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
Withrow-Allport Exhibition June 2019
Julie Withrow and Barbara Allport - "A Sense of Place", Exhibition of paintings
June 5 – 29, 2019
Opening reception Friday, June 7 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Leilah Ward & Ernst Grell, and Ingrid & Hugh Monteith
Barbara Allport Artist Statement
After a hiatus of many years, I have in the last 5 years reinstated my art practise. My painting enables me to express emotions and feelings about the world around me. The feelings of some of these experiences are beyond words and so I try to give life and reflection to these things on my canvas. I hope the viewer will share an appreciation of the places which I paint.
In part, my work is a statement about the precious nature of our local wetlands. A recent U.N. study has concluded that more than 80% of earth’s wetlands have been lost to mining, housing and industry. They are an important habitat for many species of birds, turtles and other animals. In Ontario, 7 out of 8 turtle species are “at risk”, in part due to the diminishing wetlands. I have also included paintings of memorable interior spaces and other exterior locations that have moved me.
Julie Withrow Artist Statement
My paintings are executed in oil-stick on paper. I use the oil-stick like oil paint, mixing it on a palette and applying it with a palette-knife. I like to use a fairly small format and keep things as loose as possible so they remain lively despite the fact that I work from photographs in my studio. The photos are of places in Frontenac and Lake Superior Provincial Parks, The Temagami Region and other areas where I have camped during holidays.
