Thursday, March 22, 2007

Workshop news

The date, time, and details for Debra Ali's water-based oils workshop has been set. Debra's class will run every Wednesday evening (7-9 pm) for eight weeks, May 2 to June 20, 2007.

To see her work, visit debraali.ca

Meanwhile, Dan Anaka's acrylics workshop starts this weekend. Spots are still available if you haven't signed up yet. It will run for 6 weeks, skipping the Easter weekend, until May 5, 2007, on Saturdays from 1:00 to 3:30 pm.

To see his work, visit dananaka.com

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Fridge Front, available times

The installation and removal dates may be shuffled to more convenient days, if need be.

March 5 to 20, Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School
March 20 to April 2, continuation of Harold M. Brathwaite
April 2 to 13, Sunny View Middle School, grade 6
April 13 to 27, McCrimmon Middle School
April 27 to May 11, open for bookings
May 11 to 25, W. G. Davis Senior Public School
May 25 to June 8, Brampton Centennial Secondary School
June 8 to 22, open for bookings
etc...

Originally posted 17/02/07, now updated.

Youth classes next Saturday

The teen and afternoon kids class will be taught by Debra Ali and Nick, instead of Keith and Nick, as Keith will be attending his brother's birthday party in Midland.

Debra is a professional graphic designer, who is scheduled to teach an adult painting workshop at Visual Arts Brampton, in the coming weeks.

The students will be continuing on the cartooning unit.

Morning classes will not be affected.

Friday, March 16, 2007

More new books, part 9

  • Tales of the Dark Knight: Batman's First Fifty Years: 1939-1989, Mark Cotta Vaz
  • Chronicle of Canada

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Art Gallery of Peel Annual Juried Show

Entry forms are available at the Visual Arts Brampton Creative Studio, at the Art Gallery of Peel, or online as a PDF.

The Art Gallery of Peel’s Annual Juried Show is one of the most popular shows of its type in the province. In the past, artists have been entitled to submit one or two works for a non-refundable fee of $12 for members; $15 for non-members. This year, submissions will be limited to one piece per artist with the entry fee remaining the same. This will allow the same number of artists to participate but not create the excessive volume of entries that can overwhelm the jurors’ decision making process.

This year, the Gallery is fortunate to have the expertise of artist Dan Kennedy and Director of the Varley Art Gallery, John Ryerson in adjudicating the show. Submissions will be received at the Gallery from April 16 - 22, 2007 and the opening reception and awarding of prizes will take place on May 2 from 8 to 10 p.m.

For further information, contact David Somers, Curator at 905-791-4055, Ext. 3632.

Kahani Young Illustrator's Contest


Kahani, a US-based South Asian literary magazine for kids, which is holding their second annual illustration contest. Go on to their contest page, and check out the two stories that you can illustrate.

There are two age categories, 6-8 years old and 9-11 years old, each with their own prizes.

As the top prize, the 1st place stories and illustrations will be published in the Spring 2007 issue of Kahani. The winners will also get a check for $50 each. Second place winners will receive a $50 gift basket, courtesy of Barefoot Books, a Cambridge-based publisher of multicultural literature. Our 3rd place finishers will each get a $25 Borders gift card. (You can use it online as well, so you don't have to go border hopping just for a book.)

Friday, March 09, 2007

More new books, part 8

  • Marvel X-Men: The Ultimate Guide (Updated Edition), Peter Sanderson
  • Marvel: The Characters and Their Universe, Michael Mallory
  • Watercolor Basics: Drawing and Painting Birds, Shirley Porter
  • Painting Nature's Details in Watercolor, Cathy Johnson

Friday, March 02, 2007

Brampton Library Bookmark Award Winners

Brampton 01 Mar 07 - Brampton Library held its 8th Annual Bookmark Contest Awards Ceremony, Tuesday, February 27, at the Four Corners branch.

Nicole Brown won in the preschool to kindergarten category; Anittha Mappansingam took the award in the grades 1 to 3 category; Melissa Vrieling was the winner in the grades 4 to 5 category; Joseph Inot won in the grades 6 to 8 category; Kelly Anderson won in the grades 9-10 category; and Ashley Multani was the winner in the Grades 11-12 category. At the Ceremony, the winners received a prize plus a Certificate of Merit.

Winning designs were selected by a panel of judges from the Brampton Arts community. These designs have been turned into bookmarks that will be made available to the public in limited quantities at all Brampton Library locations during March Break. They are also featured on the Library's website at www.bramptonlibrary.ca



Group Picture (Left to Right): Melissa Vrieling (Gr. 4-5 winner), Julia Mair Gonuyou (student judge), Margaret Inocencio (Board Member), Ken Egbuna (Board Chair), Joseph Inot (Gr. 6-8 winner), Nicole Brown (JK-SK winner), Janice Awde (Board Vice-Chair), Roger Bunn (Board Member), Ashley Multani (Gr. 11-12 winner), Donna Gaffoor (staff member), Keith Moreau (judge), Kelly Anderson (Gr. 9-10 winner)

Missing: Anittha Mappansingam (Gr. 1-3 Winner)


This press release is included for two reasons, most obviously judge Keith Moreau is the President of Visual Arts Brampton. Less obvious is that Kelly Anderson was a VAB youth classes member, back around the turn of the century.

(Note that the bookmarks are judged without the names of the entrants, and thus the quality of Anderson's work was the only deciding factor. Moreau was unaware that she was an entrant.)

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Brampton Centennial Secondary School to exhibit

From May 25 to June 8, Brampton Centennial Secondary School will be on display at the Fridge Front Gallery.

Part of the Peel Board, the school is located around Elgin Drive and McMurchy Avenue S. The school was opened in 1967, hence the name, and has 1,794 students.

http://bramptoncentennialss.peelschools.org/