President Louise announced that the annual club Golf Social will be June 28 at a Golf North facility. Members are encourage to purchase Golf North Gift Cards, 20% of the sales of which come to the club. These cards can be used for carts, food, pro shop items, etc. and are available at this
link.
President Louise reminded members of the Five-Club Membership Committee that is working to promote Rotary in the area and that she was able to recently be a guest on the Mike Farwel Radio Show on 570 AM speaking about Rotary. She has arranged with the show to have a monthly segment about Rotary, the next session to be at 10:30 a.m. on May 26. She will have Linda Kenny with her to talk about Rotary’s history and connection with KidsAbility.
Karen Voisin has also had an opportunity to be on air recently on CKWR where she was able to talk about the great success Rotary has had with our Polio Plus campaign and how our experiences with it are helping with the COVID-19 vaccinations in various parts of the world. A recording of her segment can be viewed at this
link.
Malcolm Graham mentioned an excellent Zone 28/32 webinar he attended recently called Musical Showcase but actually dealt with promoting Rotary and attracting members. He found the webinar to be quite informative, a taping of the event can be viewed
here.
Notice to Members
The following applications for membership in the club have been approved by the Board. Any member objecting to any of these must indicate their objection, and the reason for the objection, in writing to the club secretary no later than Thursday, May 13, 2021:
Betty Bax (primary), Paul McIntyre Royston (alternate) and Angela Olano (alternate) as corporate members through the Grand River Hospital Foundation.
Linda Bennett’s as an alternate corporate member through Walter Fedy.
Ailton Sanata as a regular member in the classification of Residential Real-estate.
Our guest speaker tonight was local sculptor artist Timothy P. Schmalz. Introduced by Shawky Fahel.
For 30 years, Timothy has been sculpting large scale sculptures in bronze with his works installed worldwide. His most reputed pieces are permanently installed in historical locations in Rome and the Vatican. His series of bronze sculptures highlighting the homeless in the context of Christian/Judaeo values, have been installed in every continent. In 2019 Pope Francis installed his monumental migrant sculpture “Angels Unawares” in St. Peter’s Square, the first sculpture to be installed in St. Peter’s Square for centuries.
Although most of his work is based upon a spiritual theme, he also creates large, complex public sculptures in bronze. Timothy created the first monument in Canada to honour the women workers during WW2 and the first monument in Canada to celebrate the veterans of all wars Canada fought in.
His work also includes the Ontario Gordon Lightfoot Sculpture Park and the Indigenous/ French Meeting Sculpture Park. Timothy Is currently working on the Dante Sculpture Park, sculpting 100 cantos of the Divine Comedy for Florence in celebration of 700th anniversary of the poet in 2021.
Timothy began sculpting when he was just 19 but was very disillusioned with much of what was being created at that time as modern art. He spoke about how he struggled with what he wanted his art to represent and finally coming to the realization, for him, that art has to have meaning. It needs to serve a purpose, tell a story and help to better humanity. He has a strong Cristian faith and much of his work is inspired by Christian Scripture.
Timothy states “I am devoted to creating sculpture that is moral. To find, capture and crystallize in bronze beliefs in a way that is understandable and authentic is my purpose as an artist.”
Several of his pieces were shown and he was able to give us some insights into their history, development and special features. We also had a look inside one of his studios at some of the pieces on which he is currently working.
Listed below ae some of his pieces and the places where they are located:
Selected Sacred Sculptures
2020
Angels Unawares - National Basilica, Washington, D.C.
2019
Angels Unawares (monumental) - St. Peter’s Square Rome, St. Paul’s Basilica, Rome
Homeless Jesus - Badia Fiorentina, Florence, Italy; Santa Anna, Barcelona, Spain
2018
Homeless Jesus - Holy Trinity Church, Johannesburg, Africa; Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore; Convent of the Order of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Shrine of Capernaum, Capernaum, Israel
95 Thesis - Historic Trinity Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan, United States
When I Was In Prison - St. Paul’s Basilica, Rome, Italy
2016
Homeless Jesus - Papal Charities Building, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
When I Was Hungry And Thirsty - Finne Barres Cathedral, Cork, Ireland
When I Was Sick - Santo Spirito Hospital, Rome, Italy
When I Was A Stranger - San Lorenzo in Lucina Basilica, Rome, Italy
When I Was Naked - St. Peter in Chains Basilica, Rome, Italy
2015
Homeless Jesus - Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland; Almudena National Cathedral, Madrid, Spain
Selected Public Sculptures
2020
Miners Monument, Nova Scotia miners Museum, Sydney Nova.
1999
The Banana - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2018
National Women’s Workers Monument - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Roycroft Sculpture Garden East - East Aurora, New York, Ontario, Canada
2016
Fort McMurray Fire Fighters Monument - Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Gordy Howe Building Back Monument - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Golden Leaves, Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald - Whitefish Point, Michigan, United States
The Meeting Sculpture Park - Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada
2015
Golden Leaves Gordon Lightfoot Sculpture Park - Orillia, Ontario, Canada
2006
Veterans Monument - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2005
Kitchener Fire Fighter Monument - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
2001
National Mining Monument - Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Let the Oppressed Go Free - underdevelopment