Blyth Festival Art Gallery

The Blyth Festival Art Gallery co-ordinates three professional juried exhibitions, a community art show and a secondary school student exhibition each year in the Bainton Gallery which is located in the Blyth Memorial Community Hall beside the Blyth Festival box office. The Gallery is open to the public during Festival business hours and has been operating under the guidance of an extraordinary group of volunteers since 1976.

 

ART GALLERY ANNNOUNCES 2012 EXHIBITION LINE-UP

 

The Blyth Festival Art Gallery has announced its 2012 exhibition schedule, beginning with the annual Student Show. Running from May 3^rd to May 18^th, it will feature works by high school art students from the Avon Maitland District and Huron Perth Catholic School Boards. 

 

The annual Community Show is a non-juried exhibition, open to all Huron area residents. This is an excellent opportunity for both established and aspiring artists in any media to show their talent in a public art gallery and will be on display from May 19^th to June 16^th.

 

The first of three feature exhibitions will introduce the medium of encaustic painting to the Gallery. Anna Koot, Wendy Orr and Wendy O’Brien literally paint with hot wax, the resulting paintings being highly textured, and brilliantly coloured due to the translucent nature of the wax. The show will have a rural theme and can be viewed from June 22^nd to July 18^th.

 

This year is London’s H. B. Beal Secondary School’s 100th Anniversary. Their art department has produced many successful fine artists, artisans, filmmakers and animators, including Greg Curnoe, Jack Chambers, Murray Favro, and film’s Paul Haggis. Beal Art will highlight the works of some of the teachers who helped mould these individuals and will be shown from July 20^th to August 15^th.

 

Our final exhibition, from August 17^th to the end of the Festival season, will focus on the work of a young Seaforth artist, Monica Eckert. Inspired by the stripped-down simplicity of animation stills, her paintings avoid detail and have a soft dream-like quality while depicting scenes of everyday rural life.

 

All shows will be mounted in the Bainton Gallery, located in the Blyth Memorial Hall and have free admission. The Blyth Festival Art Gallery committee is made up of a group of enthusiastic volunteers who are always on the lookout for new art talent. For further information, please email Robert Tetu at beechwood@cyg.net or phone 519-345-2184.

 

 

Image: Encaustic Painting by Wendy Orr – “Bonavista with Sheep”

 

2012 Season

HOURS:  9am-5pm Monday-Fri | Open late on Performance Nights

The Student Show 2012 | May 3 to May 18
This exhibition features the best work from high school art students in the Avon-Maitland District and Huron Perth Catholic School Boards

The Community Show 2012| May 19 to June 16
An annual non-juried exhibition open to all artists in the Huron region

 

Gallery Sponsors

• Maarten Bokhout &  Helena McShane
• Mary and Paul Carroll
• Goderich Print Shop
• Dr. Keith & Susan Hay
• James Roy and Lynda Hill
• Joan Perrie
• Lynda and Duncan McGregor
• Dr. Peter Salsbury
• Bruce Stainton & Anne Procter-Stainton
• Lois and Con van Vliet
• Ron and Bev Walker

 

For information on the Blyth Festival Art Gallery - gallery@blythfestival.com or call the Festival offices at 519-523-9300.

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