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2019 < All Sculptures 2019 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $15,000.00 Dancers Elise Muller Elise Muller’s granite sculpture "Attunement" won the 2018/9 Canadian Sculpture Competition at Kingsbrae Garden in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Elise has been sculpting stone since 2001 when she took her first of many courses at Haliburton School of Art + Design. Elise carves stylized figures in a variety of stone like limestone, granite, and marble. She enjoys the whole process of stone sculpting from picking the stone to chiseling, to seeing the figures emerge, to filing, to polishing. In 2016 Elise carved the limestone sculpture of a family that is in front of the Dorset Community Health Hub. Three of her sculptures have been on public display in Elora and Fergus as part of the Elora Sculpture Project from 2016-2018. Elise is very excited to be part of the Haliburton Downtown Sculpture Exhibition in 2019 with her limestone “Dancers”. She also teaches stone carving and is a part time faculty member of HSAD. Elise lives near Dorset and shares Stone Tree Studio with her partner, furniture maker Cirvan Hamilton. Artist Contact Information 705-783-0547 www.stonetreestudio.ca

2021 < All Sculptures 2021 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $1,800.00 Take Flight Jennifer Anne Kelly Take Flight There is a moment of euphoria when watching birds levitate from the ground. These magic sights offer spontaneous joy. "Take Flight" is a statement of optimism and a reminder of the joys that surround us. The ability of birds to fly in any pattern they choose is a visual example of freedom. "Take Flight" reminds us of the importance for all beings to experience the pleasure of freedom. Don't hesitate to act, to risk, to explore. We can experience happiness in our own actions and in the appreciation of all that surrounds us. The design of the stainless steel and glass birds originated in a paper cut out similar to how we created paper snowflakes as children. The basic paper cut out was transformed into steel using CNC technology. Glass embellishments are hand cut and layered with crushed glass all made by hand in the studio. The glass is fired in a large kiln and annealed for strength. The process is a juxtaposition of age old and modern processes. May you smile upon viewing and be inspired to take flight in your own way. Jennifer Anne Kelly "I am inspired by what I do not yet understand. This is true of our natural world as I believe we are at the very beginning of understanding the abilities and experiences of other living things. It is also true of creating in glass. I strive to create what I have never seen created before. This leads to a lot of experimentation, trial, and error. My greatest challenge is accomplishing the effect I am looking for with each small element. When the final piece emerges and my heart jumps, I know I have succeeded." Jennifer Anne Kelly was born in Ottawa, Canada and spent a few early schooling years in London, England. Jennifer chose to stay in Ottawa when she returned and completed her formal education at Carleton University. At age twenty two she took a stained glass course in Ottawa and was completely entranced by this magic substance that was so many things at one time. She spent the following years experimenting with original designs in stained glass and then around 2010 she began experimenting with kiln worked glass. She has studied at many schools including Corning Studio, Pittsburgh Glass School, Urban Glass in New York, and Bullseye Glass Studio in Portland OR. In 2013 she was hired to create glass for Cirque du Soleil and that’s when she began to pursue glass creativity as a full time occupation. Kelly has since taught her glass techniques in Canada and the UK. "What energizes me? Fleeting moments in my daily activities or on one of my excursions in the forest and on water make my heart jump. It can be the view in front of me or an image in my mind. It is the spark that ignites my vision for a new glass artwork." Taking inspiration from dreams and time spent in nature and recreating the experience from memory, Kelly creates dream-like pieces from glass. Most pieces begin with glass powder. The fine powdered glass changes under heat in the kiln. The layering and shading of various powders is repeated several times with multiple trips into the kiln. Fine tools are used to etch into the powder and to shape the individual forms. In some cases, a torch is used to shape rods of glass into the anticipated forms. After torching, etching, and shaping, the glass goes back into the kiln for annealing. Her process of creating the various elements that go into a piece takes weeks and often months. "I create in glass as one would write a poem. It is at once deeply personal and yearning to be shared. When someone views my creation and has a deep connection I am overjoyed." The common glass thread through her work is the contemplation on the human experience in our natural world. Humans have always had a deeply emotional relationship with the world around us. We interpret metaphors in these scenes. We struggle at times to relate and at other times feel a profound interconnectedness with the universe. Artist Contact Information jenniferannekelly.com www.glasskits.ca @jenniferakelly 613-859-0100

Jared Tait All Sculptures Bawaajigan - To Dream Number on Map 43 Artist Jared Tait Material Panels, outdoor mural paint Installation Date August 17, 2024 Learn About the Artist Indigenous artist, Jared Tait, was our artist in residence, August 12th -16th 2024. Community members were invited to participate in this community engagement art experience at the Haliburton School of Art + Design. Over 80 community members participated and learned about the woodland style of painting and Indigenous stories. Under the direction of Jared, community members painted the figures, on to the panels over the course of the week. The central figure, Nanabush, stands high, in amongst the woodland creatures. This collection of figures represents the story of Nanabush and the owl. Nanabush had lost his connection between this world and the spiritual world. The owl saw him in his despair and offered his eyes to Nanabush so that he could find his way again. The yellow represents the colour of the owl's eyes and can be seen on all of the creatures. This story represents the gift the owl gave the to Anishinaabe people, to be able to see the connections. The line work on all of the figures represents connections and the interconnectiveness of everything. The animals in this installation are very common in all of Jared's art. The kingfisher represents his grandmother and her clan. Jared used purple and lavender colours in this painting because his grandmother was always wearing purple. The circle in the centre of the kingfisher represents a wampum shell. In the centre of the loon, the divied circle reperesnts the miigis shell, which people would wear on their necklaces or ceremonial outfits, honouring the connections. There are two halves on this shell which represent the duality of day and night, and the connectiveness of this world and the spiritual world. The bear usually takes up a lot of space on Jared's canvases. It represents healing to Jared. The beaver shaped the land for the people and they relied on the beaver for many things. More Photos Previous Next

Tucked into the forest lie three Art Huts with unique art installations within each. Discover Grey's paintings. < All Events 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. Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Friday, August 25, 2023 Address: Haliburton Sculpture Forest, College Drive, Haliburton, ON, Canada More About the Installation Inner: Don’t Peak is a series of eight paintings that depict the artist’s physical manifestations of trauma and mental illness. The characters depicted in each of the eight paintings represent a different archetype: Baba , a humanoid-bird creature that represents generational trauma; The Neighbor , a feminine presence that represents self-harm; Suffocating Hugger , a figure draped in layered fabrics that represent depression; Double Trouble , androgynous-looking twins that represent anxiety and paranoia; The Three-Headed Who , a faceless figure with three-headsthat represent derealisation, depersonalization and dissociation; Daydreamer , a fae that represents maladaptive daydreaming; Shackled Distract , a long-bodied creature that represents executive dysfunction; Cursed Ones , transparent humanoid figures that represent dysphoria and gender-dysphoria. Grey intends to expand this series into a divination deck, depicting a wider range of mental illnesses, disorders and unhealthy coping mechanisms. Photo Gallery: < Previous Next >

Come explore! 7 sculptures are installed at sites along Highland Street, the main street of the downtown core of Haliburton Village in Ontario, Canada. < All Events 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. Thursday, May 4, 2023 Thursday, October 26, 2023 Address: Haliburton, ON, Canada All 2023 DHSE Exhibition Info The Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition is an outdoor exhibition that runs from May through October each year. The sculptures are installed at sites along Highland Street, the main street of the downtown core of Haliburton Village in Ontario, Canada. This year is the 5th Annual DHSE featuring 7 artists: Eric Tardif Kristi Chen Mark Puigmarti Carolanne MacLean Elise Muller Kim Collins Szonja Vucsetics Photo Gallery: < Previous Next >

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Metalgenesis originated as the artist team of husband and wife Don Dickson (sculptor) and Amy Doolittle (administrator and promoter). Metalgenesis: Don Dickson & Amy Doolittle Website: metalgenesis.com Metalgenesis means the creation of art from an idea as well as the changing properties of a medium. Metalgenesis originated as the artist team and husband and wife, Don Dickson Sculptor, and Amy Doolittle Administrator / Promoter and Assistant. Don was well known across North America for his sound sculptures and public art. From Don’s studio in Mississauga Ontario, his sculptural works were commissioned for public spaces by The District Court of Appeals, Dayton Beach, Florida; Town Hall Park, Osoyoos, British Columbia; University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; the City of Brampton Performing Arts Centre; the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivor Garden, Columbia, South Carolina; the Science and Engineering Building at University of North Florida, Jacksonville Florida and the Frank McKechnie Community Centre, Mississauga. Metalgenesis has two works in the Sculpture Forest – Forest Sound Vessel and Evolution. Don was a member of the Sculptors Society of Canada, Society of Canadian Artists, Colour and Form Society, and the Metal Arts Guild, and has won numerous awards for his work. After a long and courageous battle with ALS, Amy Doolittle died in 2009. Don Dickson, has carried on the work of Metalgenesis. Don describes his work in the following way: “I have always been making things with my hands. I have worked with many materials but have gravitated to metal and stone. I made the leap to professional artist in 1998 and discovered two sides to my sculptor’s personality; the abstract and the musical sound. Both paths of expression are important to me and have driven me to create a diverse range of work. The abstracts explore combinations of line and form as well as the political, social, and ecological issues of the world around me. The sound sculptures continue to combine kinetic, visual, and auditory aspects and have evolved from single sound pieces to combining sound sculpture with other abstract sculptural elements. My newest group of works are for the garden, from small sound sculptures to whimsical bugs and creatures. Combining mediums is intriguing for me as is the textures and types of marble, granite, and limestone that I have been working with. I am fascinated by the four elements which have influenced my recent stone pieces. These works are based on the four creative energies of the universe: Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and the balance between them. The elements work in harmony, seeking balance even though at times their contrary aspects may seem in conflict with each other, to create and to sustain life.” < Back to Artists

2018 < All Sculptures 2018 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $800.00 Lissome 5 Andrew Rothfischer Artist Contact Information 705-761-3828 andrewr@nexicom.net

Ian LaBlance is a Canadian visual artist and US Navy veteran who has worked in many educational and creative positions in North America. Ian LaBlance Website: www.ianlablance.com Ian LaBlance is from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from St. Mary’s High School in 1990 and joined the US Navy. In the Navy, he served 22 years as an Electronics Technician (ET) and retirement from the Naval Reserve in 2015. Some of the units he served in include USS Ponce LPD-15, MIUWU 201 (Toledo, OH), 203 (Bronx, NY in Crete, Greece) and 214 (Buffalo, NY), Navy Mobilization Processing Site, Gulfport, MS. And Expeditionary Maintenance Det. G, Great Lakes, IL. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art Education with from Western Michigan University in 2001 and received a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture in 2004. He also received an Associate in Applied Science in Digital Media form the College of Lake County in 2013. Ian has always been a very creative person and has worked in many educational and creative positions. He has worked as a Stained Glass Workshop assistant for Willet Hauser Architectural Glass in Philadelphia, PA. and as a Studio Technician/Part Time Instructor at Fleming College’s Haliburton School of the Arts + Design, in Haliburton Ontario. In 2008, he moved to Chicago and worked as a Metal Fabricator for SVI Themed Construction Solutions, Inc. in Morton Grove, IL working on projects for the Shred Aquarium, the Phoenix Zoo’s “Little People” Discovery Farm and American Girl Store Chicago. From 2013 to 2015, he worked as a Craftsman/CNC Operator in Potbelly Restaurants Warehouse designing and building décor to Potbelly’s new and renovated restaurants. In 2015 he started working as a Building Manager Assistant on Great Lakes Naval Base, IL. and in October of 2018, Ian excepted the Exhibit Specialist position for the National Museum of the American Sailor also on Great Lakes Naval Base. As Exhibit Specialist, he will be designing and fabricating the museum’s new exhibits, designing advertising and promotional materials for the museum and assisting in the museum’s building restoration. < Back to Artists

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2019 < All Sculptures 2019 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $1,900.00 Earth and Sky Julie Campagna Julie Campagna lives in Toronto and has been a sculptor since graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 1991. Along with her study of the human condition and her dedication to realizing her ideas in three-dimensions, the personal connection between artist and viewer has always been an integral part of Campagna’s life’s work. In 2001 she converted a second story apartment into a studio gallery and opened her door to the public. Campagna Bronze studio gallery offers a unique window into the sculpting process as well as the opportunity to take private workshops and learn the technique of wax modelling. Campagna’s sculptures are in private and public collections worldwide and her work can be viewed at www.campagnabronze.com “My quest for clarity in this tangled existence is why my ideas take form." Artist Contact Information 416.539.9206 julie@campagnabronze.com

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 AH2 Liz Menard Botanical Canendensis Performance painting in the Art Hut: eight paintings, acrylic on canvas and wood panels 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, 2023 Sayde Demers The Mystery Shack, 2023 Read More