Christmas card workshop at VAB

3 night Christmas Card workshop

Wednesday evenings, 7 to 9 pm

October 29-November 12

$30, base materials included

Design and produce your own Christmas card, using block printing and other techniques. This easy-cutting technique allows you to print multiple greeting cards, ready to send.

Instructor Keith Moreau has won an award from the Arts Etobicoke juried show for his printmaking, and his original prints are in the corporate collections of the City of Toronto, William Osler Health Centre, and Astral Media. He has taught for a couple of decades, for places including Visual Arts Brampton, the Living Arts Centre, and Curry's Artist Supplies school.

The workshop is of course going to be held at the Visual Arts Brampton Creative Studios (1 Bartley Bull Parkway, Suite 10, northeast corner of Hurontario and Steeles Avenue). Contact us at visualartsbrampton@gmail.com or 905-453-9142 to register.

Free screenprinting activity at Shoppers, Sat. Oct. 25

A Celebration of the Arts in Brampton (formerly Looking Up to the Arts) is on again at Shoppers World Brampton, a few Saturdays from now, with a theme of "Kids & the Arts". While there's no en-mass community activity this year, as there was with ceiling tiles and banners in previous years, there will be a bunch of activities in the Staples Court, for kids of the community to try.

VAB will be running a printmaking activity, details to follow.

The event runs from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm on Saturday, October 25, 2008.

VAB demos at Complex this weekend

Come on out to the Peel Heritage Complex this Saturday and Sunday, for free access to the Art Gallery of Peel. The Art Gallery of Peel is on the Studios of Brampton tour. The gallery currently is displaying works by Mississauga sculptor Ryszard Litwiniuk.

Once you're done there, visit Visual Arts Brampton artists on the second floor of the museum. Art Gallery of Peel 2007 Juried Art Show People's Choice Award winner Debra Ali will be painting on Saturday, Paul Highgate illustrating with scratchboard on Sunday, and Keith Moreau will be printmaking on Sunday as well.

The tour is competing for eyeballs with the Milton Area Studio Tour, Dundas Studio Tour, Brant Studio Tour, Madawaska Valley Studio Tour, Tweed & Area Studio Tour, Haliburton County Studio Tour, Elora Fergus Studio Tour, Merrickville Artists Guild Fall Studio Tour & Sale, and Victoria Country Studio Tour. Not to mention, it's up against Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (6:52 pm Saturday to sunrise on Sunday).

EnviroArt exhibit extended

The exhibition of our first EnviroArt competition has been extended until Saturday, October 11, 2008. The following exhibit will be of works by students of Paulina and Emily's 6-to-8-year-old classes.

Life drawing breaks for election, on October 14

Election night in Canada, October 14, is a Tuesday. Life drawing will be canceled that week, and will continue as per usual on October 21.

Andrew Gilsinski has posted some of his life drawings, done at the studio sessions. His blog also contains concept art, character designs, pencil tests, etc. from his studies in Sheridan College's animation program.