Craig Fleming featured in Guardian

Check out Ashley Goodfellow's interview of Drawing in Black and White featured artist Craig Fleming, "Local artist an expert with a pencil". The article appeared in the most recent issue of the Brampton Guardian, and of course can also be read online.

The exhibit runs until June 26, 2009.

Inspirations awards ceremony held by library

Tuesday, June 9, the Brampton Library held its awards ceremony for their annual Inspirations competition. Visual Arts Brampton president Keith Moreau was a judge for this year's competition, finding the best entry from those in grade 7 and 8 who entered the visual art category.

Among the highlights of the evening at the Brampton City Hall council chambers was a speech from former VAB youth student Kelly Anderson, who has won awards from the library multiple times, who spoke of her experiences. A slide presentation of artwork was shown.

VAB hopes to post pictures of the event, when they become available.

Here is a picture, found on July 4...

Creating dog pictures today, at studio

Today at the VAB studio, the kids have been focused on creating drawings of dogs. The purpose? They're creating works for display for display at new business Happy Dogs Canine Centre. The vast majority of Saturday youth students have chosen to participate in this exhibit, plus many Thursday evening participants, and at least one adult member.

Happy Dogs will be at 2578 Bovaird Dr W, which is between Mississauga Road and Winston Churchill Boulevard, en route to Norval.

Mail Art Call: What is Canada?

Theme: What is Canada? Canadian landscapes, people, animals, stereotypes of the country, whatever you can think of, somehow relating to Canada. Any medium or technique is allowed. This call is open to everyone, regardless of age or country of residence, not just Canadians.

Where: Art will be on display at the Canada pavilion of Carabram: Brampton's Multicultural Festival, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada (a suburb of Toronto) on July 10, 11, 12. It will later move on to WAG: World Art Gallery, VAB's permanent postcard-sized art display space in Shoppers World, a mall in Brampton.

Size: 10 x 15 cm / 4 x 6 in (postcard sized-only, please)

Deadline: July 7, 2009

Documentation: We'll post scans of all entries on twitter.com/wagpost


Send your creations to:
1 Bartley Bull Parkway
Suite 10
Brampton ON
L6W 1R8
Canada

Contact: visualartsbrampton@gmail.com

VAB to be at 3rd annual Street Festival

Visual Arts Brampton will the 2009 Communities in Bloom Street Festival. It will be held on Thursday, July 23rd from 6 - 9:30 pm in Garden Square at the Rose Theatre.

When the event started in 2007, VAB artists worked on a portrait of Jessica Miller, Miss Independent Florists of Brampton 2007, the eventual Miss Brampton 2008. VAB also hosted Brampton Arts Council mascot Millie, and a colouring table. Last year, Marian Simpson and Maria Dlubak painted from woodcarver John McCartney, while Debra Ali worked on a floral painting.

This year, Visual Arts Brampton will have some adult and teen members working on a portrait. We may also have other activities, for the public to participate in. If you'd like to participate, email us ahead of time, as we have limited space.

New site like a Facebook for the Brampton arts community

Creative Brampton is a new online community for artists, musicians, dancers, actors... living in or based in Brampton. According to their promotional email:

A place where folks can meet, share ideas, show off their work, create a blog, chat, post their thoughts, support other artists, publicize events and so much more. With a click of your mouse you’re connected to other like-minded folks in Brampton.

Free to join, CreativeBrampton.com is a great opportunity to network and promote your work, or your events for FREE. Whether you’re a writer, sculptor, performing artist, musician, entertainer, dancer, manage a club, host events, or even are just a supporter of the arts, join us and see what’s going on! We'd love to know what you're up to as well.

Visual Arts Brampton has a profile on the site, that we're gradually going to flesh out with more information and pictures.

Danby first show at “Art Gallery at the Rose Theatre Brampton”

The Rose Theatre lobby is now going to house art exhibits. First off in the space, called Art Gallery at the Rose Theatre Brampton, will be The Life Works of Ken Danby. The exhibit will run from June 1 to September 1, 2009, and be free during theatre hours.

Seventeen of the works on displays will be either serigraphs (with up to 29 colours) or lithographs, ranging from 1965 to 2004. The show will also include two original watercolours, “The Old Mill” (1965) and “March Break” (1987).

For more information, visit the Rose Theatre website.

Out and about: Doors Open Fergus-Elora, Saturday, June 20

On Saturday, June 20 from 10 am to 4 pm, Fergus and Elora will be hosting a Doors Open event in their towns. On the tour are stops including the Wellington County Museum & Archives, various historic homes and buildings, gardens, and a modern horse breeding facility.

There's two spots of interest to artists and art-lovers... Fergus Business Improvement Area 2009 Art Walk, on St. Andrew's Street, between Tower and St. David streets, is expecting to welcome 70 artists and artisans. The Elora Centre for the Arts (75 Melville St.) is set in a school building from 1856. Opened in 2003, the Centre includes the Minarovich Gallery, classrooms, studio and performance space, a Centre for Environmental Excellence, a Montessori school, dance academy, and a photography studio.

For more information, visit www.elorafergus.travel