Beaverton Town Hall Players 2025 Season Schedule

 

still in time | The Prints of Jacques Hnizdovsky

 still in time | The Prints of Jacques Hnizdovsky

January 25 to April 13, 2025
Heritage Galleries

Opening reception was held on Saturday, January 25, 1:00 to 4:00 PM

Hnizdovsky Art Talk: Wednesday, March 26, 7:00 PM

As a paragon of woodcut printmakers, Jacques Hnizdovsky contributed an astonishing body of inventive and compelling imagery. The artist ignited a resurgence and enthusiasm around time-honoured printmaking technique. In this solo posthumous project, we follow an astounding trajectory of one artist’s personal passage through tone and form, style and content. Jacques Hnizdovsky (born Yakiv Yakovych Hnizdovsky) was a Ukrainian-American artist, who worked in a number of mediums ranging from painting, printmaking, illustration, graphic design and sculpture. The artist was born in Ukraine in 1915—on this milestone occasion we celebrate the 110th anniversary of Hnizdovsky’s birth.

The printmaker’s curiosity and experimental poise offer gallery visitors a unique glimpse into his mercurial artistic practice and studio process. Here we can observe the versatility of Hnizdovsky’s explorations of figurative, flora and fauna motifs. Within each composition, we travel along with the artist, as he guides us through sinuous arrangements and harmonious passages.

Hnizdovsky began his artistic education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, though Germany’s invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II forced him to flee the country. He continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Croatia. Thus, he was a classically trained artist in painting and portraiture, though his work in printmaking was entirely self-taught. Sources of great inspiration for him in the field of printmaking were the woodcuts done by Albrecht Dürer and mokuhanga or woodblock printing mastered in Japan. This retrospective culminates with several intersecting suites and bodies of work created over the course of forty years. Still in Time celebrates the vicissitudes and transience of an artist’s life-path in print media. In this astounding creative journey, we ponder with a sense of wonder.

Olexander Wlasenko

curator

Station Gallery

HOURs & CONTACT

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 10am-4:30pm

Thursday: 10am-9pm

Saturday: 12-4pm

Sunday: 12-4pm

1450 Henry St. Whitby ON, Canada

art@stationgallery.ca

905-668-4185

Letters to the Earth: Between Despair and Hope

Letters to the Earth: Between Despair & Hope, the third edition of this exhibition, curated by Carmel Brennan, has grown into a powerful platform for candid discourse on environmental degradation and its impact on society. This exhibit unites artists from diverse backgrounds and mediums, each contributing their unique perspectives to a collective message of environmental urgency. Through painting, photography,  sculpture, and multimedia installation, the exhibition addresses themes of climate change, pollution, deforestation, sparking both reflection and a call to action . By blending despair with hope, the exhibit underscores the potential for change and the collective responsibility to protect our planet, serving as both a critique of current environmental practices and a call for sustainable solutions.

This exhibition featured  the works of: Dara Aram, Valerie Ashton, Kim Atkins, Ron Baird, Lara Band, Diana Bennett, Lynn Bishop, Michael Black, Lillian Yano Blakey, Carmel Brennan, Nancy R. Chalut, Sarah Cowley, Sheila Davis, D. Ahsén:nase Douglas, Alice Edwards, Jean Eng, Sue Ennis, Carlos Ferguson, Linda Finn, Cesar Forero, Sharron Corrigan Forrest, Janet Hendershot, Robin Kingsburgh, Sabrina Leeder, Bert Liverance, Tom Loach, Ian Mackenzie, Francis Muscat, Joseph Muscat, Mary Ng, Aileen Ogilvie, Gordana Olujic, Katharine Palmer, Frances Patella, Dominique Prevost, Mark Puigmarti, Janet Read, Heather Rigby, Wiley Saunders, Quan Steele, Carol Grant Stevens, Charles Stevens, Roger Sutcliffe, Joanna Swann, Judith Tinkl, Grazyna Tonkiel, Akira Yoshikawa and Noriko Yamamoto.

C. Ferguson

Station Gallery: 1450 Henry Street, Whitby, On

www.stationgallery.ca


      Phone: 905 668-4185

 

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Feels Like Home

New art exhibition opens on September 26 - 29 October, 2024 at the RE/MAX Country Lakes Realty Inc Brokerage Gallery in Beaverton. Artist reception is on October 26, 2024. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

 Feels Like Home showcases the talent of six Brock artists, Sheila Davis, Sarah Cowley, Darlene Hopkins, Carlos Ferguson, Penny Clayton and Kathy Andrews who have creatively used a diverse range of mediums and materials to explore the concept of home. Their work offers inspiration through their unique perspective and vision.  

Each piece in the exhibit reflects a harmonious blend of art and environment, encouraging viewers to reimagine their living spaces as extensions of their surrounding habitat. Whether through the use of organic materials, innovative techniques, or imaginative designs, these artists invite us to reflect on the ways we can create homes that not only provide comfort and beauty but also celebrate our relationship with nature.

From the textures of wood and textiles to the vibrant colors of paint, print, and pottery, Feels Like Home is a tribute to the art of living in harmony with both our personal environment while offering us new ways to enhance our home and habitat.

RE/MAX COUNTRY LAKES REALTY INC is located 364 Simcoe Street, Beaverton, Ontario L0K1A0

Opens Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Sunday Closed.

Phone: 705 426 2905

The Savannah Sipping Society

 

The Beaverton Town Hall Players presented The Savannah Sipping Society, a heartwarming comedy penned by the talented author Jones Hope Wooten, and brought to life under the direction of producer Lucy Lehman. The play tells the story of four distinct Southern women, each grappling with personal challenges while seeking fresh starts. Through a mix of humor, deepening friendships, and the comfort of sharing their favorite drinks, the women embark on a journey of self-discovery. Along the way they realized they had much in common and delightfully brought the audience along  (relatively), to share the joy and fun of friendship negated to life while having a few sips of their drinks.

The production debuted on September 20th and will continue with evening performances on September 27th at 8:00 PM, as well as matinee shows on September 28th and 29th at 2:00 PM. Producer Lucy Lehman expressed particular excitement about the inclusive nature of the cast, highlighting the involvement of a performer who uses a wheelchair, further underscoring the production’s commitment to diversity and representation.

 

 

The theatre is wheelchair accessible with an elevator. It is located at 397 Simcoe Street,  2^nd floor Auditorium, Beaverton , Ontario.

C. Ferguson