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Enriching King Township through arts and culture for all fall 2019 ArtsSocietyKing.ca Ansnorveldt | Kettleby | King City | Laskay | Lloydtown | Nobleton SCHOMBERGINSIDE! Pottageville | Schomberg | Snowball | Strange | and surrounding area MOSAiC fall 2019 3 STREETBROCHURE GALLERY Retirement Living - make your life BETTER! Did you know? An active social life is a factor in reducing stress and strengthening immune systems for seniors.* We invite you to explore our beautiful suites, including our spacious one-bedroom-plus-den and two-bedroom layouts, ideal for couples! Live life on your own terms at Chartwell. 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Alternatively, you can find her in For all advertising inquiries Deborah Jolly’s art is instantly recognizable. her rustic studio-gallery or out in the Muskoka please contact 416-803-9940 As an accomplished artist, she uses intense wilderness sketching or painting her next colour and creates high-energy abstract masterpiece. Published by artworks. She is a relentless creator and her signature texture, movement and Read more about Bonnie on page 4. denial of structure has found a home in many private and gallery collections. Jolly says “I am addicted to the allure of creative climax and repeatedly charmed CONTRIBUTING by artistic union. Connections are my WRITERS AND ARTISTS motivation, with each work revealing an emotive impact with someone or something, and all compositions based on Meline Beach a foundation of light.” Bonnie Bews Deborah commits just as much passion to her philanthropic work with respected organizations and various youth art Samson Cheung programs. She is an active member of Arts Society King, she volunteers, participates Tiziana D’angelo in ASK shows and exhibitions, and of course, as a contributor to MOSAiC Magazine. Her ‘Artful Collecting 101’ 21 23 Teri Hastings four-part series has been a delightful and engaging read (see page 13). MCMICHAEL THIS FALL CREATIVE PRACTICE FOR WELLBEING Maya Islam James (Jim) M. Jackson Deborah Jolly THE ARTS: Chris Kingdon 4 The Beauty Behind the Glass Alexandra Ney 6 Word has it… Night of the Hunter Hendrika Ono 11 This Old Barn... Dorita Peer HERITAGE: Peter Rivington 16 King Then and Now Patti Skrypek NATURE: Kalli Secord 19 Biologist at the Table: Cheryl Unrig The One Rock We Eat Phyllis Vernon AROUND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD: Dr. Arthur Weis 9 Welcome to Kingbridge Centre ArtsSocietyKing.ca 21 1000 Books Before Kindergarden 21 This Fall at the McMichael... King MOSAiC is produced by Arts Society King four times a year (March, June, September, and December), by a dedicated committee of volunteers. The 23 Creating Promotes Wellbeing magazine is distributed by London Publishing Corp. to all households in King as well as libraries, businesses, restaurants, offices, and other public places. WHAT’S HAPPENING IN KING: Editorial content is protected by copyright law. Unauthorized use or reproduction of the contents 13 Arts Society King of this publication without consent is prohibited. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. 9 14-15 Events in and around King Township…just ASK! contents Write to us at WELCOME TO [email protected] KINGBRIDGE CENTRE MOSAiC fall 2019 3 THE ARTS thBEHIND e THEb eGLASS a u ty by Meline Beach YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT. Hinterglas as a rare art form, uncommon to at farmers’ markets, local shows and abroad researched and sketched what was once upon ometimes you North America let alone Muskoka, where she across England, Switzerland and Germany. a time in Muskoka. This visual and informative just have to believe. currently resides, Bonnie has faced challenges While the creative output is transferable history lesson can be viewed across 24 panes in sourcing the right art supplies. She’s had to across different mediums, nothing compares to of glass installed on the wall of her backyard SBelieve in your observations, intuition and purchase entire inventories and even large-scale her original handwork on glass. The constant studio-gallery. Rebuilt by hand with repurposed initiative. Believe in your experiences. Believe in equipment to fuel her craft for years to come. back and forth review and every line, scratch wide-planked barn boards from its heritage yourself. I suppose if artist Bonnie Bews was to Thick, graphite drafting pencils, which Bonnies and smudge of black charcoal or coloured stable days, a vaulted ceiling with wall to wall abide by one word, perhaps the word “believe” uses to sketch out her watercolour paintings paint is intentional. Well, almost intentional. art, and propane heating, Bonnie’s studio-gallery would be most appropriate. on glass, are no longer commonly found since Bonnie is open to sharing stories of having to is a rustic yet comfortable setting. After all, numerous degrees of trust, the introduction of computerized drafting incorporate mistakes, known as mother nature, As a career artist, Bonnie is determined to confidence and acceptance is what got Bonnie programs. She’s also partial to German-based in her art. Be it a snail’s trail or raindrop while keep going – to do more, to do better. She Bews to be where she is today – a talented and Lukas watercolour paints and Wolff’s Carbon working outdoors, Bonnie has a knack for applies strength and survival instincts in an successful career artist. Imagine having your gift charcoal pencils for their minimal waxy feel. incorporating her imagination and experiences effort to keep her work relevant, “as art shifts.” identified and refined since the young age of And, as acid-etched glass took popularity over in her designs, each with a unique and often In terms of advice to aspiring artists, Bonnie says, eight, based on the observations, intuition and sandblasted glass, the latter of which she prefers humorous back story. “stay strong, dedicated and stubborn, but first initiative of a school teacher. for its textured surface, Bonnie purchased her Her work is mature, precise and playful. and foremost, believe in yourself.” “My first memory of my artistic journey is own sandblasting booth just to ensure she has Earlier designs of flora and fauna feature from elementary school when my grade three sufficient materials to work with. Fortunately, whimsical fairies, as abstract or obvious, but For more information about Bonnie Bews substitute teacher mentioned to my parents the aluminum-oxide sand that she uses, while never taking attention away from the focal and her hinterglas works of art, visit that my artistic ability might be well suited for expensive, is abundantly available and reusable. point – a glaring owl, a majestic moose or a www.bonniebews.com and private art lessons,” says Bonnie. “I remember To date, Bonnie has completed over 600 vibrant poppy. Muskoka serves as the perfect www.facebook.com/HinterglasCastle. being the youngest one in the group and glass works of art and illustrated eight children’s backdrop and source of inspiration for Bonnie. appreciated learning the technical details books. She averages 15-20 pieces of glass art So much so, that her latest works of art have behind the art. Since then, I have seized every Humming Hollies per year, each taking approximately one to two evolved to more portraiture charcoal sketches 24”x 36” learning opportunity and pursued art as my weeks to complete, depending on size – which of historical elements of the community she full-time career.” can range from 5”x7” to 24”x40”. Some designs calls home. Over the last two years, Bonnie has In the early 1990s, Bonnie left her rural farm incorporate numerous panes of glass placed and community of Queensville, Ontario to backpack painted meticulously side by side for a complete across Europe and Australia. It was while sitting picture. Displayed indoor or outdoor, Bonnie’s in a square in Munich, Germany, sketching in her hinterglas works of art are highly versatile and book, when a man, who unbeknownst to her at picture-perfect – you have to see it to believe it. the time was a well-known artist, approached “Many people assume my work is a print her about her drawings. That initial interaction copied on tracing paper sandwiched between lead her to a three-month apprenticeship under glass,” says Bonnie. “I’m thinking, ‘no, that’s an the guidance of Bavarian glass painter Rudolf original, that’s my hand on the glass doing the Schmid. His craft, which Bonnie has successfully work’ so I often have to explain and describe learned and excels at, is known as hinterglas – the art of hinterglas, which is fine as it helps an ancient European form of cold glass painting, create a deeper appreciation of the effort using the reverse side and working from the involved with this type of art form.” foreground to the background (inverted and Always starting with a sheet of glass, Bonnie backwards). This medium of choice, while quite is able to transfer her finished designs as fragile, creates a sense of depth and translucency.