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Welcome to the The Creemore Echo’s Arts Edition, an exploration of the artists and the themes that will be at this weekend’s Creemore Festival of the Arts. While the volunteers with Purple Hills [...]

Banda, that unmarked ghost town south of Avening, has the advantage of two townships remembering its history. Banda sat, and still sits, on the townline of Mulmur and Nottawasaga townships. [...]

The next generation is carrying on the tradition of Canadian clown, an internationally recognized style that is developed through deep personal exploration. Creative partners France Huot and [...]

Actor Anastasia Phillips will be flying in from Nova Scotia, where she is on the set of The Trades, to present The Gogo Show at Creemore Festival of the Arts. She describes it as the story of [...]

For Begonia, also known as Alexa Dirks, her visual identity is just as important as her music. The musician’s newest album Fantasy Life, to be released Oct. 24, was written in L.A. and recorded [...]

“When we engage with nature, it speaks back to us,” according to Samay Arcentales Cajas. “If we ignore it, it will not.” Arcentales Cajas was born in Toronto, but spent much of her childhood in [...]

If you were to ask Jessica Tamlin about her artist’s residency, which provided her the gift of eight solid days of solitude to focus on her art, she would tell you it didn’t exactly go as [...]

For the past four years, Sophie Hansen has been spending weekends in the Creemore area, and trying to figure out how she can move here full-time. “This is where I get to work on my art,” she [...]

Merryn Edgar claims she fell into art. She grew up in a creative family and attended the Oxford School of Art. After leaving England at the age of 18, she tried various creative pursuits. “I [...]