PHAHS is excited to bring back TEA AND HISTORY!

We have planned an event that will take us back to the days of education in one room schoolhouses.

Hear and see what it was like to be a teacher of 30-100 students enrolled in grades 1 thru 8, all in just one or two rooms. Our featured guest, Linda Hutsell-Manning, was a teacher in a one room schoolhouse located in Southern Ontario in the mid 1960s.

We also have some special guests who were students in local one room schoolhouses all located in the Purple Hills. Since many of those schoolhouses are still standing, we’ve created a driving tour that will guide you to the location of six local one room schoolhouses. Guide maps will provided at the event.

This is a FREE event so, arrive early to secure your seat at Station on The Green located in downtown Creemore.

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Art & Performance

Friday, September 29th 

Comedy Kick off with Martha Chaves | Comedian, actress, activist and playwright who is a regular in the comedy circuits in Canada, the US and Latin America at Just for Laughs and other festivals and on CBC radio. Presented by Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society with the help of Heirloom 142 and Lagom.

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National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

Saturday, September 30th

On this day we honour the resilience, dignity and strength of survivors and intergenerational survivors of Canada’s residential schools and remember the children who never came home by exploring the rich and diverse cultures, voices, experiences and histories of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

Our community has partnered with performers from the Moose Cree First Nation, Ermineskin Cree Nation and the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund to provide programming that moves reconciliation forward in a meaningful way. We invite you to join us in this ReconciliACTION. 

11 a.m. Indignary Featuring Winter Hawk with Pow Wow dancers Kolby Fox and Kehew Buffalo and Hip Hop dancer Jeali Bruno. Free thanks to member donations | Creemore Village Green

2 p.m. The Poets | Members of The Poets share their experiences living in the remote north Ontario communities of Moose Factory and Moosonee | St. John’s United Church

8 p.m. The Poets Tragically Hip Tribute Band from Moose Factory/Moosonee play the hits and share the spirit of Gord Downie, Chanie Wenjack, and reconciliation | Creemore Legion

Presented by Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society with the help of Dalton Associates.

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Presented by Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society
Hosted and curated by Mill Street Art Studio

We are looking for artists of all ages and talents to take part in our 10×10 Creemore Art Show! 

Step 1: Register HERE or in person at the Creemore Echo located at 3 Caroline Street, Creemore.

Step 2: Pick up your 10×10” birch canvas and pay your $20 registration fee at the Creemore Echo during store hours (Mon-Wed 9am-5pm, Thur-Fri 9am-4pm, Sat 10am-5pm and Sun 11am-4pm).

Step 3: Create your work of art, be it painting, drawing, printing, collage, photography…the sky’s the limit! All sales of artwork will be directed towards the artist.

Step 4: Drop off your finished 10×10” artwork at the Echo anytime before Sunday, May 21st. 

Your artwork will be hung in a curated group show at Mill Street Art Studio located at 148A Mill St. in downtown Creemore. The show will be open to the public Saturday, May 27th from 10am-5pm and Sunday, May 28th from 11am-4pm.  

We look forward to seeing what you create!

Thanks SO much to the members and sponsors of Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society! It’s because of your donations that we are able to provide programming like this to our community!

Clearview Township, J.W. Gordon Custom Builders Inc., Suzanne Lawence, Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited (Cheryl MacLaurin and Rob McAleer), The Creemore Echo, Creemore Village Pharmacy, Creemore Foodland, Keith C Boulter Law Office, Mountain Ridge, Rockside Campbell Design, Mill Street Art Studio

Are you interested in displaying and selling your art in Creemore’s village center during the annual Creemore Festival of the Arts Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.

If so now is the time to apply to be part of our Artists on Location Program. 

For more information and registration CLICK HERE.  

Deadline to apply is MAY 31, 2023

If you have any questions, please contact the Artist Coordinator – Martha Bull, 416-546-2555, (text preferred) marthaartist@gmail.com 

Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society is currently planning our annual fall weekend of visual art, music and performance. 

Our committee is currently brainstorming programming and we are looking to our community for input in the early phases of the process.

If you are interested in participating in anyway or have a suggestion for the committee please click here.

Greetings!

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Members of the Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society (PHAHS) is called for and will be held on Wednesday February 15, 2023 at 7:00pm via Zoom for the following purposes: 

1. To approve the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on January 23, 2022;
2. To receive and approve the financial statements for the financial year 2021/2022.
3. To appoint new Directors to the PHAHS Board
4. To transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting

Those interested in attending should RSVP no later than February 8^th, 2023 to:
vertical.pierre@gmail.com

The Zoom link information will be forwarded to you once RSVP is approved along with the 2021/22 financial statements.

If you have not renewed your membership this is a great time to do so. We can now receive e-transfers. Please click this link to renew.

Look forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,

Pierre Marcoux
President

WINTER IS A DRAG (SHOW)
Ages 19+ event

Sat. Feb 18 at the Creemore Legion, Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society invites you to pull off your parka, splash on some sparkles and join us for a fundraising drag show hosted by Enya Dreams. Enya brings queens Vylette and Katinka Kature as well as drag king TroyBoy Parks for a night of music, dancing and fun! All money raised will be used to provide arts and history programming in the community. TICKETS $25 each (plus ticket fees) Our first every drag show in the fall sold out quickly so don’t delay! Makes a perfect Valentine’s Day Gift!

A special THANK YOU to Beth Seabourne Harte for coordinating Kids’ Crafts at the Cabin!