LIVE ART AUCTION PREVIEW Thursday, OCTOBER 30, noon to 5 p.m.
AK Collings Gallery, 35 John St. Port Hope
Everyone Welcome!
Authors and Artists Come Together for Horizons of Friendship
Following on the popular successes of the last three years, A Writers & Friends Select Live Art Auction will once again be an important component of Horizons’ signature literary evening fundraiser to be held this year on Sunday November 9th at LeVan Hall, Trinity College School.
The generosity of Writers & Friends 2008 participating writers, Charlotte Gray, Richard Gwyn, Helen Humphreys, James Orbinski and Farley Mowat is complemented this year by donations from local artists and special supporters in this year’s Select Live Art Auction whose contributions will help to raise additional funds on behalf of Horizons partners in Central America and Mexico. See below (and graphic attachment) for information on art by Stephen Gilberry, Andrew Gregg, George Raab, Shelagh Stewart, Tony Urquhart and Arthur Manyengedzo, sponsored by Zim Art Studio as well as the much anticipated “A Week in the South”.
- Stephen Gilberry, resident of Cobourg and artist whose work is exhibited widely. Influenced by travels and studies around the world, he enjoys working in abstract and impressionistic styles. His oil painting Birches, # 3, 24″ X 24″ is framed in a wooden hand crafted and hand painted original frame. www.gillberry.com Value $850. Reserve bid $500
oil, Birches, #3, 24″ x 24″
- Andrew Gregg, head of art at Trinity College School and artist who is represented in collections in Canada and abroad. His painting “Petroglyphs and Pencils“, oil on board with found objects, 24″ X 36,”is designed to evoke thoughts about ancient tribal symbols. It is based on an actual petroglyph found at the Petroglyphs Provincial Park east of Peterborough. Value $1200; reserve bid $800.
Petroglyph and Pencils, Oil on board with found objects, 24″ x 36
- George Raab, resident of Millbrook, and printmaker. Renowned for his wilderness landscape etchings, he has held dozens of solo exhibitions and participated in over 100 group shows worldwide. “Last Light, First Frost” 40″ x 28″ is one of Raab’s “intaglio” prints, described by Raab as offering a “sense of the mystery of the wildlands we all need in order to better know ourselves.” Website: www.georgeraab.com Value $750. Reserve bid $450
Intaglio print , Last Light, First Frost, 40′ x 28″
- Shelagh Stewart, resident of Cobourg and professor at Ryerson University, School of Fashion. An artist whose paintings and textile works hang in collection in Canada, the US, and the UK, she favours the “use of fashion images as icons of storytelling (where) the boundary between illustrating and painting has blurred and blended”. Her donation to Horizons is an oil painting “Paris 1962“, 36″X 24″. Value $1500.
oil, Paris 1962, 36″ x 24″
- Tony Urquhart, resident of Stratford, Ontario and member of the Order of Canada. A pioneer of Canada’s abstract expressionism in the 50’s, he is an artist whose work is found at the AGO, the National Gallery, MOMA, the Victoria & Albert, etc. His works are recognized as combining “the surreal, the mythic and the symbolic”. His donation to Horizons is a pen & ink drawing on prepared paper, Amy’s Mausoleum. 21″X 17″. Suggested value $1200; reserve bid. $800.
Drawing on prepared paper, Amy’s Mausoleum, 21″ x 17″ framed
- ZimArt is once again donating a Shona Stone Sculpture, this year’s by Arthur Manyengedzo, featured artist and sculpture workshop leader at the Rice Lake Gallery. Owned and curated by Fran Fernley, Zim Art Studio only represents artists from Zimbabwe who are carving and finishing with hand tools. “Proud of My Culture” (h. 18″) is signed by its creator and is accompanied by an authentication certificate. Value $950; reserve bid $450.
Stone Sculpture, h. 18 “, Proud of My Culture, by Arthur Manyengedzo.
- A much anticipated offering once more is a Week in the South, in the Aveyron district, France. An 18 th century farmhouse in the hamlet of La Pradines, the retreat is located in the Midi Pyrenees, near Toulouse. Value $ 850.
Writers & Friends Live Art Auction on Sunday November 9th will take place following readings and gourmet buffet, at approx. 7:45 pm. Auctioneer will be Dr. Paul Caldwell, Horizons of Friendship board member who is well known in the arts community of Northumberland. Bids will be final; payment may be made by cheque, cash, MasterCard or VISA to Horizons of Friendship. Those unable to attend Writers & Friends in person are invited to submit proxy bids for Writers & Friends Live Art Auction by Saturday Nov 8, 12 noon, by calling 905 372- 5483 ext. 14, or 905 373- 5414 or email info@horizons.ca.
To enquire about tickets for Writers & Friends, contact Horizons’ office, 50 Covert St. For more information call 905 372- 5483, ext. 10., 1 888 729- 9928.
Horizons of Friendship is the only Canadian charitable organization working exclusively in Mexico and Central America. Since 1973, it has raised over $65-million from individuals and organizations across Canada for self-help projects that provide a viable alternative to poverty and injustice in the region. Projects are initiated by the communities themselves and address a variety of concerns: livelihoods, education, indigenous peoples and women’s rights, health, and the environment. Writers & Friends now raises over $28,000 annually and is matched up to three to one by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). www.horizons.ca
