Letter of Support

January 5, 2007
ATTENTION: GWEN DOYLE and RICHARD BOIS
Co-Chairs, WALDEN CAN HERITAGE COMMITTEE
Dear Committee Members:
RE. HERITAGE COMMITTEE
ANDERSON FARM MUSEUM - LIVELY, ONTARIO
On behalf of the Northern Ontario Art Association, I would like to express our support of the
recommendations outlined in the Report of the Heritage Committee regarding proposed changes
and upgrading to the Anderson Farm Museum in Lively, and most especially changes to the
stable building to make it useable for an art venue / gallery.
The Anderson Farm Museum is a valuable asset to the community and to the City of Greater
Sudbury. The proposed changes would make the complex available to a broader range of users,
including local artists and art organizations. There is a definite need for more community art
galleries in Northern Ontario accessible to our Northern Ontario artists.
The Northern Ontario Art Association is an umbrella organization that encompasses 15 clubs
from all over Northern Ontario, representing over 500 artists. Four of these member clubs are
from the Sudbury area, and it has been a continual struggle for clubs to find a suitable location to
host the official opening of our annual exhibition and annual meeting or even to hold our annual
touring exhibition. Access to a complex proposed by the heritage committee would be a huge
benefit to the local art organizations and individual artists wishing to hold these and other
exhibitions.
We commend your committee for all your time hard work towards achieving this goal.
Yours truly,
NORTHERN ONTARIO ART ASSOCIATION
Christie Best Pearson,
President, NOAA
18 Field Street
Lively, ON P3Y 1A9