Now in its 17th year, Art in the County, is a first rate juried art show and sale that has flourished with the help of many very dedicated volunteers. Don Pinder, one of these volunteers, has chaired the organizing committee for Art in the County for five years and has designed the show for ten years. Don is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, known for his innovative multi-level images of architectural details and his distinctive pottery and photographs.
Don is an active member of the cultural commmunity and has created logos for Art in the County, the Prince Edward County Jazz Festival, the Command Performance Choir and did the design work for the Regent Theatre logo, he has also created posters for a variety of events around Prince Edward County. Don is Head of Design at the co-op Gallery 121 in Belleville where he participates regularly in exhibitions; his work has also been exhibited at the Ottawa Art Gallery, the O’Connor Gallery in Toronto, the Picturesque Gallery in Napanee, the Belleville Library Art Gallery and printed in local calendars and newspapers. His work is included in private collections in Toronto and across North America. Don has received a number of awards in juried shows and Art in the County is very fortunate to have such talent on our team.A more recent member to the committee is Kathleen O'Donoghue who was been on the committee for two and half years and was first introduced by Eve McCrimmon. Kathleen has lived in Prince Edward County for twenty three years and during that time has dabble a little with watercolour painting. I asked her if she would ever consider entering her work in the show and she humbly replied "by no stretch of the imagination would I consider myself an artist!" Kathleen is currently responsible for various aspects of the raffle that takes place at the end of each show. This raffle draw is very popular due to the generous contribution of original works of art by local artists.
