Tag: art
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My summer as a Discovery ranger at Grundy Lake
Today’s blog was written by Justin Sallans, Discovery ranger at Grundy Lake Provincial Park. As someone who has always loved nature, working as a Discovery ranger at Grundy Lake Provincial Park was the perfect choice for me. Not only did I get to live and work in the park, but I also had the opportunity…
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Stars over Killarney 2023 recap: a marriage of culture, beauty, and science
Stars over Killarney is an annual festival celebrated at Killarney Provincial Park. The event’s 2023 theme — Colours in the Cosmos — was inspired by the parallels between the beauty and the colour in provincial parks and the beauty and colour of the skies above. And beautiful colour was found everywhere at this year’s event! The program took…
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Painting the picturesque: a guide to art in nature
Today’s blog comes from Megan Callahan, a customer service assistant for Ontario Parks. Her love for nature and educational background in fine arts has created wonderful synchronicity in her parks career. Oftentimes, when someone thinks of art and Ontario Parks, they think of the Group of Seven. You know, the group of artists that were inspired…
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Frances Anne Hopkins: documenting the lives of voyageurs through art
Today’s post comes from Taylor Bottoms-Cau, a second-year Discovery student at Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park. You’ve likely heard of the Group of Seven, artists who travelled the remote landscapes of Ontario to capture their rugged beauty by brush. But they weren’t the only artists who travelled rough and painted what they saw! Fifty years before…
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Colours in the cosmos: where the beauty of nature meets the science of the cosmos
“The heavens wheel around you, displaying to you their eternal glory and still your eye is upon the ground.” – Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy Many of us live in areas afflicted by light pollution, which prevents us from gazing at the heavens whirling around us. However, most of our northern and many other parks afford…
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Can we bring painted rocks to the park?
Art and nature go together like columbine flowers and hummingbird tongues. Indigenous artists express their relationship to land through art; Canada’s Group of Seven found inspiration in several Ontario Parks; parks offer residency programs, and our park visitors find many artistic ways to capture their memories. We love it when visitors share their artistic creations with us.…
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Let out your inner explorer, artist, and space traveler with a Discovery Kit
Have you ever wanted to explore the great outdoors, create a masterpiece, or go to space? You’re in luck! Our FREE Discovery Kit rental program is designed to help you do all those things while visiting a park.