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Gallery looks back two decades for second pro show
Retrospective
The Blyth Festival Art Gallery's second professional
exhibition, The Huron Society of Artists: In Retrospect, will
feature the works of a group of artists who formed in 1990.
The artists came from across Huron County including
Bayfield, Goderich, Dungannon, Lucknow, Exeter, Grand
Bend and St. Columban. One of the pieces featured in the
exhibit is Jane Stryker's oil -on -canvas piece "Annie's
Porch", shown above. (Image submitted)
Fun and games
The Blyth Christian Reformed Church hosted the Blyth
ministerial's vacation Bible school last week, which included
games like soccer, shown being played by Emmitt
Shortreed, left, and Chase Hulzebos. (Denny Scott photo)
The Blyth Festival Art Gallery is
all set to present its second 2018
professional exhibition. The Huron
Society of Artists: in Retrospect will
show the work of a groups of artists
whose heyday was over 20 years ago.
In 1990, a group of artists from the
Huron County area met to form an
organization to promote art in the
community, to show their work and
to establish a local art tour. The
Huron Society of Artists was born
and in its seven-year history had a
number of exhibitions locally,
including in Blyth, Grand Bend and
Bayfield and held an annual tour of
the artists' studios. Besides groups
of studios in Bayfield and Goderich,
individual shops ranged as far as
Dungannon, Lucknow, Exeter,
Grand Bend and St. Columban.
Members of the society were
selected on the basis of the
professional quality of their work.
Many of them were affiliated with
the Blyth Festival Art Gallery and
helped contribute to that
organization's high level of quality
and professionalism.
Unfortunately, because of the
great distances between studios, the
tour never took off, and in 1998,
discouraged, the members disbanded
the Huron Society of Artists.
Since then, a number of the group
have retired or passed away, and
others have moved, some as far away
as Toronto, Victoria, Lunenburg and
Berlin. On the positive side, many of
its members are still producing some
of their finest work in Huron County
and still form a close circle of
friendship.
Viewers can expect to see
artworks from the 1990s as well as
recent creations from many of the
same artists, such as paintings from
William Creighton, Ron Walker,
Jane Stryker and Elfi Enns, pottery
by Sylva Leser and Robert Tetu,
forged steel sculptures by James
Wallace and wooden clocks by
Brendan Reilly, to mention a few.
This show is presented by the
Blyth Festival Art Gallery, curated
by Vicki McKague and John Scott
and sponsored by Lynda and Duncan
McGregor and Ron and Bev Walker.
It runs from July 20 to Aug. 18.
The gallery is located in the
newly -renovated Bainton Gallery in
the Blyth Memorial Hall and is open
during the same hours as the Festival
box office. Admission is free.
All exhibitions are organized by
an enthusiastic group of volunteers.
For more information, e-mail
beechwood@cyg.net or telephone
519-345-2184.
Structure request now on hold
Continued from page 18
as well, saying that technically
minimum distance separation
doesn't apply in the specific
scenario, so it shouldn't be a factor.
Van Amersfoort agreed, saying
that under the current application
status and what's being proposed it
wouldn't apply, but that the planning
department is always seeking
compatibility in its communities,
which is why it's important to
consider. She also said that she felt
the only reason minimum distance
separation didn't apply was because
of a relatively new "loophole"
created by the provincial
government.
With the planning department
waiting on consultation from the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority and further issues to be
ironed out, council voted to defer the
issue to a later meeting.
Diet crucial for Smith's health
Continued from page 9
crumbling beneath him for 20- and
30 -minute stretches and him slurring
his words. He also began having
migraine headaches.
He was diagnosed for a time with
developmental co-ordination
disorder, a diagnosis that some
doctors still stand by. However,
Jamie and Joanne always stood by
the fact that while the condition
could explain his motor skills
conditions, it had nothing to do with
his episodes of paralysis and falling.
The trip to the Mayo Clinic, in
many ways, was the last stop on a
long and confusing road for the
Smith family as, in late 2016,
Colton's condition took a dramatic
turn.
Colton's parents noticed that he
was falling much more often and he
was greatly fatigued after very little
activity. Jamie and Joanne were very
worried for their son and didn't
know where else to turn.
With a rare diagnosis now in hand,
the Smiths have a path forward and
Colton will be able to live for years
to come.
If and when the time comes, Jamie
said, that Colton wants to have
children, there is a 50 per cent
chance that his condition will be
passed down. However, there will be
genetic testing available and even
potential treatment to ensure that the
condition isn't passed down.
Correction
In the June 28 issue of The
Citizen, an Automatic External
Defibrillator (AED) that was placed
at the Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre was incorrectly
identified in a cutline.
The Citizen apologizes for the
error.
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