July
23 to 31.
Pontiac
School of the Arts first session.
Arrangements for courses are
being finalized and
copies
of the brochure will
soon
be available. Some courses will be taught in one language and
some in both.
The following people will be among
those teaching courses at the School: Val Bridgeman
(papermaking and working in clay), Robin Stone
(nature writing), Eric and Katherine Fletcher
(self-publishing), Dale Shutt (silk painting),
Betty Russell (decorative painting), Heidi Arden
(photography), Nancy Gaudreault (portraiture),
Raymond Sander-Regier (printmaking and fly tying),
Ruby Ewen (introduction to painting), Gretchen
Schwarz (musical keyboard technique), and Robert
Wills (the computer as a musical tool).
For information, call: 1-819-647-2247 and leave a message,
which will be answered as quickly as possible.
Visit the website at
www.pontiacschoolofthearts.com
or email:
info@pontiacschoolofthearts.com
Some
people attending the courses will need accommodation. If
you have rooms, apartments or cottages which would be
available for renting, please let the School's committee
know by calling the abovementioned number.
Pontiac printmaker’s workshop resumes activity.
Underground Impressions Souterraines
is an open working Artist’s Print Studio, located at 320
Main Street in Shawville.
Artist/printmaker
Raymond Sander-Regier
will be
using various hand printing processes over the summer. You
are invited to drop by and take this opportunity to learn
about printmaking processes and equipment,
see the creative work in progress and browse through the
finished pieces.
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 10.00 am. to 5.00 pm.;
Friday, 10.00 am. to 6.00 pm. For information call (819)
647-5549.
Raymond Sander-Regier is also a member of the Committee for
the Pontiac School of the Arts (see
above
entry).
July
25-August 28.
‘Absolutely Fabiano’
A particular exhibition of paintings by Marcio Fabiano
Raposo de Melo at the Mud Oven,
1065 Bank St.
Ottawa.
Call: (613)
730-0814 . Vernissage:
Monday, July 25,
6:30 pm to
8:30 pm. For more information visit,
www.marciomelo.com,
email
art@marciomelo.com
or phone
(819)
647-3416.
July
28. Hugh Scott, country singer from Luskville.
At the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 33, 59 Bancroft Street,
Aylmer. Full meal at 6
pm. Cost $6.00. Entertainment at 7:30
pm. Everybody welcome. No
membership required.
For information call (819) 684-7063.
July 29, 30 and 31. Riverside Jam in Carleton Place,
Ontario.
Among those performing will be Gail Gavan, the Mick Armitage
Band and Joanne Dubeau, as well as Paul Brandt, Michelle
Wright, Adam Gregory, Big Al Downing, Wayne Rostad, Ambush,
Carroll Baker and many others.
For tickets and information call (613) 226-9178 or visit the
website:
www.riversidejam.com
Until
August 12. The Arts Co-op for Youth in
Wakefield. 9 am – 5 pm daily.
Seasonal membership or weekly fee. Variety of teachers and
media (sketching, fabric and glass arts, painting,
photography, multimedia projects).
For information call (819) 459-3070 or e-mail at
era@vif.com
August
31
Deadline
for
Art Competition.
To celebrate their 50th Anniversary, F.H.
Rowat insurance is offering an award of $500.00 each for
nine pieces of art, to be selected by a panel of
judges. Each winning piece will be permanently hung in
one of the nine participating municipal libraries in the
Pontiac,
together with a short biography of the artist and a
photograph showing the artist presenting the work to the
mayor of the municipality. Works may be in any
medium, but the submission must be framed. Works to be submitted at the offices of F.H. Rowat in Shawville or
Fort Coulonge. Submissions will be judged the following
week and presentations will be made during Thanksgiving
Weekend.
For information, call
(819)
647-3737 or
(819)
683-1644.
Until
October 31.
EXPOSITION D’ART
is a group of nine artists
with home studios on Allumette Island, open to the public
from May 1 through October 31. Their works include painting
and sculpture in a variety of media. Palette signs, with
numbers and colours, guide you along the route from one
artist to another. Brochures are available throughout the
area at various businesses and tourist centers. The group
invites you to take the time to enjoy the EXPOSITION D’ART
this coming season and suggests that you may just find the
piece of art that you have been looking for!
For information contact Claudette Spence, at Studio Three,
East Range Road, Isle-aux-Allumettes, Quebec, J0X 1M0, or
call
(819)
689-5050.
