Chelsea Community Events

September 23-24-30 and October 1.  Artists in Their Environment.Award-winning Annual Tour of artists' studios in the Chelsea and Wakefield areas.
Participating artists: Pam Connolly, Glen Foster, Marilyn French St. George, Susan Glazer, Adrienne Herron, Lee Hutchinson, Carmella Karijo Rother, Diane Lemire, Heather McDonald, Alex MacKenzie, Rick Madore, Robert Moeller, Janice Moorhead, Marie-France Nitski, Louis Rompré, Richard Stoker, Tiffany Teske, Chris Turner, Monelle Vadier, Marc Walter, Raymond Warren, Linda Wright.
For map of the tour and further details visit the website at www.arttourchelseawakefield.com/artists.html
or call 819-459-3233, or e-mail to info@arttourchelseawakefield.com

The Castenchel Choir in Chelsea is recruiting new members for its 2006-2007 season.  Well-known for its concerts, given at St. Stephen's Church in Old Chelsea, the choir sings a wide variety of music.  The Director is Gary Dahl. 
For information call Dawn Young at 819-459-3737.

Death of local artist.
Ken Lochhead, a well-known painter, died at his home in Ottawa on Saturday, July 15, aged 80.  Mr. Lochhead used to work at his studio on the Burnett road and had a summer cottage nearby.  In the sixties he was a member of the Regina Five, a pioneering group of artists in Saskatchewan.  There are plans to make the shack where he lived at Balgonie, Sask., into a shrine in his honour, which would also serve as a studio for artists in that region.
Mr. Lochhead was a member of the Order of Canada and held an honorary degree from the University of Regina.  In 2005 he received the Governor General's Award in visual and media art, for lifetime achievement.

September 23-24-30 and October 1.

The artists' studio tour Artists in Their Environment, including 19 artists living and working in the Gatineau Valley, will be held on these dates.  For information call (819) 459-3233 or visit the website at www.ArtTourChelseaWakefield.com

Chelsea Books, at 101 Old Chelsea Road, is hosting an exhibition of the work of seven tapestry artists from the area, who have been studying with Thoma Ewen, artistic director of the Moon Rain Centre for Tapestry Arts.  Ms. Ewen says: "They're all from Wakefield, Chelsea, Kazabazua.  Many are professional artists, we have a musician and an anthropologist."