June 2012 - Arts & Letters Club

The Ontario Society of Artists celebrates its 140th
anniversary in June with several events. The special event
Vision and Devotion pays tribute to the OSA Founders
with an exhibition at the newly renovated Parish House
of the Cathedral Church of St. James, 65 Church Street.
The Church was a focal point in the cultural development
of Toronto, and many OSA founders were parishioners.
The exhibitors are the 22 existing active members of the
OSA who have acted as Presidents and Vice-Presidents
over the years, and carried forth the original vision, with
devotion. They include our members Ray Cattell, Gerry
Sevier, Ed Yaghdjian, and Jim MacDougall, as well as
Ernestine Tahedl, former recipient of the Club’s Annual
Award. A stunning archival catalogue with text by
Jonathan Lofft, Chair of the Toronto branch of the
Archivist Association of Ontario, develops the historic
relationship of the OSA and the Cathedral, and contains
the OSA’s salutation and congratulations to the major
affiliated arts organizations, including the Arts & Letters
Club, on their achievements and major anniversaries.
Public viewing is from 1:00–4:00 p.m. Wednesdays, June
20 and 27, Thursdays, June 21 and 28, and Sunday, June
24. OSA artists will be in attendance and maps to locate
and view the many important gifts by OSA members to
the Cathedral over the years will be available, as well as
catalogues for purchase. Please try to come and enjoy this
unique historical association. This news was submitted by
Jim MacDougall, Chair of the Organizing Committee.
Martin Hunter and Sarah Hunter hosted guests at the K.
M. Hunter Artist Awards, which was held on May 14 at
the Gladstone Hotel.
Lynn Kuo has been very busy. She has successfully
completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the
University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Her thesis was
Holistic Health and the Prevention of Performance-Related
Musculoskeletal Disorders in Orchestral String Musicians.
Lynn won a FACTOR loan for the Duo Les AMIS debut
CD (Lynn Kuo, violin; Marianna Humetska, piano).
Recording will be in March, 2013.
Lynn has a brand new Artist Profile on the
www.music.cbc.ca website featuring a live recording from
the 2008 A&L 100th anniversary concert.
Lynn has been invited to return to her native province of
Newfoundland to perform in both the Tuckamore
Chamber Music Festival and Gros Morne Summer Music
Festival this summer.
Farhad Nargol-O’Neill will be moderating a retreat on
Art and Spirituality (non-denominational) at St. Patrick’s
Church, 141 McCaul Street, on May 26, from 10:30 a.m.
until 1:30 p.m. in the Church Hall—entrance to the
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immediate north of the Church. Artists are welcome to
bring examples of their work, or images of historical
works for presentation, critique, and open-minded
discussion. Send inquires to
farhadnargoloneill@gmail.com
Charter Woman member Mary Tuck Corelli looks
forward to providing a welcome at a solo show in the
Tordmorden Museum Gallery on Pottery Road. (off
Bayview Avenue). The reception will be on Sunday,
August 19, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The exhibition will
comprise more than 100 works, primarily watercolors of
varying subject matter. The show will be on view from
August 15 to Sunday, August 26.
New Member
Dollina MacMillan Birch is a marketing manager in the
fields of telecommunications, publishing and health care. She
also has acting experience and has appeared in several film
and television roles, as well as commercials. She has been
active in the Sunday Painters’ Group for several years.
Dollina’s sponsors are Andrew Sookrah and Jessica Virdo.
Obituary
Joyce Lewis, member and wife of member Peter Lewis, passed
away suddenly and unexpectedly at the end of April. An
obituary will follow in the next edition of the LAMPSletter.
On Stage
We have arranged for our guest speaker on Monday, June
4, Club Night to be Matthew Jocelyn, Artistic and
General Director of the Canadian Stage Company.
Matthew will talk about the new CanStage that he has
brought to the Toronto Theatre scene and his plans for
the coming seasons.
On Monday June 25, we once again sponsor the guest
speaker at Club Night—this time Jackie Maxwell, Artistic
Director of the Shaw Festival will talk to us about her
2012 season: the artistic choices which were made and the
highlights from the company’s perspective.
Meanwhile, the committee is finalizing its strategic
planning process and currently considering four different
projects for the 2012–2013 A & L season. Challenging
and exciting things are being developed!
John H. Goddard