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 March
27, 1pm - Know More Do More Campaign Launch
Dovercourt lobby
As a parent, we know there is nothing more important
to you than the health and well-being of your children.
In reality, we can all benefit from more physical
activity and healthy eating habits … and we want to help you
find new and fun ways to do this as a family everyday.
Join us on March 27th for the launch of the Know More Do More campaign.
Andrea Tomkins,
local mother and writer of the blog “A
Peek Inside the Fishbowl”, Ottawa health leaders and members
of the community will launch the campaign that encourages all families
to find new and fun ways to include physical activity and healthy
eating habits as a part of everyday family life.
The launch will include information on fun kids’ activities
and healthy eating, distribution of the Healthy Living Tip Jars
and complimentary healthy snacks.
Special Art project (begun Jan. 2010)
As part of our ongoing facility improvement plans,
we have engaged Maggie Glossop, a
local textile artist to do an art project of ceiling hangings that
will also serve as part of the sound treatment for this room. The
four panels will run the width of the room and be affixed to the
ceiling between the banks of lights. Each panel will represent one
of the four seasons, and the work will begin shortly with completion
over the next few months.
We are very excited about this installation and
having someone of Maggie’s talent to help us. Check out her
work on her web site at www.maggieglossop.com.
As a community run charity, we of course seek the
help of sponsors and patrons to help cover the cost of these projects.
Cost for this project is $5,000, and we have already received support
from two local businesses, Bourk’s Ignition and Hardy Mattress.
While we will continue to seek other sponsors, we also would love
to have our participants either collectively or individually step
up as patrons of the arts and those that will enjoy the art to help.
All donations are income tax deductible, and receipts will be issued.
Name recognition of sponsors and patrons will be on permanent display
on a plaque displayed in the preschool room.
For more information on the project contact John
Rapp, Executive Director at 613 798-8950 ext. 224, jrapp@dovercourt.org.
The Labyrinth Walk
Check out these beautiful images from the labyrinth
walks from 2008 & just recently Dec. 31, 2009, in the Assembly
Hall at Dovercourt
New Water Safety Banners in the Pool
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We recently designed, printed and installed
6 colourful banners for the pool area which include Water
safety messages in English and French and feature Dovercourt's
mascot, Dovercat. As well as enlivening the pool area, they
serve a practical purpose as a guide for swimmers who are
swimming on their backs.
Thank you to our sponsors for the support for this project:
the Morris Home Team, Martin Elder, the Foodery, Allegra Print
and Image Carling & Broadview and Westboro Village. |
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This
gallery is named in honour of Linda Street,
past President of Dovercourt, who is a champion
for art as part of our everyday experience at
Dovercourt.
It is a showcase for art works
by local artists, and their fabulous work is
for sale.
If you are an
artist looking to exhibit,
click here for the application (pdf) |
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March
2010: Shar Desbarats
Shar Desbarats studied Fine Arts at the University
of Manitoba from 1978-1983 with majors in Graphic
Design and Pottery. She got her start in the
work world doing Public Relations for a Winnipeg
marketing firm and at the Plug In Art Gallery.
This allowed Shar to represent fellow artists
and bring public attention to the Winnipeg art
scene. During this period Shar entered a piece
in a collaborative art show with other up and
coming Winnipeg artists and began to sell her
work privately. She also taught children at
the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Following her move to Anchorage Alaska in 1992,
Shar taught classes at Michael's and continued
selling paintings privately. Three years later,
now living in Ottawa, Shar put on a successful
show of 50 works at Irene's Pub on Bank Street.
Shar's works are referred to as "Stylized
Emotionalism". This unique style utilizes
lines, colour and texture with a graphic arts
influence. The emotional quality of her work
is individual and unforgettable.
Currently, Shar teaches a group of women and
very much enjoys the pre-classes which involve
dinner and meditation. The women are working
in acrylics and are learning a range of abstract
to impressionistic styles.
Shar resides in Ottawa in a chic West End apartment
with her luxurious cat Pepsi.
February 2010: Cynthia
Graham
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Cynthia
Graham - Painter
Cynthia Graham was born in Oshawa,
Ontario in 1962. In the late 70’s
she moved, with her family, to Ottawa.
Her artistic abilities were evident
from childhood and encouraged by
teachers, friends and family.
“As long
as I can remember, I have always
felt a need to create. It is intrinsic;
like the air I breathe. No matter
what else I do, all roads lead back
to the act of creation. There is
nothing like painting that satisfies
that need the same way.”
Cynthia’s
love affair with paint has fueled
her exploration of different types
of paint. Her chosen medium are
acrylics, water colours and oil.
She has an intuitive feel for the
unique qualities and capabilities
of each.
Cynthia’s expressive style
creates harmonious moods with colour
and form. Her subject matter is
varied including modern abstract,
still life, floral, landscapes,
and portraiture.
Currently teaching
acrylic painting and water colour
classes at the Good Companion’s
Centre, Cynthia shares her enthusiasm
and knowledge while inspiring her
senior students to explore their
own inner artist.
Primarily working
as a commissioned artist, Cynthia’s
works are included in many private
collections nationally and internationally.
Cynthia has exhibited
at the NFAL Member’s Show
and the Ottawa Orchid Society’s
annual show and sale.
Popular prints from selected works
are also available through her studio.
Cynthia Graham
works from her home studio in west
Ottawa.
She can be reached
at CGArtworks@bell.net
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Statement ~ Organic Flow
There is
a natural flow of energy that we
have all recognized in our lives
at times. When we are in harmony
with the natural flow of life, we
feel at peace, content and happy.
Connecting with
nature is the easiest way we can
recapture that natural flow of energy.
Each painting in this series incorporates
an element of poured paint. The
soft contours and blended colours
flowing into each other create fine
organic lines, shapes and form.
Recognizing that
the need to maintain the source
of our natural flow lies in protecting
our environment, I started painting
this series with reclaimed acrylic
and oil based paints, “gifted”
to me through Free-Cycle Ottawa.
Free-Cycle Ottawa is an on-line
community whose mission it is to
keep unwanted but still useable
items out of land fill and ultimately
protect our natural environment.
Utilizing “gifted”
paint creates unique challenges
and opportunities.
I embraced the
opportunity to integrate colours
selected by other people to create
unique palettes reflective of current
everyday life.
Each piece exemplifies
the inter-relationship of human
beings with the environment, the
connective-ness of community and
the power and fragility of nature.
Pouring the paint
directly onto the canvas and manipulating
the canvas allowed the colours to
naturally flow together.
The compositions
created evolved through design around
the “free pour”, enhancements
with artist’s acrylics and
oils, “controlled pour”
and washed areas.
The finished works
convey the peaceful energy of natural
flow and organic form.
With this series, I invite you to
go with the “Organic Flow”.
-Cynthia Graham
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January
2010 - Mary Kritz
Mary Kritz is a bookbinder, book artist and
adult educator. Her love affair with books began
at the age of 12 when she purchased her first
collection of books with her paper route money.
To Mary, the blank book is an opportunity to
create one’s own story through such things
as photographs, words and art.
Mary took her first bookbinding class in 1992
in Edmonton, creating small accordion books
with non-adhesive covers. When she moved to
Ottawa, she attended a bookbinding and paper
making course at the Ottawa School of Arts.
She took bookbinding and box making classes
from the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists
Guild, of which she is an active member. She
is also an active member of the Ontario Crafts
Council.
Mary’s learning is self-directed and
when creating a book, box or piece of art, she
draws from her environment, using architecture
and nature for inspiration. She recycles paper
and found objects into her work. Her photography
has been exhibited at Arts and Architecture
in Ottawa, and she designed the 2009 mural for
the Dovercourt wading pool.
Mary continues to create books and teaches
bookbinding and box making to students of all
ages. You can view her work at www.sweetwoodstrading.com.
December
2009: Ralph Plath
Ralph Plath is a freelance photographer, travel
writer, and photojournalism instructor at Algonquin
College. His work has appeared in such publications
as the Ottawa Citizen, Globe and Mail, and Paddler
Magazine.
He continues to pursue his passion for photography,
travel, and canoeing from his home in McKellar
Park. Two summers ago, Plath began teaching
photography with Dovercourt’s summer day
camp and enjoyed it so much he will be back
once again next year to share his love of photography
with kids.
For more information about purchasing prints
from this collection please contact him at rplath@rogers.com.
November
2009: Joe Lynch
From the age of 15 to 35 I sold my paintings
privately to individuals and corporations for
whom I had done wall graphics.
During the mid 70s to the early 80s I did wall
murals for close to a hundred companies including
Dunn and Brad Street, IBM, Litton Industries,
Toshiba and many insurance companies.
There are only three means we can use to try
to come to grips with reality: art, religion/
philosophy and science. I have always immersed
myself in the sometimes guilty pleasures of
the visual arts. This immersion is non-exclusive,
that is to say, free from politics, nationalism,
religion, gender and time. I draw my influences
from the 50,000 year old art in the prehistoric
caves of Lascaux, the romantic and classical
artists, the German and French impressionists,
Kandinsky the Russian, Grandma Moses, Picasso,
Asian, Indian and Persian Art, Aboriginal Art,
Jackson Pollack, Paul Klee, the Group of Seven,
Jim Dine…like the numbers in pie there
is no end to the wonders that come out of the
human hand to be done and seen by the heart,
soul and mind of us all. Let me not forget to
mention the joy of children's art.
Email:
jackiemdavidson@hotmail.com
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Sept.
2009: West End Studio Tour Artists
The artists will be in attendance on the weekends
of Sept. 19-20 & Sept 26 - 27.
Wendy Feldberg
- Fibre Art
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Delighting in natural
forms, I create stitched and painted art
using threads, fabrics, paints, dyes and
print. My canvases show layered surfaces
alive with texture, colour and feeling.
Email:
wendy.feldberg@sympatico.ca |
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Deidre Hierlihy -
Linocut
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I use linocut to express
the ordinary and the exceptional in the
domestic world that surrounds me.
website:
www.deidrehierlihy.com |
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Shlomo Feldberg
- Metal Art
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I use scrap metal and
recycled cutlery, dishes and pots, etc.
to create “Green” art. I make
functional and decorative pieces for home,
garden and personal adornment.
Email:
paxel@igs.net |
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June
2009 - Voices of Fire
 My
name is Corinne Pendéliou and I teach
in the Part-time/Respite 2 early learning and
care program at Mothercraft Ottawa on Evered
Avenue. Art is an important component of our
curriculum. Our children have enjoyed art through
the use of many mediums and have recently painted
on 8”x10” canvasses. The end product
is truly amazing for such young children and
left us in awe of their talent and creativity.
We are the “VOICES OF FIRE”. We
are 21 children (girls and boys) ages 18 to
30 months. “VOICES OF FIRE” comes
from the use of vibrant colours in the paintings
and the belief that each of us, no matter how
old or how young, has a voice that deserves
to be heard. With this project we have expressed
our voices through creativity and the love of
painting.
May
2009
DARE - KANDID Photography
by Nicole Raftis
Photography became very
important to Nicole when travelling through
the U.S.A, India, Nepal, Australia and S.E Asia
1995-2001 as photos offer a tangible canvas
for moments we do not want to forget. Upon her
return to Canada, Nicole began taking photography
courses and pursuing opportunities to learn
more about this artistic medium.
Kandid Photography was born in 2003, initially
photographing children and families at parks
and beaches around Ottawa. With the support
of friends and family, and encouragement from
John Rapp in 2005 to display her work at the
Dovercourt Art Gallery, Kandid photography blossomed
into a substantial business for Nicole.
Photography projects with local schools, after-school
programs and summer camps have been highlights
of Kandid Photography’s expansion. 2006-2009
also brought opportunities to experience wedding,
maternity and commercial photography. The DARE
project, displayed here today, is Nicole’s
most recent work with local youth. It was inspired
by “We Are All Born Free” –
a drama production by Heather Berry-Smith and
the Gr. 5/6 students at McGregor Eaason School,
as well as by an inspiring message delivered
at the funeral of Jane McEwan Pearson. All of
the artists involved in the DARE project wished
to inspire viewers to think about opportunities
for peace, love and inspiration in their daily
lives.
For more than 8 years Nicole has been capturing
real moments in time for children and their
families in their natural settings. From stills
to action, colour to black and white, Nicole
captures the emotion and personality present
in daily life. Working outdoors and in, Nicole
specializes in natural pictures that capture
the beauty of the everyday.
April
2009:
Rola Bleik
 My
journey in art has taken me from the country
of birth, Lebanon, to my adopted country, Canada.
My art is an expression of myself as a Lebanese-Canadian,
and is executed in a range of media, including
drawing, water colour, and acrylic painting.
It is evident that my early
experiences living in a port city on the Mediterranean
Coast influenced my art. Like the city that
marks the crossroads between the East and West,
the sophisticated and cosmopolitan in my work
blend with the provincial and parochial.
I represent the contradictions
in both traditional and abstract styles, relying
on the expressive use of colour and bold brush
strokes. The end result captures what I feel
is the best of both worlds – an Eastern
aesthetic imbued with a Western spirit.
I try to show the beauty of
flowers in a sort of languorous way, showing
off all the beautiful secret parts that are
hidden inside. It a collection of very heavily
contrasted paintings that have very hot and
cool colors. The shapes of the flowers are very
fleshy and vibrant lots of energy and lots of
depth. They are very sensuous and appealing.
Colorful and dark at the same time creates a
contrast that shows the flowers in an unusual
way.
Rola Bleik
613-744-6981
www.rolableik.webs.com
March
2009:
Cody Albert
Cody Albert is a local artist
who has lived in Westboro all of his life.
"I have resently started
to paint only last summer. Besides painting
and drawing I like to do outdoor activities.
Normally my inspiration comes to me though music.
I normally like to listen to classic rock, a
few of my favourites are The Doors and Led Zepplin.
Im currently attending Nepean High School. I
hope to attend future art classes, at the Ottawa
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January 2009:
Jeannie Polisuk is a figurative
and abstract artist whose paintings explore
the multiplicity of the human psyche.
Contact:
613.737.0637
jeannie.polisuk@sympatico.ca
http://www.jeanniepolisuk.com
December: Jo Kressin - Fine
Art Photographer
jk@jokressin.com
| phone 613 761 6150
www.jokressin.com
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Nov
2008: Timothy Hunt
Timothy
Hunt is a visual artist living and working in
Westboro.
Email:
timothy.hunt@yahoo.ca
Website:
http://timothyhunt.blogspot.com
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June
2008: Julie Hadley
 Julie
Hadley is a self taught artist with a passion
for nature. Landscapes, birds, lakes and rivers
of Ontario provide her with her inspiration.
As a youth she spent time studying nature through
photography and sketching. She now works from
her studio at home in Ottawa where she owns
and operates Painted Expressions, a small mural
and specialty painting business.
Her paintings are displayed in private homes,
medical and corporate spaces. For more information
or private viewings Julie can be contacted at
artbyjulie@sympatico.ca
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Victor
Fuentes and Penelope Globe
March 2008 |
Caroline
Tallmadge
(May 2007)
ctallmadge@hotmail.com
www.pbase.com/ctallmadge |
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Marie
Arsenault
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Alice Carter
(Jan. 2007) www.alicecarter.com |
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Harry
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Kaye
Wong
(March 2006)
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Eliany
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Jana
Charron - Traversy (July
2005) |
Rivka
Waas
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Dennis
Stowell
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Jeff
Wiebe |
Thank
you, AbFabBikes,
for your donation of Triton bikes to Dovercourt!
These bikes totally rock!
 The
Triton is a fun, exciting and highly maneuverable
three-wheeled bicycle for children and adults.
With multiple length settings that can be changed
in seconds, the Cruiser fits children from age
five to adults up to 5’8”. The slightly
larger Pro is a faster, more powerful ride for
bigger kids and fits adults up to 6’3”.
The trike provides endless fun, great fitness
and represents exceptional value as it grows
with the child and can be used by almost everyone
in the family. It’s a great addition to
any family’s cycling options and offers
a uniquely fun way for kids to stay active in
their own street, at the park or out on the
bicycle paths.
AbFabBikes.ca
was started by a local Westboro family who wanted
to bring the Triton bikes to Canada and support
the trend towards active and healthy families
and green cities. The partnership with Dovercourt
Recreation Centre, a leader in health, fitness
and recreation options for families in the National
Capital Region is a natural fit for us.
Our
FunMobile!
Thanks to the Morris
Home Team for their generosity!
 John
Rapp, Executive Director of Dovercourt Recreation
Centre says, "We
are delighted that the Morris Home Team has
donated a cargo van to help support our programs.
As one of the City's busiest community centres,
with many offsite locations, this is a great
resource to us to move equipment and supplies.
this is one more of many ways we enjoy the support
of the Morris Home Team family, who are great
contributors to our community. It is amazing
how far kids will walk if they don't have to
carry stuff!"
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Enjoy
our waterfall, given to us by the Pond Clinic
as a 20th Anniversary gift!
The
Pond Clinic
worked their magic
tranforming the hillside next to the parking
lot with tonnes of rocks, gravel, materials,
diggers and sweat. Contact them at 613-225-7663.
or visit www.pondclinic.com
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What
a playstructure! Our
Grand opening was Fall of 2006
How does one undertake a large project such
as replacing an outdated playstructure?
Many have asked, so Committee
Chair & Dovercourt Board Member Ashley Wright
has summarized the project in this pdf, so that
others may benefit from our experiences. Playstructure
Project Summary >> |
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Our
Anual Tree Sale
The snow is melting, the sun is growing warmer,
and our thoughts turn to our gardens. Dovercourt
will once again be selling a selection of Ottawa-hardy
small trees including Styrax, Redbud & Betty
Magnolias. $20 + GST each, buy before April
5, in person or by phone. Ready for pick up
the May 24th weekend.
Tree Care Articles
by Richard Aubert
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| Make
gift-giving easy year round! |
Give the friends and family
on your list one-size-fits-all Dovercourt gift certificates.
The possibilities are endless: personal training,
cooking workshops, massage, reflexology, aromatherapy
massage, Pilates, pottery classes and much more.
Talk to Customer Service for details. |
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