West Lorne, Ontario — The Arts & Cookery Bank’s board of directors invites you to take a sneak peek inside the future site of The Bank, located at 242 Graham Road (the old Bank of Montreal), from 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, 2008 and leave your fingerprints all over the building!
The idea is to create a cultural hub that will encourage, highlight, coordinate, and promote our local talent and resources. The focus is food and photography! What a combination. And Wardsville is a partner. Come to West Lorne and find out what the project is all about. June 7, 2008 from 12 -4 p.m.
Goals:
- Promote the value of a rural lifestyle by providing a photographic gallery that makes a pictorial statement of the community’s past, captures and showcases the community’s present and visually imagines the community’s future.
- Inspire interest in the local food economy by offering hands-on cooking experiences that concentrate on traditional local culture and cuisine.
- Build community capacity to support our unique heritage by building collaborative relationships among individuals, groups, institutions, organizations that are involved in the cultural, heritage and tourism sectors.
The Bank: The restored building will house the “heart and soul” exhibits – family and cultural – in a permanent photographic collection and feature rotating exhibits that showcase the work of both amateur and professional photographers. In addition, digital, multi-media displays will be integrated into the gallery space. Designed as flexible space, the first floor – “The Great Hall” – will also be appropriate for a sit down brunch, luncheon or dinner, or seating for classes, lectures or discussions.
The Cookery: This new addition will provide space to “cook up ideas” for both culinary experiences and for digital photography classes. Because of the flexible design, this area will serve as multi-use space, including hands-on cooking experiences, demonstrations and catering as well as the digital photography lab.
The Reception: The Bank and The Cookery will be linked by a reception area offering an accessible entrance so all visitors enter through the same door. The reception area will house two accessible washrooms, an office and storage space, as well as the elevator offering access to The Bank.
The Photographic and Teaching Gardens: The remaining outside grounds will be utilized as an interpretive architectural/structural photography showcase area and as space for a teaching garden.
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