Tweed Art in the Park, Belleville ribfest etc.

The Tweed Arts Council is holding it's annual "Art in the Park" show at the Memorial Park by the lake in Tweed on Sat and Sun 15th and 16th August. Its going to be hot- supposed to hit 28C.

The picture above is done in Tweed, at the Heritage Centre gardens. These are worth a visit as they are always beautiful thanks to curator, Evan Morton. There is now a spectacular new totem pole,carved by local native and non-native sculptors.

This same weekend is Ribfest at Zwicks Park, Belleville, and the Ramada Inn which is just across the road, is having an art and craft show and sale in the grounds. The Belleville Art Association has a table there.

Tweed Flowerama

Tweed Flowerama is the event that goes on in the Memorial Park in Tweed on Canada Day. It's much more than a flower show -although that is a prominant part of it-hosted by the Tweed Horticultural Society. It is also about art, crafts and music. Nearly everyone is dressed in their red and white Canadian colours and waving flags. We are becoming almost as patriotic as the Americans!

There was a short, but very well attended parade, activities for the kids as well as free cake and drinks.
Artists present were Suzanne Cavers and Audrey Thomas and me of course! We were allowed to put up our dsiplays in the Kiwanis club house,as it looked as though we were going to have a rainy day, but in fact, it turned out to be a beautiful day. Someone wanted me to do a watercolour of the view from the clubhouse of Stoco Lake, but of course, I didn't have my watercolours with me. Typical!

Some of the Belleville Art Association members put on a display at Zwick's Park in Belleville, but I can't be in two places at once.

Madoc Music and Art Festival continued

Well, despite the rainy day on Saturday, the festival was attended by a lot more people than last year. Everyone seemed pleased with the new venue, although there was the usual problem of some vendors taking up more than their share of the allocated space.

The music was great, and not too loud! It ranged from gospel to bluegrass to classic pop.

There was barbecued beef or pork for lunch at very reasonable prices.

Some artists were very pleased with their sales and the positive comments about their art. Of note was young native artist A.J. VanDrie (see painting above) who sold a painting he was working on at the show before it was even finished! He also sold his biggest and most expensive piece at the show.
Look out for his art again at an upcoming show in August at the Tweed Heritage Centre gallery. See his work at http://www.woodlandartist.com/