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Find information on how to use and download the Pocket Sights tour app for self-guided tours of the Haliburton Sculpture Forest. Sculpture Forest PocketSights Tours App Become your own tour guide and learn about the pieces of the Sculpture Forest through our PocketSights Tour. With the app you can easily learn about the history of each piece and more about each artist too! Android iPhone How to Install the App Go into the Google Play Store Search PocketSights Install PocketSights Tour Guide Download Here How to Start Your Tour Enter into PocketSights Search for Haliburton, Ontario Click on the Haliburton Sculpture Forest Walking Tour Click on the start tour button, or scroll down to see the selection of sculptures we have in the forest You can turn off the voice navigation system and auto rotate by clicking the settings button at the top right of the screen (the three dots), and unchecking the boxes for those settings To end tour, click the end tour button at the top of the screen How to Install the App Go into the Apple App Store Search PocketSights Install PocketSights Tour Guide Download Here How to Start Your Tour Search for Haliburton, Ontario Click on the Haliburton Sculpture Forest Walking Tour Click on the start tour button, or scroll down to see the selection of sculptures we have in the forest Select Tour Mode: Standard Tour will have navigation and a recommended route. Free Roam will just have the sculptures listed on the map You can turn off the voice navigation system, the computer generated voice, and auto rotate by clicking the settings button at the top left of the screen, and turning off text to speech, voice navigation, or auto map rotation functions To end tour, click the end tour button at the top of the screen Looking for a map? Access our Sculpture Forest Map online. Go Now

The Haliburton Sculpture Forest is a unique outdoor collection of sculptures located in the Haliburton Highlands of Ontario, Canada. Thank you to our artist in residence, Jared Tait, for a fantastic week of learning and community engagement! Bawaajigan was unveiled on Saturday, August 17th. We invite you to visit our newest installation! Bawaajigan - To Dream Learn More Join Our Mailing List! Your donation can to help maintain and grow the Sculpture Forest for future generations. Donate Now The Haliburton Sculpture Forest, in Glebe Park near the village of Haliburton in the Haliburton Highlands of Ontario, Canada, is a unique outdoor collection of sculptures by Canadian and international artists. The trails in the Sculpture Forest—for walking and bike riding in spring, summer and fall and walking, snowshoeing and skiing in the winter—provide changing perspectives of the forest and the sculptures in each of the seasons. The Sculpture Forest experience is ideal for families looking for an interesting outing, for those who enjoy outdoor trails, and for people looking for a unique artistic experience. We invite you to tour through this website for more information about the sculptures, the artists, and new additions to the Sculpture Forest and for current projects. Visit our photo gallery to see pictures of the sculptures in all four seasons. The Sculpture Forest shares the park with the Haliburton Highlands Museum and the Haliburton Campus of Fleming College, home to the Haliburton School of Art + Design ; great places to visit after you tour the Sculpture Forest. Dogs on leash are welcome. Please clean up after your dog! For questions on accessibility and more please see our FAQ page . There is no charge for admission but we always welcome donations. Thank you for your donations via cash, cheque, e-transfer or Tip Tap machine. Quick Links Sculpture Forest Map Driving Directions Frequently Asked Questions Sculptures Downtown Sculpture Exhibition New Updates! We are thrilled to announce the installation of 2 new sculptures in October! Superior by Scott Childs and Quadratic Whisper by George Hart. Bawaagigan, by artist Jared Tait, was unveiled on August 17th, 2024. Visit this fantastic installation of 3 dimensional woodland style figures. The beautiful colours used to paint these figures are magnificent in the fresh snow! Art Huts: Visit "Seeing the Forest for the Bees". Have you visited the new installation deep in the forest called "Sculpture Forest RE-Imagined 2019"? Learn More Visit #MyHaliburtonHighlands find out about all of the extraordinary things to do in the Haliburton Highlands all year round! Go Now 24 Years in Operation 1.4 km of Walking Trails 44 Sculptures 6 “One-of-a-Kind” Benches Winter: Snowshoeing and Nordic Skiing Snowshoeing Snowshoeing or walking are free on the colour-coded paths that take you through the Sculpture Forest or on the marked snowshoe on the trails north of the museum. Please note that the trail loop in the Sculpture Forest is a shared by walkers, skiers and snowshoers. Please move to the side of the rail to allow skiers to pass. See the Snowshoe Trail Map . Skiing The Nordic ski trails at Glebe Park have consistently been top-rated ski trails in the province for classic and skate skiing. Explore all Glebe Park has to offer on the 13.5 km of ski trails during the day. Enjoy skiing in the Sculpture Forest in the evenings until nine on the lit loop trail. See the Ski Haliburton website for pricing and updates. Day passes (self-registration) are available at the trail heads. Please bring cash, or you can e-transfer to membership@skihaliburton.com Tours The Haliburton Sculpture Forest has partnered with Yours Outdoors , Haliburton County's premier experience provider, to offer small group guided tours. Learn More Plan Your Trip The Haliburton Sculpture Forest can be accessed via College Drive where we share parking our main with The Haliburton School of Art + Design, or via Museum road where there is also (limited) parking available. We kindly ask all our visitors to treat the art and the nature of the Haliburton Sculpture Forest with care. The forest is home to lots of wildlife. As visitors, please not to feed them and dispose of garbage and food waste appropriately. Enjoy this tour created by Nick, an 11-year-old visitor to the Sculpture Forest in 2018.

Find information and documents to submit an application for the Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition. 2026 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition Exhibition Dates: June 18th - October 25th, 2026. Click on the links below for the Guidelines, Application Form and Installation Guide: DHSE Guidelines - 2026 DHSE Application - 2026 (Adobe PDF Fillable Form) - Download to your computer, then complete and save. DHSE Application - 2026 (PDF) DHSE Application - 2026 (Word) DHSE Installation Instructions - 2026 Key Dates: Monday. May 4th, 2026 (5:00 PM ) - Deadline for submissions. Tuesday, May 5th, 2026 - Notice of acceptance by email. Wednesday, June 17th, 2026 - Artwork installation. Dinner with the Committee. Accommodation will be provided for the evening of May 6th plus a $75 per diem for 2 days. Thursday, June 18th, 2026 - Tour of the Haliburton Sculpture Forest (10:00 AM), Public unveiling and tour of the Downtown Exhibition (2:00 PM). Sunday, October 25th, 2026 - Artwork removal and pick up. $75 per diem for 1 day Why Exhibit in the Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition? Haliburton is “Where It’s Art”. Since 1967 Haliburton has been home to the Haliburton School of Art + Design and has attracted artists and artisans creating a vibrant culture in the visual and performing arts. There is an appreciative audience for your work. Gain broader exposure. Thousands of tourists visit Haliburton each year from all parts of Canada, the United States and beyond. In addition, we have over 60,000 cottagers who spend part of the year in the area. You can sell your work commission free. You deal directly with potential buyers and you receive 100% of the sale proceeds. All participating artists receiv e an honorarium of $300 plus a per diem of $75/day for the two days involved in installing and the da y picking up your work. We provide support with the installation and removal of your work. No entry fees. Questions? Our curator Jim Blake would be happy to answer an y of your questio ns! To contact Jim please email: info@haliburtonsculptureforest.ca

The Haliburton Sculpture Forest and Haliburton BIA are thrilled to host the summer Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition. Go Now Visit the gallery to see all of the sculptures and artists featured in the 2025 DHSE. 2025 DHSE The Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition The Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition is an outdoor exhibition that runs from June 18th through to October 25th, 2026. The sculptures were installed at sites along Highland St., Maple Ave. and York St. in the downtown core of Haliburton Village in Ontario, Canada. Where We Are Haliburton Village is located in the Haliburton Highlands, approximately 215 km northeast of Toronto and 285 km east of Ottawa. Directions to Downtown Haliburton can be found here. Pocket Sights Self Guided Tour While we do not offer guided tours of the Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition, feel free to take a self-guided tour using our brochure found in the Haliburton Welcome Centre, the Caboose Bike Hub, or using the Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition tour on the Bloomberg Connects App, available on both Apple and Android devices. Learn More About Self Guided Tours 8TH Summer Artists from All Across Ontario 7 Sculptures Purchasing the Sculptures Most of the sculptures on display are available for purchase. The public deals directly with the artists; they receive all proceeds from any sale. See our gallery for pricing and artist contact information. How We Got Started The Haliburton Village BIA brings together businesses in the downtown area of Haliburton, with the support of the municipality, to organize, finance and carry out physical improvements and promote economic development and community events. The Haliburton Sculpture Forest, located in Glebe Park , has been attracting visitors to Haliburton since 2001 and has grown to an outdoor collection of over 42 sculptures. Each year thousands of visitors visit the Sculpture Forest. Over the years the Board of Directors of the Sculpture Forest has talked about how we could do something similar in the downtown of Haliburton – connecting the village to the Sculpture Forest and providing an extraordinary experience for visitors to the area. In the spring of 2018, we became aware of the Elora Sculpture Project which successfully brings sculptures to their public spaces. After consultation with the organizers of that initiative, we decided that we could make this work in Haliburton Village. The executive and membership of Haliburton Village BIA were excited by the idea and joined forces with the Haliburton Sculpture Forest to create the Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition. Since 2018 we have put out an annual call to artists in Canada working in any media suitable for outdoor sculpture. A jury selects the works for the exhibition from the submissions we receive. Funding is provided by the Haliburton Village BIA, local businesses, organizations and art-loving residents. Most of the works in each exhibition are for sale. We let the public deal directly with the artists which eliminates fees; a benefit to you and the artists. Our guide includes pricing and contact information for each artist.

Art Huts Slide the Door Open to Step into a New Experience at the Sculpture Forest Tucked into the forest lie three Art Huts with unique art installations within each. Over time, new artists will be invited to take over these spaces and tell more stories that pique our curiosity. New This project funded by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Map of Art Huts in the Sculpture Forest Current Art Hut Installations AH1 Charmaine Lurch Seeing the Forest For the Bees These magnified wild bees as wire sculptures, allow the viewer to encounter a fly-by of bees—a reminder to us of our connection to the land, how plants are pollinated and food is produced. Discover Charmaine's work and the magic of how bees hibernate through the winter. Read More AH3 Throwdown Collective Sculpture Forest Re-imagined 2019 Read More History of the Art Huts The Art Huts were originally the three ice fishing huts custom built by Ed Burke for “The Ice Cube Gallery”— a unique arts event held on Lake Kashagawigamog in February 2019. The brain child of Collin Burke, “The Ice Cube Gallery” was billed as 3 ice huts, 4 artists, 1 frozen lake. It attracted over 500 people to see the artwork of Rod Prouse, Victoria Ward, Chris Hanson, and Hendrika Sonnenberg, enjoy the food of chef Christoph Carl of Rhubarb, and the hospitality of Bonnie View Inn’s lounge and bar. We have brought these huts back into action to live on as exhibition spaces in the Haliburton Sculpture Forest. Past Art Hut Installations August 31, 2025 Liz Menard Botanical Canendensis Read More August 31, 2023 Sayde Demers The Mystery Shack, 2023 Read More

Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition Image Gallery 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2019 2018 1 Contact Artist for Pricing Carapace Pillar Michelle Cieloszczyk Read More 3 Contact Artist for Pricing Brenna Donna Mayne Read More 5 Part of Sculpture Forest Collection Double Take Carolanne MacLean Read More 2 $1,500.00 Sustenance Jennifer Anne Kelly Read More 4 Sold Oil Tanker Obelisk Brendan Duggan Read More 6 $4,000.00 A Flower Szonja Vucsetics Read More 1 Contact Artist for Pricing Athena Brett Davis Read More 3 $2,800.00 Parallel Composition Éric Tardif Read More 5 $3,500.00 Art of Noise Mark Puigmarti Read More 2 $1,800.00 Take Flight Jennifer Anne Kelly Read More 4 $3,800.00 Black Reflection Robert Wehkamp Read More 6 Part of Sculpture Forest Collection Depth Don Frost Read More 1 $2,800.00 Girl at the Fountain Tonya Hart Read More 3 $2,100.00 Vitessence David Cross Read More 5 $750.00 Virtual Reali-Kitty Thoreau Bakker Read More 2 $15,000.00 Dancers Elise Muller Read More 4 $1,900.00 Earth and Sky Julie Campagna Read More 6 Sold - Part of Sculpture Forest Collection DAS BUCH XXIII Marianne Reim Read More 2018 Exhibition Guide 2018 marked the first Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition. 6 artists from across Canada submitted pieces. Browse the Collection and Guide here. 1 Sold - Part of Sculpture Forest Collection Mother Earth Scott McKay Read More 3 $2,500.00 Layers Darrell Markewitz Read More 5 $800.00 Lissome 5 Andrew Rothfischer Read More 2 $4,000.00 This Side Up #9, “Shall We Dance” Michael Truelove Read More 4 $9,850.00 Sun Sisters Tim Dolman Read More 6 $20,000.00 Weeping Gargoyle Julie Campagna Read More Self Guided Tours Use the PocketSights app to locate each of the 2023 DHSE Sculptures! 1 Contact Artist for Pricing Grow Together Eric Tardiff Read More 3 Contact Artist for Pricing Aerial Mark Puigmarti Read More 5 Contact Artist for Pricing Abstract 7 Elise Muller Read More 7 Contact Artist for Pricing Night Szonja Vucsetics Read More 2 $2,800.00 Orange Bloom Kristi Chen Read More 4 $1,800.00 Innocence Carolanne MacLean Read More 6 $3,400.00 + HST Retrieving Courage Kim Collins Read More Self Guided Tours Use the PocketSights app to locate each of the 2024 DHSE Sculptures! 1 $18,000.00 The Owl and the Pussycat George Pratt Read More 3 $4200.00 Nature Prevails Mark Puigmarti Read More 5 $4500.00 The Gatekeeper Elise Muller Read More 7 $2000.00 Oracle Rosalinde Baumgartner Read More 2 Not for Sale VR Lion Thoreau Bakker Read More 4 Not for Sale The Happy Hippo Nyasha Mabika Read More 6 $5900.00 Annie Carolanne MacLean Read More 8 $2000.00 Red Woman Breanna Shanahan Read More Self Guided Tours Use the PocketSights app to locate each of the 2025 DHSE Sculptures! 1 Contact Artist for Pricing Botanical Canoe Garrett Gilbert Read More 3 $9500.00 Unity Undeniable Mark Puigmarti Read More 5 $1800.00 Soul of A Boy Carole Chaloupka Burton Read More 7 $2400.00 Geese Please Kim Collins Read More 2 $1500.00 Bronze Sky Pods Danielle Reddick Read More 4 $4000.00 Friends Marlene Kawalez Read More 6 Not For Sale Ma'iingan Jared Tait Read More

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Digital Guide Trees of the Haliburton Sculpture Forest Trees of the Haliburton Sculpture Forest Along Head Lake Trail, Museum Road and Glebe Field there are signs identifying the various tree species in the area. In addition to the Scientific Names of the trees, the following index includes the Ojibwe names of these trees and how Annishinabe and Ojibwe cultures have traditionally made use of these plants. For more information, each page below has more information on the trees. English Name American Basswood Ojibwe Name wiigobimizh Traditional Uses American basswood fibres are used for tying wild rice stalks before harvest. Learn More English Name Beech Ojibwe Name azhaawemish Traditional Uses Azhaawemish means tattoo tree, it can handle you carving tattoos into it without it dying. Learn More English Name Eastern White Pine Ojibwe Name biisaandago-zhingwaak Traditional Uses Used to make shingles Learn More English Name Striped Maple Ojibwe Name moozomizh Traditional Uses When a moose gets injured they will go straight to striped maple because there is a medicinal property that helps heal bruises. Observing the behavior of moose allowed Indigenous peoples to realize the medicinal properties of this tree. This tree promotes and stimulates angiogenesis which is the production of new blood vessels. Learn More English Name American Elm Ojibwe Name aniib Traditional Uses --- Learn More English Name Black Ash Ojibwe Name baapaagimaak Traditional Uses --- Learn More English Name Hemlock Ojibwe Name gaagaagiwanzhiki Traditional Uses The bark is used as a stain for all woodenware. In the Great Lakes region there is lots of heavy metal toxicity in the soil which accumulates in plants and animals. The mixture of tanins and resins in the stain becomes absorbent and absorb the heavy metals in food. Learn More English Name Sugar Maple Ojibwe Name aninaatig Traditional Uses Indigenous peoples tapped trees by cutting v-shaped patterns into the bark or by inserting basswood or willow tubes into the tree. Learn More English Name Balsam Fir Ojibwe Name zhingob Traditional Uses The antimicrobial effects of Balsam Fir were found to be potent enough that Indigenous Peoples used the oil as an antiseptic on wounds. Learn More English Name Eastern White Cedar Ojibwe Name giizhigaa'aandak Traditional Uses What happens when you use cedar tea to bathe? It purges your lymph vessels and nodes, relieving your skin of this constant slow leech of toxins and garbage that is slowly secreted onto the surface of your skin which is the cause of a ton of problems. Learn More English Name Ironwood Ojibwe Name maananoons Traditional Uses --- Learn More English Name White Ash Ojibwe Name aagimaak Traditional Uses Used to prepare for pregnancy and to lessen the risk of miscarriage. Also used in shoes or around camps to deter rattlesnakes. Because of this, cradles are exclusively made from white ash. It is the type of tree that is the most resistant to lightning. Learn More

Upcoming Event Art Hut Installation: Seeing the Forest For the Bees Tucked into the forest lie three Art Huts with unique art installations within each. Meet the bees that inspire part Lurch's work. Learn More To get updates on our upcoming events, follow us on social media! Past Events August 16, 2024 Bawaajigan - To Dream Community members joined Jared Tait to learn about traditional woodland style painting and help to create and paint an installation for the Haliburton Sculpture Forest. Read More October 24, 2024 2024 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition Read More August 25, 2023 Wild Bee-Making Bee with Charmaine Lurch Join Charmaine Lurch from Monday August 21st to Friday August 25th, at the Haliburton Sculpture Forest to Make Bees. Read More October 26, 2023 2023 Downtown Sculpture Exhibition Come explore! 7 sculptures are installed at sites along Highland Street, the main street of the downtown core of Haliburton Village in Ontario, Canada. Read More May 4, 2023 2023 Downtown Sculpture Exhibition - Public Unveiling On Thursday, May 4th we are unveiling the 5th Annual Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition! Read More June 30, 2023 Art Hut Installation: The Mystery Shack Tucked into the forest lie three Art Huts with unique art installations within each. Discover S. Demers' cabinet of curiorities! Read More August 25, 2023 Art Hut Installation: Inner: Don’t Peak Tucked into the forest lie three Art Huts with unique art installations within each. Discover Grey's paintings. Read More October 22, 2022 Dance Rx³: Re-emergence, Re-engagement, & Re-connection A dance event in three parts. Read More July 6, 2022 Induction of “Passage” Forest walk and artist talk. Read More October 27, 2022 Pop Goes the Forest A fibre arts installation by Susan Kendal Read More July 31, 2019 Sculpture Forest Re-imagined 2019 An extraordinary performing arts experience. Read More August 7, 2018 Sculpture Forest Re-imagined 2018 Sculpture Forest comes alive with performances, movement and music. Read More June 7, 2017 Carved in the Canadian Shield Four artists from three countries visited Haliburton for a three week sculpture symposium in 2017 in celebration of Dysart 150, Ontario 150, and Canada 150. Read More View More

Artists The Sculpture Forest features works from artists across the globe. Aaron Galbraith Carolanne MacLean Charmaine Lurch Doug Stephens Ian LaBlance Jiří Genzer John Shaw-Rimmington Marianne Reim Metalgenesis: Don Dickson & Amy Doolittle Peter Wehrspann Scott McKay Tarzan Sithole Andrew Rothfischer Carole Turner Darlene Bolahood George Pratt Jake Mol John Beachli Kevin Lockau Mary Anne Barkhouse Michael Belmore Phillip Vander Weg Simon Chidharara Tizirai Gumbere Brett Davis Charles O'Neil Don Frost Gord Peteran Jared Tait John McKinnon Leo Sepa Mary Ellen Farrow Nyasha Mabika Richard Shanks Susan Low-Beer William Lishman

Item List Nyasha Mabika Nyasha Mabika was born on July 2, 1974 in Mutare Manicaland Province, in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe. He was the 4th born in a family of 6 children. Nyasha attended both primary and secondary school in Bvumba, a beautiful mountainous region, near the Mozambique border. When Nyasha completed high school in 1991 he began visiting local sculpting co-operatives and assisting sculptors with sanding and polishing their sculptures. Having decided stone sculpting was a career he wished to pursue, Nyasha moved to St. Mary's in Chitungwiza to begin a formal apprenticeship with his late cousin Winston Magura. Winston taught Nyasha and they worked together from 1994 to 1996. In 1996, Nyasha had completed his apprenticeship and was looking for new challenges. He joined a group of other artists and founded an arts co-operative, the Chitungwiza Arts Centre, where he remained an active member until 2016. He now works from his home studio in Epworth. Nyasha goes to the mine himself to select stone, which is his first source of information. He enjoys working with hard stones such as Leopard Rock, Springstone and Opal. Attracted to wildlife, Nyasha says that is what most often he sees in the raw stone. Nyasha enjoys sculpting hippos and abstract pieces. His sculptures have sold to galleries and collectors from Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and Canada. ZimArt started to represent Nyasha in Canada in 2017. Read More Jared Tait Jared Tait is a member of the Sachigo Lake First Nation an Oji-Cree First Nation in Treaty 9, territory in the far north of Ontario near the Manitoba border. Jared was raised in Thunder Bay. He currently resides with his family in the countryside near Bancroft. In 2018, Jared began painting under the mentorship of his father, Tim Tait, a self-taught artist. Jared recalls his childhood being surrounded by his father’s paintings and being told stories within them. Since his exposure to art at a young age, Jared has created a strong appreciation and connection to art. Through his understanding of the Woodland style and the methods of telling stories through his work, Jared captures the deep relations to the land and its creatures. He builds on these motivations to preserve the sacred stories, symbolism and teachings. Jared creates imagery inspired by his personal and spiritual experiences and hopes to pass his teachings on to future generations. Read More Charmaine Lurch Charmaine Lurch is a multidisciplinary artist whose painting, sculpture, and social engagement reveal the intricacies and complexities of the relationships between us and our environments. Her sculptures, and installations contend with what is visible and present in conjunction with what remains unsaid or unnoticed. Lurch applies her experience in community arts and education to create inviting entry points into overwhelmingly complex and urgent racial, ecological, and historical matters. Lurch holds a Master in Environmental Studies from York University and has completed studies at the Halliburton School of Art + Design, Sheridan College, OCAD University, and the School of Visual Arts (SVA NYC). Lurch has exhibited beyond and throughout Canada, and her works have been acquired by Global Affairs Canada to be exhibited in EXPO 2021 held in Dubai and Canadian embassies and consulates globally. Read More Carolanne MacLean Carolanne MacLean was born in Toronto in 1949. She is a graduate with honours of the Ontario College of Art in Fine Art and has a B.A. from the University of Toronto. Her large encaustic abstract works are a study in light, colour and texture, sometimes involving the figure, often nonrepresentational. Her City Souls paintings capture moments, passing expressions on the faces around us. She pursues the beauty of the figure through a regular sculpture practice. Artist's Statement: I feel I am working with energy, whether painting or sculpting. I am interested in the healing value of colour and the surprising beauty of the accidental mark, and intrigued by the very existence of our response to beauty. E-mail: cmtoronto@pm.me Read More Don Frost Peterborough born Don Frost had his future path laid out for him by winning first prize in a city wide art exposition at age six in grade one. The following year at age seven, Don had a group showing at the Peterborough Public Library. Public school had its usual trials and tribulations and it was not until grade 10 that Don discovered that he was colour blind to all but the primary colours. At this point Don’s life took a right turn and sculpture was all that he focused on. Don teamed up with a friend in grade 11 who became his art agent and they enjoyed considerable success in the Peterborough area. After high school Don took some time off to do his art and apprentice as a mechanic for a year. In 1973-74 he attended Sheridan Art College followed by a decision to become a professional sculptor having just received a major commission for a large 15' tall sculpture for a new mall being built in Peterborough, Ontario. This was followed by the creation of the largest sculpture in Canada in 1983 by winning a competition for an indoor work for the Michael Starr Building in Oshawa, Ontario. Always seeking new outlets for art Don acquired an art agent in Ottawa which led to an introduction to a patron who kept Don busy creating more than 40 sculptures in a period of twenty years. Don’s work internationally was recently a commission for four large works for a garden in Club Medjulis in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Previously to this in an expansive design project by the late King Hussein for a 1.6 km wall of huge relief panels commemorating the history of Jordan, Don’s work on six of these panels was accepted by King Abdullah. Experiencing greater notoriety for the global uniqueness of his art, Don was presented with awards from Peterborough County and commemorated in the Walk of Fame. Presently Don has art representatives across the United States and Canada. Email: don.frost@sympatico.ca Read More Peter Wehrspann Peter is a skilled designer, metal artist and wood worker. A graduate of SITAL, he has twice received the Betty Kantor Scholarship Award for students who display excellence in the program. Before studying furniture design, Peter received a degree in Communications from Wilfrid Laurier University. Born in Toronto, he has been able to widen his perspective by traveling and living abroad in Japan, Switzerland, and Denmark. Peter has also studied design in Denmark where his work was exhibited at the prestigious Denmark Design Skole. His work has been exhibited online, in print media, and at Fluid Living, Distillery District location. Peter is energetically involved in the Toronto craft and design community, most recently is his involvement with Designers Walk Home and Style Studio Tour where his work is displayed at Weavers Art. In the time of his young career, Peter has been developing working relationships with residential clients, interior designers, and architects. Email: peter@holtzundmetal.com Read More Phillip Vander Weg Work Decommissioned in 2017 Phillip Vander Weg is a professor of Art at Western Michigan University. He has held that post since 1989 and has been chair of the Department of Art for most of that time Vander Weg is also director of the WMU Sculpture Tour Program, which he founded in 1991. He received his MFA in Sculpture from The University of Michigan’s Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies in 1968. He also has a BS in Design from The University of Michigan. As an artist, Vander Weg has been exhibited regularly since 1969. Venues include Frederick Meijer Sculpture Park and Gardens in Grand Rapids, Cleveland State College, The University of Tennessee, Clemson University, and The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, N.C. Awards and honors include a Purchase Award at The 1996 Allegro Festival Exhibition, winner of The Vanderbilt University Sculpture Competition for Heard Library Interior in 1986, and a Purchase Award in the Art Of The Eighties competition at The Tennessee State Museum (Nashville) in 1982. Since 1972, he has had in excess of 25 private commissions (completed) of major sculptures for clients in the Midwest and Southeast, and his works are in the public and corporate collections of, among many others, The Butler Museum of Art, Tennessee State Museum, New York State University at Potsdam, and Gulf & Western Industries in New York City. He is an active member of The National Association of Schools of Art and Design, The College Art Association, FATE: Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, and The International Sculpture Conference. Read More Carole Turner American artist Carole Turner, who lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey, creates contemporary sculpture in stone, steel, bronze, and wood. She carves, fabricates, and models with abstracted and geometric design, as well as voluptuous figurative and organic form. Carole's sculpture is exhibited internationally and her many monumental sculptures can be found in the collections of museums, municipalities, sculpture parks, and corporations in Italy, Argentina, Germany, Vietnam, Russia, South Korea, Austria, Poland, Romania, Mexico, Egypt, Turkey, China, Chile, India, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Greece, and the United States. Carole came to Haliburton as part of the Carved on the Canadian Shield Sculpture Symposium in order to carve her sculpture. Celebrating Canada, Ontario, and Dysart 150, four artists came to Haliburton to carve a piece out of limestone representing Canada and the Canadian Shield. Read More Doug Stephens Doug Stephens has been carving stone since taking a course in Haliburton in 1998. Years before he had worked in the set department for film and television and then went on to study sculpture in Halifax at the Nova Scotia School of Fine Art, but had not settled on a medium that had any real meaning for him. That changed when he studied in Haliburton with George Pratt, who then invited him to spend some months in Vancouver apprenticing at his studio. Later that year, Doug opened his own studio in Muskoka and has had his work shown in galleries in Bala, Gravenhurst, Rosseau and Haliburton. Every summer since then he has taught at the Haliburton School of The Arts. In May of 2001 he moved his studio to Belleville and began working as a full-time sculptor for the Campbell Monument Company, carving sculptures for the local and North American market. Read More Tarzan Sithole Tarzan Sithole is a third-generation Zimbabwean stone sculptor, born on February 27th, 1975. He started sculpting in 1994 in Tafara, Harare, Zimbabwe. Tarzan started carving with a group of 4 men, Test Sithhole, Clemence Jump and Charles Nembaware. Their group was called Svikiro. Tarzan was inspired by his parents and his friends, Witness and Lameck Bonjisi. Tarzan is known for his captivating works that celebrate the essence of everyday life with a profound focus on the strength, beauty and resilience of women. His mixed masterpiece creations blend traditional techniques with modern flair breathing life in to stories of the human experience. He prefers to use harder stones in his sculpture work, such as springstone, limestone and granite. Tarzan has exhibited his work in various countries around the world, including, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, The Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens and Kew Gardens in London as well as other various galleries in Europe, Canada, Asia, Australia and the United States, earning him international acclaim. Tarzan aspires to become one of the leading sculptors of his generation, mentoring and empowering emerging artists in Zimbabwe and beyond. Read More Richard Shanks Born in England, Richard is the son of a master stone mason who creates industrial masterpieces and functional designs in brick and stone. His mother was an artisan-craftsperson who appreciated beauty in a variety of found objects and nature. Richard’s sister has a similar talent which is being carried on today. As an adult, he his artistic desire led him into the restoration of vintage cars and the building of custom vehicles. In 1989, he married and moved to Nova Scotia where he transformed a century-old sawmill into a unique space, The Mill Gallery Art, Crafts & Curiosities, which was to exhibit their own works and those of local artists. In 1996, they returned to Ontario where Richard took this creativity further, building a studio suitable for the production of various materials including blacksmithing. Richard became a certified Artist Blacksmith in 1999 at Sir Sandford Fleming College in Haliburton. He now creates unique works of art, sculpture and furniture in a variety of media such as steel, stone, wood and glass. They operate, Just Mad Innovative Design—a family business, inspired by their children Justice and Madison who have give them guidance through their own creativity. Anything is Possible! Read More Leo Sepa Leo’s foray into metal art began some thirty years ago. Though the urge to create with fire and metal remained strong throughout the years, Leo’s talents were relegated to weekends and holidays at his Haliburton cottage until he retired. In 1997, he and is wife Hilary fulfilled a longtime dream by establishing Iron Jive Studio in Moore Falls, Haliburton. Leo is a participant of The Haliburton County Studio Tour, where art lovers watch him demonstrate forging techniques and visit his home gallery. Many of Leo’s ideas are conceived and captured on film during outings of rural Ontario, especially Haliburton. He is continually developing and exploring new ideas, which are reflected, in his artwork. Leo’s paternal grandfather was a blacksmith in Estonia (in fact, the name “Sepa” is derived from the Estonian “Raud Sepp” which translates as iron smith). Like his grandfather, Leo uses traditional blacksmith techniques. But he also employs the use of an oxyacetylene torch, a Mig welder, a plasma cutter and various other modern tools. He works in both recycled and new materials where he sometimes uses natural patinas creating a wide variety of pieces. Though the elder Sepa was a traditional blacksmith, forging tools and farm implements, Leo figures a little of his grandfather’s craft rubbed off on him. Leo was born in 1947 in Sweden after his Estonian parents fled to the nearby country to escape Soviet repression after the USSR invaded the Baltic. He came to Canada when he was three. Read More

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