- Call for Artists
- Call for Submissions
- Oak Bay Bowker Creek Brush-Up
- Call for Submissions
- Powell River Studio Tour
- Sidney Fine Art Show
- Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA)
- Courting Sculpture
- 3rd Annual Artswells Festival
- North Okanagan Exhibition Opportunities
- Call for Submissions
- Surface and Depth
- Oil and Water
- Lost and Found
- Pender Island Art Society Show
- Kelowna's Cafe Lisutra
- One Shot
- Call for Artists
- Wild Lights Lantern Festival
- Visual Arts Instructor Needed
Artists or artist teams are invited to submit letters of interest for the opportunity to develop a community-based art project for the grounds of Hastings Elementary Community School in Vancouver, BC. The artist must be a resident of BC and demonstrate experience in community-engaged outdoor artwork. The successful project will incorporate a collaborative aspect, with students from Hastings School and community members or organizations. Deadline for letters of interest is Friday August 18th for a project to be completed in June 2007. For details and guidelines email groundskidsart@gmail.com
Call for Submissions: The Maple Ridge Art Gallery invites artists to submit work for the exhibit Honey I Shrunk the Artwork from Wednesday November 9th to Tuesday November 28th, 2006. This international, juried mixed media exhibition and sale will feature miniature art with a maximum of 6ˆ§ in dimension. All entries will be available for sale and must be clearly marked with the price the artist wishes to receive and must be deemed reasonable by the jury. Deadline for submissions is Friday September 15th, 2006. For guidelines call Virginia McInerney at 604-476-4241 or virginiam@mract.org
Join artists and environmental groups in Victoriaˆ¢s Oak Bay for a free paint-in on Sunday August 13th from 1:00-5:00pm. Artists will be demonstrating their work in a Monet-like setting. The paint-in takes place at Bowker Creek Park between Hampshire Road and Oak Bay High School. For details call Imke Pearson at 250-592-7657 or email imkepearson@shaw.ca
The Amelia Douglas Gallery at Douglas College is seeking submissions from 3D visual artists for upcoming exhibits. Interested artists can submit a portfolio including photographs or slides of at least 12 works, resumes, letters, artist's statement and/or newspaper articles about their work. Submissions can be sent to The Chair, Art Exhibit Committee, Room 3300A PO Box 2503, New Westminster BC, V3L 5B2. Deadline for submissions is ongoing. For details and submission guidelines call 604-527-5465.
This free self-guided tour of art studios in the Power River Area stretches from Lund to Stillwater on the Upper Sunshine Coast of BC. The tour features 148 artists working in a variety of media at 31 locations. The tour will be held on Saturday August 26 to Sunday August 27th. For details call Norah LeClare at 604-487-0177 or visit www.powellriverartists.com
Artists are invited to submit their work for consideration at the 2006 Sidney Fine Art Show. This yearˆ¢s show includes eminent artists Brian Johnson, Susan Whitney and Mark Heine. Deadline for entry is Friday August 18th. For submission guidelines, fees and entry forms, visit www.cacsp.com and click Sidney Fine Art Show. For details call 250-655-6417 or email sfas@cacsp.com
The Nanaimo chapter of the FCA will hold their fall juried show Autumn Light II at the Nanaimo Art Gallery located at 150 Commercial St in Nanaimo, BC. The show runs from Wednesday September 6th to Saturday September 30th, 2006. Opening reception and awards will be held Wednesday September 6th from 7:00-9:00pm. For details email tnimmon@shaw.ca
This multi-disciplinary arts festival in Wells, BC takes place Friday August 4th to Monday August 7th with a line up of artists and performers. The festival boasts performances on three different stages and exhibitions at venues all over town featuring over 100 artists in music, peformance, spoken word, visual arts, literary arts and everything in between. Festival goers can attend more than 25 workshops in a variety of arts. Tickets to the festival are available by calling Island Mountain Arts at 1-800-442-2787 and are only $35 for four days. Camping is not included but is available in various spots around Wells. For details email artswellsfestival@imarts.com or visit www.myspace.com/artswells
The Armstrong Spallumcheen Art Gallery in Armstrong, BC welcomes entries in two upcoming community exhibitions. The 18th Annual Ribbon Show runs from Thursday August 31st to Friday September 29th, 2006. Okanagan and Shuswap artists are invited to submit up to one work in each of eight categories: oil, watercolour, acrylic, pastel, mixed media, portrait, drawing and 3D sculpture. Another community show, From Field to Table, runs from Thursday October 5th to Friday November 3rd, 2006. Okanagan and Shuswap artists are invited to use any media to celebrate the abundance that comes from the land around us. This exhibition is open to any media. Deadline for the Ribbon Show is Tuesday August 29th. Deadline for From Field to Table is Saturday September 30th. Art for the show must be dropped off on Tuesday October 3rd. For registration forms and details, call Armstrong Spallumcheen Art Gallery at asmas@telus.net or call 250-546-8318.
The Muse invites female artists, musicians, writers, actors/actresses to submit work for their first event on Friday September 22nd, 2006. Artists may submit small works of art, musicians may perform in a solo or duet, actresses may perform a monologue and writers may read from their work. The event is a Bohemian black-tie bash. Everyone will be encouraged to come wearing a tie in any fashion or on any part of their body. There will be door prizes for the most innovative fashion use of the black-tie. For details call 604-877-1000.
This 4-part series of printmaking workshops will be held at Tuktu Studio at the Golden Horn subdivision in Whitehorse in September. The workshops will cover a wide range of techniques and the use of etching and letter presses. Instructors will include Peter Braune (Vancouver), Evon Zerbetz (Alaska), John Steins and Joyce Majiski (Yukon), and Jordi Roses/Pilar Lloret from Spain. The workshops are all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Each workshop is preceded by a Thursday evening orientation and slide lecture which will take place at Arts Underground. The slide lecture portion of these evenings are open to the public. Demystifying the Print takes place September 1-3rd, Surface and Type takes place September 8-10th, More than Scratching the Surface takes place September 15-17th and Beyond the Etched Plate takes place September 22-24th. For those with little or no previous printmaking experience, it is recommended that you take the introductory workshop Demystifying the Print before you take any of the other workshops. Cost is $275 for one workshop, $250 for 2-3 workshops and $900 for all four. For details email Joyce Majiski at joyvenus@internorth.com
The South Delta Artists Guild is holding their 2nd Annual juried exhibition Oil and Water. The show features the work of many fine artists from all over BC and runs from now until Saturday August 26th. The show will take place at the Tsawwassen Longhouse Gallery located at 1710 56th Street in Tsawwassen, BC. For details call 604-943-5266 or email diane@artjourneys.net
Access Artist Run Centre and Powell Street Festival Society present Lost and Found, a group exhibition by artists Haruko Okano, Judy Chartrand and Wayde Compton. Lost and Found is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative project that endeavours to give contemporary expression to many of the histories and stories of the Downtown Eastside that have been, in the current perceptions of the area, largely overlooked. The exhibition runs from now until Saturday August 26th at Access Artist Run Centre located at 206 Carrall St in Vancouver, BC. For details call 604-689-2907, visit www.vaarc.ca or email vaarc@telus.net
This beloved Island event takes place on Saturday August 5th from 10:00am to 5:00pm and on Sunday August 6th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. This yearˆ¢s show will feature a ˆ£Roesland Galleryˆ§ to showcase art inspired by the Gulf Island National Park treasure, the Roesland Legacy. Over 30 new and established artists will be exhibiting. The show is located at St. Peterˆ¢s Anglican Parish Hall located at 4703 Canal Road in North Pender Island, BC. For details call Carol at 250-629-3435.
The Kelowna Art Gallery will be hosting a special exhibition by internationally recognized Japanese art duo Novaia Liustra. Yoshihisa Nakano and Masayuki Yasuhara will be at the Gallery for a two-month artist residency. During their stay they will create an installation in the Kiwanis Hall titled Caf¬é Liustra (Kelowna) that will be a large ˆécaf¬é spaceˆ¢ using wine, tea, plants, old clothes and music to reference social meanings and histories specific to Kelowna. Community participation is key to the success of this project. Local residents are asked to participate through a series of workshops and by donating items. For details call 250-762-2226 or visit www.kelownaartgallery.com
Visual Codec invites visual artists and artist teams working in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia to submit work for their first regionally curated book, One Shot 2006. The One Shot jury members represent both regional diversity as well a cross-section of visual arts community members. The postmark deadline for submissions is August 31st 2006. For details and a downloadable submission form visit www.visualcodec.com/content/contests/oneshot2006.html
Tofino's 3d Annual Art in the Gardens invites artists, artisans and performers from Vancouver Island to participate in the two-day Art in the Gardens festival held Saturday September 10th, 2006. Affordable accommodation is available for artists starting at $28 per night. Deadline to apply is August 15th. Please see www.tofinobotanicalgardens.com/gardens/art.php to download information and application forms. For details call Marla Thirsk at 250-726-7755 or email artist@island.net
Join the North Vancouver Community Arts Council at their annual summer celebration of community and creativity! The WildLights Lantern Festival takes place on Friday August 18th in Edgemont Village, where the public is invited to be a part of a rythmic carnival pageant. Bring hand-made lanterns, paint your faces, release your wishes to the earth and wear a wonderful costume! Watch a spectacular spinning fire show performed by the Public Dreams Society! For more information contact Sabina Kral by phone 604-988-6844 or email nvartscouncil5@telus.net
The art instructor will plan, and facilitate a wide range of art classes: drawing, painting, clay and collage. The successful candidate must be creative, dependable and organized, and have a passion for working with children. The successful candidate will be hired by the NVRC. Although most classes needing coverage are taught at the Harry Jermone Facility, the candidate may be asked to work at any of the NVRC facilities.
Qualifications: Creative, positive, hard-working and knowledgeable in many art mediums. Minimum 1 year experience working with children. Ability to work independantly. Ability to plan art lessons for ages preschool to adults. Knowledgeable in operation of clay kiln. A valid first aid certificate. Applications can be mailed to 123 East 23d Street, N. Van, BC V7L 3E2, or emailed to zierothl@northvanrec.com
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