Studio artist, Julia Vandepolder, currently has two of her drawings, titled " The Green Room" (shown here) and "Table Top", that have been accepted into this year's 13th Annual DRAWING 2012 Exhibition at the John B. Aird Gallery in Toronto. She has won the First Prize Award for "The Green Room". DRAWING 2012 runs from February 7 to March 2.
An opening reception and award ceremony will take place on Thursday, February 9 from 6-8 pm. For more information please visit: http://www.airdgallery.org The John B. Aird Gallery is located at 900 Bay St. Toronto.
Congratulations Julia!
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Alton Mill artist Janet Simmons Sweet, in Studio 204, has been accepted as the Artist in Residence with a solo exhibit at the Rose Theatre in Brampton. The collection, 'Four Seasons', is comprised of 22 artworks from the many changing colours in the Hills of Headwaters. Show runs to March 3rd, 2012.
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TASTE OF TOURISM AWARDS ~ On Wednesday 16 November, The Hills of Headwaters Tourism Association celebrated excellence in tourism and hospitality at their annual tourism awards ceremony. The evening honoured those businesses and individuals that exemplify business and customer service excellence, and who help profile the Hills of Headwaters region as one of Ontario's premier tourism destinations.
Congratulations to Ann Randeraad, a talent potter who has a studio here at the Alton Mill Art Centre was awarded Artisian of the Year.
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Welcoming Back Julia Vandepolder
Julia was recently away from her studio for the month of September, attending a 4 week residency at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Vermont Studio Center is the largest international artists' & writers' residency program in the United States, hosting 50 visual artists' and writers' each month from across the world.
Read about her experience here on the Telephone Booth Gallery blog.
Award Winning Artist in the Crimson Feather Gallery
Featured Watercolour Artist Yaohua Yan, in the Crimson Feather Gallery's current show, Still Waters, Flowing Bronze - has just been awarded the Curry's M. Graham & Co. Award for his entry into the Canadian Watercolour Society's 86th Annual Open International Juried Art Exhibition. Yaohua's work will be on display until November 27th.
Andrea Bird Honoured with Two Awards at SGI Show
Alton Mill master encaustic artist and teacher Andrea Bird was honoured with not one, but two coveted awards at this fall's Headwaters Arts Festival annual juried show held at the SGI-Canada Caledon Centre.
The awards included the Jurors Choice Award, and the Artists Choice Award for the body of work Andrea submitted to the show. Needless to say, she "was thrilled".
Julia Vandepolder's paintings are featured in the latest exhibition at the Telephone Booth Gallery in Toronto. According to the curator of the gallery "The rich surfaces of [Vandepolder's] paintings capitalize on the tension between representation and abstraction, inside and outside, what is hidden and what is visible. Abstract accumulations of line, colour and texture tentatively coalesce into the jagged contour of a beam, a corroded pipe or a pile of bricks." The exhibition runs from Oct. 12 to Nov. 26 with reception Friday Oct. 21, 7-10pm. For more information...
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For the third year in a row, Craig Bell will be leading a group of local photography-lovers as a part of the World-Wide Photo Walk, Sunday October 2. Craig will lead the group on a walk I titled "Two Mills, One River". Starting at the Millcroft Inn, photographers will walk around the Inn, then down Queen Street to the Alton Mill.
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Meet Renowned Wildlife Artist George Mclean
The Headwaters Arts Festival is hosting a talk by renowned wildlife painter George McLean on Sunday Oct. 2 at 2:00 pm in the Pond Gallery at the Alton Mill. Please join us to hear McLean share his journey from humble beginnings to acclaimed illustrator and artist. Tickets $20 + HST (HA members) and $25 + HST (non-members) - all proceeds to support Headwaters Arts.
No Holds Barred is a seleciton of work from the past decade of James Gordaneer's work. No Holds Barredruns from October 2 to October 23 in The Bartlett Gallery.
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Prarie Skies in the Pond Gallery
In Big Sky, Alton Mill artists Bonnie Eskelson and Dawn Friesen evoke their common roots in the Canadian Praries. Big Sky runs until August 28 in the Pond Gallery.
Julia Vandepolder received the Founding Chairman's Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition held in Nathan Phillips Square on July 8 to 10.
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Guelph Jurors' Awards
Three Alton Mill artisans win Jurors' Awards from Guelph Creative Arts Association. On June 12 Kathy Crain, Bridget Wilson and Ann Randeraad were awarded honourable mentions in the fibre, glass and pottery categories respectively at the "Painting On the Green 2011" show. The awards were presented by Guelph Mayor Karen Farbridge.
On June 2, the mill was swarming with people as Heritage Caledon combined its annual soiree with the Opening Reception and Award Presentation for Time Frame, the largest art show held at the Alton Mill to date. The main juried show drew an eclectic mix of art from around the province, all celebrating Ontario's cultural and natural heritage and is accompanied by an exhibition of student work in the Pond Gallery. Jurors' awards were given to...
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Four of Darlean Morris' paintings have been accepted by the Art Gallery of Ontario's Art Sales and Rental Gallery, including "Resplendent" which has been on display in her studio at the mill. Darlean's work can also be seen in "Inspirations" at the Studio Vogue Gallery in Toronto, June 1 to June 22, reception Thursday June 2nd 6-8 pm.
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Alton Mill's Andrea Bird online radio interview
Resident encaustic artist Andrea Bird was interviewed recently by Mark Lipinski for Creative Mojo.
Click here and go to the June 8 broadcast to listen to Andrea 'wax' on about encaustic and the conference that she just came home from in Provincetown! .
The Alton Mill's Julia Vandepolder is featured in a two-person show, Parallels, with Laura Kreviazuk at the vsvsvs*/G Gallery in Toronto. The show runs from Thursday June 2nd – July 2nd. Reception: Thursday June 2nd, 7-10pm . In conjunction with Parallels, Julia has a solo exhibition, Remnants, on display at the nearby VSVSVS Gallery.
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Spring Awakenings Peoples' Choice Awards
Congratulations to Bridget Wilson for winning the People Choice award for her glass piece "All Meshed Up" in the Art Fit for a King exhibition currently on display in the Millrace room. Second place award goes to Mark Grice for his acrylic painting "Kate Walk", and third place was a tie: "Fit for a Princess", an encaustic wax painting by Andrea Bird and another glass piece by Bridget Wilson, "Royal Black Magic".
Fire and Ice - People's Choice Award Winners
A special Fire & Ice themed art exhibition by the Alton Mill studio artists has been mounted in the Pond Gallery as part of our annual winter festival. On the opening weekend, the general public had their say. A total of 20 different works received votes for the People's Choice award, and in the end only three votes separated first, second and third places. The winner is "Warm Up" a painting in acrylic on canvass by Mark Grice. Second place by one vote is "Ice", a large bowl composed of glass shards by Bridget Wilson, closely followed by "With Wings Outstretched" a beeswax encaustic painting by Andrea Bird. Congratulations to the winners and all those who participated. Thanks to the public for your feedback. The show continues until the end of February.
