The Blyth Festival Art Gallery

The Blyth Festival Art Gallery co-ordinates three professional juried exhibitions, a community art show and a secondary school student exhibition each year in the Bainton Gallery which is located in the Blyth Memorial Community Hall beside the Blyth Festival box office. The Gallery is open to the public during Festival business hours and has been operating under the guidance of an extraordinary group of volunteers since 1976.

2008 Exhibition Sponsors

• Maarten Bokhout & Helena McShane
• Goderich Print Shop
• Duncan and Lynda McGregor
• Joan Perrie
• Bruce Stainton and Anne Procter Stainton

Gallery Sponsors

• The Art Exchange
• Mary and Paul Carroll
• Patricia Ham
• Dr. K.Hay
• James Roy and Lynda Hill
• Dr. Jan Raczycki
• Dr. Peter Salsbury
• Martin and Krista Salter
• Lois van Vliet
• Ron and Bev Walker

For information on the Blyth Festival Art Gallery - gallery@blythfestival.com or call the Festival offices at 519-523-9300.

Gallery News and Events

MASKS ARE THEME OF ART EXHIBITION IN BLYTH

Monday, July 14 2008

Monte Wright believes that we wear masks, real and imaginary, to hide our true thoughts and feelings. To illustrate his point the Kitchener-based mixed media artist and muralist has created a body of work and will be mounting a three-week art exhibition. The Blyth Festival Art Gallery is presenting “Behind the Mask” from July 25th to
August 13th. This is one of their series of seasonal exhibitions held each year by the Gallery.

Wright uses three different techniques to create his images depicting human issues past and present. Larger than life-size, boldly coloured, oil paintings examine our role in the workplace using sharply defined industrial images with strong outlines to focus attention on the subject. A second technique uses traditional collage and painting to present a romantic view of the past. These assembled images from the
18th century magically transport us to a changed existence with mysterious masks. His third technique is to use a computer to create multi-layered digital images to create depictions of actual theatrical masks from around the world. Each composite draws from the unique, cultural backgrounds of individual cities. The masks hide the faces of
various actors to create a feeling of the unknown. The exciting world of acting is staged in front of a real city landscape.


“Behind the Mask“ is curated by Greg Sherwood and sponsored by Bruce Stainton and Anne Procter Stainton. The public is invited to meet the artist at the Opening Reception at 6 pm, Friday, July 25th. The exhibition continues until August 13th in the Bainton Gallery of the Blyth Memorial Hall. The gallery is open during Festival box office hours, Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am. to 9 pm.


Coming up in the Blyth Festival Art Gallery season –“A Glass
Menagerie”, whimsical sculptures in blown hot glass by international award-winning artist Paulus Tjiang (August 15th to September 1st).

For more information, contact Robert Tetu at 519-345-2184 or email gallery@blythfestival.com.

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