Galactic Art Glass

Virginia Wilson Toccalino and Tony Toccalino:
Artists in Glass.

"I feel a magical connection to the entire process of glassblowing. The substance itself, a kind of primordial, slow-moving liquid, capable of being formed an d molded with the breath of life, inspires in me a wellspring of creative energy."

– Virginia Wilson Toccalino

www.galacticglass.ca

Tom Dietrich

Not just "Taking it easy," but "Ground Breaking": From expressions of the ephemeral with oil on canvas, to interactive public performances, including having the Mayor of Milton laying prone outside City Hall while a chalk outline was drawn about him, my work has increasingly explored that which connects us. As, an honours graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, I have focused much of my work on the exploration of what constitutes humanity. My intent is not to explain what is human, but to pose questions or offer stimuli that put us in touch with our own humanity. It is about what connects us. Each piece that I create, shows or creates another perspective. This is important, since we need many perspectives to consider a single point.

www.tomdietrich.ca

Teri Van Sickle-Brown

Teri Van Sickle-Brown is a Milton, Ontario based artist specializing in paintings with a fun, whimsical nature. Her primary medium is acrylic on canvas.

vanbrownsickles@cogeco.ca

Milton Concert Band

Consisting of Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion and Rhythm sections, the Milton Concert Band is made up of talented, amateur musicians who just love to play. Drawn from all over Halton region, the band repertoire includes a variety of music from Big Band to Broadway and Classical to Contemporary. The Band’s mission is provide an opportunity for residents of Milton and the surrounding areas to enjoy and perform great music by fostering a musical organization whose goals are twofold:

For members: MCB will provide adult amateur musicians with a venue to perform and the opportunity to hone their abilities through regular practice, a range of musical selections, ensemble and sectional rehearsals and the guidance of the Music Director.

For the community: MCB will provide entertaining and vibrant programs that feature a varied repertoire, high quality ensemble playing and, when appropriate, outstanding solo or group performances from both within and outside the band. MCB will endeavour to include at least one free community concert/event per season as a way of giving back to the community.

www.miltonconcertband.com

Kerry Stratton

In the course of his international career, Kerry Stratton has conducted orchestras in Europe, North America and Asia. Having earned a degree in conducting from McGill University in Montreal, Stratton later completed graduate studies at the Vienna Conservatory under Sir Charles Mackerras, Academia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and L’Ecole Pierre Monteux with Charles Bruck.

Kerry Stratton is Conductor and Music Director of the Toronto Philharmonia, the orchestra-in-residence at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. Since 1992, he has also been Music Director for the Huntsville Festival of the Arts, Ontario. Stratton’s engagements have included the Hungarian Chamber Soloists, Prague Chamber Philharmonic, the Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic, the Slovak Radio Orchestra, the Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra,Orchestra London (Ontario),the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. In January 2001, he became the first Canadian to conduct the St. Petersburg Camerata in the Hermitage Theatre at the Winter Palace. He has also conducted performances with the Janacek Philharmonic, as well as the Prague Radio Orchestra.

For his services to Czech and Slovak culture, Stratton is the 2000 winner of the Masaryk Award.

www.kerrystratton.com/

Ann Kornuta

Ann Kornuta was born in Milton, Ontario in 1980. Growing up in the then small community, her interests in the arts developed at an early age through tiny cartoons. Since her family could not afford art lessons, she developed her own style and technique under the direction of her father.

Eventually the tiny cartoons in Ann’s sketchbook developed into stories and in 1993 she created Milton’s first comic ‘Zine, Agent Orange (along with a little help from her friends). Her interest in art quickly switched in high school from being a cartoonist to taking her skill to the next level. Working for numerous publications in the GTA, many of Ann’s illustrations have been featured in ads, magazines and newspapers. Though not content on settling on illustration alone, Ann fell back in love with studying art and capturing the changing community in which she’s lived in her current body of work.

Ann has developed a distinct style that has progressed over the past years hinting on impressionist to fauvism. She is an active community artist in her home town and is the recipient of numerous awards for her work.

www.agentorange.digitalinkz.com/

Ian Ridpath

Ian Ridpath grew up in Toronto in a family of artists and artisans. He began charcoal and pen & ink sketching in his school years and then followed his father’s coaching in turning to oils. Several years ago an older brother further encouraged him to delve deeper into oils and mentored him by example.

Because of his love for the ‘Group of Seven’ he has followed this style of impressionism and has produced several ‘impressions-of-the-Group’ as well as many of his own subjects. His love of the Canadian landscape has been a major influence in his choice of subject.

Locally, Ian has been invited on more than one occasion to take part in the ‘Through the Eyes of an Artist’ week held each August at the Mountsberg Conservation Area and loves capturing the area in oils.

He lives in Milton with his wife, is a member of the Fine Arts Society of Milton and is pursuing opportunities to do full time painting and web design.

He may be contacted at: iridpath@cogeco.ca
or through his website at: http://www.ianridpath.ca

Felicity Art

Anastasia Tversky is a self-represented artist currently living in Milton, Ontario, Canada.

She started painting when she was 15 but for many years only her close friends could see and enjoy her canvasses. Recently she decided to share her work with the rest of the world and here you can see her paintings, created during different periods of her life.

Why Felicity Art?

The dictionary explains the meaning of 'Felicity' as following: Pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression). Happiness: state of well-being, characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.

www.felicity-art.com

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