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PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 , 1976, WHITBY FREE PRESS f1w rr rtBey and Paul WiIiams rtr rmMnra st ith ideas to try and redships etbihd B-y BRIAN WINTER Staff Wrter When Whitby ýartists Paul and Bey Wiliams returned from showing their work at the Olympies in Montreal and Kingston last month, they came home with new ideas to try out and friendships established with artists from ail parts of Canada. Paul, who was one of the first artists in Ontario to experiment with leather sculpture, learncd the tech- nique of sandblasting leather from a Quebec artist, and aise obtained a carving of a beaver frorn a Haida Indian of British Columbia, which lie is using as a mould for miaking leather pouches. His wife Bev, who has been weaving and working ini macrame for several years, learned how te do traditional Quebec style arrow, belt weaving, known as ceinture flechee. The. only, artists fromn Whitby pt exhibit at the- Olynipics, Mr. and Mrs. Williams were selected in March to represent Ontario craftsmen at the Olympic arts and culture programn in the Place Bonaventure in Montreal. "Paul Bennett, director of the Ontario Crafts Counicil, recommended us te the Ontario government as being people who are well- known in our field4", says Mrs. Williams. We've won a nuniber awards and over the iast five years we did demon- stratiens for the Ontario Crafts Council". Mr. and Mrs. Williams were among 80 craftsmen exhibit- ing at the Place Bonaventure, 40 cf whom were froni Quebec, and the remainder fromi the othier provinces of SNOW CLEARING TIENDERS INVITED WHITBY-OSHAWA Contract 76-T-7 Supply tandem truck with snow plow and sait spreader l'or use on GO Transit parking lots. Bid forms, specifications anid infdrniation may be obtained from Mr. Ken Yip-Clxuck at the office of the Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority,- 3625 Dufferin St., Downsvîew, Ontario; Telephone 630-2635. Submissions should be physicàlly received. at the Authority Secretary's Office at the above address not later than 1:00 p.m. E.D.S.T., Thursday, August 26, 1976. BIDS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED ON THE ABOVE DATE. TORONTO AREA TRANSIT 'OPERATING AUTHORITY Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Williams were among seven craftsmen from Ontario who exhibited from July 1 te 16, and another sevenrepresented the province for the final two weeks of July. "The general public. reaction was that Ontario and the rest of Canada were doing a better job than Quebec, although there were more exhibiters from Quebec", says Bey Williams. She recalîs that one Quebec woinan said te her: "You're putting the Quebcc artists te shame". Even theugh the public had its preferences, the artists thcmnselves becamie good friends and exchanged their works cf art and ideas on techniques. "The best thiing was the exehange cf ideas with other craftsmen in the top level", says Mrs. Willianis. lier nmost exciting mnomcnt cf the exhibition was meeting Marcel Marois, a well-known Quebec weaver. A number cf dignitaries attended the craft exhibition, and provided some special moments for Mr. and Mrs. Wiliiamns. One of these visitors wvas Lady Kilianin, wife cf the president cf the International Olympic Cornrittee, who made an unannounced visit with Mariette Rousseau Verrnette, whom Bey Williarns considers te be the best weavcr ini Canada. The visit was s0 spontan- cous that noc officiai photo- grapher was on the scene, ,and Olym-pic officiais asked Paul' Williams'1t'O take pictures "because nobody else had a camera". While talking to Mr. Williams, Lady Killanin noticed a pewter buekie in the form of a Celtic cross in his display. Mr. Williams offered her the buckle and she gave hlm an Iceland pin. Trading pins from the Canadian provinçes, and countries participating in the Olympics was a , popular passtime for the artists. Mrs. Williams said that everyone who attended the exhibition was interested in the artists demonstrations, and many camne back te watch several times specific artists at work. Lady Killanin stayed an hour longer than she liad intended, she said.,. Another important visitor was Ontario's Lieutenant- Governor Pauline McGibbon. She was invited to view the exhibition by Pcrcy Waxer, co-ordinator of' the cultural Olynîpics for Ontario, and after seeing the displays, she wrote in the guest book: "I don't want to leave", says Mrs. Williams. M rs. McGibbon's visit, unlike that of Lady Killanin, was cf an officiai nature, with a delegation of memibers of the Canadian Olympie Cornmittee. 1 Again, Paul Williais as asked te act as officiai photographer. The Lieute- nant--Governor asked some very intelligent questions about the artists' work, says Mrs. Williams, and after lier visit she. sent letters to Ontario >Premier 1 William Davis and other Cabinet miembers inviting themn to see the exhibition. Davis arrived the week after Mr. and Mrs. Willianms returned to Whitby. Mr. and Mrs. Williams estimate that about 40,000 people attended the craft exhibition at Place Bona- venture. Paul Wiliamns produced*a number of items in leather during his two- week stay, while Bey worked on a six by nine-foot rope sculpture. Paul and Bey Williams were the onlyOntario representa- tives at Montreal who also participated in an Olympic art exhibition at Kingston, the site of the water events. The Kingston Olympic Public Events Committee invited them to participate in a juried exhibition and, a Bey and Paul Williams, Whitby artists who exhibited their work at Montreal and Kingston for the Olympics, show off somne of their latest projects. Bey is holding "ceinture flecbee", Quebec-style arrow beit weaving, whicb she learned while in Montreal, and Paul is holding a leather pouch and the wooden mouid for the pouch, supplied to himn by a Haida Indian fromn British Columbia. Free Press Photo demonstration and craft sale at St. Lawrence College, adjacent te the Olynmpic site. Although the exhibition was fromn Juiy 23 te Aug. 1, MR. and Mn. and Mrs. Wiliams attend- cd only on the last two days. Both said they feund Kingston a little disappointing as the Olympic events were ail oven, and it was net on the level of the Montreal show, but "an enthusiastic group of people set the program up". They found that at Montreal and Kingston visitors were amazed at the calibre of work donc by the artists who participated in these exhibi- tions. "There was a good neaction fnom the public te Canadian craftsmanship", says Mrs. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Williams intend te kýeep in contact with the artists they met at Montreal, and will be applying somne of the tech- niques they learned from them, te their own work. Cas t/e Chapter meets The Castie Chapter of the Ontario Ladies' College Alumnae will* be holding their first meeting of the season on August 31 at the home of Mrs. John L. (Élsie) Dobson, 28 Bryant Road, Ajax. The meeting is being held to discuss further prepar- ations for the Annual Night of Cards to be held October 6 at the Ontario Ladies'ý College, Whitby. During the pot luck luncheon'meeting held at the home of Mrs. Reginald C. Davis, Reynolds Street, Whitby, some of the plans for the aut!.,mn activities were discussed. They could not-be finalized untîl a later date due to the absence of the iiiembers. Mrs. R. Leo Gray, vice- president, prcsided over the business, portion of the meeting in the absence of the president Mrs. Russell B. Collins. 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