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Townsman, 1991-09, Page 25hmu2 Lampoon Puppettheatre at Blyth Festival and Grand Theatre. Art DURHAM ART GALLERY, 207 Garafraxa St., N., Durham, Ont. Phone 369-3692. On Shifting Ground, until Oct. 10— the art of Janet Jones Native Canadian Sculpture Show, Oct. 18 to Nov. 16. Gallery 96, York Lane (behind Run- dles), Stratford. Call 271-2995. A co- operative gallery of arts and crafts for local and regional artists. THE GALLERY STRATFORD, 54 Romeo St., Stratford. Phone 271- 5271. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Admission, adults, $3, seniors and students $2. Festival Spotlight, focuses on the Stratford Festival's 1990 season. It captures visual highlights from last year's productions, drawing attention to the details of props, costuming, and sets. A tribute to the talents of the Fes- tival's designers and craftsmen. Until Oct. 20. Contemporary Inuit Drawings from the MacDonald Stewart Art Centre Collection: Drawings by the Inuit artists from such centres as Cape Dorset, Baker Lake, Holman and com- munities in Arctic Quebec from the MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph. Until Oct. 20. Werner Zimmermann: Perceptions of the North— Werner Zimmermann's abstractions based on landscapes he experienced while being in the north as resource person for Inuit printmak- ers in Arctic Quebec. Until Oct. 20. Ed Schleimer: Self Portraits— high- lights a new series of works of the pro- lific Kitchener artist Ed Schleimer who works in a bold, expressive style, often using family, friends or self-portraits. The exhibition features several large format wood art prints -self-portraits. Nov. 1 to Dec. 15. Meditations on Banality: David Hlynsky, Nov. 1 -Dec. 15 features photographic still-life and animate objects rendered as still life. The pho- tographed objects themselves have lit- tle monetary value and a tacky grace but each has the ability to engage fas- cination. The exhibit is from the Cana- dian Museum of Contemporary Photography. Leda Watson— Nov. 1 to Dec. 15 fea- tures an exhibition of 30 etchings by artist Leda Watson depicting the land- scape of Central Brazil through her mastery of engraving techniques. From the International Exhibition ser- vice of the Brazilian Department of Communications. LONDON REGIONAL ART GALLERY, 421 Ridout St., N. Call 672-4580. John Boyle Retrospective—an exhibi- tion of 75 paintings of Elsinore artist John Boyle. Until Oct. 27. Weaving Matters: an exhibition of 13 tapestries by Sasha McInnes. The weavings explore an integrated vision of women's sexuality, spirituality, intel- lect and relationship to the earth. Sept. 21 -Nov. 24. Effie's Things: Fancywork for a 1905 Marriage— is an exhibition chronicling the courtship and marriage of Effie Van Camp and Baxter Wyatt through Effie's diaries and handwork. Sept. 14 to January 12. SOUTHAMPTON ARTS SOCIETY: Homesphere The Southampton Arts Society pre- sents a show at the Bruce County Museum by area artists Louise Ryan, Sandra Walton -Ball, Olive Rowland, Suzanne Simmie-Stier and Wendy Hodenbirk reflecting their emotions and feelings of creating art within their home studios in Kincardine, Southampton, Port Elgin and Owen Sound. Until Oct. 6 during regular museum hours. Children Lampoon Puppettheatre presents Folk Tales from Around the World including The Tea Kettle, from Japan, The Golden Fish, from Russia and The Paperbag Princess from Canada. Oct. 19, 2 p.m. Blyth Memorial Hall. Tickets, $7. Charlotte Diamond combines music with education in her show as kids clap and sing along with favourites from her prize-winning recordings including "Dicky Dinosaur" and "Slimy the Slug". Sunday, Nov. 10, 2 p.m. Blyth Memorial Hall. Tickets $7. Call 523-9300. Clowning Around, Lampoon Pup- pettheatre's two irresistibly funny pup- pet clowns perform a series of circus acts, including plate -spinning, walking on stilts and death -defying human cannonball act to the accompaniment of Dutch street organ music. McManus Studio, Grand Theatre, Nov. 11-23 Tickets $7. Call 1-800-265- 1593. TOWNSMAN/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1991 23