West Shore’s 3rd Annual Studio Tour invites artists in the Colwood, Langford, View Royal and Highland area (Victoria, BC) to open their studios to the public from Saturday September 30th to Sunday October 1st, 2006. Artists from outside the area will be considered, space providing. Deadline is Saturday, July 8th. For details call Barb Giuliany at 250-474-6717 or Marcela Strasdas at 250-519-4729.

The White Rock Leisure Centre presents Annie Morgan’s Stretching the Limits of Collage and Mixed Media. Work with oil pastels, encaustic, photo-collograph printing and transfers. Also Greg Manning’s Dynamics of Life Drawing. Work with formatting, composition, hands and feet, foreshortening, modeling with light and shadow. Valuable for portfolio development and figurative animation. Classes are Monday August 14th to Friday August 18th, 2006 from 9:00am – 4:00pm at the Leisure Centre located at 14600 North Bluff Road in White Rock, BC. For details call 604-536-6743.

Wendy Mould and Brenda Hill invite you to their show Graphite Delight at Arts Corner, Ladner Pioneer Library, located at 4683 51st St in Delta, BC. The show runs from Tuesday August 1st to Thursday August 31st. There will be an artists’ demo on Thursday August 3rd from 11:00am-2:00pm at the library. This is a unique opportunity to come and experience the magic of pencil bringing life to animals and everyday objects. Wendy Mould is a self-taught artist who grew up on Vancouver Island and has exhibited in solo, group and many juried shows in the Fraser Valley. Brenda Hill is a self-taught Vancouver artist working exclusively in graphite pencil. Her artwork is in private and public collections both locally and internationally. For details call Wendy at 604-583-4538.

Join Suzanne Northcott at the Langham Summer School of the Arts, located in Kalso, BC. Her workshop Body and Soul: Exploring figure through drawing and watermedia takes place Monday July 31st to Thursday August 3rd. This course will lead you through the challenging and exciting journey of learning to portray the human figure. Beginning with gesture each day and to longer poses, you will explore line, tone, proportion and foreshortening. The emphasis will be on learning to see as well as learning to trust your intuition. Suzanne’s passion for this subject, depth of knowledge and one-on-one instruction style will help you dive into this domain and begin to develop your own language for drawing the figure. Students will have the choice as the week progresses to stay with pencil and conte or to work in watercolour or acrylic for the longer poses. This course will help intermediate students with their drawing and perception skills and will greatly benefit anyone wanting to paint figure or portrait. The course fee is $295. For more information or to register, call the Langham Cultural Centre at 250-353-2661.

Opus Langley is holding an open call for their annual art exhibition to children under the age of 16. All artwork must be completed on an official 12" x 12" form which is available for pick up only at our Langley store as of July 1st. All completed entries must be received by Monday July 31st. Work can be created in any medium provided it is attached to the form and fits a 12" x 12" frame. Artwork will be displayed for the entire month of August at our Opus Langley store. For details call 604-533-0601.

The Opus Visual Arts Newsletter welcomes submissions related to calls for submissions, fundraising initiatives, art events, and unique art initiatives being undertaken by non-profit visual arts organizations or groups, with a focus on Canadian art practices and events occurring within Western Canada predominately.