The Rotary Club of Windsor (1918) Art-in-the-Park
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Our Club is Located in Windsor Ontario Canada
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In 1970, Kent Saltmarche, who was at that time Curator of the Willistead Art Gallery, came up with an idea to present an opportunity for artisans of fine arts to display their works annually on the Willistead grounds. The Art Gallery of Windsor sponsored the annual event, "Art in the Park". It was intended to draw the general public to Willistead park and the Willistead Manor, which until 1975 was the site of the Art Gallery.
Artists and craft persons cooperated by setting up their stalls in the park on a weekend early in June. Some exhibitors took advantage of the opportunity to either make or arrange for sales. For this privilege, they were charged a modest commission which assisted the Art Gallery in financing other parts of the program.
As the demands for exhibition space, staffing, planning and administration grew, the Gallery and the City of Windsor sought out a more suitable means of managing the annual show.
The first Rotary managed Art in the Park was held in 1976; In 1978, the Windsor Rotary Club (1918) reached a mutual profit sharing arrangement in return for publicizing, managing and staffing the project. The show has continued to grow in popularity with more than 50,000 people routinely attending over the early June weekend.
During the weekend, Art and Crafts lovers are presented with various forms of live entertainment for all the family in a food court area where picnic benches surround an outdoor stage.
Free Parking and a Shuttle Service are also provided.
Proceeds from this event are shared by the Willistead Restoration Fund
and the charities supported by the Windsor Rotary Club (1918).
The event is traditionally held on the first full weekend in June on the grounds of Willistead Park, 1899 Niagara St., Windsor, Ontario
References
Sites keep moving so you may find some broken links
Art on the Net artists sharing works together on the Internet
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) copyrights provide protection for artistic, dramatic, musical or literary works (including computer programs), and three other subject-matter known as: performance, sound recording and communication signal
Arts Council - Windsor & Region (ACWR)
Arts Council - Windsor & Region (ACWR) was incorporated in 1979 and is an umbrella arts organization representing and promoting all artistic endeavour within Windsor and Essex County.
The Willistead Manor 2007 Art show has taken final shape.
Various rooms in the manor have been designated a different theme related to Windsor’s past. They include:
Walkerville - the Model Town
The Albert Kahn Room
Our Auto Heritage
The Lost City
Prohibition Days
The Great Hall will have a variety of paintings of Windsor
There is a Title Sponsorship opportunity for each room. Businesses or organizations receive recognition as sponsor to their room of choice on the room’s entrance poster and their profile and logo appear in the booklet we are designing to accompany the exhibit (5000 copies).
The themed rooms remaining are:
Windsor Firsts: new murals of Windsor's historical firsts, like the first motorized Fire Truck, first bottling at Hiram Walker, etc.
Model Town: historical originals by Horniansky, Walkerville sketches, 1908 photo of Walkerville taken from hot air balloon, counterfeited Hiram Walker bottles, Charles Chilver area photos
Prohibition Room
Salute to the Automobile - it is turning out to be a Ford theme with the Danyluk photo, paintings, photos and archives that Chris has.
2005 Art in the Manor evening show
The Show designers followed the previous year's inaugural event which was rated as first class by all who attended with a Hollywood focused affair. A maximum of 200 tickets were sold at $150 pp. Profits were directed to Rotary's charities.
2005 Art in the Manor evening show
A Saturday evening Art in the Park Gala in the Willistead Manor was set to a Hollywood theme. Those who attended were impressed by the quality of the party in terms of its' entertainment value, ambience and fun factor. Members of the cast of a local theatre group, dressed in appropriate Hollywood garb, mingled with guests. The singers, actors and dancers greeted guests as they arrived and then presented skits during the evening.
Individual rooms throughout the mansion featured other entertainers including a piano player,a jazz band, female vocalists, classical harp music and a 15 piece dance band. One of our Art in the Park exhibitors painted throughout the evening, demonstrating her techniques to guests.
Various finger foods were carried throughout the rooms. A full course meal was available to those who wanted to fill their plates. A nice warm evening made the garden patio a favorite destination for mingling and imbibing.
As the evening waned, the second floor of the mansion, set up in a Nite-Club atmosphere, attracted more of the guests for dancing and drinking, coffee and deserts.
A Saturday evening Art in the Park Gala in the Willistead Manor was set to a Hollywood theme. Those who attended were impressed by the quality of the party in terms of its' entertainment value, ambience and fun factor. Members of the cast of a local theatre group, dressed in appropriate Hollywood garb, mingled with guests. The singers, actors and dancers greeted guests as they arrived and then presented skits during the evening.
Individual rooms throughout the mansion featured other entertainers including a piano player,a jazz band, female vocalists, classical harp music and a 15 piece dance band. One of our Art in the Park exhibitors painted throughout the evening, demonstrating her techniques to guests.
