocfest.ca.
Mar. 4 The Quinte Film Alternative every second
Wednesday 2 & 7:30 pm at the Empire Theatre in
Belleville. Two Nights, One Night on March 4, The
Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The
Window And Disappeared on March 18, Ally Was
Screaming on April 1, Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed
on April 15 (TBC). Info at 613-480-6407, info@
quintefilmalternative.ca, quintefilmalternative.ca.
HERITAGE
To Apr. 12 Egypt, Gift of the Nile Travelling
Exhibition. Learn about the history of Ancient Egypt
with this special exhibit from the Royal Ontario
Museum visiting Glanmore National Historic Site,
257 Bridge St. E. Belleville.
you would be wise to book now for the June 6 tour.
Info: hastingshistory.ca or to order tickets, M. L. Morgan
at 613-961-7091.
Mar. 15 and Apr. 19 The Architectural Conservancy
of Ontario Quinte Region Branch will show a DVD on
American architect Daniel Burnham in the parlor of
Bridge Street United Church, Belleville on Mar. 15 at 2
pm. The group will tour The Governor’s Road (Dundas
St. W., Belleville), starting at the corner of Dundas and
Palmer at 2 pm. Parking is available at the Catundra Day
Care Centre at Sir James Whitney School. Info: David
Bentley, 613-968-7605.
May 2 to 3 Belleville’s Jane’s Walk. Learn about the
past, present and future of Belleville. janeswalk.org/
canada/belleville.
Mar. Apr. May Hastings County Historical Society
programs. Mar. 17, author Paul Kirby speaking on
his new book, Trail of Broken Hearts: Surveying,
Building and Settling the Hastings Colonization
Road. Hear the tales of the brave immigrant settlers who
followed the Hastings Road to their land grants in Centre
Hastings. On Apr. 21, Stories from the Archives. The
Archives Volunteers share interesting stories they have
found during their work in the Community Archives,
illustrated with pictures and documents from the
archival collections. On May 19, local historian James
Kennedy speaking on the History of Tyendinaga
Township, going back to the origins of the Mohawks
in this area and their trek from their original home in
the Hudson River valley area of New York. These free
public presentations take place on the third Tuesday of
the month, at 7:30 pm at the Maranatha facility, 100
College St. West, Belleville. There is ample parking
and level access from the rear of the building. All are
welcome, so bring a friend!
Mar. 17 to 20 Families are encouraged to visit
Glanmore National Historic Site this March Break.
Extended hours will allow more time to visit, tour
the house, tour the Egypt exhibit, and try the artifact
scavenger hunt. See a life-size sarcophagus, dress up
like an Egyptian, play the ancient game of Senet and
much more. Regular admission applies.
Book now In Search of Sir John A., the annual
Hastings County Historical Society day-long bus tour
includes 3 guided tours of significant locations in his
life, and lunch for $70. The May 23 tour is sold out and
May 17 Each year museums around the world offer
free admission on International Museums Day. Join
in this global movement by planning a trip to your local
museum in honour of this special day. The International
Museums Day Open House at Glanmore National
Historic Site, 257 Bridge Street East, Belleville, is
a great opportunity to drop in for a visit. Learn more
about the carpet reproduction project, explore the
historic house and enjoy light refreshments. 1 to 4 pm.
Admission is free.
May 30 Fundraising Plant Sale. Stop by the front
lawn of Glanmore National Historic Site, 257 Bridge
St. E. in Belleville and pick up some things for the
garden. The plant sale will feature perennials, gardening
books, accessories and a bake sale too. Funds raised
from this sale will be used in support of museum
activities. 8 am to noon.
LITERARY
Mar., Apr., May Belleville Public Library presents:
March 5, Maggie Helwig, author, poet, and social
activist, will speak as part of Belleville’s International
Women’s Day celebrations, at 10 am. April 11, author
reading - local author Hilary MacLeod will discuss
her mystery series The Shores, at 2 pm. April 25, free
Genealogy 101 workshop, 1:30 to 5 pm. Tour the
facilities, learn some helpful hints and tips, and practice
with our online resources. Call 613-968-6731 ext 2237
to pre-register. Space is limited. May 16, author reading
- Several members of the Mesdames of Mayhem, a
group of award-winning female crime writers, will visit
the Library at 2:30 pm as part of our May is Mystery
Month celebrations. Info: 613-968-6731 ext. 2237.
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Quinte Symphony revives Proms tradition
By Jack Evans
To launch the spring season with some robust British
fun, Quinte Symphony invites you to a concert based on
the famous British Last Night of the Proms tradition.
Sing along with patriotic favourites such as Rule
Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory, in a program
featuring many of the symphonic numbers which have
made this type of concert an all-time audience hit.
Guest soloist for this concert will be Kim Dafoe, a local
talent who has become well known through her work
at Westben Concert Hall and the famous For Love of a
Song ensemble.
The concert is on Sunday, March 22, at 2 pm, at Centennial
Secondary School auditorium in Belleville. Dig out your
favourite flag to wrap yourself in and wear your fascinators,
daffodils, kilts or shamrocks for this fun event.
Regular admission applies - adults, $20, seniors
$15, students, $10 and children free. Tickets are
now available in Belleville at the Quinte Arts
Council Office at 36 Bridge Street East, next
to Dinkel’s Restaurant, at Sam the Record Man
in the Quinte Mall, and in Picton, at Books and
Company. As always, they will be available at the
door with no surcharge. For more information, visit
quintesymphony.com.
For his final concert as conductor of the Quinte
Symphony, after 25 years, Gordon Craig has invited
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Another highlight will be the performance of a short
string work by Quinte Symphony’s own stalwart
viola player, Andrew Farmer, a local boy who has
spent his teenage years with the symphony and
continues as principal viola player.
It’s been three long years, but the Proms are back! A celebration of all things British, Quinte Symphony will be performing Last
Night of the Proms at Centennial Secondary School at 2 pm on March 22. The wearing and waving of Union Jacks—big and small
—is expected, and audience members are encouraged to sing along to patriotic favourites such as Rule, Britannia! The ever-popular
concert is an opportunity for the audience to participate almost as much as the orchestra!
any former musicians available and interested to
join the orchestra, for this concert in Bridge Street
Church, on Saturday, May 9 at 7 pm, with reception
to follow. Please let Gordon or Debbie Shaw know
in advance. First rehearsal for this show is at the
Core Centre at 7 pm, on Sunday, April 12.
Quinte Symphony is pleased to announce that it
now offers Pay Pal to purchase tickets through its
website: quintesymphony.com.
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Intimate venue for private
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For information and reservations
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1725 Old Highway 2 West, Quinte West
Great shows
lined up this
spring at The
Regent Theatre in
Picton!
A community place.
We are ready for you!
Make it your own.
explore your creativity
discover something new
learn about the arts
The Regent Theatre is welcoming in spring with some
great live shows.
baxterartscentre.org
On March 6, Juno award-winner Lance Anderson has
assembled an all-star Canadian cast, paying tribute to
the music of The Band and The Last Waltz. The lineup
includes Paul James, Jimmy Bowskill, the Weber
Brothers, Jerome Levon Avis, as well as a horn section
and rotating cast of guest vocalists.
ARTISTIC BRANDING NEEDS
For Country Music lovers, Kenny Rogers & Friends
will be sure to entertain on April 12. Direct from Las
Vegas, Marty Edwards will pay homage to the star in this
show, also featuring Wendy Engler. As an extra treat, fan
favorite Jim Yorfido will reprise his role as Johnny Cash
for this special night.
For the jazz fan, get ready to Swing into Spring with
The Brian Barlow Big Band on April 12. This concert is
part of the TD Jazz Educational Program and will
feature the talented young groups taking part.
Live theatre fans shouldn’t miss The County Theatre
Group’s 15th anniversary presentation of Gilbert and
Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, which runs from April 30
to May 3. Ticket holders will also get treated to special
bonuses and discounts from the show’s sponsors around
town. Please visit www.countytheatregroup.ca for more
information.
210 Pinnacle Street
Belleville’s Finest
Reception Facility
For tickets, drop by The Regent Theatre Box Office, at
224 Main Street in Picton, or call 613-476-8416 ext. 28.
Tickets to these and other great live shows can also be
purchased online at www.theregenttheatre.org.
BRIGITTE
FRANCES
Design
Layout
BF• FRANCES@ICLOUD•COM
Call 613-962-1239 for information
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ODDS AND ENDS
Mar. 13 91x Volunteer Appreciation and Awards
Dinner, 5:30 pm. Club 213 Loyalist College,
Belleville. Gourmet buffet, prizes, silent auction
and more. Public is welcome. Tickets: $35 ($30 for
Loyalist students), in advance from the Quinte Arts
Council or 91x at the college. 613-966-0923, 91x.fm.
A TIFF is better than a JPEG.
Volunteer Appreciation
& Awards Dinner
Friday, March 13, 5:30pm
Club 213 Loyalist College
Help us celebrate Alternative Radio with an
evening featuring a gourmet buffet, prizes,
silent auction and more, as we honour our
valued volunteer programmers and
friends of 91x.
Public welcome!
Tickets $35 ea.
(Loyalist Students $30)
in advance from the Quinte Arts Council
or 91x at Loyalist College
Fore more information:
613-966-0923 www.91x.fm
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resolution, clarity, colour etc) and always high resolution
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Apr. 15 to May 6 In 2015 Later Life Learning
will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with a special
spring lecture series featuring former Bellevillians:
Wednesday mornings at 10, at St. Thomas’ Church
Hall, Belleville. $50 for the series. Info: carol.sayeau@
gmail.com, Diana Koechlin, 613-962-9492. See ad on
page 23.
Attention Members: To have your event(s) listed
in the ARTS CALENDAR please keep the listing
down to 70 words or less. Include just the basic info:
name of event, date, time, location, brief description,
how to purchase tickets, contact information. Send
in TEXT OR WORD FORMAT ONLY. You can
attach an image or poster but, without the text, it will
not be entered into the Weekly Arts Update (emailed
to members) or Umbrella Calendars. Soon members
will submit their events online and this database will
general all Art Calendars!
Deadline for the
June / July / Aug issue is
Monday, April 27, 2015.
Calendar submissions must be
no more than 70 words, per event.
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HERITAGE
Exhibits at Glanmore National Historic Site
Egypt, Gift of the Nile exhibit continues
Don’t miss your chance to see ancient Egyptian artifacts
right here in Quinte. Glanmore National Historic Site is
hosting Egypt, Gift of the Nile, a travelling exhibition
from the Royal Ontario Museum, until April 12.
The Nile River valley of 5000 years ago was the
birthplace of a remarkable civilization. Protected
from foreign invasion by vast deserts and sustained
by fertile soil along the river, the ancient Egyptians
developed from a simple agricultural community
into a sophisticated society. Under a system of divine
kingship, this Egyptian civilization lasted thousands of
years and contributed strongly to later cultures in the
Mediterranean and Europe.
The exhibit features a life-size sarcophagus, as well
as dozens of artifacts, some dating back to 2000 BC.
Hands-on stations will encourage visitors to snap an
Egyptian selfie, write their name in hieroglyphics and
more.
The second bedroom is one of the few rooms in the
historic house for which there are no original furnishings
or historic photographs to show how it was actually
decorated and furnished. As a result, a great deal of
research was done on what a bedroom of the 1880s
may have looked like. Now on display is an elaborate
three-poster tester bed and several other pieces of
1880s period bedroom furnishings. The furnishings
were donated to Glanmore in early 2014 from Dundurn
National Historic Site in Hamilton, Ontario.
Accompanying window draperies, bed curtains and
bedding were reproduced. Careful attention was paid
to find appropriate fabrics in order to best represent the
taste and style of the 1880s. In addition to the furnishings
and draperies, a picture rail was reinstated. Traces of the
original rail were discovered during restoration work in
2010. The picture rail allows for easy hanging of pictures
without damaging the plaster walls.
Egypt, Gift of the Nile is organized and circulated
by the Royal Ontario Museum through its Travelling
Exhibitions Program. The Royal Ontario Museum is an
agency of the Government of Ontario.
The installation of this exhibit is the culmination of
a year of research and development by Glanmore’s
curator. “The new second bedroom exhibit matches the
opulence of the rest of the historic house,” says curator
Rona Rustige. “It has been very exciting to see visitor
reaction to the new display.”
New second bedroom exhibit at Glanmore
Significant changes were made to the second bedroom
display at Glanmore National Historic Site in late 2014.
Several substantial pieces of 1880s period furnishings
were installed in the room, as well as reproduction
draperies and a picture rail.
Glanmore National Historic Site is located at 257 Bridge
St. East, Belleville. Hours: Open Tuesday to Sunday, from
1 to 4:30 pm, with special extended hours during March
Break. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for students and
seniors, $3.50 for children 5 to12 years old and free for
children under 5. Visit glanmore.ca for more information.
Just 250 words and at least two letters of support
May 14 is the deadline to nominate someone
for the QAC’s 2015 Arts Recognition Awards.
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
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 the Quinte Arts Council website. Nomination forms are
available from the Quinte Arts Council office at 36 Bridge St. E,
Belleville, at www.quinteartscouncil.org.
22 Umbrella • Spring 2015
Annual Bus Tour
In Search of Sir John A.
Come away for the day and discover
where he grew up, where he practiced law,
where he lived and died. Tour Old Hay
Bay Church, Bellevue House
and Kingston City Hall
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Bus departs at 8:30am from northeast parking
area of Bayview Mall, off Bridge Street East.
Cost $70. Includes lunch
and cost of guided tours
Tickets and Information:
Call Mary-Lynne Morgan 613-961-7091
Book early, these tours always sell out.
The Quinte Arts Council’s
Umbrella Arts Newspaper,
Visual Arts Programs,
and Arts Education Programs
are generously supported by
The John M. and Bernice
Parrott Foundation
Special 10th Anniversary Series
Belleville was the
`SPRINGBOARD`
to their success
April 15 - Glenn Fortin:
Lessons Learned: A Figure
Skater's Life From The Ice To The
Judges Stand.
For Belleville native Glenn Fortin, figure
skating has had a profound and lasting
influence on his life. His experiences as an
elite level figure skater and international
judge have provided multiple character
building and personal development
opportunities. Glenn will share his story and
also provide participants with an overview of
the figure skating judging system and what
goes through the judge's mind as they
perform their duties.
April 22 – Stevie Cameron
Coming home...
"With deep roots in Belleville, where a sprawling, eccentric and loving family welcomed my
mother and her children home after years
abroad in adventurous situations, I always
knew I had stories to tell. Add to that, this
lovely, old town, rich with important history
and terrible scandals. How could I become
anything else but a writer?" Stevie will talk
about her exciting journey as a writer which
has led her close to home with her next book
about the Kingston Penitentiary.
Sir John A’s 200th Birthday Bash
By Mary-Lynne Morgan
Sir John A Macdonald and Lady
Agnes, dressed in their 19th
century finery, were delighted
to be the centre of attention at
the bicentennial birthday party
held in Sir John’s honour by
the Hastings County Historical
Society (HCHS), on January
20 at Maranatha Church in
Belleville. The main auditorium
was the ideal venue for the
crowd of over 225 people who
came to wish Sir John a happy
birthday, and hear him thunder
in all his glory as if he were still
campaigning.
wife, also provided insight into
the personality and character
of man she had married—a
kind, gentle, loving and goodhumoured man.
PHOTO: BILL KENNEDY
Later Life
Learning Lectures
HCHS Director, Bill Hunt,
set the scene by reading from
the Intelligencer account of
Sir John’s visit to Belleville in
1876—a huge political picnic
Following the Porters’
Brian and Renee Porter as Sir John A. and the Missus
at the Belleville Agricultural
presentation, everyone was
Fairgrounds, which 15,000 people attended, some
invited to stay and enjoy cake, coffee and conversation,
from several ports on Lake Ontario, even as far away
which they did for quite a while. If this evening was any
as Cobourg, Oswego and Rochester, NY. There were
indication of the wisdom of the move to Maranatha for
descriptions of Front Street, festooned in greenery and
the monthly public presentations, the Historical Society
bunting, and of huge crowds lining the street, helping to
is looking forward to hosting many more such special
set the atmosphere for the arrival of Sir John.
evenings in its new meeting venue.
Recollecting a speech he gave in 1887, Sir John
(aka Brian Porter) looked back on 20 years since
Confederation, outlining his government’s many
accomplishments. With his customary fiery oratory and
good humour, he chided his opponents and also painted
a wonderful vision of the potential of the Canada he
and the Fathers of Confederation had created during
their meetings of 1864 in Charlottetown. He also
spoke of the concern all of them had with the size and
influence of Canada’s southern neighbor, quoting a U.S.
ambassador’s arrogant remarks about his certainty that
the newly formed Canada would very soon be absorbed
into the United States.
In a quieter vein, quoting from several passages of her
diary, Lady Agnes (aka Renee Porter), Sir John’s second
Up-coming presentations, all on Tuesdays, are:
March 17- author Paul Kirby;
April 21
- stories from the Archives;
May 19
- local historian James Kennedy.
See details in Calendar.
These free public presentations take place on the third
Tuesday of the month, at 7:30 pm, in our new location, the
Maranatha facility, 100 College Street West, Belleville.
There is ample parking and level access from the rear of the
building. All are welcome, so bring a friend!
Let us make history come alive for you! For more
information on the work of the Hastings County
Historical Society, go to our new website,
hastingshistory.ca.
Corner
April 29 – Trina McQueen
Social Media: the Good, the Bad
and the Crazy
How social media is changing our culture and
our democracy.
May 6 – Siobhan Roberts
Without Geometry, LIfe is…
Pointless!
On the math and science beat from North
Front Street to Budapest and Cambridge and
New York and Venice and beyond. Author
Siobhan Roberts surveys her journalistic
investigations into the math and science
behind bubbles and bicycle tracks, portable
toilets and Augusta National Golf Club's
notorious "Amen Corner," skyscrapers and
spiral galaxies and the shape of the universe.
Wednesday mornings at 10:00
April 15 – May 6, 2015
St. Thomas’ Church Hall, Belleville
$40 for the series, $15 per lecture
carol.sayeau@gmail.com, 613-962-9492
Following the in-character
portrayal, Brian Porter then
read several quotes about Sir
John A by his contemporaries,
all citing his amazing political
skill, his sincere interest in
people, his sense of humour
and the huge workload that he
managed daily. The portrayal
provided by the Porters
certainly gave a very clear
insight into our most famous
politician, and was enjoyed by
all who attended.
Do you have a gift for decorating? Have you always
wanted to be a curator? Do you enjoy the visual arts
and talking to people about art and craft? Then we
have some volunteer opportunities you may enjoy!
Art in the Community Program Coordinator
Art in the Community (AITC) is a year round visual arts program that places artwork in non-traditional venues with work changing over every 3 months. We are seeking an individual who will coordinate this activity to ensure that the changeovers happen smoothly and efficiently.
Requirements are as follows:
• Review of member artist work and determine the most appropriate venue for this work
• Contact artists to determine availability, get bio information and graphics of the work for publicity
purposes and ensure that artists have read and signed the AITC agreement
• Contact with artists and venue owners to establish a mutually agreeable time to hang and/or take
down the work
• Assist artists and/or volunteers to hang and take down the work at each location
• Prepare labels for each piece and an inventory sheet for each artist
If you are a good communicator, have an eye for colour and dimension, like to interact with creative people and are interested in supporting the Quinte Arts Council by lending your time and talents to this program, please contact Carol Feeney, feeney@quinteartscouncil.org.
Quinte Arts Council Gallery & Gift Shop Assistance
As of Victoria Day Weekend, our Gallery & Gift Shop will be open on Saturdays. We are seeking
individuals who like working with the public to assist us for 4 hours from 10 am to 2 pm to meet and
greet those coming into the shop, undertake sales transactions and offer information to those who
come in about the work on display and Quinte Arts Council. Interested parties please contact
feeney@quinteartscouncil.org.
Umbrella • Spring 2015 23
ARTS EDUCATION
Spring Lecture Series welcomes former Bellevillians
By Julie Roberts
a member of the Quinte Figure Skating Club. He was
the 1987 Novice Men Champion of Canada as well as the
Gold Medalist at the 1987 Ontario Winter Games.
In 1987, Glenn had the honour of being named Belleville
Athlete of the Year. He has been an active official with
Skate Canada for over 25 years and continues to volunteer
as a judge at the local, national, and international level.
As an international level judge, Glenn has officiated at
numerous Canadian championships and in the fall of 2014
was invited to judge at a Junior Grand Prix competition in
Nagoya, Japan.
Stevie Cameron
Later Life Learning is 10 years old!
Since the birth of the Later Life Learning Lecture
Series in Belleville, a small group of volunteers has
been working with contacts at Queen’s University to
offer lecture series to many local retirees, who have
been enjoying interesting and thought-provoking
lectures, given by experts and specialists, who have
covered a variety of fascinating subjects.
April 22 - Stevie Cameron was born in Belleville,
but did not spend her early years here. She did return,
and graduated from BCIVS before attending UBC. An
award-winning investigative journalist and celebrated
best-selling author, she is currently working on a book
about the Kingston Penitentiary, on the occasion of its
closing. She has received many awards, including the
Arthur Ellis Award for both On the Farm and The Last
Amigo, and the Periodical Marketers’ Awards: Book of
the Year and Author of the Year, for On the Take. She
has contributed to many newspapers and magazines
and was a host of CBC’s Fifth Estate. A guest speaker
and lecturer across the country, she is also know for her
work as a founder and convener of an ‘Out of the Cold’
program and for her efforts to raise funds for homeless
relief, for which she received an award from the City
of Toronto. She has received the Order of Canada and a
Queen’s Jubilee Medal.
2015 Winter/Spring Term
REGISTRATION HAS BEGUN!
Classes start Saturday, January 31
RECREATION DIVISION
We hope you will join us on April 15, 22, 29, and
May 6, and help us welcome Glenn Fortin, Stevie
Cameron, Trina McQueen and Siobhan Roberts back to
Belleville.
BALLET
24 Umbrella • Spring 2015
POINTE
optional RAD Program for Primary to Level 3 students
Trina McQueen
April 29 - Trina McQueen, a native of Belleville
(BCIVS ‘60), is a journalist and broadcast executive
who has held senior positions in both public and
private media companies. She has been Head of News
at CBC; the founding President of the Discovery
Channel and President and COO of CTV Inc. Since her
retirement, she has been associated with the Schulich
School of Business at York University, where she
lectures and organizes seminars and workshops on
management in arts and media. She also serves on
numerous arts boards, including the Canadian Opera
Company, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, the Banff
Centre for the Arts and the Literary Review of Canada.
She is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Glenn Fortin
gem,” according to Nature magazine. And her new
book, forthcoming this July with Bloomsbury, is
Genius at Play, The Curious Mathematical Mind
of John Horton Conway. As a freelance journalist,
Siobhan lately splits her time between Belleville,
Toronto, Princeton, New York City, and Berlin.
The lectures take place on Wednesday mornings, at 10
am, at St. Thomas’ Church Hall, Belleville. The price
for the series is $50. For more information contact carol.
sayeau@gmail.com or Diana Koechlin, 613-962-9492.
To celebrate our tenth anniversary, we have gone back
to our roots and are proud to announce the Spring 2015
Lectures, which will be given by former Bellevillians,
four amazing people born and educated here, who have
become very successful and are recognized in Canada
and abroad in their chosen fields. You won’t want to
miss this special anniversary lecture series and the
opportunity to meet and chat with these interesting
people, either at the coffee break or during the Q&A
which often proves to be the most fun and stimulating
part of the morning.
April 15 - Glenn Fortin was born and raised in
Belleville, attending Moira Secondary School and was
Siobhan Roberts
May 6 - Science writer Siobhan Roberts, a born
and bred Bellevillian (BCIVS ‘90), is the author
of three books. Her first book was King of Infinite
Space (2006), about the great classical geometer
Donald Coxeter, widely known as ‘the man who
saved geometry.’ King of Infinite Space won the
Mathematical Association of America’s Euler Prize
for expanding the public’s view of mathematics. Her
second book was Wind Wizard: Alan G. Davenport
and the Art of Wind Engineering (2012), “..an unlikely
MODERN
JAZZ
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ TAP
HIP HOP
BROADWAY
EARLY DANCE
weeDANCE
ADULT PROGRAM
BEGINNER BALLET
BALLET 2
BEGINNER TAP
THAI YOGA
ADULT HIP HOP WORKSHOP CLASSES
A 10 week program of fun and fitness!
Thursdays after work from February 19 to April 30
SELF-DEFENSE FOR WOMEN WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 28 1:30pm to 3:00pm
recreation@quinteballetschool.com
quinteballetschool.com
613.962.9274 Ext. 23
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Jazz jewel in Prince Edward County mentors youth
By Andy Sparling
It’s Canada’s best-kept secret in music education. And
it’s happening in Prince Edward County… which could
easily be considered one of Canada’s jumpin’ jazz
joints.
The TD Jazz Education Program—organized by the
Prince Edward County Jazz Festival—is like Bill Gates
and Mark Zuckerberg coming to Picton and spending
three days with your kids on the future of technology.
Or maybe Margaret Atwood and Leonard Cohen and a
weekend’s worth of writing workshops.
There’s more. Not only do student musicians get three
days of mentoring from seven of Canada’s greatest jazz
stars, but they also get to play with them in concert.
higher level was more achievable. “Even when I’m
playing in rehearsals now, I often think back to the
workshops and rehearsals from Picton,” she adds.
Peter Wowk, a 17-year-old saxophonist, says it’s a
complete immersion into jazz with the best in the
business. “What makes it special is the great time
you have with peers who want to share the same
experience.”
Organizer Blair Yarranton says three students who
went through the program have gone on to be selected
as ‘Rising Young Stars’ of the Prince Edward County
Jazz Festival. Two have established solid careers in the
music business.
Between April 10 and 12, about 75 southern Ontario
high school musicians
will gather at Isaiah
Tubbs Resort to practise
and talk about big band
jazz, under the guidance
of seven of Canada’s
elite performers. On
Sunday the 12th,
students will actually do
some jammin’ with their
mentors, as they play in
concert with the Brian
Barlow Big Band at
Picton’s Regent Theatre.
This year’s mentors and their performing credit
capsules: Russ Little,
trombone – Lighthouse,
Woody Herman, Count
Basie, first-call studio
musician for four
decades, NFL Football,
American TV networks,
SCTV; Colleen Allen,
saxophone - Molly
Johnson, Anne Murray,
Holly Cole, Cirque de
Soleil, Rita MacNeil,
Shirley Eikhard; Robi
Botos, piano - Branford
Marsalis, Chaka
“We’ve participated
Khan, Al Jarreau,
in Musicfest Canada
Michael and Randy
and other higher-end
Brecker, Jake Hanna,
festivals and the Picton
Sophie Millman,
experience is by far
Nikky Yanofsky, Peter
the best in every way,”
Appleyard, Toots
according to Dave
Thielemans, Guido
Noble, who is in charge
Basso; Steve McDade,
of the Campbellford
trumpet - Rob
District High School
McConnell & The Boss
Jazz Orchestra, one
Brass, Ella Fitzgerald,
Juno-winning sax/clarinetist John Johnson in concert with members
of Canada’s best. “It
Ray Charles, Aretha
of the Campbellford District High School Jazz Orchestra at Picton’s
provides an environment
Franklin, Mel Torme,
Regent Theatre in 2013, a highlight of the TD Jazz Education
Program
of collegial collaboration
Diana Krall, Manteca;
for students, inspiring
Brian Barlow, drums
them to push beyond and aim higher in their jazz
and percussion - first-call studio musician, Rob
performance and education.”
McConnell and the Boss Brass, Alanis Morrissette,
Toronto Symphony, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme,
His students agree.
Ringo Starr, Tony Bennett, Shania Twain, Diana
Ross, The Lion King, Crazy For You, Jesus Christ
Sixteen-year-old trumpeter Meaghan Steinmann says
Superstar; Scott Alexander, bass - Rob McConnell
she was inspired by the pros, and that playing at a
and the Boss Brass, Moe Koffman, Guido Basso,
Herb Ellis, Clarke Terry, Zoot Sims, Salome Bey;
Mike Francis, guitar - first-call studio guitarist,
commercial jingles (Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonalds,
Budweiser, Harvey’s, Canadian Tire, etc. etc.), TV
and movies (Beetlejuice, Fraggle Rock, The Muppet
Show, Sesame Street, Beverly Hills 90210, Street
Legal.
Participating jazz orchestras are: O’Neill C.V.I.
(Oshawa), Anderson C.V.I. (Whitby), Campbellford
D.H.S., and Centennial S.S. (Belleville).
The students will perform in a culminating concert
with the Brian Barlow Big Band on Sunday, April 12,
at 2 pm, at the Regent Theatre in Picton.
For ticket information, please visit the website of the
Prince Edward County Jazz Festival, pecjazz.org.
370 Main Street, Deseronto
613-396-2874, 613-539-0491
Patricia Adriaans
patriciaadriaans@gmail.com
QAC and Hugh P. O’Neil
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, 2015. 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.
Artists bring inspiration and fun to:
• Curriculum-linked workshops
in your school
• Community group workshops
(Guides, Scouts, 4H, etc.)
• Team Building and workplace
workshops
• Fundraising events
www.treefrogclay.ca
treefrogclay@gmail.com
613-242-9962
Umbrella • Spring 2015 25
LITERARY
Introducing our Poetry Editor
PHOTO BY: DARREN COLE
By Gary Mcleod
Half buried Buddha, smiling
Zen River Gardens is poetry. Like the promenade
gardens of Japan, it is meant to be seen one landscape
at a time, like a scroll of painted landscapes unrolling.
Structured and unstructured poetry treat words in this
same manner, a scroll of written images unrolling. It
seemed a fitting place to speak with the Poetry Editor for
Umbrella, Chris Faiers.
Nestled near Marmora, at the very source of the Moira
River, even on a cold winter day, Zen River Gardens
is picturesque and serene. It is peaceful and thoughtevoking. Buddha, half buried in the snow, doesn’t seem
to mind. His place is here, overlooking the myriad of
symbols both natural and manufactured, listening to
the soothing sound of the shallow water beginning to
gather the power that will make it the mighty waterway
downstream.
In addition to writing haiku, lyrical and political poetry,
Chris founded the literary press, Unfinished Monument,
and was a founding member of The Canadian Poetry
Association and Haiku Canada. He is the first recipient of
the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award and founder of
the Purdy Country Literary Festivals (PurdyFests). Chris
bought the piece of land that is Zen River Gardens in
2005. Much of his poetry is created in the shaman shack
that sits perched on a knoll in the midst of the quiet here.
As Umbrella Poetry Editor, Chris likes to gather a
wide range of poetry styles and themes for publication.
You need not worry about your verse being spurned
by him. He feels that “anyone brave enough to put
pen to paper to express their inner thoughts for all to
read is deserving of an audience.” Having been around
the Canadian poetry scene with such greats as Milton
Acorn has given him the refreshing perspective of where
greatness comes from in any literary work. For this
reason, Chris welcomes work from seasoned poets and
newcomers, eager to mentor both if asked.
With our dogs and the photographer in tow, we
wandered Zen River Gardens, our feet breaking through
the layer of thin ice that had formed on the snow,
pausing along the way to discuss poetry and poets,
writers and writing, and of course, the beauty of our
surroundings. Irving Layton once said that Chris’ poems
“have verve, wit, range and rage.” You would think he
was describing the man himself.
a cold winter day
half buried Buddha smiling
talk of poetry
To submit a poem for publication in Umbrella, please
send it to Carol Bauer, carol@quinteartscouncil.org.
The Lanark Chronicles: Local sci-fi
By Gary Mcleod
If you ask any writer, they will tell you that writing a
novel is a daunting and often frightening task. Imagine
writing three. Imagine having no choice. For writer
Don McKay, his main character in the The Lanark
Chronicles trilogy, Bobbi-Lynne Allen, ran the show.
You see, the undertaking was never intended to be
more than a single book. While writing the first draft,
the author had a revelation, when he realized the story
would go beyond a single volume. You see, Bobbi
wouldn’t have it any other way.
In book one, The Last, a world-renowned astrobiologist,
David Mace, about to realize his dream, has not even
imagined the breadth of changes that will occur on
earth. It is only when he teams up with Bobbi that he
uncovers the truth. In book two, Ghost God, the story of
Bobbi continues, as she learns the existence of all life,
even the universe, is facing destruction. In book three,
Heaven’s Wrath, the conclusion, Bobbi must make the
choice between destroying the alien before the earth is
destroyed and saving her sister.
Michael Rutland, local artist,
sculptor and photographer,
says of the books,
“What a thought-provoking and riveting read…
extremely well crafted, with countless unexpected twists
and turns.”
Don McKay was born and raised in Bracebridge and
after living in Toronto, London, Ottawa and Calgary, he
now resides in Foxboro. He is quick to say his characters
inspire his writing, not often the case in science fiction
and fantasy, where plot seems to drive everything. He
likes to keep the story human so people can relate, and
places those characters in impossible situations. “It can be
a real challenge working out how to get the characters out
of trouble. Sometimes they die.”
Don feels strongly that print books will always exist if
only for the romance of ‘just reading.’ He is willing to
admit that conventional publishing is struggling to survive
in a techno-driven world. He believes that alternative
publishing or self-publishing is opening up an entirely
new world for writers and that it is long overdue. He does
caution, however, against self-editing and feels the skills of
a professional editor are worth every penny spent.
His writing process is simple yet complicated. When
an idea comes to him, he has to get it down. Once
in the groove, he can write all day and this can go
on for several days. His
next project, a murder
mystery, is tentatively titled
The Madwoman of Tower
Hill. Sprinkled with the
supernatural, it is due out
later this year.
The Lanark Chronicles trilogy
is available at Chapters in
Belleville and at the Quinte
Arts Council Gallery and Gift
Shop. For more locations, go to
LanarkChronicles.ca.
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Geologist Hannah Chittenden with interpreter Mary Tiessen
explains rock formation on the Moira River at Jane’s Walk 2014
Plan to attend
Jane’s Walk
Belleville 2015
Lace up your walking shoes and bring your bike, it’s time
for Belleville’s third annual Jane’s Walk, on May 2 and 3.
This global event, which is always held on the first
weekend of May, rain or shine, honours urban activist
Jane Jacobs. Her 1961 book, The Death and Life
of Great American Cities, called for an approach to
city living that fosters healthy neighbourhoods and
communities.
Plan to join the growing number of people who are
taking advantage of this no-cost way to learn about the
past, present and future of Belleville, while strolling or
cycling along guided routes.
Tours are organized to allow participants to join
one or more of the guided forays into Belleville
neighbourhoods. Last year, there were four guided
walks. This year, two walks and a bike tour are in the
works, according to Marianne Scott, chair of the Jane’s
Walk 2015 planning committee. Each walk (or ride) lasts
approximately one to one-and-a-half hours.
The Hastings County Historical Society has joined
Jane’s Walk and will lead a walk that studies church
history and architecture, both inside and outside some of
the churches that line Church Street.
Belleville on Bikes (BoB) has also joined Jane’s Walk
Belleville for the first time and will take riders on their
own unique journey of discovery through Belleville
neighborhoods.
In addition, local SPIN (Small Plot Intensive) farmers,
such as Max Valyear of Green Wheel Farms and
Stephanie Bell, will be introducing the concept of urban
farming and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
on a walk. SPIN farmers carry out high-density farming
in unused urban spaces.
As always, Jane’s Walk Belleville is made possible
through the time and energy of volunteers. Jane’s Walk
Belleville 2015 will have a dedicated social media
strategy thanks to Stephanie Jouppien, a recent graduate
of the Advertising and Marketing Communications
program at Loyalist College. So stay tuned!
For more information about Jane’s Walk Belleville 2015,
join us on Facebook or follow the Jane’s Walk Twitter.
Email us at janeswalkbelleville@gmail.com and look for
updates at janeswalk.org/Canada/Belleville.
Memoirs of an
abolitionist
Poets Among Us
Alexander Milton Ross was born in Belleville on
December 13, 1832, and he died at Detroit, Michigan
on October 28, 1897. What he achieved during those 65
years was to many astounding; to others, some of his
claims are questionable.
“He has, over the past century, been described variously
as an ‘enigmatic... man of diverse interests and
accomplishments,’ a ‘knight errant,’ and a ‘fraud,’” says
publisher and editor Paul Kirby.
Kirby says Ross claimed to be an acquaintance of
President Abraham Lincoln and his right-hand man,
Secretary of State William H. Seward; he supported
and was friends with American abolitionist/martyr/
terrorist John Brown, and Italian politician/revolutionary
Giuseppe Garibaldi; he served as an army doctor in the
Nicaraguan and Mexican armies; he spoke out against
forced smallpox vaccinations during an epidemic in
Montreal; and more… Just who was he?
“At age 17, apparently with his mother’s blessing (by his
own account which we shall read later), he said goodbye
to Belleville, and set his sights further afield; he wanted
to go to New York City,” says Kirby. “He had enough
money, saved or otherwise, to get to New York in spring
1849. With his meagre savings running low, after several
weeks of seeking employment he was finally able to get
a job in a retail store. After four years of study - whilst
working during the day—he attained his medical degree.”
There is another undisputed side to Ross: he was a
reknowned naturalist, who sought out and catalogued
thousands of insects, birds, reptiles and mammals and
wrote definitive studies of them. It was under the guise
of a naturalist that he ventured into the deep south of the
United States.
“The texts of two of Ross’s memoirs, used in this new
edition of Memoirs of an Abolitionist have been woven
into a new narrative, but the words (or meanings) have
not been altered. Duplications between the two books of
recollections have been excised, and sections have been
re-ordered for sake of narrative flow,” says Kirby.
“For the sake of argument—and a fascinating lively
story—let us suspend our disbeliefs, and accept that this
young man from the small Canadian town of Belleville,
just might have been friends with President Abraham
Lincoln and abolitionist/martyr/terrorist John Brown,
that he was close to power-brokers such as Lincoln’s
Secretary of State William Seward and influential
newspaper editor Horace Greeley. Moreover let us
accept at face value that he also befriended countless
numbers of slaves and assisted them in escaping
servitude,” says Kirby.
If the reader cannot do this, then perhaps enjoy the book
as what might be called today a ‘true-life novel.’ There
is enough documented evidence on slavery to show that
what he depicts is—sadly—very accurate.
ALEXANDER MILTON ROSS
MEMOIRS OF AN
ABOLITIONIST
From Belleville to the American Deep South:
One Man’s Story of the
Slave Trade and Emancipation
Haiga (haiku poetry with illustration) by Ed Baker
Spring release for Leavy’s biography
of the remarkable Molly Brant
Molly Brant, sister of the better-known Joseph Brant, is
the subject of Trenton author Peggy Dymond Leavey’s
latest biography. Molly Brant,
Mohawk Loyalist & Diplomat is
one of Dundurn Press’s respected
Quest Biographies and the third in
the series by this author.
To be released in April, the book
tells the incredible life story of a
Mohawk girl, born into poverty in
1736, who becomes the consort of
Sir William Johnson, one of the
wealthiest and most influential
white men in New York in the 18th
century.
When Molly is suspected of spying
for the British during the American
Revolution, she and her children are
forced to flee for their lives or face
imprisonment. Because of her ability
to influence the Mohawk people,
she is urged to seek refuge at Fort
Niagara. In the months that follow,
she becomes a vital link between her
people and the Canadian Indian Department. Like her
younger brother Joseph, she works hard to keep the Six
Nations on the side of the British, believing their empty
promises that the lands they left behind would be restored
to them, once the conflict ends.
Although she could be fractious and demanding at
times, Molly’s remarkable stamina and courage earned
her the respect of white men in
the highest levels of government.
The Canadian government paid for
the education of all her children,
and when the war was over, built a
house for Molly and her family at
Cataraqui (Kingston). Molly Brant
is the only woman whose name
appears on the founding charter of
St. George’s Cathedral in that city.
Peggy Dymond Leavey’s previous
books include Sky Lake Summer,
The Deep End Gang, and The Path
Through the Trees, all of which
were nominated for the Silver
Birch Award. Recently she
published Growing Up Ivy and
Mary Pickford, Canada’s Silent
Siren, America’s Sweetheart. Her
second biography, Laura Secord,
Heroine of the War of 1812, was
a finalist for the 2013 Speaker’s
Book Award. Leavey’s books
are available in bookstores everywhere, from online
retailers, and at the QAC Gallery and Gift Shop.
For more information, visit peggydymondleavey.com
and dundurn.com/authors/peggy_dymond_leavey
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No end to the talent showcasing at Night Kitchen Too
Spotlight
welcomes news about
awards and achievements
made by QAC members.
Send to
carol@quinteartscouncil.org
by deadline
(see page 31
for upcoming deadlines)
M.A.D. Showcase A Collaboration between
Loyalist College and QAC
For the fourth year running, the Art and Design
Foundation (AADF) students at Loyalist College and
the Quinte Arts Council have collaborated to produce a
public art exhibition featuring the work of QAC Artist
Members.At the Link Lounge Gallery on Loyalist
campus, in December 2014, the works of several artists
were put on display for a unique exhibition that provides
AADF students with an opportunity to engage in
curatorial practices with the local arts community. This
year’s exhibition, titled M.A.D. Showcase, featured a
wide range of art works, including photography, painting,
printmaking, textiles, and drawing.While the artists were
not provided with a theme for the exhibition, there was a
clear link between the works through a shared interest in
Canadian culture, one’s journey through landscape and a
strong connection with place.
Joe Callahan and Elaine A. Small welcomed the New Year in with a resounding version of Leonard Cohen’s beloved
Hallelujah, performed at the Pinnacle Playhouse in Belleville on January 17 during Night Kitchen Too - a showplace
for seasoned professionals and upcoming performers alike. Future show dates include March 21, May 2, and June 20.
For more information, see the Calendar section.
Lieutenant Governor to attend Pirates of Penzance
As a celebration of their 15th anniversary,
the Prince Edward County based community
theatre company, The County Theatre Group
will be presenting a reprise of their inaugural
show, Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of
Penzance at the Regent Theatre in Picton this
spring.
AAAArrrggghhh! L to R Jacob Dey as Frederic, Adam Palmer as
Pirate King, and Matthew Sheahan as Samuel.
The show opens on Thursday, April 30 with
a very special guest in attendance. Ontario’s
Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable
Elizabeth Dowdeswell, who is also an Officer
of the Order of Canada, has graciously
accepted an invitation to attend the show and
gala immediately following. Preparation for
the production has been underway for several
months, and the cast is rehearsing for what
promises to be a fabulous show which runs
from April 30 to May 3.
STAND UP FOR
THE ARTS
Local stand-up comics featuring headliner
Deborah Kimmett
Author and comedian, veteran of Second City, regular on CBC & Winnipeg Comedy Festival
April 18, 2015, 7:30 pm at The Greek Hall, Harder Drive, Belleville
Tickets: $25, available at the QAC Gallery and Gift Shop,
36 Bridge St. East, Belleville or Call 613-962-1232.
More info: quintearts@gmail.com www.quinteartscouncil.org
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Baxter Arts Centre - explore, discover and learn
By Peta Hall
and dance workshops, and an eight-week Saturday
Morning Art Club, featuring new art projects every
week, from painting to sculpture, to clay works, to
Lego building, to T-shirt printing and more. For the
adults, Kato Wake’s inspiring painting classes will
return, along with a course on life drawing, followed
by an open studio for life drawing. You can learn the
intriguing art of Swedish weaving, or how to plant
dazzling garden planters guided by master gardeners,
or find out about great spring garden designs and
ideas. You can learn how to paint a barn quilt, the
rage in Prince Edward County, or attend a fascinating
hands-on workshop on interior design hints for
your home. All the course details and registration
requirements are on the website, baxterartscentre.org.
The BAC is also a community space for home school
groups, lantern festivals, arts committee meetings
and weekend art workshops. Regular community
programs are held there, such as the Quarter Moon
Café, a bi-weekly open mic music evening, and silent
movie nights. The Baxter Arts Centre has something
for everyone. We welcome ideas and suggestions for
future programs. In the past we have held workshops
on Rethinking Art History, Business 101 - workshops
for artists and small business owners, A Teenager’s
Guide to an Awesome Life, Cartooning for Kids, and
the very popular Harry Potter Art Camp. We have an
easily interactive website, baxterartscentre.org, and
are always available at info@baxterartscentre.org to
answer any questions or give further information.
Workshop participants create masterworks at Baxter Arts Centre
“I have thoroughly enjoyed the art classes. The
venue is fantastic—great space and location. Fun
and knowledgeable instructor!” said a student who
took a painting class with Kato Wake at the Baxter
Arts Centre in Bloomfield. These painting classes
were part of 60 programs held by the Centre between
October and December 2014.
The Baxter Arts Centre is a new addition to the arts
scene in Prince Edward County. Set on Stanley Street,
in the quaint village of Bloomfield, it is a bustling
place. Its mandate is to provide arts and education
to both the youth and the community. Originally
the canteen for the Baxter Canning factory, it is
now a bright, clean, light-filled space, with a newly
renovated kitchen, and a new quiet heating system
that replaced the clunkingly loud chicken barn
heaters! The renovations have been done by a team
of men, nicknamed the ‘Trolls’! They have re-roofed,
rewired, insulated, painted, laid flooring, walls and
ceilings, made cupboards and renovated washrooms!
Now it is ready for interesting new, creative spring
programs.
Come to the Baxter Arts Centre, a community place
to explore, discover and learn. We look forward to
seeing you!
The 2015 spring programs, running March through
May, will include children’s improvisational drama
Paint it, place it, play it Piano Project
Belleville would like to add its name to the list of over
50 cities and towns worldwide that have placed pianos
in public spaces. The idea got its start almost ten years
ago in Sheffield, England, when a piano, left outside
temporarily because the owner could not get it up the
steps into his new house, had a sign attached, inviting
passersby to play the piano for free. This offer was taken
up by a great many people and the piano became a part
of the local community.
In 2007, artist Luke Jerram created the ‘Play Me
I’m Yours’ project by installing 15 street pianos
throughout Birmingham for the public to play. In just
three weeks, 140,000 people across the city played,
listened and connected with one another. He went
on to install more than 1300 pianos in over 45 cities
across the globe.
A Hippy Hippy Shake Dance Party, the first fund raiser
for the PPP Piano Project, was held at the Belleville
Club, on Saturday, February 6. “This is just a good
old-fashioned rock ‘n roll dance to tunes from the 60s
through the 80s, hosted by Tony Vani and Friends,”
said organizer Lisa Morris. “Tony is well known in the
Quinte area for his blues harp skills and his devotion to
traditional rock music,” she added.
Hippy Hippy Shake Dance Parties will be held once a month
until the summer. Admission is $10 and the parties get under
way at 8:30 pm. Dress options are to ‘pick a decade’.
For April and May dates, check the Facebook page or
call 613-849-1976.
As more artists saw the pianos as ‘blank canvases,’ the
pianos became art installations.
A Community
Place
The organizers of Belleville’s Piano Project have
received offers of three upright pianos from local
residents. Artists from the Quinte area would have to
enter a lottery to determine who gets to paint the pianos.
Attention: QAC Members
Did you know that you can enter your
arts events on the QAC’s website? Just go
to the homepage (quinteartscouncil.org),
click on Events, then click on Submit an
Event. You can also include an image.
Soon all events will come to the QAC
through the website. From there, we will
generate the weekly emailed Arts Calendar, the website Calendar, and even the
Umbrella Calendar.
The best part is, you can submit events
months in advance and everyone can
access this information - helping groups
pick dates for shows and seasons.
EXPLORE
DISCOVER
LEARN
Spring Program
Drama & Dance Workshop
Spring Break Art Camp
Children’s Saturday Art Club
Painting with Kato Wake
Recycling Clothing to Wearable Art
Life Drawing
Interior Design Hints for Your Home
Swedish Weaving
Spring Gardening & Garden Design
Container Gardening
Open Studio Life Drawing
Barn Quilt Painting
Drama & Dance Workshop
March 14
youth
March 16 - 20
youth
March 21 (Sat., 8 weeks)
youth
adult March 23 (Mon. / Fri., 6 weeks)
March 12 & 13
adult
March 26 (Thurs., 6 weeks)
adult
April 8
adult
April 14 (Tues., 3 weeks)
adult
April 22
adult
May 6
adult
May 7 (Thurs., 4 weeks)
adult
May 20
adult
May 23
youth
For further info & registration email: info@baxterartscentre.org
baxterartscentre.org
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Member Groups
A Capella Quinte
Albert College
Al Purdy A-Frame Association
Art Gallery of Bancroft
Arts on Main
Artists Below The Line
Bath Artisans
Baxter Arts Centre
Bay of Quinte Sweet Adelines
Belleville Art Association
Belleville Choral Society
Belleville Downtown DocFest
Belleville Public Library
Belleville Theatre Guild
Belleville Weavers and Spinners
Beta Sigma Phi
Bridge Street United Church
Brighton Arts Council
Brighton Barn Theatre
Canadian Federation of University Women
Centennial Secondary School
Christmas Sharing Program
CJLX-FM Loyalist College Radio
Colborne Art Gallery
Command Performance Choir
The Commodores’ Orchestra
Core Arts and Culture Centre
County Theatre Group Inc.
The Fade Kings
For The Love Of A Song
Gallery One-Twenty-One
Glanmore National Historic Site
Gleaners Food Bank (Quinte) Inc.
Habitat For Humanity
Hastings County Historical Society
Hastings and Prince Edward County School Board
Kingston Symphony Association
Later Life Learning - Belleville
Lions Club of Belleville
Marysburgh Mummers
Moira Mat Makers
Morning Music Club
Naval Marine Archive:
The Canadian Collection
The Noteables
Port Hope Friends of Music
Prince Edward Community Theatre
Prince Edward County Authors Festival
Quinte Ballet School of Canada
Quinte Children’s Theatre
Quinte Film Alternative
Quinte Grannies for Africa
Quinte Irish Canadian Society
Quinte Opera Guild
Quinte Quilters Guild
Quinte Singers
Quinte Symphony
Quinte Woodturners’ Guild
Quinte YFC/Youth Unlimited
Rednersville Road Art Tour
Sid Wells, Swell Productions
Shaer Productions
Shelter Valley Folk Festival
Stirling Festival Theatre
Tree Frog Workshops
Tweed and Area Arts Council
The Village Theatre
Westben Arts Festival Theatre
QAC programs are funded in part
by these government agencies
Business Members
About Framing
Academy Gallery
Active Arts Studio
Advanced Electrolysis LASER
Bathworks
Beaufort Pub
Bel-Con Design Builders
Belleville Downtown Improvement Area
Benton Fry Ford Sales
Boathouse Seafood Restaurant
Bonn Law Office
Campbell’s Orchards
Christine’s Swedish Weaving
Christopher the Twistopher
Cranston Gallery on Main
Deer Creek Pottery
Earl and Angelo’s Restaurant
Encaustic Art Supplies
Foster Park Pet Hospital
Fraiberg Communications
Funk and Gruven A-Z
The Gift Boutique
Glamour Junkie Jewellery
G.O.A.L. Oriented Factor Analysis
Great Canadian Oil Change
Hanley Corporation
History Lives Here
Inside Design
Jane Simpson Financial
Janet B Gallery and Studio
Knudsen, Brady, Vaughan Advisory Group
Liberty Tax Service
Live Fit! Live Life!
Loyalist College
Mackay Insurance
Mad Dog Gallery
Ken and Jennifer Madison
Malcolm Brothers Ltd.
McDougall Insurance Brokers Ltd.
Memorial Regional Collective
Montrose Inn and Duchess of Montrose
Tea Room
OENO Gallery
Pace Design
Peggy deWitt Photography
Peter Smith GM
Pinnacle Music Studio
Prime Time Steak House
Quinte Business Accounting Services
Quinte Dental Hygiene Services
Quinte Fibre Artists
Quinte Living Centre Inc.
QuintEssential Credit Union
Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery
RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Mike Moffat
Red Ball Radio
Regent Theatre
Re/Max Quinte Ltd.
Roluf’s Custom Framing
Sand’n Sea
Sans-Souci
Snap 360
Stephen Licence Ltd.
Ian Stock – BMO Nesbitt Burns
StoneHouse Marketing Solutions Inc.
Thomas Estevez Design
Tipper Financial Services Ltd.
Travel Specifics
Trisha’s Closet
Tuck’s Paralegal Services Law Firm
Welch LLP, CA
Wilkinson and Company LLP
W. T. Hawkins Ltd. (Hawkins Cheezies)
New Members
QAC brings New Web
Artists
Audra Kent
Jacob Wiens
Technology and E-commerce
Capability to its Membership
Businesses
Memorial Regional Collective
Drake Devonshire
Thanks to the Province of Ontario,
Quinte Arts Council will extend its
current web and social media
strategies to better serve members,
build community awareness
and engagement, and incorporate
e-commerce functionality.
Community Friends
Marilyn Andrews
Pamela Murray
Member Groups
The Village Theatre
Tree Frog Workshops
More details coming soon.
Quinte Arts Council Membership and Donation Form
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mr.__ Ms.__ Mrs.__ Miss__ Dr.__
Name_______________________
Address_____________________
City_________________________
Postal Code__________________
Tel.#________________________
Email________________________
Website_____________________
MEMBERSHIP TYPE (ANNUAL)
Community Friend
$40
Artist
$50
Member Group
$50
Member Business
$60
Student
$15
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ARTISTS, MEMBER GROUPS AND BUSINESSES MUST ALSO
FILL OUT AN INFORMATION FORM IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE
LISTED ON OUR WEB DIRECTORY. FORMS ARE AT THE QAC OFFICE AND ON-LINE WWW.QUINTEARTSCOUNCIL.ORG.
I would like to make a donation
Patron
$24-$124
Benefactor
$125-$299
Partner
$300-$999
Premier Supporter
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We Salute Our Donors
Premier Arts Benefactors
Benefactors
Patrons
The John M. and Bernice
Parrott Foundation
The Marilyn and Maurice
Rollins Foundation
Advanced Electrolysis LASER, Susan
Nurse
Bonn Law
Gerry & Bev Boyce
Dorothy Brown
Hans & Lenneke Buré
Carol Feeney
Claire Grant
Kathleen M. Hallick
Marilyn Holden
K. Jane Hull
Ken & Jennifer Madison
Gary Magarrell & Barry Brown
Mary-Lynne Morgan
Mary O’Flynn
Jack Press
Mary Shipton
Elaine Small & Richard Haeberlin
Lyle & Sharon Vanclief
Wilkinson & Company,
Dan Dickinson
Douglas and Mary Wilson
About Framing, Judy Leeson
Mary-Lou Ashton
Dan & Cathy Atkinson
Mary Bould
Diane Burley
Donna Campbell
Jennifer Chanter
Jeannette Cornelissen
Sylvia Cronk
Tim & Cynthia Fort
Leo & Mary Jo Fortin
Lois Foster
Julie Brown Hale
Grant Harrison
Great Canadian Oil Change
Lori Huff Johns & Earl Johns
Eleanor Jourard
Diana Koechlin
Charlotte Kuntze
Ann Lawrence
Florence Lennox
Liberty Tax Service
Suzanne Lowther
Bob & Cathy McCallum
Sharon McConnell
Premier Supporters
Hanley Corporation
The Lehtinen Family
Lynda Wheeler
Partners
David & Theresa Boyd
Barbara Cameron
Ann Cunningham
W.T. Hawkins Ltd.
Mike Malachowski,
Funk & Grüven A-Z
McDougall Insurance Brokers Ltd.
Ross McDougall
Hugh & Donna O’Neil
Ian Stock
Audrey Williams
Elizabeth McDonald
Don McKay
Judith McKnight
Jessica Melchiorre
Mavis Milton
Elizabeth Mitchell
Vera Morton
Linda Mustard
Paul & Judith Niedermayr
Tina Osborne
Mackay Studio
William Payne
Quinte Opera Guild
Red Ball Radio
Lola Reid Allin
Sid Wells, Swell Productions
Snap 360
Christine Walker-Bird
Margaret Werkhoven
Bill & Bev Yeotes
Honourary Members
Sandra Colden
Peter Davis
Manfred Koechlin
Mary-Lynne Morgan
Lynda Wheeler
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