Shows in 2017
January 11 – February 25: Gesina Laird-Buchanan – “Studio Gesina”
Opening Reception Saturday, January 14 at 2:00 pm.
Show Sponsors: Drs. J Rawal and J Guthrie, and Dr. M. Fransky
March 1 – April 2: Allan O’Marra – “Magical – Mystical – Mythical”
Opening Reception: Friday, March 3 at 7:30 pm
Sponsors: Ashlie’s Books, and Don Koppin General Contractor
April 5 – April 29: Laura Culic – "Invocation"
Opening Reception: Friday, April 5 at 7:30 pm
Sponsors: Susan Latremoille, and The Old Hastings Mercantile and Gallery
May 3 – May 27: “Invitation 2017” – Annual Juried Exhibition
Opening Reception and Awards: Friday, May 5 at 7:30 pm
Sponsor: Boyer GMC Bancroft
May 31 – July 1: Ted Duncan – Exhibition of Works
Opening Reception: Friday, June 2 at 7:30 pm
Sponsors: Micheline Leveque, Barr. & Solicitor, and Ingrid and Hugh Monteith
July 5 – 29: Jane Burgess – "Perceptions of Love"
Opening Reception: Friday, July 7 at 7:30 pm
Sponsors: Bancroft Auto Body and IDA Pharmacy
August 2 – 26: Patrick Stewart – "Four Seasons, Different Lens"
Opening Reception: Friday, August 4 at 7:30 pm
Also: Studio Tour sampler in Gallery Shop
Sponsor: Gertrud Sorensen
August 30 – September 30: Marc Gagnon – "Two Mediums, Two Techniques"
Opening Reception: Friday, September 1 at 7:30 pm
Sponsor: Camp Ponacka
October 4 – October 28: Diane Woodward – "Humans"
Opening Reception: Friday, October 6 at 7:30 pm
Sponsors: Bancroft Home Hardware and Dr. Janet Webb
November 1 – November 25: Don Wilson and Arne Roosman –
"Charcoal and Silver: An Exploration of the Portrait"
Opening Reception: Friday, November 3 at 7:30 pm
Sponsor: Pat Cooke in Memory of Paul David Cooke
November 28 – December 30: Freddie Towe – Exhibition of Works
Opening Reception: Friday, December 1 at 7:30 pm
Sponsors: Clasina Weese and Barbara Allport
Coming Shows
“Charcoal and Silver: An Exploration of the Portrait”
An Exhibition of Works by Arne Roosman and Don Wilson
Exhibition Runs from November 1 – 25, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday, November 3rd at 7:30pm
Sponsor: Pat Cooke, in Memory of Paul David Cooke
Come to the Art Gallery of Bancroft for this month's absorbing exhibition of the human persona, as rendered by two of our local artist-characters.
Arne Roosman is a treasure of the Eastern Ontario arts scene. He is well known locally for his paintings, outdoor murals and theatre stage sets. His works have been featured in many exhibition, including locally at the Art Gallery of Bancroft (“There and Then; Here and Now” in 2014) and in Maynooth at the Wildewood Gallery, which displayed a retrospective of his work. A series of sketches of his childhood grew into the compilation titled “A Touch of Arsenic: Sketching the Past by Arne Roosman”. While drawing inspiration from diverse subjects including nature, music, and mythology, his interest in the human form is reflected in this current exhibition. He is the winner of many awards and commissions, and his painting can be found in local and international collections.
Don Wilson is a photographer living in Coe Hill Ontario. In this work he explores the archetype of the portrait and it's potential for describing personality or character through appearance. What makes portraits compelling? Is likeness truth? What do they really tell us? Don is a graduate of Ryerson's photographic arts program and works with digital and analogue materials, including the historic Wet Plate Process from the 1850's.
