The Well Artists Project
The Well Artists Project for Professional and Emerging artists is a
studio mentorship retreat in Wells, BC. It takes place this summer from
July 29th to August 6th, 2006 with senior artist mentors, Michael
Morris, RCA and Robert Murray, CM, RCA. Some scholarships are
available. For details call 1-800-442-2787 or visit www.imarts.com
Coast Art Show
Coast Mental Health Resource Centre is showcasing
artwork created by clients who are recovering from mental illness. The
show opens on Thursday June 1st from 6:00pm-9:00pm and continues until
Friday June 9th at 1225 Seymour St in Vancouver, BC. Featuring mixed
media, painting drawing, sculpture and more, they vividly portray a
range of colour, texture and emotion. For details call Andrea Keen at
604-675-2319 or 604-712-7948.
The Amelia Douglas Gallery
The Amelia Douglas Gallery at Douglas College is seeking
submissions from 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.
Arts Denman
Celebrating its twentieth year, Arts Denman opened at
the Denman Island Arts Centre last month. The arts organization, known
for its popular Concerts Denman performance series, established Summer
Art Gallery and numerous other programs will now offer workshops,
courses and studio space. The new centre is in a charmingly restored
1908 house at the top of the ferry hill and in the heart of the village
area. The house boasts an expansive three-sided covered porch,
downstairs classroom, upstairs studios and common area. The new arts
centre is offering weekend art workshops taught by prominent
instructors and 17 workshops have already been scheduled in painting
and photography, paper and book arts, textiles and basketry, art for
kids and more. Among the instructors for this summer are Hornby Islands
Anne Ngan and Sharron Milstein, former Victoria College of Art
Director, Robin Mayor, Victoria artists Dorothy Field and Karen
Wallace, basket-maker Joan Carrigan, garden photographer Paddy Wales
and San Francisco painter Darren Waterston, to name a few. A new
website at www.artsdenman.com
has detailed information, including biographies of a stellar list of
visiting art instructors for 2006. You can also leave a message at
250-335-1224 or toll free at 1-888-335-1221.
Emerging Talent 10
For the past nine years, graduating School District #43 (Coquitlam) visual arts students
planning to pursue post secondary arts programs and careers in the
visual arts have been invited to submit works to the annual Emerging
Talent Exhibition. Organized by secondary art teachers and hosted by
the Evergreen Cultural Centre, this juried exhibition has given
students the invaluable opportunity to work with and show in a public
gallery. As they near the 10th anniversary of both the Emerging Talent
Exhibition and the Evergreen Cultural Centre, there are plans in the
works to make the 10th Exhibition unique by inviting alumni to
participate in the show. They are looking for former Coquitlam students
who have now completed their programs or are working in the visual arts
to consider submitting some of their current work to Emerging Talent
10. The dates of the Exhibition are Thursday January 18th through
Saturday February 17th, 2007. They will be looking for up to 10 works by
former students to create a special section in the show. The deadline
for application is Tuesday October 31st, 2006. If you fit the criteria and would like more information and an
application, email Mr. Mike McElgunn, Gleneagle Secondary School, mmcelgunn@sd43.bc.ca
Invitation to Local Artisans
The Kelowna Museum is extending an
invitation to vendors, exhibitors and local artists with unique,
specialty products to participate as exhibitors at the 11th Annual
Cherry Fair on Saturday July 22nd from 10:00am-3:00pm at the BC Orchard
Industry Museum in Kelowna, BC. Each exhibitor will be provided with a
6 x 3 table, chair and signage. A cherry theme should be incorporated
in some way along with a donated item with a minimum retail value of
$35.00 towards a silent auction table. A tax receipt will be provided
for the dollar value donated towards the silent auction. Deadline to register is
Friday June 9th, 2006. Silent auction items will be accepted week of July 10th to 18th and can be dropped off
at the BC Orchard Industry Museum at 1304 Ellis Street, inside the
Laurel Packinghouse. Hours of operation are from 10:00am-5:00pm, Monday
to Saturday. Proceeds from this event go towards strengthening the
education and public programs in the BC Orchard Industry Museum and
Kelowna Museums, a registered non-profit organization. To enquire or to
participate at the 11th Annual Cherry Fair, please call the Kelowna
Museum at 250-763-2417 ext. 28 to receive a vendor/exhibitor
application form or for more information.
Art Rental Show al coda
al coda will showcase over 200 pieces of original artwork, representing more than 80 artists from Friday June 2nd to Sunday June 18th, 2006 at CityScape Community Art Space located at 335 Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver, BC.. This exhibition revisits the 2006 Art Rental collection, which contains works created in watercolour, acrylics, oils, photography and mixed media. Take this unique opportunity to rent original artwork for your home or business for as little as $8 per month. Those who own their home, have just moved, or who are looking to sell their property may rent art to increase the aesthetic appeal of their living space. Businesses may rent to create ambiance or energize the work environment. Attend the Opening Reception on Thursday June 1st, from 7:00pm-9:00pm to meet the artists and view the collection. For more information, phone 604-988-6844.
Crossover
Ground Zero Printmakers will host an art show at Xchanges Gallery GZP located at 420 William St in Victoria, BC. The opening event is on Saturday, June 10th from 1:00pm-5:00pm, and the show will run from Saturday June 10th to Thursday June 15th, 2006. Members explore the role that printmaking plays in their overall creative art practice. This exhibition will include prints, print-based works and works in other disciplines. For more information visit www.xchangesgallery.org, email gzp@island.net or call 250-382-0442.
Call for Submissions
Been There explores the theme of travel. Looking for unique experiences and in being in a new place and relating to local life chance meetings, unexpected and obscure experiences or even something as simple as a mundane trip to the market. Open to all mediums. Submissions should include up to 5 images, a list of work, an artist statement relative to the submission's theme, a CV or artist biography, a jury fee of $10 for members and $15 for non-members and a SASE. Submission deadline is 4:30pm on Friday June 16th, 2006. For further details contact Biliana Velkova at 604-988-6844 or by email nvartscouncil@telus.net
The Art of Living together
The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver presents A Celebration of Diversity The Art of Living Together. Enjoy the multi-cultural experience of art, entertainment and food. The opening reception will be held at the Wosc Auditorium at 950 West 1st Ave in Vancouver, BC on Sunday May 28th, 2006 from 3:00pm-5:00pm. Admission is free, the exhibit runs until Sunday June 18th, 2006. For more information, visit www.jccgv.com or call 604-257-5111.
Knew Urk
The solo exhibition by internationally recognized American artist Jimmie Durham runs from Saturday May 27th to Saturday July 1st, 2006. Knew Urk combines elements of painting, assemblage, sculpture, and works in stone. Throughout his forty-year career, Durham has advocated that, "...the purpose of art is to help people interpret their world so that they may be better able to change it in positive ways." Rather than relying on the mythology of the artist as "creator", Durham appreciates the role of the artist as one who rearranges objects that exist in society, implying a direct relationship between social and artistic processes. This exhibition challenges what the artist describes as the "heavy, laden metaphors" attached to stone and its European history. Stone has played a significant role in Durham's artistic practice over the past decade. In his practice stone is metaphoric; it stands for all things structured: architecture, monumentality, and belief. Jimmie Durham is a Washington-born and Berlin-based artist, writer, and activist. His distinct and critical voice is spiked by puns, poetry, and political invective. Durham, of Cherokee heritage, was active in the American Indian Movement throughout the 1970s and in the early 1980s. Knew Urk is Jimmie Durham's first solo exhibition in Canada and his first solo exhibition in North America in over a decade. The exhibition is on display at Western Front Exhibitions, 303 East 8th Avenue in Vancouver, BC. For further information visit www.front.bc.ca, email exhibitions@front.bc.ca or phone 604-876-9343
Advanced Printmaking
Dundarave Print Co-op at 1640 Johnston St, Granville Island, BC will be offering an Advanced Printmaking course. This course provides opportunities for advanced printmaking investigation with emphasis on focused studio production and individual interpretation through the use of one or more processes, emphasizing colour printing and integration of advanced printmaking methods and materials. Resolution of concept and imagery through drawing and problem solving. The instructor for this course is Marijke Nap, an experienced printmaker who also teaches printmaking techniques at the University of British Columbia. There are only 10 seats available. This is a four-day course that takes place on Saturday June 24th, Sunday June 25th, Saturday July 1st and Sunday July 2nd, 2006 from 10:00am-4:00pm. For further details email info@dundaraveprintworkshop.ca or phone 604-689-1650.
Faces of Kenya
The Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery presents Faces of Kenya Drawings and paintings by George Vamos at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver 950 West 41st Avenue in Vancouver, BC. The Opening Night Reception will be held on Thursday June 15th, 2006 from 7:00pm-9:00pm. The exhibit runs until Sunday July 9th, 2006. George Vamos was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1910. Forced to leave, due to economic depression and the persecution of Jews, he moved to Iraq prior to World War II and was then interned by the British in Uganda. George fell in love with Africa, where he remained until he moved to Vancouver in the last year of his life. George's dream was to be a visual artist, but his parents persuaded him to pursue a more secure career. He studied architecture in Vienna, later becoming a highly respected architect in Kenya, where he designed private homes, town halls, office towers, a cathedral, and President Kenyatta's mausoleum. The portraits in the Faces of Kenya exhibit, created during the 1940s and 1950s provide a vivid impression of the richness found in Kenyas multi-cultural society, where George lived. The outstanding aspect of these portraits, are the unique and varied expressions he captured in the faces of his subjects. Georges drawings and watercolour paintings depict a journey lasting over 60 years through Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He used a rich variety of styles in various media including watercolour, pencil, charcoal, ink, wax crayon and pastels. For more information visit www.jccgv.com or contact Reisa Smiley Schneider at 604-257-5111 or by email at reisa@jccgv.bc.ca
Experience the Arts at Kwantlen
To mark Kwantlen University College's 25th Anniversary and to inaugurate the beginning of the transformation of the Langley Campus into a Fine and Performing Arts Campus, Kwantlens Visual Arts, Music and Creative Writing departments are offering an Experience the Arts at Kwantlen youth workshop this summer at their campus in Langley, BC. This dynamic interdisciplinary program of interactive and collaborative workshops is open to high school students from grades 10-12 (ages 14-17). The course will explore creativity in music, visual arts and creative writing through workshops by Kwantlen faculty in: ceramics, photography, percussion voice, microfiction, poetry and vignettes. Participants will create a public art piece for permanent installation. Materials will be supplied. Lunches and refreshments are included. The course will take place from Wednesday August 16th to Saturday August 19th, 2006. Registration forms can be downloaded from the website at http://plaza.kwantlen.ca/sites/fine-arts.nsf/pages/workshops the deadline to register is June 30th, 2006. For further information contact Lorraine Dowdall by phone 604-599-2622 or email Lorraine.Dowdall@kwantlen.ca or Eva McDonald by phone at 604-599-2521 604- 599-2578 or email Eva.McDonald@kwantlen.ca
Paper Dolls
Paper Dolls is a new series of pubescent figuration by Angela Grossmann. The exhibit will take place at the Diane Farris Gallery at 1590 W. 7th Ave in Vancouver, BC from June 1st to 24th, 2006. There is an opening reception on Thursday June 1st from 6:00pm-8:00pm. From an intense collision of ideas and materials, Grossmann constructs the emotional world of young teen girls. Her "fictional" people have an extraordinary sense of wholeness, despite being collaged from dozens of photo fragments enhanced with paint. They speak to the ever-shifting world of social status, fashion and identity among the "paper dolls" of 2006. After earning an MFA at Concordia University and teaching at Ottawa University, Grossmann returned to Vancouver in 1996 to paint and teach at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. For more details visit www.dianefarrisgallery.com email art@dianefarrisgallery.com or phone 604-737-2629.
North Okanagan Artists Alternative
Join the North Okanagan Artists Alternative for an opening reception at Gallery Vertigo Studio on Thursday June 1st starting at 7:00pm for an opulent abundance of art, wine, music, and friends! Gallery Vertigo is located in downtown Vertigo, upstairs in the historic
Winnipeg Union Bank building at Suite #1-3001 31st Street Vernon,
BC. The exhibitions will run until Saturday June 24th, 2006.
In Gallery 1: A Matter of Taste—Installation work by Lynden
Beesley. “The sculptures in this exhibit explore libations, pomegranates
and their associations with life, sexuality and death” (Beesley). The
symbolic power of the pomegranate is delved into for all its richness of
meaning and for its aesthetic features in this varied collection of
sculptures, prints, and installations. A sumptuous show with works to
tease the tangible senses of taste, sight, and touch, as well as the
metaphorical sense of taste, A Matter of Taste resonates with both the
physical and metaphysical facets of the viewer’s identity. Lynden Beesley was raised in the English Surrey country-side, and emigrated to Canada in 1975.
Always a lover of art, Beesley has pursued a career in this passion
since graduating from Queen’s University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in
2001. An active participant in the Okanagan arts community, she has
exhibited throughout the area as well as serving as an art history
facilitator and docent in local art institutions.
In Gallery 2: Several members of the North Okanagan Artists
Alternative and Gallery Vertigo Studio Artists present a stimulating
array of their current work.
Please use the side entrance by Krause Jewellers. For more information about any of all of these exciting shows, contact
Gallery Vertigo at 250-503-2297
The Art of Sport
All visual artists are invited to submit artwork for this exhibit to be held Thursday July 13th to Wednesday September 3rd, 2006 at the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery in the Jewish community centre of greater Vancouver 950 West 41st Ave Vancouver, BC. Paintings, mixed media and fibre art (no photography or sculpture), unframed will be accepted for jurying. The theme or this show is Sports and Jewish Culture and should reflect sports, sportsmanship, fun, friendship, Jewish culture and Israel. Art submitted will be juried by members of JCCGV's Cultural Arts Committee. The gallery will receive a 25% commission on sold artwork. . Artists are responsible for delivering the art to the gallery on Monday July 10th between 8:30am and 10:00pm and picking up the art on Monday, September 4th from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Mailed entries should be posted to arrive by Friday, May 25. Address Entries to Reisa Smiley Schneider c/o Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver 950 West 41st Ave Vancouver, BC V5Z 2N7. For entry forms and details call 604-257-5111 ext. 244 or email at reisa@jccgv.bc.ca
Please note: The deadline has been extended to Tuesday June 6th at 8:45pm with no size or number restrictions.
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