SEE WHAT HAPPENING AT THE NORFOLK ARTS CENTRE IN SEPTEMBER!!

Presently at the Norfolk Arts Centre until August 29, 2010

Exhibition “Livin’ on a tin can and eatin’ outta one”:  Paint, Prose and Poetry by Bruce ‘House’ Milner & Company

This exhibition takes a look at the creative vision of musician, poet and painter, Bruce Milner.  In the main gallery nineteen carved and richly coloured paintings created by Bruce Milner and his family members; wife, Liz Barrett-Milner and her aunt, Barbara Browne, are presented alongside poems by Milner, his sister Jean McVey and noted Canadian poets – John B. Lee and Raymond Knister and songwriter, Fred Eaglesmith. The visitor is invited to read the poems as a painting or view the painting as a poem. 

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Presently at the Norfolk Arts Centre until September 5, 2010

Norfolk Studio Tour Preview Exhibition 

Features the work of thirty-eight Norfolk Studio Tour artists and artisans participating in the 2010 Studio Tour.  Artists’ work includes oil, watercolour, and acrylic paintings, pottery, textiles, metal and glass, sculpture, photography, woodcraft, jewellery from fine art and sculpture to home décor and fashion.  For more information on the Studio Tour, please visit their website at www.norfolkstudiotour.com.

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Coming up at the Norfolk Arts Centre August 25, 2010

Animation Fun Day 12:00 p.m.

Fun for the whole family! Join us as we celebrate your children’s very own animations, created at the Summer Arts Adventure Program. Sit back, have fun, enjoy some popcorn and juice.

Coming up at the Norfolk Arts Centre September 2, 2010

Poets and Writers Group 7:00 p.m.

Our monthly Poets and Writers group will be meeting again. Please bring ten copies of a poem or four pages to read (10 minutes max).

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Coming up at the Norfolk Arts Centre September 16, 2010

Author David Beasley Launches Two Books 7:00-8:30 p.m.

David Beasley, author of the popular novels Sarah’s Journey and From Bloody Beginnings, will launch two books. Violet’s Flight about the escape from Burma of tens of thousands over the Himalayas to India at the time of the Japanese invasion in 1942. The second book, Violet Beasley’s The Role of Memory in the Poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson. For information on David Beasley please see www.kwic.com/davus.

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Coming up at the Norfolk Arts Centre September 23, 2010

Poets John B. Lee and Glen Sorestad 7:00-9:00 p.m.

This will be an evening of poetry readings with authors John. B Lee of Port Dover and Glen Sorestad of Saskatoon (Sask.). John B. Lee will be reading Sweet Cuba, which he translated from contemporary Cuban poetry.  Glen Sorestad will be reading from the chapbook, Road Apples and from a volume of poetry, What We Miss. Richard Tai Grove of Brighton will give opening remarks about Cuban poetry and Canada Cuba Literary Alliance. Publications will be available for purchase after the reading.

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Celebrate Ontario Culture Days at the Norfolk Arts Centre September 25 & 26, 2010

Norfolk Studio Tour Spotlight on George Conklin and Vera Cline-Hayes (Sept 3-26)

Painter George Conklin works depict “intense, physical characteristics” in his landscapes. George says, “I paint atmosphere and my impressions of the feeling of a scene in the hope of making it permanent.” Pen and ink artist Vera Cline-Hayes creates intricate designs using textured papers, fabrics and gemstones to combine a unique blending of balance and symmetry. Both George and Vera will be on site with their work during the Studio Tour weekend. For more information and maps on the Studio Tour locations, please visit www.norfolkstudiotour.com. For more information on Ontario Culture Days visit www.culturedays.ca