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W ARTS AWARENESS x> ‘tâ€"s : f f * o f â€" â€"â€" \ | \ _ W Spend Culture Days e y Bs o 19 +1 Re C ce | hm PB f | e _ > & e 1* > s agpAy | €€B, â€"0 _ | h e | vosrr uae "ALEINP aofpe | gea >>~ > | s e > CECILIA NASMITH 7 ifuich with the creative side of | Ei _ ~â€"<~~ SR | e P es \ Northumberland Today our brain, and magical things | <.. come & | I h oi Nn can happen. | â€" »‘3 "% 3 8M I 222.%© 3.55.6; COLBORNE â€" Members of * Mono printing from 2:30 ) & > > | 1 _| the Colborne Art Gallery have _ to 3:30 p.m. â€" Working on a ; Soâ€"tf t alle es . _______| _ issued the invitation to spend _ small plexiglass plate with | * i .*_ M | t”;.' e o C e (| ~~Culfiuce Days with them. + waterâ€"colour crayon helps us [ > ~al | Pz é;!-’"f- Es ‘1_ is This crossâ€"Canada volunâ€" _ explore colout, line and shape j 3 s poe T To | â€" teer movement to raise. o release a new design that & o pe, ie t c 5 OO 000| awareness and engagement . can be quite a surprise, | 5 tz ht r‘f-"-il:i’f?’:é‘i? { O 0 ) â€" by all Canadians in the arts is « Linoâ€"block printing from | ©1 A 6 is t m ty tC# .. h en _ [ being celebrated in many 4 to 5 p.m. â€" With special es â€" e 3. in We Teaxt > | M SA _ ways on Sept. 28 and 29 _ knives to cut through the soft [ N s %,* ngs â€" Â¥s hq t oo wies * 2 <] .(which you can explore at linoleum on these blocks, and ! es | h draiges 5 e (,,‘ . â€"~ Sm http://culturedays.ca). printing inks in glorious ies ss : : \\33? s 53â€" P ;’?“ In Colborne, gallery memâ€" _ Colours, wonderful. prints | ic < ‘ t o on â€"_ wummm o0 _ & â€" [SS _ bers have planned two days of take shape. | *4 e hss on son 2. es activities to get everyone _ DD Sunday, from 3 to 4 | se Mtans enc r. adue d WÂ¥ Oa| _ involved in the creative proâ€" pfimt" dmt]i]l in for an flffllflis | * 7 Ssd e se s _ s con. chat on the occasion of the | | ,;;4'.‘?”75 N§e °* zmâ€"sa < | _ On Saturday, Jillian Roosâ€" final day of Tim Dignam‘s | 1 M / We it ; P Tegel* " _ Wl â€" Markowitz will lead the way exhibit. Dignam will conduct ‘ o=1 la r k. 25 4* 1 with three afternoon experiâ€" 4Dd record a performance | . n P ences, with all supplies proâ€" â€" Pi€C using text and Eerform- | °e yided ers, and will be available to % m i ~ C ; 4 + Intuitive drawing from 1 answer any qu9§nons ab9ut | s ’i to 2 p.m. â€" Intuitive drawing tl}e process and ideas behind E‘{& es Efig; | comes from deep within, hl;\gork(.: C is i :‘#‘ | < Nx "* | using such items as a flower . | tE d 'J& 501”;5 gaS erér 18 J 3 * nth . sr o k or a stone to stimulate our ((:ngabeen * he 5kB 9 s . Y r« * * mind. Using the lines and $ts: € 5 s .e‘ marks of the object, we draw _ cecilia.nasmith@sunmedia.ca M m tss with closed eyes to get in _ fwitter.com/NT_cnasmith â€"tâ€"" .m _ _ 2 stt oo,aaaee e. S >;*“ w e ons t ; Submitted phokx,\"'" a§§ 6 . $ BR ATH E | Tim Dignam and other member artists of the Colborne Art Gallery invite vou to spend Culture Days with Eie othing Eise Matters "o o o o o e 2 0 Unified Diversity: Tim Dignam at the Colborne Art Gallery â€"â€"â€"+"" | & qq _ | & is | by Annie McDonald N 2 I went to visit Tim Dignam at his basement studio, e s oo " on s way out in the Baltimore area woods, and was n . as wA e V is sefi m thrilled at the paintings and sculpture that were x 2s W M . x Cmm : : o. 5. a n U ~a ~ underway for his upcoming feature show at the . L s & 4 =~~â€" is Colborne Art Gallery, entitled Unified Diversity. \«~ * e . hrs 4 se * ob There I found the wide range of expression that I ,:%:;}'*'. .e e 2 e j gnt have come to expect from Tim â€" the work swings 3 e .. m > ¢ 4 s ~ngze w this way and that, both in materials and subject. “ l i * & ° 5 K>. T x a ’ "*“?l-.__:;?' CS The first piece we talked about is an abstract ’i‘?fiff 1" C $# 1 \ M construction sculpture, made from many pieces of e us ce o e 0 >fi . §. a=a wood, carefully joined at irregular angles, divided \paul e â€". se ) tss = j > s l into spaces that are similar in area, but different in 33 o t io o. ~s w 5> ) ) s _ n e ____L id shape. "It‘s like us. We are all different, but can * e ces ... .. ol // â€"â€" "*â€" â€" work together." He repeats the theme with a series o. ‘ C Tim Dignam in his studio of acrylic painted stretched canvas squar Aritork by in Dignam ; j Ambi 1 hi 1 oocle S are created with underpainting and then scumbling 3 ‘%m’“sl’ha“g“ se olie nc d #=haat ; with closely keyed colours on top to create a lively created on the canvasses. g;eseme ?s a figure." Tim lllsCS the footprints _ surface. An overall tension is created when the Dignam has an affinity for a variety of materials and w;:use. 9 t:e ?[\erso:?al and visceral feel they elicit square sections work with the curvilinear forms. will use almost anything that comes to hand to do n viewed. They involve everybody. There is a strong sense of relationships, even the job. He is also familiar with traditional sculpture My favorite of the new works is a wall installation conversations between the abstracted forms. techniques, starting in clay,. and finishing with a madf: up of 16 square, painted canvasses, that could Tim Dignam‘s family is deeply rooted in thigarea: polynrethine casting ma‘cenal. He has a foot series be viewed separately but Tim‘s intention is for us to Painting and the artistic life come naturally to him, that has been worked this way. Tim explains the view them together, The shapes are organic in o e lished and ; g 2 6e ; 6 as his greatâ€"grandmother was an accomp!ished ans subject of the aculpnfre. The first images of nature and the curvilinear masses continue from one edgy feminist painter of her time. Tim follows this Buddha were foot prints, long before western square section to another. Light is emitted from the exi’nple ana f[c’;un ding member of The Colborne Art fdfluences cnai sns l eere nds complementary autumnal palette. Intriguing layers Gallery. He has contributed artworks for exhibit and S * mm also worked as curator there for many years. 4 Works by other members will also be on display. < @ The show continues Thursdays through Sundays, vg 12 to 5 pm, at 51 King Street E., Colborne, through e . _ . s September 29. For more information, please visit _ Pn n copmimâ€" . Wovao dnsnalbnessartoallary an