Arts
Stay connected with the arts in Haliburton County and the surrounding area.
World’s most famous vampire enroute
Highlands theatre troupe Ctrl-ART-Del has released its 2025 performance lineup, with a comedic take on a cult horror classic set to take centre stage...
Director not pulling any punches at HIFF
Fresh off the plane from a film festival in Indianapolis, Avi Federgreen takes a time out to discuss his movie’s headline appearance at the...
Walker entering stage right at HSF
Despite spending years travelling the globe as a dancer and performing artist, living in some of the world’s most popular cultural hotspots, Dougie Walker...
Art and beer on tour
Peter Emmink and Joyce Pruysers-Emmink are busy tidying up their Dawson Road, Algonquin Highlands property in preparation for The Studio Tour Haliburton Highlands Oct....
Arts extravaganza to raise money for hospital
Thirty-six years ago, Chris Bishop published a photography book entitled Haliburton Highlands.
But he could not have put that coffee table book out if...
Artist doing the ‘Chamba Chamba’
When life gives Highlands artist Veronica Abrenica lemons, she tosses them into a proverbial pot of ‘Chamba Chamba’ – a favourite saying of her...
The new and the old light up Corner Gallery
The Corner Gallery in Haliburton featured artists from a previous exhibition, but also newer artists, Marissa Sweet and Renee Woltz, Aug. 10.
The event...
Indigenous creative brings 3D figures to Forest
Jared Tait, an Indigenous artist from Sachigo First Nations, held a week-long residency program at the Haliburton School of Art + Design Aug. 12-16....
Dance troupe excited for outdoor shows
Montreal-based contemporary dancer and choreographer Mairéad Filgate said she can’t wait to return to Haliburton County as she prepares to bring her independent production...
Buzzing over the birds and the bees
The Birds and the Bees is wrapping up its run in the Highlands, with a final show Aug. 2. Written by Mark Crawford, a...
Her M(y)otherwork is painting
Corynn Kokolakis, a Toronto-based artist exhibiting in Haliburton from now until Sept. 7, likes to paint with oil because it gives her time away...
Green burial gazebo for St. Stephen’s takes shape
The Haliburton School of Art + Design, Algonquin Highlands and The Haliburton Highlands Green Burial Society have joined together to create a timber framed...
Art on the Dock sneak peek a success
It was a beautiful summer weekend to be exhibiting art on Kennisis Lake for the 10th instalment of Art on the Dock.
Artists opened...
‘Ghost Seamstress’ closes book in final exhibit
After a 30-plus year career in contemporary installation art, Buckhorn-based artist Michele Karch-Ackerman reminisces as she discusses the inspiration behind her latest exhibit Flower...
The Miracle Worker arrives
The Highlands Summer Festival is continuing with its second musical of its season, The Miracle Worker.
It’s the story of Helen Keller, the famous...
Exhibit depicts beauty, but an underneath as well
Looking outside of Chris Hanson and Hendrika Sonnenberg’s art studio, The Inconvenience Store, one would notice the large QR code smack dab at the...
Solo artist takes over The Space
Danielle Reddick has constructed three children from mesh and barbed wire, children whom she felt a need to create coming from the war in...
Fashion on the runway in downtown Minden
BUSINESS: A fashion show June 22 is designed to bring people to downtown Minden.
Risk: gift that keeps on giving
Even today, after a highly successful 30-plus year career that has seen him paint pieces that are on display at Buckingham Palace – the...
Win a David Alexander Risk original
County-based artist David Alexander Risk is the featured guest at the 2024 Haliburton Home and Cottage Show.
The painter has spent weeks preparing a...
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