CNE attendance figures announced

This year, attendance to the CNE grew a quite healthy 9%, according to organizers. The Canadian National Exhibition Association's Annual General Meeting was last night in Toronto, and David Bednar announced the success, which equals 1.31 million visitors over the 18 day period.


Also, a warm welcome to Brian Ashton, the newly elected 58th President of CNEA’s volunteer Board of Directors.

Visual Arts Brampton has now twice exhibited at its floral art show in Heritage Court of the Direct Energy Centre, as part of the Garden Show.

VAB artwork to return to the CNE this year

Visual Arts Brampton is extremely proud to announce that our floral art show is invited back to the Canadian National Exhibition for 2011. One of Canada's most iconic and most active events, it's fantastic to be a small part of this big event.

As with last year, VAB will be in the Heritage Court of the Direct Energy Centre, right outside the Ricoh Colliseum entrance. This high-profile spot leads towards the annual Garden Show, a tradition at the fair.

This year will feature all-new artwork by Visual Arts Brampton members. Instead of being 24 inches by 24 inches, as we had last year, we've gone with an 18 inch by 24 inch format to offer more variety for our artists. Below is our first entry for the year, by Yulia Duchenko; she's actually a relatively new member, and this is her first time participating in the show.

The first entry into our show,

by VAB member Yulia Duchenko.

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.