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.

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.

Floral Show our tenth time in a row at City Hall

This afternoon, we actually realized that we've been exhibiting at Brampton City Hall, as a group, annually, for 10 years straight. We exhibited at the venue as a group various times over the years prior, but it was here and there.

In August 2002, we had an exhibit of floral artwork called Flowertown, at City Hall, moving to Artway Gallery in October. The works were published as a 2003 calendar. In 2003, we decided to make a landscape calendar in 2004. From 2004 to present, we've had a floral theme, and since the Flower City Parade was revived the next year, we moved the show to June.

We thank the City of Brampton staff past and present who have supported this prominent public exhibit space. Their continued commitment to promoting artists living in Brampton, for the past two decades, is commendable.

Anand Vaid showing works at Brampton City Hall

A sample of Anand's artwork.

Visual Arts Brampton member artist Anand Vaid is now on display at City Hall Brampton's atrium gallery (2 Wellington St West, Brampton).

Titled Retrospect, the exhibit lasts for the month of March.

Anand has been a member of Visual Arts Brampton for the last few years, regularly attending and creating at our open studio sessions, and participating in our shows at Artway Gallery and our touring floral exhibit.

For more information on Anand, visit his website www.anandvaid.com

VAB at the CNE: art on display at garden section

Keith Moreau's "Nature's Carpet"
Airbrush and coloured pencil
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On Friday, we got the great news: Visual Arts Brampton's 24th anniversary floral art show will be on display at the Canadian National Exhibition. To be displayed as part of the CNE's Garden Show, in the Heritage Court of the Direct Energy Centre, the plan is to have most if not all of the entered works on display, for the entire duration of the iconic event.

We pitched the idea back in May, and the CNE's Garden and Agriculture Co-ordinator, and she actually came out to the City Hall atrium to look at our show this June. She thought the works were great, and the wheels went in motion from there.

Needless to say, we're extremely appreciative to the CNE for their generosity and interest in our show, and we're completely thrilled that we'll be part of the 132nd year of one of Canada's key annual events.

Floral Images of Flower City scheduled

We've just confirmed that "Floral Images of Flower City", our annual show at Brampton City Hall's Art in the Atrium gallery space, is back on for 2009.

The show will run Tuesday, June 3 until Monday, June 30, during regular city business hours. (Set up for the show will be at 4:30 pm June 2.)

The show, which has gone under a few different titles, was first launched in the spring of 2002. Ever since Brampton's Sesquicentennial anniversary (150 years), we've had the exhibit in June, simultaneous to the Brampton Horticultural Society's flower show, the Flower City Parade, and until it ceased operation, the Brampton Folk Festival.

Last day for flower art show is Monday

Every year since 2002, Visual Arts Brampton has presented a display of floral art at the City Hall Atrium gallery space. This year's Floral Images of Flower City is coming to an end on Monday afternoon, so if you want to catch the creativity on display, you have until 4:40 pm to do so.

As with recent years, the exhibit was widely viewed by visitors to the Brampton Horticultural Society's flower competition, the day of the Flower City Parade, opening of the Farmers' Market, and Inzola pancake breakfast for the arts.

(Visual Arts Brampton brought Millie, the Brampton Arts Council mascot, to the Peel Heritage Complex's garage sale, to greet visitors.)

VAB @ City Hall for flower art show

As we have done other years, VAB is holding an exhibition of flower artwork at the Brampton City Hall atrium gallery. The exhibit will be open May 31, and go through June.

All members are welcome to exhibit, contact Keith ASAP at 905-453-9142.