Shows in 2018 - 2019
December 5, 2018 – January 26, 2019: 36th Annual Invitational Juried Exhibition
Opening Reception: Friday, December 7 at 7:30 pm
Sponsor: Boyer GMC Bancroft
Closed February
March 6 – March 30, 2019 Anne Renouf – mixed media
Opening reception Friday, March 8 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Dr. J. Rawal and Dr. J. Guthrie, and Dr. M. Fransky
April 3 - 27, 2019: Carolyn Jongeward – "Correspondences: Arts of the Loom and the Easel"; painting and tapestry
Opening reception Friday, April 5 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Micheline Leveque, Barr. & Sol., and Barbara Allport
May 1 – June 1, 2019: Anita Murphy – "Exploration in Yellow", painting and sculpture
Opening reception Friday, May 3 at 7:30pm
Sponsor: Camp Ponacka
June 5 – 29, 2019: Julie Withrow painting and Barbara Allport - "A Sense of Place", painting
Opening reception Friday, June 7 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Ingrid & Hugh Monteith, and Leillah Ward & Ernst Grell
July 3 – 27, 2019: Holly Edwards - "I've Used Up All My Courage", painting
Opening reception Friday, July 5 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Deuce Tattoos & Deuce Boutique & Botanicals, and Barbara FitzPatrick
July 31 – August 31, 2019: Carol Westcott - "Thin Places", painting
Opening reception Friday, August 2 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Susan Latremoille, and Pam Gibb-Carsley
September 4 – 28, 2019: Kimberly Tucker - "Inheritance", sculpture
Opening reception Friday, September 6 at 7:30pm
Also: Studio Tour sampler in gallery shop
Co-Sponsors: The Old Hastings Mercantile & Gallery, and Freddie Towe
October 2 – 26, 2019: Douglas Back - Installation
Opening reception Friday, October 4 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Chris FitzSimons - Riverside Suite AirBnB, and Cope-Barrett-CPAs
November 1 – 30, 2019: Rob Niezen – "Nocturnal Reflections", painting
Opening Reception Friday, November 1 at 7:30pm
Sponsor: Pat Cooke in Memory of Paul D. Cooke
December 4, 2019 – January 25, 2020: 37th Invitational Juried Show
Opening reception Friday, Dec. 6 at 7:30pm
Sponsor: Boyer GMC Bancoft
Past Show
Carolyn Jongeward Exhibition April 2019
Carolyn Jongeward - "Correspondences: Arts of the Loom and the Easel"; painting and tapestry
April 3 - 27, 2019
Opening reception Friday, April 5 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Micheline Leveque, Barr. & Sol., and Barbara Allport
About the Artist
Carolyn paints with acrylics and works in mixed media, including block printing.
Her extensive experience as tapestry artist informs her painting, as does her ongoing exploration of colour, pattern, and texture. Her creative process is the subject of “Weaver of Worlds”, published by Inner Traditions International.
About the Exhibition
Carolyn’s exhibition includes both paintings and hand-woven tapestries. The selection of artwork highlights the correspondence of colour, texture, pattern, and geometry in both tapestry and painting.
“Circle Dance”, Painting “Spiral Glyph”, Tapestry
“Alchemy”, Tapestry “Turning Point”, Painting
2018 Annual Juried Exhibition
The Opening Reception for the 36th Annual Juried Exhibition was held on Friday, December 7th at 7:30 p.m. The Exhibition received a record number of entries, leaving this year's Juror Caroline deMooy with difficult decisions in awarding the prizes. This year, the Juried Exhibition runs for two months, until the end of January, 2019.
The award winners in each of the seven categories, as well as the Best-in-Show award are listed below. Congratulations to this year's winners!
Best in Show - David B. Milne Award
Alex Jack for his painting Pond and Shoreline
Category 1 - LANDSCAPE PAINTING
Best in Category – Bancroft Times Award
Laura Culic for In the Heart of the Forest
Honourable Mention – Hannah Lithographers Award
Michael Dombrowskik for Grey Day
Category 2 - ABSTRACT PAINTING
Best in Category – FitzPatrick Family Award
Molly Moldovan for Tallan III
Honourable Mention – FitzPatrick Family Award
Shelley Brown for Joy
Category 3 - STILL LIFE AND FIGURATIVE PAINTING
Best in Category – Greg Latremoille Award
Freddie Towe for Tina’s Toes
Honourable Mention – York River Framing Award
Henry Melissa Gordon for I am Still a Ghost Too
Category 4 - DRAWING
Best in Category – Park View Dental Award
Alex Jack for Forest Early October
Honourable Mention- Carol R. Kadwell-Wallace Award
Tom Feenstra for Circles Squares Triangles
Category 5 - FIBRE, MIXED MEDIA
Best in Category – Bancroft Bed & Breakfast Award
Paul Holman for Spring Flare
Honourable Mention - Bancroft Bed & Breakfast Award
Heather Lawrie for Smokey Renewal
Category 6 - PHOTOGRAPHY, DIGITAL ART, PRINTMAKING
Best in Category – Marlin Horst and Margot Currie Award
Keetha Newman for Along Musclow Greenview Road
Honourable Mention – Old Tin Shed Award
Sue Ardea Prentice for Ascension
Category 7 - TWO AND THREE DIMENTIONAL SCULPTURE
Best in Category – McDougall Insurance Brokers Award
Ken Fraser for Father
Honourable Mention – Brown's Hair Design Award
Sue Rankin for Northern Lights Vases
A group photo of the winners appears below.
Visitors to the Gallery can vote for the People's Choice award, a popular event for artists and gallery-goers alike! Each ballot allows visitors to name their three favorite works of art in the exhibition. Winners of the People's Choice Awards will be announced at the end of the Exhibition at the end of January 2019.
The Invitational Exhibition is sponsored by Boyer Chevrolet Buick GMC Bancroft
Rocky Dobey Exhibit September 2018
Rocky Dobey - "Intaglio Prints"
An Exhibition of Prints and Sculpture
September 5 – 29, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, September 7th at 7:30 pm.
Sponsor: Hybla Today
About the Artist
Rocky Dobey started making art after moving from Northern Manitoba to Toronto in the early 1970s. While working as a shoeshine boy, he began xeroxing his drawings and posting them on walls and buildings all over downtown Toronto. From there, he progressed to installing metal plaques, copper sculptures and billboard-sized paintings on abandoned buildings. Rocky created and installed thousands of pieces, all anonymously, beginning in 1971. In 1986, he began producing posters (under his own name) for political events and social justice groups for everything from the 50th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War to Prisoner’s Justice, G20 and Occupy. He began his public work as an artist in the mid-1990’s, making copper sculptures and developing his craft as a printmaker.
About the Exhibition: “Intaglio Prints”
These are prints on paper made from copper etched plates. The exhibition also will include four sculptures about 16” tall created from copper and steel. An additional feature of the show is a collaboration with Rocky Green, which will include a collection of 20 small prints (3” x 5” each).
