War graphic novel, aviation art at Four Corners

Canada at War: Creating a WWII Graphic Novel Online
November 11, 2012
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Brampton Library, Four Corners branch
65 Queen Street East
Auditorium
FREE, all ages

Join local author Paul Keery and illustrator Michael Wyatt in conversation about their graphic novel of World War Two and the story of its creative development through using online resources. PAMA will present scans of war-related documents from its archives, artifacts on loan from the Lorne Scots Museum, and artworks by Chris Seaman.

After the event is over, Visual Arts Brampton will be presenting Seaman's artwork for the month of November on the second level of Four Corners, in our display cases. His new works are a coloured pencil with watercolour added.

Chris was a member of Visual Arts Brampton for many years, when he lived in Brampton. Christopher exhibited at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa in the 1990s. In 2010, illustrations from his novel, Sargasso, were on display at Artway Gallery.  

VAB in Family of Brampton arts event, at Rose, February 26

Visual Arts Brampton will be participating in Family of Brampton, an arts event hosted by the Brampton Library and the Brampton Festival Singers. Open to all disciplines, the event will showcase mini workshops, performances, and demonstrations from artists in the community.

The event is on Sunday, February 26, from 1 to 6 pm.

Visual Arts Brampton will have a table at the event, and some of our members have mentioned they're planning to participate.

Lucy Feng shows art at Four Corners library

Visual Arts Brampton teen member Lucy Feng is now on display at the Four Corners library.


Visit the showcases on the second floor of Brampton Library's downtown branch to see artwork by this talented teen, who has won two golds with VAB in her two years with the youth classes.


Lucy was one of the winners for the Credit Valley Conservation Authority's Floating Island Project. Her painting "Happy Day" toured Brampton and the Canadian National Exhibition as part of "25 Years: VAB's Floral Art Show", and has been active at VAB events like Brampton Day and Carabram. Most recently, her artwork was featured in The Brampton Guardian, in promotion of the Teddy Bear Project art exhibit.


The show continues until January 2012.

Paul Draper on display, Four Corners library

Currently on display at Four Corners branch of the Brampton Library is Paul Draper, a Visual Arts Brampton member for over the years, attending our open studio sessions. His display continues until November 29.

Visual Arts Brampton teen member Lucy Feng will be on display this December at Four Corners. Lucy was one of the winners for the Credit Valley Conservation Authority's Floating Island Project, and has won two golds with VAB. Her painting "Happy Day" toured Brampton and the Canadian National Exhibition as part of "25 Years: VAB's Floral Art Show", and has been active at VAB events like Brampton Day and Carabram.

Comics, illustrations on display at Four Corners library

Ryan's Villains of Mercy web-comic characters.

There's still time to check out Ryan C. Thompson's solo exhibit at the Four Corners branch of Brampton Library. A member of Visual Arts Brampton, Thompson is exhibiting a mix of his cartooning, comic strips, and illustrations. Among the latter category, he has created coloured pencil tributes to some of his favourite actors, including Leslie Nielsen and Michael Dorn.

The branch is located at 65 Queen Street East, near Chapel Street/Theatre Lane. The library is open Monday to Thursday 10 am to 9 pm, Friday 10 am to 6 pm, Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, and Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm.

Visit the second floor of the library branch to see the two showcases of Ryan's creative work.

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...

BramLib launches Inspirations, for kids, teen to submit art

Young artists (grades 1 through 12) are encouraged to submit their unpublished short stories, poems, and/or artwork to the Brampton Library, from February 16 to March 31, 2009.

One short story, one poem, and one piece of artwork will be selected for each grade level by an independent selection panel; all the selected submissions will appear in a published book, Inspirations: Brampton Library’s Journal of Youth Writing and Artwork.

The selected authors, poets, and artists will be recognized for their achievements at a presentation reception to be held on June 9, 2009. For more information, visit their website, or download the grade 1 to 8 or 9 to 12 entry forms.

Barrios/Evans/Highgate/Moreau @ Ching

Luis Barrios, Betty Jean Evans, Paul Highgate, and Keith Moreau are the first three people on display at Chinguacousy branch of the Brampton Public Library's display case. The case is actually out in the Civic Centre itself, as opposed to being something you actually have to go into the library to see.

Each of the three Visual Arts Brampton members will have their work on display for the month of March. A few other member artists will be on display in April.