Olympic Torch Run

The Olympic Torch is coming to Grey and Bruce! Check out the Olympic web site. On December 28th the torch bearers will be covering a lot of this area. The torch run will begin its journey in Orangeville in the morning, travel to Shelburne, Mount Forest, Durham, Hanover, Kincardine, Port Elgin, Southampton and end in Owen Sound in the evening.

After that the torch run makes its way to Collingwood and then zig-zags up to Midland, down and east to Barrie then up to Orillia and Huntsville.

The web site has interesting stories about torch bearers, where they are and what celebrations are taking place. Be sure to take in this once in a lifetime event.

This is a photo from Thornbury on a very cold Dec 29th morning. (if I remember correctly)

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Year of the Light Art Exhibition

July 31 from 7-9
Southampton Art Gallery Year of the Light Art Exhibition Gala Opening and Awards Presentation.
Organic wine from the Frog Pond Farm organic winery in Niagara will be served, along with refreshments. Fund-raising raffles will be taking place and you could win a wine and gift filled basket or the Chantry Island Gourmet Getaway package. Help the Southampton Art Gallery congratulate community artists upon their achievement for this important exhibit to honour Chantry Island Lighthouse’s 150th anniversary! For more details visit Southampton Art Gallery web site.

A great weekend of art in the area!

Update: An image of the Year of the Light Art Exhibition has been added. Thank you Aly, for sending this image in response to our request.

Nature's Millworks Event

June 20-July 5
James Swartz art show and sale at Nature's Millworks.
Swartz takes amazing macro photographs of flowers. His images of buildings, animals and people show his talent for composition and an eye for colour. His talent doesn't stop there. He is also an accomplished artist. See samples on his web site.

Why not make a trip to Paisley to visit Nature's Millworks. This building is a former flour mill and that in itself is worth the trip. Built in 1885 after the first mill was destroyed by fire. The mill has 5 floors! Check their web site for more history on the mill.

Paul and Helen Crysler purchased this property in 2000 and have worked steadily on the building since.

June Art Events

June 19, 2008

Art Town Third Thursdays
Art studios and galleries around the city of Owen Sound will be open the third thursday evening of each month, from 4-9 pm. What better way to enjoy a hot summer night than to stroll around Owen Sound looking at fabulous art.
See the web site for more details and locations.

Jon Butler Photographer

This just in from Jon... "It is once again an honour to have one of my photos included in the Art of Nature Exhibit and Sale with the proceeds going towards organizations such as World Wildlife Fund Canada, Ontario Nature, Environmental Defence and Nature Conservancy of Canada.

www.artofnature.ca/J_Butler.html

The exhibit and sale is part of The Green Living Show April 25 - 27 at the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto. Guest speakers include Bill Clinton, Ed Begley Jr, Michael Clemons, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Mark Cullen, Simon Jackson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

toronto.greenlivingshow.ca

Last year, Art of Nature contributed over $100,000 to Canadian environmental organizations, a splendid result for a first-time event.

I hope you have a moment to take a look and pass the word onto your friends and neighbours."

The Art of Karen Cheeseman, Joan Fraser and Barbara Pearn

Opening reception March 1st from 11 am - 1 pm
Show continues until April 12, 2008 at the Minto Heritage Gallery in Harriston.

The Harriston-Minto Heritage Gallery is a non-profit volunteer-run art gallery founded in 1996 and opened on May 22, 1997 in the upper floor of the historic Harriston Carnegie Library.

A unique mix of mediums and artists come together for a great display of talent. Hardshell gourds, fibre art, oil and acrylics on canvas will be showcased. Uniquely designed hardshell gourds display the graphic and creative talents that Karen Cheeseman is known for. Joan's creative fibre art uses elements of surprise. Barbara's paintings showcase local rural and natural landscape in bold strokes.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Thursday 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
For more information on the Harriston-Minto Heritage Gallery contact the Minto Arts Council at 519-338-3756 or visit http://guelpharts.ca/mintoarts/

Cornucopia - A Bounty of Artistic Delights

Saturday December 15 until February 15, 2008

Ron de Boer of Gallery de Boer has selected a diverse range of works for your consideration.
From Trish Romance to Carl Beam. Art for every budget. See the gallery's web site for more information.

Tour of the Arts - October 6-8

The Tour of the Arts gallery and studio tour. Look for the red and white signs. Enjoy the fall colours and the views in the Beaver Valley at the same time.

Check out their website for more information.

Wild for the Arts - September 21, 22, 23

Wild for the Arts is a festival that celebrates nature as a source of inspiration for creativity. I am proud to be able to participate in the festival this year as an artist. As the publisher of The Art Map, I don't get an opportunity to paint as much as I'd like or participate in art shows for that matter. This event gives me a chance to do many things that I really enjoy; create art, meet new people, hang out with other artists and camp at MacGregor Point.

There will be hikes, workshops, Campground Studio Tour art show and sale, performers Friday and Saturday evening. Check out the event web site for more info.

I hope to see you there.

Autumn Leaves Studio Tour September 28, 29 & 30

Tour the studios, enjoy the art and scenery at the same time.
Visit 26 different studios. Many studios play host to guest artists as well.
The art ranges from paintings to wood, glass, woven fabrics, textured stoneware, pottery, ceramics, hardshell gourds and much more.
For more information visit www.autumnleavesstudiotour.ca

"The Show" August 24, 25 & 26

Walter's Falls Group of Artists

Friday 7-10
Saturday 10-5
Sunday 10-4

Walter's Falls Community Hall. Always an interesting show.
Contact us by e-mail.

Minds in the Landscape, Landscapes in the Mind

Gallery de Boer
July 15-September 15. Upstairs 970 - 2nd Avenue East, Owen Sound.

Take time out to join them at Gallery de Boer for great art.

Be transported to a different place by Siggy Blum's pastel paintings and the mental landscapes of Roman Zuzuk's humorous, witty and vital art.

For more info see Gallery de Boer's web site.

The Fringe Film Festival- Aug 2

The 6th Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film is on its way. The Grey Zone Collective and the Durham Art Gallery are pleased to bring you another exciting summer festival of delightful and striking fringe, documentary, independent and performance related films.

The festival kicks off at the Gallery on Thursday, August 2 at 7pm with the opening of two captivating and hilarious media works: Christopher Flower’s Science of the Quotidian and the cinematic masterpiece The Way Things Go by Fischli/Weiss. The opening night will continue at the Hanover Drive-In Theatre at 9pm with a program called Love and Automobiles, a series of 35mm films that explore cultural ideas about movies and cars starting @ 9pm.

A festival pass to all events is available for $40. Tickets to screenings are $8. Kids and admission to the Gallery: free

For details and the complete festival program please check out our website www.durhamart.on.ca/film

See you at the festival!

Jazzmainia at the Loft Gallery

The Loft Gallery in Clarksburg is a host venue for the Georgian Sound Festival on April 27, 2007. For Info & Tickets: www.festival.georgiansound.ca or call ticket hotline 519-599-3223

Tickets still available through the Loft Gallery. 519-599-5912 for info about the gallery's site.

Time: April 27, 2007 8:00 - 12:00 (45 minute sessions)
The Loft Gallery is located at 183 Marsh Street in Clarksburg just south of Thornbury. The gallery will showcase vibrant original art from both local and other Ontario artists.
Come in for a glass of wine and savour both the sights and sounds surrounding you!

Entertainment: The Charlie Bell Trio
Join Charlie Bell on tenor sax and clarinet for an intimate evening of jazz standards and styles from ballads and bossas to hard swingin' blues and be-bop. Charlie is joined by Jack McFadden on acoustic bass and Andy Harasymczuk on guitar.

Refreshments. Shuttle buses will transport you from one venue to another throughout the evening.

Art of Nature - Green Living - Jon Butler Photography

"It is an honour to have one of my photos included in the Art of Nature Exhibit and Sale and I am hoping it will help to raise some cash for a worthwhile cause." says photographer Jon Butler.

http://www.greenlivingshow.ca/aon/home.html

The exhibit and sale is part of The Green Living Show April 27 - 29 at the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto. Guest speakers include Al Gore, Margaret Atwood, Dr. Roberta Bondar, Daryl Hannah, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and David Suzuki, just to name a few.

www.greenlivingshow.ca

The art has been donated and at least 80% of the gross proceeds will go to:
• Environmental Defence
• Nature Conservancy of Canada
• Ontario Nature
• Toronto Regional Conservation Authority
• WWF (World Wildlife Fund Canada) and other environmental organizations

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.

100 Squares - Tom Thomson Gallery, extended to Feb 11

The show has been a great success and will continue until Sunday, February 11. One 100 mm (10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm) square area of wall space for each miniature work in any medium. See it for yourself.

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, 840 First Avenue West Owen Sound.

La Cloche Photographs in Toronto Exhibit

La Cloche photographer Jon Butler, is exhibiting two photographs as part of a group exhibition at the Arta Gallery in the Distillery District of Toronto from December 9 to 21.

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 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.

The La Cloche photographs provide a window to the way the landscape reveals spirituality. A natural inborn spirituality that allows one more awareness, empathy and conscience.

The group exhibition runs from December 9 to 21
The ARTA Gallery 55 Mill Street, Building 9, Suite 102., Toronto, Ontario Phone 416 364 2782.

For additional information contact Jon Butler at 1-705-285-0823.

Vessels, Gallery de Boer - Oct 27 to Jan 15 2007

Gallery de Boer show Vessels, with artist Heide Berger, Monika Aebischer (Swiss born) now of Toronto, and Cynthia Porter of Owen Sound.

Experience the interpretations of Vessels. Exploration of themes in the artist's own media. For artist bios and additional information click on the headline to link to the gallery site.

Bigger exhibition space and service areas at Gallery de Boer - Fine Art & Jazz.

Flesherton Flurries Sat Dec 2nd, 2006

Brave the Elements and Feed the Fire!
Visit the many art galleries and stores, and eat in the great restaurants. Open until 9 pm, with live music and refreshments. Dance at Donabies Restaurant until 1 am.
Fill your passport, and enter a draw for one of many great prizes.
Flesherton, Ontario
Contact e-mail for more information.

100 Squares - Tom Thomson Gallery, Dec 1-Jan 26

One hundred 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm squares Tom Thomson Gallery. The biggest little show in town. Miniature works in many different mediums. A portion of the proceeds go to support programming at Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery. Check it out. Until January 26.

Riversong's Christmas Show Nov 18 - Dec 10

First Annual Show and Sale featuring the work of local artists and artisans.
Opening Nov 18, 7-9 pm.
Riversong Gallery is hosting a Christmas Show and Sale of miniature pieces of artwork by artists of Grey and Bruce counties. Perfect as christmas gifts for art lovers.
536 Mill Street Neustadt, Ontario