VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA ASSOCIATION
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VAAA NEWS:
- A large mailout has just gone out with information on services and
membership, if you would like to receive this information contact the VAAA
Office. Memberships available for Individual $30; Associate $25; Family
$50; Student/Senior $20; Group Member $60; Gallery $60; Related Affiliates
$80. VAAA members receive reduced subscriptions to Legacy, Alberta's
Heritage Magazine $17.95 ($25.95 - outside Canada).
- Grant writing, portfolio development and other workshops available
contact VAAA Office.
- Residential Visual Art Summer Schools at Red Deer College - Summerscape
(Aug 8-13), Series (May 3-Aug 20), Rocky Mountain Wood Carving School
(Aug.1-6), Art in the Classroom (Aug.15-20). For more information contact:
Anne Brodie 1.888.886.2787, [log in to unmask]
- Hand Weavers, Spinners & Dyers of Alberta Conference '99 - Edmonton -
April 30-May2. Contact: Carol Dodd - 780.463.3702. The HWSDA celebrates
is 25th Anniversary in 1999.
- Alberta Community Art Clubs Association Zone Shows: May 7-9 - Northern
Zone - Whitecourt; April 24-25 - Central Zone - Sedgewick; May 15-16 -
Southern Zone - Nanton. Contact VAAA Office for more details.
- VAAA 1999 Annual Event - May 23-29 - Prince of Wales Armoury, Edmonton -
Exhibits, silent auction, AGM.
- ARTPEACE 2000 - A Cultural Tribute to Canada's Peace Keepers, June 1-12,
2000, Canadian Forces Base, Edmonton.
SHORT BITES:
9903-1 Visual Arts Alberta Association - Guidelines on Donations - for
example if an artist is donating work to a charitable organization for
their collection - (these guidelines do not apply to Cultural Property)
1. The artist and organization agree on the artwork designated for donation;
2. An independent appraiser, such as the gallery, which deals with that
artist's work, verifies the value of the work, in writing. But, for a work
valued at under $1000 a statement by the artist may suffice. If an
appraiser is not used the organization can assess the value of the artist's
work by visiting the gallery where the artist is represented. For work
valued at $1000 or more a written independent appraisal is required by
Revenue Canada;
3. The organization should also receive from the artist a document which
declares that the artist is donating this work free and clear to the
organization for its art collection. Some agreements include statements
such as: The artist agrees to transfer any and all rights and interests in
the copyright for any future use of the artwork to the organization. The
organization agrees to appropriately acknowledge the artist in all
publications of the work;
4. The organization issues a tax-receipt to the artist for the value of the
work donated;
5. The artist must declare the value of that donation as income, for income
tax purposes, as if the art had in fact been sold for the appraised value.
The artists may deduct any costs associated with the creation of the work
and may also claim the appraised value as a donation.
(Guidelines on Donation was developed by VAAA in cooperation with Thomson &
Company, Chartered Accountants of Edmonton, AB. VAAA provides this
information in the form of guidelines, for more specific information
consult either Revenue Canada or a knowledgeable accountant)
John and Virginia Friesen, in 1998, donated a number of prints and original
works by Canadian First Nation's artists to the Red Deer & District Museum.
The donation includes works from Ojibway artists from northwestern Ontario
such as Lloyd Kakepetum and Robert Kakegamic, Garry Meeches of the Salteaux
Nation in Manitoba, and Blood artist Henry Standing Alone from Southern
Alberta. Selections of the donation are on display at the Museum until
March 21. (Red Deer & District Museum Newsletter. March-May 1999)
Thanks to monies received from the Region #58 Community Lottery Board, the
federal Museums Assistance Program and the Red Deer & District Museum
Society, the Red Deer & District Museum has progressed in the installation
of new compact storage units. These units are custom made and designed
specifically for the requirements of the Museum's art and textile
collection. Vertical rolled textile and art storage units allow
accommodation of the existing volume, future growth of the collection as
well as increasing access. (Red Deer & District Museum Newsletter.
March-May 1999)
Tomas Jonsson, an intern at The NEW Gallery, Calgary is working on a
"Millenium Book" project. The book is intended to be a history of the
Gallery during the last 10 years up until the new Millenium but will
include an essay on Canadian Artist Run Centres. Tomas is requesting
information from people with first hand knowledge of the changing
situations in Canadian Artist Run Centres in the 1980s and 1990s. Contact
Tomas at [log in to unmask] or at The New Gallery 403.233.2399
Calgary artist Jack Matthews passed away at the age of 73 on Mar.6, 1999.
Born 7 September 1925 in Weyburn, Sask. Jack Matthews spent a large part of
his life in Vancouver, BC and Honolulu, Hawaii, but he returned to Canada
seven years ago. Jack Matthew's achievements include painting images used
for posters for the 50th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbour for
the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, the Houston Chronicle and others. He produced
the poster image for the IMAX film Polynesian Odyssey and the cover of the
Hawaiian Telephone Company's phone directory celebrating the 50th
Anniversary of statehood. He also received the 1990 Gil Robb Wilson Award
presented by the U.S. Air Force. Jack Matthew's paintings are in numerous
collections in the U.S. and Canada including the Alberta Foundation for the
Arts, the Pentagon, the United States Air Force Museum and the Honolulu
Police Dept. Museum. (The Collector's Gallery, Calgary Press Release, 9
Mar.1999)
NOTICES:
Þ Profiles Public Art Gallery - Art-Ventures for Kids program. For
information contact 780.460.4310
Þ 10th Annual Career Issues in Art & Design Conference - Alberta College of
Art & Design, Calgary. June 3-5, 1999 - a conference for everyone who works
with art and design career issues including administrators, counsellors/
advisors, placement coordinators and faculty. Learn more about providing
quality career services to art and design students and alumni. Contact
Carol Geddes or Monte Greenshields. ACAD Career Centre, Suite 300, 315 10th
Avenue SE, Calgary, T2G 0W8; 403 205 4020, Fax 403 205 4030,
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Þ University of Victoria, Cultural Resource Management Program courses:
Cultural Tourism May 3-8. Contact: Joy Davis, 250.721.8462;
Fax:250.721.8774; [log in to unmask]; http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp;
Þ Artists Talks, Edmonton Art Gallery: Mar.25 - Lyndal Osborne & Daryl
Rydman: Consuming the Land. Contact 780.422.6223
Þ The Banff Centre for Management programs: May 23-26 Advanced Fundraising,
June 13-17 Evaluating Programs and Services in Not for Profit
Organizations. Plus general leadership & management programs such as
Managing in the Middle Apr.18-22, Making a Difference Apr.25-30. Contact:
1.800.590.9799, www.banffmanagement.com
Þ Prairie Art Gallery Art Mentors Program. Junior Mentors (8-11yrs) &
Senior Mentors (12-18yrs). Session 1-Drawing: Black and White
(May11-June22); Session 2 - Drawing and Colour (Mar.16-May4); Session 3 -
Drawing and Painting (May 11-June22). Contact 780.532.8111
Þ 1999 Central Alberta Heritage Fair - May 14-15, Parkland Mall, Red Deer
Þ The CRB National Heritage Fair - July 12-18, Edmonton City Hall. Contact
Rod 403.309.8445 for information.
Þ Fire & Earth. The annual celebration of spring at the Kerry Wood Nature
Centre, Red Deer. Mar.20. - music, food, exhibitions, firing of an outdoor
kiln, dancing & singing. Contact: 403.347.8487, [log in to unmask]
Þ "Out of the Shadows" Artist Guild monthly meetings, third Thursday of
each month. Next meeting Mar.18, 2-4 p.m., 9942-108 St., 5th Fl., A.H.E.
Community Living Program, Edmonton. Contact Cathy 780.428.1776
Þ Leading Edge, Calgary - Art Workshops Mar.22-26, 27-28 Virginia Cobb,
Apr.23-25 Bill Duma, May 3-6 Carla O'Connor, & more. Contact 403.238.5768,
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Þ Address for Association of Independent Historians of Art contact: 30 West
61st St., Ste.29A, New York, NY, 10023.
Þ Websites of interest: O'Connor's Page http://members.aol.com/FVOC, World
Arts Organization www.artspeak.com, World Arts Discussion List
www.egroups.com/list/worldart , Art in Thailand www.era.su.ac.th
Þ Learning Symposium,Edmonton, April 9 & 10, 1999. Offered in partnership
with The Institute for Professional Development, University of Alberta, as
part of Museums Alberta's Campaign for Learning in Museums. Registration
Deadline: Friday, March 19th. Contact Museums Alberta (780) 424-2657.
Þ Mount Royal College, Calgary, Fac. of Continuing Education, Workshop for
Acrylic Painters with Terrence Kinsella - May 7-9, Introductory Jewellery
Workshop with Paul Leathers, May 28-30. Contact 240-6012.
Þ Mountain Musing, April 9-11, Share three days of inspiration and
instruction at Jasper National Park's Palisades Centre. Workshops range
from watercolour, printmaking, polaroid transfers to an acoustic guitar
workshop with Alberta bluesman Lester Quitzau. The centre offers full
accommodation and meal services. For more information or registration forms
contact Artists Own 780-852-3117 or [log in to unmask]
Þ The Great Collectors, A Gala Celebration and Unique Fund-raising Event in
support of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Art Collection. Hosted
by Ken Read. Saturday, April 24. Contact: 403.672.2291, ext.340
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE:
¨ Call for Art - "Out of the Shadows" Artists Guild. Deadline: Mar.31;
Contact Cathy 428.1776
¨ The Canada Council for the Arts - Program Officer, Visual Arts position
#3610, Deadline Mar.19, Contact: 1.800.263.5588
¨ Call for submission for the Visual Arts Juried Show of the 2000 Alberta
Winter Games - Strathcona County. Feb.17-21, 2000; Categories: sculpture,
pottery, painting, decorative painting, stained glass, woodcarving,
photography. Deadline: Oct.15. Contact: Cecile Derkatch 403.467.3970,
Margaret Klappstein 403.998.3091, [log in to unmask]
¨ Call for submission for Photography Juried Show of the 2000 Alberta
Winter Games - Strathcona County., Feb.17-21, 2000. Deadline: Nov.15.
Contact Darcy Cooper 780.464.0147
¨ Call for Entry for a multi-media exhibit - From the Roots. Explore
traditional & heritage crafts in Alberta. Deadline May 1. Contact
1.800.DO.CRAFT.
¨ Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) Slide Submission for artists not
represented in the collection. Deadline: April 1. Contact: Barb Johnston,
Art Collection Consultant/Slide Acquisition Program 780.415.0251. (outside
Edmonton call 310-0000 to be connected toll free)
¨ Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts Study Grant Program.
Deadline: April 15, contact 403.427.6315
¨ AFA Artists in Schools Residency Program Artist Roster. Deadline: Oct.1,
contact 403.427.6315
¨ AFA Artists in Schools Residency Grant Program. Deadline: May 1, Contact
403.427.6315
¨ AFA Visual Arts Project Grant Program. Deadline: September 15. Contact
403.427.6315
¨ Call for submissions - 2000 exhibit program at Generations Gallery, Stony
Plain. Contact: Ellen Green 780.963.2777
¨ Call to interested artists & craftspeople for space at The Calgary Summer
Festival of Art & Crafts. July 31-Aug.2. Contact 1.800.667.0619
¨ Attention Artists - Art Information Artist Promotion Program available
through MGM Wall Décor, Lethbridge. Contact 403.328.0923, 1.877.328.0923
(Myron)
¨ Exhibition space available at 13th Annual Juried Art and Craft Sale.
Nov.18-21, Calgary Convention Centre. Deadline: Apr.1, Contact: Marlene
Loney, Art Market Productions, P.O. Box 385, Banff, AB, TOL OCO.
¨ Seeking 1999 programming submissions, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton.
Contact: Allen Ball, 403.426.4180, [log in to unmask]
¨ 17th Avenue Sculpture Park Commission Competition. Deadline: Mar.26.
Contact: Art 17 Society, c/o Danziger, Attn. Frank Meriwether, Suite 100,
601-17th Ave., S.W., Calgary, AB, T2S 0B3
¨ Edmonton Art Club new members jury process. May 1999. Contact: Linda
Nelson 780.462.7383; Judy Popham 488.2629.
¨ Juried Art Exhibit in Banff, Scotland call for submissions. Theme -
History & Beauty of Banff, Canada. Contact Richard Dixon, #183, 10342-107
St., Edmonton, T5H 4B4; 780.428.3363. Jurying to be completed by March 30
¨ Call for submissions to RANCHLANDS AND BADLANDS 1999 ART SHOW & SALE.
Categories: Open Photography, Open Two Dimensional Art, New Country 1270
CHAT Collection Award. Deadline: March 30, 1999. Contact Dynes Gallery &
Framing, Medicine Hat, 403.527.2600
¨ Call for submissions. - ParkArt '99 - juried arts and crafts sale -
Moose Jaw, Sask. Deadline: Mar.26. Contact Moose Jaw Art Museum, 306.692.4471
¨ The Canadian Emerging Artist Prize sponsored by Connor Clark Private
Trust, - two annual purchase awards that acknowledge the work of Canada's
emerging artists in painted media. Deadline May 28, Contact 416.956.9322
¨ CALL FOR PAPERS for Brock University's annual Two Days of Canada
Conference, a multidisciplinary event to be held 3-4 November 1999. The
conference theme: LOCALITIES. Session proposal deadline 1 July 1999.
Contact: Prof.Klay Dyer [log in to unmask] or Prof. Marilyn Rose
[log in to unmask], Dept. of English Language & Literature, Brock
Univ., St.Catharines, ON; www.brocku.ca
¨ The Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery is currently seeking applications:
CURATOR, responsible for the development, planning, coordination,
supervision of the exhibition program and staff of the Art Gallery.
ARCHIVIST, responsible for the administration, operation, coordination,
security and staff of the Archives at MHMAG. Deadline March 25, 1999.
Contact: Human Resources Department, City of Medicine Hat, 580 - 1st Street
SE, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 8E6
¨ Call for Entry Public Art Competition - Outdoor Mural for Tipton Arena,
Edmonton - through The Queen Alexandra Community League and City of
Edmonton. The competition is open to Alberta artists who have been
residents for one year and currently living in the Province. First Stage
deadline for proposals: April 17, 1999. For Competition Brief contact:
Linda Cooper, Park Redevelopment Committee, Queen Alexandra Community
League 780.439.0567 or Diane Dunn, City of Edmonton 780.944.5406.
¨ Call for Entry to artists and craftspeople residing in Alberta. For
exhibition based on a floral and garden theme, all media, "Into the Garden,
Again!" Deadline: Oct.15. Contact: Red Deer & District Museum Diana
Anderson 403.309.8450 or Guest Curator Elyse Eliot-Los 403.746.3902.
¨ Position for Textile Conservator, Dept. of Anthropology, Univ.of Alberta.
Contract (part-time) May 1-July 31, 1999. Deadline: April 16th. Contact
Pamela Mayne Correia, 403.492.0189, [log in to unmask]
¨ Calling all "Library Artists". Celebrate the Magic of Books and Reading
by entering an art competition for library personnel and volunteers.
Deadline: May 1. Contact - Pat Jobb, Edmonton Public Library 403.496.5522,
[log in to unmask]
¨ National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships and Summer Stipends.
Deadline: May 1, Oct.1. Contact: 202.606.8551, [log in to unmask]
¨ Positions with Ceramics program, Alberta College of Art & Design,
Calgary, Permanent full-time-Ceramics and Visiting Artist - Ceramics.
Deadline: Apr.23. Contact 403.284.7641
¨ Calling all Lethbridge and area residents - AVIARY 10,368. The Southern
Alberta Art Gallery needs 10,368 bird drawings for inclusion in Aviary, an
upcoming exhibition by Calgary artist Shelley Ouellet. Deadline: Mar.30.
Contact 403.327.8770
EXHIBITIONS:
ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY, Edmonton - until Apr.17, Tea for the Taking;
CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION, Hull, QC - beginning Mar.30, IQQAIPAA
1948-1970 Celebrating Inuit Art; CARITAS ART ENRICHMENT, Edmonton -
Misericordia Community Hospital & Health Centre - until Mar.31, Selected
works by the Alberta Society of Artists; until Apr.5, Paintings by Glenda
Beaver; - Grey Nuns Community Hospital & Health Centre - until Apr.6,
Kaleidoscope, work by The Artists' Assoc. of Beaumont; EDMONTON ART GALLERY
- until April 5, IN/HERE/OUT/THERE - Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art
1998; until June 6, INSIDE OUT: Nature & Art; EDMONTON CITY HALL - May
11-14, "Out of the Shadows" art show; ELECTRUM, Edmonton - until May3,
Birds at Rest-Ted Trusz, Alberta The Way I See It-Jeff Collins, opening
Mar.20, 2-4 p.m.; FINE ARTS BUILDING GALLERY, Edmonton - Mar.18-Mar.28,
Damaged Goods Inventory-Senior Printmaking Exhibitio, Nancy Fox:LinearSpin,
opening Mar.18, 7-10 p.m.; GLENBOW, Calgary -thro 1999, Creating the Image
of the Land; until Mar.21, Arthur F. McKay:A Critical Retrospective, until
Apr4, Source/Derivations VI: (Phillips); ILLINGWORTH KERR GALLERY, Calgary
- until Mar.27, Alberta Foundation for the Arts: Selections from the
Collection; LATITUDE 53, Edmonton - Mar.23, Second Annual Coffee-inspired
fundraiser mug painting with local celebrities, Apr.10, Latte 53-The Party;
MEDICINE HAT MUSEUM & ART GALLERY - until Mar.28, Strathbutler: The First
Five Years; MUSEUM OF THE REGIMENTS, Calgary - until Mar.31, "Memento Mori"
Jack Nichols' War Art; MUTTART GALLERY, Calgary - until Apr.10, Debra Yelva
Dedyluk, Julie Andreyev, Sara Graham, Kent Archer; NICKLE ARTS MUSEUM,
Calgary - until Apr.17, Blue, until Apr.3, A Celebration of Constructive
Art, until Mar.27, Faculty of Environmental Design Masters Degree Thesis
Projects, until Oct.23, The Olympians; PRAIRIE ART GALLERY, Grande Prairie
- until May 9, Grande Prairie Guild of Artists: New Works, Sight
Specific-Six Calgary Artists, High Realism: Paintings from the collection
of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts; PROFILES GALLERY, St.Albert -
Mar.17-Apr.3, Selections from Art Rental; RED DEER & District Museum -
until Mar.21, Recent Acquisitions: Native Art, Mar.21-Apr.11, The Student
Show-RDC Art & Design Students, opening Mar.25, 7:30-10 p.m.;
Mar.28-Apr.25, Anything Goes!: Prairie Region of Photographic Arts; SCOTT
GALLERY, Edmonton - Mar.20-Apr.6, Gerald Faulder-Alberta Prospects;
SOUTHERN ALBERTA ART GALLERY, Lethbridge - until Apr.25, Sandra
Rechico-gulp, STRIDE GALLERY, Calgary - until Mar.27, Paul Smith-White Out,
until Mar.31, Karen Kay-Cityscape at the #15 Window Space-Arts Centre; THE
ART GALLERY, Univ. College of Cape Breton, Sydney, N.S. - until Apr.8,
Third Biennial Exhibition Far & Wide; THE ART TREE, Calgary - Apr.10-11,
Spring Art Exhibition & Sale at Mount Royal College Faculty Centre, 3rd
Fl., 10-5 p.m.; THE NEW GALLERY, Calgary - Mar.29-Apr.2 - Space for Space
Extravaganza 120 (EX.120)-120 hrs. of continuous uninterrupted time-based
performance art.
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