The story of the Elliot Lake Arts Club is as colourful as an Impressionist painting. In the early 1950’s, a group of six artists living in Elliot Lake got together to paint, calling themselves “The Group of Six”, a spinoff of name of the famous Canadian Group of Seven. These painters soon expanded to include other artists and thus became the Elliot Lake Art Club. A constitution was adopted in 1965, the year the Club joined the Northern Ontario Art Association (NOAA). In 1975, artisans from other disciplines such as pottery and weaving were invited to join, thus making the Club a multi-media group. Its mission was and still is ¨to encourage active participation in, and an appreciation of, the fine arts and crafts in Elliot Lake and vicinity”.
Since its inception in 1975, the Elliot Lake Arts Club has been a vital and active organization in the Northeastern Ontario region.
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