The Citizen, 1994-12-07, Page 29What a catch
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1994. PAGE 29.
Ron Walker RR3, Blyth and Vicki McKague of Teeswater take a closer look at the rainbow
trout by artist Jack Mayhew of Clinton on display at the Blyth Festival's Bainton Art Gallery
Community Show "Celebration 1994".
Thanks, Santa
Santa Claus enjoyed his annual trip to Brussels this past
weekend as the guest of honour at the parade. Following
that, he spent some time visiting with youngsters and
passing out treats at The Ark.
Gallery shows work of 32 artists
Wroxeter Santa
The Bainton Gallery at Blyth
Memorial Hall is brimming with art
as the community show called
"Celebration 1994" takes over the
space until Dec. 18.
The show features 56 pieces from
34 artists, most from Huron Coun
ty. Included are photography, water
colour, oil and acrylic paintings,
petit point, pottery, wood carving
and mixed media works.
The show opened Sunday night
to an invited audience. Guests were
entertained by the Ken Varley Trio.
In his remarks Ron Walker, one of
the show's organizing committee
members, noted Celebration
marked the beginning of the 20th
anniversary of the gallery. He
recalled when "a very intense
young man knocked on my door"
and said he was organizing a sum
mer theatre in Blyth and would like
to have an art display as part of the
festival. The "intense young man"
was James Roy, Festival founder.
Bev Walker, who helped orga
nize those first displays in the base
ment of Memorial Hall and later in
the former Vodden's Grocery Store
and the small gallery in the north
wing of Memorial Hall said the dis
plays might have been a side-line to
the theatre but over the years they
have become an integral part of the
Festival.
Organizing the show for the art
gallery committee of the Blyth
Centre for the Arts were Carol
McDonnell, Jo Manning and Ron
Walker, of Blyth and Jane Stryker
of Auburn.
Claus Parade
Fri., Dec. 9
8:00 p.m.
Pub night in the
hall upstairs
Supervised
children’s activities
Prizes • Candies
• Games