August 25 - Exploring Techniques to Loosen Up Your Work with Merv Richardson

Watercolour is a wonderful, exciting medium. Merv Richardson likes to express architectural and landscape subjects in a manner which stretches a representational viewpoint by means of a spontaneous, intuitive approach to his work. 

The day will begin with an introductory talk on the making of and methods used in painting in watercolour. This will be followed by a step-by-step demonstration. There will be time for you to paint, with individual help and critique from Merv. We will explore several techniques used to achieve the goals of the workshop. These include working wet in wet (how to control shapes on a slippery surface); building a finished painting upon a splattered abstract background; and using a slick method to paint trees, working with negative shapes. 

Participants in the workshop should have some knowledge of painting with watercolours. 

Cost: OAG members: $50 Non-members: $70. Non-members may join the OAG at the workshop. 

For further information, please contact Warren Galloway at wgalloway@rogers.com or 519-307-0210 or go to www.orangevilleartgroup.ca.

August 25, 10 am - 4 pm

August 12 - Dini Petty Reads from Her Children's Book

 

A special reading by Dini Petty from her bestselling children’s book, The Queen, the Bear and the Bumblebee will delight audiences both young and old. Followed by Marci Lipman and Robert Ireland who will give a fascinating talk on bees and honey. Tickets are $10 per person, $5 for DCMA members. Please contact the DCMA 1-877-941-7787 to reserve or purchase tickets by phone.

The Queen, the Bear and the Bumblebee

August 12, 2 pm
Dufferin County Museum & Archives 
 

August 9 - Blazing Fiddles Concert

 

Besides championship fiddlers competing for over $17,000 in prizes, this year’s event will include a concert by the Blazing Fiddles, step-dancing, jam sessions, parade, beer garden, open air market, non-denominational church service, Battle of the Bands, Country Superstars and Aerosmith tribute bands, lots of entertainment and food, camping and much more!

Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship
August 8-12, 2012
Shelburne, Ontario

Aug. 8, 7:00 pm - Battle of the Bands $7 in advance, $10 at the door
Aug. 9, 7:30 pm - Blazing Fiddles Concert $20.00
Aug. 10, 1 pm & 7 pm - Fiddle Championship Playdowns $10.00
Aug. 11, 3:00 pm - Fiddle and Stepdance Show $7.00
Aug. 11, 6:30 pm - Fiddle Championship Finals and Black Family Entertainment $20.00
Event Package - $45.00 for adults, $22.00 for children 12 and under

More information and tickets: 519-925-8620 or online at www.shelburnefiddlecontest.on.ca

Lunch at the Globe

Lunch at the Globe

(on Highway 89 in the Village of Rosemont)

Another season with NO SNOW-OUTS! Judy and Paul have developed an amazing way to convince the weatherman to desist on Mondays.

And I can sleep quietly on Sundays next year! It will be someone else's worry. This brings with it an URGENT REQUEST for volunteers to help plan and co-ordinate the luncheons. If we get two or three, the job will be easy. Basically, it involves selecting potential speakers, contacting them and scheduling their talks. Then, there are thewrite-ups for the artsletter and emails to encourage members to register. The set-up at The Globe is now fairly routine with lots of techies about. Enlisting introducers and thankers is not onerous. There are plenty of possibilities.

Some may be frightened away by the thought of having to act as MC. I'll continue to do that - when needed - until someone wrestles me to the ground. For me, that's the fun part.

So, please think on this! Join the committee to keep the luncheons speakers series going.

To that end, I've lined up what looks like a fascinating list for June and into the fall:

Reservations

A gentle reminder that we have reluctantly raised our price for the luncheons and speakers to $20.00.

We continue with Judy and Paul Lansing as our “ticketmaster” outlet. Please phone them to reserve at 519-942-4049. Also phone if you need to cancel! Phone by the Friday before the luncheon. We give Beth and David our numbers on Saturday morning so that they can order sufficient food and we are billed according to that number.

As Beth and David always have a little extra, we can add a few last minute members up to Sunday night, but we are billed for the number we quote on Saturday morning. If you find you can attend but have no reservation, call Judy up to Sunday night to see if there is space. If you reserve and do not cancel, we will have to send you a bill! We would rather have you there! Book as early as possible, preferably right after the previous month’s event.

That's all for now!

Dick Byford

DACetera - Spread the Word…

It is hard to believe that another quarter has gone by! I have been busy these past months working toward our goals as per the Trillium grant mandate. An integral part of this position is to be vociferous about our wonderful organization.

To accomplish this I have been talking, blogging, tweeting and meeting! We now have over 30 organizations from our community following us on Twitter and over 1300 views of our blog to date!

As for good old-fashioned communication, I have been telling so many people about our great luncheons, our spectacular DACAS events and amazing excursions that new members have joined us each and every month since my posting.

I would love help from all of you to promote our fabulous group. Imagine that we could double our representation in the community if every member invited just one friend or neighbour to join DAC. Greater enrollment in DAC equals greater advocacy for the arts in Dufferin.

Let’s all get out and promulgate!! (If you have to look that one up, you’re in good company!)

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

~Herman Melville

Arlene M. Taylor

July 29 - City Dairy

Paul Huntley will present on the Ontario dairy collecting hobby using local area dairy artifacts and will also discuss his new history book on the City Dairy of Toronto. 

Guests are encouraged to bring in any local dairy or City Dairy information or stories they would like to share for a show and tell session at the end of the presentation. 

Tickets are $10 per person, $5 for DCMA members. Please contact the DCMA 1-877-941-7787 to reserve or purchase tickets by phone.

July 29, 2 pm

City Dairy

Dufferin County Museum & Archives

July 28 - Martamus and Romeo: Two Unknown Canadian Horse Stories

Two paintings from the 2012 Beauty in the Beast exhibit have a special story and place in Canadian animal history.

Using the actual paintings as a backdrop, Curator Wayne Townsend will tell the intriguing stories of Martamus, a race horse who has a hospital wing named after him and is buried at the Royal Botanical Gardens and Romeo, a heavy horse whose journey started in England and ended up in Brandon, Manitoba. 

Tickets are $10 per person, $5 for DCMA members. Please contact the DCMA 1-877-941-7787 to reserve or purchase tickets by phone.

Martamus and Romeo: Two Unknown Canadian Horse Stories

Dufferin County Museum & Archives 

July 28, 1:30 pm