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ART ON 62 FINE ART GALLARY, MADOC RARE PONY BORN OUTSIDE MADOC
On June 22nd, the purple carpet got rolled out and ribbon to Belleville, ON, Canada / Quinte News Zach McGibbon
celebrate the grand opening of Art on 62! This new
contemporary art gallery is considered a first of its kind for
Madoc. Currently featuring the works of 10 local and regional A Scottish Highland foal was born at the Innisfree
Canadian artists, many of whom were in attendance to help Station farm in Eldorado on Monday. Farm owner Chris
celebrate the occasion and answer questions about their work. Eaves says its the first Scottish Highland to be born in
The gallery will feature a variety of fine art pieces by both Canada in three years with a total of 3,500 left around
emerging and established local and regional Canadian artists as the planet.
they aim to offer an exceptional art experience to art The Highland pony is marked as
enthusiasts of all levels. “At Risk” by the Rare Breeds
Art on 62 is located at Survival Trust. Eaves says in an
253 Durham St. South, email to Quinte News that the farm
Madoc, which was once a is used to help military veterans, as
carriage house built in well as abused women and
the late 1800s. It features children, as a “healing
beautiful stained glass environment.”
windows, pine panels and There is no name for the foal as of yet, but Eaves tells
an original wooden floor to create a warm and inviting Quinte News that he is thinking of doing a social media
atmosphere. The gallery will be open to the public from campaign to determine the name.
Thursday to Sunday, noon to 4 pm, or by appointment.

NEW FOOD ART GALLERY OPENS IN COE HILL
By Nate Smelle
Artists and art lovers in North Hastings now have a new place to go to exhibit and appreciate
creativity. The Food Art Gallery located in the grocery store in downtown Coe Hill officially
opened its doors to the public on May 20. Wendy Mortimer, the owner of the grocery store,
said she came up with the idea for the exhibition space in March after she decided to wall off
a portion of the store.

“I was originally thinking of creating some office space, Mortimer explained, “but once we painted the new partition, it just
seemed like an art gallery had to be the first use. It was time to hang some art in the Food Art store.” With so much talent
in the Coe Hill area, Mortimer said she wants to help local artists showcase and sell their work. She said the first exhibit
brings together the work of seven local artists, including Arne Roosman, Barb Allport, Sheila Ottonen Leuschner, Michael
Jain, Lee Lander Maidlow Anita Murphy, and David Pickett.
Noting that Roosman is a good customer of the grocery store, Mortimer said “it was a natural development” to ask him if he
would like to be the Food Art Gallery’s inaugural featured artist after she was invited to see some of his paintings on display
at his home/studio. Happy to share his artwork with the community and promote the new local gallery, Roosman took
Bancroft This Week on a tour of the space. After admiring the work of his fellow artists, he took time to share the
inspiration and story behind each of his paintings decorating two full walls at the gallery. “This one here was on the stage
at the Village Playhouse for a production of The Jungle Book,” said Roosman, pointing to a large painting of animals playing.
“This is Gabriella,” he said pointing to another painting of an angel with rainbow-coloured that is blowing into a trumpet,
and blanketing the Earth in sound. “Gabriel is the one that wakes up Jesus Christ and everbody else in the Bible. Gabriel is a
noisemaker, but I made him into a woman. That’s our private universe here – our Earth – all this around her is the new
technology going into our space.” Mortimer said all of the art is available for purchase on consignment. She said she would
love to sell out the show and make room for new works in August or sooner.
“I envision this space as an ever-changing location for our customers who are also artists to display their work and have
great exposure to interested supporters,” said Mortimer. “We may, depending on responses, have themed shows, such as
wood art, fibre art, or photography; and mini courses in the crafts related to the shows.”
For more information on the Food Art Gallery and/or to purchase one of the paintings on display, visit the store at 5480
Hwy 620 in Coe Hill; or, contact: (613) 337-5741; orthecoehillgrocerystore@gmail.com.
The Food Art Gallery/Store is open throughout the summer:
Monday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Tuesday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Thursday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.