SAULT AREA ARTS COUNCIL

ALBERTA HOUSE ARTS CENTER

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ALBERTA HOUSE NEWS

May 2009 Volume 2009 Issue 5

EVENTS 1 to 5 EXHIBITS 5 to

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

10

FEATURED ARTIST

12 & 13

ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES

14

HONORS & ACCOLADES

14 & 15

NEWS & NOTES 16 & 17

SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

Back cover

Inside this issue:

MAY EVENTS

Website: http://www.saultarts.org e-mail: saac@saultarts.org

Thursday April 30 — SAULT HIGH JAZZ BAND will give a free con-cert in the Community Room of the Bayliss Library at 7:00 p.m.

Friday 1—HARVEY. Chippewa Theater Guild. 7:30 p.m. at the Guild Theater, 700 Eureka (down the hill behind LSSU)—$12/10/8 at the door or on the web. Directed by Pirie Kaufman and produced by Colleen Lavey. www.chippewatheaterguild.com. See page 16 for more information and the cast.

THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN, directed by Kristy Wil-son. Sault Theater Workshop production, 8 p.m. at the Studio Theater, 121 Pittsburg Ave. in Sault, Ont. $18/16/5. Call 705-946-4513 or 705-946-4081 for reserved seats or e-mail hhous-ton@sympatico.ca. www.saulttheatre.com.

ATTACK IN BLACK with Shotgun Jimmie and opening act Old-seed. Loplops in Sault, Ont. $5. Tickets at Loplops and online a www.loplops.com.

Saturday 2 — SECOND ANNUAL “NIGHT AT THE RACES”. De-tour. Tickets $15. Doors open at 7; races start at 8 p.m. See www.eupfac.org or call 906-297-ARTS for more information.

ALGOMA FESTIVAL CHOIR presents All Aboard, arranged by Stephen Mallinger, at Willowgrove United Church Fellowship Hall, 55 Tilley Road in Sault, Ont. 7:30 p.m.

HARVEY. See May 1. THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN. See May 1. Sunday 3 — HARVEY. 2 p.m. matinee. See May 1. ALL ABOARD. 2:30 p.m. See May 2. Monday 4 — SOOTHFEST, Sault, Ontario’s Teen Drama Festi-

val, begins at Korah Collegiate in Sault, Ontario. Shows begin at (Continued on page 2)

7 p.m. Contact Bill at 705-256-0636 for additional information or log on www.soothfest.com for festival line-up.

Tuesday 5 — SINGERS UNITED presents a free concert, “For God so Loved the World”, featuring the STARS Flute Club under the direction of Meg Stevens. 7 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, 533 Bingham Avenue.

SCOTT WOODS, Canadian Fiddle Champion and Ensemble, will be per-forming an evening of country, gospel and swing music at John Wesley Church, 346 John Street in Sault, Ont. 7 p.m. Tickets $20 from Case’s Music or the Church Office (705-949-8001).

JIMMY BOWSKILL, with opening act Greg Cockerill. Loplops in Sault, Ont. T i c k e t s $ 2 5 i n a d v a n c e . www.loplops.com.

CABIN FEVER WRITERS’ GROUP meets at the Bayliss Library at 6:30 p.m. Call Jillena at 635-2228 for more infor-mation.

SOOTHFEST. See May 4. Wednesday 6 — THE LE SAULT ART-

ISTS GUILD MEETS in Alberta House at noon. Members should bring a sack lunch and their work on the “rock pat-terns” assignment (whether finished or not).

DIRTY RIVER BLUES BAND at the Water Tower Inn in Sault, Ont.

SOOTHFEST. See May 4. Thursday 7 — EVENING WITH THE

ARTS. Sault Area High School. Exhibit and music.

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ORANGATANGO. Jazz@docks in Sault, Ont. Salsa Canadian Style at the DOCKS restaurant on Foster Drive by the river—across from the Roberta Bondar Pavilion.

SOCIAL SECURITY—Discover New Services online”. Program at the Bayliss Library with Dawn Terrell of the Sault Ste. Marie Social Security Office. 6 p.m.

Friday 8 — GUITAR HERO FOR TEENS. Bayliss Library, 3:30 p.m.

LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN 2009 NOTA-BLE AUTHOR JAMIE SMITH will speak about his book, Roadie: The Misunderstood Worl of a Bike Racer. Door prizes, refresh-ments, Roadie available for purchase. 7 p.m.

HARVEY. See May 1. HAVE I GOT A REVUE FOR YOU,

TONY! Kiwanis Community Theater Cen-ter in Sault, Ont. 8 p.m. Sault Musical Comedy Guild production featuring songs from Tony Award winning musicals—Rent, Lion King, Phantom, Mamma Mia, Guys and Dolls and more. Musical direction by Peter Scoffield; vocal direction by Lesley Walsh-Tibben. Tickets $20 at the Station Mall box office (705-945-7299). www.musicalcomedyguild.com.

Saturday 9 — MEET THE ARTIST RE-CEPTION for “Through My Eyes”—photographs by Kayleigh White. 1 to 4 p.m. See pp. 6 and 7.

LA CENERENTOLA. Part of the Metro-politan Opera Series at the Galaxy Theater in Sault, Ont. 12:30 p.m.

HAVE I GOT A REVUE FOR YOU, TONY! See May 8.

HARVEY. See May 1.

Sunday 10—HARVEY. 2 p.m. See May 1. Tuesday 12—FILM@Bayliss: The Country

Teacher (drama/Czech Republic, Ger-many, France/113 minutes). 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room. Free to adult audi-ences. Donations accepted.

Wednesday 13—ALAN GERBER and the Dirty River Blues Band at the Water Tower Inn in Sault, Ont. $5 cover charge for Alan Gerber’s show at 8:30 p.m. Cover is lifted at 9:30 p.m. and Alan joins the band. Boogie Woogie.

Friday 15—DISNEY DANCE STARS. 7 p.m. at the LSSU Arts Center, directed by Dianna George. Assistant director is Kaley Darga. Guests are the Karen Hughes Bea-com Singers and the Footlight Dance Thea-tre. Tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for stu-dents at the Soo Theatre and at the door. Proceeds benefit the Soo Theatre Project and the United Way. See ad on previous page.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPRING SHOW, LSSU Norris Center.

Saturday 16—MEET THE ARTIST RE-CEPTION FOR JUDY HAMILTON, whose exhibit, “Wandering” is in the Al-berta House Mini Gallery during May. 1 to 4 p.m. See “EXHIBITS”, p. 7 and 8.

DISNEY DANCE STARS. See May 16. FERNGULLY. An original adaptation for

dance and theater by Luanna Luxton-Armstrong, Academy of Performing Arts. 6 p.m. at the Dream Makers Theater, Ke-wadin Casino. Tickets $12 for adults, $6 for children 12 and under, at the Kewadin Box Office (906-635-4917 or 1-800-

(Continued from page 2) Kewadin) and at the door. See “NEWS & NOTES”, p. .

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY GEN-TLY USED BOOK SALE. All day at the Bayliss Library.

FAMILY MOVIES@Bayliss: WALL-E. Popcorn by donation. 1 p.m.

Sunday 17—OVER THE RAINBOW CHILDREN’S SERIES: Red Sky Per-formance presents “Raven Stole the Sun”. Lock City Grand Theatre in Sault, Ont., 2 p.m. Individual “rush” tickets will be sold at the door as availability allows. Call the Arts Council of Sault and Dis-trict at 705-945-9756 for more informa-tion.

FERNGULLY. 2 p.m. See May 16.

Tuesday 19—CLASSIC FILM SERIES at the Bayliss Library: An American in Paris. 2 p.m.

TWEEN READERZ BOOK CLUB—My One Hundred Adventures by Polly Horvath. 4 p.m. at the Bayliss.

The SAAC Board meet in Alberta House at 7 p.m.

CHIPPEWA COUNTY GENEALOGI-CAL SOCIETY meets at the Bayliss. 7 p.m.

AUDITIONS for Anne of Green Ga-bles. See “ARTISTIC OPPORTUNI-TIES”, pp. 13 & 14.

Wednesday 20—BRIMLEY SCHOOLS ART FESTIVAL.

WOULD YOU LIKE A COOKBOOK

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THAT COOKS FOR YOU? Janet Rathke of MSU Extension Program speaks at the Bayliss. 2 p.m.

LINDSAY PUGH at the Water Tower Inn in Sault, Ont. Local delta blues slide man. No cover.

Thursday 21—CABIN FEVER WRITERS’ GROUP MEETS at the Bayliss. 6:30 p.m. See May 5.

AUDITIONS for Anne of Green Gables. See May 19.

Friday 22—GUITAR HERO FOR TEENS. 3:30 p.m. at the Bayliss.

Saturday 23—DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA XXIX at Kiwanis Community Theater Center in Sault, Ont., 2 p.m. $18/14. Reserved seating.

METROPOLITAN OPERA: Rossini’s La Cenerentola.

Sunday 24 — DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA. See May 23.

Tuesday 26—FUTURE OF FOOD film and Jim Lucas on the Farmers’ Market at the Bayliss at 6:30 p.m., sponsored by the Three Lakes Group Sierra Club.

Wednesday 27—THE REVILLES at the Water Tower Inn in Sault, Ont. R & B. No cover.

Friday 29—THE STEEL MAGNOLIAS. EUP Fine Arts Council Cultural Center, behind the Sacred Heart Church in De-Tour. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students K through 12. Call 906-297-ARTS for ticket informa-tion. See p. 17, for more information.

Saturday 30—BAKA SQUAD FOR TEENS. Bayliss Library, 1 p.m. Re-freshments provided.

CHAMBER SINGERS OF ALGOMA: Gil-bert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, with guest artist Karen Hughes, stage direction by Patriciq Ricciatti and music direction and accompaniment by Patty Gartshore. Pinch Auditorium, St. Andrews United Church in Sault, Ont. 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at the Soo Theatre office in Sault, Michigan and at Savoy’s Jewelers in Sault, Ont.

THE STEEL MAGNOLIAS. See may 29. Sunday 31—STARLIGHT EXPRESS. Ki-

wanis Community Theater Center in Sault, Ont. 1:30 p.m. Davey Dance. $15. Re-served seating.

THE STEEL MAGNOLIAS. See may 29.

BAYLISS LIBRARY — 541 Library Drive (906)

632-9331 Open Tuesday and Thurs-day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday from 9 to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday from 9 to 1.

BAYLISS LIBRARY

ARTIST-OF-THE-MONTH:

Jeanne Tubman

Bayliss Library events are scheduled for May 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 12, 26 and 30. The library will be closed may 23 for the Memorial Day weekend. See date listings for details.

May 2 to 30 Olive Craig Gallery: “Through My

Eyes”, photographs by Kayleigh White

Meet-the-Artist Reception Saturday, May 9, from 1 to 4 p.m.

Mini Gallery: “Wandering”—A Multi-Media Exhibition by Judy Hamilton

Meet-the-Artist Reception Saturday, May 16,

from 1 to 4 p.m.

KAYLEIGH WHITE Kayleigh wants her photographs to tell a story—they are records of events in her life and she shoots what she sees instead of trying to specialize in one area. Her work is an expression of her interest in the world around her and in her exhibit, Through My Eyes, she portrays the world as she views it.

Kayleigh uses a digital Canon 50D SLR with various lenses, but considers her-self still an amateur when it comes to technical skill in using her equipment. She loves macro photography when studying nature; black and white pho-tography for its contrast and mood, and studio work for the control over her subjects that it gives her. She says that every day, as she tries to achieve the look and feel she wants in

SAULT, MICHIGAN EXHIBITS

217 Ferris Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783—906/635-1 3 1 2 . E - m a i l : saac@saultarts.org. Website: www.saultarts.org. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ALBERTA HOUSE

ART S CE N T E R

LSSU

LIBRARY

GAL-LERY

THROUGH JUNE:

LSSU Student Art Show —

Students of

Maureen

Mousley &

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her photographs, is full of new learning situations. “I just started using Photoshop to add different artistic elements to my pictures”, she commented, “but becoming pro-ficient with this software is going to be a slow process as there is a great deal to learn. I am thankful for the mentors, family, and good friends I have that are so willing to help me in this quest.” One mentor was Kristin Majkrzak, with whom she shared a booth in the first Sault Summer Arts Festival. Kris-tin, now living in Bemidji, Minne-sota, helped her learn how to turn her art into fun and profit. Others have helped her in other areas, advising her on photography, mat-ting, framing, marketing, taxes and record keeping.

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SPOTLIGHT ON THE PERMANENT

COLLECTION:

“Old Wreck”, a photograph by Fred

Hill, donated by Moira and Paul

Wilson

Judy writes: My show is called “Wandering”. After teaching for over 31 years I have spent my retirement years, wandering. I have in this period been in-volved in over ten jobs. Some of them lasted for years and others were just for a short time. My art endeavors during this time have been much the same as my em-

ployment. I have wandered from media to media and from realistic to abstract renderings in search of a means of expression. I have come to the conclusion that I am happiest when I am dabbling in a bit of eve-rything. Life is too short to get stuck in a rut of painting pretty pic-tures that might sell. Paint for yourself and hide those that don’t please the public in the closet or have an historic bonfire and don’t spare the wine! Judy attended the University of

Michigan, Central Michigan University and Michigan State before settling down at

Two years ago, Kayleigh began participating in juried art festi-vals. She has since been in festi-vals throughout Northern Michi-gan. She was in the Sault Sum-mer Arts Festival in 2007 and 2008, won a Third Place ribbon and cash award for Best Fine Arts in the 40th Annual Arts Festival in Cheboygan and just last month won an Honorable Mention Award in “Home”, the Annual Juried Ex-hibition of the Olive Craig Gallery. (The gallery had previously chosen one of her photos to illustrate its “Home” application form.) She designed the cover of a book con-taining a collection of short stories and poetry, and her photograph, “Peek-A-Boo”, which captures a small chipmunk that likes Chee-tos, graces the cover of Chippewa County’s Best Young Authors of 2007. While photography is Kayleigh’s greatest joy and her diversion, it is not her life’s calling—she wants to pursue a career in science. Cur-rently a sophomore at Sault Area High School, her favorite subjects are science and math. She has

been a member of the yearbook staff since seventh grade. A musi-cian as well as an artist, she plays drums, saxophone, recorders and, most recently, guitar. Meet Kayleigh White at her recep-tion in Alberta House on Saturday, May 9, from 1 to 4 p.m. For this event she will have on display a special series of photographs, the profits from which will be donated to the Salvation Army of Sault Ste. Marie to help support its soup kitchen.

JUDY HAMILTON Wandering — “Life is Too Short

to Get Stuck in a Rut”

Rug hooking by

Judy Hamilton

freer expression, it was titled, “You Can’t Go Home Again”. Her May exhibit includes a vari-ety of styles and media and in addition to her paintings, she is exhibiting hooked rugs. She ex-plains that her painting tends to be disciplined and she’s working on freer expression, but when she hooks rugs, it’s liberating and she doesn’t know how it’s going to turn out until it’s fin-ished.

The public is invited to meet Judy at her reception on Saturday, May 16th, from 1 to 4 p.m. and to come to Alberta House between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 14th, when she’ll be working as a volunteer.

Sat., May 2: Second Annual Night at the Races. Auction of prizes provided by area artists and coun-cil members. Funds support res-toration program for the DeTour Cultural Center. See date listing.

Fri., Sat. & Sun., May 29, 30 & 31: The Steel Magnolias. See p. 17.

The Wheels of History Train Museum on M-221 in down-town Brimley opens May 15. Hours are Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

EUP BRIMLEY

Northern, where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. She taught art in the Rudyard school. Her work since retiring has included substitute teaching, as one would expect, but she has also worked as a cashier in both the St. Ignace and the Brimley casinos; taken the census in the DeTour and Kelden area; test driven cars in

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icy conditions; enumer-ated migrant workers; collected information on bovine tuberculosis; sold toys in Walmart and worked as a golf course attendant. She is a member of the Le Sault Artist Guild and has exhibited with the guild, and in solo and dual exhibits as well. The painting that was in last month’s jur-ied exhibit, “Home” is below. A departure from the style we have become familiar with and a move toward

Hooked rug and paintings are by Judy Harrison. The painting at the left was in the “Home” juried

exhibition in April

Next Month in Al-berta House, June

2 to 27:

Olive Craig Gal-lery: Sharon Schmeltzer: multi- media

Mini Gallery: Margaret

La Ponsie: paintings

DETOUR/DRUMMOND ISLAND

MARQUETTE/DE VOS ART MUSEUM. Hours: Mon. thru Fri. between 10 & 5 (Thurs. to 8 p.m.). Sat. and Sun. between 1 & 4. 906/227-1481.

PETOSKEY: CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER. 231/347-4337. Open M o n . t h r u S a t . , 1 0 t o 5 . www.crookedtree.org .

to May 30: Refus Global (Total Refusal) This exhibition show-cases selected works by Quebec mid-20th century artists Marcel Barbeau, Ulysse Comtois, Yves Gaucher, Francoise Sullivan, Rita Letendre and Jean McE-wan, who challenged the tradi-tional values of Quebec society.

ARTCIRCUIT. ARTwork by students from the Sault Ste. Marie and District Public and Separate School Boards.

ALGOMA AREA EXHIBITS

May 7, 8 and 9 (Thurs. thru Sat.) at 8 p.m.: Rivertown Follies. $10 Thurs./$12 Fri. and Sat.

Sunday 17, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.: A Little Bit of Broadway and a Whole Lot More”. Cheboygan Area Arts Council Annual Dance Recital. Re-served seating. $7/5.

through June: “New to the Collection”—featuring a selection of items donated to the Museum’s Permanent Collection during 2007 & 2008.

May 23: Community Appreciation Day. Free admission to the museum.

SAULT STE. MARIE MUSEUM, corner of Queen and East Streets. 705/759-7278. Tues. thru Sat. from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Sun. and Mon. www,saultmuseum.com. heritage@saultmuseum.com. Admission $5 adults/$3 seniors/$2 students.

OUTSTATE EXHIBITS

CHEBOYGAN OPERA HOUSE, 231/627-5841 & 1-800/357-9408. www.theoperahouse.org/

May 26 through July 3: North of the 45th. 2nd Annual Upper Midwest Juried Art Exhibition

Marquette Arts and Culture Center in the Peter White Library May 7 to 29: Lake Super Art Associa-

tion 33rd Annual Member Show

May 5 to 9: Art Auction Preview Week (Auction Sat., May 9, 6;30 p.m. Tickets required.)

May 21 to June 18: Bay Arts Mem-bership Show

ART GALLERY OF ALGOMA, 10 East Street, 705/949-9067. Hours: Mon. thru Sat. from 9 to 5. Admis-sion $3. Children under 12, free. e-mail: aga@shaw.ca. website: www.artgalleryofalgoma.on.ca

ESCANABA: Wm. Bonifas Fine Arts Center, 700 1st Avenue South. 786/3833. www.bonifasarts.org.

ST. JOSEPH ISLAND

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Sat., May 2: AlgomaTRAD pre-sents a fundraiser benefit for caller Dan Gorno. The silent auction will be open for drop-in viewing from 4 to 7 p.m. and the live auction will take place at 7 p.m. in the Legion Hall in Rich-ards Landing.

ARTSPACE in the Station Mall, across from Zoozoo. Arts Council of Sault and District.. 705-945-9756

May 2 & 3: Sandra Hodge May 4 to 10: Zoey Wood-Salomon May 11 to 24: Black Wolf Designz

May 25 to 31: Heather Offord

through May 9: 2009 Youth Arts Fes-tival

May 22 to Aug. 8: “Sea/Safari/Chill—the Photographs of Ruth Petzold

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You’ll find unique gifts to fit any budget in the Alberta House Shop.

Open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

ARTCAMP 2009 Art Gallery of Algoma ARTCAMP offers an art inspired theme to teach traditional art techniques and en-courage creative imagination. This full day camp for school aged chil-dren will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eight different weeks of camp will be offered in the summer of 2009. Pre-registration begins the end of April. $115 a week. Call Laurie at 949-9067 (Art Gallery of Algoma) for more information.

BEAR RIVER WRITERS’ CONFERENCE

The annual Bear River Writers’ Conference will be held May 28th through June 1st at Camp Michi-gana on Walloon Lake. Special guest is Phillip Lopate. More infor-mation and a registration form is a v a i l a b l e a t www.lsa.umich.edu/bearriver. We have a brochure available on the bulletin board in the SAAC office in Alberta House.

JEANNE TUBMAN SUMMER CLASSES

MAY 16: Painting a scene from the Wayfarers Mart on Drummond Island. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $60. Sign up with Jeannie Schmeltzer at 906-493-5514.

31, June 7, & 14 (Sundays) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Out-door (plein air) oil painting class for any skill level. $75.

JUNE 1, 8 and 15 (Mondays), 5:30 to 7:30: Outdoor sketching class. $35.

Call for list of supplies and schedule of locations for this class and that above. (Rain location for both is Jeanne’s house at 2011 Riverside Drive.)

June 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in De-tour: Beginners Class.

More classes will be scheduled throughout the summer. Call Jeanne at 632-9612 or 630-6868 (cell).

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TRAVERSE CITY—Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art/Midland Center for the Arts. 1 8 0 1 W . S t . A n d r e w s . www.mcfta.org. Open Tues. thru Sat. 10 to 5, Thurs. to 8, Sun. 1 to 5.

to May 31: Life Work—Electra Stamelos

TAI CHI CLASSES

MEN, WOMEN, ALL AGES

REGAIN OR ENHANCE YOUR HEALTH

Afternoon and early evening classes

Fee varies by location and is non re-fundable

You must pre-register for these classes

Minimum 10 needed

NEW CLASSES BEGIN

IN MAY

CALL TODAY!

90-658-3301

ASK FOR PAULA

Classes in: Brimley,

Cedarville, Newberry

LINDA FINN 2-DAY WORKSHOP Linda Finn will teach a two-day workshop, “Working in a Series”, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, May 12 and 13, at the Emmanuel United Church Hall in Sault, Ontario. The workshop is sponsored by the Algoma Art Society. Participants will be exploring the process of how to work in a series using work that they have already done to springboard new ideas. The fee for the two-day workshop is $90. For more information, contact Judy Henderson at 705-759-1594.

MOTHER’S DAY IS COMING!

VISIT THE ALBERTA HOUSE SHOP!

May 23 to Aug. 8: “An American Century—Paintings from the Manoogian Collection”

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SUPPORTING THE ARTS

the Emotionally Impaired and an M.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan. She also completed Orton-Gillingham training for Learning Disabled, and Reading Recovery, training through Oak-land University. She taught Home Economics in Port Huron; taught five years at Linwood Children’s

Center for autistic and psychotic children in Ellicott City, Mary-land; taught Special Education in Marine City, Michigan and taught eleven years at Perkins School for the Blind in Water-town, Massachusetts. She then returned to Port Huron, where she taught another fourteen years. When asked how she and her husband happened to retire to Sugar Island she said that she grew up near the St. Clair River and longed for blue waters and freighters while living out of

state. She also knew she wanted access to open fields. An ad for land on Sugar Island introduced the couple to the area and while

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FEATURED ARTIST: JUDY COLEIN JUDY

COLEIN Judy was full of pro-tests when we told her we wanted to profile her for a

“featured artist”, because she didn’t feel that she was polished enough in any area to count, and then in answer to our questions, went on to demonstrate exactly why we did want her. Our take has always been that for most of us, art lies in the doing, in the joy of creative expression. Judy’s enthusiastic approach to and exploration of a number of different forms of artistic expres-sion and the satisfaction that the pursuit gives her are perfect examples of the joys that the pursuit and sharing of art can bring. Since retiring to Sugar Is-land three years ago, Judy has taken classes with Jeanne Tubman and audited another with Maureen Mousley; participated in the Sault Summer Arts Festival; shown her work at Alberta House, along with Jeanne Tubman and Donna Jarvis; taken a rug hooking class from Joan Muckelbauer and had a hooked rug in the juried “Home” exhibition in April. She also volunteers in Alberta House. Judy’s academic degrees reflect her varied interests. She has a B.S. in home Economics from Michigan State, an MD M.Ed from Loyola Col-lege (Maryland) in the Education of

they didn’t buy at that time, the friendliness of the people, the beauty of the area and the proximity to blue water, freighters and open fields brought them back repeatedly. The prospect of “having” to ride the ferry didn’t hurt either! Sugar Island, she says, is a perfect match for them. The craft that has taken most of Judy’s time in the past three years is the making of soaps and body products, an endeavor that began when she created soaps with toys inside for her five grandchildren (she has two sons), grew when she began making scented soaps for gifts for adults and developed into a business creating and selling soaps, lotions and other body products (about thirty different products in all), as individual items and in beautifully arranged baskets. Indi-vidual soaps became objects of art when she embellished them with flowers, birds and boats. The body product items are available in Al-

berta House, at art fairs and other venues and directly from Judy. Judy has so much she wants to do she doesn’t know what to do first. Her body product line has eaten up a

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Judy’s fuchsia and hummingbird painting rendered in soap

Judy’s hooked rug was in the “Home” juried exhibition

Soaps—left and on p. 13, are em-bellished with flowers and more.

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CHIPPEWA THEATER GUILD AUDITIONS

the production, which is scheduled to play July 30 and 31 and August 1 and 2. Those unable to attend the scheduled dates can call Colleen at 632-7090 for a separate appoint-ment. More information is avail-able on the guild’s website: www.chippewatheaterguild.com.

ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES

SAULT SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL JURY DEADLINE IS JUNE 1, 2009

The Chippewa Theater Guild will hold auditions for Anne of Green Gables Tuesday and Thursday, May 19 and 21, at the Guild Theater, 700 Eureka Street in the Sault. The play has eleven male and nineteen female roles. No prepared material is required. Kirk Maudlin and Colleen Lavey will direct

“SMALL WORKS” EXHIBITION & SALE AT THE DENNOS MUSEUM Artists may submit up to 10 pieces, each with measurements no greater than 5” x 7” x 1”. Artwork must be received by May 12. For prospectus, contact Terry Tarnow: 995-1587 ttar-now@nmc.edu

37th ANNUAL SAULT SUMMER ARTS FES-TIVAL

The Sault Summer Arts Festival will be held Tuesday, August 4, on the grounds of the old Fed-eral Building, 209 East Portage in the Sault.

Jury is by color slide, photograph, digital image or in-hand. Three images for each category of work to be displayed are re-quired. (Jewelers must submit five images.) The multi-media festival is open to original work that is displayed by the artist who created it. No work from commercial patterns or molds is allowed. Cash prizes are awarded in numerous categories, in-cluding Best of Show ($300), Best of Crafts ($150) and Painting ($150). The space fee is $100 (members of one year or more, $50) for a 10 x 10’ outdoor space. The jury deadline is June 1, 2009. The Sault Summer Arts Festival is sponsored as a public service by the Sault Area Arts Council. E-mail: saac@saultarts.org, check our web site at: www.saultarts.org, or call Jean Jones at 906-437-5463 for an application or more information.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS

SAULT, ONTARIO ROTARYFEST CRAFT SHOW The ROTARYFEST Craft Show and Sale will take place in Clergue Park from noon to 5 p.m., after the RotartyFest Parade on Saturday, July 19. The show will be under a new 60’ x 60’ tent located adjacent to the Indulge Tasting Pavilion with space for eighteen artisans in 10’ x 10’ spots. Artists who specialize in craftwork such as textiles, woodworking, tole painting, clay, glassworks, lace and tatting and other hand work are encour-aged to apply. Demonstrations are encouraged. The non refund-able registration fee is $25. The Sault and District Arts Council will jury applicants. Forms are available from the Arts Council of Sault and District (705-945-9756 or arts@ssmarts.org). A thirty word bio and black and white photo should be included with application.

lot of her time. Lately she has been doing more rug hooking, going back to a craft she first took up about forty years ago, before the needs of her career and family put it on the back burner. She says she carried a lot of wool with her as she moved from place to place with the idea that she would start hooking again. Her entry in the “Home” show is an original design featuring a black bear. She has done some dyeing of wool and plans to do more. She also plans to attend the On the Lake Rug Hooking Conference in Cedarville in late September. Her other interests include pho-tography and making jewelry. In between artistic endeavors she indulges in her love of nature (the couple had two black bears on their property earlier

this year) and recently she has been gathering sap for maple syrup. In many respects, she has become a typical Yooper, celebrating the beauty and the bounty of the U.P.

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The moose rug hooking was made in Joan Muckelbauer’s class

RON COREY TAKES FIRST PLACE IN “HOME” ANNUAL

JURIED EXHIBITION The winners in the Olive Craig Gal-lery’s Annual Juried Exhibition were announced at a reception in Alberta House on Saturday, April 11. The

theme this year was “Home” and the juror was Sault, On-tario weaver and teacher, Russ Mason. The three hun-dred dollar First Place Award went to Rudyard artist Ron Corey for a large charcoal study titled “Home . . . Less” (above), a work which the juror described as “a graphi-

HONORS & ACCOLADES

cally haunting portrait”, citing its “detail”, “careful construction” and “stark and visual, simple and complex image”. Corey is well versed in many media. He took Third Place in the gallery’s annual juried exhibition a year ago for an oil painting and has been in a number of juried exhibitions state wide. More of his work and his hon-ors can be seen on his web site: www.racoreysfineart.com. The two hundred dollar Second Place Award went to Sault, Ontario artist Eddie Kosiba for an acrylic painting titled “Harvey’s Camp” (left) which Russ Mason cited for it’s “use of color and the sense of space, seclusion and intimacy”. The one hundred dollar Third Place Award went to Beverely Benne of Sturgis, Michigan for “My Grandfather’s Village” (right), a mixed-media collage. Mason com-mented, “The more I looked at the painting the more I was drawn to the craftsmanship and design. Look at

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Kosiba

ArtPrize This is an unusual competition with no jury or official curator. The artist submits his work and negotiates a space in one of many ArtPrize venues across the city of Grand Rapids. It is an international competition open to artists 18 years and older. Top ten finalists win a cash prize; the top prize is $250,000. Each artist may submit only one work. Registration is on line and ends July 31, 2009. The registration fee is $50. Exhibition dates are September 23, through Oc-tober 10, and work must remain on exhibit throughout. Collaborative work is acceptable. The first place winner transfers the winning work to ArtPrize to be added to the public art collection. The ArtPrize creator is Rick DeVos. The city of Grand Rapids will become the art gallery and the public will de-cide the winners by voting, using mo-bile devices and the web. 1st place wins $250,000; 2nd wins $100,000; 3rd wins $50,000; 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th each win $7,000. More infor-mation and registration is online at www.artprize.org.

ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES

Corey

this one from a distance and then up close”. Benne had work in last year’s “Blues” exhibit as well. Mason gave six Honorable Men-tion Awards: Lotte Steube, of Sault, Ontario, took an award for “Home Is Where the Heart Is” (above). She has three paint-ings in the “Home” exhibit. Wil-liam Gerrish, of the Sault, took two Honorable Mention Awards—one for “Letters Home” and one for

“Recollections”, both assemblages of found objects (). Sault photographer Kayleigh White, who has three photographs in the exhibit, took an Honorable Mention Award for “Fresh Out of the Oven” (right), which Mason said reminded him of “historical photographs of Betty Crocker and Better Homes and Gar-dens with a modern twist . . .”. White’s work will be shown in a solo exhibit in the Olive Craig Gallery next month, May 2 to 30. Another photographer, William Slingsby of Sault, Ontario, took an Honorable Mention Award for “Aunties” (right), which Mason described as “the sim-ple/complex pres-entation of a dere-lict shack” (below). Slingsby had a dual exhibition with Pat Baker in

the Olive Craig Gallery in May of 2007 and had work in last year’s “Blues” exhibition as

well. Sault, Michigan artist Joel Lake

took an award for a pastel paint-ing titled “Winter at Home”, (bottom right) which Mason felt “captures the sense of distance and space and the colours of our northern landscape”. Lake’s

work has appeared in solo exhibi-tions and national publications and can be seen on his web site: http://www.joellake.com. We’ll have all the paintings from the “Home” exhibition up on our web site.

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Slingsby

Benne

Steube

White

Gerrish

Joel Lake

FERNGULLY The Academy of Performing Arts will present its 8th annual children’s theater performance, directed and produced by Luanna Luxton Arm-strong on Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17, at the Dream Mak-ers Theater. The performance fea-tures both children and adults, in-cluding Peter DeCourcy as “Hexxus”, the spirit of destruction; Ginny Shadnaw (Peter Pan in 2006); Crysta and Jarred Benoit and the Honorable Elizabeth Church as “Batty”, abetted by Sam Burdick. Ferngullly reminds us that we are all connected by the need to act as guardians of our own earth. Tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for children at the Kewadin Box Office or at the door. Performances are at 6 p.m. on Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

NEWS & NOTES

ANNUAL FUNDRAISER O u r a n n u a l f u n d r a i s -ing/membership letters went out a week ago and we want to thank those of you who have already responded. We aren’t printing your names any more, because we assume you don’t want them up on the web, but you will all receive a written receipt. As you all know, we found ourselves in a financial pinch this year. To save money, we used our copy machine to print all the letters ourselves using donated paper, and instead of having the return envelopes printed we ran off labels and put them on all the return enve-lopes. Somebody had to do the copy-ing, put every return label on every envelope, cut the return slips (there were three to a page), fold all the let-ters and insert them all into the enve-lopes before sealing the envelopes. Even after removing museums and other organizations from the list there are about 400 members, so that’s a lot of sticking, cutting and folding, after which they had to be hauled to the post office. Pat Claxton did it, with help from Anny Hubbard. She also bought the return envelopes. Thank you, thank you, Pat. Joe Davis came in and volunteered to clean up the yard and the parking lot and Carole Ward is back at work on the gar-dens. The only reason we’re looking good is that we have great volunteers and we thank them!!! And, back to the fundraiser, if we neglected to send you a fundraising request and you’d like to donate, please feel free! Our address is: Sault Area Arts Council, Alberta House Arts Center, 217 Ferris Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783.

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“Home” reception—photo by ▼ Jeanne Tubman

“HARVEY” The Sault will be visited by what is proba-bly the world’s largest pooka (6 foot three and one half inches) when the Chip-pewa Theater Guild produc-tion of “Harvey” hits the Guild Theater Stage April 30. The role of Elwood

P. Dowd is played by newcomer John Gilbert. Others in the cast include Jane Merrell, Alicia Askwith, Jim Taylor, Lee Ann Pearson, Ralph Siplett, Kevin White, Rebecca Kluck, Lee Ann Izzard, C. J. Helfrich and Will Fowler. Director Pirie Kaufman, stage manager Arlene Proulx, assis-tant stage manager Wren Alarie, Lee Ann Pearson and Will Fowler are all braving the lines at the bridge to come over from Sault, Ontario for this pro-duction. The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. April 30, May 1, 2, 8 and 9, and at 2 p.m. for the two May 3 and 10, matinees. The price is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for students, at the door or

f r o m t h e G u i l d w e b s i t e (www.chippewatheaterguild.com.) Reservations can be made by calling Colleen at 632-7090. The intimate Guild Theater is located at 700 Eureka Street, just down the hill north of LSSU.

If you’ve got something special, you need to let people know! Advertise in

Alberta House News! Call 906-437-5463 or e-mail: saac@saultarts.org.

Full page ad, $100. 3/4 page is $75. 1/2 page $50. 1/4 page ad $25. 1/8

page ad $15. 1 & 1/2” banner across the front page $50. Call

Jean Jones at 437-5463 or e-mail: saac @saultarts.org.

DINNER WITH THE JOHN JOHNSTONS The Chippewa County Historical Society’s interactive “Dinner with the John Johnstons” is Saturday, June 27. Space is limited and tickets must be purchased in advance. They are $20 at the Sault Chamber of Commerce, the Soo Theatre Box Office, the Chippewa County Historical Society Gift Shop, or by phone, using a credit card (635-7082).

ART GALLERY OF ALGOMA WEL-COMES NEW DIRECTOR

The Art Gallery of Algoma has appointed Dr. Curtis Collins to succeed the recently retired Michael Burtch as director of that facility. Dr. Collins graduated from McGill University in 2002 with a Ph.D. from the Department of Art History and Communication Studies. Much of his academic work focused on the develop-ment of installation and performance based practices in Canada and also on the advancement of First Nations art. Collins assumed his new post April 27.

HIAWATHA MUSIC FESTIVAL Advance tickets for the July 17-19 Hia-watha Music Festival, held at the Tourist Park in Marquette, are available from the Hiawatha Music Co-op, P.O. Box 414, Marquette, MI 49855 (906-226-8575) or online at wwww.hiawathamusic.org. Weekend passes are $50 for adults, $40 or teens and seniors and $5 for children. Camping tags are also available at $15 each. Daily passes will be available at the gate.

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EUP FINE ARTS COUNCIL PRESENTS

THE STEEL MAGNOLIAS The Steel Magnolias, directed by David Rhinard, will play the EUP Fine Arts Council Cultural Center Friday, Sat-

urday and Sunday, May 19, 20 and 21, with Susie Rhinard as Truvy, Kegan Fountain as Annelle, Sandy Wytiaz as Clairee, Heather VanDaele as Shelby, Julia Meier as M’Lynn and Jean Bloom as Ouiser. Co-producers are Ruth Ann Hudak and Judy Jones. Check the EUP Fine Arts Council web site (www.eupfac.org) for more information.

Home of the Sault Summer Arts Festival.

Jury deadline is June 1. Festival is August 4.

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SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Alberta House News is published monthly as a public service by the Sault Area Arts Council. Printed copies may be picked up free of charge at Alberta House Arts Center or the Bayliss Library. Printable copies can be downloaded from our web site (www.saultarts.org). Items for Alberta House News are best transferred in written form, either dropped off at Alberta House or mailed there c/o Jean Jones. You may also call 906/437-5463 afternoons or evenings or e-mail saac@saultarts.org. Alberta House News publishes art news of general interest to its readers. There is no charge for inclusion. Please include the sponsor of an event with the information.

If you would like to become a member of SAAC and help support arts council services, fill in the form alongside and mail with your check for $25.00 in U.S. funds to the Sault Area Arts Council, Alberta House Arts Center, 217 Ferris Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783. Members are mailed a monthly copy of “Alberta House News” as a benefit of membership or can download a copy. We will send an e-mail reminder when a new copy is on line if you send your e-mail address to us at: saac@saultarts.org.

Oil painting of loons by Jeanne Tubman. See it at the Bayliss Library during May.