ALISON NEWTH
Plein air painting during Darryl Funk's oil painting workshop (2019).
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Opening night! Alison and Diana (2018).
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Raft Baby: a novel
Written by Bonnie Dunlop.
Cover art by Alison Newth. |
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Raft Baby is a sprawling historical novel set in the Peace River country in the early 1900s, a period and a place that tested the mettle of all who came there. The novel is complex and layered, with multiple narrators and interwoven stories. Its main story, though, is the mystical tale of a young girl straddling two worlds in ways of which she is not always aware, with elements of love, sacrifice, greed, envy, heartbreaking sorrow, and unexpected twists in plot. The novel is set mostly in the past and chronicled through various voices that tell of the Raft Baby’s amazing journey. We also hear directly from the Raft Baby herself, both at the beginning of the novel and at the end. Her voice is vital, true, and clear and it validates the novel’s history and circumstances in the gentlest of ways.
EXHIBITS & SHOWS
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UPCOMING:
2023 Solo Exhibition, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC (April)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022 PRFCA's Spring Show: Faces of the Peace, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC (June 10-July 9)
2021 PRFCA's Colours of Fall, Centre for Creative Arts, Grande Prairie, AB
2021 PRCFA's Northern Lives, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, BC
2020 FCA's 365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Project, FCA Online Exhibition
2020 Flying Colours' Points of View 7, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2019 PRFCA's A World of Contrast, Centre for Creative Arts, Grande Prairie, AB
2019 PRFCA's Spring Fling, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, BC
2019 Artist's Choice, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2018 PFRCA's Imagine, Beaverlodge Cultural Centre, Beaverlodge, AB
2018 Flying Colours' Points of View 5, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2017 FCA's 365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Project, FCA Online Exhibition
2017 PRFCA's Our Home and Native Land, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, BC
2017 Flying Colours' Points of View 4, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2017 PRFCA's My Canada, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2016 Flying Colours' Points of View 3, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS:
2021 HeART Walk, The Flower Hut, Fort St. John, BC
2019 Alison Newth Solo Exhibit, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Grande Prairie, AB
2018 Alison Newth and Diana Hofmann: Nature Captured in Print & Paint, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2023 Solo Exhibition, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC (April)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022 PRFCA's Spring Show: Faces of the Peace, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC (June 10-July 9)
2021 PRFCA's Colours of Fall, Centre for Creative Arts, Grande Prairie, AB
2021 PRCFA's Northern Lives, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, BC
2020 FCA's 365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Project, FCA Online Exhibition
2020 Flying Colours' Points of View 7, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2019 PRFCA's A World of Contrast, Centre for Creative Arts, Grande Prairie, AB
2019 PRFCA's Spring Fling, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, BC
2019 Artist's Choice, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2018 PFRCA's Imagine, Beaverlodge Cultural Centre, Beaverlodge, AB
2018 Flying Colours' Points of View 5, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2017 FCA's 365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Project, FCA Online Exhibition
2017 PRFCA's Our Home and Native Land, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, BC
2017 Flying Colours' Points of View 4, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2017 PRFCA's My Canada, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2016 Flying Colours' Points of View 3, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS:
2021 HeART Walk, The Flower Hut, Fort St. John, BC
2019 Alison Newth Solo Exhibit, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Grande Prairie, AB
2018 Alison Newth and Diana Hofmann: Nature Captured in Print & Paint, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
MEMBERSHIPS
Flying Colours Artists 2014-current
Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) 2016-current Peace River Chapter of FCA 2017-current |
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MEDIA
"City Unveils Public Art For New Plaza," Alaska Highway News. Dec 2, 2020.
"Alison Newth - Artist Interview," Peace River Chapter Federation of Canadian Artists. December 2020.
"Raft Baby", novel cover art, released September 2020. View book on amazon.ca.
"Nature Captured in Prints And Paint", Alaska Highway News. Aug 8, 2018.
"Pull of the Peace, spirit of the North captured in new exhibit", Alaska Highway News. July 17, 2018.
"Local artists interpret Canada in new exhibit", Alaska Highway News. Feb 1, 2017.
"True patriot love at latest art exhibition", Alaska Highways News. Feb. 8, 2017.
"Points of View 3 showcases unique perspectives of local artists", Alaska Highway News. Apr 6, 2016.
"Featured artist on Artsyshark.com", October 2016.
"Alison Newth - Artist Interview," Peace River Chapter Federation of Canadian Artists. December 2020.
"Raft Baby", novel cover art, released September 2020. View book on amazon.ca.
"Nature Captured in Prints And Paint", Alaska Highway News. Aug 8, 2018.
"Pull of the Peace, spirit of the North captured in new exhibit", Alaska Highway News. July 17, 2018.
"Local artists interpret Canada in new exhibit", Alaska Highway News. Feb 1, 2017.
"True patriot love at latest art exhibition", Alaska Highways News. Feb. 8, 2017.
"Points of View 3 showcases unique perspectives of local artists", Alaska Highway News. Apr 6, 2016.
"Featured artist on Artsyshark.com", October 2016.
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