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Busy bee plans for cultural hive business
at the back. The main floors feature 12-foot ceilings, suitable for gallery space or provi- ding room for large-scale art projects. The overall plan for the building once it is renovated inside, Putzel explained, is to provide studio space where local artists can work and also display their pieces to potential buyers, create a small retail display area for works of other artists who may not have studios in the building, and offer a sound studio for musicians working on re- cordings.The business plan for the building also includes setting aside space for a coffee house, which can both serve as a live per- formance venue for artists and musicians, and a cultural gathering place for local and visiting patrons of the arts. Phil Arber Memorial Garden The renovation design includes plans to develop the small piece of greenspace,
at one corner of the property, as the Phil Arber Memorial Garden, in honor of Phil Arber who passed away in 2016. Arber was the active force behindmany of the village’s community arts and festival events. A “Welcome As Is” afternoon gathering is scheduled for March 18, 1 to 3 p.m., at the building. The event will be a combined open house and celebration for the start of the project, with artists, musicians, and writers invited to express their interest in having studio space in the building following renovations. Members of the creative arts community and the general public are also invited to provide feedback, comment, and ideas on how the building can serve the community overall. “Creativity is always fluid,” added Putzel. “It will be a place for people who want to be a part of it.”
Le cœur du centre-ville de VankleekHill deviendra une ruche bourdonnante d’affaires culturelles. L’ancien édifice de la Dominion House, à l’intersection de la rue Main et de la route de comté 34, a un nouvel avenir devant lui, celui d’accueillir un nouveau projet culturel dans le village, qui offrira un lieu de travail aux artistes locaux, un lieu de spectacle et de vente pour leurs projets, un studio de sonorisation pour les musiciens locaux, un café et d’autres installations pour aider à soutenir la communauté artistique et culturelle grandissante du village. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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ted between the intersections of High Street and County Road 34. The building, which is zoned commercial and once served as a hotel during its early years as part of the village’s business district, will have a new life as “cultural hive”, providing space for a variety of support and business facilities for local artists, musicians, and craftspeople. “It’s going to be a creative collective,” Putzel said. “A kind of incubator for crea- tive ideas of all kinds, a socially sustainable enterprise.” The main part of the building is a three- storey structure, with a two-storey addition
The official start of spring is still three weeks away but there are some “busy business bees” already at work on a project to create a cultural hive in the centre of Vankleek Hill, to help support both the creative spirit and business needs of the village’s growing arts and culture community. Blanche Putzel confirmed, over the Fe- bruary 24 weekend, that she has negotiated the purchase of the former DominionHouse building on the corner of Main Street, loca-
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Valentine’s video tribute debut at Arbor Gallery
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Patrons of Arbor Gallery in Vankleek Hill had a chance to enjoy the feeling of a Hol- lywood premier, with a video debut this past Family Day weekend. Entertainer Janie RenéeMyner presented the premier debut of her new music video, L’Embuscade, February 17, as part of this season’s Arbor Gallery Speaker Series: Inte- resting Talks with Interesting People. Myner also introduced the cast who created the film. “This video is also intended as an homage to Phil Arber,” statedMyner, “who was an art lover, and a pillar of our community.” L’Embuscade is also, in part, a celebration of the Valentine’s Day season, and part of the video was filmed at the Arbor Gallery itself. A translation of the words of the song expresses the overall tone of the video: “My heart is a nomad, a little bohemian, a pilgrim of adventure, a collector of fate.” During the evening, movie crew mem- bers shared some of their own anecdotes surrounding the creation of themusic video.
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“We are so very pleased to feature Janie’s video here at the gallery,” said Samme Putzel, organizer of the 2018 Speaker Series. “We are privileged to be able to feature the work of such a talented artist who lives right here in our midst.” La Arbor Gallery a présenté un premier clip vidéo de l’artiste locale Janie RenéeMyner. La vidéo est, en partie, un hommage à Phil Arber, un pilier de la communauté (qu’on voit ci-dessus dans une photo) qui était responsable de l’organisation de nombreux festivals populaires à Vankleek Hill.
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Ce projet Emploi Ontario est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada et le gouvernement de l’Ontario.
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