Download 2010 programme here.

Artfest includes up to 80 Artists, Artisans and Crafters selling original works and liver performances by local artists and groups.

HANDS•ON•ART
This year will feature sculpting with
Janice McHaffie,
Helen McKenna and Judith Jewer.

PRAC participating visual and performing artists for Artfest 2010

Melanie Baker
Cheryl Bannister
Joan Bontje
Margaret Brackley
R. Fisher
Shirley Heard
Elsie Hetherman
Robert Hinves
Dorsey James
Kimberley Johnson
Alpheus Jones
Veronica Kerr
Jacqueline LaFrano
Ruth Smith

Brooklin Woodcarvers
Eastside Harmony Chorus
Pickering Community Concert Band

If you are a PineRidge Arts Council member and you will be performing or have a booth at Artfest 2010, please let us know and we will include that information here.

Download 2010 programme here.

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 on
Saturday, September 12, 1997

Click for Artfest 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 Photos, 2005 no photos,
2004 photos, 2003, 2002
Photography by Mary Cook©