Events

For More Events Listings of the Arts Council and Members, visit our website.

June 7 and June 21 - Open Mike at the Dominion Hotel. More Info.

June 8 – Open Stage with the Haliburton County Folk Society at the Haliburton Legion. Featured performer Lauren Phillps. More info.

June 12 - Ted Barris – "Fire Canoe: How The West Was Won", Telling our Stories Speaker Series. 7:00 pm at the HHOA Fish Hatchery. More info .

June 13 - Community Heritage Series: The Stories of Funeral Practices In Minden , Telling our Stories Speaker Series hosted at Minden Hills Cultural Centre. More Info.

June 13, 20, 27 - Community Drum Circle at Rails End Gallery 6:30-8:30pm. More info.

June 15 - Fernando Diaz de Leon Rendon - Art Show at Kinmount Artisans Marketplace from 10 am - 5 pm. The show is entitled “Icelandic Heritage - From the Land of Fire and Ice” and is in conjunction with the celebration being held by the Icelandic group for the 150th anniversary of their arrival in Kinmount. Visit the website

June 15 - Girls Nite Out Comedy Show at Abbey Gardens. More info.

June 20 - Film Screening: The Road Forward at Minden Hills Cultural Center. More Info.

June 22 - How Did We Get To Jersey at Abbey Gardens. More Info.

June 22 - Frequency Sound Solstice Experience at Frog Hollow Art Experience.

More info.

June 22 - North Country Express at The Dominion Hotel. More Info.

June 23 - North of Seven at The Dominion Hotel. More info.

June 24 - Haliburton Highlands Land Trust Annual General Meeting via ZOOM at 7p.m. HHLT welcomes all to join us for our AGM Members in good standing 30 days prior to meeting have voting privileges. Preregistration required to receive ZOOM link at More Info and Registration

June 25 - Tiki Tuesday Party at The Dominion with Jeff Moulton. More Info.

MUSIC, MIRACLES AND MAYHEM IN THE HIGHLANDS!

Season Passes and individual tickets for the Highlands Summer Festival 2024 Season

are available online or call our Box Office at 705-457-9933 or toll-free at 1-855-457-9933.

July 13 - Bookapalooza with bestseller Linwood Barclay and dozens of local authors, Minden Community Centre. More info.

July 20-21 - Art on the Dock 10th Anniversary. More info.

Highlands Opera Studio - Season Passes available for their full live season! Tickets $15-37.50. Check out their upcoming season featuring Masterclasses, Operas, Concerts and pay-what-you-can events. Box office 1-855-455-5533. More info.

Workshops

Fleming College - HSAD - Registrations for courses now open. More Info.

Online Art Mentoring/Classes with Carole Finn. On demand, online. Learn/improve your art & art practice through guided doing. More info and Testimonials

On Until June 16 - Grounds for Goodness at the Rails End Gallery. Grounds for Goodness is a mobile multi-year project, conceived and led by Toronto-based artist Ruth Howard. Ruth will work with local artists and community members: gathering and playing with stories through drawing, writing, storytelling, sewing, sculpting, music and small object performance, to create and share a distinctive Haliburton version of the project. More info.

June 10-14 - Blending Multiple Photographs. An introductory level digital photography course at Haliburton School of Art + Design taught by local fine art photographer Corin Ford Forrester. The new HSAD computer lab will be used. Course calendar & registration information available at www.hsad.ca

July 1-5 - Pot Your Heart Out! at Blackbird Pottery. Week long Pottery Workshop & Open Studio. More info.

July 7 - Feather Fan Workshop at Whirling Wind Studio. More Info.

July 6 - Playing with Polaroids. A day of hands on creativity: scratching, cutting, painting

and emulsion lifting Polaroid photographs at Haliburton School of Art & Design. Cameras and materials provided by the instructor, local fine art photographer Corin Ford Forrester. Course calendar & registration information available at www.hsad.ca

July 22 - 27 - Deepening the Surface: Layers & Print Ceramics Workshop at Blackbird Pottery. 5.5 days workshop. More info.

July 22 – 26 - The Colour of Emotion is an acrylic painting class taught by local artist Grethe Jensen. Paintings bring joy, paintings express emotion. In this workshop you will learn how to choose and mix colours that produce your desired mood – from quiet and peaceful to bold and dramatic. The workshop will be offered in Bancroft, registration opens May 13. More info.

Mon. or Tues. - Pay-as-you-go painting classes at Boathouse Studio in Carnarvon run all year round and have been going for 7+ years. Mon. or Tues at 10-12 or 1-3. $15 per class. Beginners welcome. For those that want to try oil paints, there is a $5 fee for in-class use. Email: harveywalkerart@gmail.com

Glass Eagle Studios is offering Spring/Summer classes and workshops. Learn the art of Stained Glass in a small affordable 1-2 day workshops or classes. Discount for Arts Council Members. Call Tom to register your preferred date. Contact: Tom Green, Glass Eagle Studios, 2801 Blairhampton Rd, Minden, 705-286-3628. More info.

Art Exhibitions

On Now - "Revision" a Corner Gallery exhibition of works by Sophie Creelman, Rob Prouse, James Brown, Charles Pachter and Ashley Toner, Snubsta . More info.

June - August - The ACHH Art In Public Spaces - It's changeover time at the Haliburton Welcome Centre. The featured artist for June to August is June Krisko. June is a photographer and her submission is called " Double the Buzz". Please drop in to the Welcome Centre and enjoy June's photography.

On Until June 9 - Photography & Textile Art by Corin & Stephanie Ford Forrester. Presented by ECCO Art Gallery Studios. Visit this charming and well curated new gallery space in Lakefield for this mother daughter show. View Corin's brand new photographic series Radiance. 46 Queen St, Lakefield ON. www.corinfordforrester.com. More info.

April - July - The ACHH's Art in Public Spaces committee presents its member showcase at The Link in partnership with HCDC. Gord Jones is a member of the Arts Council and an artist on the The Studio Tour. The Link is Haliburton’s new co-working/meeting location hotspot brought to the community by HCDC.

June 13 - August 17 - Flower Orphanage: An Exhibit by Michèle Karch-Ackerman

at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden Hills Cultural Centre. June 15 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Opening Reception. More info.

June 29, 30 and July 1 - John Lennard, Contemporary Landscape Artist Open House from

11:00 am - 4:00 pm. Visit his website.

Weekly Events

Tuesdays, June 11 and 18 - The Knitting Village at Minden Hills Cultural Centre. Children between 11 and 14 are welcome to join the Knitting Village for free knitting lessons by an instructor. All knitting supplies and equipment will be provided. The lessons take place at the Cultural Centre between 3:30pm and 4:30pm the first three Tuesdays every month. The lessons are drop-in only. If parents wish to drop their children off, they are required to fill in a contact form.

Thursdays - After-School Crafts. 3-5pm, Minden Library. More info.

Fridays - Family Storytime, 10:15am at the Minden Library, 10:30am at the Dysart Library. More Info.

Open Studios

Studio Rose - Functional Stoneware Pieces. Gallery is Open. Make an appointment to see a Raku firing. More Info. call 705-286-3383

Opportunities

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Voice of Pride

Submission Deadline July 8 at noon.

Minden Pride in the Haliburton Highlands in partnership with the Minden Hills Cultural Centre is proud to present the first Voice Pride exhibition at the Agnes Jamieson Art Gallery, Minden, The exhibition will run from August 13th to 31st with a reception scheduled for Tuesday August 20th during our Pride Festival. Curated by Scott Michael Walling @wallingstudios.

submit@mindenpride.ca.

Artworks can include painting, drawing, mixed media, photography, printmaking, textiles, sculpture, glass, ceramic, metal, jewellery, wood or digital art (not AI generated art)

Artists must identify as queer but may remain anonymous if they wish.

We encourage the creation of new works of art for submission or to submit work that has been created in the past 4 years. Artworks must be original.

Artists can submit up to 4 original artworks to be considered for exhibition, up to 2 may be selected.

Images should be named: Firstname_Lastname_Title

should not exceed 5mb and be a minimum of 627 pixels x 480pixels, 72dpi

Include: Artist Name/Alias, Artwork Title, Date, Mediums), Dimensions (L), (W), (H), Instagram and/or website, Bio & CV in PDF format.

Is the work for sale? If so, how much?

Accepted Artists will be notified before August 2nd

CALL FOR VENDORS: Dorset Arts, Crafts & Antique Shows

If you are an Artist, Crafter or Antique enthusiast and want to show case your hard work, the Arts, Crafts and Antique Shows are the perfect place to do that.

Saturday, June 29, 2024, 900am-3:00pm – Outdoors, Dorset Parkette Hwy 35 across from the Dorset Recreation Centre. Booth spaces available 10x10 and 10x20, exhibitors must provide their own table and chairs.

Saturday, October 12, 2024, 10:00am-3:00pm-Indoors, Dorset Recreation Centre, 1051 Main Street Dorset. Booth spaces available 7 ½’ x7 ½’and 7 ½’x 15’ are available to reserve. Tables and chairs will be provided for this sale.

Exhibitors with similar merchandise will be limited at the discretion of the Algonquin Highlands Parks, Recreation & Trails Department. No manufactured/retail goods will be allowed - product must be made by you. For more information contact the Recreation Coordinator at 705-766-9968 or email recreation@algonquinhighlands.ca

CALL FOR EXHIBITION PROPOSALS: Art Gallery of Bancroft

The Art Gallery of Bancroft is currently accepting proposal submissions for their 2025-2026 exhibition line-up. Visit https://artgallerybancroft.ca/exhibit-your-work/ for more information. Deadline to submit is June 30th, 2024.