Featured Artist - Stick 'em Up Wall Graphics

We design cool wall graphics that personalize your space.

Ian Pilon is a certified graphic designer that works with other artists to help transform ideas into large scale wall graphics.

Stick’em Up Wall Graphics has a 48″ Graphtec vinyl plotter that is used to cut large wall graphics, our vinyl graphic film is made by ORACAL and is the highest quality material available, It has a matte finish and is engineered to be low-tac which allows for easy removal with out damaging or lifting paint off your walls.

For more information about Ian and Stick 'em Up Wall Graphics, see his website stickemup.ca and his Facebook page and follow him on Twitter @Stick_em_up

Featured Artist - Kirby

"3 things seem to sum me up quite well. If I can travel, play music and help or inspire or experience something, I feel at the very least I’m accomplishing something meaningful in my life. "

About Kirby
Sometimes you have to take a giant leap to do what you love. (John) Kirby is one of the few who realized this claim and knew it to be true. Throwing in the towel on his lucrative Nine to Fiver’ in 2008, KIRBY took on music as a full time pursuit and started paving the way to happiness as well as success. Almost immediately, Kirby was hitting the road for the first of 5 solo tours across Canada over the next year and a half, and now with his new band ‘Leominster’ and their upcoming release, KIRBY is poised and ready for the next step.

Playing and writing music since age 16, KIRBY fronted Burlington, Ontario prog-rock band ‘First Time Fallen’ for several years and released his first solo EP “Within These Walls” in 2007 before taking the figurative plunge with his next EP “The Good Fight”, in 2008. His sound displays his true passion, as he belts out emotional lyrics right from the bottom of his heart, coupled with the diversity of both a driving rock strum style and quiet thoughtful picking on the guitar, reminiscent of Nick Drake, John Mayer or Dallas Green. Though mostly acoustic in nature, KIRBY displays an obvious penchant for writing epic rock songs, soon to be realized through the full sound of his band Leominster.

In the short time that he has put the gears to the indie music scene, KIRBY has enjoyed many notable experiences such as appearing at ArtsWells Festival, the C&C Music Festival and the Burlington Sound of Music Festival, where he is currently in his 3rd year running “Acoustic Side” to raise funds for charities. He’s shared the stage with the likes of The Watchmen, Wax Mannequin, and Lindy of Major Maker, among others, and received regular rotation on C101 Mohawk Radio for “The Good Fight” EP. KIRBY also started C&B Records, which has released multiple compilations of independent artists under the ‘Mix Tape Series’. He co-wrote and produced the trailer for popular film fest flick “Sons of The Sunshine.

Joelle May
ModMay Promotions

For more about Kirby, see his website kirbysings.com and his myspace page myspace.com/kirbysound and his YouTube page youtube.com/kirbysings

Kirby will open our Music Stage at 10:15

Featured Artist - Twegen

Twegen ( Pronounced Twey-en); Old English for Two.

Musicians: Brad McEwen (citterns and vocals) and Gwen Potter (violin and viola d’amore).

Brad McEwen is also the founder and Artistic Director of the Mill Race Folk Society.

‘Twegen’s repertoire consists of mainly traditional English dance tunes and songs, but other things have been known to creep in from Ireland, France, Brittany, Belgium and even Canada!

The combination of cittern and violin or viola d’amore results in a lively and fresh sound to many traditional folk music settings. Brad’s wealth of historical knowledge brings the listener a delightful insight into the background of many of the ballads and songs Twegen play.

Don't miss Twegen perform on our Literary Stage in the early afternoon.

Featured Artist - April Bulmer

April Bulmer has published six books and four chapbooks. She is an award-winning poet who has won the Cambridge Arts Festival Poetry Contest. Her most recent collection is called THE GODDESS PSALMS (Serengeti Press). She has published widely internationally and nationally in such prestigious journals as THE MALAHAT REVIEW, ARC, PRISM international, EVENT AND Harvard's JOURNAL OF FEMINIST STUDIES IN RELIGION. She has three Master's Degrees in creative writing and religious studies and writes often of issues pertaining to women and spirituality. She is originally from Toronto, but has lived in Cambridge for 14 years where she is a member of the Cambridge Writers Collective.

April Bulmer's poetry is often spiritually-driven. She is interested in the goddesses, the prophets, the martyrs, the nuns, the native maidens, the messiahs, the spirits, the ghosts. She studied women and religion and creative writing at the graduate level and often combines these interests to create haunting poems that resonate in the psyche and soul: archetypes that constellate like dreams or visions.

The Cambridge Arts Festival would like to thank April for serving as judge in the adult category of this year's Word Up! Poetry Contest.

Featured Artist - RAQUEL Exquisite Collection

For Artisan Cheli Chelouche, everything starts with shapes and colors. She loves painting nature and read a lot about history art. When she's painting a tray, she chooses shades she wants to use together, then thinks about the pattern. She combined her art studies and inner feelings to paint abstract designs or nature's beauty. The Douglas Fir trays are made by her husband Amir.

In addition to painting Cheli expresses her artistic abilities creating exquisite jewelry pieces. Her interest in history in general and jewelry history in particular awaken the dormant jewelry artist in her. While reading about ancient jewelry techniques she stumbled upon the Maile art, which is knitting with metal rings using 2 pliers she was fascinated. The idea that people used the same technique centuries ago gave her the inspiration for her jewelry pieces. Weaving ancient and contemporary eras together.

She starts with one tiny ring then starts to weave using only Genuine Gemstone, Semi-Precious and original swarovski crystal. Her jewelry is meticulously handcrafted and time consuming but, for her, it is a labor of love, and she would love to share them with you.

What's happening at this year's Festival?

Lee Kools Promotions Coordinator

The Cambridge Arts Festival on June 5, 2010 is bigger, better and more exciting and interactive than ever! Held at Cambridge City Hall Civic Square and surrounding areas and we have endeavoured to build a festival that everyone will enjoy. Members of the Preston Scout House Band will be on hand to give us a rousing start to our day from 9:45 am to 10 am with the first Main Stage band beginning at 10 am. The best part of all of this is that it is absolutely FREE! There is Free Parking,

Free Admission to the Festival and, thanks to our sponsor World of Water - Free Water when you bring your own reusable travel cup or buy one of ours for your use during the day.

Visual artists will line the areas displaying and selling their works - jewelry, fiber art, acrylics, oils, sculptures and so much more will be found at this festival.

Culinary artists that provide everything from organic foods to decadent chocolate and cupcakes will be there and free workshops will be available.

Wordsmiths, as well as folks who enjoy poetry and the spoken word, can take in the readings (and writings) of local writers in the Word Up! alley next to the Golden Kiwi.

If live performance is what you enjoy then we can fill that need too! Belly dancers, contemporary dancers, ballroom dancers, martial artists and puppetry should fill that bill.

MOTUS O dance company's three founders met at the Cambridge School for the Arts and that is where they first began the process of establishing their amazing dance company.

After 3 pm you can watch graffiti artists create one-of-a-kind works as they paint very special canvases in the Cambridge Farmers' Market parking lot. The U R New York artists group give their work an urban industrial feel by combining mediums such as photography, silk-screening, graphic design, and graffiti. To commemorate the occasion, avone, a New York aerosol artist from the "Destroy and Rebuild" has created a piece combining the New York sky line with the Cambridge sky line.

The headliner for the Main Stage is Two Crown King - a six piece collective fusing elements of Soul and Funk, while maintaining a focus on the fundamental story telling techniques of early Hip Hop. After Two Crown King, the Fire Spinners are back to give us a blazing end to what we trust will be a very enjoyable day of arts and entertainment for the people of Cambridge and outlying cities.

We’re excited and pleased to invite everyone done for a day to celebrate the arts in all its forms in our community!

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Originally from Galt, Lee Kools has worked in the arts for more than 30 years. When her teenaged daughter (Stacey) entered high school and became involved in their internationally-reknowned theatre group "The Company", Lee decided to lend a hand. Since then she has acted, directed, produced, catered, stage managed, blocked, done book, sewn costumes, chaperoned, run lines, done promotion and just about anything else that needed to be done in theatre. Recently Lee curated an extremely successful art exhibit that was very close to her heart at the WKP Kennedy Gallery located in the Capitol Centre in North Bay. It was called KOOLS2 and featured the artwork of her nephew Ean Kools and the photography and photomanipulation art of her son, Tom.

Featured Artist - Angela Werstine

I see life as a journey not a destination. My journey started at a young age, when I decided that I wanted to be an artist. Since then I have found passion within art, I have experimented with many different types of techniques, and always end up doing what I love best; abstract.
Abstract to me is powerful, graceful, serene and different every time you look at it. It constantly changes, develops and grows, as we all do. For the audience, they see something different than you as the artist did not see, it is seeing the expression and power in the simple things, or they may see what you were intending. Abstract to me is an emotion, it reflects my moods, feelings, beliefs, and the way I see things.

I have created two major bodies of work entitled "Christianity, One Belief" and "Truth and Honor". Both bodies of work represent my passion, philosophy and my vision of two different worlds with the same conclusion, to love the earth, to live for freedom and without judgment, to love one another and to make a difference. Even the smallest person can make the biggest impact.

I wish to enlighten people with my view on history, culture, religion and seeing between the lines of simplicity. I find that simplicity can make a piece all the more powerful, I use my own form of line movement to create figures with the least amount of detail, it is very smooth and flowing, so that your eyes can wander across the page and to help you recognize the emotion, I pick out the most important piece of detail and create an image around it. I express my history and Christian beliefs through my drawings by putting stories behind my pieces that help to explain the meaning behind the figure.

I was born in Yarmouth Nova Scotia, to a Mi'qmaq father, and a Scottish- heritage mother. I never knew growing up about my Native ancestry; my Grandparents were ashamed of their roots and the conditions that their people endured on the East Coast. My family researched our background and discovered our deep roots and I joined the Eastern Woodland Métis Nation in 2005. I have strived to learn as much as I can about my Mi'qmaq history, but I have been faced with much difficulty having to adapt to being a Métis, being accepted fully in neither culture. I use my Mi'qmaq heritage and my Christian background to create art by using Ink. Learning about my own Mi'qmaq/Algonquin heritage is difficult in Ontario. I feel the more that I do learn about the Mi'qmaq people, history and culture the more I can bring the knowledge of the Mi'qmaq people here.

My future may hold many things, but the one constant is my passion for drawing. I will continue my spiritual journey with hopes that it could make a difference even in the smallest way.

My medium is ink on paper and said to be "new and refreshing". I have created many pieces of art that depict history, including my Native American history (Mi'qmaq) and Christianity. My love for history and desire to show the community my style is represented in my artwork. I am devoted to creating artwork that glorifies Native history and Christianity. The reason for this devotion, apart from my background, is that an artist needs an epic subject to create epic art. I have been honoured to have done many exhibits for Galleries, Parishes, Festivals and Museums throughout Ontario, Canada.

Featured Artist - Fire Spinners

Fire spinners Leah Simmons and Jessi Knight spin and breath fire!

See the Fire Spinners perform with Taperecorder in front of our main Music Stage after dark.







* video from CAF 2009 submitted by Sharon Kools, photos by Heidi Meyer

Performance Stage Schedule

The Performance Stage Schedule is now available on the schedules page of website and is as follows:

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM		U of Waterloo Ballroom Dancers
11:05 AM - 11:20 AM		Diamond Martial Arts
11:25 AM - 11:55 AM		Patrick McCauley
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM		U of Waterloo Ballroom Dancers
12:20 PM - 12:50 PM		Cambridge Theatre School
12:55 PM - 1:25 PM		Patrick McCauley Songwriting Workshop
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM		Pandora's Sox
2:05 PM - 2:35 PM		Mandi Lee
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM		Tippy Toes School of Dance (TTSD)
3:20 PM - 4:05 PM		TTSD Dance Workshop
4:10 PM - 4:25 PM		Motus O
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM		Cinnamon Tree
BREAK
5:50 PM - 6:00 PM		Jannah Dancer
6:05 PM - 6:50 PM		Belly Dance Workshop with Jannah
6:55 PM - 7:10 PM		Motus O
7:15 PM - 8:00 PM		Dead Hour
8:05 PM - 8:20 PM		Down Hips Dance Studio (DHDS)
8:25 PM - 9:00 PM		DHDS Belly Dance Workshop

Featured Artist - The Grand Bakery

The Grand Bakery specializes in cupcakes and special occasion desserts. With a custom menu of over 100 cupcake flavours, there is something for everyone--including those with sensitivities to gluten and dairy/casein/animal products. Virtually every flavor on their menu is also available gluten-free and/or vegan.

We use fresh, natural ingredients in all of our products. Everything is made from scratch and there are no trans fats or preservatives in anything we make.

The overall experience of a light, fluffy cake paired with pretty frosting has been both a personal challenge and a triumph for customers. Business owner Krista Arndt believes that everyone deserves a great cupcake and she looks forward to satisfying your cupcake craving!

Click here to listen to an interview with Krista on the Feb 8 570 News Food Show

In our culinary area, Krista will be available to not only sell her cupcakes, but also to teach about them.

To preview Krista's work, see her website thegrandbakery.com or visit her at The Cambridge Farmers Market (40 Dickson St.) Saturdays 7am-1pm and The Burford Family Market (18 Rutherford Dr.) Sundays from 10am-5pm.

Featured Artist - Deborah Sandilands

Deborah Sandilands is an award-winning carver who carves both "in-the-round" and relief carving. She has been commissioned to carve birds, plaques, signs, statues, furniture, garden art and walking sticks. While she enjoys working with other media, creating in wood is closest to her heart. It can take at least 100 hours to create some of the more detailed work!

Deborah takes requests. If you have one, contact her at the Festival or through this website.

Featured Artist - Joshua Rozad

Josh Rozad is a grade 11 student at Monsignor Doyle Catholic Secondary School in Cambridge. He first picked up a camera at the age of 14, after being inspired by the work of a friend who is, himself, an amateur photographer.

Since then Josh has worked hard to develop, both his technical and his creative skills. He has won numerous awards, including a first place in the “Youth - Nature” category in the 2010 Kitchener Public Library Amateur Photography Contest and a third place in the “Youth – Architecture” category in the 2009 Hespeler Neighbourhood Association Photography Contest; he was the youngest person ever to win “Best Photograph in Amateur Competition” at the 2008 Rockton World’s Fair.

In 2009 Josh was honoured to have been selected as one of a handful of teenagers, worldwide, who were asked to contribute their photographs to the 2009 Random House publication Click – The Ultimate Photography Guide for Generation Now.

Featured Artist - David Menary

Novelist and 2010 Bernice Adams Award finalist David Menary has just released his latest book. The River and the Railroad, is set in 'New Thunder', Menary's fictional alias for Cambridge, ON. A free preview of the text is available on Google Books.

Click here to read the article in The Record by Kevin Swayze

Click here to read the article in The Times by Greg MacDonald.

Click Here to watch an interview with David on Rogers Daytime TV.

Autographed copies of The River and the Railroad are available at Book Express. David will also be on hand near our Literary Stage to sell and sign copies for Festival patrons.

28th Annual Bernice Adams Memorial Awards

On Friday May 28, Cambridge will honour some of our Arts Community's finest at the 28th annual Bernice Adams Memorial Awards.

Sixteen finalists make for a dynamic mix of talent in five categories: Visual Arts, Performing
Arts, Communications/Literary Arts, Music, and Outstanding Youth. Congratulations to Jane Hook, Randy Butcher, Robin Bennett, Allen Saulnier, Scot Ferguson-Barber, Dave Menary, Deborah Carbone, Bonnie Casey, Cambridge Concert Band, Heavy Lights, Allison Lupton, Heather Matthews, Lacey Norris, Noah Schuster, Sean Thijssen, and Tiela Warris for being
finalists in the competition.

As well. Marilyn Scott will be awarded this year's ‘Special Trustees Award’ which is presented to an individual or group who made a valuable contribution in two or more categories, and is heavily weighted in volunteer work where many benefit from their talent.

The event runs on Friday May 28, 2010 at 6:30 pm at the Galt Country Club, 750 Coronation Blvd, Cambridge. Tickets are just $25 and include light refreshments, entertainment and a fundraising silent auction. All proceeds help to support the Bernice Adams Memorial Awards Trust Fund. For tickets, visit the Cambridge Centre for the Arts, 60 Dickson Street, or call
519.740.4681 ext. 4376. Cash, Cheque, Interac and all major credit cards are accepted.

The Ascot Royals Need Your Help

We have been invited back to The Edge studios as part of the Edge of the Edge Smrinoff Concert Series, BUT there is a catch. Here is where you come in.

WE NEED YOUR VOTES!

That’s right, not only will we be playing a free concert at The Edge @ 9.30 tonight, but we will also be giving each and every one of you the opportunity to put democracy into action and exercise your right choose whoever you like (as long as it’s us that is).

Simply go to http://www.edge.ca/Music/IndieOnline/Home.aspx

If you're not already an Edge member you will have to become one, but it just takes a minute.
Voting for OUR LIVE VIDEO will START Monday morning and END the following Sunday night and each member can only vote once a day!

Please spread the word and tell your friends, your support is what makes us love what we do!

Love,
The Ascot Royals

Featured Artist - Melting Artist Designs

Amar Bhuee has been creating art for as long as she can remember. She works with watercolour inks, silk-screens, pencils, ink, her camera, tiles, and bookbinding supplies.

Influenced by Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol, Amar would describe her art work as bright, bold and playful. When it comes to her photography, she loves to capture everyday objects, the things that often go unnoticed, and show people how beautiful they actually are.

Amar's silk ink watercolours allow her to free hand what she is thinking or feeling at that moment. They're a great way to experiment with colours and shapes.

Amar finds bookbinding very therapeutic and calming. Bookbinding is a very great form of art and she is very grateful to have crossed path with it.

Amar creates wonderful home dècor pieces, such as coasters and placemat. She also has been working on a fashion accessories line, which includes studded earrings, rings, bobby pins and cufflinks.

She also makes handmade tile magnets, badges and bookmarks.


Visit meltingartist.etsy.com to see more great art work by Amar Bhuee.