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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2011-07-21, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011.Jo Manning, one of Canada’sforemost printmakers, moved to theBlyth area in 1987 where shebecame an active supporter andmember of the Blyth Festival ArtGallery. Although she now resides inretirement in Victoria, B.C. thegallery has decided to mount a retrospective exhibition honouring the artist and her work. Manning has won many important awards in Canada and abroad for her etchings. Her printmaking career started in 1960, but in 1980, while teaching, she became ill from exposure to etching chemicals, so she turned to drawing in ink, and painting in oil and water colours. The excellence of these paintings,which were shown in manyexhibitions and included in dozensof private, government and corporatecollections, have added to herrenown across Canada.Since childhood, her favouriteplaces have been forests and meadows. She spent many solitary hours, drawing and photographing, collecting material to take back to the studio. The etchings and paintings of trees, fenceposts and plants that resulted are strongly constructed, with fine detail, and presented as allegories. This exhibition is a must-see for all area residents. “Jo Manning – a Retrospective” ispresented by the Blyth Festival ArtGallery and is co-sponsored by Ronand Bev Walker and Duncan andLynda McGregor. The gallery alsoacknowledges the assistance of TheArt Exchange, London. It officially opens in the Bainton Gallery (next to the Blyth Festival Box Office) on Friday, July 22 at 6 p.m. Members of the public are invited to the reception to join in the festivities and help us celebrate this exhibition. The show will be available for viewing during the Blyth Festival box office hours and continues until Aug. 9. Blyth gallery to honour formerlocal artist with exhibition Wrapped Jo Manning’s works, like Wrapped, shown above, will be shown at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery soon. Manning, a former Blyth resident, is one of Canada’s foremost printmakers. (Photo Submitted) Continued from page 2 Fest theme continues with games, fun, food and laughter. We’re pretty pleased here as Phil called to tell us he got an 87.6 per cent in his rookie mid- term for the Edmonton Fire Department. His stories of the testing in full fire gear in 30°C weather are enough to make me tired, but all the testing over the 10-week rookie period is needed to be sure the class is ready for the challenges in store. Take care and be sure to drink plenty of plain old water and stay out of the mid-day sun when possible. Bye now, Betty G.W. Columnist’s son performs well as Alberta firefighter Continued from page 2 that it is an experience they wouldn’t want to miss. Congratulations to Anthony on winning silver and to Adam on achieving a personal best and participating in the Legion Track and Field program. It is just the quiet before the storm and the next round of events start. This weekend is the annual Tigers fastball tournament and hopefully by this time the work schedule has been filled. If you have been missed, don’t worry, there is another tournament in August and we will be calling for help Vader wins silver at Legion track and field Continued from page 3 and I travelled to a restaurant in Port Elgin to celebrate Nancy and Ed’s anniversary. On the way home we watched the Kincardine Pipe Band and lots of people march up and down the main street. This is a weekly event every Saturday night all summer long. Coming home we travelled along the lakeshore and witnessed a beautiful Lake Huron sunset. The sun’s reflection came across the water right to the shore. What a beautiful sight. We are so very lucky we live so close to Lake Huron Columnist reminded of beauty of lake in sunset Festival honours Plummer The Stratford Shakespeare Festival will pay tribute to legendary Canadian stage and screen actor Christopher Plummer at a gala celebration at Toronto’s Four Seasons Hotel this fall. A newly created award, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, will be presented to Plummer on this occasion. The Festival’s General Director, Antoni Cimolino, and Artistic Director Des McAnuff will salute their good friend Mr. Plummer, whom Mr. McAnuff has directed in such memorable productions as Caesar and Cleopatra and The Tempest . Mr. Cimolino produced the world première of Mr. Plummer’s Barrymore at Stratford (in collaboration with Livent), which toured North America and played on Broadway, as well as King Lear, which moved from Stratford to New York’s Lincoln Center Theater. The gala will be held at Toronto’s Four Seasons Hotel on Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. “Christopher Plummer is a national treasure,” says McAnuff. “He got his start at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and has been a faithful supporter over the almost 60 years of its history. We’re very proud and honoured to be hosting this gala in celebration of one of the most distinguished actors of our time.” “Christopher Plummer is one of the most talented and gracious men I’ve ever had the privilege to meet,” says Cimolino. “He has been a true friend of the Festival for many years and we’re very pleased to be able to present him with the Festival’s first Lifetime Achievement Award.” The Stratford Shakespeare Festival Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to Plummer by acclaimed Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, who was in the Festival company with Mr. Plummer in the early 1960s. Key members of the Festival’s company will present a number of dazzling musical and dramatic tributes to Mr. Plummer. Festival senate member Barry Avrich, who produced films of both The Tempest and Caesar and Cleopatra for theatrical release, will produce the gala and co-chair it with Festival board of governors member Beth Kronfeld. “In an industry that celebrates extraordinary artistic talent in so many ways it is time that Canada takes the time to recognize a legacy of work that is timeless and iconic,” says Avrich. “This gala will forever be that love letter to Mr. Plummer.” 404 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 The Citizen Enjoy a wonderful selection of books at... Books to enjoy all summer long MAKING BENTWOOD TRELLISES, ARBORS, GATES & FENCES Photos and drawings in this 150-page book guide you through the steps required to make all sorts of projects for your yard and garden. 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