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SOCIETY'S HISTORICAL PROFILE

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The Colour and Form Society is an Exhibiting Society, based in Ontario, Canada with a continually evolving membership of close to one hundred professional artists. The Society is non-commercial in character, promoting quality art and freedom of expression. Its members consistently exhibit throughout the year. Beside other exhibitions, there is one juried exhibition per year and a biennial juried exhibition, both of which are open for non-members' submissions. The acceptance into any of these juried exhibitions garners the artist the right to submit for membership into the CFS.

CFS has played a significant role in the cultural mosaic of Canada. The post war period (Second World War) saw an influx of many Europeans to Canada. Among these "New Canadians" were visual artists of considerable talent. Forming an association and presenting their work as a unit, brought recognition of their distinct creativity. These new artists added considerably to the escalation of art awareness that took place in Canada, especially in the l950s and 1960s.

Since its formation in 1952, the Society has continued to grow, welcoming artists from different parts of the world. The Colour and Form Society is now an integral part of the artistic community of Canada and is one of the major art societies in Ontario. It continues to provide art exhibitions of excellence. Its members are active participants on various cultural boards. Some members have become well-known international artists, showing their work in Europe, Africa and Asia.

Early and Founding Members of the Society

First row; left to right: Lembit Rand, Estonian, Painter; Mary Schneider, Polish, Painter; Groszek, Polish, Sculptor, Painter; Ene Falkenberg, Estonian, Painter; Telesforas Valius, Lithuanian, Graphic Artist; Abel Lee, Estonian, Graphic Artist; Paavo Airlo, Finnish, Painter; Otto Grebze, Latvian, Painter Second row; left to right: Augustas Kopmanis, Latvian, Sculptor; Rasanen, Finnish, Painter; Arnold Nulitis, Latvian; Elena Docius, Lithuanian, Sculptor; (unknown); Georg Waimel, Estonian, Sculptor; (unknown); Cissi Lundgren, Swedish, Painter; Hilda Mikkelsaar, Estonian, Painter; Axel Tamme, Estonian, Painter; Juri Punno, Estonian, Painter; Osvald Eslon, Estonian, Painter Top row; left to right: Kirilyk, Ukrainian, Painter; (unknown); (unknown); (unknown); (unknown)	From left to right: Augustus Kopmanis, Abel Lee, Dainis Miezajs, Ervin Milvek, Osvald Timmas, Jacob Dagys
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IN MEMORIAM - PASSING OF JOAN SPAVINS

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT:

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Joan Spavins on Friday, June 20th 2008.

Joan has been a member of the Colour and Form Society since 1986. Her creative and imaginative works of art graced all of our art shows and won many awards.

Her bravery in the pain that she bore in the last couple of years was more than one can imagine. Joan will be missed by all who knew her.

Shirley Erskine CFS
President

MESSAGE FROM THE VICE-PRESIDENT:

On behalf the Colour and Form Society and of myself, I would like to express my condolences to Joan Spavins’s husband and family. Joan was an exceptional artist and throughout her brave struggle with her illnesses, she still produced artwork that was spectacular, most recently at Todmorden Mills’ Papermill Gallery. She will be sadly missed by us all.

Paul Magowan, CFS
Vice-President