VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA ASSOCIATION FACT SHEET * 9810-14 *Please
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**Views expressed & notices provided are not necessarily those of Visual
Arts Alberta Association**
VAAA NEWS:
- The Roland J. Boisvert Statue, unveiled by Prime Minister Jean
Chretien on
Aug.24 in Sherwood Park, AB, was created by VAAA Board member Joan
Brownell.
Brownell was commissioned in 1996 to produce the third public statue for
Sherwood Park's "Political Pole", a project to highlight Sherwood Park
residents who have contributed to their community and who have
demonstrated
leadership in government affairs. Roland Boisvert was a founding Trustee
of
Sherwood Park's Catholic School district. He served from 1962 to 1980.
- For information on services and membership 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).
- VAAA Board Meeting - 13 November, Edmonton.
- Hand Weavers, Spinners & Dyers of Alberta (HWSDA): For Instructors in
Fibre art contact the 403.333.2435; their website is -
www.studioword.com/;
- Thank you to Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie for their
contributions
to the VAAA Resource Centre.
- Thank you to Calgary Performing Arts Centre for the meeting space it
provided to the Alberta Cultural Human Resources Steering Committee
Management Committee.
SHORT BITES:
· "I find the language of fiction more subtle than what usually gets
written
about artists…in fiction and poetry the meaning is communicated on many
levels, and there is also craft, or style - both form and content, as in
my
work. Form facilitates the ease with which a work of art can be
approached."
(Canadian-based artist Jana Sterbak. "An Absurdist Who Savors the Poetry
of
Technology". The New York Times. 4 Oct 1998)
~~1915-1917 Edmonton Art Assoc. was active. 6 Oct 1921Edmonton Art Club
(EAC) was incorporated. 1922 first public show of EAC at McLeod
Building,
Edmonton. One painting sold. EAC exhibition held annually since 1922.
· Arlene Williams sells wool over the Internet and designs websites for
artists & craftsmen. Her company Quanah for Yarn, named after her cat
who
loves wool, generates about $40,000/yr in revenue. Using an old 486
computer
& Adobe Photoshop software, Ms. Williams creates websites containing
rich
tactile images of fibre. Her clients are "interested in colours &
textures.
They want their sites to be extensions of themselves". (The Globe &
Mail. 1
Oct 1998:C2)
~~It is to the advantage of self-employed artists and cultural workers
to
develop a business plan in the event of an audit in order to demonstrate
the
seriousness of your business. A business plan is simply an overview of
who
you are and what you do, your vision, goals and objectives and how you
plan
to realize them. It describes the past, present and future of your
artistic
venture. It should be approximately 3-4 pages long, written in a clear
and
factual manner. It should demonstrate to Revenue Canada that you are
well
aware of the costs and expenses of running a business, and that you
understand the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities inherent
in
so doing. The bottom line for Revenue Canada is that you anticipate some
profit in the foreseeable future and that your expectation is realistic.
(Canadian Conference of the Arts Tax Primer 2 - Preparing a Business
Plan.
For more information contact: 613.238.3561, [log in to unmask])
NOTICES:
· Health and Safety Hazard Awareness for the Arts Symposium, hosted by
the
Edmonton Art Gallery, Oct19-20. Featuring Monona Rossol, a chemist,
artist,
industrial hygienist and educator extra-ordinaire. Program: hazards of
materials used in fine arts, pottery, theatre, movies, photography,
museums
labs, studios, classrooms and shops; ventillation designs, protective
equipment. Teachers and students (group rate) are especially welcome.
Sessions are interactive and participants are invited to bring their
concerns for discussion. Refreshments by 'Kids in the Hall". Cost: $80,
students $40, one day $40. Organized by the Alberta Regional Group of
Conservators, a non-profit group dedicated to the conservation of
cultural
property. Contact Margot Brunn 403.453.9167 or [log in to unmask]
Additional
info at http://www.cac-accr.ca/arg_home.html.
· Levis Fine Art Auctions & Appraisals FINE ART AUCTION, Calgary,
Nov.1-3,
previews begin Oct 31, contact 403.541.9099, [log in to unmask]
· Glenbow, Calgary - Artists' Talks, Terrific Tuesday Talks, Singles' &
Friends Evenings. Contact: 403.268.4100;
· 1000 Miles Apart '98 ceramics conference, Medicine Hat, Oct.29-Nov.1,
Contact Susan Penrose, 403.529.1549
· Art Classes & Weekend Workshops with Kay M. Enns. Contact:
403.230.4056
· 1998 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes. Nomination deadline:
30
Nov. Contact: 613.455.4414 ext.5041
· Mexico 1999 with Denys James, Dec3-18, Jan21-Feb9. Clay, Art, Spanish,
pre-hispanic ruins. Contact 250.537.4906
· Consider the Alberta Potters' Assoc. newsletter for event notices,
news,
advertising. Contact: 403.478.0817.
· The Paint Spot, Edmonton, Workshops: Oct24-Pastels, Nov7-Glass
Painting.
Contact: 403.432.0240
· Edmonton Art Gallery Contemporary Art Issues Reading Group. Contact
Marie
Lopes 403.422.6223
· Harcourt House, Edmonton, Art Classes Fall 1998:
sculpture,painting,drawing. Contact: 403.426.5523
· YTV Achievement Awards. Nomination Deadline: Nov 6. Contact:
416.530.5164,
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· Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO), a not-for-profit dedicated to
enabling educational use of the multimedia documentation of museum
collections. Contact: [log in to unmask], www.amico.net/
· Bowman Arts Centre/Allied Arts Council, Lethbridge. Program
information
contact: 403.327.2813
· Parkland Institute - a research centre on current public issues. For
information contact: 403.492.8558, [log in to unmask];
www.ualberta.ca/~parkland.htm
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE:
** Call for entry for 1999 season, Generations Gallery, Stony Plain.
Deadline: 31 Oct., Contact: 403.963.2777
**Call for entry for 1999 season, Devonian Art Gallery, Calgary.
Deadline:
31 Nov., Contact: 403.268.4728
**Call for entry, The NEW Gallery, Calgary. Ongoing, Contact:
403.233.2399
**Call for entry, Lethbridge Allied Arts Council Dec.3-16 Exhibit &
Sale.
Deadline: Nov2, Contact 327.2813
**Call for entry, Small Stuff exhibit & sale, Dynes Gallery, Medicine
Hat.
Deadline: Nov2, Contact: 527.2600
**Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour membership slide
submission
deadlines Nov1, Feb1, Contact Alice Reed 902.386.2501
EXHIBITIONS: Caritas' Art Enrichment Program, Edmonton - at Misericorida
-,
until Oct.19 Recent work by Iwona Sarnecka-Dabrowa; - at Grey Nuns -
until
Oct.20, Vibrations of Me; Centre for Creative Arts, Grande Prairie -
until
Oct.25, Crossworks; Collector's Gallery, Calgary - until Nov.3,
Masterpieces
of Canadian Watercolours 1850-1998; F.W. Brander; Devonian, Calgary -
until
Oct29, Jennifer Blair's Watching and Waiting; Nov 4-26, Seka Owen's New
Vision (opening Nov.5); Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton - Oct24-Nov7,
Robert
Scott; Dynes Gallery, Medicine Hat - until Oct24, Dean Francis; Edmonton
Art
Gallery - until Nov8, Peter Hide: In Context; Jack Shadbolt: The
Edmonton
Airport Mural Project 1963; Tommie Gallie: Nine Below Zero; Edmonton
Weavers
Guild - Prince of Wales Armouries - Nov.7, sale & show; Electrum,
Edmonton -
until Oct31, Discovery in Stone-Jackie Fiala; Glenbow, Calgary - until
Jan.3, In/Here/Out/There: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 1998;
thro
1999, Creating the Image of the Land; thro April 4, Source/Derivations
VI:
(Phillips); Harcourt House, Edmonton - until Oct24, Bleeding
Hearts-Carol
Bradley, Tom Gale-A Natural Garden; Heritage Weavers - Riverview United
Church - 824 Imperial Way, Calgary - Nov.14, fall sale; Illingworth
Kerr,
Calgary - until Nov14, Faculty Show; Leighton Foundation - until Oct23,
Karen Brownlee - Prairie Elevators & Rural Communities; Medicine Hat
Cultural Centre - until Oct23, Faculty Show; Oct28-Nov20, Arlene
Litchfield;
Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary - until Oct24, Desire & Dread - Eric
Cameron with a Strawberries & Champagne English Brunch (Oct 24, 11-2pm);
Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie - until Oct.25, Six Degrees of
Separation, Reflections in the Peace, The Group of Four; Profiles, St.
Albert - until Oct31, Flying Colours: Design on the Wing-Robert
Chelmick;
Scott Gallery, Edmonton - Oct24-Nov17, Doug Haynes Small Works; Southern
Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge - until Nov25, Barbara McGill Balfour,
until
Nov22 Yasufumi Takahashi; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff -
until Nov.29, Twin Peaks: The Largest Exhibition of Mount Rundle
Paintings
of All Time,Between There and Here: Les Manning.
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Susan E. Sax-Willock, Executive Director
Visual Arts Alberta Association
205 Provincial Building
346-3rd St., S.E.
Medicine Hat, AB, T1A 0G7
(403)504-4140, fax (403)526-7016
1-800-635-3187, [log in to unmask]
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