Umbrella Fall 2019

Umbrella Fall 2019 Vol. 28 No. 02

What’s Under the Umbrella?

Clemons’ new album born in Belleville o Photographer Ash Murrell exhibits A Place to Call Home o Doug Knutson and the Dam Beavers o

Visual I Performance I Literary I Arts Calendar I Education

A publication of the

A publication of the

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Jenny Woods Past chair Dan Atkinson Treasurer Maury Flunder Member

Christopher Bennett Member Bob Blanchard Member Andrea Kerr Member

Debbie McKinney Student Rep Rheya Dutkiewicz Honorary member Anne Cunningham Honorary member Lise Lindenberg TEAM Janet Jarrell, Executive Director gm@quinteartscouncil.org Adam Gray, Creative Director qac@quinteartscouncil.org Fiona Campbell, Communications & Outreach Director communications@quinteartscouncil.org Andrew Gray, Graphic Designer drewgraymatters@gmail.com Kim Lidstone, Bookkeeper accounting@quinteartscouncil.org Darren Moore, Poetry Editor The Quinte Arts Council is a not-for-profit, charitable organization, registration number 107869448 RR 0001.

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Published by: The Quinte Arts Council 36 Bridge St. E., P.O. Box 22113 Belleville, Ont. K8N 2Z5 Printed by: Mr. Print, Belleville, Ont. Deadline for the fall issue: October 22, 2019 Umbrella welcomes articles (500 words max.) on or about the arts in the Quinte region, poetry or prose, illustrations and photographs. Material may be reprinted only with permission.

Umbrella reserves the right to edit, crop and editorialize all submissions. Members are given space priority.

Umbrella is mailed to members and delivered to distribution points throughout Quinte and beyond. The information contained within is believed to be reliable, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed. We do not assume responsibility for any errors and/or omissions related to submitted content.

MISSION STATEMENT * to stimulate the arts in the Bay of Quinte region * to support and foster the artistic endeavours of our members * to create awareness of the arts through various media * to advocate for the arts at all levels of government * to work with other arts groups on long-range planning to avoid duplication * to act as a resource centre * to offer annual grants and awards

QAC programs are funded in part by:

Janet Jarrell, Executive Director

EDITORIAL FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JANET JARRELL We’ve come a long way with Umbrella, coming full circle really.

Originally, in the early ‘90s, the Quinte Arts Council published a magazine titled Collage. Then, under the design guide of Peter Davis, the Umbrella newspaper took shape. The first issue was eight pages, with two articles, the calendar and a few other staples that remain.

“Things were done quite differently back in 1991. The early issues were assembled using rubber cement or hot wax and a set square on large art boards,” says Davis.

Fast forward to the Summer 2019 issue of the Umbrella; the QAC Creative team took an exciting leap forward. Fiona Campbell is a freelance writer, journalist, editor and photographer with her MFA in creative nonfiction and BAA in journalism. Adam Gray is a documentary filmmaker and entrepreneur with a degree in Communications and a diploma in Theatre Arts. And we have Adam’s brother and filmmaking partner, Andrew Gray at the helm for our artistic design. Andrew has a Film Studies BFA and a diploma in Digital Production. We thank our summer student, Connor Haines, who assisted in this publication, and we wish him all the best in his studies at Ottawa U. Today, the Umbrella magazine is truly the best publication option to celebrate all of the beauty in the arts and culture of this region. On the cover, we have an album that was born on The Empire stage in Belleville. Our very own Mark Rashotte performs, manages and has become good friends with Clemons.

Collectively we celebrate music and art in PEC, Quinn’s of Tweed and those beautiful Dam Beavers. We say hello to the Impish Grins and the Quinte Symphony, and a fond farewell to the Quinte Morning Music Club. We celebrate our student bursary winners as we support our next generation of artists, we tip our hats with the Arts Recognition awards and we introduce you to a local emerging artist.

This is an issue you will want to hold onto. That is our goal in keeping arts on the table.

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR, JENNY WOODS The Quinte Arts Council continues on an exciting path of rejuvenation.

We are currently working on a renewed strategic plan in line with our most recent survey. We appreciate all of the encouragement, support and patronage we have received as we collectively move forward.

We are seeking one new Board Member to round out our team of Directors. We also have a few spots available on our FUNdraising committee. We meet once a month in the lovely Belleville Club. Please send your resume in to qac@quinteartscouncil.org to apply. Thank you for supporting the arts and culture in our community!

Table of Contents Photograph by Doug Knutson

Armchair Traveller

The Impish Grins

Quinte Film Alternative

PEC Studio Tour

Photography The world from behind the lens A Place to Call Home

2 4

Theatre Liz Marshall tackles quirky Irish comedy

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Film Doug Knutson and the making of Dam Beavers Celebrating 24 seasons of alternative film

8 10

Music You’ve got to be in it to Grin it Clemons’ new album “born in Belleville” Intimate and electric concerts at the PEC Chamber Music Festival Orland French brings Remembrance Day concert to life

12 14 16 18

Literary Summer’s End by Paul Brown QAC Bookshelf

20 21

Fine Art The Prince Edward County Studio Tour Digital creation as real, fine art Discover Quinn’s tucked away in Tweed

22 24 26

Heritage A fond farewell to a century of music 10,000 pictures of the past

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Art Education Our next generation of artists QAC’s Student Bursary Awards

30

Arts News QAC Arts Recognition Awards 2019

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Volunteer Corner C&V Detective Agency

33

Arts Calendar QAC Business Members and Donors

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Photography

The world from behind the lens

By Lola Reid Allin

Do you have childhood memories

of travel slideshows that transported you to

exotic destinations around the world so far-flung you doubted you’d ever visit them?

I do. And my memories inspired me to travel and take photographs. But more than that, I wanted to share them—and to create a platform for other local adventurers to do the same.

In 2017, I approached Susan Holland, curator of the Parrott Art Gallery, with the idea to recreate the travelogues of my childhood. She loved the idea, adding “We could design our own retro program.”

And so, the Armchair Traveller Photography Series was created. During the first season, armchair travellers discovered treasures of Ontario, summited Kilimanjaro, went on a Kenyan Safari, and explored PEI’s coastline. On two occasions, virtual travellers filled the gallery to standing room only.

The Season 2 line-up is equally exciting: * On October 10 Dr. Robert Bates zooms us To the Stars and Back with his images of our solar system taken from the telescope in his backyard observatory. * On December 12 Lola Reid Allin guides viewers on a 10day camping trek through snow-covered mountain passes and rushing rivers in Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut in her Trekking the World series. * In his Bears of Khutzeymateen series presented on February 13, Bill Bickle explores British Columbia’s Khutzeymateen National Park Bear Sanctuary, where he has encountered pristine forest and fabulous wildlife on six separate trips. * On April 9 Randy and Janet Googe present Japan: 100 Days Under the Rising Sun and share images of their favourite places taken during four trips to this fascinating country where modern life goes hand-in-hand with ancient tradition.

Each talk is Thursday evening from 6:30 – 7:30, and admission is free. There will be time to chat with the artists about their travels, enjoy refreshments, and look at select photographs in the Corridor Gallery. Images will remain on display and for sale for approximately seven weeks, so you’ll be able to revisit the exotic locations as often as you like. bellevillelibrary.ca @bellevillepubliclibrary on Facebook @bellevillepl on Instagram Top Left: M31 Andromeda Galaxy by Robert Bates Bottom Left: Maiko Randy by Janet Googe Top Right: Seal Whiskers by Bill Bickle Bottom Right: Ice Lace by Lola Reid Allin

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Photography

A Place to Call Home

Photography

By The Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board

Kenny Toor was born in London, England and moved to India when he was 5.

He is the Chairman and CEO of Toor Group who owns Motel 6 in Quinte West

What is it like

to move to a new country? To relocate your entire life, or lives in the case your family is coming with you? To have to start over, learn a new language and navigate a new governmental system, not to mention a foreign society and culture?

Belleville-based photographer Ash Murrell and the Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board with the City of Belleville, The City of Quinte West and the Quinte Arts Council present A Place to Call Home — an exhibit of photographs taken by Murrell offering us a gracious glimpse into the lives of new Canadians who have made the Bay of Quinte region their home.

Capturing ordinary moments and making them look extraordinary is Murrell’s way and this series is true to form. There is an authenticity that makes each photo

-graph relatable. This is no trick of the lens; his subjects are, at the very core, not so different from us who were born here. They live, work, eat, sleep, love, struggle, celebrate and strive to live their best lives. It is with hope and encouragement that these images demonstrate that, in some crucial way, the conditions for successful integration and inclusion exist here in the Bay of Quinte.

Murrell’s ability to make people feel at ease behind the camera is a direct result of his warmth and generosity. “Working on this project was very special for me,” he says. “I was able to celebrate people who, like me, are proud to call this country their home. These newcomers have taken advantage of many of the amazing opportunities that are available in this area and are creating a life and building a community that will help build a better Quinte region.”

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In A Place to Call Home, a combination of Murrell’s black-and-white and colour photography will be on display, accompanied by a screening of a documentary by talented and local filmmakers Tess Girard and Ryan J. Noth of Fifth Town Films. The short follows the lives of students from the Loyola School of Adult and Continuing Education’s ESL program from their first day of class in January to their final Celebration of Achievement in June.

The exhibit begins on September 19 and runs until October 20 at the Quinte Arts Council Gallery. bayofquinte.ca Top Right: Dr. Jinni Demine is from Russia.

She is the owner of Trenton Pet Hospital Bottom Right: This is Mark Phillips from Jamaica who is the owner of Mystical Distributing Company Ltd. in Quinte West

featuring the work of Mark Hopper Ash Murrell and a collection of emerging and established Quinte photographers Runs September 20 - October 18, 2019 Show opens: September 19

36 Bridge St. E. Belleville, Ont. 613.962.1232 : quinteartscouncil.org

Photography

QAC FALL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

Theatre

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Liz Marshall tackles quirky Irish comedy

By Lise Lindenberg

Liz Marshall is a woman of many talents. At the Belleville Theatre Guild (BTG), she acts as

a mentor, designs sets, develops lighting designs, and directs plays. This list merely skims the surface of her volunteer work at the Pinnacle Playhouse.

This October Marshall is directing Outside Mullingar, a comedy by John Patrick Stanley. This story, set in two farmhouse kitchens in Ireland, involves four colourful characters who keep the audience entertained. The cast includes Jim Ross and Pat Gray, two experienced actors who regular patrons will recognize. The old “cantankerous devil” is played by Marshall’s husband, Chris Marshall; they have worked together on at least 10 productions over the years. Rounding out the cast is Jane McClelland, who is new to the Belleville stage.

They have already started rehearsals, and Marshall assures us that it will” be delightful.” Marhsall says that the play is “about these four people. They’re all such individuals. The old woman is superstitious and the old man is stubborn.”

Liz Marshall in a 1986 production of “See How They Run”

This popular play has been performed by a number of community theatres across Ontario, and has done well at the fulllength drama festivals. Marshall said that she was intrigued when she saw pictures of the set by her old BTG friend, Wayne Cardinelli. His award-winning set design was for a production produced by the Toronto Irish Players. This inspired her to read the play. Unlike Shandley’s more serious play, Doubt, which the BTG produced a number of years ago, Outside Mullingar is a comedy inspired by Shandley’s trip to Ireland in 1993. It is his first play that acknowledges his Irish roots, and veers away from the American focus and social justice themes in some of his other plays.

This latest BTG production is a quirky Irish love story, both bittersweet and deliciously funny. Outside Mullingar runs October 3 to 19 at the Pinnacle Playhouse, with preview night on October 1.

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bellevilletheatreguild.ca \ @bellevilletheatreguild on FB \ @bellevilletheatreguild on instagram Left: Stage manager Esther Parry stands behind Liz Marshall (L) and producer Diane Burley (R)

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Theatre

Her involvement with the BTG started close to 50 years ago when she moved to the area and stage-managed a production. It was then she met a unique group of theatre enthusiasts who encouraged her to join the guild. Steve Forrester, an actor with the guild, drove her to rehearsals and convinced her to get involved. She was encouraged to submit a play by the late Jim Alexander, an active founding member of the BTG. The play selection committee of 1974 noted that Marshall arrived in the area with plenty of experience from her time in Thunder Bay, so they asked her to direct the full-length play, The Price by Arthur Miller. It was then that she met the late Tony Lassing, who offered to look at her set. Thus began her life-long involvement with Belleville’s community theatre, and marked the beginning many inspiring artistic relationships.

Film

Doug Knutson and the making of Dam Beavers

By Umbrella Staff

Photo by Doug Knutson

When Doug Knutson

was in school, he wrote book reports on such classics as The Making of Star Trek, The Making of Jaws, and The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey. “Those books aren’t stories,” his teachers told him.

That didn’t faze Doug. They were about telling stories – about how to tell stories.

“I love stories,” Doug says. “I love hearing stories. I love telling stories.”

He studied film at Queen’s University, graduating just as the world of moving media was shifting. “I touched video only once at Queen’s. Everything was 16mm film back then.” In 1989 Doug opened Belleville-based Windswept Productions, where corporate and educational projects kept him busy over the years. His drive to tell stories has led to compelling films about Africa and Haiti and the history of his own hometown.

Knutson’s films have been a fixture at Belleville Downtown DocFest since its inception in 2012. But heading into this year’s DocFest, Doug had nothing ready to enter and he was feeling a bit burnt out. He was planning to take a year off.

That all changed on the evening of July 12, 2018, when Doug and his wife Carolyn went for their nightly stroll. It was

chance that led them to Bell Creek and an encounter with a beaver in distress.

Carolyn insisted that they intervene; friends, Chris and Susan Finkle, helped.

A kayak and boathook were brought in, and they worked into the night, eventually saving the beaver. The rescuers were shocked to find that the beaver had been caught in a medieval-looking trap, and later more shocked to discover that such traps, intended to kill by drowning, were common in many cities to control beavers, including Belleville.

In the days that followed, the story of the rescue and the beavers’ plight swept the city. To many, the rescuers were heroes.

To the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, it was interference with a trap.

Doug did submit a short for DocFest this year; Dam Beavers, is a work in progress. The film, which screened to a soldout audience, follows the story of the beavers from Bell Creek to Belleville City Council and back again, with a solution to the beaver problem. The traps are gone, replaced with ingenious, humane water control devices that have been in use since the 1950’s and successfully deter beavers from damming a culvert.

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Doug Knutson in his school days

story and Belleville can be either the hero or the villain. I’m so happy that they’ve chosen to be the hero.”

Looking back, Doug thinks about his work in Haiti, on the fight to save BCI, on the fight for Frank Meyers’ farm, on the fight to save Captain Meyers’ reputation.

“It feels like I’ve always been fighting city hall,” he says, “and I’ve always been on the losing side. It’s nice to have a win.”

Doug’s goal is to find distribution for a full-length documentary to “expose and explore the often violent relationship between our ever-growing communities and our wild-yet-urban neighbours. The film

Photo by Doug Knutson

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focuses on beavers - a keystone species that is essential to the survival and health of a vast number of ecosystems.” The title to date is Dam Beavers! The Struggle to Coexist. It’s a compelling story. There’s a “making of” book in there somewhere. windsweptproductions.ca

Film

Doug Knutson on location

Film

Celebrating 24 seasons

of alternative film

By Jon Keeble and Penny Hendricks

October 23rd QFA presents Firecrackers by Jasmin Mozaffari

When putting

a season together, the Quinte Film Alternative (QFA) programming committee attends film festivals and reads reviews looking for the best Canadian, foreign and independent films available. They work with Film Circuit, the distribution arm of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) that enables them to book a variety of films from the popular (Three Identical Strangers, The Children Act) to the very best but lesser known, and sometimes subtitled, films such as The Grizzlies, The Guilty and Wild Rose in 2018-19. Contributing to the variety are short films from the National Film Board and local filmmakers that precede our features. They present over 18 films during the year; a mix of excellence, but with an edge!

Back in 1996 the founders of QFA were certain that Belleville, Quinte and the County were ready for films that showed new points of view, intriguing experiences, how life is and how it can be lived on our huge planet. Since then, their loyal membership has been crucial to the viability of QFA, which by the way is run completely by volunteers.

Toronto Star columnist turned mystery writer Linwood Barclay who was as entertaining as his film Never Saw It Coming.

Watch for the upcoming films in the Quinte Arts Calendar, QFA eBulletin, QFA Facebook page and brochures and posters that are distributed throughout the area.

These four upcoming films for the 24th season exemplify what is meant by “Alternative”:

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As a fully capable performance venue, Belleville’s newly renovated The Empire Theatre also allows QFA to offer their members and box office public some fascinating Q & A’s with guest speakers, including Valerie Fulford, one of the artists who hand painted many of the 65,000 frames for the popular Loving Vincent; Chris Mutton, picture editor of the Canadian coming of age film Porcupine Lake; and, most recently, the well known former

• Red Joan, starring Judy Dench and Sophie Cookson, starts in the 1930’s, mixing espionage with the allure of communism and a classless society.

• Papi Chulo, a poignant comedic reflection on class and companionship • Le Grand Bain, a French comedy about a synchronized swim team of middle-aged men.

• Edgy Canadian drama Firecrackers

by Jasmin Mozaffari, Best Director at the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards, about two women desperate to escape their dead-end town. quintefilmalternative.ca

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You’ve got to be in it to Grin it

Music

By Greg Teal

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with energy as the band launches into the first song of an eclectic set list. The crowd lights up and bodies shimmy to the dance floor.

Each face on stage emits joy in being there. The party has started. Welcome to a night with The Impish Grins.

I’ve come to Signal Brewery in Corbyville, Ont., on a steamy night in July to see the Grins play during a fundraiser for the Rotary Loves Kids event. To be honest, I go see this band whenever I can. I’m what they call a #Grinner; an affectionate term for the band’s loyal followers. Look around any Impish Grins show and you’ll see us peppering the crowd and dance floor in our official band T-shirts. To become a #Grinner, just go to a show and get involved; the band always has a new assortment of coloured Ts to hand out to the crowd.

They can work a crowd into a frenzied mass of dancing, smiling, laughing pleasure The Impish Grins are not only an incredibly tight, powerhouse band that play iconic, crowd-pumping anthems— everything from Elvis to Taylor Swift— but they also have a superpower. They Left Page: The Impish Grins perform in downtown Belleville. Photo by Nick Pujic

can work a crowd into a frenzied mass of dancing, smiling, laughing pleasure in a way that few other bands can.

Lead singer Sam Brady is a showman extraordinaire who’s not afraid to hurl himself into the crowd and join, if not lead, the chain-gang conga line to a Pretenders hit while pounding away in perfect rhythm on his cowbell.

“The cool thing about The Impish Grins is that you can come to one of their shows, forget the outside world and let the band set the groove,” says Richard Courneyea, owner of The Signal Brewery.

Brady is joined by four other band members: Ron Riddell, Colin McLean, Ted Shepherd and Norm St. Pierre, a self-professed “motley crew of fine fellows looking to show people a good time,” guys who profess to be living the dream while keeping their day jobs.

The Impish Grins have played more than 30 shows, and this was their second fundraiser for Rotary Loves Kids. Earlier this summer, they tore up the streets as the headline act of the Belleville Downtown Improvement Area’s Downtown@Dusk playing to a crowd of thousands. If you read any of the local press around the show you know that socks were literally blown off feet, and hundreds of new #Grinners were spontaneously inaugurated.

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“I love watching everyone get involved.

The songs are all so great, it’s like a personal playlist,” says Belleville local Ed Young, as he bops to the music and sucks back a cold beer.

And he’s right; whether they’re belting out high energy harmonies, or keeping rhythm with shakers and tambourines to an assortment of new or not-so-new nostalgic hits, The Impish Grins keep the audience sweating it up on the dance floor, grinning from ear to ear..

The shows can get pretty rowdy and The Grins always encourage pushing boundaries. “I expected to see more people topless,” says Jason Supryka at the Signal show, laughingly referring to a previous show in which Brady called out “tarps off, boys” and several audience members did just that.

The next time you see a listing for an Impish Grins show, put it in your calendar. Get on the dance floor, grab the cowbell and be annointed as an official #Grinner. Future shows are lined up for Myers Pier on September 7th 7-11pm, Porchfest, Saturday, September 28th from 2:30-4:30, and the Dugout, Saturday, October 19th from 8-11pm.

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Music

The stage hums

The Impish Grins performing at Signal Brewary. Photo by Sam Sheperd

Clemons’ new album “born in Belleville”

Music

By Adam Gray

Jake Clemons in performance. Sean Chagnon, Eye of the Storm Photograph

This October, famed singer-songwriter Jake Clemons returns to The

Empire Theatre as part of his Eyes On The Horizon tour. For Clemons, this isn’t just another concert date: his new album was born on the stage of The Empire.

American musician Clemons first came to fame playing baritone sax for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band after his uncle Clarence Clemons passed. He has shared the stage with Eddie Vedder, The Roots and The Swell Season. But for those of us from Belleville who have been following the Jake Clemons story, it’s his local connections that have us watching.

In 2014, while playing a gig in Toronto, Clemons was asked if would play at the The Empire in Belleville, “just outside of

Toronto.” Clemons agreed. “I had no idea what to expect. I then learned that ‘just outside of Toronto was a relative statement,’” he laughs.

But the venue was nothing to laugh at: “I got there and was immediately taken aback,” he says, noting not just a great stage, lights and equipment, but some of the best care for musicians that he’d ever encountered. “I can see why national acts stop there just for that reason.”

It was then he met owner Mark Rashotte, an accomplished musician himself. This meeting would mark the beginning of an unbreakable personal and professional relationship.

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“At the end of the second night, I was so exhilarated playing with these folks... spectacular musicians” Mark Rashotte living in New York for a while you meet these guys with incredible guitars collections, they made their money on the market or whatever and they can play like four chords. It’s like ah… you really shouldn’t have that,” laughs Clemons.

But then for the last song of the night, “as a courtesy” and to see if he was “worthy of that guitar collection,” Clemons asked him to come and play: “He was great and he just ripped it.”

Music Jake Clemons performs at the Empire Theatre in Belleville, Ontarioy. Photo by Bob House

For Rashotte the feelings were mutual: “At the end of the second night, I was so exhilarated playing with these folks... spectacular musicians, and Jake was such a wonderful human being, and I just said, ‘I want to be in your band.’ Be careful what you ask for right?”

“Belleville is ultimately where that record took its shape.”

Jake Clemmons Two months later the band went on to tour England, Ireland and Scotland. “We had a day of rehearsal and did our first show in Cork,” says Rashotte. “That was five years ago, and we have been playing all around the world ever since.”

Since then, their shared love of music and performance has continued to evolve: “[Rashotte has] managed to go from a cool teacher to becoming the guts of what this establishment is all about,” says Clemons, adding, “Mark has become one of my closest friends... I eventually asked him to become my manager, which was a big move for me.”

Clemons ended up recording his first full length album Fear and Love on the stage of The Empire. While they recorded the bulk of that album in two weeks, the team spent months recording the new album, often working 18 hour stretches late into the night. Jake ended up just throwing a mattress in the studio and sleeping there. Belleville and The Empire became a second home.

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incredible piece of work and we are really proud of it and it does have the Belleville stamp on it,“ says Rashotte.

“I’m really thrilled to be getting these songs out in front of people. By the time we get to Belleville, the record will be out for about a month,” says Clemons.

“Belleville is ultimately where that record took its shape. Ultimately, you could say, it was born there. To be able to perform it, where those visions and dreams came into being, is pretty fantastic.”

Eyes on The Horizon, Clemons’ second full length album will be released on September 6 and distributed through The Orchard/ Sony Music on BFD and Sea Lemons. It was mixed by none other than Eddie Kramer, who has recorded the likes of The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. theempiretheatre.com

True North Brass

Intimate and electric concerts at the PEC Chamber Music Festival Music

By Julianne Snepsts

Three Juno Award

winners. One International Chopin Piano Competition medallist. A popular CBC personality. And two dozen classical musicians who have performed in premier orchestras around the world. The accolades and accomplishments are impressive in this line-up of musicians for the 2019 Prince Edward County (PEC) Chamber Music Festival.

Over the course of three weekends in September, The County will be treated to the intimate, electrifying experience of world-class chamber music during the 15th annual PEC Chamber Music Festival.

Chamber music is a popular style of classical music performed by a small group of musicians in smaller spaces. Its popularity comes from its intimacy: you

hear the technical skill and emotional depth of each individual player. The audience is party to the conversation, the closeness and camaraderie between musicians. Because there is rarely a conductor involved, the musicians’ interpretation of the music is unmediated and on full display.

The Prince Edward County festival is led by a group of Artistic Directors: the four members of the New Orford String Quartet collaborate on artistic programming. “The quartet’s vision for this festival has been to continue the tradition of bringing our dear friends to play music they feel connected to,” says Andrew Wan, violinist and quartet member. “This year’s programming obviously highlights the piano (Jon Kimura Parker, Charles Richard-Hamelin, Robert Kortgaard, and the Gryphon Trio) and the works of the fantastic composer Uriel Vanchestein, but also features the always dynamic Julie Nesrallah, les Violons du Roy and your very own New Orford Quartet.”

Everything kicks off on September 7 at Macaulay Heritage Park with a free outdoor performance by True North Brass, featuring the big sound of trumpet, horn,

Gryphon Trio

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New Orford String Quartet

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trombone and tuba on the beautiful grounds of the Macaulay Museum. Everyone is invited to enjoy the concert, which is a fun and casual introduction to classical music.

The next two weekends, from September 13 to 21 feature six concerts at St. Mary Magdalene Church on Main Street Picton - an intimate and acoustically beautiful venue for classical music. Highlights include the opening concert with The New Orford String Quartet and acclaimed violinist Aloysia Friedmann, Two Brothers, Four Hands featuring accomplished pianists and brothers Jon Kimura Parker and Jamie Parker, an evening of song with soprano and CBC personality Julie Nesrallah, and the closing concert with Chopin Piano Competition silver medallist Charles Richard-Hamelin.

Information about the Festival, the full line-up and tickets can be found at pecmusicfestival.com.

Festival passes are available, a great deal for music lovers!

Julie Nesrallah

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Quinte Symphony

Orland French brings Remembrance Day concert to life

By Barbara McIntosh

For the fifth year,

the Tribute to the Brave concert will bring together Quinte Symphony, the 8 Wing Concert Band, and 8 Wing Pipes & Drums for a musical performance that marks Remembrance Day and honours Canada’s military history.

This year, the introduction of a storyline will add a new dimension sure to enhance the emotional impact of the performances.

Local historian and author Orland French was commissioned to write the narrative.

Although he was immediately interested in the concept of a script linking the musical performances, it took some thoughtful reflection on how to approach the project.

After exploring several options, French wrote a stirring script that explores the memories and experiences of a fictional Orland French

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Rick Zimmerman

multi-generational family whose members have been represented in the Canadian military for most of the past century.

The author drew on his experience with his latest book Letters To Vimy, based on actual letters from an uncle who died in the First World War. The book was well received; subsequently French turned it into a successful play that attracted a full house to all of its performances last fall.

Through the conversation of a grandfather to a grandchild, French manages to reference Canadian participation in all the major military conflicts of the past century, as well as our new role in peacekeeping and response to humanitarian crises.

The story will be told by actor Rick Zimmerman in brief scenes between musical performances. The music will then reflect the emotions expressed in the narrative.

French says he hopes his script enhances public appreciation of the importance of Canada’s military participation throughout its history and in today’s world: “I don’t think the general public really understands the whole picture of the contributions of people in the military, although in this area awareness levels are higher because of the base in Trenton and the fact that we see people in uniform in our grocery stores and on our streets.”

Nov. 17, 2:30pm: Tribute to the Brave concert National Air Force Museum of Canada, Trenton thequintesymphony.com

Quinte Symphony performs Tribute to the Brave in 2015

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Literary

Summer’s End

By Paul Brown

Paul Brown writes poetry and fiction in Belleville.

His novel Wolf Pack of the Winisk River was published by Lobster Press in 2009. An avid hockey player for 60 years, he also led his Clarion Jazz Quintet for seven. Paul has enjoyed reading his poetry at local venues for 20 years, and can still be seen once in a while being helped on stage to read.

Summer’s end from lifelong habit out of his bed at five the painful dressing the slow descent of the stairs

overlooking the scene the man leans on the scythe his mind wandering to thoughts of seasons distances departures the annual parable of time its passing

the boy has made him an amateur breakfast fried eggs with broken yolks watery whites burnt toast - no matter

at his back a violent blaze anguished crimson ancient gold

the screen door slams behind them they proceed along the lane in the morning mist blue with acrid wood smoke a silent storm of atoms assemble into blurred sunlight then in the trees strong yellow crisp orange fierce red cold ice-slivers glint at the creek’s edge mud ruts hardened by an overnight freeze a loon’s warble drives a deep spike into the silence the old farmer lean stooped veined ropy arms from a lifetime of farm labour the iron still visible in him carries an ancient scythe the wooden handle weathered grey and split

unseen on a hillside a grey wolf stops to stare at them amber eyes already steeled for the hard starving winter on the walk home a solitary sunflower nods on the creek bank in the hallowed afternoon out of sight far from the front porch miles and miles of wildly-painted hills and valleys a pacific breeze from the still-warm sun blesses all and gentle autumn is bowing tactfully to winter the tyrant of seasons

the boy running ahead a cut-off broomstick in one hand savagely whacking hawthorn buckthorn crab apple at random in the other hand a newly sharpened sickle a gift he cuts away a tangle of asters hampering the gate rushing headlong into the field his senses overloaded breathtaking hundreds of small orange suns over the wide expanse overjoyed he struggles to make his pick

in the evening darkness after the pumpkin carving the boy brings a burning twig from the bonfire to light the kitchen stove for tea later sitting on the edge of his bed the old man exhausted feeling the silent inner revolution of decay outside his bedroom window in his mind or in the air hard to tell which this time of year when the veil between the two worlds is thinnest a foggy outline a woman standing alone

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QAC Bookshelf

By Fiona Campbell

Don’t Honk Twice (ed. Tanya Finestone & Leigh Nash) is an eclectic collec-

tion of stories and poetry about Prince Edward County told by the people who live there (including some QAC members). It’s an unusual anthology in that it does not try to pin down a definitive County experience; as noted in the introduction, “the whole point is that there is no definitive County experience.” Equal parts love letter, wayfinder and snapshot, Don’t Honk Twice features stories of childhood memories and family lore, moves to the County and rural tradition, new and old. (Yes, there is a story about a Meat Roll.)

“A couple of stories seem to have really caught on; people come into the bookstore looking for the book that has the story about the Royal Hotel, or Alex Schultz’s discovery of a hawk on Waupoos island,” says Picton-based publisher Leigh Nash. Now in its second printing she adds, “I think it’s selling equally well with locals and tourists alike; it has the benefit of being priced as an affordable souvenir, a way for visitors to take the county home with them.”

Available at Books & Company in Picton, or direct from Invisible Publishing: invisiblepublishing.com. ($17.95)

young adult genre, but Moonshadow is a departure from her stories about Internet safety, bullying, peer pressure, dating, and mental health. She says she was compelled to write this book shortly after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its report in 2015 with the conclusion that the Canadian Indian residential school system amounted to cultural genocide.

“I couldn’t get these heartbreaking tales of neglect, deprivation, and physical and emotional abuse out of my head,” she writes. For three years she attended indigenous cultural events and centres and read everything she could about these issues in Canada.

A notable interview was with one of the survivors of the “Mush Hole” (the Mohawk Institute Residential School), Wilbert Maracle, who is from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory of the Bay of Quinte: “An inspiration,” she says. “He refused to allow his horrific history at a residential school to crush his spirit.”

She recognizes that cultural appropriation is a hot-button issue -- should a non-indigenous person write about indigenous issues? – but nevertheless, the book was written in the spirit of reconciliation.

At its heart, Moonshadow is a story about family, resilience, courage and the power of love. It’s the story of Lauren Prescott and her attempts to help her ailing grandfather right a wrong; to help him achieve some reconciliation before it’s too late - at any cost.

More information available at: joygoddard.com and Amazon.ca ($19.52)

This July release from Guernica Editions features the

poetry of Canadian James Deahl from 2011 to 2018, and envelopes themes such as the poet’s responsibility to nature, the necessity and beauty of love, vulnerability and resilience.

Central to this book is a series of travel pieces, written “off the grid” of main highways in Canada and the United States, including Quinte. His poem Old Orchard, first published in Umbrella, writes of the iconic Moira River: “The water mill’s been gone/three generations, perhaps longer/but the Moira contains its music.”

The title of the book is a nod to the 2014 documentary The Lost Highway, a stretch of Trans-Canada Highway (highway 7 to the locals) between Marmora and Perth in Hastings County: according to the producers, “a road flanked by failed businesses and abandoned properties where people gave it their all and then gave it up for good.” In the introduction, Deahl writes of his penchant for travelling these “little-known byways” and his fondness for the people who live rurally; of approximately 30 poems, half a dozen are set along this 40-kilometre stretch of road. There is a tenderness to his poems that will resonate with people who live here, and might just encourage newcomers and visitors to look at these “lost places” with fresh and empathetic eyes.

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Literary

Belleville-based Joy Goddard is one of Canada’s top novelists in the

Conrad Beaubien

The Prince Edward County Studio Tour Fine Arts

By Conrad Beaubien

“...every act of communication is in some way an act of translation,” Gregory Rabbassa literary translator

It can be said

that through the fundamental arts - architecture, design, layout or planning - we imagine, we build and re-build the places we live in. Woven into the folds and corners of these places, artists further the conversation by translating a sense of what community means, of how the collective environment influences the individual and vice versa.

Through a wide range of mediums – textile, clay, steel, glass, paint – and through individual searches and curiosities, a broader concept, a higher meaning of ‘you’ and ‘I’ together in time and place emerges.

The 350 square miles that forms the landmass of Prince Edward County is an attractive environment for expression. Here the arts play a select role by forming bridges of communication, upholding a dialogue to tie-in a sense of place that is in reality a diverse urban/rural island-scape. Each space from which artists work is generally isolated from the next, which, in many ways, makes it most certainly sacred; sacred because it is within the solitude of these spaces that insights, inspirations are heard and the translation process evolves.

By Roderick Samuel

The Prince Edward County Studio Tour began 26 years ago with the concept of an inter-dialogue between studios and, importantly, supporters of the arts, to create an event weekend inviting all comers to visit and interact. Since then the growth has been rewarding.

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By Laurie McRae

Colleen Green

Michael Herman

Among 47 juried artists are the newly signed-on studios of sculptor Tom Ashbourne; tapestry weaver Vicki Alayne Bradley; painter and fibre artist Laurie McRae; watercolourist Elaine Kent; modern furniture designer Roderick Samuel and my own (Conrad Beaubien) studio for painting and sculpting. In addition, this year’s newcomer guest artist list includes Colleen Green, Michael Herman, Stacey Mackenzie, and a visitor from the Australian outback, Helen Thrift Brooks.

Sept 20: 4pm to 7pm Sept 21/22: 10 am to 5pm (Some studios open until 6pm)

By Tom Ashbourne

pecstudiotour.com

By Elaine Kent

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Fine Arts

Come gather within our open doors, join the conversation and cross-share in the practice of placemaking. Pick up a printed guide and connect the dots travelling the outback and urban nooks of the County.

Digital creation as real, fine art Fine Arts

By Courtney Klumper

By Ashley King

Don’t call her an artist.

Or a photographer, designer or illustrator, for that matter. Though Belleville, Ont.-based Ashley King is equipped with a design education, has created art for years and completed projects for local businesses, she struggles with the idea of owning these titles.

“There’s a lot of vulnerability in putting you work out there and asking people to pay attention” Ashley King

Part of this comes from a perceived hierarchy in what is considered ‘art’ and who is truly an ‘artist.’ She finds that the reaction to digital art is less enthusiastic compared to other media like screen printing or Risograph printing.

“Some people, when they see that it’s digital, they don’t say ‘artist’ they say ‘graphic design,’ whereas to me graphic design is more of a functional piece… something that has a purpose or a message to communicate,” she says. “Something that would be considered ‘fine art’ is just for the person who made it, an expression of [themselves] without having client input or a goal in mind.”

By Ashley King

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Being a graphic designer is being an artist. Ashley infuses her style into her commercial work and has created designs for The Brake Room, MacKinnon Brothers and the Belleville Slutwalk, and has a special fondness for typography.

Though an artist’s work can often be identified through a watermark on a photo or a signature on the corner of a painting, the mark of a graphic designer is a more subtle infusion of style: “I do offer traditional graphic design services like business cards or logo design; with those, it’s the designer’s responsibility to somehow get it back to their name.”

While marketing poses a challenge, so does the mentality of self-promotion. “It’s really weird to be [my] own hype man… and be genuine to who I am,” says King. There’s a lot of vulnerability in putting your work out there and asking people to pay attention, but King puts herself out there to strengthen her feeling of being an artist. “Doing an art show is nice because it [feels] validating--someone might come up and say they like a piece, and then we have a conversation where I’m in the role of the artist.”

Despite her earlier doubts, King’s pursuit of multiple artistic media has fostered an assuredness that you don’t need to stay in your own lane: “Just because you haven’t settled and don’t have one craft that you’ve mastered, doesn’t mean that you’re any less of an artist.”

Perhaps you can call her an artist, after all.

Fine Arts

web: behance.net/ashleyviolaraye Ashley King

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Interested in joining us?

artist: Blas Villagomez

ADVANTAGES OF VOLUNTEERING: Learn new skills Create community Share your talents

Call us at 613.962.1232 or email at qac@quinteartscouncil.org QUINTEARTSCOUNCIL.ORG

Build resume Gain confidence Appreciate art

QAC Self-Portrait Show NOV 1 - 22 November 1st is International Self-Portrait Day and the QAC is celebrating with a show featuring established, new and emerging artists in all mediums, including painting, sculpture, mixed media and fibre.

Opening: TBD More @ quinteartscouncil.org

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Fine Arts

Discover Quinn’s tucked away in Tweed

By Evan Morton, curator of the Tweed Heritage Centre and the QAC Team Paul Kyte and Paula Fitzpatrick. Photo by Brian Choi

The building on the Quinn Block in Tweed (near the corner of Victoria St. N. and Bridge St. E.) is the kind that inspired the saying ‘if these walls could talk.’

Constructed in 1892, generations of the Quinn family ran every type of business within these magnificent walls: they peddled liquor up until prohibition, ran a groceteria, sold ladies wear and fabrics; it was what we refer to as the General Country Store. The locals and surrounding rural farmers made the daily or weekly trip to Quinn’s for their staples and a social visit.

Today Quinn’s stands as a mini museum with hidden doorways, stories in the exposed stone walls Some notable features include a leaded glass store front, the original stone building seen from both inside and out and remnants of the coal storage in the basement including the original large brick coal furnace.

Each of these seemingly unremarkable features speaks to the activities that went on in this block. Preserving the heritage of a building comes by recognizing and remembering the work that was done there in the past.

Today Quinn’s stands as a mini museum with hidden doorways, stories in the exposed stone walls and even a rare old original office hidden under the stunning oak staircase with 100 years of flip down files – the accounts of past patrons.

Quinn’s of Tweed honours the space with local paintings, woodworking, crafts, fibre and Steampunk art. Keeping the name Quinn’s, new owners Paul Kyte and Paula Fitzpatrick may be new to Tweed, but they are doing their part to respect and embrace the heritage preserved within these walls. Bev Caswell has been with the gallery since it first opened and the team are working with Chisholm Lumber Design Build to renovate and restore Quinn’s; the history of this building lives on.

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QuinnsOfTweed.ca

Mary Deacon

Leona Riggs

A fond farewell to a century of music With

records going back

to the 1920’s we know that for almost 100 years a group of Belleville women met each month in each other’s homes to enjoy good music. They called themselves The Quinte Morning Music Club.

With what may have been a lapse because of the Second World War, records indicate that Mary Deacon, pianist, organist, accompanist, composer and lyricist, restarted the club in the 1960’s.

The premise of the club was simple: the presenter would pick the music and share background information on the form of music, the particular piece, or the performer. The programs were eclectic, ranging from opera to choral works, symphony to big band and jazz. As many members remarked, the Quinte Morning Music Group forced them to be exposed to types of music they might not have otherwise experienced, and often they were pleasantly surprised. Along the way many members developed close friendships.

However, with the ready availability of music (of all kinds) on disc or online, the need to meet to hear and discuss music had become less compelling in recent years. The group was also facing declining membership, through both attrition and the challenge in recruiting new members, coupled with the aging of those still involved in the group. With several members approaching 90, and some no longer wanting to do a program, it became increasingly obvious that the group’s future was in jeopardy.

While the era of the Quinte Morning Music Club may be over, the members decided to meet annually for a Music Club luncheon in May. They also decided that if anyone finds a particularly interesting program she may contact everyone to set up a gathering, thus preserving friendships through the love of music.

BELLEVILLE WEAVERS SPINNERS

Annual Sale

St Thomas'Church Hall Bridge and Church Streets, Belleville, ON November 1, 2019 3pm - 6pm

With that in mind the remaining members were canvassed to ascertain their thoughts on continuing the group, and the overall consensus was that it was time to discontinue meeting.

The group met for lunch in May at Dinkel’s, as they had done for decades, and the final decision was made.

The remaining funds in the treasury have been donated to Quinte Symphony to support the amazing music they are providin to the community, and the records of decades of programs will be given to the Community Archives.

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November 2, 2019 9:30am - 4pm Unique, Hand-made Items

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made by

Local Artisans

Heritage

By Mary-Lynne Morgan

Heritage

Cooke’s Keys

While scrolling through Facebook recently I came across a post by the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County about their online Flickr account of historical photos. Being a bit of a local history geek, I clicked on the link: immediately I saw so many cool old photos of familiar locations in Belleville. It was like looking through a time machine!

I tried a word search for “Cooke,” my mother’s maiden name, and up popped an old postcard of downtown Belleville; there on the left-hand side was my great-grandfather’s storefront “Cooke’s Keys and Bicycles.” Wow! I had grown up hearing stories about this place, but had never seen it. I downloaded the photo and sent it to all my family members.

Soon, my parents and aunts and uncles were all sharing memories of my great-grandfather and that store.

By Adam Gray

10,000 pictures of the past

By Amanda Hill

The Community Archives

and Hastings County has been busy scanning its collection of photographs and putting them online. The organization recently uploaded its 10,000th image to the photo-sharing site, Flickr. This was the result of four years of painstaking work by staff, volunteers, and students, who scanned each image and added descriptive information to make it easy to search and find photos.

High-resolution versions of the photographs can be freely downloaded and re-used by anyone, for any purpose.

For example, a lot of times we have people interested in the history of their house, and they find photos of how it used to look to helps them do repairs and renovations. We have a lot of vanished buildings as well that haven’t been recorded anywhere else.

The photos in the Community Archives cover the length and breadth of Hastings County, but also include images from far beyond our immediate area. These include dozens of pictures taken by members of Belleville’s Kilties Band as they toured the world in 1908 to 1910, including images from their journey through New Zealand, India and Egypt.

People, as well as places, are represented in the photographic collection, creating a rich resource for people with family connections to Belleville and Hastings. There are also photos of local businesses operations such as lumber extraction, cheese factories, and manufacturing plants, providing a fascinating glimpse into the area’s industrial past.

Belleville’s Kilties Band

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The Community Archives was established in 2010 as a partnership between the City of Belleville, the County of Hastings, and the Hastings County Historical Society (HCHS). All three organizations have collections of historical records; for example, HCHS has been collecting photographs since 1957 and by 2010 there were over 8,000 images in its collection, the core of the material that has now been digitized and shared online. Since 2016 records have been stored in a purpose-built facility on the second floor of the Belleville Public Library building. This space provides appropriate environmental conditions for keeping these (and many other) materials long into the future and for making them available to the public. If you have materials you would like the Community Archives to take care of and share, contact us at 613-967-3304 or archives@cabhc.ca. cabhc.ca

Heritage

Photos courtesy of Community Archives

Kilties Band in Egypt

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Arts Education

Our next generation of artists QAC’s Student Bursary Awards

By QAC Team

The Quinte Arts Council has an Arts Education program

that is vital to the succession of arts and culture in our community. Each spring the QAC awards six student bursaries (for a total of $3000) to encourage post- secondary education in an arts field.

Additionally, each year the QAC awards bursaries totaling $2500 which brings instruction on visual arts, performing arts, and classical music education into the classroom that support the Ontario curriculum. Students have the opportunity to be educated by professional artists and groups, develop their talents, and learn school subjects in an interactive, inspirational and entertaining way. Art education connects students with their own culture as well as with the wider world.

What a true pleasure it is to introduce you to these amazing winners of our student bursary awards for 2019: We have so much to celebrate here! Our next generation of artists are inspiring, hardworking, and intelligent. Best wishes to all of you!

Ben Reed, of Belleville is a graduating student of Centennial Secondary School and the recipient of the Quinte Arts Council Student bursary. Ben is involved with the school Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Choir, Stage Crew for the Arts Department, on Student Council and the Student Arts Council, volunteers with the Commodores Jazz Orchestra, student representative for the Quinte Arts Council, percussionist in the Quinte Symphony and teaches drum lessons as well! Ben received early acceptance into the music program at Queen’s University.

Bailey MacIver of Tweed is a graduating student of Centennial Secondary School who is off to OCAD U this fall to study Illustration in the Fine Arts Program. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2019 Teacher’s Federation OSSTF\FEESO provincial award for “her powerful mixed media drawing representing a glimpse into global warming and climate change effects.“ She is the recipient of a Quinte Arts Council bursary.

Nicole Cao of Belleville is a graduating student of the International Baccalaureate program at Eastside Secondary School. She splits her time between school, the Student Arts Council, youth member of the BDIA, summer arts camp leader, Student Council, tutoring in multiple subject areas, she speaks three languages and had an amazing opportunity to study in Germany for a year. She will be attending the University of Waterloo to study Architecture and is the recipient of a Hugh O’Neil bursary.

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Arts Education Bursary for the Visual Arts

Jessica Silva of Trenton is a graduating student of St. Paul’s Catholic Secondary School who is off to the University of Ottawa.

She is studying music and Science with a major in Biology. She is a recipient of the Hugh O’Neil bursary. “She is a hard worker and a dedicated student leader whose greatest gift is her incredible kindness. Jessica is a quiet leader but her influence is no less powerful”, says Lisa Romano, Principal of St. Paul’s.

Miles Cakebread-Kraus of Wellington, is a graduating student of Centennial Secondary School. A dedicated member of the school Concert Wind Ensemble and the Jazz Orchestra, he has played guitar since the age of 10 and drums since grade seven.

His accolades include being accepted into the first ever Prince Edward County Jazz Festival’s Youth Jazz Ensemble. Miles is continuing on to Humber’s Bachelor of Music in Jazz and is the recipient of the Susan Richardson award.

Grace Lindsay, a resident of Tweed, is a graduating student of Centennial Secondary School and the first recipient of the Elaine A. Small bursary. At the age of three, a tragic car accident left Grace battling with Selective Mutism. When she was in grade four, her parents decided to give her a little nudge and enrolled her in a theatre program. It was that nudge that freed Grace from the terrifying anxiety to speak in public - she sang! Grace is studying Music at Wilfred Laurier University with the aim of becoming a Music Therapist.

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Arts Education

Bursaries range from $150 to $500 for artist fees only.

Deadline September 30: quinteartscouncil.org

Arts News

QAC Arts Recognition Awards 2019

By QAC Team

The Quinte Arts Council

is celebrating 25 years of hosting their Luncheon for the Arts to recognize those who have made a difference in our community. Without exception, these individuals are making Quinte a destination for those craving a vibrant arts and culture scene.

This year, QAC celebrates Catherine Taylor, Artistic Director at the Quinte Ballet School (QBS), who inspires the very best in her students. When she was just 11, dancer Shae Jones moved from British Columbia to Belleville to study at QBS: “Ms. Taylor was one of the first people that I met and I will always remember how welcome she made me feel.”

Holly Dewar has been a member of the organizing committee of Belleville Downtown Docfest for eight years and Chairperson for the past four. Nominator Frank Gielen says, “…she has worked tirelessly… fostering deep engagements within the Quinte community.” We couldn’t agree more.

QAC is pleased to award Dave Bush, organizer of Front Porch Shenanigans, which has grown from a three-hour show to a fourday live music event. “Dave and some community volunteers have made Front Porch Shenanigans an incredible success, filling the village of Stirling with music and entertainment for an entire weekend,” says nominator Sam Brady.

Part of QAC’s core mission is to support the next generation of artists, and we applaud the nomination of Andrea Kerr, Arts Education Coordinator, HPEDSB. “She is an avid promoter and supporter of the Arts programs in all 40 of our schools K-12,” says nominator Liane Woodley, Principal, Centennial Secondary School. “This includes the coordination of increased opportunities for learning and performances in all areas of the Arts: drama, dance, music and visual arts.”

And finally, QAC celebrates Mayor Mitch Panchiuk, who was nominated by Tim McKinney. As a politician, Mitch has significantly supported the arts and culture in our area: “Belleville has excellent facilities to help us look after the human body, but the arts look after our souls,” he says, “We’re going to have a new renaissance, meaning new birth, of arts, culture and heritage in Belleville.”

Arts and culture play an important role in defining who we are as a community and contributes to a healthy local economy and lifestyle for those who live and work in the area.

The Quinte Arts Council congratulates all of the winners of the Arts Recognition Awards for 2019. Your community thanks you for supporting the arts!

Luncheon for the Arts Please join us in recognizing the winners of the 2019 Quinte Arts Recognition Awards Catherine Taylor

Quinte Ballet School

Holly Dewar

Belleville DocFest

Dave Bush

Front Porch Shenanigans

Andrea Kerr HPEDSB

September 19, 2019 at Dinkel’s Restaurant, downtown Belleville Tickets $40 (including tax) for full three-course meal Available at QAC and Eventbrite

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Mayor Mitch Panciuk City of Belleville

has been a volunteer at the QAC for the past five years. He is an illustrator of comic strips, original action heroes and also makes his own puppets.

Each week, Michael joins the team, assists around the office and works on his latest comic at his drafting table. The QAC is excited to support Michael in his efforts to publish his first book of his own work. The serialized C&V Detective Agency comic strip featured in each issue of Umbrella is one of many of Michael’s original creations.

Connor Haines

, through the Canada Summer Jobs program, spent this past summer as Membership Director at the QAC. He worked to update our membership database, on the website and was the friendly face for all of our visitors and artists. Connor is off to the University of Ottawa to study History. We wish him all the best.

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Volunteer Corner

Michael DeRushie

Arts Calendar ------------- SEPTEMBER -----------AUG 9 – SEP 29 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Pandemic : Unmasking Influenza Exhibit - Glanmore National Historic.

Discover how the world’s deadliest influenza pandemic, the Spanish Flu, profoundly impacted the history of Canada in this new travelling exhibit from Ingenium. Local artifacts, newspaper reports and photographs will show how Belleville and the Quinte Region were affected.

AUG 21 – NOV 18 Arts On Main Gallery Fall Show - 223 Main Street, Picton Featuring guest artists: Pamela Carter, painter; Marta Mouka, 3D fabric artist /eco-prints; Leslie Snyder, 3D fabric artist; Trish Worron, 2D wood art. Arts on Main is an artist-run gallery of 25 local artists.

SEP 4 – 15 Kingston Symphony Fall Book Fair Support the Kingston Symphony’s Volunteer Committee. A range of genres are available, including recent fiction, mysteries, military, Canadiana, children’s books, young adult novels, sheet music and more! Opening night admission charge. For sale dates, times & location: kingstonsymphony.ca SEP 5 – 7 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sea Sand and Sails - Picton Yacht Club A fundraising art sale featuring Mary Brett. Proceeds to benefit Picton Hospital and PEYC youth sailing.

SEP 7 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Author Visit: Ann Douglas - Belleville Public Library Talk by Ann Douglas, author and the weekend parenting contributor to CBC Radio, about her most recent book, Happy Parents, Happy Kids. She will focus on how you as a parent can stop feeling anxious, guilty, and overwhelmed about the challenges of today’s world.

Free event, no registration; Contact: 613968-6731 x2037.

SEP 8 11:00 am - 4:00 pm 3rd Annual Black River Paint Out Join plein air artists to paint the flower

fields, trees and river views of the 3½ acres of Black River Bed and Breakfast in Prince Edward County.

Returning and new artists welcome.

Lunch provided. Register with Judy Clark at JudyClarkArtist@gmail.com.

Public viewing encouraged. Contact: BlackRiverBB@gmail.com/613-4767346.

10:00am - 5:00pm Bancroft & Area Autumn Studio Tour This year (our 27th!) 18 artists and artisans will open their studios for visitors to view and purchase their work.

Enjoy the rugged landscape and spectacular fall colours while driving to visit the artists in their studios. More @ bancroftstudiotour.org/

SEP 14 7:00pm - 9:00pm Absolute Journey Tribute - Stirling Festival Theatre Recreating a full-fledged Journey Concert with Riccardo Curzi! The most traveled Journey tribute in the world.

Optional pre-show buffet dinner at 5pm. $25. Cash bar. Members $38, Seniors $40 and Non-Members $42 +HST More @ stirlingfestivaltheatre. com/call 613-395-2100.

SEP 21 10:00am - 4:00pm Doors Open Belleville 2019 Tour some of our city’s greatest landmarks from our historic Belleville City Hall to Loyalist College’s Media Wing. Admission free. Contact Jeremy T. Davis, Heritage Belleville at jeremytylerdavis@yahoo.ca/613847-4133 or Janna MunkittrickColton, Chair Heritage Belleville at munkittrick43@hotmail.com

SEP 19 11:30 am - 2:00pm Luncheon for the Arts/Arts Recognition Awards - Dinkel’s Restaurant Celebrating 25 years of recognizing those who have made a difference in our community: Catherine Taylor, Holly Dewar, Dave Bush, Andrea Kerr and Mayor Mitch Panciuk. Turn to page 32 for complete details & ticket info.

SEP 25 6:00pm Hello Boss Girl Paint Night - Signal Brewery Join local boss girls for a fun evening of painting + networking at one of Quinte’s premier gathering spots.

Artistic talent not required! Stuck in a creative rut? If so, don’t miss out on this awesome evening of painting and networking, led by local artist Lori Meeboer of Back Porch Originals.

SEP 19 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Gallery Stroll - Downtown Belleville Galleries in Belleville’s newly formed Gallery District will remain open in the evening from 4-7 p.m., inviting visitors to walk the horseshoe to discover the amazing talents of artists and artisans on display. Visit Artists & Artisans Gallery & Studio, the Belleville Art Association gallery, Gallery 121, the Parrott Gallery and the Quinte Arts Council gallery.

SEP 20 8:00pm - Regent Theatre Bill Culp Productions presents Brothers Gibb: The Bee Gees Story Sing along with smash hits like “Night Fever,” “How Deep Is Your Love,” “To Love Somebody,” “Stayin’ Alive” and many more! Tickets $45. More @ theregenttheatre.org SEP 21 – SEP 29

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SEP 20 - Oct 25 QAC Fall Photography Show Featuring Mark Hopper, Ash Murrell and Quinte-region photograhers.

Opening Sept 19 4:00 - 7:00 pm.

More @ quinteartscouncil.org SEP 26 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Quinte Concerts - Parrott Gallery Four new classical music lunchtime performances. Free admission donations appreciated. More @ bellevillelibrary.ca.

SEP 26 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Delta Blues - TerraCello Winery, Bloomfield Tipper Financial Services Ltd. presents Tony Vani & Kenny Pauze in an evening of music, featuring Delta Blues, Folk, and a range of styles from boogie to down and dirty blues.

Arts Calendar SEP 28 – SEP 29 10am - 5pm Tweed & Area Studio Tour Come join us for our 22nd annual Tweed & Area Studio Tour. Drive the country roads and enjoy the fall colours while visiting our studios, Enright Cattle Company is a new addition. Visit their “on farm” retail and display space for their beef and handmade leather bags.

More @ tweedstudiotour.org/ SEP 28 – SEP 29 10:00am - 4:00pm Art Sale Paintings by Belleville artist Florence Lennox are for sale at the home of her daughter, Bonnie Coldham. All paintings are framed, and include oils, watercolours, French dyes on silk, and etchings. Images include florals, landscapes and scenes from Florence’s travels. Over 90 paintings. 19 Oriole Park Avenue, Belleville.

SEP 29 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir Bridge St. United Church.

The popular TWMVC draws on the great Welsh tradition of singing hymns and songs born of the mountains and valleys of Wales. At the same time, it emphasizes a multicultural context in its broad repertoire, which also includes spirituals, operatic arias, Canadian folk songs, Broadway show tunes and contemporary music. Admission by freewill offering.

-------------- OCTOBER --------------OCT 3 – OCT 31 Belleville Art Association Juried Show “Perspectives” - J.M. Parrott Gallery B.A.A. presents our 52nd annual juried show. Original art works in various media by our members. Opening reception October 3 at 6:00pm OCT 3 – OCT 19 “Outside Mullingar” – Belleville Theatre Guild Playwright John Patrick Shanley has a knack for storytelling and this quirky Irish love story is both bittersweet and deliciously funny. Directed by Liz Marshall, the play runs at the Pinnacle Playhouse. More @ bellevilletheatreguild. ca/call 613-967-1442.

OCT 4 7:30pm Jake Clemons Eyes On The Horizon Tour - Empire Theatre On September 6, 2019 singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jake Clemons will release his sophomore album, Eyes On The Horizon. The 10-song collection has Clemons once again creating a new chapter, taking it a step further by adding his voice to those seeking to find clarity in a complicated world and expanding both his musical vision and philosophical perspective.

and locally produced film! More at quintefilmfest.ca

OCT 5 8:00pm The legendary GUH live in concert!

Legendary Toronto band GUH returns to the county for a lively music night at The Athol Recreation Centre, Cherry Valley. GUH has managed to defy conventions and categories for the length of their 28 year long bizarro career. Their genre-bending songs have been described as jazz/rock/reggae/ pop/latin/polka/bop/what-was-that?

Contact: 613-503-2337

OCT 20 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Food for the Soul! – Organ and Soprano Duo Concert Soprano, Kerry-Anne Kutz of Montreal, and organist, Valerie Hall of Regina, present a concert of delectable Canadian morsels served up with skill, panache and humour! On the menu: “Creek Bistro Specials” by David L. McIntyre, “Hark the Lark” by Heaven’s Gate Sings - Robert Ursan, “Sept Vocalises” by Denis Bédard, plus solo organ selections! Bridge St. United Church. Admission by free will offering.

OCT 5 9:00pm Neil Young’uns – A Tribute to Neil Young Come enjoy an evening with the Neil Youg’uns...A tribute to Neil Young at Signal Brewery.

OCT 10 6:30 p.m. - 7 :30 p.m.

Armchair Traveller Our series returns as Dr. Robert Bates zooms us to the stars and back with his images of our solar system taken from the telescope in his backyard observatory. Admission free. More @ bellevillelibrary.ca/call 613-968-6731 x2040.

OCT 17 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Gallery Stroll See description Sept 19 OCT 18 – OCT 20 6pm - 3pm Quinte Canadian FilmFest This three-day film festival in Quinte West celebrates Trenton’s heritage as the “Original Hollywood of the North” by showcasing the best in Canadian

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OCT 20 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm The Pearlfishers - St. Matthew’s United Church OperOttawa presents Bizet’s stunning opera Les Pecheurs de perles (The Pearlfishers) in concert. Cristina Pisani, Rob Martin, Norman E. Brown, John Holland, Claire Harris. Tickets available at St Matthew’s 613-9671511 Pinnacle Music 613-969-0050 or at the door.

OCT 26 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Amaryllis Trio in concert - J.M. Parrott Gallery Violinist Gabriella Hamley, cellist Ana Varona and pianist Debra RichardsonEdge will perform a selection of light classical and salon music surrounded by the beautiful artwork in Gallery One. OCT 26 2:00pm - 4:00pm Saturday Afternoon Concert with Duncan Cooper Trio & Friends The Duncan Cooper Trio will be joined by good friends, vocalist Debra Tosh and tenor saxophonist Dan Bone to perform a fun afternoon of jazz standards and not-so-standards. No advanced tickets or door sales. A Free Will offering will be collected; all proceeds go to Eastminster’s Open Door Cafe (our community soup kitchen). Eastminster United Church, Belleville.

Arts Calendar ------------ NOVEMBER -------------NOV 1 - 22 QAC Self-Portrait Show November 1st is International Self Portrait Day and the QAC is celebrating with a show featuring established, new and emerging artists in all mediums, including painting, sculpture, mixed media and fibre. Opening TBD. More @quinteartscouncil.org.

NOV 1 – NOV 2 Annual Fibre Arts Sale – Belleville Weavers & Spinners Guild Come see what’s new in one-of-a-kind creations — exciting handspun yarns, felted jackets and vests, botanicalprint scarves and shawls, irresistible winter accessories — all handcrafted and unique. At St. Thomas’ Church Hall in Belleville. Free admission & parking, wheelchair accessible. Contact bellwsg@gmail.com.

NOV 7 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Opening Reception: Spirit of the Hills Northumberland Arts Group Spirit of the Hills returns with a show of work by their members in a variety of media.

More @ bellevillelibrary.ca NOV 10 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Pipe Organ Extravaganza! - Bridge St. United Church Come and hear one of Eastern Ontario’s largest pipe organs “Rock” in an unconventional organ concert featuring music from Bach to Broadway to Bohemian Rhapsody! Organist Murray Baer “pulls out all the stops” on this magnificent pipe organ.

NOV 16 10:00am - 4:00pm Mistletoe Magic Artisan Show Ramada by Wyndham Hotel Over 100+ local and regional artisans, designers and makers showcasing hundreds of original and never-before-seen gift ideas. Live music and raffle tickets to benefit the Food for Learning Program. More @ mistletoemagicartisanshow.com NOV 16 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Duncan Cooper Trio Concert

Please join us for the return of the trio and another fabulous & free seasonal concert. More @ bellevillelibrary.ca/ call 613-968-6731 x 2040.

Call for applications for 20202021 residencies is now open. For application details please visit alpurdy. ca/residency/

NOV 21 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Quinte Concerts Returns this month with another new classical music lunchtime performance.

Free admission - donations appreciated.

More @ bellevillelibrary.ca

OCT 29- Nov 29 (Deadline) QAC Self-portrait Show: Call for submissions Open call for established, new and emerging artists in all mediums, including painting, sculpture, mixed media and fibre for upcoming show.

Drop off on Sept 12 & 13. More @ quinteartscouncil.org.

NOV 21 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Gallery Stroll See description Sept 19 NOV 25 - DEC 31 QAC hosts the Artists of Tyendinaga Show & Sale Details to follow. More @ quinteartscouncil.org NOV 28 – DEC 14 “Cliffhanger” by James Yaffe – Belleville Theatre Guild For Professor Lowenthal, there’s no need to look beyond the ideals of Socrates. But will Socratic ideals hold up when a bust of Socrates turns into an ideal weapon and ethical debate turns into ethical dilemma? Directed

by Lisa Morris, the play runs at the Pinnacle Playhouse. 8:00pm on select evenings and 2:00pm on Sundays. For tickets: bellevilletheatreguild.ca/call 613-967-1442.

--- Opportunities, Auditions, Classes and Workshops ----AUG 1 – DEC 19 10:30am - 11:30am Preschool Song & Story Hour - Brighton Public Library Sing along with Terry then read a book with Jeni! Little ones of all ages welcome. Free.

AUG 3 – DEC 21 10:30am - 11:30am Saturday Morning Craft - Brighton Public Library Each week is a different craft and theme. Free. All ages.

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SEP 8 – SEP 9 Auditions for “Cliffhanger” – Belleville Theatre Guild Open auditions will be held at the Pinnacle Playhouse on September 8 @ 2:00pm and September 9 @ 7:00pm. Performances from November 28 to December 14. Contact info@ bellevilletheatreguild.ca/call 613-9671442 SEP 10 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Tuesday Workshop with Rachel Harbour - Parrott Gallery.

Acrylic: Sailboat on the Bay.. An exploration of techniques to paint water, large and small brushes plus some palette knife will be used to create this image of a sailboat tacking in the wind.

SEP 14 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Kerry Kim: Applying Colour to the Human Figure - Baxter Arts Centre Focus on exploring the human form with local skin tones as seen in the works of Singer Sargent and Lucien Freud. Any medium is welcome: acrylics, pastels, and watercolour. The $150 fee includes lunch & models’ fees.

SEP 16 – NOV 19 Watercolour with Ron Pickering Learn the basics of realistic watercolour painting. All levels of experience welcome. In Belleville at Eastminster United Churchl; Trenton at Smiley’s Independent Grocer. More @ loyalistfocus.com/call 613-969-1913 SEP 17 – NOV 12 6:30pm - 9:30pm Understanding your Digital Camera with Robert Bailey - Loyalist College

Arts Calendar Learn the basics of photography and camera operation including ISO, white balance, tripods, shutter speeds, nighttime photography, apertures, and depth of field. Some classes will include short field trips, and peer critiques of one another’s work. More @ loyalistfocus. com/call 613-969-7900 SEP 19 – OCT 24 9:30am - 12:30pm Acrylics for Beginners with Stewart Hood - Loyalist College Learn the basics of acrylics as you first paint from photos, then a still life, and then landscape, all the while, knowledge, tips and a collegial atmosphere spur you on while you paint and have fun doing it!. More @ loyalistfocus.com/call 613-969-7900 SEP 19, OCT 17, NOV 21, The Drawing Room 2:00 -4:00 pm - J.M. Parrott Gallery Non-instructional studio sessions to encourage the traditional practice of drawing and painting the human figure from a draped model. Contact gallery@ bellevillelibrary.ca/call 613-968-6731 x2040 SEP 20, OCT 18, NOV 15, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The Doodle Group - J.M. Parrott Gallery Bring your creations, tools of the trade, and a willingness to share your creativity. These free sessions are hosted by Marita Langlois Contact 613968-6731 x2040 or join the Doodle Group on Facebook SEP 24 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Tuesday Workshop with Rachel Harbour - J.M. Parrott Gallery Acrylic: Evening at the Beach - In this acrylic painting, we will use some fluid medium mixed in our paint to create glazes and buildup of layers of colour.

Opaque white and black sitting on top of our glazes round out this summertime composition.

SEP 27 – SEP 29 9am - 4pm Introduction to Watercolour for Beginners with Donna Bonin @ Donna’s Studio on Oak Lake. Learn how watercolour works and practice

basic techniques in a series of “simple subject” compositions. Cost $140.Contact: donnabonin@sympatico.ca/ 613-3955959. Limited space. Register early.

OCT 1 – NOV 28 Watercolour with Donna Bonin Two 10-week watercolour courses at Loyalist College on Tues evenings or at the Stirling Legion on Thursday mornings. Beginning and experienced artists welcome as she teaches technique, perspective and the use of colour. More @ loyalistfocus.com/call 613-969-7900.

OCT 8 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Tuesday Workshop with Rachel Harbour - J.M. Parrott Gallery Watercolour Pencil: River Rocks - Make use of the versatility of watercolour pencil to create an image of river rocks glistening in the water. Drawing outlines, filling in with colour, blending with water, texturing and detailing will all combine as we explore some colour theory.

OCT 9 – OCT 23 7pm - 10pm Light Painting with your Digital Camera Light Painting is the art of photographing light sources in total darkness while the camera shutter is open. Learn a variety of light painting techniques using your camera, a tripod and a wireless remote, if you have one. Instructor: Robert Bailey. More @ loyalistfocus.com/call 613-969-7900.

OCT 22 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Tuesday Workshop with Rachel Harbour - J.M. Parrott Gallery Acrylic: Field of Flowers - This delightful field of cosmos is created on a background of blended, dripped, smudged, scrubbed and splattered paint in a selection of earth tones.

NOV 3 – NOV 4 Auditions for “Tempting Providence” – Belleville Theatre Guild Open auditions will be held at the Pinnacle Playhouse on Sunday, November 3, at 2:00pm and Monday, November 4, at 7:00pm. Performances will run from January 30 to February 15, 2020.

Contact: info@bellevilletheatreguild.ca/ call 613-967-1442.

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NOV 5 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Tuesday Workshop with Rachel Harbour - J.M. Parrott Gallery Acrylic: Hay Harvest on Wood Weathered wood can be an inspiring surface on which to paint. Employing the well worn grain of reclaimed boards, and using tinted gesso with a simple colour palette, we will create this rural landscape of a field of round hay bales after harvest.

NOV 7 – DEC 12 9:30am - 12:30pm Watercolour for Beginners with Stewart Hood The class will learn how to put watercolour paint on paper and discover the magical attributes of colour: the strength of straight unmixed colour, the magic of mixing colours, and the power of colour washes. More @ loyalistfocus. com/call 613-969-7900.

NOV 19 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Tuesday Workshop with Rachel Harbour - J.M. Parrott Gallery Watercolour Trees, Part 2. In this workshop, we will continue with our “tree techniques” but this time, we will let colour lead the way. Using both brilliant and subtle Fall colours, along with brush work, and experiments with negative painting techniques, we will create a series of expressive, small, tree paintings.

NOV 9 – NOV 10 2:00pm - 4:00pm Auditions for “Mamma Mia!” – Belleville Theatre Guild Open auditions will be held at the Pinnacle Playhouse on Saturday, November 9, at 2:00pm and Sunday, November 10, at 2:00pm. All ages are welcome, and those auditioning should be prepared to sing and should bring sheet music so the accompanist can back them up. Performances will run from April 9 to 26, 2020. Contact: info@bellevilletheatreguild.ca. More @ bellevilletheatreguild.ca/auditions.

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