Village Squire, 1978-07, Page 32AROUND TOWN
Milkweeds, is the title of this wood engraving by G. Bender a Brandis on display at the Blyth
Art Gallery until July 25, part of the Art Gallery of Ontario's Contact program.
ART
G.BRENDER a BRANDIS, Wood engrav-
ings: The first exhibit July 1st -July 25th
will be wood engravings of G. Brender a
Brandis. The exhibition includes examples
of wood blocks and engraving tools as well
as a selection of his fine wood prints of the
Ontario countryside, Blyth Art Gallery,
Blyth. Open Monday -Saturday 10 a.m.-
8:30 p.m.
DORIS McCARTHY, Arctic Landscapes:
From July 26 until August 30, the water
colours and oils of Doris McCarthy -painted
during her trips to the Arctic regions -will
be displayed. Blyth Art Gallery, Blyth,
Monday -Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
SKETCHING CLASSES IN OWEN
PG. 30. VILLAGE SQuiRE/JULY 1978.
SOUND, July 3-28 info: Summer Art
Classes, Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery,
840 1st Ave. W. Box 312, Owen Sound,
Ontario.
SARNIA PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ART
GALLERY, 124 S. Christina Street, Sarnia.
Art exhibitions. June 30 -July 26 Perman-
ent Collection David Partridge -mural
sculptures.
July 28 -August 30 -Louise De Niverville.
TOM THOMSON MEMORIAL ART
GALLERY 840 1st Ave. West, Owen
Sound, Box 312. On display Paintings by
Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven also
19th Century & Contemporary Artists from
the Gallery's Collection 2 galleries.
July 6- Sept. 3 on display -Paintings by Tom
Thomson and The Group of Seven also 19th
Century & Contemporary Artists from the
Gallery's Collection 2 Galleries.
FANTASTIC SHAKESPEARE is an
exhibition containing 62 paintings and
sculpture portraying scenes and images
inspired by the works of Shakespeare. The
paintings cover the period from the
eighteenth century to the present and have
been drawn from numerous museums and
galleries in Canada and the United States.
The organizers for the exhibition are Brian
Arnott, a Theatre Designer from Toronto
and Dr. Richard Studing of Wayne State
University in Detroit, Michigan. Lenders to
the exhibition include the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts;
the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; the
Whitney Museum of American Art, New
York; the National Gallery of Canada,
Ottawa; the Art Gallery of Ontario,
Toronto; and the Agnes Etherington Art
Centre. Kingston. A poster and catalogue
with illustrations and essays on the subject
will accompany the exhibition. Financial
support for the exhibition has come from
among others, McDonald's Family Rest-
aurants, the Hiram Walker Co., and
Wintario. This exhibition is the first of its
kind in Canada. The Gallery/Stratford, to
October 1.
A HISTORY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK
ILLUSTRATIONS: 1750-1940 is also the
largest on the subject held in this country.
Over 150 items will be on display tracing
the illustration of books for children from
the Renaissance to pre -World War II. The
principal source is the book collection of
Mr. John Hayes of Stratford who has
amassed one of the finest libraries on the
subject in private hands in the country.
Approximately fifty works of original art by
the illustrators will be on display to
enhance and supplement the books and
give the public some idea of the hand of the
artist and how it is 'translated' in the
reproductive process. Featured artists will
be Arthur Rackham. Thomas Bewick.
Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, Kate
Greenaway, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth and
sixty others. Among the lenders to this
exhibition besides Mr. Hayes have been
the Osborne Collection at the Toronto
Public Library; the National Gallery of
Canada; the New York Public Library; the
Delaware Art Museum; the Free Library of
Philadelphia; and the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London. A catalogue and poster
also accompany the exhibition. Major
financial assistance has come from the
National Museums of Canada, Museums
Assistance programme which works to
present Canada's cultural heritage to
Canadians through various means among
them exhibitions such as this one. Both
exhibitions are major international under-
takings and represent a further expansion
of the artistic direction of the Gallery and