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Wednesday, February 4th, 2004 The British Antiques and Collectible Roadshow will be making a stop at Shoppers World Brampton on Feb. 20 and 21. Art expert David Freeman and Canada's Marshall Gummer, an antique aficionado, will spend the two days looking for Brampton's hidden treasure. The event will take place in the Bay Court on Friday from noon to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $10 per item appraised, of which $3 will be donated to Visual Arts Brampton. Pre-registration is required for all participants. For information call Rose Guiao at 905-459-1337, ext. 225.
Friday, March 26th, 2004, The Brampton Guardian Animex has returned for third year to the Visual Arts Brampton Studio on Monday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. The annual fee remains the same at $250 which entitles the member to free studio use at other times. In Animex, you can discover the magic of animation by using the traditional methods of animated drawings. In a series of workshops they will cover topics that explore the specialized fields in animation, such as storytelling, drawing for animation, acting, cinematic visual language, animation timing, storyboarding, cartooning, design, art direction, sound, computer hardware and software for animation. Students will be encouraged to participate in class discussions and produce animated pieces of work that can be critiqued by the instructor and the class to help strengthen artistic and storytelling skills. The goal of Animex is to introduce the techniques of animation to people who wish to go to school to pursue an animation career, want to make animated movies on their own or even improve their drawing skills. Visual Arts Brampton has increased the number of computers in its Digital Creations area of the studio to ten, from last year’s three, thanks to a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Animex will be mentored by animator Dave Quesnelle, who has approximately 20 years in the animation industry at various studios including Disney, Don Bluth, Nelvana and is currently a professor of animation at Sheridan College. For 17 years, VAB has offered workshops, exhibits and creative space to professional and casual members of the artistic community. For more information, contact 905-453-9142, or visit their Web site at www.visualartsbrampton.com.
Photo by George Beshiri, The Brampton Guardian, originally published Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Visual Arts Brampton president Keith Moreau is hanging pieces for the first show at the group's new location at Shoppers World, at the west entrance to the mall. Member artists were asked to provide whatever they wanted to kick off the today's first show in new display cases and bigger surroundings. For more information, visit www.visualartsbrampton.com. Member Conrad Mieschke to exhibit at Buckhorn Wildlife Art Festival
Now in its 27th year, the Buckhorn 2004 Wildlife Art Festival is set to run the weekend of August 13-15, 2004 in Buckhorn, Ontario. This year, Visual Arts Brampton member and professional artist Conrad Mieschke will exhibit for the first time at the show. Visit his site at www.conradmieschke.com
Wednesday, September 1st, 2004 Ever wanted to draw cartoons like Stan Lee or Walt Disney? Well here's your chance. Visual Arts Brampton (VAB) will host an eight-week course in cartooning starting Sept. 15. Each week from 7 to 9:30 p.m. participants will learn styles and techniques to create cartoons based on skills Disney animators use. The course is open to anyone 16 and up and costs $125. While the course can hold up to two dozen people, anyone interested should sign up early to guarantee a spot. Each week's workshop will take place at Visual Arts Brampton's studio at Bartley Square Mall. Peter Emslie, who has worked as a Disney illustrator for the past 20 years and started drawing cartoons in the late-1970s, will lead the workshop aimed at adults looking to take on cartooning as a hobby. "He has a definite flair that anybody taking the course can benefit from," said Keith Moreau, president of VAB. Anyone attending the workshop should bring a pad of 11x14 paper, some 2B pencils and erasers. Depending on the turnout, Emslie may hold more workshops in the future. For more information, or to book a spot in the course, call Moreau at 905-453-9142 or visit www.visualartsbrampton.com.
Wednesday, December 15th, 2004
Photo by GEORGE BESHIRI The illustrations of Sean Cassidy are now on display at the new Golden Pheasant Gallery, which is located at the Visual Arts Brampton studio, 1 Bartley Bull Pkwy. The exhibit, which includes illustrations for Cassidy’s new book Gummytoes, will run until Saturday. Cassidy will be at the gallery on Thursday from 7 to 9:30 p.m. That evening he will also give a talk on illustrating for kids' books from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. On the closing day Saturday, Cassidy will be present from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Cassidy was born and grew up in Montreal and studied Fine Art at Concordia University and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School. Since 1986, he has taught Art and Illustration at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School. He now has four books published and has won several awards for his work, which includes Gummytoes, Good To Be Small, Ten Little Puppies and The Chicken Cat. For more information, call the Visual Arts Brampton studio at 905-453-9142.
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004
Animator Tarantini’s work includes the cartoon Little Bear (left). Visual Arts Brampton is offering their Animex workshops for 2005 through Tony Tarantini, a 17-year veteran of the Canadian animation industry. Much of Tarantini’s experience was with Toronto’s Nelvana Productions projects such as Care Bears, Dog City, Beetle Juice, Rupert, The Magic School Bus, Little Bear and George Shrinks, as well as the Babar and Pippi features. He is also an instructor with Sheridan’s School of Animation. The 16-weeks, called The HeART of Animation, will include the production principles of making an animated film. Participants will develop their own story ideas, generate design, paint colour visuals and produce a storyboard which will be turned into a story-reel (animatic) of the film. The second 16-week workshop will encourage participants to take their creativity through to the final short animated film. Meet Tarantini at the Visual Arts Brampton studio at 1 Bartley Bull Pkwy. on Wednesday, Dec. 29 from 6 to 9 p.m., as part of an open house. Also on exhibit will be the works of some of the youth programming, and youth instructor Keith Moreau. He is also the artist for the open studio times, weekly at the studio. Moreau will be available 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. for the open house. Call the studio at 905 453-9142. 2004 Youth Achievement Awards winners December 22, 2004 On the 18th of December, 2004, the sixth annual Youth Achievement Awards were held, to honour the creativity of our year-long youth art classes students. This year had the lowest entrant rate, with only 18 entrants from a list of almost 50 eligible students. As a result of the turnout, next year's home assignments will be lessened. On a positive note, this is the first year that all students entered got medal standings, and thus no Honourable Mentions were handed out. The "thanks for trying" Certificate of Completion level, hasn't been awarded since at least 2001.
Local arts scene thriving in 2004
New Artway heads into New Year with even more Artway enters 2005 with seven successful exhibits
behind it As you likely are aware of already, Visual Arts Brampton has moved its Artway Gallery to the west side of Shoppers World Brampton. The new 54-running-foot-long glassed in exhibit space has so far hosted seven successful shows at the space, since its June opening. The space opened with Mixed Bag, a one-off celebration of the creative diversity of VAB artists' works. All the exhibits following this have been our annual exhibits, like In Black and White, the Landscapes show, the Snail Mail World Postcard Art Show, Drawing in Colour, Brushes with Success, and the current festive exhibit, 'Tis the Season. While the Snail Mail World Postcard Art Show was a relatively full exhibit with 600 entries from more than six countries, it failed the gain the momentum organizers expected. The two past mail art exhibits held in Brampton, Artway’s 2000 Great Canadian Mail Art Show and the Art Gallery of Peel’s it’s in the mail, both received even more entries (800+ and 1200+) with equal or less promotion. However, the group is starting to plan the 2005 exhibit already, and is hoping to get the interlingual website up and running by February at latest. The next exhibit at Artway will be Jack Reid and Friends, featuring Brampton’s own internationally acclaimed artist. The group had planned to host a show of Reid’s work ever since the Artway Exhibit Space opened in 1998 as the City Centre EXhibit Space. However, due to our schedule which was limited to guest artists, and Jack’s own busy workshop touring circuit all over the Western hemisphere, there wasn't an opportunity for the show until now. Artway will soon open the Fridge Front Gallery as an addition to the existing exhibit area. The space will feature the art of local school students, as well as VAB’s own youth class students. The space may also become the primary host of the Snail Mail World Postcard Art Show. Gallery opens at VAB studio December 28, 2004 Visual Arts Brampton continues to expand its display opportunities as it opens the Golden Pheasant Gallery. The Artway cases from our former Bramalea location have been moved to the VAB Studio, and refitted to the space, we have a more professional display area than we've had over the past few years. The Bartley Square Mall space is now open to the general public, and is gradually picking up traffic with more media exposure. Currently on display are two exhibits: Animex 2005 and VAB Student Exhibit 2004, both promotional exhibits for continuing workshops at the VAB studio. The first features layouts for various Nelvana animated series by new Animex instructor Tony Tarantini. The second features the art of Youth class instructor Keith Moreau, and various students from last year’s sessions, including 13-year-old Emily Kowalik. Her home assignments, just simple projects assigned to all students, look as if created by a professional realist. The first exhibit at the Golden Pheasant Gallery was Gummytoes: The Art of Sean Cassidy, an exhibit of illustrations from award-winning, internationally published children’s books. Cassidy, who teaches art at a Brampton school, displayed works from four books he recently illustrated. Cassidy held a talk on December 16th about what to do to get into the illustration industry, with advice based on his own career. Founding member accepted into two juried art shows, wins at one December 30, 2004 Founding member of Visual Arts Brampton, and now Hillsburgh-resident Kate Taylor was accepted into the Art Gallery of Peel Juried Art Show, and won an award. Currently her work is on display at the Art Gallery of Mississauga's Visual Arts Mississauga Juried Art Show. Two VAB members get into Art of the Automobile December 30, 2004, VAB Creative Urges Conrad Mieschke and Scott Maxwell, both members of VAB, were both accepted into the Art of the Automobile show. Held annually by the Automotive Journalist Association of Canada, the show tour will tour this year’s car shows in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. Last year, member Keith Moreau was accepted into the show with his Patriotic Pickup coloured pencil work. |
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