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Those who attended the BelleVegas Variety Show held in September will agree that it was an outstanding evening of entertainment, filled with great music and enough energy to light Times Square.

The evening featured Variety, The Dance and Show Band, joined by local musicians and vocalists: All you Need is Love’s Mark Rashotte and Andy Forgie, Susan Walsh of For the Love of a Song, and a host of other special guests including Sam Brady, Tim Campbell, Jeanette Arsenault, Solitary Man Tim Hunt, Lenni Stewart, Wendy Shaer, Melanie Hilmi and Colonel David Lowthian.

Near the end of the show everyone was up dancing in their seats! All those who participated, audiences as well as those on stage, had an absolute blast. The evening was so successful that we are bringing BelleVegas back, with a holiday twist, on December 5, at the Empire Theatre.

BelleVegas II – Hip for the Holidays will again feature Variety’s lineup of musicians, with some of the top musicians in the region, from Toronto to Kingston to Peterborough. They are: Wendy Shaer, vocals; Duncan Cooper, keyboards/vocals; Bob Arledge, bass guitar; Neal Mattice, lead guitar; Andy Coffin, trumpet; Don Finlay, trumpet; Roger Chong, trombone; Fred Dory,

alto sax; Brook Wododich, baritone sax, and Dan Shaer, vocals/tenor/keyboards/drums.

Joining Variety for this concert are: Lenni Stewart, Tim Campbell, Susan Walsh, Randy Coker, Tim Hunt, Debra Tosh, Kim Dafoe, Wendy Shaer and Sam Brady.

An accomplished singer/songwriter and entertainer, Lenni Stewart’s repertoire and vocal style concentrate on two main genre groups - traditional jazz and boogie blues, and country rhythm and blues with her two bands, Lenni Stewart Trio and Manhattan Rouge Jazz Trio. “Like a fine red wine, Lenni’s sound is full, vibrant, smoky and sensual, and where a good vintage might carry hints of cherry or chocolate, Lenni’s rich and velvety voice is reminiscent of such greats as Ella Fitzgerald, Maria Muldaur and Bonnie Raitt,” states J.D. Carpenter, jazz poet and award-winning Canadian novelist.

Audiences will recognize Susan Walsh from Belleville Theatre Guild

musicals, singing with The Commodores’ Orchestra and Frank Howard Orchestra, years of performing with the five-piece vocal group Harmonie, an amazing decade of rockin’ and rollin’ with The Cadillacs Showband, and directing, producing and performing in the annual For The Love of a Song fall fundraiser since 2007. She feels blessed working with her seven very talented FTLOAS

cast mates, as they are very close friends who love to share their passion for music with their audiences!

Mezzo-Soprano Kim Dafoe is no stranger to concert halls and theatres of the area. Stage and solo credits include work with The Kingston Symphony, The Kingston Summer Festival, The Kingston Grand Theatre, The Quinte Symphony, The Stirling Festival Theatre, The Trentones, For the Love of a Song, The Westben Arts Festival Theatre, Tweed National Theatre, The Belleville Theatre Guild, Bridge St. United Church, and Opera Buffa. Kim is currently the Arts Department Head at Centre Hastings Secondary School in Madoc.

Tim Hunt is a singer, songwriter, entertainer and co-owner of Harmony Music Plus Ltd. and founder of Musicians for Hope. Inspired by his father’s love of Neil Diamond, Tim created Solitary Man, a world

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The entire cast of musicians and vocalists joined in an exciting finale at September’s BelleVegas Variety Show extravaganza.

On the walls…

You have got to check out the offerings by local artists, artisans and crafters that we have in the Quinte Arts Council Gallery and Gift Shop! We have that perfect gift for Christmas, whether it be a handcrafted scented soap or set of earrings for a stocking stuffer, or paintings and felt purses, hats and legwarmers to keep you cozy this winter. And from now until mid-January, the featured artists on the walls at the Gallery & Gift Shop are Dennis Stembridge, Susan Moshynski and Robert Tokley.

On the shelves…

On the shelves we have jewellery, scarves, pottery, buttons, magnets, weaving, wood carvings, soaps, lotions, teas, books, CDs, DVDs, cards, Christmas ornaments, and more, by a variety of talented Quinte artisans.

See new work by potter Barbara Chappelle; suncatchers, jewellery and window hangings by Tina Osborne; jewellery and ribbon scarves by Glamour Junkie’s Connie Yrjola; stained glass by Lynda Pauk; fused glass by Jane Toombes; woven items and sampler kits by Christine Allan; buttons, cards and ‘Domestic Camo’ by Rachel Comeau; jewellery and Chakra laces by Janice Teare; pottery by Niki Mitz; soaps, lotions and therapy teas by Karen Warren; crystal, silver and watercolour jewellery by Helen Steinberg; nuno felt items made by Quixote by Laurene; pottery by Bailey Brown; glass sun catchers (for indoors and out) by Linda Conway; handmade bath and body creations from Essential Relaxation; cutting boards by wood carver, Nikolay Savov; glass work by Zak Sieben and pottery by Perry Poupore.

On the bookshelf…

There are also a number of fabulous books by local authors, DVDs, CDs and gift cards. Books that we currently have on hand include: Calla & Edourd, a novella by Kathryn MacDonald; A Breeze You Whisper, poems by Kathryn MacDonald; Act Like You’ve Been There, Rules For My Brother, by Nick Foley; At The Call of King and Country, by Bill Kennedy; Belleville: A Popular History, by Gerry Boyce; Blue, by Michael Rutland; Burn This Gossip, by Sheldon and Judith Godfrey; Celebrating Hockey History, The Story of the 1958/59 Belleville McFarlands, DVD by Peter Lockyer; Flowertopia, poems and pictures by Kathy Figueroa; Frugal Lawyer, Flashy Lawyer, by Donald W. Desaulniers; Historic Hastings Volume 1, by Gerald E. Boyce; History Lives Here, DVD by Peter Lockyer; Lanark Chronicles – Book One – The Last, by W.D. McKay; Lanark Chronicles – Book Two – Ghost God, by W.D. McKay, Making Waves: The Story of Canada’s Miss Supertest Team, DVD by Peter Lockyer; Mary Aylward, by Paul Kirby; The Trail of Broken Hearts, by Paul Kirby; Joe Alcorn’s Boy, by William D. Hawthorn; More Macs More, Celebrating Hockey History: The Belleville McFarlands, by Aaron Bell; Paudash Poems,

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chair Dan Atkinson 1st Vice Chair Anne Cunningham Treasurer Jenny Woods

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dianne Coyle, Daniel Vaughan, Libby Smith, Jeanette Arsenault

and Robert Kranendonk

STAFF

Carol Feeney Executive Director

[email protected]

Carol Bauer Artist and Member Services Officer

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Kim Lidstone Administrative Assistant

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The Quinte Arts Council is a not-for-profit, charitable organization, registration number 107869448 RR 0001. Publications mail agreement number 40667523.

Umbrella is delivered without charge to QAC members, to municipal, provincial and federal representatives, funding agencies, community arts councils, Quinte region public libraries and to selected media and public distribution outlets.

Editorial Staff: Carol Bauer Jane Mackenzie Carol FeeneyPoetry Editor: Chris FaiersDesign: David VaughanProduction: Carol BauerPublished by: The Quinte Arts Council 36 Bridge St. E., P. O. Box 22113 Belleville, Ontario K8N 2Z5Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday - FridayAdministration: 613-962-1232 www.quinteartscouncil.orgPrinted by: McLaren Press Graphics Bracebridge, Ontario

Umbrella welcomes submissions in the following categories: illustrations and photographs, articles on or about the arts in the Quinte region, poetry or prose. Umbrella assumes no responsibility for unsolicited materials. Material may be reprinted only with permission of the editor. Umbrella reserves the right to edit, crop and editorialize all submissions.

Umbrella is mailed to members and is delivered to a wide variety of distribution points throughout Quinte and beyond. The information and opinions contained in this newsletter are obtained from various sources believed to be reliable, but their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The Quinte Arts Council and its employees and agents assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages arising from the use of the published information and opinions. Readers are cautioned to consult their own professional advisors to determine the applicability of information and opinions in this newsletter in any particular circumstances.

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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Art in the Community: visit the QAC’s Gallery and Gift Shop for beautiful Christmas gifts by local artists

Pear Trio, oil painting by Dennis Stembridge

Napanee River, photograph by Phil Norton

Necklace by Glamour Junkie

Galaxy Night, painting by Jo Darnelle

Pottery by Barbara Chappelle

Glass suncatcher by Linda Conway

Felted hat and scarf by Laurene Stather


All natural soaps and laundry kits by Essential Relaxation

by Kathy Figueroa; poetry by Karen Dack; Priests in the Attic, by Elaine A. Small; Quinte Cuisine, by the CFUW; Season of Deceit, by Robin Timmerman; The Pity of the Winds, by Robin Timmerman; The Puppet and the Poet, by Nan French; The Remarkable Journey of Maurice Rollins, by Orland French; Touring the Past, by Bob Lyons; VinLand – The Ragnarok, VinLand – The Beginning, and Undead At Groom Lake, by R.G. Johnston; Whimsical Ways, poetry by James H. Brown; Wind, Water, Barley and Wine: The Nature of Prince Edward County, by Orland French; Your Loving Anna: letters from the Ontario frontier, by Anna Leveridge; Growing Up Quinte, by Jack Evans and Cyndi Crowder, and Over the Hills of Home, by Paul Kirby. So many items that are perfect for gift-giving!

Around town…

In venues around Belleville you’ll see work by: Josephine Darnell at Dinkel’s Restaurant & Courtyard, Robert Tokley at Earl & Engelo’s Restaurant, David Alexander at The Boathouse Restaurant, Phil Norton at Prime Time Steakhouse, Janice Teare at Bathworks, and members of the Belleville Art Association at the Family Medical Centre in the Bayview Mall.

For more information, call the QAC at 613-962-1232 or visit quinteartscouncil.org.

The Gallery and Gift Shop is located at 36 Bridge Street East in downtown Belleville and is open Tuesdays through Fridays, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.

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Wooden cutting board by Nikolay SavoyFused glass plate by Jane Toombes

Welcome to the winter edition of Umbrella. While the past summer wasn’t blessed with the warm, dry conditions that most of us look forward to, we should be thankful that it was only rain that happened so often—my agriculture friends tell me that this coming winter will be similar to last winter, so forewarned is forearmed!!

We continue to forge ahead, at the Quinte Arts Council, with implementing our strategies to reshape how we raise funds and deliver our services to the membership. This past September, the QAC staged a Las Vegas type show at The Empire, with a number of local celebrities providing outstanding entertainment. In fact, the show was such a success and created so much interest that we have decided to produce a second one in early December.

We also have other projects in the pipeline, at the time of writing this message, such as an online auction, for which we have secured a wide variety of interesting and exciting items. This auction is scheduled for mid-November and by the time this edition of Umbrella is in your hands, we should know how successful it was. The Board believes that hosting a small number of varied fund-raising activities will improve our profile in the community and will eventually result in a more successful and stable financial position for the QAC. It also removes us from the necessity of placing all our fund-raising eggs in one basket, as we did by hosting a Gala.

As you know, all municipalities in Ontario recently held their elections. We congratulate those who were successful in their campaigns and also congratulate all other candidates for placing their names before the voters and thus demonstrating a desire to participate in the affairs of their community. The Quinte Arts Council is an active participant in the Regional Cultural Roundtable Group and is part of the committee that sent out information apprising the candidates of the existence of a Regional Cultural Plan and asking for their position on support for arts and culture. These responses were sent to our membership. I was pleased to note that all respondents, the majority of the candidates, expressed continued support for arts and culture programs in our communities.

As a final note, as we head towards the holiday season, I’d like to wish all of you a wonderful Christmas. I hope you have a safe and happy New Year and thank you for your continued support of the Quinte Arts Council. I’d also like to thank the staff for all of their efforts over the past year and for the support they have provided me.

As always, I welcome any comments or suggestions.

Dan Atkinson FCPA, FCA Chair

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Dan Atkinson, Chair

Windy Shore, oil on canvas by Robert Tokley

Domestic Camo blocks by Rachel Comeau

The Staff andBoard of the

Quinte Arts Councilwish you all a

Happy Holiday!

Kim Dafoe MC Rick Zimmerman

class tribute to the music of Neil Diamond, and he has performed under that stage name since 1991. In more recent years, he has formed a new band called The Getaway, performing hits from the 60s through to today.

Debra Tosh is a dynamic and engaging person, who is well known as an actor, director, producer and singer. She has performed on numerous stages, including The Belleville Theatre Guild, as a cabaret singer at many corporate and private events, in the Musical Gifts series at the Belleville Public Library, in professional murder mystery dinner theatre and for countless fundraisers. A successful realtor for Re/Max Quinte Ltd. Brokerage, this Belleville native has devoted countless hours to her community, as a volunteer for numerous organizations.

She has won two major acting awards and a directing award at The Eastern Ontario Drama League Festival, competed in Dancing with the Stars Quinte and was recognized with an Arts Recognition Award by The Quinte Arts Council.

Sam Brady is a familiar face to many people in our community. He, along with partners Brian Knudsen, Greg Knudsen and Gord Vaughan of the Knudsen Brady Vaughan Advisory Group CIBC Wood Gundy, have deep roots in the community, and a profound commitment to public leadership and support, reflecting their clients’ values of responsible affluence. His stage debut at the last concert was incredible. Sam literally captivated the audience with his vocal style and stage presence. We can’t wait to see what he will do this time.

Wendy Shaer has an extensive background as a vocalist, with both live bands and theatre. She is currently lead female vocalist with: Variety, the Dance & Show Band, The Power Connection, and the Dan Shaer Big Band. Her past credits include: playing Mary in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, I’ve Heard That Song Before, Mother Superior in Sound of Music, Annie, the Broadway version of A Christmas Carol, and narrator with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She was also a cast member with West Bend Theatre and the past lead vocalist with the Ron Merringer Big Band.

Guitarist, singer and songwriter, Timothy Campbell is a well renowned performer in the Quinte area. As the owner of Keynote Studios, he has helped to instruct and produce many aspiring and professional musicians over the years. As the producer of the radio show Handmade Music, he helped area artists gain access to the local airwaves. A co-founder of Musicians for Hope, he continues to use his talents to respond to his neighbours in need. As well as being a founding member of such legendary local groups as Sands Of Time, Bentwood Rocker and All You Need Is Love, he continues to work with many successful musical

projects. Currently, Tim is actively recording and performing, both solo and with the Timothy Campbell Band.

Bellevegas II promises to be as energetic as it will be entertaining, with actor, singer and host Rick Zimmerman as the Master of Ceremonies. Each act will include a contemporary piece from Variety’s extensive playlist and a holiday tune to get you in the spirit of the season. The show starts at 7:30 pm on Friday,

December 5. Tickets are $35 each and will be available at the Empire Theatre Box Office (613-969-0099 or theempiretheatre.com).

Since 1967, the Quinte Arts Council has been serving its membership – artists, member groups, community friends, businesses, and students – while offering quality entertainment, arts experiences, and arts education for people of all ages in the community. Proceeds from the show will be used to support Quinte Arts Council’s programming. This is a Shaer Production with local media/marketing partners they integrated, Mix 97, Rock 107, CJBQ, Hits 95.5 and Cool 100 on board to support the event.

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The Quinte Arts Council’s Art in the Community program puts work by memberartists out into public spaces where the community and potential buyers will seethem. Pictured here is Robert Tokley hanging a new piece in the QAC’s Galleryand Gift Shop. Robert has sold six pieces through Art in the Community. Congratu-lations Robert! If you are a visual art member of the QAC, producing work that canhang on walls, and would like to be part of Art in the Community, please contact usat 613-962-1232 or [email protected]. We’ll need images of your workand an artist’s statement. Currently, we are looking for work for our show runningmid-January until the end of March, as well as future shows.

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VISUAL ARTS

As we trudge (reluctantly?) into another winter season, we invite you to warm your toes and your souls by visiting the John M. Parrott Art Gallery! There is a lot going on…..

Arresting Images: Mug shots from The OPP Museum is an award-winning travelling exhibition that made its debut in 2009 during the 100th anniversary of the Ontario Provincial Police. This bilingual exhibition consists of 100 framed reproductions of criminal photos (mug shots), dating from 1886 to 1908, along with a strong educational element.

Not only will you be captivated by the individuals as you look at the images, but you will be interested to read about their crimes and the punishments of the time! There are many interesting facts included on the labels for the show, such as, only 18 of the 474 mug shots collected during these years were of women.

The exhibition provides a unique perspective on the social history of Ontario during those years, including police practices, the emergence of photography and the development and social phenomena of the mug

shot. This show continues to December 31 in Gallery One.

In Gallery Two, from December 4 to 31, you can enjoy On the River: A Sailor’s Perspective (favorite places in the Thousand Islands), a selection of new works in oil by local painter Peter Davis. Peter has been sailing the Thousand Islands area for many years and has painted some of the most beautiful scenes he enjoyed during his travels. Meet Peter at the opening reception on Thursday, December 4, from 6 to 7:30 pm.

In Gallery One from January 8 to February 12, master watercolorist Donna Bonin will be exhibiting work by both herself and some of her artist students in a show titled Adventures Abroad. This show will feature paintings in various media. All of the work was done during Donna’s European Workshops over the last several years.

During the same period, photographer Audra Kent will be presenting In the Right Light in Gallery Two. This is Audra’s first solo show and her images are stunning and span a wide variety of subject matter.

The opening reception for both shows is Thursday, January 8, from 6 to 7:30 pm.

Artists Below the Line is a group of creators, founded about three years ago, as a result of discussions about the difficulties, challenges and pure joy that accompany an attempt to make a living by making art. You may know the artists and their good works through their association with Downtown Docfest and the annual exhibition held in conjunction, highlighting the works of the members of the artistic community here in Belleville. Co-founder Peter Paylor says: “…talent is ruthlessly equitable—it doesn’t check your wallet before it seeks you out and as a result, there are dozens of talented artists in the Quinte Region who face real economic barriers to being able to create, show and sell their work if they choose. Artists Below the Line exists in order to make the community aware of the issues that these artists face and it was born from the belief that once they were made aware, the members of the community would show their support, both financially and otherwise.”

The High Cost of Living (in colour) is the group’s inaugural exhibition here at the Parrott Gallery and runs from February 19 to March 25. Meet the artists and show your support at an opening reception on Thursday, February 19, from 6 to 7:30 pm.

Through the generosity of Belleville artist Wim Mijusson, we are the grateful recipient of the donation of the remaining portion of his life’s work. Heartfelt thanks to Wim for his gift to us, and for making us the stewards of these 172 paintings, created over a period spanning 50 years. We invite you to view selections from this new collection in Gallery Two from February 19 to March 25. I have worked very closely with Wim prior to the donation and have come to deeply respect and admire the man and his life as portrayed through his painting. In the coming years, you will find other selections throughout the Library and Gallery from time to time.

And while you’re here, take a moment to browse the Gallery Shop. You may find that special something you’ve been looking for!

For more information, please give us a call at 613-968-6731 ext. 2240 or visit our website at: bellevillelibrary.ca.

Mug shots, dock shots and more at the Parrott GalleryBy Susan Holland, Curator

View from the Dock, Endymion Island, oil painting by Peter Davis

In the Right Light, photograph by Audra Kent

Mug Shot: Lillie Williams, arrested on August 11, 1901. Courtesy of the OPP Museum

CALL FOR ARTISTSRednersville Road Art Tour

The highly successful Rednersville Road Art Tour is now inviting new hosts and guests to participate on their 2015 Labour Day Tour.Application forms can be found on their website - www.rednersvilleroadarttour.com - under the heading “Join the Tour”. Each host venuemust either be on the Rednersville Road (County Road 3 in Prince Edward County) or within the area bounded by the Bay of Quinte onthe north and within 2 kms south of the Bay. Guests do not have to reside in the required host geographical area. They would beco-located with a willing and available host. Deadline to apply is December 15, 2014.


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The Annual Christmas Show at Gallery One Twenty One runs throughout the month of December. Not only will you find wonderful gift ideas, you will be pleased to see the reasonable prices on numerous items, priced for the discerning shopper. Joining the members of the gallery will be: Marion Casson with her wonderful weaving and scarves, Claudette Boulanger and Claudia McCabe with original pieces of art, Christine Walker-Bird, who works in fabrics, leathers, mittens, Lisa Morris who makes very unique jewellery, Marc Bourdon with jewellery and glass sculptures – literally something for everyone!

From January 6 to February 14, 2015, we present our first ever Fibre Artists’ Show, with an opening reception on Saturday, January 10, from 2 to 4 pm.

“Walk with me into the woods or swamp - be inspired, as I am, by the wildness of the spaces so close to where we live.” Gallery One-Twenty-One member Ann Fales will be joined by members of the Quinte Fibre Arts Group to display their works. Ann, originally from B.C., grew up in a family where all of the children’s clothes were made by hand by her mother. She received her first embroidery kit when she was five and was making many of her own clothes by the time she was nine. Ann eventually became a mature student and studied at the University of Washington where she received a BA in Sociology and Anthropology. An MA in Adult Education from the University of Chicago followed a couple of years later, and then her Ph.D. She eventually accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Adult Education at OISE in Toronto.

In 1980 Ann moved to a farm on the Moira River, where she still lives. She began quilting in 1994 because she was inspired to make ‘wall art’ using fabrics. She took a quilting course from Phyllis Sawyer at Foxboro Fabrics to learn the basics, and the rest is history!

In 1995 Ann and her husband became winter caretakers at a floating fishing lodge in B.C. “There I had lots of time to quilt and the surreal beauty around me provided visual and psychic inspiration to create my own quilting designs”.

Ann is a member of the Prince Edward County Quilters’ Guild, and the Quinte Fibre Artists and has received many awards for her fibre art.

One of the artists who has influenced Ann is Joan Reive. Joan has been painting and sewing for most of her life. She was a member of Gallery One-Twenty-One for 13 years and has been a member of the Belleville Art Association since 1967. She spent 35 years teaching art classes for Loyalist College in the Continuing Education program. As a fibre artist, she is a member of the Quinte Fibre Arts Group, the Quinte Quilters’ Guild, The Quinte Needle Arts Guild, The Trent Valley Quilters’ Guild and Studio Art Quilts Association as well as The Canadian Quilters’ Association. Joan is very well known in the community as a watercolour artist and paints in acrylics and oils as well. She has won many awards for both her fibre art and her paintings over the years.

Marta Mouka lives in Tweed Ontario. She was born and raised in the Czech Republic. After graduating from college, she studied graphic design at the College of Applied Arts in Brno, Czech Republic. Her family immigrated to Canada in 1984 and for the next 25 years she held a graphic design position in the advertising/publishing field.

“I have been creating art for over 20 years. At first it was a peaceful escape from my demanding professional work. Now that I live in a centuries-old farm near Tweed, with my partner and numerous orange cats, my full focus is on art. I became a full time artist in 2008.”

Marta has had her work accepted in numerous juried shows and group exhibitions. Her work is displayed in a number of galleries in Toronto, Kingston and the Quinte area.

Patricia Sztuke was born and raised in ‘The County’ and has lived much of her life in a lakeside home between Bloomfield and Wellington. Patricia taught mentally challenged children, raised a family, operated

two small businesses and still found time to knit, tole paint and design her own clothing.

Pat has been a member of the Prince Edward Quilt Guild for more than 15 years. She has received Best Overall and Best of Show awards. In 2004, Pat was invited to join the Quinte Fibre Artists. She has shown her work at various quilt shows: the John Parrott Gallery in Belleville, Black Prince Gallery, Art in the Community and Tall Poppy Café.

Karen Kaiser is originally from Kingston. She was a teacher, having graduated from Peterborough Teachers College. She has also been a graphic designer in advertising, a salesperson, a manager of West Moira Orchards with her husband Kurt, and for 23 years she has been an artist. Traditional rug hooking became an interest to her in 2001, and she has hooked hundreds of rugs in various styles. Currently Karen is a member of the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild, is a member of the board of OHCG and is coordinator for the OHCG school. Karen has shown her works at many venues in Eastern Ontario.

Lindy Powell is a member of The Dumpster Diva Collective, regional artists who all work in recycled materials. Lindy, a retired teacher from Loyalist College, has been enjoying creating ‘artsy items’ from recycled fabrics, clip-on earrings from her mother’s era, and vintage buttons.

“My fashionista daughter has finally convinced me that if I wear more than seven accessories at once I run the risk of looking tacky, so crazy quilting is a way to indulge my love of ornamentation. I use buttons and bits of jewellery to embellish my work … finally I’ve found a use for all of those fabulous clip-on earrings I can’t resist buying at thrift stores and yard sales. When it comes to crazy quilting, more is more.”

Mary Andrews Minigan is a third generation artist whose Belleville childhood included an arts education by osmosis. Her grandmother, Nettie Wardner, was an accomplished watercolourist, and her mother, Muriel Andrews, was a well-known painter and teacher.

Mary graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a B.A., and found herself working for Revenue Canada, a job that was not a natural fit for a creative person. In 2000, tired of feeling like a square peg in a round hole, she left RCA to pursue interests closer to her heart. Over the ensuing years she studied with many inspiring fibre artists through Fibreworks, St. Lawrence College and Quinte Fibre Artists. Mary lives in Thurlow and at Consecon Lake.

Marta Smith has been involved with women and their images, in various forms, for her entire career. Born and raised in Toronto, she earned a diploma in Fashion Arts from Ryerson, teaching certification from University of Toronto and a B.A. from York University. She currently lives in Milford Ontario.

Creating art dolls and fibre works is a natural combination of her skills in textiles and jewellery making, and her interests in feminism and images of women. Found objects and materials make their way into the designs and she finds it is a creative challenge to manipulate an element and use it for other than its intended purpose.

Marta is a member of the Canadian Doll Artists Association and the Quinte Fibre Artists.

Susan Walker has spent her life as an accomplished dressmaker, sewing and creating beautiful and useful items, mainly clothing. More recently she has been creating watercolour paintings (and recently won an award at the Belleville Art Associations’ juried show). Her favourite subject matter seems to be painting sheep. But back to her sewing…. her children’s jackets are adorable!

Bethany Garner is a professor of Fine Arts/Textile Design at St. Lawrence College. She brings 20 years of surface design and fibre arts experience to her work, using multiple design and hands-on applications in

Fibre art at Gallery One-Twenty-OneBy Kathryn Fellows



From December 3 through 27, the Art Gallery of Bancroft will be featuring the photographs of Don Wilson in a show titled Aesthetic Fabrications: Photographs of an Industrial Geography.

In this exhibition, Wilson has created a dialogue of the conflicted, between control and chaos, the bleak and the beautiful. He describes this body of work as an exploration of the shape of dissonance – a space between form and function, redundance and purpose. Photographed at the GP Flakeboard Plant in Birds Creek, which was shut down in 2003, the images present a tightly constructed, sparse landscape of constrained ambiguity.

Wilson said, “These images are meant as metaphors for the uneasy balance we strike, a balance between our personal sense of purpose and value, and the burden of our utility within a broader societal context.”

Wilson describes the plant as once animated by the hopes and labours of a prospering community, now sitting idle, a vacant landscape of steel and concrete abandoned to the vagaries of economics. “Every time I go back to the site, a little bit more has been taken apart, plants grow up through the asphalt and rust continues to consume steel. It’s a wonderful place to have been granted access to, exciting to be around an alien landscape of large industrial structures. The kid in me was in his glory. At the same time, it’s a melancholy place full of the evidence of human activity, echoes of a lost purpose.”

Wilson received a Bachelor of Applied Arts, Photographic Arts, from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. He is a founding member of A Place for the Arts Artists Collective in Bancroft.

The artist is grateful to the Ontario Arts Council for Exhibition Assistance. There will be an opening reception on Friday, December 5 at 7:30pm.

From January 7 through 31, the Art Gallery of Bancroft will be holding its 24th annual juried student exhibition, titled Michal Manson Memorial High School Exhibition.

This annual exhibition gathers artwork from four high schools in the area, as well as from home-schooled students. North Hastings High School in Bancroft, Centre Hastings Secondary School in Madoc, Madawaska Valley District High School in Barry’s Bay and Haliburton Highlands Secondary School in Haliburton will be submitting 10 to 15 pieces per school for selection for the exhibition. Artist Allan

O’Marra will be the juror. O’Marra is known for his realist paintings and drawings and has recently begun exploring abstraction as well.

The Art Gallery of Bancroft has been holding the student exhibitions since the early 1990s, and after the passing of artist and gallery committee member Michal Manson, in February 2010, the student exhibition was named in her honor.

Opening reception and awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, January 10, at 2 pm.

From February 4 through 28, the Art Gallery of Bancroft will be featuring the paintings of Linda Lang in a show titled Glaciers Gone Bye.

Linda Lang is an internationally acclaimed expedition and climate change artist, whose paintings are based on the knowledge she has gained from her Inuit friends, scientists and over a dozen expeditions to the polar regions. She first travelled to the Arctic in 2002 with

her mentor, Doris McCarthy. Lang has led expeditions and exhibited throughout Canada (including the Arctic), United States, and in Russia.

Glaciers Gone Bye is an educational exhibition of oil paintings and journal excerpts, based on changes Lang has seen in the Polar Regions since 2002. Such changes include seeing entire mountains melt in three years, polar bears climbing bird cliffs in search of food and the effect of climate change on the Inuit people, their landscape and the wildlife they share the land with. There will be an educational booklet produced with the exhibition, as well as school tours and presentations.

Lang’s painting Lost in Tourngait National Park is based on an expedition she did in 2011 to Tourngait National Park in Labrador. Lang said, “Our guides were used to watching for polar bears on snow and rocks and almost missed a polar bear hiding in the bushes. That was the first time we had seen a polar bear so far south. This painting explores the disconnection of his not belonging there.”

Lang began studying painting at the age of 12, when she took lessons from Alice Forestell in Tottenham, Ontario. She has taken many workshops, including some with Doris McCarthy, and studied Fine Arts at York University. Lang also studied animation and website design at Ontario College of Art and Design.

Lang is a former board member of the Society of Canadian Artists, an elected Signature Member of Artists for Conservation, former Art Liaison for International Polar Year, and founder of Polar Artists Group and the Arctic Quest 2006 project. She represented Polar Artists at the launch of International Polar Year in Paris, France in 2007, participated in the Circumpolar Artists Round Table discussions at the United Nations Office in Geneva, and in 2008 and 2009 she represented Canada at the Northern Lights Festival in the Russian Arctic.

Lang has taught art workshops for the Toronto District Catholic School Board, for the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, and for Students on Ice Climate Change expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica in Russia and the United States.

There will be an opening reception on Friday, February 6, at 7:30 pm.

The Art Gallery of Bancroft is located at 10 Flint Avenue in Bancroft. For more information, contact the gallery at 613-332-1542 or [email protected].

Lost in Tourngait National Park, 4’ x 5’ (partial shown), oil on canvas by Linda Lang

Shapes and colours at the Art Gallery of Bancroft

Untitled photograph, by Don Wilson

Untitled photograph, by Don Wilson


In the two years since Peter Davis retired from his position of over 20 years as the designer of the QAC’s arts newspaper, Umbrella, he has continued to work on a series of paintings of the 1000 Islands. Peter and his partner, Jane Mackenzie, have been sailing since 1989, and the section of the St. Lawrence River between Kingston and Brockville quickly became their favourite destination.

Peter has worked for over 50 years as a painter and visual artist, including advertising art direction, magazine and newspaper design, and photography. When he decided, a few years ago, to do some landscape paintings, the St. Lawrence and its beautiful

islands were the obvious subject matter.

The islands contain many places where boaters can find the solitude of an anchorage or the companionship of a dock in the unique 1000 Islands Park. It also supplies a painter with the opportunity to explore the scenic beauty and the ever-changing light which the river provides.

Some of Peter’s favourite places on the river can be seen at his up-coming show at the John M. Parrott Gallery in the Belleville Library. The opening reception is on December 4, from 6 to 7:30 pm, and the show runs until December 31.

A passion for art... on the high seas!

Close encounter – Brockville Narrows, oil on canvas, 20” x 20”, by Peter Davis

surface technique and stitch, dye, paint and screen printing, colour theory and studies, and free form intuitive stitch technique. Bethany is an accomplished quilter and stitch instructor. She has exhibited her artwork in exhibitions across Ontario, Canada and the U.S.

Carol Anne Peterson says, “My fabric creations are an eclectic collection of fancy, functional fabric pieces that are fun to look at, wear and show off. I sometimes create my own fabrics using photographs, dyes, batik, stamps, tie-dye, paint sticks, fabric paints, discharge and sunprints. I like to make quilts that move: jackets, bags, purses, camera straps.” So she is likely to run into one of her creations at the supermarket, or at the theatre, or anywhere else. “Every day brings new challenges to be met and an excitement about new things to be learned.”

Carol was a teacher and educator for 35 years, teaching in Scarborough, Toronto and the Quinte area. She currently lives in Belleville, and is a member of Eastminster Quilters, the Quinte Quilters Guild and the Quinte Fibre Artists.

Marianne Sanders grew up in Wooler. After earning a university degree in Psychology at Western University in London, she moved to Calgary and became a baker and pastry chef. In the late 1980s she opened her own dessert catering business and became known for her birthday and wedding cakes. This grew into a bakery and two restaurants that were in Where to Eat in Canada.

In 1999 Marianne and her husband moved to Prince Edward County, supposedly to a quieter life, and became busier than ever. She is actively involved with Waring House, making exquisite desserts for the loyal patrons.

Marianne has been developing techniques in fibre arts and has been showing and selling at Mad Dog Gallery for about seven years. She is a member of the Quinte Fibre Artists.

From February 17 to March 28, Gallery One-Twenty-One presents two guest artists, Margaret Pearson and Conrad Beaubien, with an opening reception on Saturday, February 21, from 2 to 4 pm.

Margaret Pearson, an emerging Canadian artist, is based in Peterborough. As a retired teacher, Margaret has had time to concentrate on her interest in abstract painting. “The simplicity of mid-century design has been a strong influence in my paintings: bold shapes, strong colours and hard edged or undulating lines are characteristic of my latest works. Paintings may be like a puzzle for a viewer to solve, but more often an emotional response is triggered. The work is complex in its simplicity and can be provocative and profoundly moving.”

Following a career in network television, Conrad Beaubien’s independent credits of creator, writer, director and producer include the award winning Sketches of Our Town series. After decades of chasing the moonlight and scouring the land in search of stories, he now holes up in a cabin on the banks of Slab Creek in Prince Edward County. He chases the moonlight still. He grabs hold of words, paint, steel - mediums close at hand - in a faithful try to connect the dots of the universe. Conrad is a regular contributor to the Times of Wellington as well as Watershed. He recently launched Back of Hoards Station, his latest work for the stage.

“I regard art as our first language and attempt in my daily search to remove the self from the process allowing in a metaphysical way, the whole that we are a part of to enter. It is work without name, without prediction of outcome yet after resting with a completed piece, I find a thought or an answer in that search has been made present. Form has been rendered to no-form.”

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Chopsticks, by Margaret Pearson


Last year, Oeno Gallery opened the winter season with an exhibition entitled LET IT SNOW! The folks over at Oeno have made a solemn promise to never do that ever again.

Instead, they have curated a stunning show, New Works on Paper, comprised of work by several gallery artists. Often created quickly, these works on paper have an immediacy, a sense of intimacy and fluidity that other art forms sometimes cannot convey. The show will feature new and colourful monoprints by internationally renowned printmaker, Susan Collett, that evoke the dreaminess and iconography of her travels to China. Ben Woolfitt has created eight new works with text and silver leaf.

New to the gallery, Quebec artist Catherine Farish has created Notations—a series of small works printed on old piano rolls. The show will also introduce some of her larger and delicate paper works.The show will also feature small colourful watercolours by Jennifer Hornyak and Quebec artist Zhu Lan has created new black and white works on rice paper for the exhibition.

Charlie Pachter’s rare illustrations of Margaret Atwood’s The Journals of Susanna Moodie continue to provoke strong emotional responses. Created in 1980, these works are among the few that remain.

Rounding out the show are limited edition works on paper by Alice Teichert and mixed media paperworks by Otto Rogers from the 1990s.

Several of these artists use text in their work, adding another layer of complexity, meaning and voice. Finally, there is a rare spectacular, monumental watercolour of a large tree by County resident Robert Wiens.

The show will be on from December through January. In February and March, the gallery will be exhibiting works by many of its artists—check the website for details.

New Works On Paper at Oeno Gallery

Mercator II, monoprint (29”x63”) by Susan Collett

Arabesque, monoprint (32”x56”) by Catherine Farish

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Ten years ago, Amelie Koning received an email from the Netherlands. The sender asked if she was Amelie de Bourbon and had she sold a small painting titled Open Hands in April 1955, sixty years ago, in Holland. Amelie Koning de Bourbon replied that she was the artist of the piece and it had been sold in an art show while she was a student at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. It was one of her first sales and she was pleased about the reconnection and glad that the piece is still being enjoyed.

Amelie was born in Indonesia before WWII. Illness overtook her and her two brothers, and her parents returned with the family to Holland just as the war was to overtake them in a far different way. Her father was a member of the Dutch underground and the entire family suffered the ravages of those years.

As a child she was always drawing and had an intense interest in art. She loved visiting the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague and has fond memories of a work by Picasso and the creativity and freedom it displayed. Her artistic inspiration, however, came from Georges Braques, with his wonderful sense of colour and composition. Her love for the arts took her to the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, where she studied fine arts.

In 1960, Amelie moved to Toronto, where she met Steven Koning. At that time the art scene in the city was not that developed, so she and her friends started the Beaches Artists Co-op on Queen Street. With two sons, and after 30 years of marriage, the Konings bought a cottage in Prince Edward County. Shortly after this, Steven retired and bought an orchard on Highway #62, south of County Road #1. Amelie continued her art business. Ten years later, she and Steven designed and built a fabulous waterfront home and studio, midway between Wellington and Bloomfield, which was completed in 2009.

As I drove into the driveway at 15639 Loyalist Parkway, I noticed a peculiar birdhouse on a lamp post beside the drive. I parked beside another car in the studio parking lot and approached the front door. I could hear friendly chatter and laughing. Upon entering, Amelie was engaging three tourists in a discussion on the colours and shapes of various caftans, scarves, sarongs and chemises. She told them of the artistic process and invited them to see her creative studio, with its wonderful light. The

guests took items from the racks in the elegant display room and tried them on while discussing the colours, sizes and their complexions. They each found items that would suit their wardrobe. Talk and smiles began their time at the gallery. Warmth and satisfaction concluded it as Amelie said goodbye.

This took place at 10 am on a Sunday morning!

Amelie was a member at Gallery 121 in Belleville. Steven was the treasurer. She was a pioneer member at

Arts on Main Gallery in Picton. Here she worked on the advertising and publicity committee, as she did with the Bloomfield Business Association. For 40 years, she participated in art shows in Holland, England, Germany and Canada. She has shown her paintings at Art in the County for seventeen years and loves showing at Arts on Main Gallery and her own beautiful studio.

“I love to create. I create silks that allow the buyers to interpret what they are seeing or touching so that each piece becomes part of them. I love the freedom of the colours interacting with each other,” she stated. “One hundred percent of the women who visit me here try on a piece of my art. A large proportion of them buy and when that happens, I see the art becoming part of them. It gives meaning to my life and I realize that being an artist it is one of the reasons I am on this earth.”

Reflecting on her career spanning six decades, Amelie sees promise for young artists who are well-trained and willing to work hard. “They must have a unique talent and at first they might have to work at another job to get started,” she stated. “There are no Justin Biebers in this branch of the arts!” Amelie reflected on the need for better arts management from a business point of view in the area and wishes that local government would become more supportive of artists and arts groups and become more aware of what the arts bring to the area. “The next 10 years look promising for this area,” she said.

“Many artists are moving here and tourists love the area, the wineries, the beaches and the art.”

Oh—the little birdhouse at the end of the driveway—it has a motion detector built into it, signalling Amelie Koning de Bourbon that she is about to have another happy customer visiting her lovely gallery and trying on her beautiful wearable art.

For more information you can visit artistsincanada.com/amelie.

Amelie Koning: six decades of sharing her love of artBy Dave Boorne

This November, Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery opens a very important exhibition, highlighting the works of two of Canada’s most celebrated plein air artists, Donald Fraser AOCA and John Stuart Pryce OSA, IPAP. The entire Upper Gallery will be dedicated to these plein air greats, with 75 paintings on display.

Donald Fraser’s works are a collection of never-before-seen watercolours from his many Mexican trips, starting in 1970. These paintings capture the colour, zest, and charm of both small villages and the bustling city streets

of Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Cuernavaca, San Christobal de Las Casas, and Merida.

Each morning Don would head out with his 18 x 24 inch paper-block under his arm, a jar of water in one pocket of his jacket and his watercolour tubes in the other. With a couple of brushes protruding from his shirt pocket he would ramble until he found a scene he liked. Hunkering down on a nearby step or curb, with his paper propped on his knees and his water jar, paints and palette spread on the ground, he’d happily proceed to paint. Don tried to get on the paper everything he saw around him, the indigenous pedestrians, the brightly coloured houses, the ornate ironwork grills and the mysterious flower-covered

garden walls which lined the streets. In the evenings, he relished going to the outdoor concerts, to depict on paper the rhythms of musicians as they played.

John Stuart Pryce is a signature member of the IPAP, International Plein Air Painters, and a well-respected instructor in plein air painting. John’s love for art began at a very early age, as he discovered the great satisfaction derived from his ability to draw and paint. He continued developing his artistic interests, and eventually became an art major at the highly acclaimed H.B. Beal Tech School in London, Ontario. Since that

time John has worked and studied in Montreal, Chicago and Toronto. John’s love for open-air painting is obvious and as he puts it, “The purest and most rewarding form of painting, in my opinion, is ‘en plein air,’ as it challenges all of the skills and discipline of the artist.”

Come see the works of plein air masters Don Fraser and John Stuart Pryce at Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery from Saturday November 15 to January 11.

For more information, please visit QuinnsOfTweed.ca.

Masters of plein air painting at Quinn’s of Tweed

Calle Mayor, watercolour by Donald G. Fraser


The Big Eddy, oil by John Stuart Pryce

Kathryn MacDonald and James Archbold are taking Travel Notebook Learning Adventures to Cuba and invite you to join them for one of four writing and photography workshops during the winter of 2015: Cienfuegos: People & Place (January 23-February 1); Trinidad de Cuba: People & Place (February 6-15); Baracoa Safari: Into the Biosphere (February 27-March 8); Baracoa: People & Place (March 20-29).

“There is nothing like writing and photographing on location,” Kathryn said. “Whether travellers wish to polish their skills for sharing their experiences with family and friends, or whether professionals want to increase their sales, our workshops will deliver methods for success. In today’s travel marketplace, writers are expected to provide photos to accompany their articles, and the reverse is

true for photographers. Publishers just do not have the resources during the upheaval to the industry that has occurred, as web publishing finds its footing.”

The four workshop locations provide an opportunity to experience a side of Cuba quite different from resort holidays. Cienfuegos and Trinidad de Cuba are both UNESCO-designated historic sites, where the architecture reflects the cities’ colonial heritage. Baracoa is even older and believed to be the place where Columbus first landed in the Americas. This is where he was welcomed by the Taíno, an indigenous, agricultural people, and wrote in his logbook that this is “the most beautiful place in the world.” Baracoa retains the feel of a rural, seaside town, in part because it was isolated from the rest of Cuba by mountain ranges until a road was cut through in the 1960s.

The fourth workshop – Baracoa Safari: Into the Biosphere – offers something very different. “While each of the workshops includes excursions into the countryside, where we’ll travel through plantations and into natural areas to explore flora and fauna endemic to Cuba, adding nature writing and photography to our practice, Baracoa Safari will take us into the Alexander von Humboldt National Park,” Kathryn explained. Humboldt is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

“Humboldt is the most important biosphere reserve in the Caribbean basin and one of the world’s last untouched rainforests,” said James. “It boasts a large number of endangered plant, bird, and animal species. It is a paradise for birders and other naturalists.” This workshop involves some hiking and some overnight camping. “Our pace will be leisurely, allowing time for making field notes, writing and for photography,” James added. James Archbold’s adventure training skills were honed during service in the British Military, in places such as the Guyana Highlands, the Belize rainforest, and Libya’s North Sahara desert among others. “Workshop participants will be in good hands with James,” Kathryn said.

In each of the four workshops, local guides will introduce participants to their Cuba, providing insight and expertise. “But it won’t be all work and no play,” said Kathryn. “There’ll be music and dancing, galleries and museums to explore, people to meet, waterfalls and swimming…

a whole range of activities to stimulate the senses and provide simple fun.”

In addition to James’ adventure training skills, he is the photographer who will coach that aspect of the integrated writing-photography workshops. Travel Notebook Learning Adventures’ motto reflects the interconnected objectives of the experience: Photography - capture the essence of people and place; Writing - transform experience into story; (and have fun too).

Among Kathryn’s publications are three books: The Farm & City Cookbook, a collection of essays and recipes co-authored with Mary Lou Morgan, Calla & Édourd, a novella, and A Breeze You Whisper, a poetry collection. She is currently looking for a publisher for a sailing

adventure, describing the 1225 nautical-mile trip across the Caribbean Sea taken last summer. She blogs at http://traveller-kate.blogspot.ca. Kathryn is also a certified adult educator. She has facilitated numerous writing workshops, and has taught writing and literature online through Ontario’s college system since 1998.

“There’s bonus exposure for workshop participants. We’re arranging with Cuba’s Ministry of Tourism to create a juried photography show. It will be hosted in cities across Cuba, including Havana. A booklet of story excerpts will accompany the photo show. In addition, we plan to bring the show to Canada. It’s very exciting,” said James.

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Be all you can be: making your portfolio work for you

All Things Bright and Beautiful

By Rachel Comeau, OCT, BFA, BEd.

By Monika Devine

Your portfolio is the ultimate tool for selling yourself as an artist. Your medium discipline does not matter. You could be a visual artist (including photographers), musician, actor, filmmaker, singer, dancer, actor, etc, and your portfolio is your ultimate marketing tool. Truth be told, it is even better than a business card!

You may already have a portfolio in some stage of completion. It probably includes your curriculum vitae (CV), some samples of your work, and an artist statement. This is a good start. If you are like me, you probably think there is some untapped potential in your portfolio. It currently feels like a picture book that you have to guide people through. But your portfolio can be so much more. It can be a tool that others can look through without you. It can sell you and your wares without your presence.

What is a portfolio? Portfolio - from Italian portafoglio; cognate with the French portefeuille (‘folder, wallet’), from the Latin verb portare (‘to carry’) and folium (‘sheet’). - Wikipedia. A portfolio is a collection of documentation (evidence) of what you have learned through living your unique life. It is a celebration of you, what you have done, can do, and who you are. Your portfolio is the tool you use to demonstrate your learning and experience.

The process of creating a portfolio is almost as important as the portfolio itself. One usually creates a portfolio for one or a combination of the following reasons: educational (to gain credit for life experience); career (to demonstrate experience and

accomplishments to change or further one’s career); and self-discovery (to help you see where you have been and where you could go). In the process, you will learn about yourself, discover a journey you never knew you were on, and gain more confidence in yourself and your journey.

When I showed my portfolio to Susan Holland, the curator of the John M. Parrott Gallery, she had this to say: “Wow, this portfolio is really thorough. If everyone who submitted an application for a show had one of these, I would really get a sense of who the artist was. It would make the exhibition schedule much more cohesive and interesting.”

As a result, Art for Everyone! and the John M. Parrott Gallery have teamed to offer a Portfolio for Artists class in the New Year. Portfolio for Artists is an eight-week class. Its holistic approach will lead you through the process of creating your unique portfolio, whether it be for your career, self-discovery, or to further your education. In this class, you will learn about yourself, your

learning and experience, how to take all that information and package it into a strong art portfolio, and how to make this tool work for you!

Portfolios have long been the ultimate marketing tool for artists, regardless of their discipline. In order to be competitive in the art world, it is important to have a portfolio that informs you and the art world about what you being to the table; that celebrates your unique skills and abilities. Your portfolio will help you be all you can be!

Cool days and frosty nights herald the beginning of the holiday season. Homes and streets sparkle with adornments, and our thoughts soon turn to the anticipation of finding just the right gifts for our loved ones. If it is your wish to find something truly singular this season, then consider the gift of original art.

Each year, the members of The Colborne Art Gallery host a very special show called All Things Bright and Beautiful, an exhibit and sale of unique art works in a variety of mediums, sizes and price ranges suitable for gift-giving.

The Colborne Art Gallery will be beautifully decked out for the season. The very popular and festive opening reception, held on Saturday November 15, from 12 to 4 pm, offers you a chance to meet with the artists, sample homemade treats, sip some holiday punch, and purchase original art to take home with you. A tree will be decorated with handmade ornaments for sale, all proceeds benefiting The Colborne Art Gallery.

The artworks offered at All Things Bright and Beautiful have been created with holiday gift-giving in mind.

These works give you the opportunity to communicate a personal message to someone who is very special to you. Perhaps a painting or photograph will bring to mind a particular memory you share. A one-of-a-kind piece of pottery could reflect a favourite food or drink. The

right piece of jewellery will tell your loved one, “You are beautiful.” Or, a handcrafted card could send warmth and love across a great distance.

Whatever your desire for gift-giving, The Colborne Art Gallery offers a unique opportunity to find something you cannot find elsewhere, as well as a chance to meet the artists in a warm, friendly atmosphere. Enjoy the opening reception on

Saturday, November 15, or visit the Gallery during regular hours until Sunday, December 21.

The Colborne Art Gallery, located at 51 King Street East in Colborne, is open March to December, Thursdays through Sundays, from 12 to 5 pm.

For more information, please visit the website, thecolborneartgallery.ca.

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The venue for the Saturday, May 9, Quinte Symphony concert is being moved back to Belleville. Instead of being held Trenton High School, the concert will be at Bridge Street United Church, for a program to include favourite works of long-time conductor Gordon Craig.

Mr. Craig has announced that he plans to retire at the end of this concert season, so May 9 will be his last performance as full time maestro for Quinte Symphony, a position he has held for the past 25 years. The venue

move came at his own request, to enjoy surroundings that are both familiar to him and offer a resonant sound.

Meanwhile, local audiences will have enjoyed a tingling Christmas concert (held November 30), featuring many beloved Christmas tunes plus the Quinte Chapter Barbershop Harmony Society, A Cappella Quinte. The local group is now one of the largest in Ontario, at close to 40 performing voices. The orchestra created a special arrangement of the hit

yuletide song, Feliz Navidad, to accompany the all-male chorus.

A number of tickets have already been sold for the Last Night of the Proms, an indication that this British sing-along tradition remains popular for local concert-goers. Feel free to dress up in flags or suitable costumes for this patriotic British afternoon, at 2 pm on Sunday, March 22, at Centennial Secondary School.

For further information: quintesymphony.com.

Venue changed for Quinte Symphony’s May concertBy Jack Evans

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Belleville Theatre Guild is putting a new twist on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, running from November 27 to December 13 at Pinnacle Playhouse, a night of entertainment for the whole family.

The stage play, written by Christopher Schario, begins with a young boy, played by Tayve Mestra, reading the story aloud as the characters come alive in his imagination and eventually invite him to join them in playing out the tale as Tiny Tim. The cast of six adults and ten youths take on a variety of roles, changing character on stage with the simple addition of a hat, shawl or scarf or slipping into the chorus for song and dance numbers.

The role of Scrooge, immortalized by Alistair Simms in the original movie, and by Michael Caine with the

Muppets Christmas Carol, is ably mastered by Theatre Guild veteran Steve Forrester. Josh Terpstra plays the young Scrooge and also his nephew Fred. Marvin Tucker has a double role as the benevolent employer Fezziwig as well as Scrooge’s downtrodden clerk Bob Cratchit. Mo Leslie, new to the Theatre Guild stage this fall, plays Jacob Marley and Old Joe.

Trish Thompson and Margaret Murray juggle four separate characters each, including Mrs. Cratchit and Mrs. Fezziwig respectively. Jocelyn Manderville plays Scrooge’s sister Fan and Fred’s bride

Martha. Brayah Pickard is Scrooge’s former fiancée Belle, whom he gives up for money.

In her first speaking role, Mackenzie McGuire is the Ghost of Christmas Past. The multi-talented Sean Scally, who is better known behind stage, building sets, and for his photographic contributions to the PR for And Then There Were None and Enchanted April, bursts onto the stage as the jovial giant of Christmas Present. Dallin Whitford plays the silent but ominous role of Christmas Future.

Other cast members, who move through a selection of minor roles, including narrator, and chorus, are Alex Pordham, Jackie Pordham, Gian Paulo Lattanzio, and Sarah Dettlinger.

The play is directed by Dave Henderson, and produced

by Heather Muir. Moira Forrester is the music director and Judy Bridle the stage manager. Other technical and backstage support is provided by Alexandra Bell, assistant stage manager, Linda Serres, costume designer, Steve Forrester, set design, Donna Douglas and Liz Gray props, and Kim Taylor, set painting.

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without revisiting the haunting story of Scrooge’s redemption from a lonely life of greed and selfishness into one of generosity and love. For more information, or for tickets, visit bellevilletheatreguild.ca, or call 613-967-1442.

Scrooge is back at Pinnacle Playhouse!

Some of the young cast members at an early rehearsal.

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Steve Forrester and Mo Leslie reading at rehearsal.


The Sugar Plum Fairy has arrived in Belleville, and she brings with her a host of familiar characters sure to delight audience members of all ages in this year’s presentation of Holiday Dance Presents! Witness the magic of The Nutcracker, whose highlights will be staged in all their glory of colourful costumes and pageantry to Tchaikovsky’s beloved musical score. Quinte Ballet School of Canada’s Professional Division, as well as several students from the Recreation Division, will bring to you this special gift of dance in two matinée shows on Saturday, December 13, at 1 pm and 4:30 pm at Centennial Secondary School’s theatre auditorium.

As part of the experience included in admission, the audience is invited to join the dancers in the lobby at the Candy Cane Café after the show. Light refreshments will be served and you will have the opportunity to have your photo taken on The Nutcracker throne, with the dancers and even The Sugar Plum Fairy. “The Quinte Ballet School of Canada students, faculty, staff and volunteers have pulled out all the stops to put on a great holiday show,” says Catherine Taylor, Artistic Director.

Marilyn Lawrie, Executive Director explains, “By having the two afternoon shows in Centennial Secondary School’s theatre, we have been able to maintain the lower admission price, and with two matinée shows we hope this will make the performances more convenient for busy families and friends.” She goes on to say, “Centennial’s theatre auditorium is an excellent venue and very accessible to the community.”

Tickets are now on sale for Holiday Dance Presents: adults $20, seniors and students $16 and children 12 years and under are $12. With reserved seating, book your tickets now to ensure your preferred seats, by calling 613-962-9274 or email us at [email protected]. Group tickets in blocks of 10 or more seats are available at a 10% discount.

Quinte Ballet School of Canada is a non-profit charitable organization and we are proud to recognize the support of our Broadcast sponsor, Quinte Broadcasting’s CJBQ 800am and Mix 97 stations.


A holiday gift from the Quinte Ballet School of Canada

Photos from the 1 pm Holiday Dance Presents show, Professional Division.

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The Quinte Arts Council Office,Gallery and Gift Shop will be closed

at noon on December 24 andre-open at 9:30 am on January 6.

Jeanette Arsenault going coastalAs the musical guest for the VIA Rail Artist on Board program on ‘The Canadian’ train from Toronto to Vancouver, then all the way back to Toronto, I performed three shows a day for three days each way, with a performance stop in the Jasper train station which I dubbed the ‘I Am My Own Flash Mob Without the Mob Part.’

It was an unforgettable experience—for so many reasons. First, let me talk about the beauty of our country. The take-your-breath-away kind of landscape that is constantly changing and amazing you along the westbound train route.

Start with the rugged breathtaking beauty of Ontario North and you can’t beat the vibrant fall colours set against the piercing blue waters of the lakes and rivers around almost every bend, set against a saturated blue sky smattered with white marshmallowy clouds. Ok. Yes. We were lucky to see it all on crisp, bright, sunny autumn days.

Then we arrived in Manitoba and the landscape changed into fields and fields of gold as far as the eye can see. Bales of hay ready to be picked up, dusty roads kicking up a storm as trucks zoomed by. I have NO idea why anyone feels they have to ‘warn’ me about the seeming endless prairies—I loved it—every minute of it, too. It filled me with a sense of peace and calm. It certainly has its own rich beauty.

What totally surprised me were the valleys in Saskatchewan—they were breathtaking and the train went by WAY too fast for me to soak it all in. Valleys and winding rivers and ridges—and lush green. I was singing at one point when we went by the most glorious scenery so I couldn’t get my camera. My girlfriend caught a bit of it through the window of our moving train.

When we got to Alberta, it started to look like Northern Ontario again, with rugged terrain and boulders and mountains. Now ‘mountains’ is a relative term, of course, when comparing the two provinces!

Then there were the Rockies…. THE ROCKIES! Wow. I saw coastal mountains, I saw foothills, but the Rockies

were nothing like anything I’d ever seen before. I was enthralled with their majestic and rugged beauty—along with a trainload of people who all had their cameras permanently pressed up against the window snapping photos.

As for the VIA Rail ‘The Canadian’ train experience—it can’t get any better than this: gourmet meals, comfy bed, and excellent, helpful, friendly, fun crew.

Now playing keyboards and singing while trying to keep your balance on a moving/swaying train is a trick! But still not as tricky as carting a five-foot/50-pound keyboard on a dolly through over a dozen moving train cars every day. Musician alert—if you want to apply for this program, perhaps you might consider learning to the play the flute… or a harmonica…. or… anything else that is small and portable!

What a great way to meet people from around the world and to learn a lot about places around the world - we sang, we laughed, we whistled tunes—wait….let me re-phrase that…. THEY whistled for me because that is one talent I do not possess.

‘The Canadian’ train voyage should be considered a national treasure in my opinion—it was an unforgettable and incomparable way to see the amazing variety of landscapes and breathtaking beauty of Canada. The non-Canadian tourists on board were riveted by the amazing landscape and the vastness of our land. Wait. We were ALL riveted to the windows—you see scenes by train that you could never experience by car.

I couldn’t help but think of the people—mostly men—who blazed the trail across the rugged land. What a feat! One cannot help but feel gratitude for their sacrifice and ingenuity when you see the mountain tunnels and you ride alongside the many rivers and lakes with eyes wide open and glued to the windows. Dome car seats were hard to come by—even with four dome cars as part of the 21 cars in total.

To read more, visit jeanettearsenault.com/blogs.


The Empire Theatre, downtown Belleville, ushers in 2015 with two extraordinary performances, with Jefferson Starship on January 16 and Jann Arden on February 21.

Haight Ashbury comes to Front Street. The Empire Theatre welcomes the legendary Jefferson Starship, featuring founding member and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Paul Kantner. From the Summer of Love to Woodstock to platinum albums and sold out concerts worldwide, Jefferson Starship celebrates their 40th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of

Jefferson Airplane. They will lift off with classics Somebody To Love, White Rabbit, Volunteers, Miracles, Count On Me, Jane and many more. Joining Paul Kantner are Starship alumni David Freiberg, Cathy Richardson, Donny Baldwin, Chris Smith and Jude Gold.

Calgary-born Jann Arden has released 11 highly acclaimed albums with the 12th, Everything Almost, out in April 2014. This singer-songwriter has had 17 Top Ten singles, including the concert favourites I Would Die for You, Could I Be Your Girl, and Insensitive. She

also happens to be the winner of eight Juno Awards, including awards for Songwriter of the Year and Female Artist of the Year. Jann Arden delivers songs full of emotions and stories based on experiences surrounding her life, with grace and honesty. She never fails to delight, always hosting a lively, entertaining show, filled with great music and a few comedic snippets. Promoting her newest music for legions of devoted fans, Arden has stated that “the music is FOR you. It always has been. It always will be.”

For ticket information, visit theempiretheatre.com.

From the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to Canada’s Walk of Fame: see them both at the Empire Theatre

Jefferson Starship Jann Arden

2015 Concert Series

Presents 4 Exciting Concerts:

Michael Unger---organistSaturday April 11, 2015, 7 pm(please note the change of date)

Metropolitan Silver BandSaturday, May 30, 2015, 7 pm

Janette Fishell---organistSaturday, October 3, 2015,7 pm

Mendelssohn’s “Elijah”Saturday, November 7, 2015, 7 pm

Elizabeth McDonald---sopranoJessica Lloyd---mezzo soprano

Andrew Haji---tenorGeoffrey Sirett---baritoneWilliam Maddox---organ

With massed choirdirected by Terry Head

Bridge Street United Church

Celebrating 200 Years in Our Community

All 4 Concerts for only $90(or purchase individually)

www.bridgestreetchurch.comFor brochure and information:

613.962.9178 ex. 74

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PERFORMING ARTS

Nov. 27 to Dec. 13 Belleville Theatre Guild presents A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. An adaptation of the beloved Christmas classic, this is a production that the whole family will enjoy. Pinnacle Playhouse. 613-967-1442. bellevilletheatreguild.ca.

Dec. 4 The Regent Theatre, 224 Main St., Picton presents The Jim Cuddy Band at 8 pm. Info: 613-476-8416 ext. 28, theregenttheatre.org.

Dec. 5 BelleVegas Variety Show - Hip for the Holidays, 7:30 pm at the Empire Theatre in Belleville. Join Variety the Dance & Show Band featuring members of the Power Connection, with special guest vocalists - Wendy Shaer, Lenni Stewart, Tim Campbell, Susan Walsh, Randy Coker, Debra Tosh, Kim Dafoe, Sam Brady and Tim Hunt - in an evening of music and entertainment that will have you up dancing in your seat! Rick Zimmerman will MC. Tickets: $35 +surcharges, 613-969-0099, theempiretheatre.com, 321 Front St., Belleville.

Nov. 29 to Dec. 7 Yes, Virginia! Linda Kash brings favourite letters of Christmas wonderfully to life in Westben’s ever-popular seasonal choral celebration. Joined by Westben’s Festival, Teen & Youth Choruses under the direction of Donna Bennett, with Brian Finley at the piano. Yes, Virginia! is a 75-minute narrated concert, perfect for the whole family. Nov. 29, 1 pm at The Barn; Nov. 30, 3 pm at The Barn; Dec. 6, 3 pm at Norwood United Church; Dec.7, 3 pm at St Andrew’s United Church, Peterborough. westben.ca.

Dec. 7, 9 Gloria in Excelsis, an evening of choral music and carol singing with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regional Chorus under the direction of Rudolf Heijdens and Jennifer Curtis with Claudia Scott as accompanist. Also the organ artistry of Francine Nguyen-Savaria and Matthieu Latreille. 7 pm at St. Thomas Church, Belleville. Tickets: $20, $5 for 12 and under, at Quinte Arts Council, the church office and parents.

Dec. 7 Command Performance Choir presents The Peacemakers by Karl Jenkins, 2:30 pm at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Picton. In honour of global peacemakers and marking the anniversary of WWI. Tickets: $20, commandperformancechoir.ca.

Dec. 10 An East Coast Christmas with the Barra MacNeils at the Empire Theatre in Belleville, 7:30 pm. 613-969-0099.

Dec. 12 Port Hope Friends of Music presents Baroque Christmas Around the World with Ensemble Caprice featuring guest soprano Dawn Bailey at 7:30 pm at Port Hope United Church. Will include works from Italy (Manfredini, Corelli), Germany (Bach), South America (de Murcia, Ortiz), Spain/Mexico (Zipoli, de Salazar), and France (de Bailly). Info: 905-797-2295, porthopefriendsofmusic.ca.

Dec. 12 Rick Penner performs his Musical Gifts Series in the Parrott Gallery, Belleville Library, 10:30 to 11:30 am. Dec. 12, Irving Berlin and White Christmas. Info: 613-968-6731 ext. 2240 or [email protected].

Dec. 13 Students of the Quinte Ballet School of Canada will perform Holiday Dance Presents! featuring highlights from The Nutcracker. Two matinee shows at 1 and 4:30 pm at Centennial Secondary School’s theatre auditorium in Belleville. Join the dancers in the lobby at the Candy Cane Café after the show. Light refreshments will be served and you will have the opportunity to have your photo taken on The Nutcracker throne with the dancers and even The Sugar Plum Fairy. Tickets: adults $20, seniors & students $16 and children 12 years under $12, 613-962-9274, info@

quinteballetschool.com. Group tickets in blocks of 10 or more seats are available at a 10% discount.

Dec. 14 Stirling Festival Theatre presents Sharron’s Christmas Party! Stand-up comedy, vocal concert, talk show and controlled chaos. For 19+. 8 pm. Tickets: stirlingfestivaltheatre.com, 613-395-2100.

Dec. 15 Lenni Stewart and Julian Gallo perform Christmas at the Inn at Huff Estates Winery, featuring a delicious mix of holiday themes with Broadway and Hollywood favorites. Contact Huff Estates for details and tickets. huffestates.com.

Dec. 16 to 21 Moonpath Productions presents the Panto, Aladdin, the inGENIEously magical musical, at the Empire Theatre, Belleville. Tickets: 613-969-0099, theempiretheatre.com.

Dec. 16, 17 Candlelight Christmas at St. George’s Cathedral in Kingston at 7:30 pm. Kingston Choral Society, Evan Mitchell, conductor, Ian Juby, Chorus Master. Ring in the season with a classical Christmas concert! Hear music written to celebrate the season and sing along with the Kingston Symphony and Kingston Choral Society. Tickets at the Grand Theatre Box Office, 218 Princess St., Kingston, 613-530-2050, kingstonsymphony.on.ca.

Dec. 20 Night Kitchen Too, Belleville’s acoustic variety show at the Pinnacle Playhouse. See and hear 14 invited performers who get one shot at the mic and featured performers who gets three! $10 tickets at Pinnacle Music, Arden Music, Sweet Escape Coffee Shop and Harmony Music. 8 pm. Info: 613-849-1976 or the Facebook page.

Dec. 21 Visions of the Nativity, Annual Christmas Concert at Bridge Street United Church featuring the Bridge Street United Church Choir, and Bridge Street Ringers along with guest soprano, Elizabeth McDonald. There will be a free-will offering collected, and refreshments will follow in the Sills Auditorium.

Dec. 21 The Choirs of St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, Belleville, will be presenting a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at 4:30 pm.

Jan. 11 The Quinte Opera Guild meetings are held at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre, 265 Cannifton Rd, Belleville at 2 pm. There will be no meeting in Dec. On Jan. 11 the presentation and discussion will be Clothes Make the Character. New members welcome. Info: Mary at 613-962-3190.

Jan. 16 The Empire Theatre, downtown Belleville, presents Jefferson Starship. Tickets: theempiretheatre.com, 613-969-0099.

Jan. 17 Kingston Symphony presents A Celtic Journey, 7:30 pm at the Grand Theatre with Evan Mitchell, Conductor. Features local fiddling sensation Kelli Trottier in an electrifying, toe-tapping Celtic celebration. As a triple-threat, she brings her crisp fiddling, angelic voice, and fiery step dance to the stage. Tickets: 218 Princess St., 613-530-2050, kingstonsymphony.on.ca.

Jan. 18 Valérie Milot will give a harp recital at St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, 201 Church St. in Belleville at 4:30 pm. Valérie Milot has toured many times on the international scene and has already signed 6 album recordings for Analekta.

Feb. 1 Kingston Symphony presents Dvorak & Brahms, Evan Mitchell, Conductor featuring Gisèle Dalbec, violin, at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. 2:30 pm. Tickets: 218 Princess St., 613-530-2050, kingstonsymphony.on.ca.

Feb. 1 Port Hope Friends of Music presents acclaimed pianist Andreas Klein at 3 pm at the Capitol Theatre. Info: 905-797-2295, porthopefriendsofmusic.ca.

Feb. 5 to 21 Belleville Theatre Guild presents The Woman In Black, a frightening ghost mystery by Susan Hill and adapted by Stephen Mallatratt at Pinnacle Playhouse. 613-967-1442. bellevilletheatreguild.ca.

Feb. 8 Kingston Symphony presents The Great Outdoors, including a special performance of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, 2:30 pm at the Grand Theatre. Tickets at the Box Office, 218 Princess St., Kingston, 613-530-2050, kingstonsymphony.on.ca.

Feb. 8 The Quinte Opera Guild meetings are held at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre, 265 Cannifton Rd, Belleville at 2 pm. On Feb. 8 the presentation will be on Die Walkure which will be presented by the Canadian Opera Company on Feb. 26. New members welcome. Info: Mary at 613-962-3190.

Feb. 21 The Empire Theatre, downtown Belleville, presents Jann Arden. Tickets: theempiretheatre.com.

VISUAL ARTSTo Dec. 31 The John M. Parrott Art Gallery, 3rd floor Belleville Library, will show Arresting Images, a travelling exhibition of 100 mug shots from the OPP Museum, covering the time period 1886 to 1908.

To Dec. 22 The Colborne Art Gallery presents All Things Bright and Beautiful! Holiday Show. thecolborneartgallery.ca. 51 King St E Colborne, 905-355-1798.

To Jan. 26 Arts on Main Gallery presents Turn, Turn, Turn. 223 Main St., Picton. Open 7 days a week, 11 am to 4 pm. artsonmaingallery.ca, 613-476-5665.

Dec. 3 to 10 Loyalist College Art & Design Foundation students will host the 4th annual open exhibition for members of the Quinte Arts Council. Opening reception Dec. 3, 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Info: [email protected].

Dec. and Jan. Oeno Gallery in PE County will show New Works on Paper, comprised of work by several gallery artists. Info: oenogallery.com.

Dec. The annual Christmas Show at Gallery One-Twenty-One, 48 Bridge St. E., Belleville. Find wonderful gifts at reasonable prices. http://gallery121artists.com.

Dec. 3 to 27 The Art Gallery of Bancroft will show the photographs of Don Wilson in a show titled Aesthetic Fabrications: Photographs of an Industrial Geography. Opening reception on Dec. 5, 7:30 pm. 10 Flint Ave. Info: 613-332-1542 or [email protected].

Dec. 4 to 31 The John M. Parrott Art Gallery, 3rd floor Belleville Library, will show On the River: A Sailor’s Perspective (favorite places in the Thousand Islands), a selection of new works in oil by Peter Davis. Peter has been sailing the Thousand Islands area for many years and has painted some of the most beautiful scenes he enjoyed during his travels. Meet Peter at the opening reception on Dec. 4, 6 to 7:30 pm.

To Jan. 11 Quinn’s of Tweed, 345 Victoria St., is showing Masters of Plein Air Painting, Donald Fraser AOCA & John Stuart Pryce OSA, IPAP, in the Upper Gallery. New Artists, New Works (Tiffany Horrocks, Mike Smith, Tammy Shane, Susan Wilde and new works by AJ VanDrie, Laurie Near and Gordon Wright), in the Lower Gallery. Info: 613-478-0000, QuinnsOfTweed.ca.

Jan. 6 to Feb. 14 Gallery One-Twenty-One will have a Fibre Artists’ Show featuring work by gallery member Ann Fales and members of the Quinte Fibre Arts Group. Opening reception, Jan. 10, 2 to 4 pm.

Jan. 7 to 31 The Art Gallery of Bancroft will be holding its 24th annual juried student exhibition titled Michal Manson Memorial High School Exhibition. Opening Reception and awards ceremony, Jan. 10 at 2 pm. 10 Flint Ave., Bancroft. Info: 613-332-1542 or [email protected].

Jan. 8 to Feb. 13 John M. Parrott Art Gallery at Belleville Public Library will show In the Right Light,

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a photographic exhibit by Audra Kent. Opening reception Jan. 8, 6 to 7:30 pm. In Gallery One, master watercolorist Donna Bonin will be exhibiting work by both herself and some of her artist students in a show titled Adventures Abroad. This show will feature paintings in various media, done during Donna’s European workshops over the last several years. Opening reception for both shows Jan. 8, 6 to 7:30 pm.

Jan. 15 to Feb. 27 Art in the Community: the QAC will welcome new artists on the Gallery walls at 36 Bridge St. E. and other locations in Belleville. Opening reception on Jan. 15, 4 to 7 pm. Join the artists and enjoy refreshments. Browse the Gallery Gift Shop.

Jan. 24 to Mar. 1 This year’s annual Group Exhibition at the Colborne Art Gallery revolves around the theme Intersection. Members explore this word to express themselves as they connect, ponder, dream and push forward through obstacles and cross over to new territory. 51 King St. E., 905-355-1798, [email protected]. Gallery hours: Jan. to Mar., Sat. & Sun. noon to 4 pm.

Feb. 4 to 28 The Art Gallery of Bancroft will feature the paintings of Linda Lang in a show titled Glaciers Gone Bye. Opening reception on Feb. 6 at 7:30 pm. 10 Flint Ave., Bancroft. Info: 613-332-1542 or [email protected].

Feb. 17 to Mar. 28 Gallery One-Twenty-One will show the work of 2 guest artists, Margaret Pearson and Conrad Beaubien. Opening reception Feb. 21, 2 to 4 pm.

Feb. 19 to Mar. 25 The High Cost of Living (in colour) features work by Artists Below The Line at the Parrott Gallery, Belleville Library. Meet the artists at an opening reception on Feb. 19, 6 to 7:30 pm. 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.

WORKSHOPS/CLASSESRegister now Winter 2015 Travel Notebook Learning Adventures. Integrated writing and photography workshop in Cuba: Cienfuegos (Jan. 23-Feb. 1), Trinidad de Cuba (Feb. 6-15), Baracoa Safari: Into the Biosphere (Feb. 27-Mar. 8), and Baracoa (Mar. 20-29). These 10-day educational workshops, led by writer and photographer Kathryn MacDonald and photographer and adventure leader James Archbold, will enhance your skills, whether you are a novice or advanced writer, use a point-and-shoot or a DSLR camera. The focus is on skills exchange through participatory learning: presentations; discussions; on-location note-taking; and personalized feedback. Details: travelnotebook.ca.

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 [email protected] for details.

Dec. 13, 14 Watercolour, monoprinting workshop at Janine Kinch’s Creative Arts Studio, Glenora, PEC. 10 am to 4 pm, $150. Info: [email protected] or 613-471-1392. A monotype is a one of a kind print produced by pressing by hand or with a press, a damp sheet of paper onto a painted acrylic plate. Pouring paint, dry brushing, texturing, sponging, stamping and using stencils, you’ll explore the endless possibilities this flexible and forgiving medium offers.

Drum lessons with John Logue, 613-779-6209. All ages.

Starts Jan. 13 Christine is offering Swedish Weaving Classes. Days and evenings. Next classes are Jan. 13, 20 & 27; Jan. 16, 23 & 30; Feb. 3, 10 & 17; Feb. 6, 13 & 20. All classes 10 am to noon or 1 to 3 pm or 6 to 8 pm. Max 4 per class. For info, or private or small group

classes, contact Christine at 613-779-7928 or [email protected] or visit funandfastpatterns.ca.

3rd Fridays Do you love doodling? Are you into Zentangling® or Zendoodling? Rachel Comeau, Lori St. Clair and the John M. Parrott Gallery invite you to join The Doodle Group which will meet the 3rd Friday of the month from 10 am to 12 noon at the Parrott Gallery, starting in 2015. Bring your supplies and the projects you have been working on, exchange ideas, learn new doodles and get inspired by the creativity of others! All experience levels welcome. There is no need to register and there is no fee. Info: Rachel at 613 885-9840 or [email protected].

Jan. 20 to Apr. 28 Rhythm, Rhyme & Melody Music Education Program For Children (ages 5-8 and 9-12), Tuesdays, 5-5:45 pm (5-8) and 6-6:45 pm (9-12). $75 for 14 lessons. No instrument needed. Learn to sing, play instruments and the basics of music. Call 613-962-9178 ext. 74, visit bridgestreetchurch.com for further details and registration information. 60 Bridge St. E., Belleville

1st & 3rd Tuesdays Drumantics! Community Drumming Circle, 6:30 to 7:30 pm at St. Matthew’s United Church, 25 Holloway St., Belleville. No drum or musical experience necessary. Borrow or bring your own drum. Pay what you can. Info: [email protected].

Starts Jan. 29 Portfolio for Artists – Art for Everyone! and the John M. Parrott Gallery are pleased to announce their first portfolio development class for artists. This holistic 8-week course will lead you through the process of creating a polished portfolio. You will learn about yourself, your learning and experience, how to take all that information and package it into a strong art portfolio, and most importantly, how to make this tool work for you! This class will require a commitment of 8-weeks and includes homework. Classes run Thursdays from 10 to 12 starting Jan. 29 at the Parrott Gallery, Belleville Library. Introductory price: $200 plus tax and includes instruction, a manual, and portfolio assessment. Register: Rachel Comeau 613-885-9840 or [email protected].

CALLS FOR ENTRYDeadline Dec. 15 Oeno Gallery’s sculpture garden, located in Prince Edward County with 4 acres of garden and surrounding landscape available for work, the possibilities for sculpture installation are limitless. They are asking sculpture artists to submit proposals for a wide range of locations such as concrete pads, stone pathways, among flower and vegetable gardens, grassy hills, vineyard, arbors and concrete walls beside the gallery for 3D hanging work. They also have a koi pond that could be utilized for a bold and secure water feature. Accepted submissions are to be installed mid-May 2015. oenogallery.com.

Studio space Lots of light, great for artist studios. Large professional office building located at 257 Pinnacle St. (corner of Victoria) in downtown Belleville. A wide variety of suites, great visibility, renovated, ample free parking in two adjacent parking lots, many incentives available. Info: 613-242-00031.

Deadline Dec. 30 Are you interested in joining the highly successful PEC Studio Tour? Application form: pecstudiotour.com. Artists must be full-time PEC residents or apply as a guest artist. Info: Tracy Douglas at 613-476-7901 ext. 214 or Sharon Cranston at 613-393-3900.

Deadline Jan. 31 Applications for the Quinte Arts Council’s two performing arts bursaries are online at quinteartscouncil.org (click on the Programs/Services menu, then Arts Education). The QAC Arts and Education Bursary for the Performing Arts is a support program designed to help schools in Quinte bring professional artists into the classroom to work on a project with the students that will take place sometime between March 1 and June 15. The Eugene Lang Memorial Fund was established by Mr. Lang’s family to encourage and promote classical music education projects in schools in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties. Info: 613-962-1232 or the website.

Drop off Feb. 21 Artists are invited to submit pieces for the 2015 International Women’s Day Show which will open Mar. 3, 5 to 7 pm at The Core Gallery, 223 Pinnacle St., Belleville. Drop off from noon to 3 pm Feb. 21. Info: [email protected].

Next deadline Apr. 1 Call to Artists. QA² is a new magazine to promote and showcase individuals and businesses in Quinte related to the arts as well as fitness, individual and family activities and facilities. Groups are encouraged to submit ideas. Submit article ideas, blogs, events, stories, how-to subjects, photos, cartoons, illustrations, poems, workouts, cycling and hiking trails, fitness tips, accomplishments and awards. There are no deadlines for online promotion and print deadlines are Apr. 1, and Aug. 1. Editor: Sean Scally, [email protected], qa2.ca.

Deadline Feb. 28 The Friends of Bon Echo Park invite all nature artists to the 20th annual Bon Echo Art Exhibition & Sale at Bon Echo Provincial Park, Hwy. 41, Cloyne. The theme of this juried exhibition of original art is Canadian Nature, Wildlife, or Countryside, and will take place on July 24, 25, 26. This is a juried art exhibition and 45 artists will be accepted. For applications & information: Kathleen Ketchum, Executive Director, Friends of Bon Echo Park, 16151 Hwy. 41, RR#1, Cloyne , ON, K0H 1K0, phone: 613-336-0830, email: [email protected], BonEchoFriends.ca.

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 pm 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. Info: Elizabeth 613-779-1009 or http://bayofquintechorus.webs.com/.

Jan. 10, 11 Belleville Theatre Guild. Auditions for The Drowsy Chaperone the musical by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, 2 pm both days (Sat. and Sun.) at Pinnacle Playhouse. 613-967-1442 or contact Moira Nikander-Forrester 613-968-5049.

Jan. 18, 19 Auditions for Jake’s Women by Neil Simon. 2 pm Jan. 18 and 7 pm Jan. 19 at Pinnacle Playhouse. 613-967-1442 or contact Phil Bowerman 613-970-1488.

Submissions being accepted Megaphono is an Ottawa-based music organization, focused on spreading the word about music from the Ottawa/Gatineau/Eastern Ontario area and helping artists and music entrepreneurs to export their music and create sustainable careers. It is also a brand new music showcase festival, which will take place in Ottawa February 3 to 5. If you’re an eastern Ontario musician and interested in playing at Megaphono, visit megaphono.tv.

FILMDec. 2 Fish and the Fishery Special Dinner Event at the Drake Devonshire in Wellington, 6 pm. 3-course dinner, speaker, and screening of the film Vanishing Legacies: The History of the Lakefaring Families of Prince Edward County (by Suzanne Pasternak). Fundraiser for Ostrander Point. $75. Info and to reserve: saveostranderpoint.org.

Dec. Jan. Feb. The Quinte Film Alternative Great Movie Wednesdays present first-run, festival quality, must-see cinema every second Wednesday, 2 and 7:30 pm at the Empire Theatre in Belleville. Calvary on Dec. 3, Love Is Strange on Jan. 7, Elsa & Fred on Jan. 21, Pride on Feb. 4, Whiplash on Feb. 18. Info at 613-480-6407, [email protected], quintefilmalternative.ca.

Feb. 27 to Mar. 1 Belleville Downtown Docfest, a three-day event featuring over 40 films, including a new batch of local documentaries, shown on 5 screens in the city’s centre: two at the Core Centre, one at Pinnacle Playhouse and two in the Belleville Public Library John M. Parrott Art Gallery. Info: downtowndocfest.ca, 613-849-1976. New this year, additional screenings at The Empire Theatre will enable all festival-goers to see the Saturday night featured film as well as the



DocFest Finale on Sunday afternoon. ‘Early Bird’ Festival Passes, which include the Opening Gala, will be available in time for Christmas giving and can be purchased for $35 until Jan. 31 at the Quinte Arts Council office or Sweet Escape Coffee Emporium in downtown Belleville. Starting in Feb., $45 Festival Passes will be available at additional outlets in and around the Quinte area including The Empire Theatre box office (handling charges will apply), online at theempiretheatre.com or by phone at 613-969-0099.

HERITAGEDec. 3, 10, 17 Enjoy Glanmore by Gaslight, an evening tour of Glanmore National Historic Site, 257 Bridge St. E., Belleville, 6:30 to 8 pm. The historic house will be beautifully decorated for the holidays. Traditional refreshments will be served. Advance ticket purchase required: $12 for adults; $6 for children 5-12. Not recommended for children under the age of 5. Call 613-962-2329 for reservations.

Dec. 7 Victorian Santa Workshop at Glanmore National Historic Site, Belleville. 1:30 to 4 pm. Santa is based on craft instructions from Harper’s Bazaar published in 1867 and is constructed from natural materials and features a sculpted acrylic head. $45, advance registration required. Info: glanmore.ca.

Jan. 18 The Architectural Conservancy Quinte Branch AGM will be held in the Sills Auditorium, Bridge St. Church in Belleville at 2 pm. Guest speaker, Alvy Newman on Second Empire Architecture. Info: 613-968-7605.

Jan. 20 An Evening with Sir John A. and The Missus. The Directors of Hastings County Historical Society invite you celebrate the bicentennial of Sir John A’s birth in January 2015. Re-enactors Brian & Renee Porter from Brockville present an in-costume portrayal of our most famous politician and his wife. 7:30 pm at Maranatha, 100 College St. W., Belleville. Info: hastingshistory.ca.

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. May 23. Book early, as these tours are usually sold out. Info: hastingshistory.ca or to order tickets, M. L. Morgan at 613-961-7091.

Feb. 13 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. The exhibit explores the architecture, family life, personal grooming and adornment, education, religious and funerary beliefs of this fascinating ancient culture.

Feb. 17 to 20 During Heritage Week, visit Glanmore National Historic Site to see the Egypt exhibit and partake in special themed guided tours of the historic house daily at 2 pm. Regular admission applies. Info: glanmore.ca.

Feb. 17 Hastings County Historical Society presents Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte researcher, Amie Cowie speaking on the History and Heritage of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte. This free public presentation takes place at 7:30 pm at Maranatha, 100 College St. W., Belleville. Bring a friend. Info: hastingshistory.ca.

LITERARYGifts Christmas County Trilogy. The history of the Quinte area is a wrap! Showcased in silvery paper and tied up with a big red bow. Three different books from Wallbridge House Publishing of Belleville are available as a Christmas package for $125. Individually, these full-colour, top quality books were originally priced at $160. The books are: Heritage Atlas of Hastings County, Lennox & Addington, Wind, Water, Barley & Wine (Prince Edward County), creations by Orland French and Wallbridge House Publishing. The three-book package makes a great Christmas present. Purchase at Quinte Arts Council, 36 Bridge St. E., Belleville and at wallbridgehouse.com.

Books by local authors On sale at the QAC’s Gallery and Gift Shop, 36 Bridge St. E, Belleville. This is the place to find histories, mysteries, autobiographies…

science fiction and more! Books that tell the stories of Quinte.

ODDS AND ENDSHave your say The Baxter Arts Centre at 3 Stanley St. in Bloomfield has been offering lectures, workshops, and programs such as swing dance evenings, coffee houses and silent film nights. Watch for their new Spring programs, starting in March. baxterartscentre.org. They are open for suggestions so if you have ideas for arts-related programs, email [email protected].

Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 The QAC office and gallery will be closed on noon Dec. 24 and will re-open at 9:30 am on Jan. 6. Have a Happy Holiday!

Jan. 11 Shelter Valley Folk Festival Annual General Meeting at Grafton Town Hall 3 pm. All welcome!

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HERITAGE

Which rascal statesman was born two hundred years ago this January? None other than our own Sir John A. Macdonald, the man who created Canada! Born in Scotland, Macdonald grew up and became prominent in nearby Kingston and the County.

The Historical Society will use his life in this area as the theme for our annual historic bus tour in 2015. Spend the day on a luxurious Franklin touring coach on Saturday, May 23 (not the long weekend), visiting the places that were significant in Sir John A’s life: where he was raised, where his family lived, where he worked and where he is buried.

Long-time historical sleuth, Bill Hunt, along with several other colourful commentators, will give you an insight into Sir John A’s life and times. Find out why the Macdonald family moved so often. See the sites of two of Macdonald’s family businesses, visit the pioneer Old Hay Bay Church. Find out why the Picton Court House and Napanee were significant in both his early and later life. Enjoy the scenery along historic Loyalist Parkway and Adolphus Reach.

Your ticket, at $70, includes a delicious lunch overlooking Collins Bay and three guided tours. In the afternoon visit Sir John A’s home (Bellevue House) and where he worked (the magnificent Kingston City Hall). Find out how he won so many re-elections! See where he is buried and who is right beside him! This will be a great day, packed with interesting sites to see, and juicy tidbits about our first Prime Minister as only historian, Bill Hunt, can discover.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public in February. These tours usually sell out quite quickly, so book early!

For more information, go to the Historical Society’s new website, hastingshistory.ca, or to book your reservation, contact Mary-Lynne Morgan at 613-961-7091.

Historical Society bus tour: In Search of Sir John A.

Brian and Renee Porter as Sir John A. and the Missus

By Mary-Lynne Morgan By Mary-Lynne Morgan

Hastings County Historical Society loves to party!How would you celebrate a 200th birthday? Invite lots of friends? Have some cake? Plan some special entertainment? Hold the party at a special place?

That’s exactly what the Hastings County Historical Society is planning to do on Tuesday, January 20 when it celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir John A. Macdonald, our first Prime Minister!

We invite everyone to share this special occasion as we enjoy an evening with Sir John A and the Missus (alias actors Brian and Renée Porter from Brockville). The Porters, who have been convincingly recreating the Macdonalds for years, will bring Sir John A and Lady Agnes to life in a lively multi-dimensional presentation that is sure to please everyone. You are most cordially invited to attend this free birthday party, and we hope you will bring your friends. It’s not often that you are invited to a 200th birthday party—so mark it on your 2015 calendar with a big star!

Aside from celebrating Sir John A’s birthday, the Society is also celebrating its move to Maranatha as the new home for its monthly public presentations. A victim of our own success over the last year, we have outgrown the facilities at Quinte Living Centre, and are pleased to invite everyone to our spacious new meeting facility. Ample parking at the rear of the building, a direct, level access to our new meeting room, state-of-the-art sound and multi-media equipment and comfortable seating will all contribute to making our public presentations that much more enjoyable, and enable us to bring history alive to even more people of the Quinte region.

Won’t you join us at 7:30 pm on January 20 at Maranatha as we celebrate our move and share an evening with Sir John A and the Missus?

For more information on this and many other topics of an historical nature, see our new HCHS website: hastingshistory.ca.

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Celebrate the bicentennial ofSir John A’s birth in January 2015when re-enactors Brian & ReneePorter from Brockville present anin-costume portrayal of our mostfamous politician and his wife.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 7:30 PMat Maranatha facility

100 College Street West, BellevilleAmple free parking and level access from the

north lot at the rear of the building

THIS IS ONE OF THE SOCIETY’SREGULAR MONTHLY

FREE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

For more information go towww.hastingshistory.ca

An Evening withSir John A. & The Missus

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Making history come alive in the Quinte regionBy Mary-Lynne Morgan

There’s never a dull moment in the Hastings County Historical Society!

We move from one great project to another! Many of the items in progress in my last Umbrella article have now been completed. Susanna Moodie’s statue has found a beautiful spot by the walking path in Freestone Park on the waterfront, thanks to the combined efforts of the City of Belleville, Campbell Monuments and the HCHS. The Society has provided interesting visual displays for both the Culture Days and Doors Open projects and in late October, we enjoyed a sold-out Annual Banquet and Celebration of History to commemorate the beginning of WWI (see separate article). In addition, during the fall, the Board worked in concert with the Belleville Public Library Board and the Community Archives Committee to commission and receive a detailed report on ways the Society, the Community Archives and the Belleville Public Library can benefit from shared facilities, and co-operative ventures once the Archives and the Society move into the building that currently houses the Library.

The public has recently been presented with architectural drawings for the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Community Archives which, along with the renovation plans and budget, will be presented to both the County and City Councils for final approval. It is anticipated that the project will go to tender before the end of the year, and work begin early in the new year – an ideal time for contractors looking for indoor work! Archivist, Sharon White, and the Archives Volunteers are eagerly awaiting the move into the new facilities later in 2015. It has been a long process, but the delays have resulted in a better design, a more efficient use of space for the new Community Archives, and savings for all three partners in this project - the City of Belleville, the County of Hastings and the HCHS.

Another major project this Fall has been the development of a new website, http://hastingshistory.ca. Orland French, working with OSM Networks, has produced an interesting, easily accessible and easily navigable site, still accessed by hastingshistory.ca. Although in its infancy, the site will only get better, as

there is a lot more detail to add. However, the bones point to a great new community resource for those interested in historical pursuits, and a very creative way for the Society to make its work known to the region.

Sometimes you end up a victim of our own success! Many times over the past several months, we have had overflow attendance at our free monthly presentations. Quite simply, in order to accommodate the larger audiences, book displays, refreshments and audio-visual needs for presenters, we have outgrown the space at Quinte Living Centre. The Board has decided to move these popular presentations on the third Tuesday of each month, (January to May and September to November) to the Maranatha facility, at 100 College Street West. With a larger modern space, parking right at the door, level access, comfortable chairs, state-of-the-art sound and visual equipment, this facility will certainly enhance the interesting monthly presentations and make each event a much more pleasant experience for those who attend, as well as those who present. We will be making the move to our new meeting space with our January presentation.

On Tuesday, January 20, to commemorate the bicentennial of Sir John A. Macdonald’s birth in January 1815, we have engaged re-enactors Brian and Renee Porter from Brockville, known widely for their very convincing portrayals of the Macdonalds, to provide a costumed, in-character visit with Sir John A and Lady Agnes Macdonald. This should be a very lively evening, especially as we begin the new year in our new meeting facilities. On Tuesday, February 17, we present Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte Researcher, Amie Cowie speaking on the History and Heritage of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, also a very interesting evening.

Hastings County Historical Society continues to enjoy an exciting time in its own history and to be a vibrant volunteer organization within our community. If you enjoy learning about our local heritage and working with interesting and fun people, why not join us? For more information on the Society and its activities visit hastingshistory.ca.

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The Directors of Hastings County Historical Society had no idea how appropriate the theme for this year’s banquet would be when they asked the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment Military Museum to co-sponsor the evening!

As over 140 people, some in military mess kit, gathered at the Travelodge on Saturday, October 25, they were met with a profusion of poppies, military bagpipes and a bugler to celebrate the centennial of the beginning of World War I. Unfortunately these military symbols elicited a more immediate remembrance for the two military men, Patrice Vincent and Anthony Cirillo, who were killed recently by home-grown terrorist attacks.

That is not to say the event was a sombre evening – far from it! Lively chatter and lots of laughter filled the room for much of the evening, and guests remained after the official program to socialize and view the informative historical displays provided by the Archives volunteers. MC for the evening, Mary Thomas, who has written about WWI in her book, David’s War, did a fine job of keeping events on track. A welcome provided by Richard Hughes, President of the Society, indicated the exciting times the Society is enjoying at present, and he spoke of the recent publishing of Director Bill Kennedy’s new book, At the Call of King and Country: People from Hastings County in the Great War, 1914-1918. Lt. Col. John Inrig brought greetings on behalf of the Hasty Pee’s Museum, using the occasion to encourage donations of military artifacts to the Regimental Museum. Guests also enjoyed a rollicking sing-song of WWI hits, led by yours truly, ably accompanied by pianist/singer, Rick Penner.

Guest speaker, Dr. Jack Granatstein, Canada’s foremost authority on WWI, was introduced by Orland French, who cited a long list of Granatstein’s accomplishments with words such as “a slew of honorary doctorates” and “at least sixty books to his credit” as well as describing him as “often taking the contrarian approach” in his assessment of historical events.

Dr. Granatstein provided a compelling argument that the last one hundred days of WWI were critical in winning the war against the Germans, and directly attributable to the work of the Canadians. With the devastating losses the British had incurred, they were in desperate need of major reinforcements; Canadian conscription provided thousands of fresh, young soldiers. Unlike the beginning of the war, when most Canadian recruits were naive Brits who had emigrated to Canada, these young Canadian-born soldiers were well trained, reasonably equipped and under no illusions as they left for battle. Dr. Granatstein also provided interesting assessments of two major Canadian military leaders, Sir Sam Hughes and Col. Arthur Currie, indicating that, in his opinion, Hughes was crazy, and Currie has never received the recognition he deserved for being a brilliant tactician and on-site commander.

In closing, President Richard Hughes noted that the Hastings County Historical Society is enjoying great success at the moment. In addition to the launch of Bill Kennedy’s new book, he cited the successful partnership of the City of Belleville, County of Hastings and the Society in developing the new Community Archives which it is hoped will open in 2015 in the building that currently houses the Belleville Public Library. He also invited all to attend the free monthly public presentations on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm. For more information on these meetings, see the Calendar section or the History Comes Alive article on this page.

For more information on the activities of the Hastings County Historical Society, go to our recently revitalized website, hastingshistory.ca.

Little did we know!By Mary-Lynne Morgan

Egypt, Gift of the Nile is a travelling exhibition on display at Glanmore National Historic Site, 257 Bridge Street East, Belleville from February 13 to April 12, 2015. Museum visitors will explore an ancient civilization that flourished for thousands of years with this exciting exhibition visiting Belleville from the Royal Ontario Museum.

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 the later cultures of the

Mediterranean and Europe.

The exhibit explores the architecture, family life, personal grooming and adornment, education, religious and funerary beliefs of this fascinating culture. The exhibit includes a life-size sarcophagus as well as dozens of artifacts, some dating back to 2000 B.C. Hands-on stations will encourage visitors to snap an Egyptian selfie, write their name in hieroglyphics, and more.

Throughout the duration of the exhibition, school programs exploring the importance of this civilization will be offered, with programs designed specifically for grades K to 2 and 4 to 6. Special Egyptian themed activities will be offered during March Break.

Visit glanmore.ca for more information or call 613-962-2329.

Ancient Egypt comes to Belleville!


Eucalypta Apurimac is not a name you hear everyday in Canada, or perhaps anywhere in the world. That is because Eucalypta, both in name and spirit, is part of a new Canadian generation that pulls its roots from vastly different parts of the earth. She is an amalgam that reflects the multiracial and multicultural ties growing in cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.

But ask her what her race is and you will hear her laugh.

“Race doesn’t really mean anything, not anything ‘solid’ anyways, to someone who is mixed race. You can’t be one or both things so you eventually figure out that neither is a real definition of you. And then you just throw out the whole dictionary.

“Being mixed race allowed me to play around with identity in a way I might not have if I had grown up in a securely set box. I think it is a common experience for mixed race people, whether they are Chinese-African or Hispanic-European or whatever, that we tend to bounce back and forth between identities. Some days we are feeling more ‘native,’ the next day we are feeling more ‘European’...and then somewhere in a history lesson, you feel one part of you want to kick the other! But that doesn’t make sense does it? I can’t be either or both! It’s a contradiction in terms.”

The tension between identities and conflicting perspectives is reflected in Eucalypta’s unique paintings. In none is the tension more poignant than in her painting, Fish and Chips.

“I had mixed feelings when I made this painting. When you look at it, you, the viewer, are the one looking down at this mermaid with a knife and fork in your hands ready to eat her. But at the same time, you identify with the mermaid because you recognize her humanity. You know she is ‘human’ though she looks

different. I think the most important, though forgotten, lesson is: never dehumanize others, especially not based on definitions.”

It is evident when Eucalypta speaks that she does indeed have turbid feelings about the subject. Her voice overflows with both passion and emotional strain when she talks about Fish and Chips. Almost as if her own creation wounds her at the same time that it aesthetically pleases her. “There is a lot of pain in my works. I might not have much to say if I hadn’t. But can I really regret the path of my life? Again, it’s a contradiction. Of course, I would be happier if I had a different life but that wouldn’t be me anymore. I would cease to exist. And I would probably not be painting or not in the same way.”

Which would clearly be a loss of young talent. So how did she start painting?

“My father’s family was artistic. They didn’t teach me but my father always encouraged me to draw as a child by giving me paper and pencils. Yet he gave up his own creative ambitions because of fatherhood and the practical demands of making a living. As an adult, I also forgot about art until one day I just knew I had to start painting. There was almost a fatalistic

determinism to it. Because there is nothing practical about art. You do it because something is demanding to be brought into existence.”

The urgency Eucalypta brings to painting seems to remain in the finished product. This is not someone playing around and being polite about it. Her paintings flicker with an energy that says they were born to confront. Some of her paintings, such as Steampunk (---/and the Poker Player---), even appear to taunt the viewer.

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Reprinted with permission from the Belleville Intelligencer - Oct. 7, 2014

There was never any doubt when Bruce Bedell was in the room. As Belleville’s town crier, Mr. Bedell could fill any space, indoor or outdoor, with his bellowing cries.

Mr. Bedell died of cancer Oct. 1 while surrounded by family at Belleville General Hospital. He was 78. Hastings County Historical Society president Richard Hughes praised Mr. Bedell as a “wonderful, valuable person. His colour, his flair, his humour, his knowledge—he brought all this to all of our events,” said Hughes. “He was always the first person to open all of our events and for each one he would craft a special cry.”

Mr. Bedell loved to research those cries and would often work a wry joke or play on words into them. “He always said Belleville was the ‘best city around by a dam site,’” Hughes recalled with a laugh. “He got everybody’s attention and got everyone entertained and settled down while informing them at the same time.”

Mr. Bedell was a married father of four and grandfather who was retired from a teaching career. He was a graduate of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School and served a year in the Royal Canadian Air Force before becoming a teacher. His first classroom was in Wilberforce, between Haliburton and Bancroft.

In 1962, Mr. Bedell married fellow teacher Catherine Patterson. They had four children: Alexis, Bruce, Francis and Denise, who became a town crier in California. The family lived in Dryden and Sault Ste. Marie, where he was also town crier on both sides of the border from 1988 to 1997. He and Catherine then moved to London before resettling in Belleville in 2004.

Mr. Bedell was soon at city hall, asking—quietly at first—to be named crier. He succeeded. “He was a good ambassador,” said Mayor Neil Ellis.

Ellis recalled inviting Mr. Bedell to many city events, including each of his eight new year’s levees, where Bedell not only welcomed guests with a cry but had a habit of being photographed. “Every time I invite you to the levee you make the front page,” Ellis joked with him recently.

Mr. Bedell was “passionate about the city” and “you could see that in his cries.” “If you listened to what he wrote, he took time and was always prepared and had something different.”

Mr. Bedell came from a line of United Empire Loyalists and claimed Belleville founder Capt. John Meyers as an ancestor. He also had the period costume befitting his crier role.

“He had a long, long history personally of historical research. He was extremely knowledgeable and had a very keen interest in promoting the city… and he had a booming voice to promote it very forcefully,” Hughes said.

He competed internationally in crying contests and in the 1990s wrote a handbook called the Book of Cries. Mr. Bedell won the provincial town crier’s title in 1989, 1990 and 1991 and was ranked as high as eighth in the world in 1993.

He’s survived by his wife, children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Reprinted with permission from the Belleville Intelligencer - Sept. 12, 2014

I was fortunate enough to have been part of the last seven years of Garrick Tyas’ life.

The colourful busker known in the Quinte area as the “Fiddleguy” lost his battle against cancer peacefully with his partner Pamela Kaltenrieder at his side in their Rednersville Road home, early last Sunday morning. He was 67.

Living on through are Kaltenrieder; his four children Cynthia, Steven, Spring and Melody; his grandchildren Jack, Patrick, Austin, and Ethan; his cockatiel Johnathan; his family of friends and his music. “I am the Fiddle, and I am the Guy. Me and my music, high up in the sky,” as Tyas’ signature verse echoed.

Many people who shopped at Metro in Belleville over the last decade may recall Tyas offering them fiddle anthems as they walked in or out of the North Front Street store. Others may remember him for playing the fiddle and mandolin in Trenton—he used to have his studio on Front Street—or during annual fundraisers like Empty Bowls at Loyalist College and community events hosted by Gleaners Food Bank in Belleville.

Contrary to what some people might have thought of him, Tyas was no panhandler. “I am not a panhandler. I don’t beg and don’t ask for anything,” he told me back in October 2011. “I never asked anybody for a penny. I never have and never will. I am busking professionally, as if it’s a job.”

The Fiddleguy was more than a busker. He was a multi-disciplinary artist who could play a wide range of instruments, could write and direct plays, who embraced “the magic” of photography and most recently, taught himself how to create digital animation.

Tyas was born in England in 1947 and moved to Canada a year later after a Toronto couple adopted him. He started busking at St. Lawrence Market in Toronto and kept doing it professionally for more than 25 years, all the way from Hamilton, Ont. to Halifax.

Kaltenrieder is Tyas’ “lady”. She clearly remembers meeting him for the first time at a party in Cherry Valley 20 years ago. “That’s how I got to meet him and we’ve lived together for 18 years,” she said with emotion. “He used to say that ‘I kept him grounded’. He will be sorely missed.” To Kaltenrieder, Tyas was unique. “He was one of a kind,” she added. “He was so talented. He made a point to inspire everybody around him. One of his friends was petrified of playing the piano, but he kept encouraging her and she played a beautiful piece yesterday (Thursday).”

Tyas was scheduled to play a fundraising gig in support of Gleaners Food Bank on Aug. 24, but his condition at the time did not allow him to. Like many people in Quinte, Susan Quinlan, Director of Operations at Gleaners, met Tyas for the first time at Metro in Belleville. “I always enjoyed his tunes,” she said.

“One day he stopped me and said “Are you not the food bank lady?’ I laughed and he said ‘I want to do something for you.’ He loved playing for us down at Market Square and loved our garden.”

Tyas also carried his own NHL-size dream when he appeared on CBC Television in 2008, auditioning for Hockey Night in Canada’s Hockey Anthem Challenge. “I have never been a real hockey fan, but I thought I could give it a try, just for fun,” he then said.


IN MEMORIAMBruce Bedell, Town Crier Garrick Tyas, the FiddleguyBy Luke Hendry By Jerome Lessard

Town Crier Bruce Bedell at East Hill Park in Belleville, is seen here at the kick-off of the 2010 Porchfest

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Reprinted with permission from the Belleville Intelligencer - Oct., 8, 2014

In Quinte’s theatre world, Jim Alexander was master of the house.

James Ervin Alexander, 89, died Monday (October 6) in Belleville of a stroke.

“He was a giant of our theatre,” said friend and frequent Belleville Theatre Guild collaborator Diane Burley. He had also been a member of the Probus Club of Belleville for some years, where he was known for his wit and sociability.

Mr. Alexander grew up on a farm north of Gananoque and first performed onstage in high school. He was a paratrooper with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in the Second World War. After the war, Mr. Alexander became a hair stylist in Trenton, and it was in a salon that he was first invited into the theatre.

Mr. Alexander joined a Trenton theatre group and in 1951 joined the Belleville Theatre Guild during its third meeting. This was his 65th year in local theatre.

He married Wilma Judge in 1953. The Quinte West residents lived in and loved the arts, becoming well-known for their support of arts causes and their own creativity.

Wilma worked as an elementary school teacher and librarian and later became known for her six children’s books. When she died 2008, Mr. Alexander published her final book and donated most copies to area schools and libraries.

He was so busy at the Pinnacle Playhouse that even 25 years ago he said he couldn’t recall how many shows in which he’d been involved. “He was a mentor to everybody he could find,” said Liz Marshall, who in the mid-1970s met Mr. Alexander through the guild. “That was his life’s work.”

Mr. Alexander was named best actor for a guild production entered in an Eastern Ontario Drama League festival. He also won awards for lighting and set design.

Friend and guild member Diane Burley said it was rare to find so many “different creative talents in one person.” She noted his feedback was never negative. “Somehow he just found a way to get the best out of his people with a lot of compassion – good humour, gentle, very warm, very approachable,” she said.

“He had a real artist’s eye for lighting. He lit things beautifully,” Marshall added. He also designed the set for one of her past plays, Doubt. “It was one of those sets you wanted to take a picture of and hang it on your wall.”

Mr. Alexander, who moved to Belleville after Wilma’s death, had just completed his maquette for the set for Burley’s upcoming February play, The Woman in Black.

“We’ll do it the way he wanted it,” she said.

Marshall said those he taught will pass on his wisdom. “That will be his legacy.”

Mr. Alexander is survived by two of his four siblings—brother Lawrence and sister Loretta—and sons Christopher, Nicholas, Timothy and their families.

Reprinted with permission from the Belleville Intelligencer - Sept. 4, 2014

From the airwaves to the stage, Lee Jourard was a strong voice for the Quinte region.

Mr. Jourard, 85, died peacefully Monday, September 1 at Belleville General Hospital following a brief illness. A funeral was held Thursday at the Sons of Jacob Synagogue Memorial Park near Bayside.

Arthur Leon Jourard came to Belleville in 1950 as a broadcaster but soon became a busy volunteer, active in everything from the Belleville Theatre Guild to the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club. A radio job at Quinte Broadcasting’s CJBQ station drew him here. The next year, he married Eleanor, with whom he’d been a camp counsellor at Lake Temagami north of North Bay.

“I thought the world of Lee Jourard,” said former radio host Peter Thompson. He described his former boss as a precise administrator full of integrity and who demanded quality. “He did an amazing job for the community,” Thompson said. “He made me draw a diagram of the control room, with every knob and every switch, before he let me go in there.”

Mr. Jourard spent 23 years with the radio station before jumping to what was then its sister television station, Cablevue 4, which, like CJBQ, was owned by Belleville’s Morton family. Mr. Jourard was Cablevue’s first program director and remained there until his retirement in 1995.

“He had his finger on the pulse of the community,” said friend Jack Evans. “He kept his eyes on sports events, churches, everything.” Evans, an Intelligencer freelance reporter and retired staffer, said Mr. Jourard gave him his first job in radio in about 1957. “He was very easy to get along with, very intelligent,” Evans said. He recalled his friend taking courses regularly, including in Europe, to learn about languages, history and other topics. “He was a lifetime scholar, basically,” said Evans.

Mr. Jourard was a father of four who donated his time with groups representing his many interests. He was among the first members of both the theatre guild and the Hastings County Historical Society while also volunteering with the Quinte Opera Guild and the Sons of Jacob Synagogue. He sailed and also had licences to fly single-engine planes and gliders.

Mr. Jourard’s volunteer service included time with the boards of Loyalist College’s CJLX radio station, the yacht club, Bay of Quinte Power Squadron, and the former Moira River Conservation Authority. He was a 1998 recipient of the Quinte Arts Council’s Arts Recognition Award and city council’s 2007 senior citizen of the year.

“He did a lot for the arts community. We need more like him,” said Quinte Arts Council executive director Carol Feeney. She said he was “very caring, astute and articulate” and quick to voice his views. “He had strong opinions on things but he was very fair,” she said.

Diane Burley grew up listening to Mr. Jourard on the radio, then taught three of the Jourards’ children and later worked with him in the theatre guild. He was the winner of several theatre awards. “He was always larger than life and a joy to direct because he was such a gifted actor, such a natural,” Burley said. Their last collaboration was in 2006’s Trying, with Mr. Jourard in the lead role. “The wit, the humour, the strength, the gentleness—he could project all those things,” she said.

Mr. Jourard was predeceased on Sept. 5, 2013 by his son, Lewis. He’s survived by his wife, Eleanor, sons Mike and Andrew, daughter Tigger and their families. A celebration of his life will be held at a late date with details to be posted online at benjamins.ca.


Jim Alexander, actor Lee Jourard, broadcasterBy Luke Hendry and Jack Evans By Luke Hendry

Jim Alexander Lee Jourard (Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County)

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To say that Gerry Boyce is ‘Mr. History’ of Hastings County does not fully recognize the work he has done to preserve the heritage of the county for over half a century, particularly through his writing. In December, a new book, The Best of Boyce, will take its readers on a five-decade journey through Gerry’s journalism and non-fiction, as he reveals to us the people, places and events which have shaped this county.

“He is the ‘go-to’ man for the media when historical perspective is needed on current issues,” says publisher Paul Kirby. “His classic Historic Hastings is the book which is still referenced in footnotes in nearly every new publication telling of the county history, 50 years after its initial release.”

“Our wealth of history is like gold nuggets: they rest beneath the surface, and require devoted labour to unearth them,” says Richard Hughes, president of the Hastings County Historical Society. “That is what Gerry has done for all of us; he has dug up the gems and held them up for all of us to see and enjoy.”

Boyce has written biographies (Hutton of Hastings), studied buildings (Belleville City Hall), bridges (The Covered Bridge at Trenton), municipalities (Belleville: A Popular History), theology (The St. Andrew’s

Chronicles: The History of Presbyterianism in the Belleville-Quinte Area), and gold rushes (Eldorado). He is frequently requested to contribute to reference dictionaries and newsletters, and is in demand as a public speaker for community organizations and schools.

“In The Best of Boyce, we have assembled a Gerry Boyce ‘Greatest Hits,’ ” says Kirby, “a sampling of the breadth of work this walking encyclopedia has produced over the past five decades.” Kirby says an attempt has been made in this book to cover the broad scope of Gerry’s writings, no easy feat: he has written full, book-length narratives on the county’s history in traditional prose style; a church history with Gerry writing in the first-person, in the guise of a character from that period; a township history in diary form; concise newspaper pieces; and academic papers and presentations to august societies and associations.

The book will be launched with a signing by Gerry at the Belleville Public Library on Saturday, December 6, from 2 to 3 pm. Copies can be reserved prior to the event (pre-payment not required) by contacting [email protected]. A donation of $6 will be made to the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County for each copy sold at the book signing.

After eight rollicking years of poetry and discussion, annual Purdy Country Literary Festivals (PurdyFests) have had a great run. This longevity is almost unique among Canadian literary and poetry events, and is certainly unique to have had these three-day festivals in small town Ontario. Time, various circumstances and especially aging have closed the curtain on the Marmora festivals. Fortunately, some of the keener annual campers at ZenRiver Gardens plan to return next August long weekend, so visitors can continue to enjoy contemplative times on the edge of The Shield - and I’m sure some poems will be read, songs sung and memories refreshed. But the formal organization of the extensive series of events which was Marmora PurdyFest has had its curtain call.

The good news is that PurdyFests and their spirit will continue to manifest in a number of other locations and in a variety of formats. Tai Grove, publisher of Hidden Brook Press and the President of the Canada-Cuba Literary Alliance, has plans to coordinate a PurdyFest somewhere along the shores of Lake Ontario next fall. Two longtime PurdyFesters, Jim Larwill and Katharine Beeman, have organized spin-off People’s Poetry festivals in their locales. Jim has organized two Wolf Fests so far in the bush north of Ottawa, and Katharine has organized two ‘Festalitos’ in Montreal. Kathy Figueroa has also organized two summer poetry festivals in Maynooth, and now that the Al Purdy A-frame is functioning as an area writer-in-residence location, annual summer picnics have been held there for the past two years as well.

The first PurdyFest was held in Marmora over the August long weekend in 2007. Poet James Deahl and author/philosopher Terry Barker were my fellow coordinators. James and Terry had been organizing a series of ‘poetry controversies’ around southern Ontario on the subject of Canadian ‘People’s Poetry,’ and they thought it would be fun to organize one of these discussions on Al Purdy’s turf, as memorialized in his poem The Country North of Belleville.

I agreed it would be fun to hold a poetry event on the edge of the Canadian Shield, and suggested that we should include poetry readings and other events along with the more academic ‘controversies.’ The ‘controversies’ became our signature symposiums, focusing on the legacy of leading People’s Poets such as Purdy and his close friend, fellow Governor General Award winning poet Milton Acorn.

Over the eight years, PurdyFests symposiums honoured an historical catalogue of poets, from then still-living Ray Souster, to those recently passed, such as Ted Plantos, and then we explored back through Canadian history with discussions on Dorothy Livesay and concluded this summer with Pauline Johnson.

When I toured Terry and James around Marmora on their first visit, they fell in love with the beauty of the Marmora area, and we decided to hold open air poetry readings on the islet in the middle of the Marmora Dam. Thus was born another PurdyFest tradition, ‘Another Dam Poetry Reading.’ A Who’s Who of Canadian poets participated

in the symposiums and in the Dam Readings, including Jim Larwill, Honey Novick, James Deahl, David Day, Katharine Beeman, Pearl and Brian Pirie, Anna Yin, Jim Christy, Martin Durkin, Julie McNeill, Carol Malyon, Omaha RisinG, Allan Briesmaster, Anna Plesums, R. D. Roy, Kent Bowman, Mick Burrs, Gail Taylor, John Hamley, Shane Neilson and many, many more. Marmora singer Morley Ellis opened all the Dam Readings with professional performances which set the relaxed atmosphere for the readings.

Tai Grove organized round robin readings at my nearby ZenRiver Gardens retreat on the Sunday afternoons of the fests. Many poets enjoyed camping at ZenRiver, and the Friday and Saturday night campfires and spontaneous events, such as Jim Larwill’s amazing playlet, featuring his nemesis, Wilber Walnut, will be fondly remembered by all. Participants Simon and Melanie always added a lot of colour to events, with their campfire presentations of Hamilton street theatre.

As we toasted on the final day of last summer’s PurdyFest, “PurdyFest is dead, long live PurdyFest!!!”

LITERARYPurdyFests moving on from Marmora By Chris Faiers

The Best of Boyce: a book 50 years in the writing

The Quinte Arts Council’s Education Programs are generously supported by

The Marilyn & Maurice Rollins Foundation

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Book signing December 6. 2-3pm Belleville Public Library, Pinnacle Street.

kirbybooks.ca [email protected]


Donald Desaulniers, a retired Belleville lawyer, has just published his tenth novel about lawyers.

“I’ve always enjoyed reading stories about lawyers and now that I’m writing as my retirement hobby, I’ve channeled that love of legal life into the main source of inspiration for my own books,” Desaulniers explains.

His first published book is entitled Frugal Lawyer, Flashy Lawyer, and deals with a lawyer who becomes bored in retirement and moves to another city in the hopes of eradicating the dreariness rampant in his meaningless life. That novel is available at the Belleville Public Library.

Some subsequent legal novels include Love Seduces a Fool which describes the life of a retired government lawyer who gets taken to the cleaners by the women in his life, and Tempting the Good Lawyer, which is a chilling story about a struggling lawyer targeted by an angry Satan, who intends to corrupt the attorney’s soul with irresistible temptations ranging from the financial to the carnal.

Another book, The Twin Shadows, is a murder mystery in which the main character, also a retired Belleville lawyer, becomes the prime suspect in a string of murders.

The Wrong Lawyer relates the story of a retired lawyer who winds up in the wrong place at the wrong time and gets used by Homeland Security as a pawn in its continuing efforts to intrude into the private lives of normal folks under the guise of fighting terrorism.

The author’s latest novel is Fake Lawyer, which describes the bizarre events which overtake the life of a young Canadian factory worker, the combination of which results in the fellow working as a lawyer in a small town in northern Pennsylvania. What could possibly go wrong when an ordinary bloke pretends to be a lawyer?

“All of my legal novels are about Canadian lawyers, some of whom are retired while other characters are still working. My best story to date is Rich Lawyer, Poor Priest, about the interactions between a rich but shady Belleville attorney and a dedicated Catholic priest from Texas, when they meet in an airport on their way to Las Vegas. It is a story of illumination and redemption, and I’m extremely proud of it.”

Desaulniers admitted that, being disgustingly frugal

himself, his latest nine legal novels have been published solely as E-Books on Amazon.

“It costs nothing to publish on Amazon and I prepare my own covers and do all my own editing. Since I’m a totally unknown novice writer, only about 100 readers have actually purchased my novels on-line, but Amazon permits authors to give away their books free for up to five days every three months. To date more than 5,000 readers around the world have downloaded my books when I’ve given them away. It’s incredibly exciting to think that so many people are actually reading my novels. Creating the stories and then publishing what I’ve written have made the first five years of my retirement pure joy.”

Belleville resident, writer and artist, Jim Christy is celebrating the publication of his 32nd book, a work of poetry, The Big Thirst and Other Doggone Poems. Christy has published novels, travel books, biographies, collections of stories and essays, as well as four other poetry collections.

The Toronto Star called him an “adventurer and polymath of insatiable curiosity.” The Globe and Mail and the Enquirer declared him to be a “modern day Indiana Jones.” His adventures and explorations have taken him from Greenland to Cambodia, the Yukon to the Amazon. In the ‘80s, he discovered the supposedly mythical lost city of Olancho de Viejo, in the Central American jungle. In the ‘90s, he retraced the route of the 1839/40 British trek to the Mayan ceremonial site of Palenque, led by engineer James Walker and Canadian artist John Herbert Caddy. The journey was by foot and boat from Belize City across Guatemala to Chiapas State in Mexico.

Christy has been a war correspondent (Rhodesia, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala) and has been in the

field with the elite Cambodian Mine Action Corps, clearing landmines in Cambodia.

He is also an artist, exhibited nationally and abroad. To supplement the vagaries of life as a writer and artist, Christy has appeared in 50 or so movies, television

episodes and television commercials as a bit-part actor. He has had two CDs of his poetry, songs and music produced, in Vancouver and Melbourne. His songs have been recorded by others.

Christy considers himself primarily a writer, and, as a writer, primarily a poet. Quill and Quire Magazine praised the “carnivalesque imagery of his poetry;” Subterrain Magazine stated that his poetry is “like a cross between Catullus and a country song;” the Australian Broadcasting Corporation called his voice “pure sweet seduction.”

Yet Christy and his work remain relatively little known in his own country. The Toronto Star claims this is because he is too eclectic, too iconoclastic and too unconventional. But they like him in other countries.

You can contact Jim by email at [email protected], or call 613-661-1622.

Lawyer pens his tenth legal novel

Jim Christy: a thirst for poetry and adventure

Donald Desaulniers

NEW! JANUARY 2015Read excerpt at

kirbybooks.ca/memoirs.html

Snow

It must be a miracle.

The doctor told us

you wouldn’t make the snow season.

But this year, in our warm south

winter comes earlier.

We rush to get fur coats from closets.

We are both happy and worried —

no one can predict the weather

and the future any more.

In the news, somewhere where

there are never floods;

now it is under deep water.

When we were young,

we waited for snow eagerly.

Following you, I made snow

angels, mine always smaller.

Does it snow in heaven?

Nobody tells us.

Those who go before us, you say

go to check

and save a place for us.

by Anna Yin

Elegy for her sister, Zhi Hong


Poets Among Us

The 4th annual Belleville Downtown DocFest is scheduled for February 27 to March 1, 2015. Belleville’s homegrown international documentary film festival has established a reputation for showcasing films that speak to environmental, social justice, legal, food security and economic issues that celebrate life and human dignity around the world and right here at home.

Again, the festival is a three-day event featuring over 40 films, including a new batch of local documentaries, shown on five screens in the city’s centre: two at the Core Centre, one at Pinnacle Playhouse and two in the Belleville Public Library John M. Parrott Art Gallery.

“A number of locally produced documentaries continue to be submitted. This is very gratifying and an indication of the community’s support for DocFest,” said Joel George, DocFest’s local film coordinator and website manager.

The Empire Theatre, Belleville’s premier entertainment venue, will host the much anticipated Opening Gala that features a major music documentary followed by live entertainment. Pretsell Davies Lawyers, the sponsors for this evening of pomp and glamour, stated, “We have been thrilled to be sponsors of this unique festival since its inception. The combination of music and film that has become the standard for the Opening Gala brings original music to the downtown, while highlighting the entertainment value of documentary films and promoting Belleville’s downtown core.”

New this year, additional screenings at The Empire Theatre will enable all festival-goers to see the Saturday

night featured film as well as the DocFest Finale on Sunday afternoon. “We created Saturday Night at The Empire to present another major documentary accessible to everyone,” explained co-chair Gary Magwood.

Funding for DocFest is provided by The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and Quinte Film Alternative. Over 30 local organizations and service agencies sponsor or present documentaries that reflect their specific mandates with opportunities for their representatives to introduce the films.

‘Early Bird’ Festival Passes which include the Opening Gala will be available in time for Christmas giving and can be purchased for $35 until January 31 at the Quinte Arts Council office or Sweet Escape Coffee Emporium in downtown Belleville. Starting in February, $45 Festival Passes will be available at additional outlets in and around the Quinte area including The Empire Theatre box office (handling charges will apply), online at theempiretheatre.com or by phone at 613-969-0099.

Volunteers are the backbone of any film festival. “If an awesome t-shirt and a chance to mix and mingle with festival-goers appeals, then go to downtowndocfest.ca and click on ‘Get Involved’,” said Esthel Issa, DocFest’s Volunteer Coordinator.

Film listings, the festival schedule and ticket outlets will be posted at downtowndocfest.ca. Find us on Facebook and follow the festival on Twitter. For further information, please call 613-849-1976 or email [email protected].

Belleville Downtown DocFest primps for year four: festival matures but keeps its edge

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The QAC wants to hear about individuals, groups or businesses that have shown consis-tent and outstanding support for the arts in Quinte. All it takes are 250 words on why thenominee should be considered and at least two letters of support. Anyone may nominatethose that have produced, supported and/or promoted the arts within the Quinte com-munity. Previous nominees who have not received the award may be resubmitted. Pastrecipients have included visual artists, musicians, writers, actors, volunteers, musical andartistic directors, business leaders and corporate sponsors. See the names of past recipi-ents on the QAC website. The deadline for nominations for the 2015 Quinte Arts CouncilArts Recognition Awards is April 15, 2015. Nomination forms are available from the QACoffice at 36 Bridge St. E, Belleville, and on the website: www.quinteartscouncil.org.

The Quinte Arts Council’sArtsRecognitionAwards

Let’s Celebrate Those Who Have Made A Difference!

Glenn FortinFormer Canadian Novice Men’s Figure Skating Champion & Belleville Athlete

of the Year. Now an InternationalFigure Skating Judge.

Stevie CameronAn award-winning investigative

journalist and best selling author.

Trina McQueenFormer President and COO of CTV,

Founding President of the DiscoveryChannel, former chief of News,

Current Affairs & Newsworld at CBC.

Siobhan RobertsAward-winning journalist and author

focusing on mathematics and science.Writer-in-Residence at

Humboldt University of Berlin.

Paul HaggisFormer CEO & President OMERS.

Former Chairman of the Board, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited.

Wednesday mornings at 10:00 April 15 – May 13, 2015

St. Thomas’ Church Hall, Belleville$50.00 for the series

A great Christmas gift!For information contact: [email protected]

Diana Koechlin – 613-962-9492

A SNEAK PREVIEW…

In 2015Later Life Learning

will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with

a special spring lecture seriesfeaturing former Bellevillians

It was a cold and windy January night in 1996 when a group of devoted local film buffs, with the support of the Quinte Arts Council, rented the downtown Bellestar 3 Cinema and screened Blue in the Face. Made by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster, the film is an improvisational mishmash of Brooklyn residents expounding on off-the cuff living and sharing their philosophy of smoking, relationships, baseball, New York and Belgian Waffles.

The event was a sell-out: the offbeat humour resonated and this new platform for people coming together seemed to strike a chord and fill a void in our community. Quinte Film Alternative (QFA) was launched and it has never looked back.

Now in its 20th season and fourth home, with a matinée and evening screening every other Wednesday, its solid membership support and biweekly single ticket sales allow for the not-for-profit collective to be financially and artistically independent.

Films screened are accessed through the Film Circuit, Toronto International Film Festival’s outreach initiative, and programming strives for a balance between Canadian and international fare, English movies vs. subtitled foreign gems, large productions and small indies, and serious subject matter offset by levity and humour.

This calendar year will conclude on December 3 with Calvary (Ireland/UK, 100 min), starring Brendan Gleeson (The Guard, QFA 2011) as a good natured priest battling dark forces closing in around him after he is threatened during a confession.

QFA Great Movie Wednesdays are held at The Empire Theatre at 2 pm and 7:30 pm. Gift memberships available this month for holiday giving include 11 films from January to May, plus an invitation to the ‘Members Only Season Finale’ on June 10th.

For more information or to subscribe to the eBulletin please visit quintefilmalternative.ca or call 613-480-6407.

Coming in 2015

January 7 - Love is strange (USA, 98 min) - After Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) get married, George is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing -- a situation that weighs heavily on all involved.

”Superb…..John Lithgow and Alfred Molina turn in career-topping work.” Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

January 21 - Elsa & Fred (USA, 104 min) - Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer star in this English language remake of Marcos Carnevale’s 2005 Spanish-Argentine film, the story of two people who at the end of the road, discover that it’s never too late to love and make dreams come true.

“Elsa & Fred …will certainly be looking for support among the Marigold Hotel crowd, but Michael Radford’s sentimental but candid story about late-inning love got a roaring response at the Miami Film Festival on opening night.” John Anderson, Indiewire

February 4 - Pride (UK, 120 min) - Inspired by a true story, a London-based group of gay activists help Welsh miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984. In spite of initial resistance from the union, as the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all.

“An effortless balance between both the frosted and whole wheat sides of Warchus’s narrative, blending belly laughs with appropriate levels of sobriety.” Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

February 18 - Whiplash (USA, 105 min) - A promising young drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory, where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student’s potential.

”Quite simply, Whiplash is one of the year’s best films.” Peter Howell, Toronto Star

Quinte Film Alternative a mainstay of arts and culture in Belleville


WEDNESDAYSFirst Run. Festival Quality. Must See. Cinema.

Q U I N T E F I L M A L T E R N A T I V E

GREAT MOVIE

THE EMPIRE THEATRE − 2:00 & 7:30 PMquintefilmalternative.ca

"Brendan Gleeson gives a performance of monumental soul...”

December 3 “...masterful follow-up to The Guard.”

CALVARY

January 21 "…Woody Allen territory in the best way.”

ELSA & FRED Christopher PlummerShirley MacLaine

Purchase a NEW QFA MembershipGIVE THE GIFT OF GREAT MOVIES!

2 Movies FREE!and get

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January 7 “...one of the best films this year.”

LOVE IS STRANGE John LithgowAlfred Molina

Our GREAT 2nd Half begins February 4

February 4

PRIDE“Brilliant” “Irresistable”

February 18

WHIPLASH“Astounding” “Electrifying”

Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer in Elsa & Fred

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Design-Build General Contracting

The QAC website would like to feature our members’ artwork on the top banners.If you have digital images of your work that can be cropped to fit the banners,please send them to [email protected] by the end of January. We’llneed at least 6. Jeff Keary’s work is currently featured on the banners -www.quinteartscouncil.org.


Donna Bonin with Marina Picasso (left) at ‘Artistes du Monde’ in Cannes. Ms. Picasso keeps her grandfather’s legacy alive with regular attendance at international art shows. She made it a point to meet and talk with every artist in the show.

EvEnt Runs ApRil 8 - 15

YOU ARE INVITED

The ADF students

typographic creations at this

co-exhibition of

the Quinte Arts

Council & the ADF students.

THE WRITTEN WORD INTERPRETED

BY ADF STUDENTS AND EXPRESSED

THROUGH DESIGNING WITH TYPE.

For more information contact [email protected]

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The Baxter Arts Centre at 3 Stanley Street in Bloomfield is a new and exciting arts centre. In the fall of 2014, we held five thought-provoking lectures on topics such as: re-thinking art history; did Picasso steal from African art?; effective website design; making a video for You Tube; how to photograph your art; barn quilt painting; a teenagers guide to an awesome life; and, for kids, a cartooning workshop. We run Swing Dance evenings, Silent Movies and Music Coffee houses. We are buzzing! Watch out for our interesting new Spring programs, starting in March.

For more information, visit baxterartscentre.org or email [email protected].

Do you have any program suggestions? Is there an arts-related program that you would love to attend? Have you often wanted to learn about a subject but could not find a course on it? Do you want to join with others and create a piece of art, or be inspired to create? We are looking for suggestions for our 2015 Spring programs. Please e mail your suggestions to: [email protected].

The Baxter Art Centre invites your input

Donna Bonin meets a Picasso

By Peta Hall

www.quinteartscouncil.org


PERFORMING ARTS BURSARYDeadline to apply is Jan 31, 2015

The Quinte Arts Council’s Performing ArtsBursary is a support program designed to helpschools in Quinte bring professional artists into

the classroom to work on a project with thestudents that will take place sometime

between March 1 and June 15.

In order to be eligible for QAC’sPerforming Arts Bursary, the project must:

Involve a professional artist or group.•Involve performing arts activities•(music, storytelling, drama, theatre,puppetry, creative movement, etc.)Support the Ontario curriculum.•Have defined starting and completion dates,•objectives, project budget, and follow-up planand report plan.Involve a school or classroom of students•within the Quinte region, grades K to 12.Applicant (artist, group or school) must be a•QAC member.

To apply, visit: www.quinteartscouncil.org(click on Programs and Services, Art Education) QuinteArtsCouncil

RECREATION DIVISION

Pointe BALLET Lyrical Modern Jazz Tap Hip Hop Broadway Broadway Adult Adv. Ballet Early Dance Adult Beg. Ballet weeDance Adult Yoga RAD Program

*Adult ‘Pay As You Go’ Available 2015 Winter / Spring Term

Registration begins January 12 Classes commence January 31

www.quinteballetschool.com [email protected] 613.962.9274 866.962.9274 ext. 23

Music EducationProgram For Children

Rhythm, Rhyme& Melody

Learn to sing, play instrumentsand the basics of music

Call 613-962-9178 ext. 74www.bridgestreetchurch.com for

further details andregistration information

60 Bridge Street East, Belleville

NO INSTRUMENT NEEDED

(ages 5-8 and 9-12)Tuesdays, Jan 20 - Apr 28

5-5:45 pm (5-8) / 6-6:45 pm (9-12)$75 for 14 lessons

In memory of Eugene Lang (1920-2000) and tohonour his love and dedication to classical music inthe Quinte Region, the Eugene Lang Memorial Fundwas established by Mr. Lang’s family to encourageand promote classical music education projects inschools in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties.

Projects such as live performances, lectures,workshops, master classes, etc. will qualify.

Involve classical music, including per-•formances, workshops or other projectsHave defined starting and completion•dates, objectives, outlined projectbudget, report plan and follow upInvolve a school and/or classroom of students within Hastings and•Prince Edward countiesApplicant (artist, group or school) must be a QAC member•

EUGENE LANG BURSARYDeadline to apply is Jan 31, 2015

To apply, visit: www.quinteartscouncil.org (click on Programs and Services, Art Education)

In order to be eligible for theEugene Lang Bursary, project must:

QuinteArtsCouncil

Enjoy Glanmore by GaslightAn evening tour of Glanmore National

Historic Site, 257 Bridge St. E., Belleville.Dec. 3, 10 and 17, 6:30 to 8 pm.The historic house is beautifully

decorated for the holidays. Traditionalrefreshments will be served. Advance

ticket purchase required: $12 for adults;$6 for children 5-12. Not recommended

for children under the age of 5.Call 613-962-2329 for reservations.


About FramingAcademy GalleryActive Arts StudioAdvanced Electrolysis LASERArt For EveryoneBathworksBeaufort PubBel-Con Design BuildersBenton Fry Ford SalesBoathouse Seafood RestaurantBonn Law OfficeCampbell’s OrchardsChristine’s Swedish WeavingChristopher the TwistopherCranston Gallery on MainDancing Moon GalleryDeer Creek PotteryDominion Lending Centres Alliance, Nick ReedEarl and Angelo’s RestaurantEncaustic Art SuppliesFoster Park Pet HospitalFunk and Gruven A-ZThe Gift BoutiqueGlamour Junkie JewelleryG.O.A.L. Oriented Factor AnalysisGreat Canadian Oil ChangeThe Great Deseronto Antique EmporiumHistory Lives HereIan Stock – BMO Nesbitt BurnsInside DesignJane Simpson FinancialJanet B Gallery and StudioKnudsen, Brady, Vaughan Advisory GroupLiberty Tax ServiceLive Fit! Live Life!Loyalist CollegeMackay Insurance

Mad Dog GalleryKen and Jennifer MadisonMalcolm Brothers Ltd.McDougall Insurance Brokers Ltd.Montrose Inn and Duchess of Montrose Tea RoomO’Connor HouseOENO GalleryPace DesignPeggy deWitt PhotographyPeter Smith GMPeytan’s PlacePinnacle Music StudioPrime Time Steak HouseQuinte Business Accounting ServicesQuinte Dental Hygiene ServicesQuinte Fibre ArtistsQuinte Living Centre Inc.QuintEssential Credit UnionQuinn’s of Tweed Fine Art GalleryRBC Dominion Securities Inc., Mike MoffatRed Ball RadioRegent TheatreRe/Max Quinte Ltd.Roluf’s Custom FramingSand’n SeaSans-SouciSnap 360Stephen Licence Ltd.StoneHouse Marketing Solutions Inc.Thomas Estevez DesignTipper Financial Services Ltd.Travel SpecificsTrisha’s ClosetTuck’s Paralegal Services Law FirmWelch LLP, CAWilkinson and Company LLPW. T. Hawkins Ltd. (Hawkins Cheezies)

Business MembersMember GroupsA Capella QuinteAlbert CollegeAl Purdy A-Frame AssociationArt Gallery of BancroftArts on MainArtists Below The LineArts Quinte WestBath ArtisansBaxter Arts CentreBay of Quinte Sweet AdelinesBelleville Art AssociationBelleville Choral SocietyBelleville Downtown DocFestBelleville Public LibraryBelleville Theatre GuildBelleville Weavers and SpinnersBeta Sigma PhiBridge Street United ChurchBrighton Arts CouncilBrighton Barn TheatreCanadian Federation of University WomenCentennial Secondary SchoolChristmas Sharing ProgramCJLX-FM Loyalist College RadioColborne Art GalleryCommand Performance ChoirThe Commodores’ OrchestraCore Arts and Culture CentreCounty Theatre Group Inc.The Fade KingsFor The Love Of A SongGallery One-Twenty-OneGlanmore National Historic SiteGleaners Food Bank (Quinte) Inc.Habitat For HumanityHastings County Historical SocietyHastings and Prince Edward County School BoardKingston Symphony AssociationLater Life Learning - BellevilleLions Club of BellevilleMarysburgh MummersMoira Mat MakersMorning Music ClubMusic at Port MilfordNaval Marine Archive: The Canadian CollectionThe NoteablesOld Church TheatrePort Hope Friends of MusicPrince Edward Community TheatrePrince Edward County Authors FestivalPurdy Country Litfests (PurdyFests)Quinte Ballet School of CanadaQuinte Children’s TheatreQuinte Film AlternativeQuinte Grannies for AfricaQuinte Irish Canadian SocietyQuinte Opera GuildQuinte Quilters GuildQuinte SingersQuinte SymphonyQuinte Woodturners’ GuildQuinte YFC/Youth UnlimitedRednersville Road Art TourSid Wells, Swell ProductionsShaer ProductionsShelter Valley Folk FestivalStirling Festival Theatre Town of DeserontoTweed and Area Arts CouncilWestben Arts Festival Theatre

Artists

Eucalypta ApurimacLinda ConwayDebby SmitLaurie StatherDennis W. VanVolkenburg

Business

Hanley Corporation

New Members

Quinte Arts Council Membership and Donation FormCONTACT INFORMATIONMr.__ 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 ______

I would like to make a donationPatron $24-$124 ___Benefactor $125-$299 ___Partner $300-$999 ___Premier Supporter $1000+ ___Premier Arts Benefactor $5000+ ___

Cheques are payable to the Quinte Arts Council, 36 Bridge St. E., Box 22113, Belleville, ON K8N 2Z5

Total Membership ____Total Donation ____

Visa___ MasterCard ____Card No. ________________Expiry Date ______________Signature ________________

ARTISTS, MEMBER GROUPS AND BUSINESSES MUST ALSOFILL OUT AN INFORMATION FORM IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BELISTED ON OUR WEB DIRECTORY. FORMS ARE AT THE QAC OF-FICE AND ON-LINE WWW.QUINTEARTSCOUNCIL.ORG.

Thank you for JOINING US! and for your generous support

Payment can be made by cheque,cash or credit card

QAC programs are funded in part by these government agencies

QAC brings New WebTechnology and E-commerceCapability to its Membership

Thanks to the Province of Ontario,Quinte Arts Council will extend its

current web and social mediastrategies to better serve members,

build community awarenessand engagement, and incorporate

e-commerce functionality. More details coming soon.


We Salute Our DonorsPremier Arts BenefactorsThe John M. and Bernice Parrott FoundationThe Marilyn and Maurice Rollins Foundation

Premier SupportersHanley CorporationThe Lehtinen FamilyLynda Wheeler

PartnersDavid & Theresa BoydBarbara CameronBob & Barbara Jo CluteAnn CunninghamIan Stock Mike Malachowski, Funk & Grüven A-ZMcDougall Insurance Brokers Ltd.Ross McDougallHugh & Donna O’NeilAudrey Williams

BenefactorsAdvanced Electrolysis LASER, Susan NurseBonn LawGerry & Bev BoyceDorothy BrownHans & Lenneke BuréCarol FeeneyClaire GrantKathleen M. HallickMarilyn HoldenK. Jane HullKen & Jennifer MadisonGary Magarrell & Barry BrownMary-Lynne MorganMary O’FlynnMary ShiptonElaine Small & Richard HaeberlinWilkinson & Company, Dan Dickinson

PatronsAbout Framing, Judy LeesonMary-Lou AshtonDan & Cathy AtkinsonMary Bould

Diane BurleyDonna CampbellJennifer ChanterJeannette Cornelissen Dr. & Mrs. Bruce CronkTim & Cynthia FortLeo & Mary Jo FortinLois FosterJulie Brown HaleGrant HarrisonGreat Canadian Oil ChangeLori Huff Johns & Earl JohnsEleanor JourardDiana KoechlinCharlotte KuntzeAnn LawrenceFlorence LennoxLiberty Tax ServiceSuzanne LowtherBob & Cathy McCallumSharon McConnellElizabeth McDonaldDon McKayJessica MelchiorreMavis Milton

Elizabeth Mitchell Vera Morton Linda MustardPaul & Judith NiedermayrTina OsborneMackay StudioWilliam PayneQuinte Opera GuildRed Ball RadioLola Reid AllinJacqueline StaikosLyle & Sharon VancliefSid Wells, Swell ProductionsSnap 360Christine Walker-BirdMargaret WerkhovenDouglas and Mary WilsonBill & Bev Yeotes

Honourary MembersSandra ColdenPeter DavisManfred KoechlinMary-Lynne MorganLynda Wheeler

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