The Blyth Centre for the Arts has suspended their 2020 Festival season.
Now, the Art Gallery has canceled all exhibitions scheduled for the remainder of this year.
Carl Stevenson, the President of the Blyth Festival, Art Gallery Committee says COVID-19 has changed the world we live in and has touched all our lives.
The Gallery is into it’s 45 year and Stevenson says the artists scheduled to present their work during this season will take the brunt of the this decision.
He says they will continue to support the artists and ensure they are given an opportunity to exhibit their work in 2021.
The Gallery is known to feature work by art students in Perth and Huron County secondary schools.
It also presents three exhibitions yearly, this season, they included paintings and drawings by Blyth resident Kelly Stevenson, pottery by 8 of Ontario’s foremost ceramic artists and photography by Lucknow artist Hannah Dickie.
Stevenson says they are now shifting their focus to 2021.
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