Water Tower Updates

The Planning Meeting on Tuesday night was a success as councilors voted in favor of the new application to develop the Pearl Street tower. There will still need to be a vote next Wednesday from the full council but things are looking promising.

A good amount of people got up to speak in favor of the plan at the meeting. There were a few people with their own ideas about the tower (art school, museums, etc…) and some people with hesitations about the planned billboards, but the overall attitude was that this is an ambitious project and we need to give it one more try.

The idea of billboards on the tower may not be everyone’s idea of improvement, but to improve the tower it needs to bring in some revenue. I’ve spoken with the applicant and he has the city’s best interests in mind when it comes to the renovation and billboards.

Here are a couple articles about the results of the meeting that were in the paper this week:

Sudbury Star: Water Tower Given New Life

Northern Life: Council Won’t Sign Off On Water Tower Debate

Remember to visit the Fromagerie Elgin before April 29th. The 28th is the last day as the show comes down on April 29th. We will be posting some photos shortly from the extremely successful opening night on Saturday.

Thanks for reading.

Planning Meeting: Save the Water Towers

There is a planning meeting at Tom Davies Square on Tuesday at 5:30 in Council Chambers. The council will be voting on the new application to develop the Pearl Street water tower. Click here to see the new application for the water tower on Pearl Street.

You can show up and speak on behalf of the application and give it your approval. If you can make it that would be great for the cause, as the more people who show up to support the application the better the chance that it will be approved.

Hope to see you there!

In other news: The Save the Sudbury Water Tower art exhibit was a huge success. Thanks to everyone who came out to see the artwork and enjoy the cheese on Saturday night at the Fromagerie Elgin. The place was full from beginning to end and we had an amazing amount of support and CTV News showed up to film the event and interview artists. Stay tuned for photos from the event!

Water Tower Exhibition TONIGHT!

Join us at the Fromagerie Elgin between 6pm and 9pm for your fix of water tower artwork (and free cheese). Original work will be on display, as well as prints and artwork being show for the first time.

Photo by Eric Ainsworth

Show your support for the water towers and enjoy some incredible artwork from Sudbury artists and water tower enthusiasts.

Remember, you can take the bus for free today by printing tickets off the Earth Day website. Click here to print your bus tickets!

See you there!

Art Show: Fromagarie Elgin, April 17th

We’ve been receiving some amazing water tower submissions for a couple of months now and it’s time to hold an exhibition to show the physical works we’ve received.

When: Opening Night is April 17th, 6-9pm, show runs until April 29th

Where: Fromagerie Elgin, 1a-5 Cedar St, Sudbury

Who: Local artists, Cambrian College graphic design students and water tower lovers from all over have contributed artwork for the show

Why: Support the cause and come see some great work by Sudbury artists depicting our water towers. There will be cheese, good company and great artwork.

How: Here is a map to the Fromagerie. The opening takes place on Earth Day. Download and print free bus tickets to get to the show.

Art Opening: Saturday, April 17, 2010

Poster Download: Want to help spread the word? Download this image, print it off and post it around! [DOWNLOAD POSTER]

Looking forward to meeting all of the contributors and supporters.

Beneath the Tank

Painting by Roberta Venedam

Painting by Roberta Venedam

Roberta is a student at Cambrian College in the Art and Design Fundamentals program. She has a lot of talent as is evident from this acrylic painting she made of the base of the Pearl Street tower. It’s such an interesting image without really showing the most recognizable part of the tower, the tank itself. We love the mood in this piece. Thanks Roberta for the impressive painting!

We’re still accepting images up until April 14th. The show is on April 17th so please see the information about the show in the tab at the top of the page. We’re going to have an amazing amount of artwork at the show and we’d love to have even more.

It Came From Over the Hills

Photography by Vivian Lynch

Photograph by Vivian Lynch

Here is another interesting photo from Vivian Lynch, she previously submitted a photo that you can take a look at here. We love how this shot is taken from behind a window, the droplets on the glass add some more interest to this cold and wet landscape. The colors of the sky and the movement of the clouds help add to everything this photo has going on.

Thanks, Vivian!

1963

Sudbury, 1963

Photo by Unknown Artist

Unfortunately we don’t know who took this photo or whose collection it came from. We stumbled on this vintage photo of the Pine Street tower that was taken in 1963. If you know the photographer please let us know! The towers have been a part of our landscape for so long, it would be sad to see them go.

Do you have any old photos of the towers? Please send them our way, we’d love to post them here and include them in the art show.

Water Tower Textures

Photography by Matthew Richmond

Photograph by Matthew Richmond

Here’s one of our favorite photographs of the tower. We just love the textures and colors, it’s a great image with a lot of interesting things going on. Be sure to check out Matthew’s website for more of his great photos.

Pearl Street from St. Anne Road

Drawing by Oryst Sawchuck

Illustration  by Oryst Sawchuck

This is Oryst’s third submission and another great one. This is a view of the Pearl Street tower from St. Anne Road.

For Oryst’s two previous contributions, see here and here. Thanks Oryst!

Notre Dame and Elm

Drawing by Oryst Sawchuck

Illustration by Oryst Sawchuck

Here’s another one of the drawings by Oryst Sawchuck I mentioned I would post. Oryst submitted this beautiful drawing of the Pearl Street tower as seen from Notre Dame and Elm.

See his previous entry here.