Peterborough artists opening studio doors

Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour happens this weekend

The 37th annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, organized by the Art Gallery of Peterborough, takes place this weekend and offers the public a unique opportunity to meets artists in the region and visit their studios. It also provides artists and makers the opportunity to share and promote their work.

This year’s tour runs both Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and features 42 artists and makers at 34 studio locations across the region, from Stoney Lake to Keene.

Eight artists with studios in the Town Ward are participating: Leanne Baird, John Climenhage, Miguel Hernandez Autorino, Anne Hoover, Jeffrey Macklin, Nan Sidler, Bronson Smith and Victoria Wallace.

A map of all studio locations, and biographies of the artists and markers, is available at agp.on.ca/kast.

A Selections Exhibition is also on display at the Art Gallery of Peterborough, 250 Crescent St., and features one piece by each participating artist and marker. According to organizers, the exhibit “seeks to capture the outstanding quality, spirit, and variety available on this year’s tour.”

The exhibit runs until Oct. 3 and can be viewed Thursdays through Sundays by appointment. Please call the gallery at 705-743-9179 to arrange an appointment.

Book signing

Examiner writer Joanne Culley will be signing copies of her new novel “Claudette on the Keys” on Saturday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the META4 Gallery, 164 Hunter St. W.

Inspired by true events, the book is about a pianist who follows fortune but instead finds fascism on the rise in this tale of intrigue in pre-war times.

The book is being released this fall by Crossfield Publishing, and is available for purchase for $20, cash or cheque.

For more information, please visit joanneculley.com or her Facebook page @ClaudetteOnTheKeysNOVEL.

Book donations

Friends of the Peterborough Public Library will once again be accepting donations of gently used books.

These donations are sold in semi-annual book sales and lobby sales, with all proceeds supporting library collections and programs.

In addition to fiction and nonfiction books, for adults, young adults and children, donations of audiobooks on CD, music CDs and DVDs are also accepted.

Donations are accepted at the main library branch, 378 Aylmer St., Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Donations should be placed on the conveyor belt behind the small door on the southwest corner of the library building, facing Shoppers Drug Mart, off Bethune Street.

For more information, please visit ptbolibrary.ca/FOL or call 705-745-5382 ext. 2339.