What's On This week...
Happy Victoria Day! The Mill will be open Saturday, Sunday & Monday this coming weekend from 10am - 5pm.
Transfigurations opens in The Bartlett Gallery this Wednesday and runs until June 10. This abstract exhibition features artists Jeanette Luchese, Aaron Rose, Janice Tayler and glass artist Greg Locke. Meet the artists during the opening reception next Saturday May 26 from 1pm - 4pm.
The Dam Gallery presents Spirit of the Moment with artists Iris Casey, Pete Herlihy, Sue Powell. Opening reception Saturday from 1pm - 4pm.
The Orangeville Blues & Jazz Festival comes to the Alton Mill for the first time. Come out to see emerging blues musician Lyric Dubee and his mesmerizing guitar skills! Lyric performs at 4pm on Saturday June 2.
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Celebrate this season of renewal with art activities and exhibitions at the Mill during our 2012 Spring Awakening event. Browse open studios, interact with artists and take part in our mini-workshops in encaustic, drawing, pottery, collage, jewellery-making or silk painting for an incredible hands-on arts-packed day! Class size is limited so pre-register to avoid disappointment! For more Spring Awakening activities....
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New Alton Mill Tenants
Welcome to the newest arrivals at the Mill!
Shannah Rose designer clothing has moved into studio 101 on the main floor of the Mill. Owner Shannah Davison will be designing, making and selling her one of a kind creations here in the Mill.
Photographers Simon Burn and George Church have moved into studio 216.
The Frontline Media offices are now located in the Mill. Katie Burchell will be putting together her popular magazines Caledon Living and Orangeville Living, in studio 216.
Last but not least, wood-turner, Randy McLeod has joined glass-worker Bridget Wilson in studio 208.
This year's winners of the Business for the Arts Parnership awards were anounced on March 28, 2012. The Alton Mill Arts Centre was honoured with one of these six national awards.
We were thrilled to receive the Globe and Mail award for the Best Entrepreneurial Partnership. It recognizes a business “that has taken an entrepreneurial approach to partnering with the arts” and realized “a challenging project or innovative goal”. Seaton Group was named for its partnership with Headwaters Arts for the “revitalization and creation of the Alton Mill Arts Centre”.
More than 400 guests from across Canada will gather to celebrate at an awards Gala at the Carlu in Toronto on Thursday, October 4, 2012.
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The Winner has been determined for the Diamond Treasure Ring Giveaway from Gallery Gemma.
Danny Flemming was chosen as the person who could give this amazing gift to his wife, Cynthia.
Here is amazingly heart felt entry:
Our 25th Anniversary is this summer and she is still the Love of my Life. She works tirelessly taking care of our special needs daughter and has proven doctors wrong when they told us she would never walk, talk, or live past six. Our daughter is now 15, walks, rides horses, bikes and is on the honour role in highschool. My wife has never given up on her. We just buried my Father at 91 who always said he was lucky to have the Love of his life, my mother, for 62 years. I hope to be that lucky.
Want to know the inscription....
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For weeks we were worried that there would be no ice or snow for this past years's Fire & Ice Festival. But mother nature came through and gave us perfect conditions! Approximately 1,200 people came out and enjoyed a beautiful sunny weekend with myriad activities indoors and out. For photos of the event...
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What would you say if you had 100 words to express your love?
As part of the 3rd annual Fire & Ice Winter Festival taking place the weekend of January 21 and 22, 2012 at the Alton Mill, you have a chance to win a gorgeous Taköhl Diamond Treasure Ring valued at $3,975. (courtesy of Gallery Gemma) - just in time for Valentine's Day.
Show us your fire, we’ll give you our ice!
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Here is a look into a recent Wedding that was hosted here and captured by the talented photographer Tara McMullen. This couple was married within the stone walls of the Waterfall Courtyard. They moved indoors into the Millrace Room for a Cocktail Reception as the final details were being setup upstairs in the Bartlett Gallery for their dinner. After an amazing dinner with the most unique and romantic ambience, the guests moved downstairs where they danced the night away with our very own Dj & Wedding planner extraodinaire, Laura Forbes. (she is also our in house coordinator)
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This Holiday season, indulge your senses and treat your loved ones to a truly unique gift. This year, make your gifts exceptional. From our hands to yours, buy an original!
See our printable Holiday Brochure & Gift Giving Guide by clicking here.
Not sure what to choose? Purchase an Alton Mill Gift Certificate that works in most Studios & Galleries, letting the lucky recipient pick their own amazing gift. Certificates available for purchase in the Crimson Feather Gallery located at the main entrance of the Mill.
Visit often to participate in the many seasonal events offered.
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Local Heroes In the Hills
Everyone in the local area knows In The Hills Magazine. In fact we are almost willing to bet that there is a copy currently sittting on your coffee table. So we were delighted to read in the current issue that Jeremy & Jordan Grant, owners of the Alton Mill Art Centre, are featured as Local Heroes for their dedication in restoring this Historic Landmark, as well as creating a home for the local art scene. Read the full story online.
Experience this Couple's "Vintage" & "Rustic Canadian" wedding which was hosted here at the Alton Mill last October and then featured in Wedding Bells Magazine. Also featured in the Style Me Pretty Blog.
Book your Wedding, Social or Corporate event at the Alton Mill now.
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Shaw's Creek Cafe
With the Grain’s Shaw’s Creek Café is hiring a Permanent Part-time Café Attendant
Start Date: November 2011 Location: Alton, ON
Working at With the Grain’s Shaw’s Creek Café in the historic Alton Mill, the Café Attendant will support the Café Manager in the daily operation of the café providing our fresh and wholesome baked goods, sandwiches, pantry products and fair trade coffee to the artists and patrons of the galleries and studios.
This position requires availability on weekends and weekdays. 15-20 hrs/3 shifts per week.
A hand-crafted bowl and a variety of tasty soups prepared by local chefs are the main ingredients of an event that raises money for local food banks.
The Alton Mill Arts Centre hosted its second annual Empty Bowls on Oct. 22. Approximately 200 guests joined the soup line for the chance to choose one of hundreds of bowls made by area potters. Their bowls were then filled with one of five soups on offer for lunch. At the end of the meal, they went home with the bowl, a full belly, and the knowledge that they had helped the less fortunate in the community.This year Empty Bowls raised over $11,000.
Event was organized by local potter, Ann Randeraad who is located in studio 209.
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The concept behind Empty Bowls was initiated by Michigan Art teacher John Hartom in 1990. The idea is to have participating artists to create and donate bowls, then serve a simple meal, the objective being to organize a charitable event to give artists and art students a way to make a personal difference.
Empty Bowls has since grown into an international project to fight hunger at a community level.
Ann Randeraad, a potter at the Alton Mill, brought this iniative to the Mill last year and the response was overwhelming. The first Empty Bowls at the Alton Mill was sold out completely. This year there are 200 hand crafted bowls that will be filled with soup from local participating restaurants. Attendees can enjoy their soup during either the lunchon sitting (11:30am – 2:00pm) or the dinner sitting (3:30pm – 5:00pm). Both sittings will include live musical entertainment.
New this year is the opportunity for attendees to make their own stone bowls through a workshop with stone worker Doug Bell. The price of admission covers this option as well as the meal.
Tickets for Empty Bowls are $35.00 and include handcrafted bowl as well as meal of soup and bread. For more details including how to buy advance tickets...
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Saturday Sept. 24 to Monday Oct. 10, 2011
Autumn brings its annual pageantry to our Great Lakes forests, when, for a fleeting few weeks, the hills of Caledon are ablaze in red, orange, yellow and brown. Fall is both the most visually stunning season to take in the Alton Mill Arts Centre, and the most bountiful time for the Arts.
Buckets of Colour, the Alton Mill’s third annual Fall arts event, runs for three weekends, from September 24 to Thanksgiving, and features open studios of all tenant artists, with special workshops and demonstrations, a youth art show, a new outdoor sculpture show plus new gallery exhibitions and openings. At Buckets of Colour, the Headwaters Arts Festival, Culture Days and Destination Equitation all meet under one roof. For the full shedule of events...
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Taking up residency in the Mill's Livery is The Country Forge. Ray Shindler is a metal artist whose hand crafted work is sought after by lovers of ornate metal work. Drop by the Livery on the weekend for live demonstrations of his unique metal designs.
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The results are in! Winners in all catagories and divisions have been chosen. Come by the Millrace Room to see the incredible equine art of local youth, on display until Monday October 10. Congratulations and thanks to all who participated!
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Headwaters Arts invites you to the Peterson Art Ball "No Boundaries" fundraising dinner Friday Sept. 9 - gourmet food, fantastic entertainment, excellent company! Hosted by Mag Ruffman and Patcick McKenna under a marquee tent in the Annex. Proceeds to support the Arts in the Headwaters region. Buy your tickets now.
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Interested in becoming a part of the Alton Mill team? Come and join us for a tour of the Mill on Sunday September 11 led by Jeremy Grant and sign up for future volunteer opportunites!
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Millpond Rehabilitation Project article in Orangeville Citizen
Read Citizen article on Millpond Rehabilitation Project.
A Wonderful Weekend of Local Food, Art & Drink!
On July 15-17 the mill was swarming with people. What were they doing in all the heat?
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Delicious art, beautiful fare. July 16 & 17, 2011. Our 3rd annual summer festival of Food & art promises to be nothing short of spectacular. With the return of our popular Toonie Tastings, the area’s finest in Art, Food and Drink, our Open Air Market, and Humber River Shakespeare Company performances of Comedy of Errors, Cuisine-Art is the event of the summer – you will not want to miss it!
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The Humber River Shakespeare Company presents A Comedy of Errors in the Annex courtyard this Friday and Saturday at 7:00pm. (Indoors in case of rain.)
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Welcome to our new website and logo. The original Alton Mill logo dates back to the conception of the project in the late 1990s. We felt it was time for a fresh new look that reflects the unique combination of heritage preservation and sleek modernity that characterizes both the rehabilitation of the building and the creative vibrancy that is generated by our artists every day. The logo was crafted by local graphic designer Paul Hogeveen. The website was built by Gabriel Grant with the assistance of designer Paul de la Merced.Thank you to the numerous photographers who contributed material used on the site.
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The Alton Mill's resident fox was sighted this spring with her litter of six kits.
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We've Won!... again
Alton Mill wins award for Best Arts, Culture or Heritage Experience in the Hills of Headwaters tourism region. This follows on the heels of the Ontario Heritage Trust's Community Recognition Award and the Heritage Canada Foundation's National Achievement Award for the rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of the Alton Mill into a mixed-use, arts and heritage complex.At its annual conference in September 2009, the Canadian Association of Heritage Profiessionals gave Architect Catherine Nasmith and Landscape Architect Owan Scott Awards of Merit for their work on the project.
Experience this Couple's "Vintage" & "Rustic Canadian" wedding which was hosted here at the Alton Mill last October and then featured in Wedding Bells Magazine. Also featured in the Style Me Pretty Blog.
Book your Wedding, Social or Corporate event at the Alton Mill now.
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