Saturday, September 10, 2005
between 12:30 -1:30 p.m.

Thanks to Tom Thomson's grandniece Kay Morrison, the Durham West Arts Centre has on loan a solid collection of books from the Thomson homes in Leith and Owen Sound. We also know from texts that Tom Thomson illustrated that he was fond of the works of Byron, Maeterlinck, Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Robbie Burns. Thomson scholars place Sir Walter Scott's works among the family's very favourites.

In collaboration with the editors of LICHEN Arts & Letters Preview magazine, the Centre presents readings from books the Thomsons read. As well as hearing short selections from various Thomson favourites, you will be able to handle some of the books that the Thomsons gave one another as gifts. Step back in time and imagine yourself at the Thomson hearth listening to the poems and tales that fed the imagination of this very talented family.
Also on in the village is Pickering Village BIA's Fall Festival, be sure to stay for it.

Our readers:

Ruth E. Walker is a poet, writer and editor. Her work has appeared in publications in Canada , the UK and the US including Best of Canadian Poetry: Oval Victory, Cadenza, River King Poetry Review, and online at Regina Weese and Literary Mama. An editor for LICHEN Arts & Letters Preview, Ruth has won several awards for her work including Canadian Living magazine’s short fiction contest, and twice the Dan Sullivan Memorial Poetry Competition. A graduate of the Humber School for Writers, she teaches creative writing in workshops and has read her work on television and radio.

Lucy Brennan was born in Dublin, Ireland, and emigrated from there to Montreal in 1957. She moved to Toronto in 1969 and to Whitby in 1988. She is an actor, playwright and poet, a former editor of LICHEN and practices with varying degrees of proficiency in each genre.  As a volunteer, she has been taping talking books for the blind at the CNIB for twenty-five years.

Gary Faulkner Gary's has been with DWAC for a year and has worked on numerous exhibitions and projects connected with promoting the centre and the vision of building a performing arts centre. His artistic talent resides in the musical side of the arts. He was classically trained in voice in Toronto and performs regularly in Durham and Toronot at special events, concerts and fundraisers. On August 17, 2005 Gary was the opening act at Roy Thomson Hall in Torontoand performed two solos for the fourth consecutive year.

Angie Littlefield, Executive Director DWAC
Angie brings 23 years of experience as a teacher of Dramatic Arts, Art, Media and English and 10 years of experience as a secondary school administrator to her position of Executive Director of the Durham West Arts Centre. During most of those years Angie was the manager of the Fick-Eggert Collection of German expressionist and dada art. She curated The Dada Period in Cologne for the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1987-88 and will curate Angelika Hoerle: German Mistress of Dada in 2008.

Angie has brought to Pickering Village the exciting exhibitions that featured the works of Brenda Clark, illustrator for 29 Franklin the Turtle books, Ruth Abernethy the sculptress who created the Glenn Gould sculpture that sits on the bench outside the CBC and Tom Thomson, precursor to the Group of Seven who was born in Claremont, Ontario. The Centre has also shown the works of over 180 local artists.

 

 

 

 

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