Nancy Jones Art Course

Festival of Banners needs our help

( an email sent to Pat Beecham from OMAH) Hi Patricia, I'm a member of the OFAA and also an employee at the Orillia Museum of Art & History. I'm in charge of the Festival of Banners this year and I was wondering if we could get some help from the association. Festival of Banners is an annual community arts project that originated in 2007 by Leslie Fournier. In 2010, the museum adopted the festival but due to our building renovations last year, the festival did not run. We had our 2014 call for entries February 1 - 28 but unfortunately the response wasn't great.. we had a lot of people take entry forms, just not a lot brought back. We are going to continue to accept submissions until we reach our goal of 100 banners. Currently we have 20 submissions. This year's theme is "Historic Orillia - A Growing Community" and applicants are encouraged to research the history of Orillia and paint a banner to tell a story. I've attached our press release for you, which showcases 2 examples of the submissions we've received so far, please feel free to send it out to members. There are already a few OFAA members who are doing banners, Betty Wells & Gwen Reilly, but we would love to have more! Entry forms are available at the museum & entry fees are as follows: $10 youth (8-18) & $20 adult (19+). Our museum hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm & Sunday 1pm - 4pm. If you or any of your members have any questions, I can be contacted by email s.vessios@gmail.com or by phone 705-326-2159. Thanks so much, Samantha Vessios

Fun Fridays at OMAH

Congratulations Karen Brodie

A big congratulations to Karen Brodie for her Educating in the Arts award presented by the Orillia and District Arts Council last evening  March 4th.at the Opera House. 

And a big thank you to Beverly Post Schmeler for making  it all happen. You are both winners:)

It was a close call for the Community Arts Award and a huge congratulations goes out to John Swartz , the winner, for his 25 year commitment to the arts in this area. Bravo John well deserved. 

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ODAC Awards Night

It was a great night at the Opera House Green Room where OFAA was nominated for the Community Arts Award and also OFAA member Karen Brodie up for the Educating in the Arts Award. We lost out to John Schwartz in our category but Karen won. We are so proud of her. Thank you to the OFAA members who were able to attend the snowy evening.
 

Marlene Bulas Workshop

Media release from the Haliburton School of Arts Summer Program