We commit an act of art when we use our imagination to create something new that tells a story the creator needs to tell.–Cynthia Reyes Who are you? I’m a mom, a new grandmother, and wife of a man who cooks, cycles, takes great photos and tells funny jokes. Thank God I’m a better gardener…
Tag: The Arts
Northumberland Art Lovers: Rosie Riviera-Lopez
“The most challenging thing about painting is knowing when to stop,” says Rosie Riviera-Lopez, in an interview with NFOTA’s Cynthia Reyes. Rosie, an artist and educator, moved to Port Hope in 2020. Why Port Hope? My husband Francois and I are empty-nesters from Durham and we were looking for a quaint small town to retire to. We have relatives…
Northumberland Art Lovers: Olinda Casimiro
In this series we feature interviews and discussions with Individual Artists, Leaders of Arts Groups and Organizations, Civic Leaders, and other Arts Lovers in our county. Today Chris Cameron and Felicity Sidnell Reid interview Olinda Casimiro, Executive Director of the Art Gallery of Northumberland. Olinda Casimiro talks about re-opening, the AGN’s innovative responses to the…
We are Passionate People: an interview with CARDBOARD REALITY
“We are passionate people…farmers making art.”
The Art of Gardening by Cynthia Reyes
I enjoyed my high school art classes well enough. Then one day my teacher looked over my shoulder at the drawing I was creating and asked: “Cynthia, don’t you think you are a bit too old to be drawing stick figures?” Everyone laughed. I was mortified. I loved drawing stick figures, loved them so much…
Meet the Faces behind NFOTA: Felicity Sidnell Reid
I am a writer and poet who has lived in Northumberland for twenty-five years. I believe it’s the perfect place to find solitude when desired, but also to join a strong artistic community and to collaborate with others in making and promoting the arts in this area. Why do you believe in the Northumberland Festival…
Meet the Faces behind NFOTA: Gwynn Scheltema
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…