Owen Sound Art Banner Project

2012 Invitation to Artists and Patrons

Owen Sound Art Banner Project — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:38:22 +0000

Attention all Owen Sound area artists and lovers of art! The Owen Sound Art Banner Exhibition for 2012 invites your submissions and your support. If you are an artist, please participate by submitting your entries for selection using the Art Banner Submission and Patron Form. We will accept submissions from now until Wednesday, Feb. 29. Please follow the submission requirements carefully to ensure your images can be considered.

And if you are a potential or former patron of the Art Banner Project, please use the same form to support us by sponsoring a banner in 2012. Just download and print the Art Banner Submission and Patron Form and follow the instructions to contribute your cheque. All patrons will be contacted to choose their sponsored artist once the banner images have been selected.

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Wait for it!

Owen Sound Art Banner Project — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:21:48 +0000

It’s hard to picture while the winds howl and the snow blows, but Owen Sound artists and art lovers can look forward to sunshine and beautiful banners along the harbour once again in spring and summer, 2012.

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2011 Banner Launch & Doors Open

Owen Sound Art Banner Project — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:35:20 +0000

Join us at the 2011 banner launch at the Owen Sound Farmer’s Market on Sunday, May 15 at 1 pm. Mingle with sponsors, artists and the public while viewing the full complement of 2011 banners prior to their installation at the harbour. Coffee, treats and great company await! Sponsored banners from the 2010 season will be available for pick up at the launch.

Also, artists included in the 2011 season have been asked to consider being on-site at the harbour to sit by their own banners, for the 2011 Doors Open Owen Sound Saturday June 4 and Sunday June 5, 10 am – 4 pm. Artists are invited to bring their wares and set up and sell all weekend long. There is no fee and it is a chance for artists to network, talk about their work with the public and sell their art. Bring coverings for shade, pop up display materials, etc. Just remember – the harbour can be windy! Artists are not required to be present the entire weekend of Door’s Open. The city is devoting an entire page to the banner project in their Doors Open publication and it’s a great opportunity for artists. If you have any questions, contact Heritage Coordinator Sandra Parks at the City of Owen Sound at 519-376-1440. See you on May 15th at the Farmer’s Market. Don’t forget to tell your friends!

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Owen Sound Art Banner Launch 2011

Owen Sound Art Banner Project — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:22:47 +0000

Owen Sound Farmers’ Market
Sunday May 15 at 1:00 pm

Enjoy some local hospitality and meet the artists, patrons and volunteers who are
contributing to this year’s outdoor art project.
See the collection of 2011 Art Banners exhibited in their entirety before their installation at the harbour.
Claim a banner for yourself! (if any are still available…)
Sponsors of 2010 Art Banners may collect theirs to take home, at long last!

If you have a name tag or identifying label please wear it, so that sponsors and artists may find each other in the crowd.

For more information please call 519 470 4200 or visit www.artbanner.ca
The Owen Sound Art Banner Project Committee is grateful to the City of Owen Sound and City Staff for their assistance.

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2011 Exhibition Catalogue

Owen Sound Art Banner Project — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:16:35 +0000

Artist	Artwork	Sponsor Patron
Eleanor Pauling	10th St Bridge Summertime	Bridges Art Gallery
Dan Minard	Abstract	Bruce and Darlene Minard
Allison Brown	At the Heart of It	Downtown Improvement Area
Meghan Fitzsimmons	Baa Baa	Sweetpea Wholesome Baby
Julie Heinrichs	Beyond	Ian and Victoria Thompson
Valerie Cargo	Beyond the Horizon	Downtown Improvement Area
Charlene Atkins	Bird	The Artist
Cindy McKenna	Blackbird Lullaby	Leigh Greaves
Becky Gilbert	Cali Cat	Steve Briggs
Krista Anastasovski	Cartoons	Helen Trentos
Elaine Doy	Cattails	Aspin Kemp & Associates
Steve Irvine	Ceramic Camera	Torben Hawksbridge
Kelly Maw	Daisy Chain	Bruce & Ruth Stanners
Heather Murray	Deer Heart	Paulette Peirol
Joan Hawksbridge	Dissolving Grid	The Artist
Wendy Bachiu	Drink of Water	Owen Sound Farmers Market
Sue Allison	Early Awakening	Lynda Farlinger
Sean R Stewart	Evacuated Space	Aly Boltman
James Culligan	Fall Ploughing	Bridges Art Gallery
Dianne Sutter	Falling Leaves	The Artist
Lazarus Ioannou	Farm Fall Valley	Jim & Mary Claire Harrold
Vita Twirlin Diva	Fire Spinner Two	Kate McLaren
Linda Bester	Georgian Bay Lookout	Ted Renner
Louise Moore	Girl with a Sword	Erroll & Elaine Treslan
Jason Cook	Good Dog	Community Living
Noel Martin	Greener Pastures	Christy Telford
Debbie Chappell	Green Lizard	Community Living
Elaine Davidson	Grey Bruce Gal	Paulette Peirol
Denise Callaghan	Home is Where the Heart Lives	The Artist
Hillary Hopps	Ipswich 1860s	Doreen Fawcett
Cynthia Porter	Is This All?	Ted Renner
Karen Aspinall	Min-Pin	GOSA
Carol-Ann Barrett	Line Dancer	Bridges Art Gallery
Christy Hempel	Mag’s Painted Ladies	Daniel & Louise Moore
Chris Piekny	Mainly Blue Abstract	Dr Toomas Sauks
Gail R Schuett	Me and My Shadow	Valerie & Wally Murray
Sara Jane Doberstein	Moderation	Becky Middlebrook
Karen Rosalie	Mountains	Helen and Brian Barrie
Justin Skultety	Nightfall	The Artist
Bonnie Gardiner	Off Side	Owen Sound Farmers Market
Lesley Bankes	Opossum	The Artist
Sharon Barfoot	Outside My Back Door	Patricia Keeling
Maureen Cahoon	Porcupine	The Artist
Susan Seitz	Purple Smoke Tree	Hastings and Danard
Terry Burns	Red Rowboat	George & Tara Saab
Frank de Matteis	Red Wing Blackbird	E! Embroidery
Kim Dutfield	Remembering OSCVI	The Artist
Herman Rebel	Ringtown	The Artist
Ofra Svorai	Rock Face	Lynda Chiotti
Alan Glicksman	Secret Passage	Ted Renner
Sue Davies	Silver Lining	Ruthann Carson
Elizabeth Sander	Splendour in the Grass	The Artist
Kelly Biggar	Steelheader’s Dream	The Artist
Sandy Esplen	Stolen Moments	Robert Esplen
Cathy Byberg	Tanglewood	Kimberley Love
Pat Keeling	The Hottest Yard Sale	Bruce & Ruth Stanners
Tina Concetta Revie	Through the Trees	The Artist
Elly Mackay	Tranquil Morning	Leigh Greaves
Stephen Schmit	Trotter	The Artist
Sarah Slater	Vibrant Reflections	The Artist
Camielle Yon	Washed Over Me	The Pink Path
Hilary Halbert	Who	The Artist
Lia Cavasotto	Wise Old Hands	Birgit Wright

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Committee Thanks 2010 Artists & Patrons

Owen Sound Art Banner Project — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:01:28 +0000

Owen Sound Art Banner Committee wishes to acknowledge and thank artists and patrons involved in the 2010 Downtown Owen Sound Art Banner Exhibition.

2010 Artists:

Ofra Svorai, Yvonne Soper, Irwin Seidman, Linda Bester, Don Sankey, Jill Pratt, Brahm Friedlander, James Culligan, Bev Morgan, Vera Dernovsek, Ken Thornburn, Trish Rintoul, Reilly Dow, Jeff Suchak, Ron Ball, Alan Glicksman, Peter John Reid, Jean Francis, Bonnie Gardiner, Sue Allison, Sandra Noble Goss, Julia White, Barbara Pearn, Andrew Goss, Cindy McKenna, Pat Keeling, Wendy Bachiu, Sarah Slater, Christa Eggers, Hope M. Campbell, Robert Menzies, Hollis Kate San Cartier, John Fearnall, Akke Stretch, Lazarus Ioannou, Christy Hempel, Shelley Jackson, Elly MacKay, Ralph Bergman, Barbara Atkinson, Maija Zemitis, Kris Rosar, Sharon Barfoot, Kim Dutfield, Suzanne Myers, Gail R. Schuett, Meagan Freer, Aggie McCormack

2010 Sponsors:

Theodore & Lois Renner, Mosaic Magazine, Grey Bruce Physiotherapy, Murray’s Sharpening, LyndaFarlinger, Bridges Art Gallery, Bev Morgan, Brian & Susan Davenport & Family, Northern Flyer (Ken Thornburn), Owen Sound D.I.A., Ruth Lovell-Stanners & Bruce Stanners, Mythic Landscape, Christine & Ralph Hempel, Briggs-Pitre Optometrists, Jan Caldwell Aquatics, Owen Sound Artists’ Co-Op, Owen Sound Farmer’s Market, Sandra Noble-Goss, Kimberley Love, Andrew Goss, Toomas Sauks M.D., Robert & Sandy Esplen, Valerie & Wally Murray, The Pink Path, Birgit Wright, Terry & Sue Carleton – E! Embroidery, Gallery DeBoer, Ruthann Carson, George & Tara Saab, Southampton Art School, Gallery & Shop, Paul & Becky Middlebrook, Derek Hewitt, Memory Garden Retreats, Daniel & Louise Moore, Jerry Downy’s Quicklube, The Burri’s, Ian & Vicky Thompson, Scott & Mary Thomson, Aspin Kemp & Associates, Kim Dutfield, Shalimar’s Veil, Deborah Boyd & Bill Van Wyck, Mary Claire & Jim Harrold, Cottage Fever.

Special thanks to Downtown Owen Sound (Owen Sound Downtown Improvement Area) for their generous grant.

For more info … visit www.artbanner.ca

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2010 Art Banners Installed in Downtown Owen Sound

Owen Sound Art Banner Project — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:23:09 +0000

2010 Art Banner Exhibit rolled out in Downtown Owen Sound. Forty-eighty one-of-a-kind banners installed on 2nd Avenue East between 7th Street & 11th Street.

Click here to see photos …

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Sneak Peek Photos of 2010 Art Banners

Owen Sound Art Banner Project — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:59:17 +0000

Check out photos from this “sneak preview event” courtesy of MyOwenSound.Ca (click here)

New photos also added to our photo gallery … click here.

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Notice to 2010 Art Banner Artists

Owen Sound Art Banner Project — Sun, 16 May 2010 19:33:53 +0000

The 2010 Owen Sound Art Banner Exhibition is sold out! The deadline to purchase a duplicate copy of your 2010 Owen Sound Art Banner is May 31, 2010. Duplicate banners are available only for artists showing in the 2010 Downtown Owen Sound Art Banner exhibit and are not available to the public.

Artist requests must be received by mail and must be accompanied by payment in full ($100). Please note that exhibiting artists must make this request directly (third party requests for duplicate banners will not be accepted).

Please mail your request and payment to Ted Renner c/o 854 2nd Avenue East, Owen Sound ON N4K 3Y4

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MEDIA RELEASE: 2010 Art Banners To Be Unveiled This Weekend

Owen Sound Art Banner Project — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:49:29 +0000

The public is invited to a sneak preview of 48 original works of art that will brighten the streets of downtown Owen Sound this summer in the form of art banners. The Art Banner Committee will be unveiling the banners at the Farmer’s Market at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 16th.

The 48 images selected were chosen by an independent jury from 216 submissions by 83 artists. Works by two students, Meagan Freer and Hollis Kate SanCartier, were among the winning entries. Jurors included: Aly Boltman, director of the Southampton Art Gallery; Ron DeBoer, owner of Gallery DeBoer Fine Art and Jazz; Leigh Greaves, a local art patron, Rachel Monckton, collections manager for the Tom Thomson Art Gallery; and Steven White, a mixed media artist.

“We sought works that were strong enough to visually catch the eye of pedestrians and passers-by while keeping in mind that the composition needed to translate well onto a vertical space,” the jurors wrote. “In the end, we tried to craft a selection that included a range of mediums, techniques, atmosphere and subject matter that would give the viewer a moment of joy, and a chance to appreciate the value of art in our community.”

The artists’ names were withheld from the jury until after the selections were made. They were categorized so that only one piece by each artist could be chosen.

The jury selected the winning artists in late April, and the banners sold out within weeks, covering the full cost of production. The banners will be hung along 2nd Avenue East on the Victoria Day weekend and will move indoors to other public locations during the winter months. Next spring, the banners will become the property of the individual donors.

“We should all consider ourselves lucky to live in an area where arts are cultivated and embraced, and in a town that has been able to harness all of that talent into a tangible, grassroots downtown beautification project,” the jurors wrote.

The art banner project is run by a group of volunteers interested in building broad community support for local artists and a venue to display their work in the form of street banners. After a successful inaugural year on the Owen Sound harbour in 2009, City Council approved the exapnsion of the banners to mainstreet downtown for 2010.

For more information, or to arrange interviews, please contact:

Kate McLaren
Chairperson, Owen Sound Art Banner Committee
Phone: 519-538-1897
E-mail: mudtown@bmts.com

or Ted Renner,
Owen Sound Art Banner Committee
E-mail: tedrenner@me.com

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