OPENING IN SUDBURY MAY 16 2010.

MEDIA INFORMATION

February 22, 2010

Greetings from Willisville and Willisville Mountain.


TEMISKAMING

After a very successful month in Kirkland Lake the Project is off to Haileybury. Thanks to Cesar Forero who was an key organizer of the month long artistic event in Kirkland Lake.

The exhibit will be at the Temiskaming Art Gallery, 325 Farr Dr., Haileybury from February 26 to March 26.

The Opening Reception will be on Sunday, February 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. We hope to see you there. Laura Landers will be the contact person for The Project ...thank you Laura!

Please contact Laura at lauralanders@mac.com if you are attending.

For more information contact Maureen Steward at 1-705-672-3706 or temiskamingartgallery@ntl.sympatico.ca .

SUDBURY

The Art Gallery of Sudbury is the next stop and the exhibit is from April 3 - May 16. The public opening and artists reception is planned for the afternoon of Saturday, April 10.

WILLISVILLE MOUNTAIN PROJECT ARTISTS:

Christi Belcourt

9th Annual New Sun Conference at Carelton University

h Annual New Sun Conference on Aboriginal Arts:
Location: Minto Centre1125 Colonel By DriveK1S 5B6
OttawaContact: Allan J. Ryan
Email: allan_ryan@carleton.ca Phone: 613-520-2600, ext. 4035
Website: Click to Visit

Popular celebration of Aboriginal arts featuring Gerald Vizenor, internationally renowned author; Tanya Tagaq, throat singer/jazz-classic vocalist; Christi Belcourt, painter and author; Manon Barbeau, Directrice, Wapikoni Mobile film training project; and Marwin Bagaye,visual artist and diabetes awareness advocate. Features a gourmet luncheon of Native cuisine, and Tanya Tagaq in concert. Sold out four years running!

Contact: Allan J. Ryan email: allan_ryan@carleton.ca Phone: 613-520-2600, ext. 4035

Ivan Wheale

The Art Gallery of Sudbury, 251 John St., Ivan Wheale - An Artist’s Journey, to Feb. 28, admission $5 adults, $3 students/seniors, Gallery open Tues.-Sat., 10 am-5 pm. Phone 675-4871, www.artsudbury.org

Brian Atyeo
2 DAY WORKSHOP WITH MASTER PAINTER BRIAN ATYEO

THE EVANGELINE ARTIST'S' COOPERATIVE offers an exciting opportunity to have a hands on workshop with master painter, Brian Atyeo. He is an elected member of the Canadian Painters in Watercolor. He has exhibited his work all acrossCanada and the United States. His work is in the collections of more than 40 corporate or Government Collections.
The two day workshop will be held on March 13, 14, 2010. In the event of winter storms, the snow date is set for March 20. No previous experience required. A list of suggested materials will be provided.
Cost: $140.
The workshop is held at the Grand Pre National Historic Site of Canada. To see Atyeo’s work and bio go to http://www.harbourgallery.com For directions: http://www.grand-pre.com/Directionsen.

Ian Tamblyn

So Near & Far Away - Photographs by Ian Tamblyn
February 07, 2010 — March 07, 2010
LocationIrene's Pub, 885 Bank Street
More Information
613-240-4474
Vernissage Tuesday Feb 9th from 7-9pm

Ian Tamblyn is a Canadian icon, with an international reputation, singer-songwriter, musician, adventurer, travel guide, artist, and more...

Concerts....

February 26 Espanola- Espanola Ski Resort
February 27 Manitoulin -Cafe in the Woods
February 28 Sudbury - Grumbles
March 4 to 8 Haliburton Winter Folk Camp

Michel & Ti-Jean - What you need to know before all the tickets are gone is that Michel & ti-Jean is one of those landmark cultural events after which Montreal, Quebec will never be the same, a play that redefines how we live together and how that existence, so changed in recent decades, can make great art.

Full, nuanced performances superbly directed by Sarah Garton-Stanley, backed up by a crack design team and original music by no less than Ian Tamblyn.

Michel & ti-Jean continues at Centaur Theatre in Montreal until March 7. Box office: 514-288-3161

Lucie Idlout

G7 Conference - Lucie Idlout – who opened for the White Stripes when the duo made a surprise 2007 stop in Iqaluit – previewed the song Lovely Irene last night for the news media. With an acoustic guitar and a youth choir singing backup, Ms. Idlout will sing the song again Friday to the ministers about her friend Irene, who was affected by domestic violence. She's selling the track on iTunes and is donating the revenue to Iqaluit's women's shelter.

“It's a heavy topic, but it's not one that is unique to Iqaluit," said Ms. Idlout. “Spousal abuse and violence in families is an issue that exists, period."

The performance captures the two sides of Nunavut. Ms. Idlout's award-winning career shows off the success and potential of the territory's youth, yet the topic of her songs show serious social issues remain.

RoseMarie Condon & Paul Gauthier

Lindsay Art Gallery - March 3- 27

Ontario & Beyond - Painterly Wilderness Expressions
RoseMarie Condon and Paul Gauthier - Fenelon Falls

Oil and watercolour paintings of landscape, flora, fauna and people inspired by wilderness excursions in Northern Ontario, the High Arctic and Western Canada.

Marlies Schoenefeld

"I am going to have a show at the Sudbury Theater Center from February 12th to March 11th, 2010. I call it "Moving On" and I have chosen work that I have developed very recently and has not been shown before. I have abstracted northern landscapes with which I am very familiar and I chose to intensify colours and exaggerate shapes."

Laura Landers

BUILDINGS AND BACKDROPS
by Laura Landers

In conjunction with

BEAUTY IN DISCARD
by Elizabeth Holmes

April 3 to May 4, 2010

RECEPTION: SUNDAY 11 APRIL, from 1 to 4 pm

This exhibition will focus on the works of two artists; Laura Landers and Elizabeth Holmes. Haileybury Artist, Laura Landers has used ink, watercolour and pencil over the years in her painting, and teaches many courses in watercolour, mixed media and basic drawing. She has compiled her first exhibition of Mixed Media. (Pastels and Acrylic)

Elizabeth Holmes (Sudbury) is an artist who notices the beauty in small, dismissed items. Working primarily in black and white, the character of the discarded item is made prominent, bringing attention to the perfection of the imperfect. These two artists compliment each other in their artistic use of colour and technique.

This summer Laura is the instructor for the Northern Ontario Artists' Association (NOAA) Cobalt Artists' Colony! This is held (for over 50 years) in the historic town of Cobalt.
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If you have an upcoming exhibit, concert, reading or event please let us know so we can include it in next Willisville Mountain Update.

Thanks/Miigwetch/Merci

Jon Butler