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Communication is integral to the ceramic art created by Toronto artist Zsuzsa Monostory. The
Hungarian-born Monostory is a former biologist, whose unique pieces have earned her
several awards and been featured at galleries and shows throughout the province. -
Communication is integral to her work, and she invites people to discover emotion in her
Dialogues in Clay which opened at the Bainton Art Gallery in Blyth Memorial Hall on Friday
night. (Bonnie Gropp photo)
It's the art of communication
Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County
Volume 22 No. 30
Thursday, July 27, 2006
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Inside this week
Local in
Hamilton
hospital
A Brussels area teen was taken to
hospital in Hamilton suffering from
head injuries sustained in an ATV-
bus collision.
Mitchell Blake, the 18-year-old
son of Michelle and Bruce, RR2,
Brussels, was airlifted to Hamilton
General Hospital.
Also injured was Tara
MacDonald, 16, of Wingham. She
was airlifted to_ London Health
Sciences - Centre with life-
threatening injuries.
Police said Blake was not wearing
a helmet.
As of Monday, police had not
determined which of the two had
been driving at the time of the
collision, which occured at the
intersection of St. Michaels Road
and McDonald Line in Huron East,
shortly after 2:30 a.m., July 23.
Police said a 2006 charter school
bus was travelling east when it
approached the intersection. The
OPP said the southbound 1982
Honda three wheeler, was travelling
at a high rate of speed and failed to
yield, colliding with the bus.
The passengers and driver of the
bus were not injured.
Investigiting officers from the
OPP technical traffic collision unit
closed the road for five hours. The
investigation is continuing.
On holiday
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following the long weekend will
want to include it in the Aug. 3
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p.m. Monday, July 31 to re-open
Monday, Aug. 14 at 10 a.m. The
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August 2, to re-open at 9 a.m. Aug.
14.
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Citizen on Aug. 10. All advertising
and editorial copy to be included in
the Aug. 3 Citizen, must be in by
July 31 at 2 p.m. in Brussels or 4
p.m. in Blyth.
`Friends'
hope to
save
historic
bridge
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen editor
Ball's Bridge has some influential
friends. And they're banding together
to see what they can do to save this
piece of Huron County history.
Former Auburn resident, Bill Seers
of Goderich, who owns a cabin a
short distance from the bridge has
organized a site meeting for 10 a.m.,
Sunday, July 30. "We are calling
ourselves the Friends of Ball's
Bridge and basically want to try to
get something going to repair it if the
county won't. And all signs point to
the fact that they are going to close
it."
The bridge has been closed to
traffic since April 18. At the July 6
county council meeting, it was
decided to extend the temporary
closure of the 1885 iron bridge into
2007. But several councillors made it
plain that they shouldn't spend the
money it would take to repair the
bridge.
In 1986, a new bridge was built
south of Ball's Bridge on a new
highway link. Talk of demolishing
the' bridge raised anger among
supporters of Ball's Bridge and
council then approved keeping the
bridge open at its existing standard
for a minimum of 10 years, except if
it was damaged or removed by
natural causes. The future of the
bridge would be determined at the
end of that time.
The new bridge was, opened in
1988 and Ball's Bridge was used
only for local traffic and daytrippers.
Immediate repairs now are
estimated at $100,000 to $150,000.
Also it's possible that another
$100,000 to $150,000 could be spent
in further repairs over the next two to
five years.
While the historical aspect of the
bridge is one of the reasons
supporters are fighting for it, there is
another aspect to its tourism value.
The bridge is crucial to a popular
side hiking trail on the Maitland
Trail.
"Closing Ball's Bridge will cut off
the walking trail. From a recreational
point this bridge is quite significant,"
said Seers. "With the bridge closed
you're boxed right in here."
Among those who have expressed
their support for the bridge are
county librarian Beth Ross, Ralph
Laviolette of the Huron County
Historical Society and some county
councillors. Seers invites any others
interested in saving the bridge to
attend Sunday's site meeting.
"Hopefully with ideas, we can
keep things going."
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen editor
Artists all put emotion into
their work, but none probably as
much as Hungarian-born Zsuzsa
Monostory.
The gentle-speaking Monostory,
who now lives in Toronto said in
creating one of her pieces she thinks
of how that piece will speak to a
person.
"I want it to cheer them, just like
the way it cheers me up."
Area people have a chance, now,
to see what effect Monostory's work
will have on them. Dialogues in
Clay, featuring Monostory's ceramic
sculptures and rocking boxes,
opened at the Bainton Art Gallery in
Blyth on Friday night.
Monostory, who is a biologist,
came to Canada 17 years ago on an
invitation to work at Mt. Sinai
Hospital's research institute. "We
had planned on staying two years,
but the work was interesting."
After six years, however, the lab
that she was in closed and people
suddenly found themselves looking
for work. "Clay was my hobby, and
I loved it, so thought I should do
that."
The jump from science to art is
not something that seems out of the
ordinary to Monostory. "I also teach
and it surprises me how many
academics are coming to do clay. It
is an emotional outlet. And then they
fall in love with clay just like I did
then."
Monostory's pieces are enigmatic,
images of people in various posture.
In this they are different than a lot of
ceramic work. "It is not functional
pottery. What I do is - more
decorative, with a lot of sculptural
elements."
Noting that she had studied
anatomy in school Monostory said
that she loves the human form, but
finds most interesting the
"relationship between humans,
between humans and the world
around them, between humans and
nature."
It is this that she incorporates into
her art. "It is not about the
expression in their face. The little
people don't even have a gender. It's
about communication with body
language or posture."
Architecture is- also a big
influence in her work, particularly
with regards to her rocking boxes.
"They are accurately put together.
That comes from architecture."
Monostory said that she is
inspired by life around. "Yes, in
creating a piece, usually I think of
things that happened to me. The
emotions come through with these
things."
Though people have suggested
ethnic resemblances to some of her
pieces, Monostory said she just
wants to create humans, not any
particular race.
That said, she does add that she
does have one piece now that was
created after attending the Asian
exhibition. "The face just came
through, when I did it. I don't know
how to explain it. It just came
through."
Having become a 'full-time' artist
11 years ago, Monostory said she
can spend two weeks before
completing one of her bigger pieces.
Her work has been shown at
various selected juried exhibitions
across the province. She has also
had seven solo exhibitions,
primarily in the Toronto area.
Monastery is the recipient of
several awards, including the Fusion
award from the Toronto Potters 12th
biannual juried exhibition.
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