The group art exhibition opens this Saturday and runs until the end of March
Fourteen artists have come together around the theme of play for a group exhibition. Join us on Saturday March 2nd as we celebrate the opening of “In the Spirit of Play”, a group art exhibition. The reception will run from 2:00 – 4:00pm and there will be light refreshments, free museum admission, and artists on site. The show will have on emphasis on accessibility.
Curator, Sarah Carlin-Ball, writes, “Since the pandemic, connection, sharing space, and creativity have been thrown into relief as something we humans absolutely need. The spirit of play has a different meaning for each artist here, but this project highlights the warmth of connection, the joy of exploration, and welcoming the unexpected. The theme is intended to inspire us to touch the mystery of life — which generally happens when we are curious, surprised, and awestruck — presenting, in the end, a show that will hopefully effect the same for the viewers.”
Expect to be reminded of how in childhood we were always drawn to play, how that created friendships and joyful freedom. Witness skill and talent in the service of joyful possibility, pleasant surprises, fun and excitement. The freedom of imagination that comes from keeping a positive child-like vision and sense of play has resulted in a collection of unique works. The pieces created for this exhibition are all about play — thinking outside the usual approaches, allowing for the unexpected to occur, and expressing joy.
Play isn’t just for children or artists; it’s an essential aspect of learning, community-building, and creative discovery. Come out to see the show! Guaranteed inspiration awaits.
Participating artists include: Janet Bourgeau, Sarah Carlin-Ball, Christine Charette, Claire Domitric, Monique Godon, Gillian Hebert, Tiina Kirik, Kim Kitchen, Rebecca McGinley, Ingrid Rudnik O’Gorman, Linda Millar, Edna Scott, Pat Stamp, Vanessa Tignanelli, and Brent Trach.
The show will run from March 2nd – 30th, 2024. The gallery will be open Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 – 5:00pm.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario for their assistance with this exhibition.
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LONDON (AP) — With a few daubs of a paintbrush, the Brontë sisters have got their dots back.
More than eight decades after it was installed, a memorial to the three 19th-century sibling novelists in London’s Westminster Abbey was amended Thursday to restore the diaereses – the two dots over the e in their surname.
The dots — which indicate that the name is pronounced “brontay” rather than “bront” — were omitted when the stone tablet commemorating Charlotte, Emily and Anne was erected in the abbey’s Poets’ Corner in October 1939, just after the outbreak of World War II.
They were restored after Brontë historian Sharon Wright, editor of the Brontë Society Gazette, raised the issue with Dean of Westminster David Hoyle. The abbey asked its stonemason to tap in the dots and its conservator to paint them.
“There’s no paper record for anyone complaining about this or mentioning this, so I just wanted to put it right, really,” Wright said. “These three Yorkshire women deserve their place here, but they also deserve to have their name spelled correctly.”
It’s believed the writers’ Irish father Patrick changed the spelling of his surname from Brunty or Prunty when he went to university in England.
Raised on the wild Yorkshire moors, all three sisters died before they were 40, leaving enduring novels including Charlotte’s “Jane Eyre,” Emily’s “Wuthering Heights” and Anne’s “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.”
Rebecca Yorke, director of the Brontë Society, welcomed the restoration.
“As the Brontës and their work are loved and respected all over the world, it’s entirely appropriate that their name is spelled correctly on their memorial,” she said.
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