vablearn: Pete Emslie caricatures a teenage girl

Above is the test show for vablearn, Visual Arts Brampton's free instructional video project. Thanks to a 2008 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, VAB has purchased a digital video camera and is paying select artists to teach video workshops.

This test episode features Pete Emslie drawing a caricature of Emily Kowalik, co-instructor of VAB's 6-to-8-year-old youth classes. Outlining the steps he takes to draw a caricature, the image unfolds in this roughly 11 minute clip. Future episodes will be released in HD, with better sound; this first episode was an equipment test.

View the episodes as they're posted at visualartsbrampton.blip.tv, or subscribe for free, via iTunes.

VAB's Carabram photos on Facebook

Check out Visual Arts Brampton's Facebook profile: recently added is a photos folder called Carabram 2009, where we're stockpiling photos of our art display and the the Canada pavilion in general. You don't have to have an account on Facebook to see the pictures, if you do however, considering becoming a "fan" of VAB.

Works on display at Carabram are by Betty Jean Evans, Marguerite Finlayson, Emily Kowalik, Keith Moreau, Jacqueline Riopka, Alex Rodway, with Bridget Aube Doughty.

Acrylic for teens, with Emily Kowalik

Join Emily Kowalik from August 10 to 14 this summer, for five days of acrylic instruction. Open to teens from ages 12 to 18, this class will run 10 am to 2 pm.

Emily is the current co-instructor of Visual Arts Brampton's popular art classes for 6-to-8-year-olds. She has been teaching these classes for the last two years. Emily is currently a student at Mayfield School of the Arts, in her final year.

One of the 6-to-8-year-old classes full

The 9:30 to 11:00 am class for 6-to-8-year-olds, taught by Emily Kowalik and Paulina Su, is full for 2009. Unless someone is to move part way through the year, or stop attending for another reason, no new students will be admitted.

The 11:30 am to 1:00 pm time does have a few spots available, however. If you'd like to sign up, contact the studio, ASAP.

Carabram a success

As like last year, Carabram's Canada pavilion was again a success. The exhibit included artwork by Debra Ali, Marguerite Finlayson, Paul Highgate, Emily Kowalik, Conrad Mieschke, Keith Moreau, and Peter Scott.

In all, 40,000 people were expected to visit Carabram's 14 pavilions, many of them visiting Canada at the CAW hall on Regan Road. The Brampton Guardian's public photo database has pictures from many of the pavilions, including Canada. Among guests were a member of Canada's women Olympic hockey team and Duke Redbird of Citytv.