'Tis the Season

Our annual Christmas/holidays/winter/toys exhibit is on now at Artway, until the second week of January.

More new books

• Trees in a Winter Landscape
• Wildlife of Australia
• The Annual Encyclopedia
• Birds of the Atlantic Provinces
• The Love of Birds
• A History of Greek Art 2

Brampton Bulletin is dead

Despite the fact the website is still up, the Brampton Bulletin seems to be as good as dead. Their answering machine has been full for weeks, we've had no response to emails, and writers for the site haven't heard anything. If anyone has any news on what exactly killed the Bulletin, Nick would like to know for history's sake.

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Read "The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated" for a update to this story.

Saturday is deadline for youth awards

This Saturday you must have your portfolio ready for the judges.

You need:

• 12 TV assignments: At least 2 must be portraits, 2 must be still life, and 2 must be animal. You may choose whatever TV assignments for the other six.
• 12 Home assignments: Any 12.
• Any other art that you want to show off to the judges. Try and get as much good stuff as you've got.

Questions?

One of a Kind Show

One of this year's featured artisans at the One of a Kind Show in Toronto is our very own Maria Dlubak, and her daughter Anna. The two of them make pillows, and were chosen to represent the show in print, television, and online advertisements.

From the site:

Anna & Maria Dlubak
Pillowmakers / WishfernToronto, Ontario / Booth H24
New to the One of a Kind Show, this talented mother and daughter creative team have a passion for art and design and use screen printing as their medium. Their fascination for creating nature inspired designs stems from travel in Poland, Germany, and South Africa as well as a family tradition of gardening. They collaborate to create the designs that are featured on pillows. They use
drawings as well as photographs as a basis for their artwork.

Check out a video interview of the two here:
http://oneofakindshow.com/xmas06/artisanprofiles.php?p=1

VAB now on Flickr

This is the address of VAB's new Flickr account. (see way down)

flickr.com/
photos/
55759550@N00/

Any event we hold or attend, we'll try and post photos to there. First off is pics from the 2006 Shoppers World Christmas Parade; we brought the Brampton Arts Council's Millie to the event.

To the left is a photo collage of that event, as seen on The Brampton News. Two articles about the event were published on the site...

Santa comes to Shoppers World Brampton

Photostory: Mall parade held to mark Santa's arrival

Looking for the home assignments list?

Click here.

Still time to get into portfolio lessons

Are you a student who wants to attend a high school arts programme? Brush up your portfolio at Visual Arts Brampton.

After covering the basics of perspective in the first week, students will choose the order in which to complete school entry assignments, with Keith's one-on-one guidance. Attending to the students' individual needs, all students will leave with a greater sense of self-confidence, knowing they raised the quality of their portfolio, beyond their existing ability.

This is the second year Keith is holding the program. Keith heard back from most students, all of whom had been accepted.

See this post for more detail.