2012 VAB board of directors announced

At this year's annual general meeting, we said a fond fairwell to longtime treasurer Pat Wepf, who's retiring from the position after more than a decade. Luis Barrios, elected to the board last month, is now treasurer with training from Pat. Ryan C. Thompson is newly elected to the board.

Keith Moreau, president, Jacqueline Veltri, vice president, and Bill Riopka, secretary. Stephanie Czolij, Paul Draper, Marian Simpson all return as members at large.

Alecia Charney did not stand for re-election.

Ryan and Keith set to judge Dufferin-Peel Catholic board show

Keith Moreau and Ryan C. Thompson are both set to judge the Images 2012: Dufferin Peel's Boardwide Student Art Exhibition at Mississauga City Hall. The show will run from Friday, May 18th at 5pm to Thursday, May 24th at 5pm in Mississauga Civic Center's Great Hall.

Thompson will judge the Junior Painting Award for his first time, and Moreau will return for the Printmaking Award, which he first chose for in 2008.

Marnie Richards from the Brampton Arts Council judges an award from their organization, and Hazel McCallion traditionally judges a category on behalf of her office.

2012 Annual General Meeting: April 23

The Visual Arts Brampton's annual general meeting will be held at the studio Monday, April 23, 2012 at 7 pm.

Current members who cannot attend may vote by proxy, available at the studio.

Note that Pat Wepf will be stepping down as treasurer at the meeting, after more than a decade in the position. Board member Luis Barrios will be standing for election, for the treasurer position.

Home assignments, 2012

• Pet in a container
• Shoes hanging on a doorknob
• Plant in a container
• View of yard
• Table and chairs
• Liquid in a container
• Winter gear
• Tools
• Electronic device(s)
• Food
• Accessories
• Open drawer containing stuff
• Interior of vehicle
• Shelf of things
• Board game(s)
• Scattered family Photos
• Heirloom(s)
• Currency
• Back view of a person's head
• Crumpled or broken container
• Footwear
• Mirror image
• Collection
• Musical instrument
• Sport items
• Eyewear
• Home
• Corner of room
• Antiques
• Kitchen utensils
• Warped face
• Clothes hanging on a chair
• 2 or more creatures combined as one
• Stiarcase
• Playground
• Toys
• Something with wheels
• Branch of a tree

Brampton-only newsfeed on Facebook launched

Want to know the latest news from across Brampton, through Facebook, but don't want to "Like" all the different pages?

Facebook has just launched an Interests feature, allowing people to create curated lists. Nick Moreau has created "Brampton", which aggregates pages on organizations like VAB, the Brampton Excelsiors, and the Brampton Board of Trade, businesses like Shoppers World Brampton, Brampton Battalion, and Chapters Brampton, and Brampton celebs like Tyler Seguin and Russell Peters. Also included are news outlets The Brampton Guardian, SNAP Brampton, and FlowerCityMoms.

Not only are all the updates gathered together in one place, you can Like, Comment, or Share directly from the list.

For one click access to what's happening in town, subscribe to the Brampton list on Facebook.

Yulia launches a website

Visual Arts Brampton member Yulia Duchenko has launched a website, yuliasfineart.com.

Yulia joined VAB in September 2010, and is now a full-time visual artist. Click through the sidebar to see new artworks as they're posted.

1812 event at Shoppers World Brampton, March 31

Visual Arts Brampton youth students and select adult artists will be drawing from War of 1812 reenactors. Adult member artists from the group are also invited to come and create.

The event will be at Shoppers World Brampton, in Centre Court, on March 31 from 1 to 5 pm. (Appropriately, Centre Court is also home to Laura Secord.)

The  reenactors at the event are being organized by Richard Feltoe, the curator and corporate archivist for Redpath Sugar Limited and is active as a living history reenactor, re-creating the life of a Canadian militia soldier from the War of 1812. His latest book, Redcoated Ploughboys: The Volunteer Battalion of Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada, 1813-1815, will be released in March.

VAB at Sunday's Brampton Battalion game; 5-3 win

Carrick scored the fourth goal of the night,

in the end Visual Arts Brampton was seated at.

It was an action-packed game, yesterday, at the Powerade Centre, as the Battalion ended a loosing streak. The audience of 1,623 included 20 Visual Arts Brampton members and family members, admitted free through the CN Community Ticket program.

Brampton goals were by Philip Lane, Brandon Robinson, Patrik Machac, with two goal by Sam Carric. In all, it was a 5 to 3 victory as Stan Butler returned to the bench.

For more on the game, hop over to the Battalion website's article "Battalion victorious in Butler's return".

Many thanks to the Brampton Battalion for hosting our group again, it was a fun Sunday afternoon!

VAB at Art in the Atrium, March

The wide range of styles, mediums, and subject matter loved by Visual Arts Brampton's membership will be featured at City Hall Brampton this March. In addition to our floral art show, which visits the space in June, this show will feature one artwork per participating member.

Visual Arts Brampton's 26th anniversary will be in April; the "modern US" traditional gift for a 26th anniversary, according to the Chicago Public Library? Original pictures. Appropriate? We think so.

Brampton's City Hall is open weekdays between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.

VAB's show will be installed Thursday, March 1 at 2:15 pm, and run for the month. Additional details, like end date and exhibitors, will be announced as we get closer to the show date.

VAB recognized for Credit Valley art

VAB President Keith Moreau was just notified that he has won a Friends of the Credit Conservation Award on behalf of Visual Arts Brampton, to be presented in Mississauga in March. The award is presented by the Credit Valley Conservation Authority.

Many of Keith's youth students participated in a project in 2010, to create artwork themed to the flora and fauna of the Credit Valley. Artwork was used on signage, now permanently on display at the CVCA's floating island project. The Globe and Mail published an article about the floating island project, back in September; it provides a good overview of how the "islands" treat a storm-water pond.

To visit the floating islands, see the youth artwork, and read on-site explaination of how the islands work, drive to the parking lot of Fletchers Meadow Secondary School/Parkholme School (10750 Chinguacousy Rd), and take a walk across Botavia Downs Drive to Botavia Downs Pond.