Hand drier in the washroom thanks to generous donation

Our main studio washroom now has a hand-drier.

A few months ago, an anonymous donation was made to VAB, specifically for adding a drier to the washroom.

Our greatest thanks to this generous donor.

Comic Book Creation workshop, Wednesdays

Comic Book Creation with Ryan C. Thompson
Wednesdays, August 7 to November 27

7 to 9 pm
$125
17 weeks

Visual Arts Brampton is starting a Wednesday evening comic book workshop. Starting August 7, the goal of this program is to foster the skills necessary for those who are interested in creating their own characters and comic storylines. The workshop will cover storytelling, character design, storyboarding, layout, penciling, lettering, and colour rendering.

During the course, artwork will be uploaded to a facebook page created specially for the new workshop, https://www.facebook.com/VABComicArt

An exhibit of the works created by all students in the course is planned for Artway Gallery in Shoppers World Brampton, in January. If enough works are created, a complication book will be published.

For more information, or to register, contact Visual Arts Brampton at 905-453-9142 or visualartsbrampton@gmail.com

2013 home assignments

Choose 12 from the following list:

1. Appliances
2. Beauty products
3. Clothes on hangers
4. Clothing: Accessories
5. Clothing: Footwear
6. Clothing: Hat being worn
7. Clothing: Rain gear
8. Collectables
9. Container(s) holding balls, marbles, other spheres
10. Container(s) holding food
11. Electronic devices
12. Exercise equipment
13. Exterior of a house
14. Fasteners
15. Figurine, statue, action figure
16. Flat items in perspective: Books
17. Flat items in perspective: DVD covers
18. Flat items in perspective: Scattered photos
19. Furniture
20. Interior of a room
21. Interior of a vehicle (car interior, bus interior, cruise ship interior, plane interior)
22. Items to celebrate with
23. Items, crumpled or broken
24. Lamp, flashlight, or candle
25. Open door
26. Pet in a container (fish in a fishbowl, cat in a carrier...)
27. Playthings
28. Scale models
29. Something you carry things with
30. Something you drink from
31. Souvenirs
32. Stuffed toys
33. Table setting (place setting)
34. Tools
35. View from a window
36. Wallet with money
37. Writing/drawing tools

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.  

Tad Majewski at Artway Gallery

We installed a twenty-year retrospective of work by Tad Majewski, featuring his fine art, illustration, and digital works.

Majewski is an illustrator based in Caledon, born and educated in Poland. His clients include advertising, design, editorial, corporate and book publishing markets in North America and around the world.

Artway Gallery is located in Shoppers World Brampton (Hurontario and Steeles), between Winners and Bluenotes.

We've just posted photos of select works on exhibit.