Opus Visual Arts News Update
We are looking for information from you! Do you have a call for entry, art event, show or fundraising initiative coming up? The Opus Visual Arts Newsletter has always welcomed submissions from non-profit visual arts with a focus on Canadian art practices and events occurring within our store areas and within Western Canada. Starting this coming month we are happy to announce that we are expanding our submission criteria to include announcements about your next art exhibition. We have made this change in order to better serve you because of the feedback you gave us.
We do try to include all submissions we receive, however due to space restrictions this is not always possible. The deadline for submissions is the first day of the month prior to publication. For example, for our April newsletter the deadline is March 1st. Late submissions, and those we are not able to publish due to space restrictions, will be considered for our online newsletter at www.opusframing.com. Submissions can be sent directly to Opus' Marketing Department via email at info@opusframing.com, by fax at 604-435-9941 or via mail to 3445 Cornett Rd, Vancouver, BC, V5M 2H3.
North Vancouver?s Call for Exhibitors
The North Vancouver Community Arts Council is holding a jury for their upcoming craft fairs: Folkfest Craft Fair (June 16th-19th, 2005) and the Canada Day Craft Fair (July 1st, 2005). To participate, a $10 jury fee will be charged, which is applicable for one or both craft fairs. All exhibitors must be members of the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. Exhibitors? art or crafts will be subject to the approval of a jury to ensure they are hand-made by the submitting artist. The jury will take place at CityScape Community Art Space at 335 Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver on March 15th-16th, 2005 and is first come, first served. To book a jury appointment, call the North Vancouver Community Arts Council at 604-988-6844.
Emily Carr's Graduation Art Auction
Members of the public are invited to the 2005 Graduation Art Auction. Proceeds support the production of the Graduation Catalogue. The auction takes place April 2nd, 2005 at the Emily Carr Institute's Concourse Gallery on Granville Island. Registration begins at 5:30pm and the auction begins at 7:00pm. Absentee bids may be placed on work during the auction preview, March 30th-April 2nd, 2005. For details call 604-844-3075.
Firehall Arts Centre?s Call for Proposals
Firehall Arts Centre invites artists to submit proposals for its lobby gallery. Operating year round, the venue?s gallery enjoys a large diverse audience from patrons interested in dance, theatre, and
inter-disciplinary work. Only 2-D works will be considered. To submit, send a proposal, CV, up to 15 slides, and a slide list. Mail submissions to Visual Art Submission, Firehall Arts Centre, 280 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC, V6A 1L3. For details, email Eri Ishii at eca@telus.net
Vancouver East Culture Centre
The Vancouver East Cultural Centre is providing artistically inclined youth with the opportunity to display their art at their Gallery as part of the Youth Week Festival. The juried art show is open to all youth ages 14-21 and art submitted should follow the theme of dreams and nightmares and the subconscious, and should suit the title Flying at the Parallel. All forms of wall mounted art will be accepted. Selected art will be on display from
April 14th-May 25th, 2005.Deadline for submissions is March 15th, 2005 at 6:00pm. To apply, download a submission form from their website at www.vecc.bc.ca or call 604-251-1363.
Port Moody?s Call for Artists
The Blackberry Gallery invites artists to submit 3D work in all media and styles for their upcoming show, The Jester. Works must not have been shown in the Tri City area in the last year and submissions must include a 50-word artist statement. The show will run March 31st-May 1st, 2005 and entries must be dropped off on March 23rd, 2005 between 10:00am-8:00pm. The Blackberry Gallery is located at the Port Moody Arts Centre at 2425 St Johns Street. For details or to download an entry form, phone 604-931-2008 or visit www.pomoartscentre.bc.ca
Gail Harker Creative Studies Center
The Gail Harker Creative Studies Center presents an exhibition of City & Guilds of London finishing students' work. On view will be examples of work done by design and embroiders students of City & Guilds of London Institute. This exhibition should be of interest to anyone interested in art and design, including surface design and mixed media. The Center is the only City & Guilds of London Creative Studies Center in North America, with students hailing from all parts of the United States and Canada. The exhibition will be open to the public on March 19th-20th 2005 at The Gail Harker Creative Studies Center located at 1751 NE Goldie Street, Building B in Oak Harbor, Washington State. For more information, call the Gail Harker Creative Studies Center
360-279-2105, email gail@gailcreativestudies.com or visit www.gailcreativestudies.com
Shadbolt Centre's Spring/Summer Programs
Courses are offered in Ceramic, Visual, Theatre, Music, Dance and Literary Arts at the Centre on Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, BC. Of special interest this spring is "Light, Luminosity & Spontaneity", a watercolour program by Zshu-Zshu Mark, a graduate of Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design who exhibits locally and internationally. Registration for Spring/Summer programs begins March 16th, 2005. For details call 604-291-6864 or visit www.city.burnaby.bc.ca
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