Issue 13 October 2010 1 Chisel and Gouge On the Arts with DeCicco-Best & Fontana Theatre Provocateur 2 October, 2010 3 theatre contents October 2010 4 Visual Arts Beth Stewart – Chisel and Gouge What’s On? 8 On the Arts Nicole Laidler – Anne Marie DeCicco-Best OCT. 16 / 10 On the Arts Nicole Laidler – Joe Fontana OCTOBER Masterworks 12 Jazz, Blues & Pop Bob Klanac – Refl ections of Michelle Wright Viennese Classics 14 Spotlight Suzanne Boles – Feeding Body, Feeding Soul music arts visual festivals words fi Pianist Sara Davis Buechner opens the season 16 Word Jennifer Sproul – London’s Poet Laureate with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 18 Word Vanessa Brown – Emma Donoghue 20 Feature Kym Wolfe – A Grand season OCT. 20 / Cathedral 22 On Stage Robyn Israel – Th eatre Provocateur Park Plays Mozart 24 Heritage Chris Loblaw – Th e Donnelly Massacre Angela Park performs 26 Classical Beat Nicole Laidler – Opening Nights Mozart’s Piano concerto No. 23 30 Pegg’s World Robert Pegg – Wrapped 32 Final Frame Paul Miszczyk – London through the lens 33 Arts Calendar October’s bounty OCT. 24 / Pops On the cover: Block print on buffered paper by Mackie Cryderman, John Williams at Boston Pops untitled and undated. 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The views and opinions expressed in The Beat’s contents 519-870-2328 and advertisements are those of the authors and do Single Tickets Now On Sale! Copy Editor Beth Stewart not necessarily refl ect those of the managing editor. Photography Paul Miszczyk lm 519.679.8778 orchestralondon.ca Graphic Design Lionel Morise season sponsors: Website CityMedia Printing Wonderland Printing Ltd. beatmagazine.ca visualvisual arts arts pride 4 October, 2010 5 Mackie Cryderman: Chisel and Gouge By Beth Stewart Most of the works on display are black and white woodblock prints; a few incorporate one or two additional colours. Th e wood block is a form of relief printing in which the artist uses a knife or chisel to remove the areas they do not wish to print. Th e uncut areas are then inked and pressed onto paper to produce a reverse image. Th e 24 wall-hung pieces in the exhibit depict a variety of subjects ranging from fi gurative landscapes, nautical views, and street scenes to nonrepresentational work. Cassandra Getty, who joined Museum London as curator of art this February, describes the Cryderman exhibition as part of the museum’s ongoing eff orts to show holdings from the collection that haven’t necessarily gotten a lot of exposure. Untitled and undated block print “A good part of my mandate is to work with on paper by Mackie Cryderman. the collection,” she says. “Our holdings Collection of Museum London; gift of represent London artists, collectors, and families, and refl ect the history, tastes and the estate of Cliff ord Cryderman, 1995. interests of this area. Museum London has an extremely rich collection here, of both art and Vera MacIntyre Cryderman, known material culture.” as Mackie, was by all accounts a formidable woman. A number of the works in Chisel and Gouge came to the museum in the mid 1990s, part Born in Dutton Ontario, Cryderman studied of a large gift from the estate of Cryderman’s art in Winnipeg, Toronto and Detroit before husband Cliff ord. Not only did Museum settling in London where, beginning in London acquire prints and cards, they also 1927, she brought her skills to the London received many of the corresponding print Technical and Commercial High School as blocks. H. B. Beal Secondary School was then known. Th ere she stayed for 36 years during which Owning the print blocks gives Museum time she helped educate many of London’s London a unique opportunity says Getty, as best known artists. these materials communicate Cryderman’s methods and link “her artistic practise to the Cryderman engaged in a number of artistic pursuits – she was known for her metalwork studio programs that we off er here.” and carving – but Museum London’s As a result, the exhibit is contextualized Chisel and Gouge: Th e Graphic Work of by two fl at display cases. One contains fi ve Mackie Cryderman focuses on the artist’s graphite-on-paper sketches of trees. Th e work as a printmaker. second presents fi ve prints alongside their beatmagazine.ca 6 October, 2010 GRANT GALLERY, 165 Main Street, Lucan, Ontario presents: 7 print blocks. Th ese prints, used as personal off the ground and subsequently nurturing a greeting cards, are a window into Cryderman’s symbiotic relationship between Fanshawe’s THE ART OF AL and DOUG MAGRATH: daily life. In one, Cryderman makes use of program and BealArt. eight images of birds to deliver the message: Juxtaposed with Cryderman’s works are early Paintings & Woodturning “Seasons Greetings from Crydermans, 12 pieces by four of her students: Greg Curnoe, October 9 to October 31 Chalmers Ave, London.” John Boyle, Murray Favro and Jack Chambers, Mackie Cryderman ruled the roost at Beal. who all went on to enjoy much success. WINE & CHEESE OPENING RECEPTION Artist Bernice Vincent, one of her former Chisel and Gouge: Th e Graphic Work of Mackie Saturday October 9 - 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm students, spoke to Getty about the “big bunch Cryderman is a wonderful tribute to an artist of jangling keys” the teacher carried around. whose contribution to the arts in London was Cryderman was responsible for so many both signifi cant and enduring. things at Beal she had access to everything, Vincent recalled. Beth Stewart is a secondary school teacher, But Cryderman’s enthusiasm for the arts visual artist and writer, with a weakness for wasn’t restricted to the classroom. black and white art. In 1952 she was a member, along with Dr. Fred Landon and Mrs. L. G. Bridgman, of What: Chisel and Gouge: The Graphic Work of the art purchase committee for Museum Mackie Cryderman London’s predecessor, Th e London Regional Where: Museum London (421 Ridout St. N.) Arts and Historical Museum. In 1962 When: to October 31, 2010 she was instrumental in getting Fanshawe Contact: www.museumlondon.ca Community College’s Fine Art Programme Upcoming Concert Doug Magrath was a chartered accountant for th Saturday, November 6 almost 25 years until 1997 when he decided to CD LAUNCH! turn a longstanding interest in woodturning into PLUS A CHORAL EXTRAVAGANZA $ TAXES a full time occupation. His focus is "functional 30 art," pieces intended for use but also nice to look Centennial Hall, 7:30pm at and touch. His works are primarily bowls and WORKS: Glick, Poulenc, Bach and Mozart. platters in local hardwoods, but he also For Tickets: produces elegant decorative burl bowls, hollow Fanshawe Chorus London Ticket Hotline 519-433-9650 forms, vases, Christmas ornaments, threaded Gerald Fagan Singers Centennial Hall, London boxes, and smaller items. Chapters North & South Concert Players Orchestra L’Atelier Gregorian Al Magrath has been a professional artist since Soloist: Leslie Fagan, soprano www.centennialhall.london.ca 1993. He has had 14 solo shows since 2000 and markets his paintings in various galleries in and around London. His work has been profiled by major periodicals and he frequently shows his paintings along with his brother Doug's woodturnings. Al began in oils or pastels, but This performance is made possible now mostly paints in acrylics or mixed media. through the generosity of @Print. 165 Main Street, Lucan, Ontario 519-227-0248 beatmagazine.ca on the arts 8 October, 2010 9 On the Arts with Anne Marie DeCicco-Best By Nicole Laidler 3. Tourism London has been very success- ful at attracting major sporting events to London – some say at the expense of arts and culture. Do you think the city needs to do more to develop cultural tourism? I don’t agree with the premise that attracting major sporting events has been at the expense of arts and culture. Rather, I believe creative endeavours in arts and sports actually complement each other, and generate greater prosperity and increased opportunity for our community. 4. London is the only Canadian city of its size without a proper performing arts centre. As Mayor, would you take steps to correct this situation? Why or why not? Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best I have always believed London should have a talks art with Th e Beat. Performing Arts Centre and I have partici- pated in discussions on numerous occasions 1. What is your vision of London as a with community leaders, to determine what “Creative City”? is required to build and sustain such an I envision a city where arts, culture and enterprise. Th e real question however, is who heritage are embraced as valuable tools in will fund it and who will pay the ongoing attracting new jobs, by building a great quality operational costs? I don’t believe the City of life for Londoners.