Carnival of the Arts at Unionville Festival
in partnership with the Bluebridge Festival
Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
FREE Admission to all events & gallery exhibitions
To celebrate 40 years of the Unionville Festival, the Varley Gallery and artistic director, Brenda Muller are hosting a culturally diverse and inspired series of performances around the Varley Gallery and Toogood Pond area.
Musicians, poets and artists alike with be abuzz on the streets and Toogood trails throughout the Sunday, as well as encouraging visitors to take in Carnival: the Spirit and the Soul, the Varley Art Gallery's summer exhibition which embraces the artistic and narrative tradition that bind us all, through photographs, sculpture and mixed media artwork.
The Sunday will be a dramatic close to a weekend of events in Unionville and is the third day of festivities of the Bluebridge Festival, starting in Sutton on Friday and Newmarket on Saturday. http://www.bluebridgefestival.com/
For more information contact 905-477-9511. Want to find out about other Carnival-related programming. Click here!
| Carnival of the Arts Calendar |
| Time |
Location |
Details |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Varley Gallery |
Mask Building Workshops and Poetry Workshops/Walks begin. (Barry Dempster, Teodoro Dragonieri) Spots still available to sign up for both workshops. Call the Varley to register! |
| Toogood Pond Park |
Paint the Park with the Markham Group of Artists begins. Visit the Markham Group of Artists Spring Exhibition on exhibit at the McKay Art Centre from May 27-June 7, 2009 |
| 11:00 a.m. |
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| Band Shell and Main Street |
Street Beat Poetry with Jeanette Lynes; Off the Top Comedy Troop; Dan Yashinsky, Story Teller. |
| Toogood Pond Park and Pavilion |
York Region Finger Style Guitarists, Sommerset, Randi Helmers and Rob Clutton Jazz Duo |
| Varley Gallery |
Yellow River Ensemble (Patty Chen, director, traditional Chinese Instruments) |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Varley Gallery |
Melissa's Song - Children's Musical Story Theatre (Ardeleana) |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Varley Gallery Foyer |
Bluebridge Festival Choir - Songs of the Sea (Catherine Maguire - director) |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Unionville Main Street |
Masked Parade - Varley Gallery Courtyard to Band Shell and ends at Toogood Pond (Workshop Participants, Varley Gallery Children's art classes.) |
| Varley Gallery |
Dan Yashinsky, Story Teller |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Toogood Pond |
Canoe Opera and Ballet - Opera singers Andrea Cerswell, Wallis Giunta, Lillian Grossman, Magoo and Canoeists from the Ontario Recreational Canoe and Kayak Association |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Varley Art Gallery
Millennium Band Shell |
Markham Teen Arts Council Singer/Songwriter competition winners
Melissa's Song - Children's Musical Story Theatre (Ardeleana)
"Fool's Gold" Pantomime (David Langlois and the Metaphysical Theatre)
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| Toogood Pond Pavilion |
Randi Helmers/Rob Clutton |
| Toogood Pond Park and Trails |
York Region Finger Style Guitarists, Chamber Music Groups at Bridges on Trails. |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Varley Gallery |
Matinée Concert: Ardeleana Trio and Yellow River Ensemble, Andrea Cerswell, Wallis Giunta and Gillian Grossman, vocalists, Patricia Keeney, Barry Dempster, Jeanette Lynes, poets. Music includes Canadian Composer Alice Ho's work for three Chinese and Western instruments, Ravel, Giron, Muller and Haydn. Suggested Donation for concert $15 adults/$2 children |
| Performances will occur rain or shine; please check back for more details. |
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