What’s on at the Festival: Storytime Readings and Book Sale at Cultivate in Port Hope

Come to family friendly CULTIVATE Festival at Haute Goat Farm on the weekend of Sept 24 & 25! CULTIVATE welcomes the NFOTA Book Fair as a participant, partly sponsored by Spirit of the Hills.  Popular children’s authors, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Heather O’Connor, Cynthia Reyes, Linda Hutsell-Manning, Marie Prins, Janet Stobie, and Paul Mason, will…

What’s on at the Festival: Literary Workshops

Have you always wanted to write a novel or memoir? Do you have a book you want to self-publish? Or would you just like to take a little time to explore and develop your inner poet/writer? Wherever your interests lie, there’s a workshop for you at the Northumberland Festival of the Arts, September 16 –…

What’s on at the Festival: Welcome Back Spirit of the Hills!

–Written by Reva Nelson “Our Northumberland landscape provides the “spirit” to Spirit of the Hills, and I think it’s easy to see how it is a deep well for art and creativity. I encourage everyone to directly experience the environment in which we work. Connection to our landscape will lead to a deeper appreciation of…

AGN Spotlight Series, June 2022 by Cynthia Reyes

“This is what is special about our Spotlight Series – you really get to know the performers, you are close enough to touch, and when a note strikes deep, it vibrates the floor!” Olinda Casimiro Both the performers and audience found themselves unexpectedly singing together at the Art Gallery of Northumberland’s recent Spotlight Series 4…

Northumberland Art Lovers: Sarah Jacob and SMM Law

“It’s just very exciting to be around people who are using their energy to create, so you’re seeing things that are coming out of their imagination, out of their experience, out of who they are as people. There’s often something that matters intensely to them in their work.” Sarah Jacob Sarah Jacob, art lover, NFOTA…

Three Women’s Takes on The McMichael Collection’s Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment

Olinda Casimiro, Executive Director of the Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cynthia Reyes, author, former journalist and producer-director with the CBC, and Kim Aubrey, writer and art enthusiast, share their reactions to Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment, curated by Sarah Milroy and currently on exhibit at the McMichael Collection. Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists…