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Art
Gallery & Workshop
6235
Highway 354
Kennetcook, Nova Scotia
902
362-2061
Community Art Project - details...
Annual Christmas at the Gallery -
Friday December 11, from
5:00pm to 9:00pm
Crafts for kids, art
demos, homemade goodies, silent auction of beautiful items by our
own Group of Five and more in our cozy gallery. See
photos...
2009 Exhibits in review...
October 23 to 24
- David Brooks Art Exhibit
- Main Gallery
June 27/June 28 - Colours
Near & Far Silent Auction -
details and photos...
June 24 to Saturday June
28
- Student Group Exhibit - Upper Gallery
May 27 to August 23 - Group
Show
Official Opening Saturday
May 30 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm -
photos
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Working Group
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The
village of Kennetcook is nestled among green, wooded slopes along
the bank of the Kennetcook River in Hants County, Nova
Scotia. The picturesque village proudly maintains its
"small town" sensibilities, but is nonetheless a forward
looking community, with many development projects underway.
One is the creation of an Art Gallery (opened summer 2006),
encompassing several rooms in the old Kennetcook hotel, a charming
Heritage building with crisp white clapboards, bright red roof and
full length veranda.
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The
Gallery entrance in the Old Kennetcook Hotel
The Kennetcook Society for Economic and
Environmental Development (KSEED), believes arts and culture are vital to the growth of the
community in many ways. The Art Gallery and Workshop are
located in the former Kennetcook Hotel, one of several heritage
buildings still in use in the Kennetcook village centre.
Kennetcook is a growing community
and is preparing for the future. Area residents..."believe arts and culture are central to our community's
economic and social development." The art gallery space has
been donated by a local business whose owners share the vision.
 The Place Near and Far Art Gallery
and Workshop is a project of the Kennetcook Society for
Economic and Environmental Development, a non profit
organization since 2006.
2009
Student
Guide
Last year our grant recipient was Scott Singer
from Kennetcook.
Scott assisted Gallery visitors throughout the summer,
before returning in the fall to his fourth year in Dalhousie's
Commerce Program.
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Exhibition
Archives
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for map and driving directions... |
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The 'big' project for the coming 2010
season is a large 'community canvas', depicting a
covered bridge in a country setting. The basic scene was
originally roughed in by the Working Group and
contributors are now invited to add details such as roof
shingles, windows, fences and foliage, and many, many
rocks! The finished work (accompanied by a
document naming all the contributing artists), will be
auctioned in June of 2010, with proceeds going to
benefit Hants North High School Drama Club's planned
trip to the prestigious Edinburg Drama Festival. |
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| Project at the beginning
of our Christmas gathering.. |
Working Group member
Sandra MacDonald gives some tips to next contributing
'guest artist'. |
The guest artist
carefully begins filling in some foliage on the large
canvas. |
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