The Citizen, 2006-07-06, Page 25Canada's Future Actors?
Young Company co-ordinator Emily Johnston works at harnessing the energy of this year's
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acting out a story for their parents. The older group (nine-11) will be developing and putting
on a play for their parents. A record 29 children are enrolled this summer.- (Carol Bums photo)
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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2006. PAGE 25.
Co-op features
McDonnell's work
Carol McDonnell is the featured
member artist at Goderich Co-op
Gallery, 54 Courthouse Sq.,
Goderich, for the month of July.
Moving beyond the streetlights
into rural Ontario opened up a new
world for Goderich Co-op Gallery
member and photographer, Carol
McDonnell.
As an urbanite McDonnell was
caught up in the 'hustle bustle' of
urban life. Passage through the
pastoral countryside was just a
blur.
But with soulmate and buddy
photographer Jerry, inhabiting a
woodlot-swamp with her family, and
a plethora of diverse wildlife, the
change of pace raised a new
attentiveness to a different kind of
world. Her photography reflects this
fresh awareness in the solitude often
found in their habitude of a largely
untouched rural environment. There
is a new light and a new music to be
seen through her lens.
This landscape changes
personality with the seasons. And
McDonnell's images present an
ever-changing show. Capturing the
gradations in the value and intensity
of natural light becomes a priority in
her work. The subject material
shows swamps and marsh, forest,
and neighboring fields and streams.
McDonnell has pointed her
camera further afield on recent trips
with partner Jerry — across Canada
and around the globe. She found
great inspiration in a recent trip to
Portugal.
In addition to her photos she will
share her passion " for rughooking,
presenting creations devised from
hand spun and hand dyed wool. She
will include prints showing
impressions of this warm, sunny
country, but in the less-travelled
areas, away from the 'beaten track' —
into the hinterlands of Portugal, so
to speak. She has used her camera to
interpret history and to capture the
impression of /the land.
McDonnell's work has been shown
in Toronto, Stratford, Blyth and
Goderich. She won the overall prize
at the last Huron Tourism
photography contest, and the
Donnelly & Murphy Viewers'
Choice award at the Goderich Co-op
Gallery in 2002.
Both McDonnells are active
members of the Co-op Gallery,
recently organizing the photo show
Business as Usual in 2006. They
also have organized many shows for
the Blyth Festival Art Gallery. A
recent article in the international
Pearl McGown Rughooking
Magazine included a photo and
write-up about Carol's handcrafted
rug, Cape Random, Newfoundland.
Carol has studied at the
Haliburton School of the Arts, the
Southampton Art School, and has
taken successive private lessons to
support her continued exploration of
photography, painting, rughooking,
and printmaking.
The Gallery is open Monday
through Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 4
p.m.
For more information, call 519-
440-0523.
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