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News & Notes, Honors & Accolades
Last updated: January 31, 2012
For your Valentine—Something Special from the Alberta House Shop!
When we think of Valentines, we think of heart-shaped candy boxes and flowers—special, pampering luxuries, especially in February when it’s cold and summer seems a long time away. They’re easy to purchase and not too costly and you don’t have to wrap them—but they’re ephemeral. In a week, only a warm memory remains.
So we have a suggestion. Go to the Alberta House shop and have a look around. It’s full of beautiful, unique, hand-crafted items.
Go to the Shop page and check out a few of the items available...
A Visit To China
The exhibit in the LSSU Library Gallery during February offers a fleeting opportunity to see a marvelous display of Chinese Art. “Fleeting” because the art has been gleaned from four different private sources: the personal collections of Dr. and Mrs. Tony McClain, Professor James Moody, Dr. Guidi Yang, and Dr. Jun Li. And “marvelous” in the original use of the term—something to marvel at.
The exhibit is titled A Visit to China: the Art and Crafts of China, and it will be in place through February 26. It’s an opportunity you won’t want to miss. Mary June is in charge of the library exhibits. She has sent us some photos taken with her iPad to meet our deadline that will give you some idea of the wonders that will transport you out of your winter doldrums! The exhibit is open during regular library hours: 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sunday.
Works from A Visit to China: the Art and Crafts of China |
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2012 is the Year of the Dragon
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“Shou,” paper cutting of fish and lotus blossoms, a Chinese blessing meaning “Live a long life” |
“Flowers and Butterflies” paper cutting |
A classic painting on a silk scroll |
Antique blue and white porcelain |
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Latin Movies
The Latin American Movie Club is an event organized by the Algoma Latin Association to bring you award-winning international films. Coffee and treats will be provided. You are welcome to bring a snack to share as well. All presentations will start with an introduction of the film by one of the Algoma Latin Association members or a special guest. The films will be shown at the Sault Community Career Centre, 503 Queen St. E., at 7:00 p.m. the last Thursday of every month beginning on January 26, 2012 and running until May. Donations are appreciated. For more information, email latinassociation2009@gmail.com.
Bon Soo
The Bon Soo Winter Carnival is February 3 - 12, 2012. Check their website (www.bonsoo.on.ca) for the complete schedule.
Sault Symphony Announces Its 2012-13 Season
The Sault Symphony is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with its 2012-13 season and the lineup of concerts is already in place. The season begins September 29, with Cirque de la Symphonie, a concert featuring spectacular aerial stunts and acrobatics with symphony accompaniment. Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, with guest narrator Gordon Pinsent, is scheduled for November 10. Singing in the Rain is the December production. The musical will be directed by Timothy Murphy and play December 13—16.
The February 9, 2013 concert is titled Filmharmonic and will feature the best music in cinema over the past forty years, together with favorite movie scenes shown on a giant screen. The season ends with a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on April 20, featuring the Chamber Singers of Algoma and the Windsor Classic Chorale. All concerts are scheduled for the Kiwanis Community Theater Center. Tickets are available now at the Station Mall Box Office in Sault, Ontario. For more information check the symphony’s website: www.saultsymphony.com.
Volunteers Needed!
Alberta House is all about volunteers and staffing the gallery and shop takes a lot of them. We don’t have money, but there are some perks. Volunteers receive 20% off everything they buy in the shop during the month they volunteer. Shifts are from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Artists and craftsmen are encouraged to bring something to demonstrate and to work on during the “down” time. And you’ll be helping us promote the arts in the Sault. If you can help, call Joan Gerrie at 632-7407.
The Sylvania Struggling in a Head Wind by Doug Chambers |
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Featured Artists
If you want to re-read information about artists that have been in previous “Featured Artists” columns or see photos of their work in color and up close, you can now see them on the web. Webmaster Liz Brugman has archived them in a special section. It’s the third heading on the left side menu bar on the home page.
Budding Lilacs by jude McConkey |
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New Animal Note Cards by Fred Peterson |
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Honors and Accolades
Hancock Artist Wins International Award
Surrealist artist Daniel C. Boyer, of Hancock recently tied for Fourth Place at the Ventipertrenta International Digital Art Festival 2011 in Italy (www.ventipertrenta.net). His computer graphic (at right) is titled Project for a Monument to the Paralysed Man.
LSSU Fine Arts Student Eric Cairns Receives Research Grant For Film
Eric Cairns, an LSSU fine arts student from Traverse City, won one of three LSSU undergraduate research grants given by an anonymous donor through the university’s Foundation Office. Cairns will present an original independent film production on the Arts Center’s main stage in April.
The original short-feature film, Violet, is Cairns’ senior-year project. It centers on an eighteen-year-old Chicago high school honor student, on the verge of winning a scholarship to go to medical school, whose world is suddenly turned upside down when her mother decides that the two of them will move to the small town of Northport in northern Michigan. Violet encounters many obstacles as she overcomes her self-obsessed mother, the burdens of moving, and the pressures of school and discovers a new sense of self.
The two other grants went to Hannah Connor and Matt Elva for senior thesis research in the natural sciences.
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