For the time being Bridges Gallery is open by chance or appointment. We are only a couple of blocks away and will be happy serve your needs without delay.
Please call 519 370 2099
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Artists in Rome
Museum o
Sculpture Garden of Alexander the Great
Clarence, New York
Eleanor Pauling, James and Shay Culligan
are showing their Roman inspired work until
Nature's Millworks
Paisley Mill
Carol-Ann, Eleanor, Noel and James are showing their recent seasonal work
September 24 - October 16
Autumn Harvest Festival
This is a new event for Nature's Millworks. The show will feature artistic works that reflect the harvest theme. As well, samples of local produce will be sold along with some specially prepared food that will be available throughout the day. Dinners can be arranged by reservation on any of three evenings, Oct. 1, 8, 15 by calling (519-353-4017) or e-mailing Nature's Millworks at naturesmillworks@bmts.com PM meet the artists reception, September 24, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday evenings of fine dining
October 1st., 8th., and 15th., by reservation.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Scientist and Inventor Dr. Wilson Greatbatch is dead.
Scientist and Inventor Dr. Wilson Greatbatch
1919 - 2011
The inventor of the heart pacemaker, Dr. Wilson Greatbatch, is dead. The scientist died, according to the report from his family, on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 in Clarence, New York due to old age. On September 6, 2011 Greatbatch turned 92 years. Into his old age, he has been occupied with scientific work in various areas.
DR. Greatbatch patented the implantable heart pacemaker in Buffalo in 1962
In an intensive scientific work over several years, he succeeded in making the breakthrough to develop the system for the first implantable heart pacemaker. This was the basis for the further development of this life-saving device, which has since then improved the lives of millions of people around the world, and significantly prolonged their lives.
After this pioneering success, he founded in 1970 in Clarence, New York the firm "Greatbatch, Inc". And he concentrated on the development of a new kind of battery for the heart pacemaker. Only at a high age did he he withdraw from active participation in various business ventures, but he remained a tireless promoter of the company. Greatbatch received prestigeous awards and medals for his scientific work, and in the last 20 years he also supported art and culture. He was Grandmaster of the international Alexander Order for Art and Science (OAG), as the successor of the French writer Roger Peyrefitte (Paris).
The US Museum of European Art in Clarence, New York has dedicated the "Sculpture Garden of Alexander the Great" in Clarence to the couple Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch in 2008. On the day of his death, the blue and gold flag of the European Union was set at half-mast.
A great man and US patriot
The Chancellor of the OAG, Consul B. John Zavrel praised the deceased Grandmaster Greatbatch in a message as an "outstanding personality of our time" with a "heart of gold". "Wilson Greatbatch was also an exemplary patriot and US citizen, who actually lived the ideals of freedom, human dignity and understaning among the people in a democratic society", said Zavrel.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Bridges Art Gallery
is proud to present an exciting new exhibition
"Artists in Rome"
"Roman Rooftops" by Noel Martin
"Chianti, Tuscany" by James Culligan
"Castel Sant' Angelo" by Eleanor Pauling
"The Forum" by Carol-Ann Barrett
Show & Sale featuring work by
Eleanor Pauling,
Carol-Ann Barrett,
Noel Martin
James Culligan
Carol-Ann Barrett,
Noel Martin
James Culligan
inspired by their visit to Rome & Florence last fall.
The exhibition will feature sculpture, paintings in oil, acrylic as well as watercolour. pen & ink drawings and photography.
This is a wonderful opportunity to come and see the magnificent splendour of this fabulous country, be it the beautiful streets of Rome, the vineyards of Tuscany, the Colosseum, night life and excitement at The Pantheon, the Vatican, the Trevi Fountain, the ruins of Pompeii and the Roman Forum, “Old Bridges” and much more.
Friday June 24th to end of July
11am to 5pm daily, Tuesday through Sunday
Opening Reception Friday June 24th - 11pm to 8pm
You are invited to enjoy light refreshments, meet the artists, and more….
Clay Model in molding box.
Pouring Silicone Mold
Trimming the Mold
The Mouth of Truth (La Bocca della Verità )
In the portico of the Paleochristian church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, at the foot of the Aventine hills, a Roman statue is conserved that has attracted the attention and curiosity of tourists from all over the world. It is the "Bocca della Verità ", which in English means the Mouth of Truth, an ancient stone mask from the Classical period that represents a river god with an open mouth, wide eyes and a flowing mane of hair.
The reason for its unshakeable fame is a rather macabre legend associated with the mask since ancient times. If a liar puts their hand inside its mouth, they will lose it.
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