Linda Jenetti Awarded Reed T. Cooper Bursary

At the January luncheon, Linda Jenetti was  presented with the fifth Reed T. Cooper Bursary in Visual Arts. 

This award of $3,000 is made annually to a local professional artist who displays a unique talent and potential for excellence. As Gary Vipond, Past President of the Arts Council, and Chair of the Selection Committee, pointed out at the presentation, it is made possible through generous donations to the Bursary Fund by members of DAC.

Gary introduced the winning artist and spoke about her active involvement with the local art scene, which included the Kame & Kettle Artists (Past President and former Secretary) and the Orangeville Art Group (former Secretary). Linda was one of the original members of the Dufferin (then Shelburne) Arts Council (former Secretary), has participated in the Hills of Mulmur Studio Tour, North of 89 Studio Tour, Headwaters Studio Tour and the Headwaters Arts Festival and other local art shows. She is also one of the artists/teachers with DAC’s Artists in the Schools program. Farther afield she has shown with the Colour and Form Society, the Society of Canadian Artists, and Visual Arts Mississauga.

Linda has been accepted into many juried shows over the years and received several awards. In 2011 she received the Jurors’ Choice Award at the Headwaters Arts Festival held at the SGI Centre near Alton.

Educated at the Ontario College of Art, the Vancouver School of Art and the Artists’ Workshop (Toronto), Linda has also attended workshops and studied with other artists, including Harold Klunder and Peter Kolisnyk. Last spring (2012) she attended the International School of Art, in Monte Castello di Vibo, Umbria (Italy).

After the award presentation, Linda spoke briefly about her upcoming project. She intends to return to Umbria next May, using her award money for tuition at the International School. Last year she was struck by the similarities and differences between the landscapes of Umbria and Mulmur. She wants to continue her research and develop a body of work that will demonstrate those comparisons and contrasts. She has a commitment to mount a solo show at the Bartlett Gallery in Alton in May, 2014.

Jane Cooper, whose husband Reed was a fellow Kame & Kettle member, and had participated with Linda in many local exhibitions and studio tours, presented the award to Linda and wished her much success.

Jane Cooper

April 28 - Brahms Requiem

The Achill Choral Society celebrates 30 years with a performance of this choral masterwork. Conducted by A. Dale Wood and featuring Stephanie Kramer, soprano, and Kirk Lackenbauer, bass. 

Performance at St. James Roman Catholic Church, 2118 Adjala-Tecumseth Townline, Colgan. 

Tickets: $25 adults, $15 children 13and under, available at Chic a Boom (Caledon Village),

Colour Oasis and Forster’s Book Garden (Bolton), Booklore and Korsten Jewellers (Orangeville), Tottenham Cleaners (Tottenham) and Papermoon Gallery (Alliston).

For more information visit us at www.achill.ca, e-mail info@achill.ca or call 519-939-0020.

April 28, 7:30 pm

April 27 - Caledon Chamber Concert with Leslie Newman & Erica Goodman

Leslie Newman, piano, and Erica Goodman, harp will present a program that includes music by Bach, Saint-Saens, and the late Ravi Shankar. 

The concert takes place at St. James' Church, Caledon East. 

Tickets are $30 for adults, $15 for students 16 years and under, and may be purchased at BookLore, Howard the Butcher, and Forster's Book Garden. 

For more information call 905-880-2445.

April 27, 8 pm

April 24 - Renaissance Show at the AGO

Join us for a day at the Art Gallery of Ontario for this “must see” exhibition Revealing the Renaissance: Stories and Secrets in Early Florentine Art.

This show will “introduce audiences to the vibrant city that gave birth to the Renaissance and to the artists who transformed art forever. More than 90 extremely rare panel paintings, altarpieces, manuscripts, stained glass windows and sculptures will travel to the AGO from over 40 international lenders...” (from AGO’s ARTMATTERS, v.20 no.5).

DATE: Wednesday, April 24, 2013

DEPARTURE: 9:00 am, Superburger (Primrose)

9:15 am, Orangeville Home Hardware (Zehr’s Plaza, Orangeville)

LUNCH: on your own

RETURN: bus leaves AGO at 3:30 pm

COST: $30. (bus only)

AGO admission: approx. $14; members free.

To book, call Jane Cooper at 519-925-2560, or e-mail her at arielcroft@hotmail.com. Please indicate if you are an AGO member.

Send your cheque (for the bus), made payable to:

Dufferin Arts Council, to Jane Cooper, 796125 3rd Line EHS Mulmur, RR 3, Mansfield, ON, L0N 1M0. AGO fee will be collected on the bus.

Jane Cooper

May 11 - 16 Write on the French River

A Creative Writing Retreat at The Lodge at Pine Cove. 

Join us on the banks of the historic French River, where The Lodge at Pine Cove’s dramatic setting will draw out your creative voice and refresh your keyboard-weary fingers. This five-day retreat is a chance to hone your fiction or non-fiction skills with three of Canada’s craftiest writers.

Oakland Ross

Toronto Star feature writer, short– and non-fiction writing 

“It's through the process of writing that you learn what it is you think and feel, and what it is that you have to say."

Susan Scott

Non-fiction editor at The New Quarterly, memoirs 

“When we’re entrusted with people’s stories, our task is to shelter them, not distort them for our own ends.”

Russell Smith

The Globe & Mail columnist, fiction writing 

“And as for other people’s secrets – the stories that are

‘not mine to tell’ – of course they are mine to tell. All stories are mine. The whole world’s mine.”

Bonus: Behind the Bedroom Door – Our instructors will discuss how they handle writing sex scenes. Nicola Ross will lead this engaging and titillating panel discussion.

Visit www.frenchriver.com for more information.

April 06 - Getting to Great Colour with Peter John Reid

If you’re happy to paint with the muddy pool of slop mixed on your palette and continue to hide your efforts in the closet or paint over them again, and again, this workshop is NOT for you. If you don’t have a sense of humour and don’t like to have fun while pursuing your passion, definitely don’t register for this workshop. Peter John Reid will teach you how to mix the colours you really want on your canvas. 

An encouraging mentor, Peter loves to share his passion for painting. Before you can mix a colour you have to be able to see it, and the workshop will give you the practical ability to mix any colour and make colour the strongest part of your painting. Great colour makes the painting, it isn’t an accident. The goal is to get to paintings to be proud of. 

You’ll learn through watching demonstrations, examining samples, personal painting time, critiques and humour. This class is taught with acrylics but the colour lessons apply to all media, and for the absolute beginner toadvanced painter. 

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

workshop. 

The workshop will take place at Victoria ParksCommunity Centre, Mono Mills. April 6, 10am - 4pm

For more information, go to www.orangevilleartgroup.ca.