What a Weekend!: The Colores, Saving Monarchs and Fantastic and Fantastical

The Colores –Written by Donna Wootton The COLORES presentation at The Canadian Tapestry and Texture Centre in Oak Heights was a rich tapestry of song cycles, music history and personal resistance, starring the energetic and talented Fabian Arciniegas. I didn’t know exactly what to expect from this local opera singer, who wowed the audience with…

What’s on at the Festival: Fantastic and Fantastical!

Staged Dramatic Readings of Three Original Plays from Local Playwrights in Three Different Locations Discover another series of events for you, your friends and family to enjoy at the Northumberland Festival of the Arts, September 16 – October 2, 2022, taking place in Northumberland County’s picturesque towns and beautiful countryside. “I have actually done these…

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…

What’s on at the Festival: Visual Art

Discover another series of events for you, your friends and family to enjoy at the Northumberland Festival of the Arts, September 16 – October 2, 2022, taking place in Northumberland County’s picturesque towns and beautiful countryside. ​I take those feelings of the place I am at, and make paintings that will make YOU remember who…

Call for Spirit of the Hills Artists

One of NFOTA’s sponsors, Spirit of the Hills, is doing what they do best – helping their artists members to sell their work. Art lovers will have the opportunity to see local artists’ work all in one place and a chance to buy something unique. Plus the exhibition will continue right through the festival and…

What’s Your Take: A Realistic Brookside Future by Dimitri Papatheodorou

In this series, Northumberland artists share their views on issues related to the arts. This time, Dimitri Papatheodorou and Doug Syrota share fascinating ideas on how the arts and housing can live side-by-side at a unique property in Northumberland County. “If we build something beautiful, then Cobourg can become a leader in healthy housing strategies…

Auditions for One-Act Plays, online May 31, 7 PM

Northumberland Festival of the Arts will take place across Northumberland County from September 16 – October 2, 2022. Northumberland Festival of the Arts is a volunteer-run not-for-profit arts organization. To volunteer for NFOTA, please contact info@festivalofthearts.ca To help support our events, please send your donation by Interac to fundraising@festivalofthearts.ca

Get Ready for Drama! by Jessica Outram and Felicity Sidnell Reid

The NFOTA Drama Project Committee is delighted to announce the names of the three one-act plays chosen for presentation as staged readings during the Festival. Congratulations go to Donald J Anderson for his play Screwed, Christopher Cameron for Nail Polish and Karen Palmer for Wind on Weller’s Bay. Eighteen local playwrights submitted, and an independent…