Following a suggestion from Warden Jane Toller, the MRC Pontiac has initiated the “Creative Development Fund”, comprising of an annual investment of $5,000 to assist local artists and artist-run centers in their creative process and operations.
In its first year, funds were allocated to Maxime Gallant, of Fort Coulonge; John-Phillip Smith, of Bristol; l’Association des Artistes du Pontiac; and Caitlin Brubacher, of Portage-du-Fort.
Two calls for artists are launched each year, one in the spring and one in the fall.
The spring call for 2022 is anticipated for April, but an exact date will be announced in the near future.
As well, the Pontiac Regional Art Collection has a new acquisition.
The regional art collection is a public compilation created in 2008.
“Sugar Bush” by Jelly Masse is the newest piece to be added to the Pontiac Regional Art Collection.
Created by Ms. Jelly Masse, of Île-du-Grand-Calumet, it is a 24×24 piece of acrylic on canvas that depicts a Mr. Rolland Demers, circa 1940’s, collecting maple syrup using his horse and a sled.
