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Picton Picturefest celebrates cinema
By Gracie Scutella “A Pilgrimage,” a magical little festival organized by actress Tilda Swinton and filmmaker Mark Cousins, had participants physically pull a mobile movie theatre through small towns in the Scottish Highlands. Among those participants was film journalist Peter Knegt, who watched as cinematic joy was spread to those towns – most of which […]
Amy Rutherford named 2011 Rising Star winner
Amy Rutherford faced stiff competion among 15 entrants to win the fifth annual Picton Rising Star competion, held this year as part of Canada Day celebrations. For the past four years, the popular event has been held during the County Fair in the fall. The competition offers youth between the ages of four and 18 […]
Aidan Haley’s work named The Peoples’ Choice
Bev Skidmore sponsors the Peoples’ Choice Award. As Aidan Haley was unable to attend the presentation, she was photographed standing between an excellent rendition of Haley painted by John Gregg and Haley’s People’s Choice 2011 painting titled The Precariousness of Living on’The Rock. The people have spoken and Picton’s Aidan Haley was named the 2011 […]
Awards honour aspiring artists
The Prince Edward County Arts Council and Picton Kiwanis Club honoured two young women who will be pursuing secondary education in the arts. Gabrielle Graham-Stevens, a resident of Picton who graduated from Centennial Secondary School, received the Prince Edward County Arts Council award for visual and performing arts/arts administration. She was introduced by Mary Tucker of […]
Art in County invites visitors to ‘Share the Canvas’
Art in the County invites visitors to express their inner creativity and “Share the Canvas” outside of the Art in the County exhibition at the corner of Ross and King streets, Picton. A large blank canvas will be set up again on Sunday, June 26 between 2-4 p.m. where all are encouraged to pick up […]
Art in the County exhibition opens today
Art in the County’s annual exhibition of excellence is gearing up for its 18th year of showcasing the best of the best for Prince Edward County’s premier art show. Art in the County, opening Friday in Picton’s Old Town Hall, (above the Picton Fire Hall, corner of Ross and King streets) displays the highest quality […]
Art in the County jurors honour works that connect to the community
“Exquisite craftsmanship”, “anthropomorphic quality”, “sensibility of space and place”, “subtle tone with soft mood” and mouth-watering flavour are among the words used to describe winners of this year’s Art in the County Jurors’ Award winners. Art in the County’s 18th annual premier art show opens Friday, June 17 in Picton’s Old Town Hall, (above the […]
The Stone Carvers named ‘must read’ book of the year
CHEERS! from The Written Word Committee of the PEC Arts Council to Norma Currah who championed Jane Urquhart’s book The Stone Carvers, as the winner of the 2011 County Reads competition. “Again, this year, the voting was close with only three votes separating the first and second titles,” notes Anne Preston. The books this year […]
Athol students went Through the Looking Glass
This adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass depicts the coming-of-age story with fun and music. As a pawn from the second square of the chessboard, Alice traveled to the eighth square to accomplish her goal of becoming a queen. Each step of her passage brought her face to face with familiar Wonderland characters, […]
Artists in the family inspire each other
By David Mackay Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity proved that the universe is a strange and mysterious place. He developed his theory through an analysis of bending light in space. A brilliant new exhibition at the John Parrott Art Gallery in Belleville would certainly catch the great scientist’s attention. It is called Relativity and while […]
