‘The Producers’ in concert! One performance only! Monday, September 13th at 8:00 pm at the Jane Mallet Theatre (St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts).  For more information, please see the attached poster.
Elaine Britnell
Administrative Assistant
Ext. 4356
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CARNEGIEDAYS2010
A festival of art and language
September 16 to 19, 2010
Launch: Wednesday, September 15, 7 to 9 pm
Organized by the MacLarenArtCentre, Barrie
Presented in conjunction with Doors Open Barrie (September 19)
From September 16 through September 19, the MacLarenArtCentre in Barrie presents Carnegie Days, an annual four-day festival of art and language that celebrates the building’s origins as Barrie’s public library with great events for visitors of all ages. Exhibitions, public art projects, performances, talks and tours, authors’ readings, film and video screenings and workshops take place at the gallery and across the city. This year’s festival includes over 100 contributors at 40 different locations in Barrie. Many events are free or admission is nominal.
Festival exhibitions feature the work of internationally acclaimed artists Arnaud Maggs and Andrew Hunter, a public art project in city bus shelters by award-winning artists Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak, bookworks by seventy artists, designers and architects in the 7th installment of Titles and a site work by Ed Pien in conjunction with his solo show at Georgian College’s Campus Gallery.
Other festival highlights include: a performance by artist Andrew Hunter at the festival launch (September 15); a talk by Giller Prize-winning author Dr. Vincent Lam at the MacLaren Legacy Dinner (September 16); an artist talk by Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak at Georgian College (September 16); a curators’ tour of Titles 7 in downtown Barrie by Yam Lau and Sunny Kerr (September 16); youth workshops led by Ed Pien (September 17) and Steve Manale and Ben Shannon (September 18); an evening of authors’ readings and open mic poetry at a downtown café (September 18); a performance of Tales of an Urban Indian on a Barrie city bus by Talk is Free Theatre (September 18); a screening of The Last Station by the Barrie Film Festival (September 18); and a screening of The Many Faces of Arnaud Maggs (September 16). On September 19 during Doors Open Barrie, Carnegie Days activities at the MacLaren include exhibition and building tours from 10 am to 5 pm, artist-led family workshops, story-telling by Susan Charters and a transformed shuttle bus by the Barrie artist collective Ear to the Ground, with readings by authors Damien Lopes, Bruce Meyer and Trudee Romanek, which will tour visitors to select Doors Open sites.
On Saturday, September 18, seven Barrie restaurants will feature Carnegie Days themed menus as part of Dinner and a Book: At the Five, Groovy Tuesday’s Bistro, Michael & Marion’s; the North Restaurant; Oscar’s Restaurant, Painter’s Hall Bistro and Pie–Wood Fired Pizza Joint. Out-of- town visitors, please ask about special MacLaren rates at these participating hotels: Travelodge on Hart Drive, Harbour View Inn and Days Inn Barrie.
Carnegie Days draws on the origins of the MacLaren’s building as a 1917 Carnegie public library, and celebrates the legacy of Scottish-born American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), who spent over $56 million to build 2,509 libraries throughout the English-speaking world. Programmed during Doors Open Barrie, it encourages visitors to Doors Open to stay in Barrie for an extended weekend, stimulating interest in our cultural and heritage attractions, the natural beauty of Kempenfelt Bay on Lake Simcoe, and the vitality of downtown Barrie.
The MacLarenArtCentre gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of its members, benefactors, partners, donors and sponsors, the City of Barrie, Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts; the Government of Ontario through Celebrate Ontario 2010, David and Doris Blevins, BDO, Ian S. Malcolm Architects, Michael W. McKnight Architects Inc., Southmedic and the Downtown Barrie Business Association (BIA) for Carnegie Days 2010; and our Carnegie Days 2010 community partners including Doors Open Barrie, Tourism Barrie, the Barrie Public Library, Talk is Free Theatre, The Barrie Film Festival, Georgian College’s Campus Gallery, Society of the Spoken Word, and the many participating Barrie retailers, hoteliers and restaurateurs.
For festival details, visit www.maclarenart.com or call 705-721-9696.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The MacLarenArtCentre is Simcoe County’s regional public art gallery. Located in downtown Barrie, the MacLaren is housed in an award-winning building that combines a renovated 1917 Carnegie library and a contemporary addition by Siamak Hariri. The complex includes multiple galleries, visible storage, an education centre, a sculpture courtyard, café, gift shop and framing department. The MacLaren presents a year-round programme of contemporary local, regional, national and international exhibitions. Education provides the unifying link that activates our collection and exhibitions, and fosters an appreciation of the visual arts.
Gallery Location: The MacLarenArtCentre is located at 37 Mulcaster Street, Barrie, Ontario, 90 km north of Toronto. From highway 400 north, exit at Dunlop Street East, continue on Dunlop Street through downtown Barrie to Mulcaster Street, and turn left. We are one block north, on the south-east corner of Collier and Mulcaster. There is ample public parking. The building is wheelchair accessible.
Gallery Hours: The MacLarenArtCentre is open Monday to Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and Sunday noon to 4:00 pm. The MacLarenArtCentre is closed statutory holidays. Suggested admission $5.
Contact Information: For exhibitions, programmes and events visit www.maclarenart.com,
call 705-721-9696 or e-mail maclaren@maclarenart.com
image credits: Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak, …bump in the night, Barrie, 2010 (left); Arnaud Maggs, Scrapbook 4, 2009, digital chromogenic print on paper. Courtesy of Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto (centre); Andrew Hunter, The Burden of Proof, 2010.
The School of Design and Visual Art Fine Art Guest Artist Lecture Series Begins.
Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak
Thursday September 16th, 10:30 AM
Campus Gallery, Georgian College
The Helen and Arch Brown Centre for the Visual Arts.
Lisa Steele + Kim Tomczak have worked exclusively in collaboration since 1983, producing videotapes, performances and photo/text works. They have received numerous grants and awards including the Bell Canada prize for excellence in Video Art, a Toronto Arts Award and in 2005, a Governor General’s Award for lifetime achievement in Visual & Media Arts.
Major public art commissions include Love Squared, screened on the video board at Yonge&Dundas in Toronto and Watertable, a light and sound installation that marks the original shoreline of Lake Ontario at the foot of historic Fort York.
Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak are currently being exhibiting with the MacLaren Art Centre.
Elaine Britnell
Administrative Assistant to the Director of Culture
City of Barrie
Central Ontario’s Premier Waterfront Community
Mailing Address:
70 Collier Street
P.O. Box 400
Barrie ON L4M 4T5
Office Location:
24 Maple Avenue, 2nd Floor
Barrie ONÂ L4N 7W4
Tel: 705-739-4220 ext. 4356
Fax: 705-739-9160
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News ReleaseAugust 24, 2010
Talk Is Free Theatre chosen as a recommender for funding by the Ontario Arts Council
Barrie, ON – For the fourth consecutive year Talk Is Free Theatre has been chosen as a recommender for funding by the Ontario Arts Council under its Theatre Creators’ Reserve Program. As part of this program, individual artists can apply for funding directly to Talk Is Free Theatre using an official OAC procedure. The program will support individual creators working on new work. Under Talk Is Free Theatre’s specific criteria, the organization will accept submissions from creators of musical theatre (composers, lyricists and book writers) who are in the early stage of their careers. For the list of other recommenders and their priorities and deadlines, program guidelines and an application form please visit: http://www.arts.on.ca/Page86.aspx Talk Is Free Theatre requests the following to be part of each submission:
a) Description/ Artistic Vision for the proposed new work. Artistic merit is clearly the defining factor in the thinking framework, but we will also want to know if it’s the right material for this writer at this time. b) Proof of any rights, if an adaptation c) Resumes of each member of the writing team. Given artistic interest of the project, our priority would be to support artists who will unlikely receive other support for this project d) A brief sample of each – book, lyrics and music, if available e) Two letters of support from the Artistic Directors/New Play Development Co-ordinators of an Ontario professional theatre company. This is to encourage a range of potential supporters/interested parties for the project. f) Budget – we will want to make sure if the proposed new creation is actually financially feasible. g) Any other support material, of applicant’s choice.
Additionally, Talk Is Free Theatre has established the following priorities for funding allocations, as follows: 1) Regional artists to the City of Barrie and the area 2) Artists from culturally diverse backgrounds 3) Artists who are interested in creating work for themselves as actors/directors, or for other specific group of people.
Minimum grant request is set at $1,000 and maximum at $5,000. However, due to budgetary constraints, awarded amounts may be smaller than requested. Deadline for submissions is October 30, 2010 (please note that other recommenders of this program have each set their own deadline). Please mail all submissions to:
Arkady Spivak, Artistic Producer P.O. Box 247 Barrie, ON L4M 4T2
For more information or to discuss this project, please contact Arkady Spivak at (705) 792-1949 ext. 22 or arkady@tift.ca. Arkady Spivak Artistic Producer Talk Is Free Theatre P.O. Box 247 Barrie, ON L4M 4T2 Telephone: (705) 792-1949 Fax: (705) 792-6108 arkady@tift.ca www.tift.ca |
Private Music Lessons
Available Again From
Catherine Robertson B.mus, Assc.mus, B.ed
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Catherine is well known in the Barrie, Wasaga, Owen Sound area for her expertise in training children and adults alike, her choral conducting, and performing as a soprano soloist. Following a brief break from private teaching she returns to the studio where she spent the first 28 years of her music career.
She is The Director of Music at Central United church in Barrie, and was The Founder/Director of The Barrie Regional Youth Choir, Mosaic Community Choir, and The Wasaga Beach Community Children’s Choir. Her students have placed well in Kiwanis Festivals at both the local and provincial levels, on royal Conservatory exams, in recital, on recordings, and at music schools across the country.
She is now a teacher with the Bluewater Board of Education, specializing in the Junior/Intermediate grades in music, of course!
Call: 705-429-7815
Or email: beachdiva@rogers.com
to book your lessons NOW
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Catherine is well known in the Barrie, Wasaga, Owen Sound area for her expertise in training children and adults alike, her choral conducting, and performing as a soprano soloist. Following a brief break from private teaching she returns to the studio where she spent the first 28 years of her music career. She is The Director of Music at Central United church in Barrie, and was The Founder/Director of The Barrie Regional Youth Choir, Mosaic Community Choir, and The Wasaga Beach Community Children’s Choir. Her students have placed well in Kiwanis Festivals at both the local and provincial levels, on royal Conservatory exams, in recital, on recordings, and at music schools across the country. She is now a teacher with the Bluewater Board of Education, specializing in the Junior/Intermediate grades in music, of course! |
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Catherine is well known in the Barrie, Wasaga, Owen Sound area for her expertise in training children and adults alike, her choral conducting, and performing as a soprano soloist. Following a brief break from private teaching she returns to the studio where she spent the first 28 years of her music career. She is The Director of Music at Central United church in Barrie, and was The Founder/Director of The Barrie Regional Youth Choir, Mosaic Community Choir, and The Wasaga Beach Community Children’s Choir. Her students have placed well in Kiwanis Festivals at both the local and provincial levels, on royal Conservatory exams, in recital, on recordings, and at music schools across the country. She is now a teacher with the Bluewater Board of Education, specializing in the Junior/Intermediate grades in music, of course! |
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Catherine is well known in the Barrie, Wasaga, Owen Sound area for her expertise in training children and adults alike, her choral conducting, and performing as a soprano soloist. Following a brief break from private teaching she returns to the studio where she spent the first 28 years of her music career. She is The Director of Music at Central United church in Barrie, and was The Founder/Director of The Barrie Regional Youth Choir, Mosaic Community Choir, and The Wasaga Beach Community Children’s Choir. Her students have placed well in Kiwanis Festivals at both the local and provincial levels, on royal Conservatory exams, in recital, on recordings, and at music schools across the country. She is now a teacher with the Bluewater Board of Education, specializing in the Junior/Intermediate grades in music, of course! |
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FYI
August 18 – Outdoor Film Series, Lawn Chair Luminata
Hi everyone, please join us for our last free outdoor screening of the summer. We will be showing "LADDER 49" this Wednesday at Centennial Park.
Come early and check out the fire trucks and meet your Barrie Firefighters! The Barrie Fire and Emergency Service and Barrie Firefighter Community Projects will have giveaways for the kids and fire safety information for the parents. Food will be provided by THE BUTCHER SHOP and their massive Fire Truck Barbeque.
Then at dusk join us for a film under the stars as we present LADDER 49 - a well-crafted tribute to the many dedicated firefighters who risk their life to make our world a little safer.
There will also be art and music happening as part of Lawn Chair Luminata. Please be sure to check the locations highlighted below.
Here is Wednesday evening’s complete schedule:
4 to 7:00 pm - MacLaren Art Mural Team, Collier Street parkade
7:00 pm - Shane Beutler, Heritage Park Gazebo
8:00 pm – Hazy Maidens – Julie McCann and Amy Welsman McCann, Heritage Park Gazebo
6:30 pm (approximately) – Fire trucks will arrive at Centennial Park
9:00 pm – Barrie Film Festival – Movie: LADDER 49, Centennial Park
Hope to see you at the movies! Don’t forget your lawn chair!
Claudine
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The Outdoor film series is a project of the Barrie Film Festival
FYI
CHOIRS ONTARIO and THE CELLAR SINGERS are proud to present the
2010 ONTARIO YOUTH CHOIR
Iwan Edwards, conductor
ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH
Peter and Coldwater Streets, Orillia
Saturday August 28, 2010 – 7:30 P.M.
Tickets at the door
Adults $15
Seniors and Students $12
http://www.choirsontario.org/ontarioyouthchoir.html
FYI
Please join us at the opening of The Haunting: The Drawings of Ed Pien. Opens Tuesday, September 14th @ 7PM.
Please also see the attached invite detailing the upcoming events and exhibits of the 2010/2011 Campus Gallery Year.
I hope to see you there.
Shannon
Shannon Salvog
Assistant to the Dean
School of Design and Visual Art (SDVA)
School of Computer Studies &
Research Analyst Program
Georgian College
One Georgian Drive,
Room D137a
Barrie, ON L4M 3X9
705-728-1968 x 1398
FAX: 705-722-1531
Georgian – Recognized as one of Canada’s "Greenest Employers" (Earth Day 2010)
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WANTED
Singers,Dancers,Actors
Joy Bainborough is delighted to announce a new auditioned Strolling Youth Players FORTE COMPANY …Whose performance debut is "GLEE CLUB" a show based loosely on the hit T.V. series "glee" to be held at Georgian College Theatre November 13/14.
Auditions for the SYP FORTE COMPANY are:
August 24th and 28th to be held at
The Barrie Dance Conservatory
Home of The Strolling Youth Players
40 Bellfarm Rd. Unit 11 in Barrie.
For audition times please call Director Joy Bainborough 705 739-5025 or write to her joy.syp@sympatico.ca with the subject SYP FORTE auditions.
The SYP’s FORTE COMPANY season begins this September to June, highlighting company members throughout the year with their repertoire for corporate events and national conferences.
In addition to the Forte Company, Joy’s educational/teaching format continues with training in a triple threat program for ages 7 – 19 in Musical Theatre with vocals and harmonies, Drama for stage, Film/T.V. and dance.
Registrations begin August 20,21,22 and after Labour day weekend.
Strolling Youth Players success is international.
SYP: Building Confidence and Communication skills through the Performing Arts.
The Strolling Youth Players
Tomorrow’s Stars Today!
Artistic Director Joy Bainborough
joy.syp@sympatico.ca 705 739-5025
LEADING ROLES – PRINCIPAL PARTS
by successful students in the
following areas or theatre companies
Knowledge is a two way street.
Joy Bainborough shares the knowledge and insights she has received from the best theatre coaches in North America over a 30-year career in the performing arts combination for success. Respect for one’s self and others is a key element in Joy’s training regimen. Creating self-discipline, meeting challenging time lines, providing opportunities for developing leadership skills, and tons of hugs and affection are the other key elements which Joy has instilled in and provided over 300 students in the past 14 years as they travel along their individual roads to artistic excellence and happiness.
