2022 SPARK Photo Festival Puts Call Out For Photographers
/The 2022 SPARK Photo Festival has put a call out to photographers wishing to apply to participate.
Photo courtesy of SPARK Photo Festival.
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4th Line Theatre Digital Festival Of Light And Dark Program Has Been Announced
/4th Line Theatre has announced the programming for the second annual Digital Festival of Light and Dark, on Monday.
MOSUN FADARE IN 4TH LINE THEATRE'S 2018 PRODUCTION OF BEVERLEY COOPER'S THE OTHER: A STRANGE CHRISTMAS TALE DIRECTED BY KIM BLACKWELL. PHOTO BY WAYNE EARDLEY - BROOKSIDE STUDIO.
The Festival has provided 10 regional artists with micro-grants to create five-minute digital showcases of their work, and will launch on Jan. 24.
The Festival enables audiences to engage with the artists’ creations from the safety of their own homes, through 4th Line’s digital gallery. The Festival is free of charge to watch.
“We wanted to support local artists. That was the genesis for the idea which ultimately became the Festival of Light and Dark,” said Kim Blackwell, managing artistic director. “These short, digital pieces will be a chance for 4th Line audiences to explore the nature of light and dark through the work of regional artists.”
The projects encompass a myriad of artistic styles from experimental music to abstract painting to short film and more. The topics and issues explored include the synesthetic experience of nature; fear of the dark; and finding the light within during the darkest times.
In ‘Letters in Me’, an Adaptation by Nadia Affolter Lee, a woman writes a letter to depression. Through movement and dialogue, she breaks free and finds light and strength from within, realizing she wants there to be a tomorrow.
Senior Moment by Jack Chesla focuses on a senior couple that have a not-so-sweet solution to a potential package thief in town.
In Every Other Weekend by Mike Moring an all-too-brief weekend visit comes to an end and a father and son are each confronted by their own fear of the dark.
To view the rest of the line up click here.
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ReFrame Film Festival Releases Line-Up For 2022 Festival
/ReFrame 2022 has released the full lineup of 71 social justice documentaries coming to this year’s virtual film festival which will run Jan. 27 - Feb. 4.
Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace. Directed by Heather Hatch. Photo courtesy of ReFrame Film Festival.
This years line up focuses on themes like food justice, art as resistance, climate change, and healthcare. The documentaries are made both by local and international filmmakers.
The 18th annual ReFrame Film Festival will be available for audiences to stream across Canada.
The Hands That Feed Us is a film that focuses on migrant farmworkers who work on farms, in greenhouses and processing plants throughout Canada. It was filmed in Milbrook.
Youth V Gov follows 21 activists from across the nation as they file a lawsuit against the United States. The case reveals evidence that the government has endangered their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property by acting over six decades to create the climate crisis.
Daughter of A Lost Bird follows Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Indigenous adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
For a full list of films and descriptions click here.
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Gallery On The Lake In Buckhorn Will Close For Good This Week
/Gallery On The Lake in Buckhorn will close for good on Friday.
Photo courtesy of Gallery On The Lake.
The Gallery was opened in 1983 by the late artist Edwin Mathews and printed and sold pieces.
After a successful decade in operation, two new owners took over and closed the gallery in 1997.
Esther Inglis and her husband Alan Hitchon purchased the site in 2000, and re-opened the Gallery on The Lake in 2002.
The Gallery became one of the country’s largest privately owned retail art galleries in the years it was operated by Inglis and Hitchon. They sought to showcase the works of artists from across Canada, ranging from sculptors, woodturners, jewellers and glass-blowers.
Inglis estimates that more than 250 artists were featured at the lakefront gallery during its two-decade run.
The property the Gallery sits on spans 4.5-acres. The property along with the 15,000-square-foot gallery building and 5,000-square-foot private residence, was purchased for a total of $2.8 million in late November.
The buyer will not be continuing The Gallery on The Lake.
The Gallery will remain open by appointment only from Monday to Friday.
An ongoing closing sale is offering discounted prices on artworks from 10 to 50 per cent and can be found on galleryonthelake.com.
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Art Gallery to Be Temporarily Closed While Undergoing Renovations
/The Art Gallery of Peterborough will be closed to the public, while undergoing renovations, for the month of January beginning Jan. 3, 2022.
File Photo.
This closure will accommodate lighting improvements to the main gallery space and the installation of new exhibitions.
Online programming will continue on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Visit the Art Gallery’s website at www.agp.on.ca for digital programming, news and updates.
The Art Gallery’s holiday hours:
December 23 to 26: Closed
December 29 to 31: Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
January 1: Closed
January 2: Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
January 3: Closed
Proof of vaccination is required to visit the gallery. To contact the gallery, phone 705-743-9179 or email gallery@agp.on.ca.
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Call for Proposals for 4th Line Theatre’s 2022 Digital Festival of Light & Dark
/4th Line Theatre is seeking project proposals from local artists for original or existing artworks to be featured in the 2022 Digital Festival of Light & Dark.
Mosun Fadare in 4th Line Theatre's 2018 production of Beverley Cooper's The Other: A Strange Christmas Tale directed by Kim Blackwell. Photo by Wayne Eardley - Brookside Studio.
The Digital Festival of Light & Dark will foster virtual engagement between local artists and community members from Millbrook, Peterborough, Lakefield, Port Hope, Cobourg and surrounding areas.
“I am thrilled to bring back the Festival of Light & Dark for a second year. Last year the response to the works created was overwhelming. In 2021, we supported 12 artists and this year we are excited to see what types of projects will be submitted,” said Managing Artistic Director Kim Blackwell.
Proposals may feature one or more of the following art forms: dance, film, theatre, music, visual art & photography. Priority will be given to artists who explore the concepts of light and/or the darkness, in whatever medium they choose to work.
4th Line Theatre will award micro-grants of $250 to each successful applicant. Proposals must include a 300-word description of the proposed project and the Artist(s)’s CV/Bio.
The deadline to submit proposals is Nov. 24, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. All proposals must be emailed to 4th Line’s Artistic Administrator, Jess McDougall, at jess@4thlinetheatre.on.ca
Successful project applicants will be notified by November 29, 2021. Artists will then have two months to prepare a video or film which runs five minutes or less, that showcases their new or existing piece of video art.
The videos will be released on 4th Line Theatre’s YouTube channel for viewing as of Monday, January 24, 2022. These videos will be available to the public to view at no cost.
For more information regarding the festival, please contact Jess McDougall by phone at 705-932-4448 or by email at jess@4thlinetheatre.on.ca.
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Art Gallery of Peterborough Launches Inaugural Youth Art Mentorship Program
/The Art Gallery of Peterborough has launched its inaugural Youth Art Mentorship program, announced on Thursday.
Spencer J. Harrison in his studio. Photo courtesy of the Art Gallery of Peterborough.
This program will give youth entering their final years of high school the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and insights into the arts profession.
Led by artist, activist, and educator, Spencer J. Harrison, students will explore the profession through educational and training workshops, all culminating in a group exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough.
This program is comprised of two phases. Free Portfolio Reviews, designed to offer critical feedback to youth. Youth must register for this program by Nov. 24.
Successful applicants in the juried Call for Submissions will work with Artist Mentor (Spencer J. Harrison) and their peers to develop a body of work to present in a group exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Applications for this program open on Dec. 1.
This program is open to all youth currently enrolled in Grade 11 and 12, living in the City and County of Peterborough.
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Christmas at the Marshland Centre Returns With Hand Picked Artists After a Year Off
/The 15th Annual Christmas at the Marshland Centre show will be returning to Lakefield the weekend of November 13 and 14, 2021.
Art featured at the 2019 event. Photo courtesy of Christmas at the Marshland.
The annual show and sale event was not held last year, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
There will be approximately 20 local artisans taking part, showcasing and selling creations like gourd art, pottery, paintings, wood turning, jewellery, woven items, silk scarves, knitted socks, felting and paper art.
Ceramics artist Mary Sullivan has been part of the show for the past four years. She makes beautiful hand made functional pieces with stoneware clay. Her pieces feature whimsical characters designed to make you smile. She says that the excellent quality of the art that is for sale at the Marshland Centre makes this event very special.
“The show has a limit on how much of one type of art is shown and that makes for a much more varied event,” she said. “It is in a beautiful location and it is laid out like a gallery with everyone’s work complementing each other’s throughout the room.”
Christmas at the Marshland Centre will be held at the Marshland Centre at 64 Hague Blvd. in Lakefield and will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 13 and 14.
Due to COVID masks must be worn at all times and there will be restrictions on the number of people allowed inside to allow for social distancing.
For more information contact Barbara Bellchambers at 705-652-5115 or at Christmas.marshland@gmail.com
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New Non-Profit Organization Launches in Peterborough
/Hearts 4 Joy, a non-profit organization servicing adults over 21 with intellectual exceptionalities, celebrated their official launch on Sunday.
Artists Carly, Derek, Jessica, Jory, Josh, Kacee, Karsen and Luke celebrate Hearts for Joy official launch with MPP Dave Smith on Sunday. Photo courtesy of Hearts 4 Joy.
Hearts 4 Joy is a volunteer-run group that meets three times a week in President Norma Christensen’s backyard to create hand-crafted items.
Christensen and a group of parents started this group to help their kids and others gain independence, build relationships and gain experience in a workplace setting. Profits from sales go to paying participants a wage and purchasing more supplies.
“The idea is to provide something that families with intellectually exceptional young adults can have something to aspire to or become interested in,” said Christensen. “They can develop some real working skills and that’s what we hope to grow in the future.”
The group is currently working on their fall and Christmas inventory.
“We try to use recycled or environmentally-friendly supplies,” said Christensen.
The group sells hand-painted journals, wine glasses and lanterns. Their seasonal items include decorative pumpkins for Halloween and gnomes and Santa plates for Christmas.
“This gives them the idea that they all can be so productive,” said Christensen. “We just need to find the thing they’re passionate about. It’s about providing them those opportunities so that they can learn and they make money while they do it.”
Christensen hopes that soon their organization can find a space to host their meetings and store their inventory so they can continue working even through the winter.
“I actually considered moving my furniture outside so we could work in my house,” said Christensen. “We’ll do whatever it takes to keep it going.”
Hearts 4 Joy is having a pop-up sale at Avant-Garden shop on Sherbrooke Street, Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
You can e-mail hearts4joyptbo@gmail.com for questions or more information.
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SPARK Photo Festival Opens September 1
/The SPARK Photo Festival opens this Wednesday and runs through September 30 in more than twenty venues throughout Peterborough City and County, and in Fenelon Falls, Lindsay and Northumberland County.
Toronto’s Lucas DeClavasio and his photo “Focus” won the “Focus on Coffee” photography competition held by Spark Photo Festival in March. Photo courtesy of SPARK Photo Festival.
