Explore a free illuminated art show at Ontario Place this spring

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Explore a free illuminated art show at Ontario Place this spring

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April 23, 2023

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Toronto’s Trillium Park at Ontario Place is lit with beautiful displays for free as part of Lumière: The Art of Light event this spring.

Lumière, which was formerly the Winter Light Exhibition, is an outdoor exhibition where visitors can experience the beauty of light art pieces developed by artists from across the province until May 7.

The park is illuminated under the theme of “renewal,” celebrating the change of seasons from winter to spring.

Guests of all ages are free to roam the entire park and take in the captivating art pieces. The exhibition includes 16 detailed displays and each piece has a supporting descriptive panel which outlines the artists involved and their vision for the piece. Some pieces use light and structure as their art form, while others include sound.

One intriguing exhibit with sound is the Aeolian Soundscape, which features an aeolian harp that produces a harmonious noise.

*Aeolian Soundscape* by John Nguyen, Nicholas Hoban, Brady Peters. (Courtesy: Trevor Franco)

The piece, by John Nguyen, Nicholas Hoban, and Brady Peters, leverages the windy landscape of the park to create an interactive musical harp through the use of a reciprocal frame structure.

The structure accentuates the nighttime experience at the park with its fluorescent nylon strings and UV painted lamellae structures, coupled with Black LED lighting.

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Disco Wall, by Nate Nettleton, captures the attention of many with its vibrant display. The iridescent acrylic prism, which houses a wall of spinning disco balls, responds to Lumière’s theme of “Renewal” through material and movement.

*Disco Wall* by Nate Nettleton. (Courtesy: Trevor Franco)

The installation’s focal point is a product that is symbolically representative of celebration: the disco ball. This piece allows guests to experience art in a different method with the disco ball towers that rotate and reflect light and colour, illuminating their surroundings.

Umbra Transit, by Melissa Joakim, is an illuminated interactive piece that uses real-time data to track the changes of the sun and moon as they cycle through their pathways in the sky.

*Umbra Transit* by Melissa Joakim. (Courtesy: Trevor Franco)

During the day, the large flower structure acts as a sundial and by night, it’s an electric moon dial, showing the changing seasons, phases and locations of the sun and moon.

Guests can engage with the exhibit by walking up to it, triggering a glow of colourful lighting effects.

Details about the other exhibits at the park can be found here.

Lumière: The Art of Light is open daily from dusk until 11 p.m. and a cozy bonfire is scheduled for Fridays and Saturdays from 6 to 11 p.m. On now until May 7.

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Original ‘Harry Potter’ cover art sells for $1.9 million, setting auction record – CNN

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June 28, 2024

Harry Miller

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The original illustration for the first edition of J.K. Rowling’s 1997 novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” has sold for a record-breaking $1.9 million.

It had been expected to sell for up to $600,000 – the highest presale value ever placed on a Harry Potter-related item, according to auction house Sotheby’s – but the hammer went down at more than three times that amount.

Sotheby’s said it took nearly 10 minutes for the four-way bidding to conclude in New York on Wednesday.

The watercolor cover art was created by author and illustrator Thomas Taylor.

The image features young wizard Harry Potter – with his unmistakable dark, brown hair, round glasses and lightning bolt scar – ready to board the Hogwarts Express train for his first trip to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Taylor’s cover was used for several translated versions of the book, the auction house said. However, it was not used for the US edition of the book, which was released with the title “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

The watercolor illustration of fictional young wizard Harry Potter in front of the Hogwarts Express train sold for $1.9 million on June 26.

When the illustration was first up for auction at Sotheby’s in London in 2001, it sold for around four times its estimated sale price, for a record £85,750 (about $106,000), according to a Sotheby’s press release issued before the sale.

The record for an item related to the book series was previously held by an unsigned first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” which sold for $421,000 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas, in 2021, according to Sotheby’s.

The first edition of 1997 book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," which Taylor illustrated.

Taylor, just 23 years old at the time, created the original cover image in two days, according to Sotheby’s.

At the time of the book’s publication, Taylor was working in a bookshop, where his colleagues would inform customers that their local bookseller was the illustrator of the high selling novel, Sotheby’s said.

The illustration was auctioned on Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York along with other works of English and American Literature.

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Harry Potter Cover Art Fetches Record Price Of $1.9M At Auction – Yahoo News Canada

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7 hours ago

June 28, 2024

Harry Miller

The original watercolor illustration for the cover of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, the first book in author J.K. Rowling’s famous series, is now the most expensive piece of Potter-related memorabilia ever sold at auction.

The illustration was on the debut edition of the 1997 novel. It has now been sold for $1.9 million by Sotheby’s New York, but not before a four-way bidding battle that lasted almost 10 minutes.

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Thomas Taylor was the artist who painted the image. It depicts Harry Potter on Platform 9¾, awaiting his first ride on the Hogwarts Express.

Taylor completed the painting in just two days using concentrated watercolors on cold-pressed watercolor paper with black pencil. He was paid $650 for his efforts.

A first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was the previous record-holder. It sold for $421,000 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas in 2021.

Taylor’s illustration sold for almost four-times the expected amount of between $400,000 and $600,000.

Sotheby’s said it was the “highest pre-sale estimate ever placed on an item of any Harry Potter-related work.”

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The Works Art and Design Fest is back in concentrated form June 27-July 1

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June 27, 2024

Harry Miller

Clinton Minault’s sculpture Beastly Two-Eyed Festival See-er is at The Work Art and Deisgn Festival June 27 through July 1.

The Works Art and Design Festival is back as its own separate entity after two years sharing space and dates with Edmonton International Street Performers Festival!

Now running in a concentrated, five-day form Thursday through Canada Day, the free creativity festival features large-scale immersive artworks, interactive displays and a solid set of stage performances — all free to enjoy around downtown.

The Works Raneece Buddan — Raneece Buddan’s textiles and pottery are at The Works Art and Design Festival on Churchill Square June 27-July 1. Photo by supplied photo /Raneece Buddan

Found-material sculptor José Luis Torres returns once again, this time with a sea-can construction called Trojan Horse as a comment on consumption and excess.

Edmonton mural star Jill Stanton has moved into sculpture with oversized flowers in a piece she’s calling Supergarden.

Along with her pottery and artwork, Raneece Buddan’s Come Mek mi hole yuh han features a Jamaican maypole dance workshop 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday on the square.

And sculptural abstract painter Giuseppi Albi has a virtual reality exhibit at Stanley Milner Library called Inside the Picture worth a look, as Instant Places’ nightly sound compositions make use of the City Hall clock tower bells back on Churchill Square where most of the other action takes place. Called BellCurve, these play 10:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. nightly, running an hour earlier on Canada Day.

The all-Alberta music lineup looks terrific, as well!

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Terry Morrison and John Gorham, Sammy Volkov and Dana Wylie, Ellie Heath, The Provincial Archive, Pete Turland Band, Mark Davis, Sour, The Denim Daddies and Party Jacket are just some the acts playing June 27-July 1 — full schedule at theworks.ab.ca where you can also find more information on the rest of the artists on the square, and in City Hall, the YMCA, the Milner, The Westin and Rice Howard Way’s Alley of Light.

Plenty of food and vendors, as well.

Come be inspired — the theme name of this year’s festival — by all the creativity flowing around the core!

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