It’s Time for the BMFA Studio and Art Tour!
June 4, 5 and 6, 2010

It has been 22 years since the first BMFA Studio tour in the Georgian Triangle area. We are delighted that the Studio And Art Tour has grown and prospered and that we are now able to present 63 of the fine artists and artisans of the area in 27 studios and community locations. Start your tour at the BMFA Arts Centre where a majority of the artists have work displayed until June 6. Brochures are available at the Arts Centre and throughout the community, or download the full brochure from our website. The brochure is great to hold onto all year long as a reference!

A great big thank you goes to the Studio Tour Committee for all of the hard work put into the event. Committee members are Marianne Hogg, Joyce Campney, Terese Connolly, Maggie Cowan, Virlie Dainty, Lynne Hamilton, Sharie Hawkins, Sue Jackson, MJ Jones, Jen Macnaughton, Elizabeth Mills and Riki Peycha. Riki and Virlie held a magnificent artists reception for over 100 people on May 7. Thank you to all of the contributors to refreshments.

We are very grateful for the sponsorship of the following companies; Gaviller & Company LLP, The Rotary Club of Collingwood, Advanced Door Systems Ltd., Mountain Moving and Storage Ltd., The Cool Team Service Corp., Hall Law, Helping Hands Home Health Care Inc., Collingwood Toyota, Coldwell Banker Trinity Realty and PeakFM.

Cultural Reflections: Indigenous and Folk Art
Silent Auction June 9 to June 25, 2010

Murray Clerkson’s unique collection of folk art with over 100 Quebec and East Coast carved pieces will be displayed at the Arts Centre in June. Some of the artists represented here are Donald Boudreau, Erskine Brown, Collins Eisenhauer, Stephan Outhouse, Don Sabean, Fred Trask, and Elphege Valois, Christina Luck and Ewald Rentz. This lot also features northwest coast indigenous work by such well known artists as Bill Reid, Beau Dick, Freda Diesing, Glen Rabena, Lawrence Rosso, Roy Henry Vickers, Donald Yeomans, Robert Davidson, Norman Tait, Elphege Valois, Bill Wilson and Art Thompson.

The show culminates on Saturday, June 26 with a reception from 4 to 8 pm, when final bids will be taken. Absentee bids will be accepted until June 25 at 5 pm.