2013 Art Calendar for Sale

Here are the photos of the paintings that are featured  in our 2013 Art Calendar: The calendars are $20 each + $4.50 postage and may be ordered using PAYPAL You can use your credit card without establishing a Paypal account if you wish.

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History Crashes Against The Present Like a Wave

by Andrea Redmond

acrylic collage on board

Blacksmith Shop

by Carol Ann McNeil

Swiss Air Memorial

by Carol Morrison

oil on canvas

Fish Stages

by Denise Lanterman

acrylic on canvas

The Old Red Schoolhouse

by Donna Mancini

mixed media

At the Fish Table

by Jackie Cleveland

Peggy's Cove, Winter

by Jan Shilletto

watercolour

Yellow Boat

Jim Cleveland

Yellow Church in Winter

by Maria Kuttner

Granite Sunbath

by Mitchell Inglis

acrylic on canvas

Red Dory

by Olga Fredericks

Reverence and Harbour Mist Docked at Peggy's Cove

by Paulette Melanson

acrylic on canvas

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Studio Tour Prize Winner

During our Open Studio Weekend, July 21 and 22, if you visited 5 or more studios you were eligible to enter a draw to win a $500 gift certificate to be spent with any of our participating artists. We drew for the prize on July 27, after all eligible passport were returned to festival headquarters at Bay Hammocks in Seabright.

Arch Chisholm, owner of Bay Hammocks, held the basket of passports and Skye Chadwick, a visitor from Wellington, New Zealand made the draw.

And the winner was:

Chris Trotter from Hubbards, Nova Scotia

Paint Peggy's Cove and Tide Pool Tour for the Kids

Today at Peggy's Cove. For the Tide Pool Tour children should come to the Swiss Air Memorial parking lot across from the Whale's Back.any time between 10am and 2pm. More information here.

Paint Peggy's Cove will be happening throughout the village. 

Just follow the signs to find where you can find paintings on display and look for small blue flags that will indicate that the person is a Paint Peggy's Cove artist.

Tide Pool Tour and Face Painting

Especially for the young people:

Or details here

Paint Peggy's Cove

30 Maritime Artists will be painting Peggy's Cove on July 14 and 15. Another great opportunity to view our wonderful painters as they create beautiful works of art. And a great opportunity to buy directly from the artist. Here is a small sapling of the work from these artists:

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Opening Reception - July 12, 2012

Tickets are now available to the Opening Reception for this year's Festival to be held at Shining Waters Marina in Tantallon at 7 pm on July 12, 2012. The Emcee for this art filled evening will be Fred Connors, Owner and Creative Director at FRED in Halifax. Auctioneer for the live auction of paintings included on the art calendar is Brad McCaughan. Tickets are available at the door or in advance at Bay Hammocks, 11452 Peggy's Cove Rd, 820-3045 or contact via email

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This evening event is a major fund raiser for the festival and a full house will guarantee a great festival next year so we appreciate your attendance and support.

Our 2013 Art Calendar will be introduced and the live auction will be for the 12 paintings shown on the poster above. A copy of the calendar is included in the ticket price.


The artists who created the paintings will be on hand to discuss their work and sign their painting in the calendar if you wish and

A silent auction of works of art other members of our festival arts group will also be featured.

Light musical entertainment by local composer, singer, pianist and performer Deborah Gabinet.

This will be a great opportunity to start or add to your collection of local fine art.

You can view larger photos of the paintings here

2013 Art Calendar

Here art photos of the paintings that will appear in our 2013 Art Calendar that will be launched for sale at the Opening Reception and Art Auction on July 12, 2012.

(If you left click on the photos they will appear in a larger view)

History Crashes Against The Present Like a Wave

by Andrea Redmond

acrylic collage on board

Blacksmith Shop

by Carol Ann McNeil

Swiss Air Memorial

by Carol Morrison

oil on canvas

Fish Stages

by Denise Lanterman

acrylic on canvas

The Old Red Schoolhouse

by Donna Mancini

mixed media

At the Fish Table

by Jackie Cleveland

Peggy's Cove, Winter

by Jan Shilletto

watercolour

Yellow Boat

Jim Cleveland

Yellow Church in Winter

by Maria Kuttner

Granite Sunbath

by Mitchell Inglis

acrylic on canvas

Red Dory

by Olga Fredericks

Reverence and Harbour Mist Docked at Peggy's Cove

by Paulette Melanson

acrylic on canvas

All these paintings will be for sale by auction at the reception. Tickets for the reception are $20. Please email to order

Great Yard Sale

May 19, 9am at the Finer Diner on the Peggy's cove Road in Hackett's Cove. This is a fund raiser for or festival and there are lots of great bargains. All items contributed by local artists. You never know what interesting things you may find.

Aspotogan Arts and Crafts Annual Member Show and Sale

Saturday May 12 and Sunday May 13 at the Community Centre in Blandford on the Aspotogan Peninsula. The drive to Blandford, skirting St. Margaret's Bay, is beautiful and at the end you will find lots of amazing artists displaying their work. Demonstrations, children's workshops and refreshments as well.

 Follow Highway 103 to Hubbards (exit 6) and route 329 to Blandford. Follow the signs to the Community Centre.

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We hope to see you there.

You Could Win

One of three baskets filled with small works of original art.

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Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. Now available from the Finer Diner in Hackett`s Cove. Coming soon to our Members` Art and Craft Gallery at The Bay Hammock Company in Seabright (opening April 14, 2012) and from our members. You will also be able to purchase tickets at Saltscapes April 27 to 29, and at the Old Man Luedecke Concert April 29, 2012.

All proceeds go to fund the festival
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Old Man Luedecke Concert April 29

Tickets are now available for the Old Man Luedecke concert, April 29, 2012, St Luke's Church, Upper Tantallon. You can purchase them at Redmond's Home Hardware or Delish Fine Foods in  Upper Tantallon, Lesley's Pantry in Chester, Argyle Fine Art in Halifax or order on line here.

Patricia MacCulloch exhibit at The Trellis

There are so many interesting and skilled visual and performance artists living in our area. Patricia Bredin MacCulloch is among them.

Patricia MacCulloch

Patricia is a retired Broadway actor who starred in several British and Broadway plays including Camelot where she had the distinction of succeeding Julie Andrews as Guinevere. More info. Following the death of her husband she turned her attention to running the family farm and turned this experience into a best selling book "My Fling on the Farm".  Patricia has a home in Northwest Cove where she paints incredible pictures. Her exhibit at The Trellis Cafe in Hubbards opens this Sunday, March 11 at 3pm. Drop in to view her paintings and meet Patricia. You will be glad you did.

2012 Festival Planning is Underway

Only 4 months until our Celebration of Art in the Peggy`s Cove Area and we can hardly wait. So many exciting things are happening:

- Opening Reception - July 12, 2012 Shining Waters Marina. Join for hors d`oeuvres and wine, enjoy some great entertainment and meet our artists. Tickets $20.

- Our artists are producing a calendar featuring their paintings. It will sell for $20 with all proceeds going to pay for our festival. The art for the calendar will be juried. The calendar will be launched at our opening reception,  July 12, 2012 at Shining Waters Marina. The original paintings used on the calendar will be auctioned that evening by actor and auctioneer par excellence John Dunsworth. More info soon.

- The festival has expanded its geographical area to include artists in Hubbards and the Aspotogan Peninsula an area that is home to many great Nova Scotia artists. This means a greatly expanded Studio Tour - plan to spend the weekend here to take in as many studios and galleries as possible. Great local accommodation can be found on the Peggy`s Cove Coastal Region website

- The headquarters for the Paint Peggy`s Cove event will be the historic St. John`s Anglican Church.  A lot of restoration work was done on the church last year and we are looking forward to displaying the paintings completed during Paint Peggy`s Cove there, 10% of the proceeds from sale of these paintings will go to help replenish the church`s funds.

- Friday the 13th just calls for a special event. We are working on something that will be great fun and new to our area. I can hardly wait to tell you about it.

- In conjunction with the Indian Point Young Naturalists Club we are planning a great event for the kids. More info soon.

- Artscape 2012 - June 29,30 and July 1

- Music - two concerts are in the planning stages - more info soon.

New Logo

Planning has started for this year's festival to be held July 12 to 22, 2012. Here is our new logo. We think this will make participating artists and events easy to find as you travel our art route from Prospect around St. Margaret's Bay to Blandford.