2025 < All Sculptures 2025 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $2400.00 Geese Please Kim Collins Geese Please Mixed recycled contents: fabric sculpture-ripstop nylon/polyester from kitesurfing, windsurfing and camping tents, speciality sailcloth with kevlar, woven tarp, aluminum rigging rod, polyurethane foam, cotton, felt, and wood From the discarded remnants of high-performance outdoor textiles—tents, kitesurfing sails, and windsurfing sails—emerges a striking Canadian Goose sculpture. This artwork embodies the spirit of outdoor adventure and wildlife through its recycled composition. The process of repurposing these technical fabrics challenges the traditional linear consumption model, acting as a direct intervention against waste culture and drawing attention to the pervasive problem of microplastic pollution. The initial spark for this project was a single, damaged camping tent, a piece of waste that ignited an investigation into the possibilities of textile up-cycling. Kim Collins Kim is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer residing in Niagara. Captivated by our natural world, her colourful 2 and 3 dimensional pieces express joy and humour. Known for her inventive use of recycled contents, Kim paints, collages and stitches together mixed materials to best emphasize the aesthetic qualities.For over a decade, Kim's design career has been in the sports industry, creating bicycle graphics and supporting marketing collateral. Check out the bike department at Canadian Tire to see her latest work.Kim has a B. Des from York University/Sheridan College and a B. Ed (Visual Art) fromNipissing University. She has exhibited her work in Thornbury, Collingwood, Haliburton,Waterloo, St. Catharines, Burlington, Mississauga and Toronto. Artist Contact Information Email : kim.a.collins@gmail.com Website : kimcollinsart.ca Instagram: @4x5design

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. < All Events 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. Monday, August 12, 2024 Friday, August 16, 2024 Address: 297 College Drive, Haliburton, ON, Canada Bawaajigan means "To Dream". Jared Tait was the artist in residence in the Haliburton Sculpture Forest in August 2024. He worked with community members at the campus of the Fleming Haliburton School of Art + Design to create 3-dimensional woodland style paintings, which were installed in the Sculpture Forest on Saturday, August 17th, 2024. 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, Ontario. 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 the 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 a story 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. People can see Jared’s work hanging near the registration desk of the Haliburton School of Art and Design. An image of his mural Biingiden can be seen on one of the panels in the kiosks at the entrances to the Sculpture Forest and Glebe Park. Photo Gallery: < Previous Next >

2025 < All Sculptures 2025 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $1500.00 Bronze Sky Pods Danielle Reddick Bronze Sky Pods When I discovered bronze mesh, I realized that I could create forms that capture and return a light source. These forms gather life energy, balancing on the edge of sentience. Working with these materials as well as with universal light is a great privilege. With that in mind, I have created a bouquet of bronze pods. The notion is that they will look like giant golden blossoms in the raised garden beds. We cannot create light, we can radiate it, capture it and reflect it back. Danielle Reddick Danielle Reddick is a multimedia artist who has lived in Prince Edward County since 1984. From a very young age, it was clear that Danielle was an artist. Her current works reference the ethereal qualities she discovered in lithography at Queens University where she received an Hon BFA. Danielle has received a number of commissions for sculptures. She recently completed a large outdoor shrine for a client in Kingston. It is made from locally sourced stone and complete with solar lighting. In 2019, Danielle was commissioned by Glenwood Cemetery to create a WW2 soldier out of chicken wire. This project was funded by grants from the Prince Edward Arts Council and Huffs’ Estates Winery. This winter, Danielle manifested three large figures (10′-12’) of the Madonna, Maiden and Crone for a private collection. Over the years, Danielle has continued to make artworks outside of commissions. One of these, an art quilt, was displayed (with 5 other Canadian quilts) at quilt shows worldwide for 1 1/2 years representing Canada. Danielle was also a participant in the Royal Ontario Museum’s “Greenbelt Quilt of Possibilities.” Danielle has participated in many Juried shows including Art in the County, often winning Juror’s Choice awards and honourable mentions.

Gord Peteran All Sculptures Passage Number on Map 38 Artist Gord Peteran Material Red Cedar Installation Date June 16, 2021 Learn About the Artist My artwork is fuelled by the historical decorative arts.Unlike most artists I’m not looking for “new”, but rather the very, very old.I’m interested in testing the boundaries of what we know and trust. Disrupting the iconography of culture slightly, either by altering their context or proximity, can destabilize assumptions and suggest ideas that seem both correct and wrong in the same moment. Doorways are thresholds of our buildings, and also represent the threshold of our anxieties. Two doorway openings placed apart to imply a room, stand as both sentinels and facilitators of flow and passage. A dining table, . . . with oars, placed between these frames suggests both the safe space of home and references to this rural location. A table implies gathering, and in many ways represents the core of the family. Are there directional implications to a dining table? Is it in any way mobile? Who propels the ideas discussed at dinner? Can they stagnate or change course? The emblems and events of summer at a lake cannot be underestimated. They become imbedded in our psyche for life. Perhaps because they are filled with moments of joy, of discovery, learning, curiosity and camaraderie, . . . (the conditions necessary for creativity). The new conditions our world now faces provide potential opportunities. This artwork’s references are vast, from global warming and migratory populations, to the intimate summer ponderings of a child. The swinging doors once hanging from the doorframes have long since disappeared with only vague remnants of each left visible. Visitors can freely pass into, through, and out of this scene, setting in motion their own transformative art moment. More Photos Previous Next

George Pratt All Sculptures Together We Explore the Wild Number on Map 27 Artist George Pratt Material Salt and Pepper Granite Installation Date August 1, 2016 Learn About the Artist The sculpture “Together We Explore the Wild” was commissioned in appreciation of the life of Shawn Hagerman, family man, outdoorsman, canoeist, camper, fisherman, hunter, photographer, hiker, meditator, poet, and health and fitness enthusiast. He found peace and joy in exploring the wilderness alongside his family and friends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMhe3CmT1r0 More Photos Previous Next

Ostrya viginiana < Back Ironwood Ojibwe Name: maananoons Scientific Name: Ostrya viginiana Significance in Ojibwe Cultures: --- How to Identify the Leaves: "Ironwood has simple, alternating oval-shaped leaves with sharp teeth that are successively larger towards the end of a growing shoot. Male flowers, called catkins, hang in early spring to release pollen. This tree may also be called hop hornbeam, because the maturing clusters of fruit looks like hops. Older trunks have rough, peeling strips of grayish-brown bark." Sources: Translation: https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/maananoons-na Image: https://www.ontario.ca/page/basswood How to Identify Tree: https://www.ontario.ca/page/basswood < Back Next >

George Pratt All Sculptures Pan Number on Map 02 Artist George Pratt Material Salt and Pepper Granite Installation Date May 1, 2003 Learn About the Artist One of Pan’s favourite sports was pursuing beautiful wood nymphs that strayed into the high forests where he lived. His strange, coarse goat-like features frightened the nymphs and they would flee in fear of him. From this we got the term “panic”. He was particularly smitten by one nymph whose name was Syrinx but she did not welcome his attentions. One day, being pursued by Pan, she came to the river. Exhausted, she beseeched the water nymphs to protect her. Just as Pan was about to grasp her, she was transformed into one of the many reeds that grew along the river bank. Frustrated, Pan plucked the reeds and fashioned them into the first flute. Since that day, he can be found playing sweet music on the flute which is the embodiment of his unrequited love. We have come to call his instrument the ‘pan-flute’ but more correctly, its name is Syrinx after Pan’s lost nymph. This sculpture was carved out of an 8,700 Kg (19,300 Lbs) block. By the time the sculpture was completed, George had removed more than 3,000 Kg (7,000 Lbs) of stone, an impressive feat considering the work was done outdoors in blackfly season! More Photos Previous Next

Carole Turner All Sculptures Storied Moons Number on Map 31 Artist Carole Turner Material Limestone Installation Date June 1, 2017 Learn About the Artist Carved on 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. Beginning with a block of limestone, each artist was tasked with creating a piece that reflected the theme of carving on the Canadian Shield. “Storied Moons” commemorates the 150 year anniversary of Canada, as well as the 150 year anniversaries of Ontario, and Dysart. A tower of three limestone moons are wrapped in incised “audio tapes,” representing the voices that tell the stories of their histories in the making. In my sculptures I often explore the notions of time, memory, history, and identity using moons as time capsules. Since childhood I have thought of moons as keepers of time, recording the events of the previous day as they set each morning and the sun rises. In another series of sculptures I use strips of metal to form video and audio tapes which I wrap around figures and forms to represent the memories of voices that we hear throughout our lives -- voices that stay with us, or come back to us again and again, and impact the formation of our beliefs and identities. For “Storied Moons” I have combined these two themes and metaphors to represent the triple histories, and the voices that narrate their stories. And if we listen carefully, we can hear 150 years of individual and collective voices echo throughout the sculpture forest. More Photos Previous Next

2022 < All Sculptures 2022 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition Contact Artist for Pricing Carapace Pillar Michelle Cieloszczyk Carapace Pillar Carapace Pillar consists of blue silicone protective vests attached to a metal structure. The piece compares the use of shields and body armour in law enforcement with the protective outer shells of animals or insects, envisioning a biological skin of policing. The sculptures create a soft and malleable shell out of an aggregate of protective equipment. The reversal of the vest's function highlights the discrepancies between hard and soft social functions. Michelle Cieloszczyk Michelle Cieloszczyk is a visual artist in Tkaronto / Toronto Ontario. Michelle's practice encompasses object-based works, installations, public interventions, and public art. Her recent body of work started in 2017, examines the politics of policing considering the roles and structures of authority through castings of uniforms. Michelle studied at OCAD University (BFA in Sculpture/Installation) and the Glasgow School of Art. Artist Contact Information info@michellecieloszczyk.com szonjasstudios.ca

Youkie Stagg < Back Originally Published On: January 1, 2016 Originally Published By: Haliburton Echo Musical Inspiration Written By: Youkie Stagg “The musical instrument in this sculpture has a natural bond and connection to human life. Music entertains and educates us and speaks a universal language. The Dolomite lines represent the lyrics accompanying the music from the guitar. The lady is listening to the inspiring lyrics and music and it gives her happiness and peace. Music can do that.” – Simon Chidharara. Simon found the springstone used for “Musical Inspiration” in a mountain side quarry in Zimbabwe (where he lives) and was inspired to make this sculpture. He and his friends carried the rock down the mountain to his studio. The smooth sections of the piece were sanded with seven grades of sandpaper then the rock was heated to open up its pores and it was then polished with wax. The white lines were formed by cutting grooves into the stone and filling them with crushed dolomite. Chidharara is represented in Canada by ZimArt’s Rice Lake Gallery. The Sculpture Forest, located in Glebe Park, Haliburton, offers free guided tours each Tuesday from 10-11:30 am and a shorter “Curator Selection” tour on Wednesday from 12:10–12:50. Meet at the kiosk in the Fleming College parking lot. www.haliburtonsculptureforest.ca < Previous Article Next Article >

2023 < All Sculptures 2023 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $1,800.00 Innocence Carolanne MacLean Innocence In the thoughtful pose of this piece, I am trying to capture the contemplative state of a young woman, loosely capturing the energy. Carolanne MacLean 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. 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 Contact Information Website : carolannemaclean.com Instagram: @ carolannemaclean Email : cmtoronto@pm.me Phone: 647-296-7259

2026 < All Sculptures 2026 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $7000.00 Bird Woman Holly Atkinson This unique, mixed-media sculpture, titled Bird Woman, features a towering wood column base painted on four sides, teeming with a diverse flock of birds. Perched atop this vertical structure is a sculpture of the Woman of Birds , meticulously designed with mixed media. The central woman figure is accompanied by numerous birds placed directly on her, illustrating a profound harmony with nature. The artwork uses a sturdy internal steel pole assembly to connect the base and the top figure. This one-of-a-kind contemporary piece, measuring 8’ x 4’ x 4’, blends avian life with human form to create a striking, symbolic centerpiece.