Haliburton Artists
Laurie Jones
Laurie Jones is the Curator and Executive Director at Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre in Haliburton County. She is also the organizer of Haliburton Art and Craft Festival, one of cottage country’s most well respected and popular juried outdoor art fairs. A lifelong sailor, canoeist and painter, Laurie divides her time between her family home on Toronto Island and the County where she enjoys the solitude and pace of rural life.
Fay Wilkinson
H. Fay Wilkinson is a Registered Expressive Arts Practitioner, operating from the Creative Cocoon in rural Ontario, Canada for 30+ years. She works with people living with life threatening illness and mental health challenges. Her research paper is published in the International, peer reviewed Journal of Arts & Health. Fay is passionate about her own and other people’s stories. As a storycatcher, she guides people to put difficult stories into metaphorical story worlds- Stories in Motion -using traditional and digital formats. www.thecreativecocoon.com
Scott Duggan
Scott Duggan is a musician based in Haliburton County. You can find his ‘Art-chestra’ conducting itself at the Limbic Collective studio located under Glecloff’s family store. His favourite work is providing a soundtrack to live performance art, utilizing various improvised found sounds and interfacing acoustic instruments with electronics. He is currently a production assistant at CanoeFM and was recently seen on stage with the Highlands Little Theatre.
Áine Schryer-O’Gorman
Áine Schryer-O'Gorman grew up enveloped by the non-profit arts sector and is venturing deeper into community arts work as they continue their career as an artist and musician. Áine has most recently worked for Jumblies as a programming assistant, and for World on a String as a fiddle
teacher. They have engaged withc communities as a fiddle player for 12+ years, worked and learned with Thinking Rock Community Arts for 6+ years, and been heavily involved with and impacted by AlgomaTrad.
Ruth Howard
As the founding artistic director of Jumblies, Ruth created multi-year residencies, large-scale performances, and many other other community-engaged projects. Ruth has worked as a theatre designer, taught and mentored in many contexts; and won awards for her work. In 2023, she left the artistic direction of Jumblies, now working as an independent artist and consultant. Curren projects include CarePlay, and Grounds for Goodness.
Bethany Houghton
Bethany Houghton has been on the musical scene in Haliburton Highlands for over 15 years. She plays, teaches and performs on the violin, viola, and cello. Part of her business is also building and repairing stringed instruments, and all of the instruments that she plays are her own make. Bethany is a member of the local Highlands Chamber Orchestra, and has a band with her husband called ‘Trained By Chickadees’ where they write original tunes together.