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Embrace Cline House Gallery and Studio
By Thom Racine
f you travel on Second
IStreet East, the stately Cline
House on the southeast corner of
Amelia Street is something you
might not notice because you’ve
seen it a thousand or more times.
Did you know the house has
been there since 1854? Prior to of the corner stone in 1967 as the gaze in wonder at a visual tour
1854, the Vankoneught family Cline House became part of the of olden days’ Glengarry and the
owned the land, eventually new Simon Fraser Library. In counties on canvas.
selling it to Samuel Cline, a local 1979, the House was designated Gallery manager Emily
merchant and his wife, Maragret a Heritage building. MacLeod is always looking
Dickinson, who built the house But it’s the current occupant, for talented artists to show
that stands today as the Cline the art gallery managed by Emily their work. Opening nights for
House Gallery and Studio. MacLeod, who makes the magic each new exhibit are special
The house outlasted the Clines of the gallery and art studio in that they are grand social
and has served as a library, an art available to all art-loving people, events, a chance to meet
framing studio, and was even a even the mere curious. friends and make new ones,
special event restaurant and tea who like you, will wonder
house. Prime Minister Lester B. While it’s true the dollars in amazement at the talent
Pearson presided over the laying spent on sports is important in all this community and area has
communities, it is also essential to offer. The Cline House
that we encourage those who
excel in the visual arts, be it Gallery is a gathering place,
with a paint brush, charcoal and a tourist attraction, education
pencils, or materials like fabric center and special events
and glass works that can be cut facility that is as important
to the talented visual artist as
and pasted in many artistic ways.
having an arena for a talented
Some may think the visual arts athlete. Sports and the arts
caters to the rich and famous, may be strange bed fellows,
but that’s not true. Even I (a yet both are managed by the
sports memorabilia collector, City of Cornwall Recreation
enthusiast, and self-professed Department. Hence providing
sports historian) love to venture entertainment, whilst being
inside the gallery for some art an important part of our cities
culture. I’ve dabbled in acrylic cultural existence. Enrich your
painting, water colours, and curiosity by visiting the Cline
sketching, and a visit to the gallery House Gallery and Studio for
studio gets those creative juices the visual arts. “It’s a big city
flowing again. It’s important to gallery with our small city
expand one’s knowledge and charm.”
the Cline House Gallery does
just that, with every exhibit. Make sure to follow the
Currently the works of Stuart Gallery Newsletter!
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