"Hey check it out: my art is at the Groove Kitchen all month long / Street Dreams Graff art show at the Nutty Parrot June 4 / the Cambridge Arts Festival June 5 10am-10pm / and listen for me on Mandyland radio Friday 10-12 100.3 fm"
Ean Kools is the multi-talented chair of the Cambridge Arts Festival, now serving his second term in that position. A graphic designer by trade, Ean is the force behind this Festival's branding, and that of many area businesses.
On canvas, Ean works mainly with acrylic, ink, and spray paint. His style can be classified as portraiture, surrealism, abstraction, and graffiti. Each piece is an expression of a time, place, or emotion.
Recently Ean has also experimented with Tapecasting. George, our 2010 mascot (pictured right) is a tapecast of Ean himself.
I live and work in Cambridge Ontario with my husband Jeff and two lovely children Jacob and Miranda. Through my work, I have had some great opportunities to work with art and people who love art. Acrylic paint is my Medium. I am currently focusing on trees in landscape but enjoy painting interior still life and portraiture as well.
Tania will also be hosting an Origami workshop at the Festival.
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
"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.
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.
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.
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.
"Hey check it out: my art is at the Groove Kitchen all month long / Street Dreams Graff art show at the Nutty Parrot June 4 / the Cambridge Arts Festival June 5 10am-10pm / and listen for me on Mandyland radio Friday 10-12 100.3 fm"
sting. George, our 2010 mascot (pictured right) is a tapecast of Ean himself.
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