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Welcome to our event calendar.Visit this page often as we always have events on the go. With over 15,000 square feet of display space, we carry and extensive collection of Fine Art and Craft, Posters and Reproduction art, Framed Mirrors, Gift and Accessories as well as offering quality custom framing and Art consultation for your home or office.
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Salons des Refuses, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Convivencia, Al Andalus, Soul of the Moon, Fire in the Head Series, Fire in the Head (Shakespeare Edition), Parallax Effect, Journey Through the Silk Route, Seven Deadly Sins, Pro-Seeding(Reap What You Sow), Continuum, Dukh Spiritus, Byzantium Revisited, Jewel Box, Tangled Up in Blue,Yuletide Culin-Art, Armagh, Wandering Aengus,Kedemaian, Core series,Cross Section, Arctic Quest, Paper Magic ...Hi Everyone! yet a small sampling of Barber Shows to be sure.... Many of you have asked about participating artists in our shows by show-name. We have them all... including those not listed here. So... if you're looking for an artist or performer by show - easy to find.... Barber Gallery (519) 824-0821,... 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph
Artists interpret Yeat's poem "The Song of the Wandering Aengus"...
THE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUS
by: W.B. Yeats
WENT out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.
When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And some one called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.
Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
Spotlight, “Discover the Arts in You and Your Community.”
Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Culture and produced by the Ontario Arts Council, Dianne Chapitis founder of Symphonica Dance Company with Percussionist Amadeo Ventura invite you to “discover your own musicality and grace” in a performance and workshop in the upstairs gallery of the Barber Gallery ... All welcome. Free workshop. Free parking. Barber Gallery, 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph, (519) 824-0821
Currently seeking picture framer/sales/framing-design consultant. Please call or forward resumes to Leslie or Mike Hayes (519) 824-0821, 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph, mlahayes@allstream.net
assist in the gallery... opportunities... call Leslie Hayes (519) 824-0821
While enjoying hundreds of works of art, visitors are often delighted to find random rehearsals by local musicians and dancers in our upstairs gallery space - watch for percussionist Amadeo Ventura and dancer choreographer Dianne Chapitis... Barber Gallery, 824-0821
Custom framing, ready mades while you wait, conservation, repair, needle-point stretching, plak mount, expert matt cutting, shadow boxes, floating, object framing, repair, restoration, gold leafing, ... all done on site in our huge work shop, corporate, in-home-in office consultation, original art, artifacts, prints... hanging services and so much more....custom made mirrors... all for you and more... Barber Gallery (519) 824-0821, 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph
Pictures Talk.... Barber Gallery was pleased to host “Pictures Talk” a Canadian Red Cross touring exhibit.
The exhibition is a collection of 26 photographs, selected from over one thousand taken by 41 Indonesian children touring galleries across Canada.
The 2004 tsunami affected hundreds of thousands of children across Indonesia who lost their homes, schools and in many cases, loved ones. By providing a glimpse into the lives of these children today, the exhibit offers a unique perspective on how life returns for young survivors in disaster-affected communities. More importantly, the exhibit celebrates the resilience of children whose lives have been altered by disastrous circumstances.
When the tsunami struck in 2004 the response by Canadians was overwhelming. Moved by the powerful images and stories on the news of tsunami survivors their own age, thousands of Canadian school children from coast to coast generously contributed to support relief efforts.
This exhibit touring with the Red Cross, is an opportunity for children to see how their donations have helped children in Indonesia rebuild their lives.
As well, part of a three artist, three continent touring exhibition, “Kedamaian,” works of peace and compassion by Australian artist Anna Niblic Heggie, will be on view. Beginning at the Barber Gallery in Guelph, then touring Indonesia and Australia, Kedamaian, through visual art, told the ancient story of Indonesia.
We welcome you to join us for “Pictures Talk,” a thank you Canada, from Indonesian children.
Barber Gallery, 167 Suffolk St. West in Guelph, (519) 824-0821
paper, scissors.... Original art work by local artists.... variety of style, diversity of medium... Barber Gallery, (519) 824-0821, 
December 1st from 9-5:30.
Honouring Aids Awareness Week and World Aids Day Barber Gallery will be hosting Art Attack - World wide "Day With (Out) Art." Events scheduled throughout the day include information and display booth from the Aids Committee of Guelph, and "Art Attack," where indicator tags on art works are shrouded, allowing the visitor to view the art for the visual pleasure of the art- work itself. Removing pre-conceived knowledge of each piece creates an active viewing experience where no work of art goes undiscovered. Enjoy some warm apple-cider and treats on a cold December day while you browse hundreds of works from hundreds of artists. Barber Gallery, 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph. Do you know this Artist? For further info or to participate in a
"Day With (Out) Art" please contact Leslie Hayes at the gallery.
2010 winter olympics are rapidly approaching and to help inspire and "share the flame" we have a good used or new sports equipment drive going on till the snow flies... receiving skates, sticks, pucks, sleighs, toboggans... thanks so much to all of Guelph who donate so generously... all equipment will be donated to neighbourhood groups in need for free winter fun... Contact Leslie Hayes, Barber Gallery (519) 824-0821 - drop off point... Barber gallery 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph...Olympic Rings by Marg Peter
Come as you are Convivencia!
We welcome everyone to join us for our annual Christmas “come as you are convivencia.” Forty- five visual artists, Ishra from Invoke-Tress Dance Theatre, Nico and Goldie from Flying Dance Company, and drummer Peter Howlett, celebrate shared life with visual art, dance performances, food, drink, festive spirit, and an opening party Saturday November 28th from 2-4 P.M. Welcome everyone. Seasons Greetings!
Here's what it's all about.
Convivencia
Sharing the Flame
"We are all, with our feet rooted firmly upon earth,
Whilst many look up … to the stars"
Olde Irish proverb
Convivencia simply translated, as “sharing life” is historically a term applied to periods in medieval Spain, where diverse cultures living together in respect and peace embraced ideological interchange and cultural influence. Powerfully influencing the creation of poetry, art, and architecture, this beacon of light encouraged the transmission of scientific ideas, medicine, astronomy and technology throughout the medieval world.
Symbolising excellence in human spirit, the Olympic flame inspires us to follow our dreams and reach for the stars. While Canadians prepare to welcome the world for the 2010 Olympics, we’re coming together to share and celebrate cultural diversity, our shared Canadian winter, sport, art, and ideas. Convivencia!
Embracing convivencia, forty plus visual artists participate with representational and abstract works including, icons of medieval convivencia, shared ancestry through DNA, shared solitude of our vast Canadian geography, and the magic of shared winter experience. Works are as individual as the artists themselves and are interpreted through a variety of disciplines.
The show runs from November 28th to Feb. 8, 2010 with an opening party Saturday November 28th from 2-4 P.M. Drummer Peter Howlett, Ishra from Invoke-Tress Dance Theatre, Nico and Goldie from Flying Dance Company will interpret convivencia through performance art. Special thanks to everyone at F&M Brewery and Yellow Tail Wines for sharing their convivial spirit.
We invite everyone to join in the fun and help share the flame! Convivencia! Welcome!
As winter approaches, we’re hoping to collect good used (or new) winter sporting equipment, figure skates, hockey skates, sticks, sleighs and toboggans to help families enjoy outdoor rinks and toboggan hills for free winter fun. If you know anyone discarding good used equipment… please… pass this message along and we’ll pass their donation along. Drop off is at the Barber Gallery, 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph, or phone the gallery at (519) 824-0821, or Leslie Hayes (519) 824-8037…. Thank you! The drive continues throughout the winter months - as long as the snow flies! Please help share the flame!
“Because after all, there’s a little skeleton in everyone!”
"Because after all, there's a little hero in everyone!"
Season’s Greetings!
From the staff of the Barber Gallery
Barber Gallery
167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph
(519) 824-0821
Free admission. Free parking.
Gallery Hours, Monday to Friday 9-5:30, Saturday 9-5....167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph, 824-0821
Convivencia and the winter Olympics - thanks to everyone who donated so generously to Operation Toys and Sharing the flame sports equipment drive.... sports drive continues till the snow stops flying... believe!
Barber Gallery 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph, (519) 824-0821
sports equipment drive continues while the snow flies.
Inspired by the olde Anglo Saxon word “Cwen,” a synonym for woman as queen, the Barber Gallery is pleased to host “Cwen Twenty Ten” a celebration of the prolific attributes and relationships in the lives of ancestral and contemporary women.
Old Irish, Scots, Welsh, Germanic, Russian, Norse, Norman, and Slavic definitions with roots in the middle and far east, site abundant text, mythologies and stories concerning the nature of, and what it means to be… women.
Mother, daughter, sister, lover. Friend, warrior, worker, teacher… Cwen combines qualities, some sacred, some not so much, in an attempt to interpret the feminine mystique.
The Barber Gallery is pleased to host twenty insightful women artists who portray the story of women through youth and age, love and loss, work and play, old stories and new, both naughty and nice, in honour of all things feminine.
Guelph Wellington Women in Crisis will have an information booth in the gallery.
Embracing Valentine’s Day, Family Day, and International Day of Women, “Cwen Twenty Ten” runs from Saturday February 13th, to April 12 with an opening reception Saturday February 13 from 2-4 P.M.
Opening day reception will feature choreography and dance by Ishra from Invoke-Tress Dance Theatre. Her performances will include a playful piece on the art of feminine flirtation, and a mystical piece portraying the heroic strength of women in mythology.
“Cwen” visual artists: Shirley Al, Andrea Bird, Olivia Brown, Marilyn Clarke, Annette Dyon, Nancy Farrell, Karen Fralich, Carol Hughes, Supria Karmakar, Mary Karavos, Karolina Kuras, Michelle Le Blanc, Jo Lomas, Jean Maddison, Marion Manning, Perry Acey McEwen, Sona Mincoff, Tina Newlove, Grayce Perry, Kathleen Schmalz, Barb Shaw, Janet Stanley, Debbie Thompson Wilson.
Special thanks to F&M Brewery and Yellow Tail Wines for their convivial offering of ambrosial nectar.
Everyone welcome! Please, bring along your friends and family to enjoy art, dance, food and drink, an afternoon of friendship and merry-making, as we celebrate this season of love!
Free admission. Free parking.
"All Friends Day" now to April 12 we'll be accepting donations of new and good used bedding; sheets, pillow cases, blankets, towels, face cloths and toiletries to be donated to women and childrens' shelters through Guelph Wellington Women in Crisis
"Sharing the Flame" sports equipment drive - used/new skates, sleighs and sports equipment drive for free family out door fun continues while the snow flies. Please pass the word around about these drives.
"Help for Haiti" donation jar for Red Cross, every little bit helps and together we can help make a difference
Drop off centrally located at the Barber Gallery.
Once again we thank the community of Guelph who give so generously!
167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph, (519) 824-0821
Vladymyr Ruzylo...
Barber Gallery is pleased to host Vladymyr Ruzylo's exhibition "Sea of Faith." A contemporary view of medieval icons surrounding the "Sea of Faith," work in plaster, gold leaf, and found materials, evokes an intuitive response to archetypes from our ancient world. Show runs from May 12, to June 15. Monday to Friday 9-5:30, Saturday 9-5. Free admission. Free parking. Barber Gallery, 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph. (519) 824-0821
Group show of 36 artists work, from the School, Community, Work Transition program at John F. Ross under the tutelage of teacher Lee Brooks...
A program that fluctuates lessons between art and art theory, students incorporate their instruction in colour theory and perspective to create individual and collaborative pieces of fine art and craft. In conjunction with their science program, collaborative efforts include pieces where each student completes one step in the process then passing the canvass along to another class-mate. Where individual creativity marries collaborative effort... Art Ability!
Please help us welcome 36 students on Saturday April 17th from 2-4 P.M. for an opening reception. The show runs to May 12. Free admission. Free parking. Barber Gallery, 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph (519) 824-0821
Peace by Piece...
Student group show featuring works in a variety of mediums by students from 4 Guelph High Schools – May 15 to May 29 with an opening reception Saturday May 15th from 2-4 P.M. Opening day reception features live acoustic music by Canned Goods and Sam Zajdlik
Free parking. Free admission.
annual group show - gallery workers picks -
Core, 2010
Annual Summer Exhibition
Barber Gallery, 167 Suffolk Street West, Guelph
(519) 824-0821
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The staff of the Barber Gallery is pleased to host "Core" our highly anticipated annual summer exhibition running from July 10 to September 6.
"Core" celebrates the most essential part, or heart of our experience. Each year gallery workers get together at this time to put together an exhibition that showcases new artists to the gallery with long time exhibitors who consistently delight us with their ability to see something new. This year 30 accomplished artists, in a variety of mediums will show together in our feature exhibition room. The gallery is open 9-5:30 Monday through Friday, 9-4 on Saturdays, and our huge renovated factory space includes a multitude of new work by over 300 regional and national artists and artisans who wow our summer visitors with their art. Work including painting, encaustic, mixed media, photography, sculpture ceramic, textile, metal work, woodwork, and jewellery.... are all on display. We welcome you to visit us for "Core" - a show that celebrates the heart of artists through what they do. Free admission. Free parking. Barber Gallery, 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph, (519) 824-0821
Would love to thank everyone for their many invitations to participate in "la Nuit Blanche" (sleepless nights) celebrations... would love to join you but what can I say?... other than, " Oh I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay, I sleep all night and I work all day."....so during our "Le Jour Blanc" - (awake during the day) - you'll find us in the gallery displaying hundreds of beautiful works of art, and in our work shop devising a myriad of ways to design, frame, conserve and repair your collections and memories. Pop by and say hi! and maybe we'll see you at one of the earlier "Nuit Blanche" events..... Barber Gallery , 167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph.
"The Feathered Hook"
Celebrating the sacred fish, olde world river arts, fly tying, casting, art, ale, bbq ..."Only those become weary of angling that bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish." Sabatini.
We welcome you to join us for an afternoon of olde world river arts. Surrounded by the rich symbolism of water paintings, pottery, and works by local artists, guests will experience the ancient art of tying flys and the magical movement, the dance of the fly cast. Discover the art and science behind honouring the sacred fish. Pro fly fishermen Brian Primeau and Arron Varga will delight us with their river stories and show us the how-to of these olde world river crafts. Fly tying and casting clinics from "Hook Line and Sinker." For everyone interested in canoeing, hiking, art, poetry and river arts, bring along your equipment and your questions for hands on fun... bbq and ale tasting.
Location:
167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph
Guelph, Ontario N1H 2J7
Directions:
Nestled in a residential neighbourhood, minutes from downtown Guelph, the Barber Gallery is located in an old stone factory at the intersection of Yorkshire and Suffolk. Loads of free parking, "casting room," and bus stop right out front.
Contact information:
Barber Gallery
(519) 824-0821
Celebrating magical river arts, canoe culture, art, ale, and fare! ...
Surrounded by contemporary work from local artists, guests experience olde world river lore. Enjoy tips from our own "ole man river" guide from the Grand River Conservation Authority as he describes local canoe culture. Discover secluded places to put in your canoe for photographs, fishing, flora and fauna. Experience magical walking sticks and mystical magic wands by Chuck Reece, created from branches adrift along our own river systems. Discover the water nymph in you! "Come away O human child! To the waters and the wild. With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand." Yeats.... ale and fare...
Location:
167 Suffolk Street West in Guelph
Guelph, Ontario N1H 2J7
Directions:
Nestled in a residential neighbourhood a few short minutes from downtown Guelph, the Barber Gallery is located in an old old stone factory at the intersection of Yorkshire and Suffolk. Loads of free parking and a bus stop right outside.
Contact information:
Barber Gallery
(519) 824-0821
" Loaves and Fishes"
Our river flows thru us
Honouring life-giving water, we toast local ale, food, art, and simple culinary tradition with an ale tasting and bbq...They all ate and were satisfied” New Testament...
Paying homage to life-giving water, we welcome you to join us for an afternoon of art, demonstrations of olde world river arts, ale tasting and barbeque. Celebrating their 25th anniversary, Wellington Brewery produces their craft from local Wellington water and Canadian malt . It's ripe for the tasting, and our good old fashioned simple Canadian bbq features fare from our own neighbourhood Valeriote's market. Enjoy the flavours, savour the art, and we’ll introduce you to all the bountiful joys that autumn play along the river brings.
Location:
167 Suffolk Street, Guelph, Ontario
Guelph, 824-0821
Directions:
Nestled in a residential district minutes from downtown Guelph, the Barber Gallery is located in an old stone factory, at the intersection of Yorkshire and Suffok. Loads of free parking and bus stop right outside the door.
FESTIVAL ALERT...
Call of the "Three Sirens"
Muli-medium art show, demonstrations, ale tasting, and bbq................
Many a mariner has run adrift by the seductive call of the Sirens.We'll seduce you with ancient river arts... and our own talented friendly "Siren" Ishra from Invoke-Tress Dance Theatre performing the Mariner's" lament. Join us as 30 local artists interpret the river, the solitude, the allure of the water, with paint, photographs, glass, metal and clay. Experience the folk lore of olde world river arts, with hands on activities that honour the water, the autumnal forests and streams. As for the sirens... we'll provide the wax, and as the moon waxes and wanes, we'll celebrate the season with art, science, sport, and ale..."A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed; and plunging down ,Forgot in cruel happiness That even lovers drown." Yeats
Location:
167 Suffolk Street, Guelph, Ontario
Guelph, 824-0821
Directions:
Nestled in a residential district minutes from downtown Guelph, the Barber Gallery is located in an old stone factory, at the intersection of Yorkshire and Suffok. Loads of free parking and bus stop right outside the door.
Don't let the Guelph construction get you down. Take a calm detour to the Barber Gallery as we host De-Tours- past members show. Trying to locate some of your favourite art from studio tours past? Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Guelph Studio Tour we'll be showcasing 25 years of past members work. See what the artists, from studio tours past are up to now! Runs the month of October in the feature room. Mon - Fri 9-5:30, Saturday 9-5.
annual juried exhibition by members of the Guelph Creative Arts Association...