MAC 32nd Annual Spring Members' Show

The 32nd Annual Spring Members' Show is Muskoka Arts & Crafts at its best.

This gala show displays the strength, vitality, creativity and wealth of talent found within Muskoka Arts & Crafts. This show is your opportunity to publicly display your most recent work that has been completed within the past year. All members are encouraged to be part of this extraordinary show that takes place on March 27, 28 and 29 at the Bracebridge Sportsplex.

All work is judged by professional artists and is eligible for prizes ranging from $50 to $300. See the Call for Entry for a complete list of the awards. The theme for this year's Muskoka Heritage Foundation's Arts & Crafts Award is the flora and fauna of Muskoka's wetlands. The complete criteria is available on our web site (visit the page for the Spring Members' Show and click on the link to the Muskoka Heritage Foundation Award) and by email.
Since 1994, the entry fee has remained the same - $36.75 ($35 + $1.75 GST) for the submission of up to three works. For a Family Membership, the entry fee covers each member participating provided that the total entries do not exceed three. Please note that for family and student members, participation in the Spring Members' Show is limited to those members in grade 9 and over. Due to the low cost of participating in the show, entry fees are not refundable should you cancel your application.
Applications are included with this newsletter. Please read the Call for Entry, then complete the Entry Form and return it, along with the fee, to the office.

Spring Members' Show Reminder
Just a reminder that if you not already signed up for the 32nd Annual Spring Members' Show, there is still time. Just email, call or visit the office to sign up.
If you need another entry form, just contact the office. The Spring Members' Show takes place at the Bracebridge Sportsplex on March 27, 28 & 29.

All work gets delivered to the Bracebridge Sportsplex on Wednesday, March 25, between 4pm & 7pm. The entry fee is just $36.75.

To make this show a success, volunteers are needed. Please call the office to offer your help at 705-645-5501 or info@muskokaartsandcrafts.com.



Muskoka Arts & Crafts is pleased to announce the two judges for the 32nd Annual Spring Members' Show taking place on March 27-29 at the Bracebridge Sportsplex.

Denis Cliff is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and studied at the University of Victoria, earning a Bachelor of Education. Following post-graduate studies at Toronto's New School of Art, he began showing paintings and then drawings, sculpture and installations. In over 30 years of professional work, he has had 28 one-man shows and 70 group exhibitions in Canada and the U.S. He has taught at York University, University of Toronto, Ryerson, Ontario College of Art and Design, Emily Carr College, the New School of Art, Art's Sake Inc. and many other educational institutions, including the Toronto School of Art which he helped to direct and where he taught for 20 years. Denis recently had a retrospective exhibition of 31 years of his work at the Contor Gallery in Toronto and is currently working on a new form of dimensional landscape painting that is interactive. Prototypes for this new form have been shown at the Haliburton Campus of Fleming College.


Colin Eathorne grew up in the greater Toronto area and is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art (1970) where he studied under Carl Schaefer, John Newman, and Tom La Pierre. He also received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University while studying under Guido Molinari and Irene Whittome. While surviving as a painter in Montreal, he worked as a representative for Waddington Galleries and received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. Recognized early on in his career for his unique, expressive watercolours, his work was featured in an exclusive show at the Museé d’art Contemporain de Montréal. Colin went on to complete a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toronto and dedicated the next 29 years to teaching visual arts and photography. Colin has since retired and now resides in Midland, where he is able to devout full-time energies to his two creative passions: painting and photography.