Sacred Water Circle Gathering Fundraiser

This beautiful carved piece depicts an Otter and Eagle. Would make a great addition to any room or collection!

It's valued at $110.

Generously donated by Becky Big Canoe.

This beautiful 9in x 7in print features the convergence of a rocky shore and serene blue water. It comes matted and signed by the artist, Corin Ford Forrester. It would be a great addition to any room!

All proceeds from the auction go towards the Sacred Water Circle and the Gathering being held on May 2nd - 4th 2014. More information is available here: https://www.sacredwater.ca/

If you like this print, be sure to attend the annual Sacred Water Circle Gathering art exhibit taking place on May 2nd from 7-9pm. We will have a variety of esteemed artists and amazing prints, both Native and non-Native. A portion of the sales will go to the Sacred Water Circle.

Artist Biography:

Corin Ford Forrester is an emerging photographic artist with a background in Science (Bsc. University of Guelph 1999).  In 2006 she studied traditional black and white photography at the Haliburton School of the Arts where she received the highest standing in the Sir Sanford Fleming College Photo Arts program.  Since that time she has exhibited and sold her work in numerous festivals and galleries in the Kawarthas, where she is based, and in Toronto and Ottawa. 

In the spring of 2009 she was selected to exhibit work in the Eastern Ontario Artists Market Place at Toronto’s One of A Kind Show. The same year her image Legacy III was awarded the grand prize in the environmental photography exhibition at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.  Legacy VII was published in the Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice in the fall of 2010 in an article about the health effects of the uranium cycle on human health. 

In 2012 the work In Harmony was selected to be a part of the Triennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough.  While, in April of 2013 Corin had a solo exhibition in the highly successful SPARK Photography festival in Peterborough, ON.

Corin uses digital photography techniques to blend black and white images of the human form with landscapes both natural and manmade. Her work often explores the tremendous impact that human beings have on the planet, as well the connection between human beings and the natural world. 

http://www.corinfordforrester.com/

This unique 8.5in x 17in print features a man as one with a leaf. It's valued at $390. (Matted to 14in x 23.6in)

It comes matted and signed by the artist, Corin Ford Forrester. It would be a great addition to any room!

All proceeds from the auction go towards the Sacred Water Circle and the Gathering being held on May 2nd - 4th 2014. More information is available here: https://www.sacredwater.ca/

If you like this print, be sure to attend the annual Sacred Water Circle Gathering art exhibit taking place on May 2nd from 7-9pm. We will have a variety of esteemed artists and amazing prints, both Native and non-Native. A portion of the sales will go to the Sacred Water Circle.

Artist Biography:

Corin Ford Forrester is an emerging photographic artist with a background in Science (Bsc. University of Guelph 1999).  In 2006 she studied traditional black and white photography at the Haliburton School of the Arts where she received the highest standing in the Sir Sanford Fleming College Photo Arts program.  Since that time she has exhibited and sold her work in numerous festivals and galleries in the Kawarthas, where she is based, and in Toronto and Ottawa. 

In the spring of 2009 she was selected to exhibit work in the Eastern Ontario Artists Market Place at Toronto’s One of A Kind Show. The same year her image Legacy III was awarded the grand prize in the environmental photography exhibition at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.  Legacy VII was published in the Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice in the fall of 2010 in an article about the health effects of the uranium cycle on human health. 

In 2012 the work In Harmony was selected to be a part of the Triennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough.  While, in April of 2013 Corin had a solo exhibition in the highly successful SPARK Photography festival in Peterborough, ON.

Corin uses digital photography techniques to blend black and white images of the human form with landscapes both natural and manmade. Her work often explores the tremendous impact that human beings have on the planet, as well the connection between human beings and the natural world. 

http://www.corinfordforrester.com/

This unique 6in x 10.5in print features a woman entwined with beautiful flowers. It's valued at $140. (Matted to 12in x 15in)

It comes matted and signed by the artist, Corin Ford Forrester. It would be a great addition to any room!

All proceeds from the auction go towards the Sacred Water Circle and the Gathering being held on May 2nd - 4th 2014. More information is available here: https://www.sacredwater.ca/

If you like this print, be sure to attend the annual Sacred Water Circle Gathering art exhibit taking place on May 2nd from 7-9pm. We will have a variety of esteemed artists and amazing prints, both Native and non-Native. A portion of the sales will go to the Sacred Water Circle.

Artist Biography:

Corin Ford Forrester is an emerging photographic artist with a background in Science (Bsc. University of Guelph 1999).  In 2006 she studied traditional black and white photography at the Haliburton School of the Arts where she received the highest standing in the Sir Sanford Fleming College Photo Arts program.  Since that time she has exhibited and sold her work in numerous festivals and galleries in the Kawarthas, where she is based, and in Toronto and Ottawa. 

In the spring of 2009 she was selected to exhibit work in the Eastern Ontario Artists Market Place at Toronto’s One of A Kind Show. The same year her image Legacy III was awarded the grand prize in the environmental photography exhibition at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.  Legacy VII was published in the Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice in the fall of 2010 in an article about the health effects of the uranium cycle on human health. 

In 2012 the work In Harmony was selected to be a part of the Triennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough.  While, in April of 2013 Corin had a solo exhibition in the highly successful SPARK Photography festival in Peterborough, ON.

Corin uses digital photography techniques to blend black and white images of the human form with landscapes both natural and manmade. Her work often explores the tremendous impact that human beings have on the planet, as well the connection between human beings and the natural world. 

http://www.corinfordforrester.com/

This amazing 22in x 28in original print is number 11 out of only 100 copies created! It has a value of $900.

It's a beautiful design which features an elegant Moon Goddess on a serene blue background. NOTE: There is a very small scratch on the corner.

All proceeds from the auction go towards the Sacred Water Circle and the Gathering being held on May 2nd - 4th 2014. More information is available here: https://www.sacredwater.ca/

If you like this print, be sure to attend the annual Sacred Water Circle Gathering art exhibit taking place on May 2nd from 7-9pm. We will have a variety of esteemed artists and amazing prints, both Native and non-Native. A portion of the sales will go to the Sacred Water Circle.

Artist Biography:

Maxine Noel (Ioyan Mani)

Maxine was born in the Canadian province of Manitoba of Santee Oglala Sioux parents. She spent her early childhood on her mother's reserve but at the age of six she left to attend an Indian residential school. Maxine's early career as a legal secretary was soon overshadowed by her preoccupation with painting and drawing. She took a course in advanced design where a teacher noticed Maxine's tendency toward linear expression and encouraged her in the use of shape and line to suggest movement. She learned those lessons well as evidenced by much of her work today. Since those early days Maxine has mastered the skills of painting and drawing plus the processes of serigraphy, etching and stone lithography. Recently she has turned her talents to the creation of editions in cast paper and limited edition bronze castings.

Maxine has received excellent response to her work and is now able to devote herself full-time to the creation of art.

Maxine Noel signs her artwork with her Sioux name IOYAN MANI, which translates as 'Walk Beyond'.

Moon by Robert Davidson, 1976

Serigraph #201 of 364.

Davidson's other similar prints are valued around $1000. It has been professionally matted and framed.

"One cool, crisp evening as Davidson walked from his studio to the house, the crescent moon stood out against the dark sky like a bright piece of a circle. The beauty of it impressed him, and the shape challenged him, for a circle is the most difficult with which to work in Northwest Coast art.

He saw the moon as a pendant, hanging there, and it became the beginning of a series of art works formed within a circle. He was to use the shape in many ways, from a small silver pendant to a large wooden screen, as well as in several silkscreen prints. From the pendant design - which was the moon, crescent-shaped but containing a human - he created an unusual series of prints, repeating the design using different colour combinations and backgrounds in order to experience the moon in different ways.

Davidson was intrigued with the type of blue-green that had been used in the past, and so for this print he experimented with the mixing of pigments to achieve the colour he wanted. Pleased with the result, he used it again on subsequent prints.

Many months later, when Davidson began to be more aware of himself and his relationship to his work, he saw that the man in the moon was himself. The hand forming the mouth symbolized for him the use of his hands as a mouthpiece since he communicated through his art."

The above comments are taken from Haida Printmaker, Hilary Stewart.

Davidson is one of Canada’s most respected and important contemporary visual artists. A Northwest Coast native of Haida and Tlingit Descent, he is a master carver of totem poles and masks and works in a variety of other media as a printmaker, painter and jeweler. Davidson’s passion to revive and perpetuate a variety of forms of Haida cultural expression, including song, dance and ceremony, has fueled his remarkable output throughout the years.

Donated generously by Peter Taylor and Mary Moogk.

This colourful 9.8in x 7in print features green and red ferns on the edge of blue water. It comes matted and signed by the artist, Corin Ford Forrester. It would be a great addition to any room!

All proceeds from the auction go towards the Sacred Water Circle and the Gathering being held on May 2nd - 4th 2014. More information is available here: https://www.sacredwater.ca/

If you like this print, be sure to attend the annual Sacred Water Circle Gathering art exhibit taking place on May 2nd from 7-9pm. We will have a variety of esteemed artists and amazing prints, both Native and non-Native. A portion of the sales will go to the Sacred Water Circle.

Artist Biography:

Corin Ford Forrester is an emerging photographic artist with a background in Science (Bsc. University of Guelph 1999).  In 2006 she studied traditional black and white photography at the Haliburton School of the Arts where she received the highest standing in the Sir Sanford Fleming College Photo Arts program.  Since that time she has exhibited and sold her work in numerous festivals and galleries in the Kawarthas, where she is based, and in Toronto and Ottawa. 

In the spring of 2009 she was selected to exhibit work in the Eastern Ontario Artists Market Place at Toronto’s One of A Kind Show. The same year her image Legacy III was awarded the grand prize in the environmental photography exhibition at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.  Legacy VII was published in the Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice in the fall of 2010 in an article about the health effects of the uranium cycle on human human health. 

In 2012 the work In Harmony was selected to be a part of the Triennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough.  While, in April of 2013 Corin had a solo exhibition in the highly successful SPARK Photography festival in Peterborough, ON.

Corin uses digital photography techniques to blend black and white images of the human form with landscapes both natural and manmade. Her work often explores the tremendous impact that human beings have on the planet, as well the connection between human beings and the natural world. 

http://www.corinfordforrester.com/

This calm 7in x 7in print features a lovely shore filled with beautiful rocks of varying colours and clear blue water. It comes matted and signed by the artist, Corin Ford Forrester. It would be a great addition to any room!

All proceeds from the auction go towards the Sacred Water Circle and the Gathering being held on May 2nd - 4th 2014. More information is available here: https://www.sacredwater.ca/

If you like this print, be sure to attend the annual Sacred Water Circle Gathering art exhibit taking place on May 2nd from 7-9pm. We will have a variety of esteemed artists and amazing prints, both Native and non-Native. A portion of the sales will go to the Sacred Water Circle.

Artist Biography:

Corin Ford Forrester is an emerging photographic artist with a background in Science (Bsc. University of Guelph 1999).  In 2006 she studied traditional black and white photography at the Haliburton School of the Arts where she received the highest standing in the Sir Sanford Fleming College Photo Arts program.  Since that time she has exhibited and sold her work in numerous festivals and galleries in the Kawarthas, where she is based, and in Toronto and Ottawa. 

In the spring of 2009 she was selected to exhibit work in the Eastern Ontario Artists Market Place at Toronto’s One of A Kind Show. The same year her image Legacy III was awarded the grand prize in the environmental photography exhibition at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.  Legacy VII was published in the Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice in the fall of 2010 in an article about the health effects of the uranium cycle on human human health. 

In 2012 the work In Harmony was selected to be a part of the Triennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough.  While, in April of 2013 Corin had a solo exhibition in the highly successful SPARK Photography festival in Peterborough, ON.

Corin uses digital photography techniques to blend black and white images of the human form with landscapes both natural and manmade. Her work often explores the tremendous impact that human beings have on the planet, as well the connection between human beings and the natural world. 

http://www.corinfordforrester.com/

This amazing 9.8in x 7in print features a mountain and a reflection of clear blue water with a touch of light clouds. It comes matted and signed by the artist, Corin Ford Forrester. It would be a great addition to any room!

All proceeds from the auction go towards the Sacred Water Circle and the Gathering being held on May 2nd - 4th 2014. More information is available here: https://www.sacredwater.ca/

If you like this print, be sure to attend the annual Sacred Water Circle Gathering art exhibit taking place on May 2nd from 7-9pm. We will have a variety of esteemed artists and amazing prints, both Native and non-Native. A portion of the sales will go to the Sacred Water Circle.

Artist Biography:

Corin Ford Forrester is an emerging photographic artist with a background in Science (Bsc. University of Guelph 1999).  In 2006 she studied traditional black and white photography at the Haliburton School of the Arts where she received the highest standing in the Sir Sanford Fleming College Photo Arts program.  Since that time she has exhibited and sold her work in numerous festivals and galleries in the Kawarthas, where she is based, and in Toronto and Ottawa. 

In the spring of 2009 she was selected to exhibit work in the Eastern Ontario Artists Market Place at Toronto’s One of A Kind Show. The same year her image Legacy III was awarded the grand prize in the environmental photography exhibition at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.  Legacy VII was published in the Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice in the fall of 2010 in an article about the health effects of the uranium cycle on human human health. 

In 2012 the work In Harmony was selected to be a part of the Triennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough.  While, in April of 2013 Corin had a solo exhibition in the highly successful SPARK Photography festival in Peterborough, ON.

Corin uses digital photography techniques to blend black and white images of the human form with landscapes both natural and manmade. Her work often explores the tremendous impact that human beings have on the planet, as well the connection between human beings and the natural world. 

http://www.corinfordforrester.com/

This calming 9.8in x 7in print features a lovely tundra landscape with a bright red canoe in the centre. It is reminiscent and very calming. It comes matted and signed by the artist, Corin Ford Forrester. It would be a great addition to any room!

All proceeds from the auction go towards the Sacred Water Circle and the Gathering being held on May 2nd - 4th 2014. More information is available here: https://www.sacredwater.ca/

If you like this print, be sure to attend the annual Sacred Water Circle Gathering art exhibit taking place on May 2nd from 7-9pm. We will have a variety of esteemed artists and amazing prints, both Native and non-Native. A portion of the sales will go to the Sacred Water Circle.

Artist Biography:

Corin Ford Forrester is an emerging photographic artist with a background in Science (Bsc. University of Guelph 1999).  In 2006 she studied traditional black and white photography at the Haliburton School of the Arts where she received the highest standing in the Sir Sanford Fleming College Photo Arts program.  Since that time she has exhibited and sold her work in numerous festivals and galleries in the Kawarthas, where she is based, and in Toronto and Ottawa. 

In the spring of 2009 she was selected to exhibit work in the Eastern Ontario Artists Market Place at Toronto’s One of A Kind Show. The same year her image Legacy III was awarded the grand prize in the environmental photography exhibition at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.  Legacy VII was published in the Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice in the fall of 2010 in an article about the health effects of the uranium cycle on human human health. 

In 2012 the work In Harmony was selected to be a part of the Triennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough.  While, in April of 2013 Corin had a solo exhibition in the highly successful SPARK Photography festival in Peterborough, ON.

Corin uses digital photography techniques to blend black and white images of the human form with landscapes both natural and manmade. Her work often explores the tremendous impact that human beings have on the planet, as well the connection between human beings and the natural world. 

http://www.corinfordforrester.com/

This amazing 167 page book features a collection of stories, pictures and maps which explores the history, experiences, flora, fauna, and landscape of one of Canada's undiscovered ecotones. It's valued at $30.

All proceeds from the auction go to the Sacred Water Circle and the Gathering taking place from May 2nd - 4th 2014. We appreciate your generosity and thank you for your support! For more information on the Sacred Water Circle please visit https://www.sacredwater.ca/

The Land Between Biography:

The Land Between's vision is to instill a sense of place and pride in the residents of the region by characterizing, communicating, celebrating, enhancing and conserving the unique ecological, cultural, and socio-economic features of the region. The organization operates efficiently, collaboratively, and with accountability.

For more information please visit http://www.thelandbetween.ca/.

Do you love vegetables? This amazing mix of Heirloom potatoes includes a variety of choices for you and your family to enjoy. This includes a mix of adirandack red, adirandack blue, banana fingerling, irish cobblers, and linzer fingerling potatoes. This is valued at $40.

For more great vegetables and fruits, contact:

Martins Fruit and Vegetable Farm

Unique Fruits and Vegetables

705-653-0389

Campbellford, Ontario

Donated by Martins Fruit and Vegetable Farm.

This delicious bundle includes:

• Coffee (valued at $15)
• Chocolate Drink Puck (valued at $5)
• Eating Chocolate (valued at $5)

More information on these products and many other delicious items is available here: ChocoSol Traders (http://chocosoltraders.com)

Founded in 2004 in Oaxaca, Mexico, ChocoSol is now in its tenth year. ChocoSol is a learning community/social enterprise that focuses on making the ‘food of the gods’ – commonly known as cacao – into fresh, whole food, stone ground chocolate on an artisanal scale.

Our artisanal chocolate is a symbol that embodies our values of socially just, ecological chocolate made, not only, with a ‘cradle to cradle’ approach, but also, charged with the use of solar energy, bicycle-powered product deliveries, and pedal-powered machines such as bicycle blenders at farmers’ markets and special events.

At ChocoSol, we consider ourselves slow food chocolate makers. Our whole food chocolate is made in small batches on site at our 1131 St. Clair Avenue West location in Toronto. Our chocolate is free of dairy, gluten, soy, nuts, preservatives or additives, and is also vegan. ChocoSol products are also wrapped in compostable and reusable packaging.

The main ingredient used in our chocolate is the organically- and shade-grown cacao bean sourced directly from Indigenous communities and forest gardens in the Lacondon Jungle of Chiapas, Mexico and the Oaxacan mountains of Southern Mexico. Our reciprocal horizontal trade relationships with the farmers go beyond the exchange of commodities, and extend to the exchange of heirloom seedlings, best practices and social enterprise models.

We specialize in both eating chocolate and drinking chocolate (xocolatl), and offer a number of other forest garden foods sourced directly from Mexican farmers such as coffee, cacao nibs, achiote, cinnamon and vanilla pods, among others.

We also use ingredients that are grown in Southern Ontario. The use of these ingredients extends to our corn tortillas, currently sold seasonally in farmers’ markets. Some of our locally sourced ingredients include: hemp seeds, maple sugar, herbs, spices, chilis, vegetables (corn, sprouts, tomatoes), and cheese among other products.

Donated by Dan of ChocoSol Peterborough.

This lovely basket is filled with frgarant and delicious Kyoto coffee and tea. It's valued at $75.

Kyoto Coffee

We love coffee. We also love the idea that coffee can provide trade, not aid, to small crop farmers and co-operatives from around the world. Our company focus is on providing organic, planet-friendly coffee. That's why we source our beans from companies who import a selection of organic coffee from the finest growing regions of the world. We are also proud supporters of many ethical coffee's. The result? Our earth wins, since no chemicals are used and, in many cases, the rainforest is used to help grow the coffee and not torn down. This means that the birds and animals who live in the trees don’t lose their habitat or digest poison, so they also win. The farmer wins because we pay more for that planet-friendly bean. You win because you have great tasting, fresh coffee today with no chemicals and surprisingly, it isn’t as expensive as you might think. Your children win, because every step toward a green future preserves their future.

For more great gift ideas, coffees and teas, visit Kyoto Coffee's website at http://www.kyotocoffee.ca/.

Donated by Kyoto Coffee.

This valuable certificate entitles you to 1.5 hours of creative writing assistance from esteemed author Margaret Slavin Dyment. Work on your writing skills, a perfect gift for any budding writers or anybody looking to get started with personal writing. Expires on November 16th, 2014. It's valued at $90.

Artist Biography:

Margaret Slavin Dyment is a writer, teacher and former bookseller. She has Masters’ degrees in French and English Literature from Queen’s University and the University of Waterloo, and studied theology for one year at Yale. She writes book reviews, articles, study guides, columns, poetry, and short stories.

Her collection of short fiction, Drawing the Spaces, was published in 1994 by Orca Book Publishers of Victoria and is still available from Write Away!. Her stories were chosen three times for the Oberon anthology, Best Canadian Stories (’83, ’89, ’91) and again for the McClelland and Stewart Journey Prize Anthology. Stories have been published in literary magazines and in a Reference West chapbook. There have also been two chapbooks of poems, I Didn’t Get Used To It (Ouroboros, Ottawa) and Tracing A Line (Ekstasis Editions, Victoria). She has had poetry in literary magazines and in anthologies, including Garden Varieties, League of Canadian Poets, 1988, and The Fernwood Anthology, (Ekstasis), 1994.

She is a member of the Periodical Writers’ Association of Canada, a founding member of the Victoria Writers Society and the Victoria Literary Arts Festival Society, founding director and current advisory board member of the Victoria School of Writing. She serves on the editorial board of Quaker Concern.

Margaret Slavin Dyment has taught Creative Writing in the Department of English Literature, Trent University; with Carleton University, Ottawa, with the Ottawa Board of Education, and with Write Away!. She has taught writing and editing workshops for school boards, art councils, writers’ groups and conferences.

In 2000-2001 she was writer-in-residence at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.

This amazing CD will guide you through the iconic and scenic story of a landscape in Canada. A perfect gift for those interested in Canada's history and environment. Listen while you drive to work or while walking. It's valued at $25.

All proceeds from the auction go to the Sacred Water Circle and the Gathering taking place from May 2nd - 4th 2014. We appreciate your generosity and thank you for your support! For more information on the Sacred Water Circle please visit https://www.sacredwater.ca/

The Land Between Biography:

The Land Between's vision is to instill a sense of place and pride in the residents of the region by characterizing, communicating, celebrating, enhancing and conserving the unique ecological, cultural, and socio-economic features of the region. The organization operates efficiently, collaboratively, and with accountability.

For more information please visit http://www.thelandbetween.ca/.

Are you or someone you know a huge chocolate fan? This amazing 4.5 kilogram (10 pound) Toblerone Bar would be a treat for anybody! It's worth $81.

It was generously donated by Ausma Clappison of GreenUP and her husband Mark.

Don't forget to take a look at the Sacred Water Circle website (www.sacredwater.ca), and attend our Art Exhibit hppening on May 2nd from 7-9.