The Unveiling of Catharsis

You are invited to the unveiling of René Petitjean's sculpture, "Catharsis". We will meet at the sculpture site, which is located at the front of Fleming College - Haliburton School of Art + Design, at 12:30pm. Rene will share with us the story of his new sculpture.

René Petitjean has been a maker of objects for more than 40 years. After attending Sheridan College, he bought Robin Hopper's Hillsdale, Ontario studio in 1975 and began a reduction-fired line of pottery, selling to stores throughout North America. Moving to Creemore in 1979, the business expanded to include a selection of salt-glazed pottery sold under the Bowerman's Hollow logo. In the late 1980's Rene developed a fascination for wrought iron, and eventually left the ceramics field and began to design and build architectural iron. Many of his projects have been large in scope and have taken over a year to complete. Currently,…