Gwynn Scheltema came to Canada in 1982, following the civil war in Zimbabwe, with her husband, 3 small children under 9, no jobs and $1000. Now she is retired, living peacefully in her lakeside home on Lake Seymour in Trent River. She spent 20 odd years as an accountant and then switched to writing and…
Category: Artists in Northumberland County, Ontario
NFOTA is Back!
Sing it! Say it! Play it! Northumberland Festival of the Arts (NFOTA) is madly planning and preparing to amaze you once again with NFOTA 2024! NFOTA (pronounced en-phota) is a not-for-profit arts organization, and 100% of the work is done by volunteers. Our volunteers come from all over Northumberland County and many are artists and…
More Photos from the Festival!
Alderville Black Oak Savanna Tour The Colores Blue Denim Press Author Evening Graphic Novel Workshop Spirit of the Hills Book Fair at Cultivate Saving Monarchs Postcards from Northumberland Memoir Workshop Opening Ceremony
What Fun!
What I did at the Northumberland Festival of the Arts: I wrote a flash poem at Dane Swan’s Writing Our Shadows workshop. I started a long contemplated memoir at Cynthia Reyes’ and Carol Shaw’s memoir workshop. After untold eons, I picked up a paintbrush and made a painting with Ixchel Suarez’s Fall Inspiration. Since the…
Thank You, Northumberland!
Thanks, thanks and ever thanks: To all the artists who took part. To all our partners and donors who supported. To everyone who attended. To all those who followed the festival online and wished it well. And to our many volunteers for your groundbreaking work. Together, we pulled off an outstanding festival. THANK YOU. Here are…
Together We Can: Music Across the Generations–Folk Concert
Together We Can is coming up this Saturday, October 1, 2022 from 7 – 9 PM at The Concert Hall at Victoria Hall in Cobourg. Hello everyone! There are only a few days until NFOTA’s “Together We Can” event in Cobourg. It’s an inter-generational concert celebrating all things musical in Northumberland County. From fiddles to…
Friends of Music returns to NFOTA!
“I hope that NFOTA will be a catalyst for greater appreciation and engagement from more people in the cultural life of the county.” Marg Treloar, Friends of Music Treasurer What a pleasure to welcome back Friends of Music as a sponsor of NFOTA 2022. At the 2019 festival, NFOTA was privileged to showcase outstanding local…
NFOTA’s Opening Weekend–What Fun!
Northumberland Festival of the Arts opened with a fun-filled evening of music Friday at Victoria Hall. Cobourg’s Poet Laureate Jessica Outram MC’d the event. NFOTA president Gwynn Scheltema welcomed everyone to the festival. And Parliamentary Poet Laureate Louise Halfe – Sky Dancer shared her thoughts about our human need for the arts, and how everyone…