Northumberland Arts gallery & shop
8 Queen Street L1A 2Y7 Port Hope, ON, Canada

Congratulations to Northumberland Arts volunteers Ricarda Renner and Marg McAulay on their individual Port Hope Civic Awards last night. Congratulations as well to all of the award recipients for the great work they do in Port Hope.

The 2020 Port Hope Civic Awards Ceremony will be held Thursday, May 13, 2021, both online and on local cable, so more people can tune in. If you have COGECO as your service provider you can watch on YourTV, channel 700, at 7:00 p.m.; or tune in online at www.porthope.ca/civic-awards The list of recipients will be published online on May 13th.... Stay tuned.

Northumberland Arts gallery and shop appreciate your support Brenda. Check out our 8 Queen Street window for more of Brenda's creative offerings. Curbside pick-up available.

Mother's Day is next Sunday, May 9, and Northumberland Arts has great gifts for Mom. There are beautiful cards, pottery, jewellery, hand-woven shawls, carvings and more plus art for the wall. The gallery and shop features the Flowers for a Lady exhibition, by Jane Wicks, framed watercolours from $150.... Look for new items in the window display while getting your daily exercise. If you want Mom to choose, buy a gift certificate in any amount. No expiry. Volunteers are on site Fridays and Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Curbside pick-up only. Or call 905-885-2115 to arrange another time.

New arrivals, batiks and earrings, by Helen van Poorten. Call 905-885-2115 to arrange for curbside pick-up. Volunteers on site Friday and Saturday from 12 to 3, or by appointment.

Take a bow, Dawn Knudsen The depth of artistic talent in Northumberland County is deep and Exhibit A for that argument is a little gallery and shop at 8 Queen Street in Port Hope. Northumberland Arts is filled with a wide variety of paintings, jewellery, wood carvings, photography, one-of-kind ceramics, hand-woven items etc. ... In the next several months, Northumberland Arts will be profiling the many men and women whose creativity keeps the shelves stocked and the gallery walls covered. Today’s profile: Dawn Knudsen, photographer and gallery volunteer. Dawn has been scouring Northumberland County with cameras in hand since she moved to Port Hope. Her interest in photography began in childhood. Dawn's work has been featured in art shows and guide books and in 2009, her Monarch Butterflies photograph won first prize in the Oak Ridges Moraine photo competition. She has been able to devote more time to photography since she retired from her elementary school teaching job after 37 years in Etobicoke and Peel schools. When she discovered Northumberland Arts, she not only began providing framed wildlife photos, she has been selling her appealing greeting cards featuring her work. Her forte, natural images, but with her photographer/husband Larry Keeley, also enjoys photographing people and interesting objects. As a team, they opened D & L Photography in January of 2007. Dawn and Larry are also official photographers for Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene, capturing people having fun and museum artifacts and buildings.

Northumberland Arts gallery and shop thanks SNAP'D Northumberland West for featuring a number of our local Northumberland County artists, both online and in their October 2020 print edition. https://northumberlandwest.snapd.com/events/view/1330978

Take a bow, Brent Sanderson Northumberland Arts, a little shop around the corner from the main street of historic Port Hope, depends on the creativity of its artists and the dedication of its volunteers. The not-for-profit gallery and shop at 8 Queen Street, next door to Dreamers’ Café, home of the famous Crazy Cookie, is open throughout the year so the demand for product is high.... In the next several months, Northumberland Arts will be profiling the many men and women whose creativity keeps the shelves stocked and the gallery walls covered. Our first profile: Brent Sanderson. Brent grew up in the Marmora/Crowe Lake area of Ontario watching his father make furniture from the wood he harvested and milled. Their home was heated by wood. So, as Brent says, wood has been a constant in his life. But Brent didn’t fully pursue his passion for wood carving until after he retired from a 33-year career in banking, 27 of them in Northumberland. After carving out his first burl from Northern Ontario, he had found his niche. Today, from his shop in Gore's Landing, he is providing Northumberland Arts with popular one-of-a-kind wood carvings using an angle grinder and an attached chainsaw head. Brent notes he does not harvest living Jack Pine burls and various types of local wood for his creations, just trees that need to be removed.

Just one more weekend to visit Michael Glover's From Sea to Sea exhibit at Northumberland Arts gallery and shop in Port Hope. All paintings are oil on canvas and all are framed. The exhibit runs through to October 11, 4 p.m. Northumberland Arts is open Thursdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Or by appointment by calling 905-885-2115.... Covid-19 precautions are in effect, including masks, hand sanitizing and safe distancing while browsing the gallery. Wheelchair accessible.

Two more of the popular children's smocked dresses made by Anne Shields are now for sale at Northumberland Arts. The colourful new dresses, sizes 2 and 4, are the perfect gift for any occasion. Christmas, perhaps? But don't wait too long, Anne's creations don't stay in our Port Hope shop for long. ... Northumberland Arts, affiliated with Northumberland 89.7 FM, is in Port Hope, Ontario, at 8 Queen Street, next door to Dreamers' Cafe, home of the famous Crazy Cookie, and steps from the Capitol Theatre. We are open Thursdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Or by appointment by calling 905-885-2115. Wheelchair accessible. Covid-19 precautions are in effect, including masks, hand sanitizing and safe distancing while browsing the gallery.

Thank you to SNAP'D for covering Northumberland Arts exhibit, From Sea to Sea, oil paintings by Michael Glover. https://northumberlandwest.snapd.com/events/view/1329681

Last call for artists -- the deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Thursday, October 1. Northumberland artists who have never had their work showcased in our gallery and shop are invited to apply for special exhibits scheduled for January 14 to March 14, 2021. The Northumberland Arts series of small, first-time exhibits is open to any two or three-dimensional work created by artists living in Northumberland County.... The Port Hope gallery and shop plans to exhibit six to eight artists over the two-month period, with their work selected by a curator, assistant curator and a local artist. The promotional campaign will include radio coverage and a small poster produced and distributed for each series. Submissions should include photographs of three to five works, with information (size, medium); a one-page biography/artist statement and contact information. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. on October 1. The first set of artists selected will be notified by October 15 and the second set by October 31. Contracts will be prepared. Hard copy can be dropped off at the gallery, 8 Queen Street, or by email to [email protected] The selection committee may ask to see a sample of your work.

Thanks to SNAP'D for coverage of Northumberland Arts AGM. https://northumberlandwest.snapd.com/events/view/1331720

Northumberland Arts is open for Labour Day shopping. Drop by our Port Hope gallery and shop between noon and 4 p.m. to browse our art exhibits and wide variety of artistic endeavors. We are located at 8 Queen Street, steps from Dreamers Cafe, home of the Crazy Cookie.

Always something new to discover and you may meet the local artists too.

A new exhibit opened last Thursday at Northumberland Arts gallery and shop, featuring artist Michael Glover with selections from his From Sea to Sea collection of oil paintings. Thank you Ken Solilo, photographer, and SNAP'D for this great coverage.

Seven watercolours by the late Cobourg artist Donald Ketcheson have been added to the Northumberland Arts gallery for a one-month exhibit. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Donald studied art while attending the University of Manitoba's School of Architecture and Interior design. He later managed his own design firm in Toronto for 45 years. The well-known interior designer, an active supporter of the Art Gallery of Northumberland and Friends of Music, died in December of 2018. Gone but not forgotten.

A few oil paintings from the new Michael Glover From Sea to Sea exhibit