Tuesday January 19th, 2010
Lunch Time Skate
Lunch Time Skate, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Monday - Thursday, Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre, 182 Main Street. All are welcome!
For additional information contact 364-4955.
CHMA 106.9 FM Orientation
Want to find out more about independent radio and how to get involved? CHMA is a not-for-profit, member-owned, campus/community radio station serving the greater Tantramar Region. We host orientation sessions every Tuesday at 4 pm in the CHMA offices located on the third floor of the University Centre. For additional information contact our programming director at 364-2221 or chma_pro@mta.ca or visit our website.
Sackville Quilters' Guild
The Sackville Quilters' Quild will meet on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at the Sackville United Church on Main Street from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. All are welcome. Please contact Dorothy at (506)364-9095 or Greta at (506)536-2882 for more information.
Sackville Legion Bingo
Sackville Legion Bingo, every Tuesday evening at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 26, 15 Lorne Street, 7:00 pm. Door open at 6:00 pm. No person under 16 years of age.
Opening Reception at the Owens
Shades of Grey brings together ten paintings by French painter Louis Welden Hawkins (1849-1910), all from the original Owens collection that was acquired in Europe in the late Nineteenth century. These paintings are contextualized within the school of Naturalism and the artists’ colonies that existed in France in the late 1800s. While the French Impressionists commonly dominate the history of later Nineteenth century art, the story often goes untold of the artists who resisted the celebration of the city that commonly infused Impressionism, and migrated to the countryside, where artistic colonies began to develop. Hawkins was one of these artists, and his paintings depicting peasants and rural life were executed in the picturesque artistic communities of Barbizon and Grez-sur-Loing.
The Owens’ collection of paintings by Hawkins is in fact the largest public collection of his work; Hawkins’ paintings are seldom exhibited and very little scholarship has existed on his life and work. Shades of Grey, presents an unprecedented look at Hawkins’ life, his work, and the framework within which these unfolded.
There will be an opening reception for Shades of Grey on January 19th at 7 PM and an illustrated talk by exhibition curator Anne Koval entitled L.W. Hawkins at Grez-sur-Loing. Shades of Gray: A Closer Look at the Work of L.W. Hawkins will be on display at the Owens Art Gallery from January 8 - February 14th.
For more information, please contact Sara Williamson, Gallery Intern, sewilliamson@mta.ca or 506-364-2574.