2015 Show Guide
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2015 SHOW GUIDE KINGSTON July 1-4, 2015 Wednesday-Saturday 150 Artists and 10am-6pm Daily Artisans City Park Live Music Kingston, Foodfest Ontario Free Art Workshops ParticiPAiNT 80 ft Mural New* Easel Invasion The Sculpture Forest Family Picnic Table Project Shadowland Theatre Workshop Artfest Kids Poets @ Artfest artfestkingston. com WRVO WELCOMES Welcome to Artfest Kingston About the Festival Thank you to our Artfest Partners! 104.3FM Radio Ontario Festivals Visited rtfest has become one of Kingston’s music programming especially for you. 4 Office Automation Ontario Government premiere summer events. Located A Be sure to visit the Arts Central Zone 96 FM Radio Ontario Power Generation in the beautiful and spacious City and the Artfest Kids activity tent. Help Atkinson Home Hardware Petrie Ford Park, Artfest 2015 will feature 150 create an 80 foot mural. Take part in CFRC Queen’s Radio Queen’s Residences of Canada’s top artists and artisans. Family Picnic Day, The Sculpture Forest City of Kingston Shadowland Theatre Shop for true Canadian hand-made and Easel Invasion. Join us in the CKWSTV Sir John A 2015 & art and crafts for your home, cottage Poets @ Artfest tent for readings Salon Theatre Productions or as gifts. Choose from pottery, glass Confederation Hotel by poets from Ontario and Quebec. Cycle Kingston Shriners Club art, wood crafts, garden sculpture, The Kingston School of Dance Shadowland Theatre group will lead Days Inn Hotel jewellery, clothing, games, furniture, The Kingston Whig Standard paintings, photography and more. participants in creating spectacular Fort Henry costumes, a giant puppet and outdoor Hearn Consulting The Kingstonist One reason Artfest is so successful theatre sets. The entire entourage Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront Thousand Island Cruises is our outstanding arts programming. will promenade through the park on KEDCO Tour Trolly This year, our theme is Friends Across July 4th to the Sculpture Forest where Kingston Accommodation Partners Tourism Kingston the Water. Since the festival takes Salon Theatre Productions will present (KAP) Tri-Art mfg. place over Canada Day and the the story of Friends Across the Water. Kingston Community Art & Design VRTUCAR USA Independence Day, we want to (KCAD) Wallack’s Of course there will be great food, celebrate all the wonderful things Kingston Frontenac Public Library WRVO live music and many ways to create that we share with our neighbours Kingston Life Magazine Steve Lawrence a memorable holiday celebration. host of the new q across Lake Ontario! We invite our Kingston School of Art Barb Simard Admission is FREE! See you July 1-4 American friends to take advantage of Kingston Seniors Centre Karen Peperkorn for four days of fun. a favourable exchange rate and take Kingston Sustainability Bruce Kaufman Monday-Friday 1PM & 9PM part in some special arts and live You can’t miss Artfest! Limestone Music Clement Hill (Clint) 89.3FM & 89.9FM and streaming at wrvo.org YOUR SOURCE FOR NPR NEWS IN ONTARIO, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK, UPSTATE’S FINGER LAKES, SOUTHERN TIER AND THE WORLD. spraguewoodturning.ca, (613) 687-6892, 2 652 Rantz Rd Petawawa, ON K8H 2W8, Booth Y1, 3 Show Guide Contents 3 About the Festival 7 Artfest Kingston Team 8 Artists & Artisans Story 10 List of Musicians 12 A Maker’s Life: Behind the Scenes 13 Poets @ Artfest 14 Artest Kids 16 Show Map 18 Green Art Trend 19 Participaint Join us on Canada Day July 1-4! 20 A Pottery Maker’s Hands 22 Wood That Invites Touching 23 Outdoor Artfest Theatre 24 Illusions of Glass 25 Foodfest 26 Jewels 27 Reload at Fort Henry 28 Designer Clothing at Artfest 29 Show Sponsors City Park Location City Park, located at the corner of King St. East and West Street, a few blocks from City Hall and close to the Lake Ontario, is the perfect setting for Artfest Proud to be Kingston with its expansive space and meandering paths. Beautiful mature exhibiting in Artfest shade trees provide cooling shelter for the arts programming and the exhibiting 2015 artists. A children’s splash pad and playground are on site. The Park is home to the famous Sir John A MacDonald Statue, where the Pan Am Games torch will arrive on July 2. Open 10am-6pm daily. For your Convenience “The art of creating timeless portraits, An ATM machine is located at the Information Booth. There will be a lost & not just snapshots.” - ROBER T T AYLOR found, first aid, accessible washrooms and drop off area. A wonderful Food Area is on-site. See map on page 16-17 for details. BUSINESS & FAMILY PORTRAITURE EVENTS - GRADUATES - wEDDINGS Story and Photo Contributors PASSPORTS - phOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS Lory MacDonald, Al Hearn, Devorah Miller, and Marianne Lepa. Photos Alan FRAMED PRINTS OF KINGSTON Ross, Steve Veale, Melanie Vollick, and Lory MacDonald. Contact us for an appointment today 4 285 King Street East | 613-541-1098 | www.taylorstudios.ca 5 facebook: taylorstudiokingston twitter: @taylorstudios • Food • Fun • Entertainment • Join Kingston 1000 Islands Cruises and Artfest for a Sunset Dinner Cruise Artfest Team aboard the Island Queen The Artfest Team is a group of creative, dynamic and talented people brought together by show producer Lory MacDonald. Our goal is to present a well- organized and value-packed fun experience for every visitor to Artfest Kingston. July 2nd, 2015 And have fun doing it! Lory Steve Shelley Melanie Dance, Dine Help* Learn* Volunteer! and Mingle Join our Artfest Kingston team as a volunteer! There are many opportunities to help out. Show off your skills or learn new ones. Artfest with Arfest Artists and Al Devaki Ian Pam needs help with show set up, the Information Tent, the Mural Project, the guests on a 3h cruise of the arts programming tents, the Foodfest area, the music stage and more. 1000 Islands, including a Contact: buffet Dinner. Lory MacDonald C: 705-293-2787 E: [email protected] .50 incl hst $67 Gryphon Joanna Alan Alexander Boarding at 6:45pm RESERVE ONLINE: ktic.ca/go/artfest 6 7 150 Artists & Artisans Artfest Kingston proudly presents 150 of what they create. Every one of them has an the Art Stars (featured on page 27) and others Canada’s top artists and artisans. Our mission interesting story to share about their work such as Raw Eco Jewellery and Denise Buisman is to present a broad spectrum of craft and and their never-a-dull-moment lives. They love Pilger. Don’t miss the main event! The artists will art media that includes pottery, glass, wood, meeting people who visit our show and the be waiting to greet you! jewellery, clothing, textiles, painting, sculpture, City of Kingston. photography and more. Each exhibitor has a personalized style with outstanding Artfest is the region’s largest craft show. craftsmanship. You will discover unusual Wedding season is here and handmade items Craig White Jump Glass Binksy & Bobo Diana Rosa categories of handmade items such as paper make perfect sculpture wall art, leather animal shaped distinct and Whitney Haynes Arabesque Pottery ottomans, hand-knit beaded purses, jewellery The artists memorable gifts made from salvaged computer keyboards, will be waiting Choose from silhouette wall art made from recycled wooden cutting to greet you! Duncan MacDonald is a native of Britian, with his studio on the wood and more. Artfest artists have created boards and hand Isle of Islay. In 1992 he committed to sculpting full time, after groundbreaking products that will capture your turned salad industry. Duncan's original work is inspired by traditional Pictish and Celtic images while his historic pieces incorporate pivotal moments imagination as you explore the shaded paths of bowls, glass collage art, pottery wine goblets, in Celtic history. His desire to express this history comes from his connection to it, with his mother from the North of Wales, and his City Park. painting or photography as well. It is not father from the Highlands of Scotland. Duncan tells this history in his own distinctive voice. He carves his Christmas yet, but keep it in mind as you walk original work after researching the history relevant to the piece. The background story of each piece is included with his work, thereby The artists are the main event at Artfest Kingston around! passing on this link with history. The original sculpture is then cast and have traveled from all over Ontario and in cement fondue - a traditional process originating in 18th century Kukucaju Em Pringle Fine Woodworking Quebec to be part of the festival. They love You will discover many artists from around the for indoor presentation, or outdoor exposure. The old stone polishing New Artfest Artists Kingston’s waterfront, restaurants and nightlife Kingston area and many of your favorites as well. created by the natural mineral colouring. Duncan moved to Canada after meeting his wife who visited Islay on Canada Day weekend. We encourage all Artfest Kingston invests in fostering creativity to search out information on her ancestors who left Islay in 1856. They married in 2004 and reside on the farm settled by her original guests to take some time over the four-day in young developing artists, so we always have Islay ancestors. Duncan continues to develop his Celtic stonework both at home on the Blue Mountains near Collingwood, Ontario and festival to talk to the artists and experience some fresh new talent at the show. This includes on Islay. T: (705) 445-7995 Booth O12 Leslie Furman Denise Buisman Pilger Whynne Parkin Ross Carr Jewellery Michael Smith Kulwerks Olga Knitwear Irina Rapaport Colin Davies Michael Doxey Destello’s Behind the Scenes Shattered glass 8 9 career. Sharing the stage with some of professionals blend their talents to Main Stage Performance Schedule Canada’s top country names including faithfully and accurately reproduce the Artfest Music George Canyon, Gord Bamford, Dean sound of the artists they pay homage Sponsored by Limestone Music and 4Office Automation Brody, Doc Walker and Johnny Reid, to.