PineRidge Arts Council
PRAC Members’ Special
Achievement page
Robert Bateman and Sharon Steinhaus at
the Images 21 Gallery in Pickering on Nov. 19/07.
Blacks Photorgraphy and Town of Ajax Photo
Contest.
Willow David, 1st Prize Youth award
presented by Mike Ruta, Photograph by Marjorie Lawrence.
Dorsey James presents Cy David with his
1st Prize award. Photograph by and courtesy of Snap Publisher
David Matys.
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Cheryl Bannister
Won the Ajax Creative Arts
competition for the 2006 Spring Show Door Prize and the
competition for the pen & ink drawing for the show
brochure cover. First time ever the same artist has won
both awards!
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“Congratulations to fellow member Cheryl Bannister” says Sharon Steinhaus. |
Pickering Museum Village Foundation
on Monday, September 19, 2005 presented a
$250,000 cheque to Pickering City Council
From left:
Mayor Dave Ryan, Regional Councillors
Bill McLean and Rick Johnson, PMVF Chair Pat Dunnill, City
Councillor Dave Pickles and PMV Advisory Committee Chair Laura
Drake
photo by Mary Cook
Willow David
Willow received a certificate from Mayor
Steve Parish and the town of Ajax congratulating her on her
first exhibition.
photo by Cyrus David
PRAC Member award - Cyrus David - , 1st prize
Landscapes for "Many", DWAC's 2nd Annual Photo Contest
PRAC Member award - Janet David - Toronto
Zoo Photo Contest 2005
Sue Reaney of Ajax Rug Hookers
Congratulations Sue! Her wide cut hooked
rug won first place at the Ontario Hooking
Craft Guild’s recent competition.
The annual conference saw works of many
talented artists from across Ontario and beyond. This display
of six hundred works was in Lindsay at the Ontario Hooking
Craft Guild’s 2005 Annual meeting.
The public will be welcome on the Sunday
next spring in Stratford.
Photo by Sue Reaney
Sharon E. Steinhaus
Station Gallery 13th Annual Juried Show,
runs untill July 17/05. Work on display at the Captain James
Rowe House, 301 Front St. Whitby
Theme: “The Great Canadian
Landscape”
Best In Show: Sharon E. Steinhaus, work
titled Ajax Waterfront, Acrylic
In addition to being a PRAC member, Sharon is the President of Oshawa Art
Association newsletter editor of Ajax Creative Arts.
Other PRAC winners: Maureen Lowry and Gail
George.
Photo by Klaus Steinhaus
Certificate of Achievement for members of
Backwoods Players
The creator and writers of A Spirit Walk at
Pickering Museum Village were presented with an Ontario
Heritage Foundation Certificate of Achievement at Pickering
City Hall, April 2005 in appreciation of volunteer work to
identify, preserve, protect and promote our province’s
rich heritage.
From left: Mary
Delaney, Angela Steyn, Barbara Pleva and Katrina Pyke.
Maureen Lowry
“The Collected Works”
In addition to being a PRAC member,
Maureen is also a member of the Markham Group of Artists. She
entered a competition to see if she could get a painting of
hers published in a book put out by the Markham Group of
Writers. “I was very pleased that a painting of mine was
chosen for the book.” says Maureen, “This photo was
sent to me by the president of the MGA. It was taken in
November of 2004 at the opening for the book at the Markham
City Hall.”
The book is called the collected works of
the markham village writers and the markham group of artists.
Vita Keeling,
one of the members of the Schoolhouse
Group of Artists, was
selected in the Annual York Region Juried Exhibition 2004 and
has received an Award of Merit for her painting titled
Scriptural Assemblage II.
The latest Kijimba Kind, purchased in 2004
by the City of Pickering, was installed at the intersection of
Liverpool Rd. and Krosno Blvd. The characters carved in are
Eurynome, the mermaid, Zeus, the bearded man, Hera, his wife
and hephaestus, the child.
Photos by Mary Cook
Congratulations to Phyllis Desjardins who
was presented with the 2004 Ajax Senior of the Year Award by
Mayor Steve Parish.
In photo from left: Ajax Councillor
Colleen Jordan,
Phyllis Desjardins, Mayor Steve Parish and
Councillor Pat Brown
Phyllis Desjardins, Mayor Steve Parish and
Councillor Pat Brown
Photo courtesy of Town of Ajax.
by Edward Falkenberg, R.C.A.
“Connect” is a very powerful
sculpture representing the many disciplines being studied at
the university. It symbolizes the connection between business,
industry, government, technology, education, and the
university, as well as the many partnerships the university has
established within the community. Its segments are joined
together to form a whole, the whole being greater than the sum
of its parts.
“Connect” is also a symbol of
the cycle of life and the cycle of continuous learning. It
stands as a monument to the dynamic ideas embodied by the
University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
“Connect” was installed
July 22, 2004 at UOIT, Oshawa, Ontario.
Edward Falkenberg, Sculptor
Photo by Mary Cook©
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Congratulations to April Polak
On June 11, 2003, PRAC President, April
Polak, was honoured with a Community Partnership Award for the
arts at the Ajax Civic Awards presentation. This was the first
time an award of this natue had been presented and PRAC was
delighted that April was the first recipient.
April has a longstanding background as a
artist and a volunteer in the arts community. On this night,
April’s family, and friends (PRAC related and otherwise)
were there to applaud and be counted as those who appreciate
all April’s efforts to bring the arts to the forefront in
Ajax and in Region of Durham.
Hurray for April!
Tom Flood, Director of Recreational
Services presents April Polak with Ajax Civic Award
Photo by Lou Schnippering