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The PineRidge Arts Council is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to enhance the quality of life within the community by developing widespread appreciation,
support and involvement in the arts since 1989.

PineRidge Arts Council, 1355 Kingston Road, P.O. Box 66099, RPO Town Centre
Pickering, ON, L1V 6P7, Canada

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Artfest celebrating 13 years in 2009!

Saturday, May 23, 2009

2009 photos

Visitors to Artfest created
postcards, drawings and sculpted a copy of
"The Pickering Pioneer Family"
by Andreas Drenters

with one of PRAC's teaching artists:
Joan Bontje, Janice McHaffie, Allan O'Marra,
Laura Warburton, Gwen Williams

PRAC participating artists
for Artfest 2009

Visual Artists:
Melanie Baker, Amber Bond,
Joan Bontje,
Florence Booth,
Margaret Brackley, Brooklin Woodcarvers,
Tiffany Dawe, Judith A. Jewer,
Alpheus Jones
, Hanneke Koonstra,
Martha E. Lewis, Kirsty Naray,
Jaan M. Peets
, Kim Reynolds,
Ruth Smith, Ellen Tihane
and Dorsey James

Performing Artists:
Backwoods Players
Kim Michele Reynolds ~ harp performance
Mark Nathanielsz (Act One School of Drama)
Pickering Community Concert Band
Eastside Harmony Chorus at the Gazebo


2008 PRAC artists participating in Artfest

Heather Banks, Shelley Beach
Jade Blaney, Joan Bontje, Margaret Brackley
Shirley Heard, Robert Hinves
Dorsey James,
Judith A. Jewer
Hanneke Koonstra, Martha E. Lewis

Sarah A. McDougall, Jaan Peets
Rose Schul, Ruth Smith, Miles Tsang
Backwoods Players
Eastside Harmony Chorus

Click for Artfest 2007 Photos, 2005 photos,
2004 photos, 2003, 2002.
City of Pickering Photos!
Photography by Mary Cook©

"Projects for the 1997 Year: One of the big projects we would like to become a reality this year is an artisan show involving all the visual and performing artists. An outdoor show at Rotary Park in Ajax or at Pickering Town Hall with pantomime, bands, artists, craft show and hands-on demonstrations." from PRAC minutes.
(First Artfest was held - Saturday, September 12, 1997)