PAGE 14, WHITBY FREE PrtESS, WE-DNESDAY,-,SEPTEMBER 27, 1989 Brown Bag,,and Sunday filMs Two fiee film series are now beingý offered at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. ,Brown Bag Films' occur every Wednesday at 12:05 p.m. Whe everyone is invited to watch mnovies about art or movies that are particularly suited to an exhibition on view in the gallery. The theme for September and October is 'Lookinky at Art.' The movies selected are intended to challenge the viewer to look at art in a different way. One cannot appreciate abstract art without having some clues to viewing. By learning the clues through looking at realistic art, it ,s easier for some viewers to transfer the process to abstract painting. To test that theory, the gallery will show a series of films on 'American Art and Artists' during November. Also in November and again in January, February and March,' the gallery will show Sunday afternoon feature-length films at 2 p.m. in the E.P. Taylor gallery. The theme for November is 'The Unexpected.' Tentative plans include a showing of the oiginal ' Phantom of the Opera' with Lon Chaney. January films are on famous coinedians, February is British film month and March is <Westward Ho.' For further information, contact Marg Jackson, education officer, at 576-3000. Joan Murray art at library he exhibtion, 'Magic Mloun- tains,' by Joan Murray of Whitby, will be at the Whitby Public Library Oct. 2 to 3 1. ITEE ROSSLAND branch of the Whitby Public Libr- branch which is in the -temporary location untia ary &pened last week in the new Rossland/Garden more permanent branch is established. plaira. Judy McIntosh oversees operation of the Ronald retrospective at gallery A retrospective, of pfflntings 4y William Ronald opened at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery on Sept. 28. Since William Ronald held bis first one-man showý in January, 1955'at Hlart House4.Ttronto, bis exuberant, abstract paintings have been a prominent feature of the Canadian art scene. is ability te dazzle with exciting canvases on which pant may be literally plastered on seems limitiess andeéffortlis. Ris work is known for its rhythmic activity, energy and molten coloration. The Robert McLaughlin Gallery owns many works on paper and canvases by Ronald. As a member of Painters Eleven, which he founded in Oshawa/Whitby in 1953, bis art is important te the gallery. Although Ronald resigned from the group in August, 1957, bis enthusiasm and energy helped te gain national importance for Painters Eleven members. the McLaughlin collection of Ronalds i5 the most important in Canada. Now there are Ronalds in other collections including the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim in New York City' t he Art Institute of Obicago, and countless private collections. Ronald neyer stops working. He produces, main or siune, a minimum of 30 canvases a year, many of them major womks. Ini 1980 Ronald said: "I seem to jump iround, but you hang-20 years of MY work in one oom and it will go a complete *circle ... you can't get away from yourself no matter if you live to be a thousand years old ..."l Painting witl Lewis DeSoto at McLaughlin Registration began Sept. 16 at the ]Robert McLaughlin Gallery for 'Painting I with Lewis DeSoto? The 10-week class will serve as an introduction te the materials and techniques of painting. Students may choose te work with oils or acrylic paint and will learn about brushes and mediums, color nmxng, composition, painting still lifes, landscapes, portraits, varnishing and framing through practical exercises and step-by-step instruction during the course. The classes take place on Tuesday evenings, 7 te 10 p.m., commencing Oct. 3. Enrolment la. limited. The co ýt is $95 for gallery memnbers, $110 for non-members. A supplies list is availabie upon registration. DeSoto has a masters of fine arts degree from the University of British Columnbia and an honors diploma from the Emily Carr College of Art. A painter and a draughtsman, he has won two Canada Council awards and bas exhibited both nationally and intemnationally. He is currently an instructor at the Toronto School of Art anid a board memnber of Visual Arts Ontario. DeSoto taught the well-receiv, spring course in basic drawing at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery and is retumning by request te teach thisà course. For further information contact Marg Jackson, education officer, Exhibit opens Oct. 7 I The exhIbition, 'Sarindar Dha- I liwal: Pomology and Other Inter- I ests,' will beat The Station GaI. IleryOct. 7 to 29. h baliwa, born in Punjab, Inidia in 1953, now resides in Kingston, Ont. She received ber bachelor of fine arts in 1978 from the Falmouth School of art in Cornwall, England. Her art features a variety of -topics including the gardens of, -Zaibandcomni-n- nz dian cultu'-e., Her work is included in a number of private collections in Europe and NorthbAerica. m e Mu UIl ,uMa,a ue1 REC YCLING fCONSERVES NA TURA Lm !RESOURCES, HELPS IMPRO VE THE ENVIRONMEWT AND tobRme >TESqatNE W 4fQuq$J t..L TEGREEK TYCOON RESTAURANT Thank You Whitby §' Durham Region for your support. We look forward to a continuing family relationship. Join us for. our.lunch or dinn rspecials.