Buckhorn Fine Art Festival Call for Artists

Application deadline is January 17, 2014. Rising and established professional artists are invited to apply for entry to the 37th Annual Buckhorn Fine Art Festival, August 16 & 17, 2014 (Preview Night Garden Party: Friday August 15).

Showcasing gallery-quality displays of fine art that appeal to a broad range of art enthusiasts and collectors, the prestigious Buckhorn Fine Art Festival inspires visitors to linger long enough to experience demonstrations and special presentations by the artists themselves. Festival Park at 1801 Lakehurst Road is the picturesque woodland garden setting for the Buckhorn Community Centre and eleven permanent gallery buildings, which comfortably accommodate the works of more than 85 artists.

The definition of fine art by which submissions for the Buckhorn Fine Art Festival are measured is: "The selective re-creation of reality, to express human perspectives and values in a highly skilled fashion, incorporating creative innovation through the medium of painting, drawing, sculpture or other creative media such as jewellery, ceramics, glass, textiles, wood-turning, or photography."
For an application form, visit www.buckhornfineart.com or call 705 657 1918 (toll-free at 1 877 300 9766).

Originally published on December 12, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Republished on January 9, 2014 at 10: 37 AM

CALL TO ARTISTS: FINE ARTS AND MUSIC

Originally published on July 19th, 2013 at 7:06pm

Republished on August 6th, 2013 at 9:48am

Call for Entry

Fine Art and Craft Festival in Burlington, Ontario. Go to www.thebac.ca/festival for more info.

More news on this year's Tin Pan North festival.

More news on this year's Tin Pan North festival.

Open Mic - Friday, May 24 -

After the 2 featured rounds of music there will be an open mic for all songwriters at the Cadillac Lounge. Sign up during the evening to grab your spot on the stage.

Draw Prizes -

Come out to the shows to get an opportunity to win a door prize which includes gift certificates from Long & McQuade's and more.

Bill Toffan to MC Hugh's Room Gala - May 25 -

KX947 FM's morning host Toff of Toff & Melissa (CCMA radio personalities of the year) will be the MC for the Gala show

NSAI Members to open Gala Show
A draw was held from among the NSAI members who are performing during the festival and the winners were Barbara Lynn Doran & Elora Taylor. They will each perform a song to open the Gala.

14^TH ANNUAL TIN PAN NORTH SONGWRITERS' FESTIVAL MAY 23-25^TH, 2013

Look out Toronto! This year's festival should be the best yet!!  Tin Pan North is Ontario’s largest 3-day songwriters’ festival and is a celebration of original songwriting with intimate shows held in the GTA over three nights.  In addition to showcasing local talent, each show features some of Canada’s finest talent as well as some heavy hitters in the world of songwriting that come up from Nashville to take part in the festival. 

This year's show promises to deliver with headliners such as: 

   

            -          Michelle Wright, a Canadian Country Music Hall of Famer, with 25 Top Ten hits and more than forty major awards; 

            -            Steve Bogard, who produced nine #1 hits with artists such as George Strait, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, Etta James, and Lee Greenwood; and who has produced albums for Michelle Wright, Deric Ruttan, Jerry Kilgore and Brad Cotter; 

            -           Marc Beeson, a Nashville veteran with over 100 cuts by artists such as Restless Heart, Reba McEntire, Jason Aldean, Kenny Rogers, Martina McBride; 

            -           Tim Taylor, a Juno Award winner whose songs have been cut by Canada’s top country artists, and who has won CCMA and BCCMA Song of the Year awards;

            -           Bruce Michael Miller, a producer, guitarist, songwriter’s vocalist, performer and Oscar nominee for best song in a motion picture in 2013; 

            -           James Gordon, one of Canada's most prolific songwriters, well known for his songs about social justice, heritage and environmental issues;   

            -           Suzie Vinnick, a perennial nominee and six-time winner of Canadian Maple Blues awards for her work;  and

            -           Marshall Dane, nominated in several categories at this year's CMAO awards, including Male Artist and Album of The Year. 

Other amazing headliners are:  Tim Buppert, Kate Todd, Ryan Cook, JK Gulley, Kim Beggs, Tom Barlow, and Serena Pryne.

Tickets are available now at ticket window - http://tickets.ticketwindow.ca/mobile/Event.asp?Event=1505

For complete schedule, venues and list of performers please go to:

http://www.nsaitoronto.com/TinPanNorth14/index.html

Don’t forget about Music Row North!!!!

Music Row North is a one day, intensive seminar presented by the Toronto Chapter of the NSAI that will give you the inspiration and insight to become a better songwriter. Held at Trebas Institute on May 25^th from 10am-5pm, music industry guests will include hit songwriters Steve Bogard, Marc Beeson and Bruce Michael Miller. Other panelists will include Jennifer Essiembre (Ole), Erin Kiyonaga (FACTOR), Jennifer Fox (Grant writer) and James Linderman (Berklee graduate), Deborah Wood (Publicity & Promotion), Rodney Murphy (SOCAN), and Wendell Ferguson (multiple CCMA Guitarist of the Year awards). This seminar includes song evaluations by some of our panelists.  Cost and location details can be found at:

http://www.nsaitoronto.com/TinPanNorth14/index.html

Originally published on May 22, 2013 at 10:05 AM.

Blackbox Festival

Peel Panto Players is proud to announce their Blackbox Festival, coming to Cyril Clark on July 6 and 7.  PPP is currently looking for scripts and directors. Plays should be royalty-free and family-friendly­. Please send your submissions to peelpantoplayer­s@yahoo.ca by May 8.  Auditions will take place at 115 Orenda Rd on May 11 and May 13, FIND more info www.peelplayers.com or PPP’s facebook site

Brampton Indie Arts Fest 2012

October 4 – 5, 7 – 11 PM. Live bands, acoustic artists and visual artists with headliners Ubiquitous Synergy Seekers (USS). Rose Theatre Studio, Lobby and Fountain Stage! All Ages Free Event. http://www.brampton.ca/sites/Rose-Theatre/EN/Events-And-Tickets/Pages/BIAF.aspx

Good news for local artist

Congrats to BAC member Steve Wilson for winning the Award of Excellence for Best Mixed Media this past weekend in the Mount Carmel Fine Arts and Music Festival for his work Rosetta Nebula. www.stevesartandimagery.com

Flower City Festival

Flower City Festival 2012 in Garden Square (Downtown Brampton) http://www.brampton.ca/sites/Rose-Theatre/en/Events-And-Tickets/Pages/FlowerCityFestival.aspx





Originally published on June 11, 2012 on 2:31PM
Republished on July 31, 2012 at 3:57PM, Aug 09, 2012 at 11:03AM, Aug16, 2012 at 9:58AM

CALL FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS

to participate in this year's Brampton Global Jazz and Blues Festival. Find out the details here: http://bactalk.blogspot.ca/2012/04/call-for-local-musicians-to-participate.html

Originally published at 10:53 AM on April 25, 2012
Republished at 11:40 AM on May 1, 2012, 2: 27 PM on May 8, 5:35 PM on May 16, 2012, 1:33 pm on May 30, 2012, 4:18 PM on June 11, 2012, July 04, 2012 1pm, July 12, 2012 3:18pm, July 19, 2012 at 2:41PM, July 26, 2012 at 1:27PM, July 31st 2012 at 4:05PM

Dont Miss Out on Brown Ale's Performance

July 13, 6:45 PM. BAC Member Glenn McFarlane’s group Brown Ale performs at the Canterbury Folk Festival in Ingersoll, ON as part of the “Swine and Wine” an annual pig roast tradition.

Originally published on July 12, 2012 on 3:10 PM
Republished on July 19, 2012 on 2:17PM

Peel Panto Players presents

July 7, 2 pm & 7:30 pm. July 8, 2 pm. The return of the Black Box Festival to Brampton!  3 shows only at Cyril Clark Theatre, 20 Loafers Lake Lane (downstairs of the Library). $6. Children under 12 free when accompanied by an adult and with a donation of a non-perishable food item. Check out what’s playing: http://www.artsbrampton.ca/NF/PPP%20BBF.pdf  

Originally published on June 23, 2012 on 2:34 PM
Republished on June 26, 2012 on 1:08PM

Youth Opportunity

Hey there!

Are you an artist or performer under the age of 30? Are you looking to get involved in something HUGE? Do you want to showcase your talent on a National Scale?

The Arts Network for Children and Youth is looking for young performers and artists to showcase their talent by performing at our National Youth Arts Week launch party on May 1 in Toronto.

What is National Youth Arts Week?

It’s about eruptions of art and creativity from coast to coast to coast.

It’s about inspiring youth leadership through creative expression.

It’s about building a movement that will continue to grow once the week is over.

We are looking for artists from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds; musicians, performance artists, dancers, visual artists, sound artists, filmmakers, creative writers, poets and culinary artists, just to name a few.

If you’re interested, please send a short video or an online portfolio to info@youthartsweek.ca or get in touch with us to find out more information.

For more information about the week, to find out how you can get involved or to see what other events are being planned around the country, visit our website at www.youthartsweek.ca

Originally published on April 12th, 2012 at 9:15 am.

CALL FOR ARTISTS/VOLUNTEERS/TEACHERS

http://www.learnapaloozabrampton.ca/

LearnapaloozaBrampton.ca: Is looking for clever vendors, presenters, teachers, instructors, participants, and volunteers too! It's a weekend of learning, and a Saturday Festival of fun as well. Visit www.LearnapaloozaBrampton.ca for more details (presented by the Brampton Art Fair)

 

Brush with the Highlands

Call for Artists!
http://www.abrushwiththehighlands.weebly.com/ visit our website for more information. Call Tracey (705) 448-9785 if you have any questions. Early Bird registrations are eligible to win a $200 Guerrilla Pochade Box.

Don’t miss this opportunity to participate in Canada’s Premier Plein- Air Art Festival - “A Brush with the Highlands”. Join over 40 other artists in the breathtaking and stunning Haliburton Highlands, painting the most raw and dramatic scenes on the Canadian Shield. Have an opportunity to play games, win prizes, meet and network with artists, patrons and gallery curators. The Festival runs each Civic Holiday weekend, this year, August 2-5 and offers over $1400 in Art awards.

VENDOR CALL/CALL FOR ARTISTS

VENDOR CALL - Looking for creative thinkers and "outside the box" types to join Brampton Art Fair Sat, July 21 for the Learnapalooza Festival!

Learnapalooza is a community-wide, all-ages, brain-stretching weekend of fun for the whole family! BAF will have events all throughout the city - some for free and some for a fee, but BAF is sure you'll be able to find something you'd love to learn about! Join as a vendor at the Learnapalooza Festival! This is open to all who have something to offer learning in. You could showcase your TaiChi group, demonstrate and sell your "better mousetraps", demo your cake decorating at your booth, explain what reiki is and so much more! For all the deets, visit http://www.bramptonartfair.com/

 

Learnapalooza Brampton!

July 21 & 22. Call for vendors/ teachers/ demos/ classes/ Open Houses!
Join Brampton Art Fair Sat & Sun July 21 & 22 for a fun filled weekend of learning across the city! Right now, we're looking for participants for BAF's Learnapalooza Festival, held July 21. Details and more can be found on http://bramptonartfair.com/

CALL FOR ARTISTS! Brampton Art & Crafts Festival

Call for Vendors! Deadline for applications is May 1, 2012. The Brampton Art Fair heralds in their 13th show, Sat. July 21 from 9am-4pm at our new venue - the Terry Miller Recreation Centre! A HUGE new venue with lots of space for many more vendors!. You'll find our application on http://www.bramptonartfair.com/. NOTE: our vendor costs have stayed the same for the past 5 years!

Family of Brampton Day

Interesting in applying? See the application here: http://www.artsbrampton.ca/NF/FobApp2012.pdf

Festivals & Events Ontario is accepting submissions

Deadline: Dec. 7, 2011. Festivals & Events Ontario is accepting submissions for the 2012 edition of the Festivals & Events in Ontario Guide, produced in partnership with the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation (OTMPC). This one-of-a-kind consumer publication is the ultimate source for festival and event listings throughout Ontario. The printed guides will be available through a broad distribution network, including the Festivals & Events Ontario website and office, the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation website, information centres, call centres and associated tourism related channels throughout the province. Learn more about submitting for this opportunity here: http://bit.ly/vIkzZa

Celebrate Ontario 2012 is now open for applications!

Celebrate Ontario is an annual program that helps new and existing festivals and events enhance their programs, activities and services. The program also supports bid and event hosting costs of major one-time events and festivals attracting out-of-province visitors through the Blockbuster category. All organizers of festivals and events are invited to apply. To see more of THIS article, go to: http://bit.ly/qf0JqY. For full details, including what’s eligible, how and when to apply, visit the Ministry of Tourism and Culture’s website at: www.ontario.ca/celebrateontario. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your local tourism advisor. www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/tourism/contactus_tourism.shtml