La Cloche Photograph Exhibit

Visions of La Cloche: Ontario's Spiritual Mountains

La Cloche photographer Jon Butler is exhibiting 'Visions of La Cloche: Ontario's Spiritual Mountains' at the Temiskaming Art Gallery in Haileybury from February 26 to April 14.

This exhibit of La Cloche photographs provides a window to the way the landscape reveals spirituality. It is a natural inborn spirituality that allows one more awareness, empathy and conscience.

Butler, a retired newspaperman who changed his clothes to enjoy the passing seasons of life, has been capturing and enjoying the light of La Cloche for more than 25 years. Concentrating on solitary, contemplative landscapes and atmospheric effects his photographs reflect years of meditation on the subject matter and draw viewers into the light of La Cloche.

The La Cloche area (www.lacloche.ca), with its quartzite mountains, crystal clear lakes, windswept pines and abundant wildlife, is located in Northern Ontario on the north shore of Georgian Bay with Killarney Park in the east and the town of Spanish in the west. Butler lives in Willisville in the heart of the La Cloche Mountains.

In 2007, Butler's solo exhibit 'Visions of La Cloche: Ontario's Spiritual Mountains' will be at: The Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury, Feb. 26 – April 14
Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 984 Queen St. W., Toronto, May 23 – June 12
Centennial Museum & Gallery, Sheguiandah, Sept. 7 – Oct.13
Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake, Oct. 17 – Nov. 18.

Sing-Out Cafe, Saturday Feb 24 2007

Durham Town Hall, Durham Ontario
Time: 7:30pm to 10:30pm
Signing up for performance: 7pm

Come out and have some fun!
Funds raised go to the Durham Art Gallery.

Northern Ontario Photographers in Toronto - Feb 10-22

Northern Ontario photographers John Knox of Espanola and Jon Butler of Willisville are exhibiting photographs as part of a group exhibition at the Arta Gallery in the Distillery District of Toronto from February 10 - 22.

The predominant theme of this landscape group show "rebirth" is the vital connections between humanity and nature. All of the artworks in the exhibition were created to address the idea of interdependence of human beings and nature. They represent our innate desire to comprehend the world around us; to look beyond the rational and the visible, to reveal some essential truth about the world and our place in it.

In 2007, Butler's solo exhibit 'Visions of La Cloche: Ontario's Spiritual Mountains' will be at The Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury, Feb. 26 – April 14; Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts 984 Queen St. W., Toronto, May 23 – June 12;Centennial Museum & Gallery, Sheguiandah, Sept. 7 – Oct.13 and Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake, Oct. 17 – Nov. 18.

The ARTA Gallery is located in Toronto at 55 Mill Street, Building 9, Suite 102. The group exhibition runs from February 10 -22 with the opening reception February 10 from 4 -6 p.m. Phone 416-364-2782. The easiest way to get to the gallery is to go into the south parking lot off Parliament St., close to the Gardiner Expressway. The ARTA Gallery is near the parking lot entrance off Parliament Street.