Island Arts Magzine Summer 2019

ISLANDARTS M AG A Z I N E Summer 2019 • Vol. XII • Issue II

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Stephen Cole Feature Artist

Mixed Media & Sculptor Artist

Summer Events - Art Tours - Festivals

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Nanoose Bay Art in the Gardens

10th annual, Nanoose Bay Art in the Garden

June 22nd & 23rd 10am – 4pm

Featuring 100 artisans including over 40 new artists, this is our 10th year organizing this event. We have raised over $34,000 for Nanoose Community Service – helping families and seniors in our community.

During this 2 day event musicians will be joining us to play live music on the pond and the surrounding gardens.

The property is owned by Mike and Lesley Seselja and is situated on 9.78 acres, featuring large trees and a trout pond. Join us, walk the garden and be inspired by the many talented Vancouver Island Artists.

Entrance fee is $5 person 12 and under are free. www.nanoosebayartinthegarden.com

ArtSea’s 2019 Spring Studio Tour June 8 & 9, Saanich Peninsula Like multiplying spring bulbs, the number of artists taking part in ArtSea’s Spring Studio tour has almost doubled over last year’s tour. Thirty artists will open their studio doors to the public on June 8 and 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“We’re delighted to have a number of new artists involved as well as the return of some artists who have not been part of the tour for a few seasons,” says Wendy Picken, artist and lead of the tour organizing committee for ArtSea, the Saanich Peninsula’s community arts council.

“Anyone who went on last year’s spring or fall tours will discover a fresh crop of artists along with their favourites.”

Visitors will be able to enjoy a wide variety of genres that include paintings, art photography, textiles, metal and fabric sculptures, woodcuts, stoneware, wearable art, jewellery and even a guitar 2

maker. The tour also gives visitors a chance to explore the beautiful semi-rural Saanich Peninsula.

A good starting point is ArtSea’s Gallery in Tulista Park, Sidney where self-guiding brochures are available. Picken suggests, “Give yourself plenty of time – the full two days – to be able to browse and talk to the artists about their techniques and creative inspiration.”

A complete list of locales carrying the brochure and an online version are available at www.artsea.ca under “ArtSea Happenings.” The brochure contains descriptions, addresses and photos about the artists’ work which makes it easier to decide on a route. Bright red and white signs will help visitors find their way to the studios. www.artsea.ca www.islandartsmag.ca

Above: Nancy Brown-Schembri Below: Patti Chiappini

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Showcasing Western Canadian Artists Summer 2019 • Volume XII • Issue II ISSN 1918-252X Island Arts Magazine

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INTO THE ARCTIC: June 21 - November 5

An Exhibition of Art and Film by Canadian Painter and Filmmaker Cory Trépanier at the Bateman Foundation Gallery of Nature, 470 Belleville Street, Victoria, B.C. batemancentre.org

Into the Arctic showcases over fifty original oil paintings by Canadian painter Cory Trépanier. Over a decade in the making, this traveling exhibition comprises highlights from the most ambitious body of artwork ever dedicated to the Canadian Arctic. With a pack full of painting, filming and camping gear, Trépanier traversed over 40,000 kilometres, through six Arctic National Parks and 16 Arctic communities, exploring many more places in between, in a biosphere so remote and untouched, that most of its vast landscape has never been painted before.

Named one of Canada’s Top 100 Living Explorers by Canadian Geographic Magazine, Trépanier carries on the tradition of painting first made famous by Canada’s Group of Seven, but with the environmental concern of a contemporary artist. Contextualizing the artist’s majestic paintings is a series of Arctic films, which cinematically convey the wonder of the North while documenting his expeditions.

“These experiences have created a desire in me to connect others with this remote northern wilderness through my paintings and films, with are assembled for the first time in this exhibition… I hope my work might spark awareness and conservation about Canada’s Arctic, and instill a greater appreciation and concern for the future of its ever-changing landscape.” – Cory Trépanier

DAVID NETTErVIllE Comox Valley Artist

“Barging Through Seymour Narrows” viewed from Ripple Rock outlook

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Judith Tait 250-285-3896 Quadra Island BC

Paintings, Pet Portraits, Murals quadrapaintlady@gmail.com

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From Mainstage shows to youth programs to festivals and events in between, Crimson Coast Dance Society shines the light on culture, difference, diversity and edge through dances both traditional and cultural. Are you ready for what’s next in our season?

Dive in! The dancing is fine!

June 2 Digital Folk by Plastic Orchid Factory and local performers explores how we communicate in this digital age through an all out immersive, interactive, techno, rave, high school dance participatory performance. Say that three times fast and get your tickets. DJ Andfriends lands us where we need to be throughout and to end the night.

June 27 Multiculturalism Day! Let’s celebrate who we are and who our neighbors are!

Nanaimo Harbourfront Vancouver Island Regional Library, Literacy Central Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Museum and CCD Photo by Chris randle team up for a day of dance, music, and literature that reflects our diverse Canadian landscape.

Artists from Snuneymuxw, China, India, Scotland, Africa will be represented in this free Thursday night event downtown!

July 4 to 14 InFrinGe on your senses at InFrinGinG Dance Festival – Maffeo Sutton Park, Port Theatre and Harbour City Theatre. The festival days are rich with diverse free and ticketed dances from Snuneymuxw, India, Iran, China, Gitsxan; Nanaimo’s own: Samantha Letourneau, and Island Times Sax Quartet with tapper Timothy Allen; AND stimulating explorations of dance, film, and dialogues with Indigenous artists.

Meddle with your dance experiences, get in and reach out to new cultures and ideas through dance For tickets and more information call 250.716.3230 www.crimsoncoastdance.org

Abstract and Textural Workshops Therapeutic Art Paint Nights

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Saying Goodbye to Corinne James TOSH's executive director

Corinne James is hanging up the many, different hats that she has worn over the course of a career spanning 4 years as a volunteer and 17 years as the Executive Director of the Old School House Arts Centre in Qualicum Beach.

Not only did she manage and oversee the day-to-day operations at TOSH, she also organized exhibitions, classes, resident artists, volunteers and gift shop artists. She introduced new events, such as the Art from the Attic Sale and infused other traditional ones, such as the Grand Prix d’Art, the Art in Action Fair, and the Victorian Tea, with innovative ideas and popular enhancements. All of this was implemented in the service of continually engaging artists and community while maintaining the fiscal well-being of the Old School House Arts Centre.

Corinne's husband, Ron Hadley, is also retiring from his post as Director of Music Programming, in which capacity he organized the weekly Music on Sunday concert series, the annual Harvest of Music Festival and the informal Tuesday afternoon TOSH Jazz Club get-togethers. This dynamic team of Corinne and Ron has immeasurably increased the accessibility to art and music for members of our community as well as visitors to our area.

In your 21 year career at TOSH, what are you most proud of?

Just to give you a little background, Ron Hadley started our relationship with The Old School House Arts Centre 21 years ago.

He met with the Board of Directors and agreed to launch a concert series. Music On Sunday began as a jazz-only series and developed into the thirty-five or more multi-genre concerts that TOSH presents each year. My son, Liam Hockley (who was nine years old at the time) and I helped out with selling the tickets and making the tea with several wonderful volunteers. In 2002 the position of Executive Director was created by the TOSH Board of Directors to facilitate and coordinate dynamic growth for the arts centre. I, along with over 100 others, applied for the position and, as they say, the rest is history.

I am most proud of working together with all of the volunteers to make TOSH one of the premier arts facilities in British Columbia. We are not only well-known, we are fiscally solid due to the labours put into all of our own programming and we therefore don’t have to rely on outside funding. I have curated over 190 exhibitions and personally opened all of the shows. Although that is a lot of opening receptions, I have always been truly excited to introduce and welcome all of the superb artists who have exhibited in our galleries over the years.

My most exhilarating exhibition would have to be the Winter Juried Art Show that opened on February 10, 2010 to celebrate the Olympic Games in Vancouver. I felt it was important to invite artists from across Canada to exhibit their work at the same 6

time as the Games. I worked for a year and a half before the exhibition sending out calls for entry to working artists throughout the country. We received over 300 entries that were then juried down to 70 paintings that were eventually hung in the galleries.

The prizes amounted to $3500.00, and the winners were featured in a national art publication. I am pleased to say that we did this without receiving any grant funding from the government. I could not have accomplished this without the help of all of our volunteers and the support of the local and national artist community.

What are you going to miss the most?

What I will miss the most – apart from obviously missing all of the people with whom I work daily, weekly and throughout the year on all of the events that we have produced over the course of these twenty-one years, is the personal challenge. Producing 15 exhibitions a year, six days a week of art classes throughout most of the year as well as our many, diverse special events while keeping the arts centre on a consistently firm financial footing has been multifariously challenging and fulfilling.

I have gained and developed many valuable skills, both practical and interpersonal, from the experience of constantly working with the public. I have also been fortunate enough to dream up ideas that have increased the success of the arts centre and even more fortunate to have had so many volunteers and participants rally around me to execute and implement those ideas while having fun doing it.

What are your future plans?

Our future plans include a move back to the Lower Mainland.

We are also looking forward to travelling and creating new adventures in life.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank friends, artists, volunteers and members of TOSH – many of you fall into all four categories! I will miss you all and I hope that you will stay in touch. I am also very pleased to introduce Illana Hester, who will now begin her tenure as the new Executive Director of TOSH. I wish her and all of you many more successes.

Welcome Illana Hester

"Illana Hester is originally from Calgary Alberta, Canada, and subsequently built her art market knowledge in New York City where she has lived for the past 12 years managing various art businesses. She specializes in curatorial coordination of art projects, and administrative management. She has worked with artists, nonprofit galleries, universities, private collectors, and for-profit art organizations. She holds a Masters Degree in Visual Arts Administration from New York University."

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Janice Evans - en plein air artist

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The Orange Door Gallery

The Orange Door Gallery in Ucluelet BC is an initiative of the Pacific Rim Arts Society, creating another platform to showcase and sell members art work. The first show opened in April. The idea is to have a show once a month. To become a member check out our website pacificrimarts.ca

Art that reflects the Spirit of the West Coast Campbell river Arts Council News

Exciting things are happening at the Campbell River Arts Council this year. Besides our usual activities we have recently launched “Patrons of the Arts.”

This is a group of individuals (all volunteers) that share a powerful commitment to their community and to the visual and performing artists that reside there.

This year the Patrons are involved in the Garden Tour (July 6 & 7) by putting artists in each garden; the River City Arts Festival (July 20th) with a Zentangle paint along; and October 5th with a Wearable Art Fashion Show. Wonderful community projects!

"Harbourmaster', artist Marla Thirsk, 24" x 38"

Please check the Arts Council’s website to see more. www.crarts.ca

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The Oceanside Community Arts Council and the McMillan Arts Centre are thrilled to announce their summer 2019 art installation project. Soft Shore: where land and water meet is an exploration of texture, colours and art methods in celebration of the beauty of the natural ocean shore landscape. Soft Shore blends fibre, metal, glass, photography, acrylic and watercolour in a community’s homage to the natural scapes of our shoreline.

Following the success of his Monet reVisited glass project, Installation Designer, Robert Held brings together internationally celebrated artists to create a unique art interaction experience.

“We are so fortunate to be working with Christopher Smith (Glaskrafter Art Glass), Nelson Shaw (Blue Heron Steel Studio) and renowned artists Joe and Ray Bob of the Snaw-Naw-As First Nation as well as Haa’Yuups (Ron Hamilton) of the NuuChah-Nulth First Nation.” Supported by the Pacific Salmon Foundation and the Mid Vancouver Island Habitat Enhancement Society, the exhibit features key components of cast glass salmon sculptures, steel grasses and herons and Held’s handcrafted “herring ball”. The digital images of Christina Mittermeier, internationally celebrated National Geographic photographer, activist, writer and adventurer will join this exhibit in a state-of-the-art Digital Gallery, a first of its kind in our area.

The Exhibit Opening features a blessing ceremony by local Snaw-Naw-As First Nations as well as dignitaries, invited guests, and featured artists to officially welcome this spectacular art exhibit to our community. www.mcmillanartscentre.com.

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Call for Artists

Open to all visual artists living on BC's coastal islands.

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Saturday July 20, 10 am - 4 pm downtown Campbell river

Festival activities • live music • street performers • demos, workshops • kids activities • live painting • food truck fair ...and more

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SuSAN SCHAEFEr

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‘A Perfect Pairing’

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61th Annual

Comox Nautical Days August 3, 4 & 5 BC Day Weekend Free Festival of Family Fun at Comox Marina Park

The Sails Stage and the Main Stage will feature an outstanding array of musical performers and entertainer. Steve Elliot will be back as Elvis, doing two shows, one being the Gospel show on Sunday.

Watch the fish fly during the annual “Fish Toss”. The kids will love playing in the Rotary Splash Park and Playground.

Comox Nautical Days would not be Nautical Days without the Quality Foods Festival of Lights Fireworks Extravaganza on Monday night.

Shop the more than 100 craft booths and meet the artisans.

Quench your appetite at any or all of the fabulous foodies and those who are "of an age" can enjoy a frosty beverage at the VI Society for Adaptive Snow Sports Bistro Garden.

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Brian Buckrell Comox Valley Artist

For Galleries and Workshops visit:

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bbuckrell@shaw.ca

The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

Dianne E. Nelson

Original Silk Paintings & Commissions

Showing at the

FIlBErG FESTIVAl August 2 - 5, Comox 250-500-3548 Campbell river

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laurel Hibbert feature Artist Arts on the Avenue “When I paint, I usually begin by creating a sky and then the land. Then I wait and watch the scene until, almost like dreaming, images begin to form and characters appear from somewhere in my memory or imagination. I am probably more surprised and delighted than anyone when I see how the paintings develop.�

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Sat. August 24 Sun. August 25 10am - 5pm daily Powell River BC

13 th Annual Free Self Guided Art Event guides/maps available from the tour sponsors and Visitors Information Centre in Powell River or on-line powellriverartists.com

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Stephen Cole Fine Art

Mixed Media Artist & Sculptor

The rising Stone Studio www.stephencolefineart.com

Stephen Cole was born in Swan River Manitoba. He was raised in Salmon Arm BC and started carving at 14, drawing at 16, and painting oils at 20. He started as a stone mason in 1976.

Fleeting - closeup

Gabriola Island became his home in 2009 where he began transforming his house and yard into living art. In 2015 art became the priority and Stephen has been a fixture on the island ever since.

We asked this artist three questions.

1) What is each sculpture made of?

2) Why did he choose that particular medium?

3) What was his inspiration for each piece?

These are his answers.

Transient

Carved Hydrostone Sculpture with Pigment - 30.5"H x16"W x 5.5"D

Fleeting is carved reinforced Hydrostone. I chose Hydrostone because I could use an old distorted life cast mold to get a blank of Hydrostone close to what I wanted which would drastically cut down on material waste and carving time.

Our bodies are a river of atoms that flow through us constantly. The body we had a minute ago is not the same as the body we have now.

Its futile to hold onto what we were but in this flowing collection of energy that we call ourselves there is choice. If we let go, maybe we can learn to swim.

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Transient

Fleeting

Life Cast merged with free formed sculpture in Hydrostone, Acrylic and Resin.- 22.5”H x 15.75”W x 15.5”D

Fleeting is three separate sculptures fused together. I chose reinforced Hydrocal for its ability to bond to itself and for a longer working time. It gels and is workable for several minutes.

We are what we are living in this world for a moment. We can let life happen to us or we can wake up into who we really are and take part in living consciously now.

It may be the only chance we have to experience a true miracle - ourselves and the world we have taken for granted.

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Black Chlorite - Lemanja 20" H x 5" W x 4" D

I didn't choose Chlorite for Lemanja, Lemanja chose to emerge from the chlorite. All I knew was I wanted to carve a very black stone. I often have very little idea what I'm going to carve prior to starting. Shortly after I start carving a story and an image will come. Such was the case with Lemanja.

Many of my peak experiences have been on the water.

When I’m on the ocean I talk to her, I dance with her and I make deals. Lemanja was inspired a couple of hundred miles offshore in a North Pacific storm. After four days of seasickness and prepping for abandoning ship, came surrender to the massive power of this beautiful giant. I asked her once again "help us get home."

Lemanja is the Goddess that watches over sailors, she's very powerful and is concerned with every aspect of womanhood. She is Queen of the ocean.

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Cast Sculpture with light and vibrant color 24"H x15.5"W x 5"D

I chose to use reinforced Hydrostone because it creates very hard casts which are paintable and can hold fine detail.

I see a world obsessed with imaginary perfect bodies.

There is shame around wrinkles, scars, stretch marks, etc. We carry our marks and scars as a record of a life lived. They give us character and a unique beauty while telling our story. Lumina is a map of years of choices that have coloured and carved her. The deep cuts reveal her inner light.

Wear your marks and scars with pride. You worked for them. They make you shine. ~

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Maureen Maryka

Contemporary Landscapes

Photographing Your Paintings David Langevin Artworks If you want to sell your paintings, enter them into shows, present them to galleries, make printed copies of them, or display them anywhere online, you need to be able to take good photographs of them. If you are a serious painter, you need seriously good images of your work. This has become much more significant with the internet being such an important element in art market in recent years.

Nature’s Downfall, 20” x 16”

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Studio/Gallery open year-round on the Quadra Island Studio Tour

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Kelly Deakin

Ucluelet BC

openwings.ca 250-266-2214

Wonders of Openwings Art by Kelly July 10 – 28, 2019 Artifact 84 Orchard Street New York, NY

One of a kind pyrographic art!

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I have gotten proficient at photographing my paintings after years of learning and practic. I will share some tips here that may be helpful. All that ‘practice’ means I do have some not so good photographs of some of my paintings that I can show to help demonstrate the less than desirable outcomes. Doing an internet search for: “how to photograph paintings”, and perhaps adding the word ‘tutorial’ in the title, is a good idea.

The ideal method is to have a proper photography set up with appropriate lighting and the painting sitting perfectly square to the stationary camera’s optics. I have always thought of setting up a permanent photography space with all the right equipment, but, so many years later, I am still doing it the way I always have.

Get a good camera. The digital technology has made good cameras quite affordable. Simple computer photo software makes it easy to crop and adjust exposure as well.

face.Always photograph your paintings BEFORE you varnish them.

Here are examples of the same painting photographed outdoors under 3 different natural light conditions:

Cloudy day: too dark and boosting the colors digitally in editing would look unnatural.

Taken on a sunny day with light shinning directly on the surface. This looks good and it is how it would look in a well lit setting like on a gallery wall.

I find the best and most natural looking results can be achieved by photographing your paintings outdoors, in the shade, on a sunny day.

The painting must be as straight as possible, vertically. The painting must be square to the camera lens to avoid parallax. Once I am happy with the camera settings, I take multiple photos of the painting to make sure I get one that is straight.

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Photographed on a sunny day, in the shade. This provides the most consistent results . It’s a good example of how the painting will look in most settings.

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"There is a purity of presence in the north.

Buffs, blues and turquoises are softened by ubiquitous light. The ambiguity between sky, ocean and land creates a sense of unity with the universe."

www.sharonquirke.com ‘Re-Create’ A New form of Interactive Art

by Majie Lavergne

There are two distinct streams in my art; Abstraction and Interactive. My interest in Interactive Art stems from my lifelong fascination with any art form that challenges the traditional rigid boundary between “artist” and “audience”.

My Interactive Art series is called ‘Re-Create’ where the traditional context of, “Don’t touch!”, “Just look at the art.”, is absent and the viewer is invited to physically move pieces of the artwork and to step into his or her own creative process and sense of play.

‘Re-Create’ is ever-changing, only limited by one’s own imagination and promotes values such as creativity, innovation, and play. With ‘Re-Create’, while it is the artist that makes the art product, it is the viewer that imbues the art with life.

WOrKSHOP: Northern light Abstracting land and Sky Sharon Quirke, BA, MA October 19 – 20, 2019

Does the mystery and majesty of the night sky capture your imagination?

Sharon will show you her favourite techniques in acrylic paint: transparency, rainbow layering and luminosity. Experiment with abstracting through a focus on movement and light. Oil painters welcome.

Sharon Quirke is a professional artist living in West Vancouver. Cost: $275. (+gst)

‘Re-Create’ comes alive through the viewer. When the viewer engages his/her own creative process, as an artist, I feel deeply nourished and that ‘Re-Create’ has reached its purpose. ‘Re-Create’ reminds us that there is an artist in all of us, that creating is part of life and that values such as creativity, imagination and play are life affirming!

Showing at the Tofino at Experiential Art Gallery from August 2-17. www.majie.ca

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Dreaming of Japan

By Heather Hughson

I had always dreamed of going to Japan. It would have just stayed a dream if it had not been for Antonia, my friend, who had taught there and had visited often. Staying with her family and friends provided a unique view of the culture for me.

Workshop Teaser!

2020 line-up!

Marilyn Timms – March 28 – 29 Spring Still Life Brent lynch – April 18 – 19 Landscapes: a Different View

Janice robertson – May 9 – 10 Realism to Abstraction

To give an artist’s impression of Japan is almost impossible!

Everywhere I turned I saw amazing sights, from the small shop selling chopsticks: all arrayed with precision to the cities and towns full of interesting buildings. People had planted gardens even though they may not have much space. It was a feast for the eyes – and the brush – for floral painters.

One of the many things on my wish list was to visit one of the three famous gardens of Japan. One of these was in Kanazawa just north of Kyoto. The Kenroku-en Garden was established in the 17th century (during the Edo period). Located in the heart of the city, it is next to the castle (now in ruins). We spent an amazing day visiting this most wonderful garden along with half the population of Kanazawa – or so it seemed! I was taken with so many scenes that would make amazing paintings. Everything was artfully arranged – a painting at every glance!

Susan Schaefer – March 6, 13, 20, 27 Beginners - Exploring Acrylics

Tatjana Popovicki – Fall Landscapes - Rich Colour and Texture Hosted by Island Arts Magazine

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Heather Brown • artist - potter

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We awoke early the next morning and decided to go for a walk in the castle grounds. We climbed up flights of steps to the top of the earthen ramparts. After reaching the top of the earthworks, we were startled by a garden which lay like a jewel far before us. The sun was just peeking over the hill and the garden was alight! I immediately thought of how I would be able to capture that light on canvas. Amazingly enough, there were only two people there besides us! We walked down a ramp, marveling at the layout, from a miniature lake with bridges to all the trees and shrubs placed artfully around. It was breathtaking!

A trip of a lifetime. Thank you Japan!

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Celebrating 10 Years Judi Pedder

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250-228-5091 • Nanoose Bay

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Painting Tip by Judi Pedder

The scenario: Your latest image is getting close to the finish line, though it seems to be lacking that something. Is it humming nicely, though not singing out loud enough?

Here’s something to try that is easy and really works. Photograph your image as it is now.

Print it off on white paper, 67 lb card if you have it. Makes more than one copy – in colour.

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Go back to your paints and jump in with more color, more dark, or whatever your heart is suggesting. Be brave. Nobody but you will see this.

Do several if you have other ideas. You’ll know which one to use when you see it.

Then finish your piece and pat yourself on the back.This tip can work with any medium and I have used the idea successfully many times.

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Icebox Strawberry Shortcake

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Set aside 7 large strawberries to be sliced and layered on top of your cake just before serving. Add remaining strawberries and orange juice to bowl of food processor. Pulse until berries are broken up but small berry chunks remain, 10 to 15 short pulses.

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SUSAN SCHAEFER SUMMER SHOWCASE

SUMMER AT COAST COLLECTIVE ~ Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.

Portraits is an Open Call show that invites artists to portray people or animals literally, or figuratively using symbols to convey their identity. See if you agree with Oscar Wilde who claimed that, ‘Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.’ This show runs from June 12th to June 23rd with the Meet-the-Artists Reception taking place on Friday, June 14th from 7 to 9 pm.

Can you remember those summers by the ocean – leaping the waves, snorkeling, building sand castles? Oceans celebrates the marine world that exists above, below, and along the water’s edge. This Open Call show features work in any 2D or 3D medium and will run from June 26th to July 14th. Test the waters during the Meet-the-Artists Reception on Friday, June 28th from 7 to 9 pm.

Unlike many of us, Catherine Mick “drools over discards” - from plaid wool pants, to a gold cashmere coat, to a foxfur collar. She then breaks them down to their basic components and spins and weaves them into glorious new fabrics.

Reclaimed, Reworked, Reborn: a Retrospective of Works by Catherine Mick showcases these upcycled textile garments. Catherine has extended an invitation to other textile artists to show off their own innovative creations. This show runs from July 17th to July 28th with the Meet-the-Artist taking place on Saturday, July 20th from 1 to 3 pm.

Jonathan Madzinga began his painting career as a six-year-old in Zimbabwe,

who, without permission, painted an abstract painting on the walls of his father’s studio! Realizing his son’s potential, his dad encouraged him, to study at the National Art Gallery in Bulawayo and the Mzilikazi Art and Craft Centre. Since 2002, Jonathan’s colourful art has been displayed around the world and nowMadzinga Art is coming to Coast Collective. Madzinga will also be holding workshops during his show’s run, sharing his knowledge as well as his work. This solo exhibition will take place from July 31st to August 18th. Come and meet the artist at the Meet-the-Artist reception on Friday, August 7th from 7 to 9 pm.

Sat. June 22, 10am - 3pm

701 Ermineskin Ave. Parksville Everyone Welcome! susan-schaefer-fine-art.ca 250-586-5510

We humans are 3D forms moving about in a 3D world – a world whose objects have height, width, and depth. However, our eyes can only see 2D forms. This is where the brain comes in. It tricks the eye into seeing depth. The 3D Show at Coast Collective runs from August 21st to September 1st and will undoubtedly run the gamut from jewellery to pottery, wood work to metal work – anything that one can pick up, touch, move around, falls into the 3D category. BUT some of our artists are so brilliant that they can present a 3D object – a cube, a prism, a pyramid – by means of their 2D art. Plan to attend the Meet-the-Artists reception on Friday, August 23rd from 7 to 9 pm.

Check out the website for details of classes that include painting, photography, portrait and architectural drawings, making booklets - be they paper or leather-bound journals - there is even a Kids Art Camp.

Coast Collective is looking forward to a very artistic summer. www.coastcollective.ca ~ Penny Pitcher Summer 2019

Mon - Sat 10 - 6

Sunday 10 - 4

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At the DRAW Gallery

May 7th – Jun 28th - Our Creative Nature Group Exhibit.

Mix & Mingle Reception Friday May 17th from 6 – 8 pm.

Art is an expression, an acceptance, a depiction of thoughts through creativity. It’s an explanation of events, a showcase of beauty, and it’s a gift to the eyes of humanity. An exhibition of paintings, photography, mixed media and installations by local and Island Artists such as Doug Blackwell aka SockeyeKing, Cynthia Bonesky, Jacques De Backer, Cecil Dawson, Lucas Chickite, GerArt, Jullian Growcott, Pamela Holl Hunt, Perry Johnston, Jillian Mayne, Ann McIvor, Miriam Manuel, Todd Robinson, Susan Schaefer, Sue Thomas, Perrin Sparks, Ariane Terez, Gordon Wilson, Nancy Wilson among others.

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Join us on Days with the Arts on June 15th & 16th!

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Visit us Online www.drawgallery.com. and onLocation at the corner of Melrose & 8th Ave in the dynamic Alberni Valley or Call 855-755-0566

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Mary Fox Legacy Project Society www.maryfoxpottery.ca

A lot of great ideas start with a dream; the Legacy Project is one of them. I have worked as a potter all my life, earning my living from what I create with my hands. When I was younger, it was difficult to find a place to rent that could accommodate a studio and a landlord willing to let you install a kiln. I always managed to find studio spaces, but often they were dark basement rooms.

I felt fortunate to have any studio space all, but I still fantasized about the day I would own a house and have the studio/gallery of my dreams.

Late one night I was chatting with my wife about the difficulties inherent in the young artist’s life when she asked me, “What would have made things easier for you?” “Oh, that’s easy,” I replied, “a low-cost, equipped studio where I could also sell what I was creating.” And then the conversation took off!

A few months later my wife died, and I embarked on the beginnings of the Legacy Project, rebuilding the home we had shared for 16 years. During that time I had worked in the small garage attached to our house. I loved my little studio, however, it was small and very crowded with all the equipment and, of course, the pots! I was selling my work at a steady rate but there wasn’t enough room to display all that I was making. I started to envision my dream studio, gallery, and home, and the idea of lifting my house slowly began to take form. With the Legacy Project in mind, I made a floor plan of what my ideal studio would look like, and in August 2011, the house was lifted and construction began.

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Now, years later, when you walk in the front door, you enter into a beautiful gallery. From there you can see through to the creation room. The old studio which has become the kiln room.

Upstairs has been designed as an open plan kitchen/living room.

There is also a photography room and desk area. Everything a potter needs to work and document the work is on site.The final floor is the loft, a beautiful space where I can retreat at the end of a long day. This is the house that I built with the Legacy Project and the rest of my working years in mind.

I envision, after my passing, an Artist Residency program run at Mary Fox Pottery with the support of the town of Ladysmith.

A ceramic artist under the age of 30 could apply for a two-year residency with an option of staying on for a third year. I see the Legacy Project as a chance for a young artist to have the time and space to develop their skills and live the life of a studio potter. By the end of their residency they should know whether the life of a studio potter is for them.

We are in the process of setting up an endowment fund through the Vancouver Foundation to which you will be able to donate and receive a tax receipt. We also encourage you to consider leaving a percentage of your estate to the Mary Fox Legacy Project Society. Thank you for considering being a part of this exciting project.

Summer 2019

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CAll TO ArTISTS

“Artisans' Festival”, Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens in Courtenay BC. Saturday, Sunday and Monday Aug 31 - Sept 2, 2019 For more information and to register call 250-338-6901 woodlandgardens.ca

'Works of HeArT Project' invites artists of all mediums to "Inspire Positive Change through Creative Expression".

You could be featured on our website, social media and EyesOnBC magazine. Contact us @ www.worksofHeARTproject.com

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Parksville Beach Festival July 12- August 18, 2019 Art in the Park July 27 & 28, 2019 For more information visit parksvillebeachfest.ca

InFrinGinG Dance Festival 2019 Displaying an array of music and dance styles, Crimson Coast Dance’s 21st annual InFrinGinG Dance Festival brings a variety of performances from across the world to our community. Featuring FREE outdoor events in Maffeo Sutton Park from July 5th to 13th, including drum circles, cultural dance celebrations, and audience participation workshops for all abilities. In addition, catch two ticketed shows at The Port Theatre: Crossing Mountain & Seas by Orchid Ensemble and Aeriosa on July 11th, and Flicker by renowned Indigenous company Dancers of Damelahamid on July 13th.

EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

6th Annual WET PAINT SHOW & SAlE: August 17th and 18th at a NEW lOCATION, Halbe Hall in Black Creek. This popular art show features 10 artists with an eclectic mix of subjects and styles.

Seascapes, landscapes, still life, figurative art, and abstracts in various mediums will be on display.

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37th Annual Filberg Festival, Comox BC. Celebrate the best of arts, crafts and music from across Canada! August 2-5, 2019 filbergfestival.com www.islandartsmag.ca

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WOrKSHOPS & ClASSES

Scrivener Art Workshops: Mixed Media, Encaustic, Collage, Acrylic, Cold Wax and Oil Paint.

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Summer Workshops in Exclusive Cardmaking and Scrapbooking With Designer Els Schutte. Summer Painting Lessons, All Ages, and levels in Oil and Acrylic with Michael Schutte. Small groups, Lots of Attention! As seen on Shaw Television, Channel 4. "Painting the Island with Michael Schutte" (Check out our website). Private Summer Music lessons, Guitar, Drums, Uke and Voice. All Ages, All levels.

Academy of Music and Art Parksville. Tel 250 927 4005 academyofmusicandartparksville.com

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Fall issue in September Deadline July 21st Summer 2019

Island Arts Magazine & Young at Art Studios proudly sponsor:

Sooke Fine Arts Show McMillan Arts Centre Bell Barn Society The Robert Bateman Centre Old School House Arts Centre learn to paint “En Plein Air” with JIll PArIS rODY

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