Winter Art Classes for Adults, Kids & Teens

 

 

Join us this winter for one of our art classes! Choose from a range of art classes for adults, kids and teens. We are sure you'll find a class to help you explore your creativity.

For kids and teens, our popular weekly art classes begin a new term. These classes provide the perfect environment to inspire young artists of any skill level.

We invite you now to explore all of our:

Art Classes for Adults

Art Classes for Kids & Teens

Birthday Parties for Kids

Studio Sessions

Register online today at www.visualartsbrampton.com or call 905-453-9142 for more information.

Comic art show at Artway

Just about an hour ago, Visual Arts Brampton collected artwork and reproductions from some of the talented artists at Stadium Comics' Free Comic Book Day. The Artist's Alley is bigger than ever this year, and we'll be promoting most of the talented creators at Artway Gallery early next week.

Check back to this post over the next few days, as we add links, the start and end dates for the show, a show title, et cetera. Many thanks to Stadium Comics for making this happen!

• Adam Gorham | @adamtgorham | adamgorham.daportfolio.com | bigsexycomics.com
• Alvaro Cruz ("Chilean Storm") | Spent Pencils | spentpencils.com/artist/ChileanStorm | chileanstorm.blogspot.ca
• David Edwards | 36K Studios | www.36kstudios.com
• Grant Howarth
• Gen Ishihara | Spent Pencils | spentpencils.com/artist/myb_382/ | genishihara.deviantart.com
• Jon Lam | @jonlamart | jonlamart.carbonmade.com
• Marvin Law | marvin000.deviantart.com
• Nicholas Lukic | Spent Pencils | spentpencils.com/artist/masterchief117
• Tea Mederios | "Tea-Em" | Spent Pencils | spentpencils.com/artist/Tea-Em/ | tea-em.deviantart.com
• Identity Pollution (Damien Murphy and Rebecca Bakels Murphy) | identitypollution.tumblr.com | identitypolution.deviantart.com
• Vince Sunico | Spent Pencils | spentpencils.com/artist/vsunico
• George Todorovski and Chris Hatzopoulos | The Bear Stories | thebearstories.com | theartknight.com

Home assignments, 2014

1. Bouquet
2. Pet in container
3. Backyard nature
4. Place I'd love to visit
5. Container for food
6. Flapping flag
7. Glasses (prescription or sun)
8. Favourite dessert
9. Hand holding something
10. Favourite candy
11. Tools with container
12. Bookcase
13. Souvenir
14. Famous landmarks
15. Favourite possession
16. Toy character
17. My dresser with at least one drawer open
18. Still life of healthy snack
19. Seasonal landscape
20. Open photo album
21. Open door
22. Backpack
23. Flowers in container
24. Room in your house
25. Kitchen appliance
26. Utensils
27. Jewellery
28. Mirror
29. Beauty supplies
30. Art supplies: pencils, brushes, pens, paint, etc.

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.

Floral show on display, artists working at event

The Visual Arts Brampton touring Floral Art Show 2012 is now on display at Brampton City Hall, as part of their Art in the Atrium program. Just the first stop of the summer, works will travel to Carabram's Canada pavilion, Artway Invitational Gallery, the Canadian National Exhibition, and Four Corners branch of the Brampton Library.

A complete set of thumbnails of this art will be posted on the VAB website in the coming days.

We've just confirmed that VAB will be returning to the porch of City Hall, before the Flower City Parade. Ryan C. Thompson, Jacqueline Veltri, and Debra Ali painting flowers en plein air June 16, the same day as the Brampton Farmer's Market, Brampton Horticultural Society flower show, Yogapalooza, and the Flower City Parade.

In March, VAB had a general member's show at the Atrium. In July, we'll be installing an exhibit of portraits by the Wednesday bunch.

2012 VAB board of directors announced

At this year's annual general meeting, we said a fond fairwell to longtime treasurer Pat Wepf, who's retiring from the position after more than a decade. Luis Barrios, elected to the board last month, is now treasurer with training from Pat. Ryan C. Thompson is newly elected to the board.

Keith Moreau, president, Jacqueline Veltri, vice president, and Bill Riopka, secretary. Stephanie Czolij, Paul Draper, Marian Simpson all return as members at large.

Alecia Charney did not stand for re-election.

Ryan and Keith set to judge Dufferin-Peel Catholic board show

Keith Moreau and Ryan C. Thompson are both set to judge the Images 2012: Dufferin Peel's Boardwide Student Art Exhibition at Mississauga City Hall. The show will run from Friday, May 18th at 5pm to Thursday, May 24th at 5pm in Mississauga Civic Center's Great Hall.

Thompson will judge the Junior Painting Award for his first time, and Moreau will return for the Printmaking Award, which he first chose for in 2008.

Marnie Richards from the Brampton Arts Council judges an award from their organization, and Hazel McCallion traditionally judges a category on behalf of her office.

2012 Annual General Meeting: April 23

The Visual Arts Brampton's annual general meeting will be held at the studio Monday, April 23, 2012 at 7 pm.

Current members who cannot attend may vote by proxy, available at the studio.

Note that Pat Wepf will be stepping down as treasurer at the meeting, after more than a decade in the position. Board member Luis Barrios will be standing for election, for the treasurer position.

Home assignments, 2012

• Pet in a container
• Shoes hanging on a doorknob
• Plant in a container
• View of yard
• Table and chairs
• Liquid in a container
• Winter gear
• Tools
• Electronic device(s)
• Food
• Accessories
• Open drawer containing stuff
• Interior of vehicle
• Shelf of things
• Board game(s)
• Scattered family Photos
• Heirloom(s)
• Currency
• Back view of a person's head
• Crumpled or broken container
• Footwear
• Mirror image
• Collection
• Musical instrument
• Sport items
• Eyewear
• Home
• Corner of room
• Antiques
• Kitchen utensils
• Warped face
• Clothes hanging on a chair
• 2 or more creatures combined as one
• Stiarcase
• Playground
• Toys
• Something with wheels
• Branch of a tree

Brampton-only newsfeed on Facebook launched

Want to know the latest news from across Brampton, through Facebook, but don't want to "Like" all the different pages?

Facebook has just launched an Interests feature, allowing people to create curated lists. Nick Moreau has created "Brampton", which aggregates pages on organizations like VAB, the Brampton Excelsiors, and the Brampton Board of Trade, businesses like Shoppers World Brampton, Brampton Battalion, and Chapters Brampton, and Brampton celebs like Tyler Seguin and Russell Peters. Also included are news outlets The Brampton Guardian, SNAP Brampton, and FlowerCityMoms.

Not only are all the updates gathered together in one place, you can Like, Comment, or Share directly from the list.

For one click access to what's happening in town, subscribe to the Brampton list on Facebook.

Yulia launches a website

Visual Arts Brampton member Yulia Duchenko has launched a website, yuliasfineart.com.

Yulia joined VAB in September 2010, and is now a full-time visual artist. Click through the sidebar to see new artworks as they're posted.

1812 event at Shoppers World Brampton, March 31

Visual Arts Brampton youth students and select adult artists will be drawing from War of 1812 reenactors. Adult member artists from the group are also invited to come and create.

The event will be at Shoppers World Brampton, in Centre Court, on March 31 from 1 to 5 pm. (Appropriately, Centre Court is also home to Laura Secord.)

The  reenactors at the event are being organized by Richard Feltoe, the curator and corporate archivist for Redpath Sugar Limited and is active as a living history reenactor, re-creating the life of a Canadian militia soldier from the War of 1812. His latest book, Redcoated Ploughboys: The Volunteer Battalion of Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada, 1813-1815, will be released in March.

VAB at Sunday's Brampton Battalion game; 5-3 win

Carrick scored the fourth goal of the night,

in the end Visual Arts Brampton was seated at.

It was an action-packed game, yesterday, at the Powerade Centre, as the Battalion ended a loosing streak. The audience of 1,623 included 20 Visual Arts Brampton members and family members, admitted free through the CN Community Ticket program.

Brampton goals were by Philip Lane, Brandon Robinson, Patrik Machac, with two goal by Sam Carric. In all, it was a 5 to 3 victory as Stan Butler returned to the bench.

For more on the game, hop over to the Battalion website's article "Battalion victorious in Butler's return".

Many thanks to the Brampton Battalion for hosting our group again, it was a fun Sunday afternoon!

VAB at Art in the Atrium, March

The wide range of styles, mediums, and subject matter loved by Visual Arts Brampton's membership will be featured at City Hall Brampton this March. In addition to our floral art show, which visits the space in June, this show will feature one artwork per participating member.

Visual Arts Brampton's 26th anniversary will be in April; the "modern US" traditional gift for a 26th anniversary, according to the Chicago Public Library? Original pictures. Appropriate? We think so.

Brampton's City Hall is open weekdays between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.

VAB's show will be installed Thursday, March 1 at 2:15 pm, and run for the month. Additional details, like end date and exhibitors, will be announced as we get closer to the show date.

VAB recognized for Credit Valley art

VAB President Keith Moreau was just notified that he has won a Friends of the Credit Conservation Award on behalf of Visual Arts Brampton, to be presented in Mississauga in March. The award is presented by the Credit Valley Conservation Authority.

Many of Keith's youth students participated in a project in 2010, to create artwork themed to the flora and fauna of the Credit Valley. Artwork was used on signage, now permanently on display at the CVCA's floating island project. The Globe and Mail published an article about the floating island project, back in September; it provides a good overview of how the "islands" treat a storm-water pond.

To visit the floating islands, see the youth artwork, and read on-site explaination of how the islands work, drive to the parking lot of Fletchers Meadow Secondary School/Parkholme School (10750 Chinguacousy Rd), and take a walk across Botavia Downs Drive to Botavia Downs Pond.

DeSerres Vaughan Mills closed; Peterborough location scheduled

It's just become a bit harder to get artist supplies, if you live in Brampton.

It seems that DeSerres at Vaughan Mills has closed, very quietly. A quick Google, filter to results in the last month, finds no reference to the store's wrap-up on any blogs or forums. A sign in the window indicates January 15 was their final day, and that a Peterborough location will be opened.

DeSerres does still have a location on the Mississauga/Oakville border, and some in Toronto. Curry's has a location on the Mississauga/Etobicoke border, on the Queensway. The only place within the borders of Brampton or Mississauga to get art supplies? Michael's.

An OshKosh store is replacing DeSerres, by gosh.