Event Type : Arts and Culture

Join us for Of Light and Life, a new exhibit by world renowned artist Michael Dumas. The exhibit will be on display at the Agnes Jameison Gallery from July 17 to September 13, 2025. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 19 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

“While the natural world has exerted its influence on my artwork since childhood the essential foundation for my work is direct observation of the world around me.

My exhibit, featuring several new pieces, provides a glimpse into the processes involved, from observational sketches and comprehensive preliminary drawings that may or may not lead anywhere beyond the motivating interest that inspired them. Overlaying this procedure is the matter of materials, the choice of medium, the support it will be applied to, and a sense of just what combinations are most sympathetic to the envisioned image. So goes an endless thread running through the work, joining observation, subject matter, emotional response, and the physicality of mediums.” M.D

The Artist:

Michael Dumas was born and raised in the small town of Whitney, Ontario, near Algonquin Park. Exposure and familiarity with the wilderness and its creatures are reflected in his art. Michael worked for a time as a ranger in Algonquin and has continued his connection to the Park by accompanying research teams on projects such as the winter bear den census. Michael’s subject matter also includes rural themes and people; the common denominator within all his art being an intimate connection based on personal experience.

Join the Arts Council ~ Haliburton Highlands and Blue Heron Books for another ‘Books & Bites’ event on Sunday, September 14th at the Dominion Hotel in Minden with authors Kate Hilton & Elizabeth Renzetti. This event features their two cottage mysteries, Widows and Orphans and Bury the Lead. Tickets are $60 and include coffee, tea, sweets, your choice of book and a donation to ACHH.

Get your ticket today.

Kate Hilton is a former lawyer and bestselling author of three comic novels and Liz Renzetti you may know as an award-winning journalist (Globe & Mail). They’ve written two in a series of mysteries set in cottage country – cozy mysteries with smart independent women as the lead.

‘This is the ideal holiday or weekend read, and particularly so when vacationing in cottage country. The setting taps into that rich vein of affection/nostalgia for holiday towns: recognizable landscape, summer-stock theatre, the quirky locals, small-town papers.’