1998-1999 PROGRAM
MANAGING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES - ONTARIO STYLE
Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 1998 - Course Fee: $25
This course of 4 lectures examines how we manage our natural resources, with an emphasis on Ontario: preserving prime farmland, protecting the Niagara Escarpment, land-use planning Grey County style and land stewardship. Subjects include: Canada's agricultural land base and urban growth patterns, the special attributes of the Niagara Peninsula and recent provincial government actions; geological history of the Escarpment, its attributes, the history of efforts to protect it and major development proposals in the local area; Grey County's resources, growth patterns and population characteristics, municipal-provincial conflicts over planning and citizen participation and environmental watchdog organizations; and provincial downloading of environmental protection responsibilities, county responsibilities, environmental activist groups and the role of private landowners in caring for the land.
MUCH ADO ABOUT STRATFORD
November 25, 1998 - Seminar Fee: $35
This one-day seminar, including lunch, provides a prologue of the upcoming 1999 program for Stratford Shakespearean Festival. Messrs. Edinborough and Ouzounian will carry on a dialogue about the plays, both Shakespearean and other, including the literary significance of each play, the historical context, and their staging in modern times. Arnold Edinborough is an educator, editor, author and dedicated promoter of the Arts in Canada. Richard Ouzounian is involved with the performing arts as an actor, theatre critic, playwright and artistic director serving 4 seasons as an Associate Director of the Stratford Festival.
CANADA'S CULTURAL EXPLOSION: 1950 - 2000
Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 1999 - Course Fee: $30
This course of 5 lectures, by Arnold Edinborough, examines Canada's cultural explosion from 1950 to 2000 and its effect on our society culturally, economically and politically. Subjects include: the state of Canadian arts and culture before the Massey Commission and the start of the Stratford and Shaw Festivals, the National Ballet Company and the Canadian Opera Company; the Centennial, Expo and its enormous effects and the founding of regional arts centres, orchestras and drama companies; the growth of theatre coast to coast and the rise and fall of music and drama festivals; the growth of visual arts and new arts centres and museums; how these remarkable achievements are now threatened by cuts in public funding.
THE ENJOYMENT OF CONTEMPORARY ART
April 23, 30, May 7, 14, 1999 - Course Fee: $25
This course of 4 lectures will discuss the essence of painting and sculpture, with practical suggestions on becoming an informed connoisseur, how to look at, appreciate and judge works of art; what is available to buy on the art scene; and what makes works sell. Subjects include: the essence of painting - how to look at it, the basic elements, the basic relations with key examples from Cezanne, Picasso, Pollock and others; the essence of sculpture - how to look at it, the basic elements, the basic relations with key examples from ancient Greeks, Michelangelo, Brancusi and others; some guidelines from the experts in terms of what is good art; and what is available/happening in Toronto and elsewhere in contemporary art, current issues, presentation of actual examples of current work, what makes work sell and when you buy art.
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