NFOTA 2022 Events

NFOTA 2022 EVENT CALENDAR

ContestPhotography contest – June 1 – July 25
Duration of FestivalFoot by Foot (12×12) – SOTH Visual Art Exhibit
Ambient Landscapes – AGN Art Exhibit
NFOTA Augmented Art Exhibit
9th Annual Open Juried Art Show
Northumberland Photography Club Showcase
DateScheduled Events 
September 
Fri 16Celebrating Resilience – Opening Ceremony 
Sat 17WOW! Words on a Wire – Poetry Event
POP! Parade of Poetriots – Street Parade
Writing our Shadows – Workshop with Dane Swan
Fantastic & Fantastical – A Night of Staged Dramatic Readings
 
Sun 18Saving Monarchs – Family Event – Film, Demonstration and Kids Art Activity
The Colores – Story in Song and Music with Fabian Arciniegas
 
Mon 19Covers for Comfort: Quilt Display
Root, Leaf, Flower and Fruit: Free yourself – Artistic Resistance to Creative Resilience– Workshop with Sue Reynolds
 
Tue 20Covers for Comfort – Quilting workshop
Wonderful Wax – Encaustic Painting Workshop with Heather Roy
Covers for Comfort: Quilt Display
 
Wed 21Plotting the Mystery Novel – Workshop with Vicki Delany
Celebrating Resilience – Fall Reading Series #1
 
Thu 22Woods, Water & Words – Creativity Workshop with Gwynn Scheltema 
Fri 23A Gift in Words and Pictures – Memoir Workshop with Cynthia Reyes and Carol Shaw
Fall Inspiration – Art Workshop with Ixchel Suárez
Fantastic & Fantastical – A night of Staged Dramatic Readings
Warkworth Area Gallery Hop
 
Sat 24Postcards from Northumberland – Classical Music with Richard Herriott
NFOTA Book Fair (and goats)
Apple Route Studio Tour
 
Sun 25Apple Route Studio Tour
NFOTA Book Fair (and goats)
An Afternoon of Mozart and Chopin with Pianist Rossina Grieco
 
Mon 26Graphic Novels – Kids Event 
Tue 27Bounce Back! Creating Resilience from Adversity- Workshop with Reva Nelson
Self Publishing Basics – Workshop with Jennifer Bogart
 
Wed 28 
Thu 29Alderville First Nation Local Artists and Crafters – Exhibit with Koren Smoke
The Art of Restoration – Guided Tour of the Alderville Black Oak Savanna
Sounding the Drum & Raising our Voices – A Workshop with Elder Melody Crowe
Blue Denim Press – Author Evening
Dining with the Dead – Dinner Theatre
 
Fri 30NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION – NO PROGRAMMING OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR TREATY PARTNERS 
October 
Sat 1Alderville First Nation Local Artists and Crafters – Exhibit with Koren Smoke
Spirit of the Hills Anthology Launch
Together We Can: Music across Generations – Folk Concert
Dining with the Dead – Dinner Theatre  
 
Sun 2Fantastic & Fantastical: An Afternoon of Staged Dramatic Readings
Until Next Time – Festival Finale
Dining with the Dead – Dinner Theatre
 
MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
16
Celebrating Resilience Opening Ceremony

AGN Art Exhibit

NFOTA Augmented Art Exhibit
17
WOW! Words on a Wire

Poetry Picnic Table Parade

Writing our Shadows

Fantastic & Fantastical
18
Saving Monarchs

The Colores
19
Covers for Comfort: Quilting Workshop

Root, Leaf, Flower and Fruit: Free Yourself Creatively

Ephemeral Art: Panel Discussion

Inner Garden: Nature Mandalas
20
Wonderful Wax

Covers for Comfort: Quilting Workshop

9th Annual Open Juried Art Show, Colborne
21
Plotting a Mystery Novel workshop

Reading Series 1 Celebrating Resilience
22

Woods Water & Words

23
Memoir: A Gift in Words and Pictures

Fall Inspiration Paint Workshop

Fantastic & Fantastical

Warkworth Gallery Hop:

Oak Heights Gallery

The Periphery Gallery

Foot x Foot – Spirit of the Hills Juried Show
24
Postcards from Northumberland

NFOTA Book Fair

Apple Route Studio Tour

Foot x Foot – Spirit of the Hills Juried Show
25
Apple Route Studio Tour

NFOTA Book Fair

An Afternoon of Mozart and Chopin
26
Graphic Novel Kids
27
Bounce Back! Creating Resilience from Adversity

Self Publishing Basics
28
Reading Series 2: Indigenous Writers

Foot x Foot – Spirit of the Hills Juried Show
29
The Art of Restoration: Explore the Alderville Black Oak Savanna

Alderville First Nation Local Artists and Crafters Sale

Blue Denim Press – Author Evening

Sounding the Drum & Raising Our Voices– with Elder Melody Crowe

Dining with the Dead
30
NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION

NO PROGRAMMING OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR TREATY PARTNERS
October 1

Spirit of the Hills Anthology Launch

Together We Can: Music Across Generations

Alderville First Nation Local Artists and Crafters Sale

Dining with the Dead
October 2
Until Next Time: Festival Finale

Fantastic & Fantastical
Event Calendar