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January Featured Artist - John Borbely

January Featured Artist, John Borbely

January’s Featured Artist is John Borbely, a video producer from Brantford. Borbely studied Film at Carleton University in Ottawa and has worked with Bell and Rogers in the past on television and web content. He started contracting for production companies in 2014, and in 2018 he started his own video production business, Camp Bay Media. Today, he works with businesses and tourism agencies to produce video content for web, social media, and television. His...

Meet The Members Of The BMGA

Meet The Members Of The BMGA

The Brant Museum and Galleries Association (BMGA) is a group of not-for-profit museums and galleries located in the City of Brantford, County of Brant and Six Nations of the Grand River. Together, the BMGA seeks to entertain, engage, educate and inspire people through the collective power of arts, culture and heritage in order to tell the stories of The City of Brantford, County of Brant, and Six Nations of the Grant River.

The BMGA was originally formed in...

2020 Public Art Restoration

2020 Public Art Restoration

Did you see some work being done on our monuments this summer? Did you know that each year the Economic Development and Tourism Department leads conservation and restoration efforts for the City’s invaluable Public Art collection? Public art is often at risk of damage by the environment and/or human interaction with the pieces. Specifically, factors that affect the City’s bronze monuments include humidity, UV light, acid rain, poor water drainage, proximity to city streets,...

Spotlight On Brantford Symphony Orchestra

Spotlight On Brantford Symphony Orchestra

The holiday season reminds us of wonderful memories from years past, and I’m sure many of those are annual traditions for lots of you. Here in Brantford, some of those holiday traditions include the JCI Santa Claus Parade, Branford Lights at Glenhyrst, and the annual holiday concert performed by the Brantford Symphony Orchestra.

It’s around this time of year that Brantford Symphony Orchestra (BSO) hosts their annual holiday concert, with More...

December Featured Artist, Ashley Lepre

December Featured Artist, Ashley Lepre

December’s Featured Artist is Ashley Lepre, a painter and specialist in furniture restoration. You may also know Ashley as the owner of Brantford Finders Keepers, a furniture restoration/gift shop/DIY studio located at 198 King George Rd.

Ashley is a wife, mother to three little girls (5,5,6) and a second mom to an 11-year-old son. As an avid DIY’er and crafter, Ashley has had a passion for refreshing old worn out pieces of furniture, saving them from landfill...