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Subject: Visual Arts Alberta FACT SHEET 9808-13
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 17:02:19 -0600
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VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA ASSOCIATION
FACT SHEET * 9808-13 *Please Copy&Distribute=20
with the support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts & Alberta Community
Development
Distributed by fax, mail and email, also on the Listserves: Museum-L,
Modernism, Popular Culture.
**Views expressed & notices provided are not necessarily those of Visual
Arts Alberta Association**
VAAA NEWS:
- The 1998/99 VAAA Board is:  Jim Painter, Edmonton, President; Elizabeth
Allen, Calgary, Vice-President; Pat Pelletier, Red Deer, Treasurer; Bob
Bruce, Edmonton, Secretary; Kathy Buse, Edmonton; Heather Brown, Barrhead;
Gloria Belcher, Drayton Valley; Jean Connor, Edmonton; Joan Brownell,
Sherwood Park; Pat Hogaboam, Edmonton; Suzanne Scott, Edmonton; Nancy
Townshend, Calgary.
- For information on services and membership contact the VAAA Office.
SHORT BITES:=20
! Kerby Centre, a multi-service seniors centre in Calgary, has to close our
weaving studio.  As a result, we have a number of LeClerc 4 shaft and 8
shaft looms for sale.  For more information, contact: [log in to unmask],
403-265-0661 ext. 334
! The Summer 1998 edition of the AFA BULLETIN is available.  Contact
403.427.6315.
! The 1998 Info-Tel Medicine Hat & Brooks Telephone Directory features
drawings by local artist James Marshall of historic sites, such as the
Provincial Court House - 1919, the Kerr/Wallace House - 1910 and the
Hargrave Block - 1901 - Merchants Bank - 1898, on the front cover and as
part of the white section listing for the site in the directory.
! Website on The Provincial Archives move is located at:
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5202/provarchive.html
NOTICES:
=B7 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Grant deadlines: 15 Sept. - Visual=
 Arts:
Projects; 1 Oct. - Art Acquisition through Slide Submission, contact
403.427.9968; Artists in Schools Residency Program application to the Artist
Roster - for professional artists & companies; Artists in the Community
Residency Program, contact Loreen Anderson 427.6315;  (outside Edmonton call
310-0000 to be connected toll free)
=B7 In celebration of the Alberta Community Art Clubs Association's 30th
anniversary, they have selected a series of 8 works from their permanent
collection to feature as a series of cards "1968-1998".  Works by Pearl
Brunner, Margaret Seelye, Martha Houston, Jean Stephenson, Dorothy Gardiner,
Lillian Nunn, Hilda Sherbeck.  $10./set + postage. Contact Jo Ann Nanninga
403.674.4549 or Heather Brown 403.674.6691
=B7 For information on the Alberta Foundation for the Arts travelling
exhibition programme contact: Allen Ball, Harcourt House, Edmonton
403.426.4180; 403.426.4189; [log in to unmask]
=B7 3rd Annual Fundraising Auction for the Celebration of Women in the Arts,=
 5
Sept., Varscona Theatre, Edmonton, 12 noon (bidding begins 1p.m.),
live/silent auction, admission free.
=B7 Open House at Artcetera, Edmonton - Sept. 12, 10a.m. to noon. For
information on fall classes - drawing, painting, mask making, art classes
for youth & children, gocco printing - contact 403.413.6414.
=B7 City Arts Centre, Edmonton Sept. to Dec. classes - pottery, sculpture,
silversmithing, etc.Contact: 496.6955
=B7 Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, Art-Ventures, Saturdays for=
 Kids,
contact 460-4310
=B7 Mount Royal College Continuing Education, Calgary - Fall semester=
 courses
available in Creative Writing, Photography, Drama, Dance, Floral Design,
Interior Decorating and Visual Arts.  Contact: 403.240.6012.
=B7 University of Alberta Faculty of Extension, Fall Programs are available=
 in
Art History, Drawing & Painting, Ceramics, Design, New Media, Photography,
Printmaking, Educational Travel. Contact 403.492.3093/3034
=B7 Canadian Society of Association Executives, Management Education.=
 Contact
416.363.3555
=B7 Leading Edge Art Workshops,Calgary, Instructors: Carol-Lynn Davidson,
Sharon Williams, Brent Heighton, Virginia Cobb, Jean Pederson, Bill Duma,
Faye Sproule, Carol O'Connor. Contact: 403.238.5768
=B7 The Cultural Resource Management Program, Univ. of Victoria, on-campus=
 and
distance education courses for museum and heritage professionals in the Fall
of 1998. Contact Joy Davis, Program Dir. 250.721.8462
=B7 The 2nd Annual Great Albertan Book Sale sponsored by The Documentary
Heritage Society of Alberta (Friends Group of the Provincial Archives),
Oct.2-3 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.), at the Provincial Archives of Alberta, Edmonton.
Donations accepted until Sept.30. Contact 403.427.1750
=B7 Forum 98, annual conference of the Cultural Human Resources Council,
Sept.11-13, National Arts Centre, Ottawa.  Contact 613.562.1535,
[log in to unmask] or www.culturenet.ca/chrc
=B7 O HALLOWED MUSE, Oct 30-31, Nov 1, Palisades Centre, Jasper National=
 Park:
slide presentation on the historical works of art done in the Jasper area;
watercolour workshops, felt spinning, soap stone carving, polaroid transfers
and other photo techniques, printmaking (lino), acoustic guitar workshop,
cosmotherapy. On site masseuse & Reiki Master (Sat).  Art material displays.
Meals and accommodation are available at the centre, Workshop numbers will
be kept low to ensure quality of experience.  Full weekend $285, Sat & Sun
$265, Sun. $50. Deadline for reg. Oct. 9. Contact Artist's Own 852.3117,
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=B7 The NEW Gallery,Calgary -CookArtBook (filled with absurd & delicious
recipes & artwork submitted by artists & art enthusiasts) $20.00; The NEW
Gala-Rama Sun. Sept 13, Rummage Sale Fundraiser 10am-4pm; CookArtBook Launch
& Potluck 5-7pm; Artist Trading Cards Session 7-9pm Contact 403-233-2399
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE:
**Calling All Artists: If you live within or near the County of Athabasca
the Athabasca Regional Recreation &  Community Learning Board would like to
hear from you.  They want to hear from artists interested in displaying
their art in exhibitions and who are interested in teaching art classes to
adults in the region.  These are paid positions. Contact 675.2967, fax
675.4242, [log in to unmask] or mail us at 4705-49 Avenue, Athabasca, AB
T9S 1B7
**Call for Artists/Performers/Entertainers: Taste in St. Albert Festival.
Booths, performance space available. Deadline: Sept.30, Contact:=
 403.460.4310.
**Weyerhaeuser Christmas Card Contest 1998 - Deadline Sept.13, Contact
Prairie Art Gallery 532.8111
**AlbertaWorks Directory in co-operation with Alberta Film Commission &
related agencies, directory listings start at $50, categories for Artist's
Supplies, Artwork & Graphics, Galleries & Museums, Painters & Scenic
Painters, Photography & Stills, Scenic Artists, etc. Deadline Sept.98
Contact 403.263.9333
**Art Consultant and representative seeking Alberta Visual Artists to work
with and promote.  Forward portfolio to: Artimpaz 11512 - 38 Ave Edmonton,
AB T6J 0L4 or call Denise (403) 437 - 3820.=20
**Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography is conducting a national
search for candidates for the positions of Director and Education
Coordinator. Deadline 5 pm, Friday, 25 September.  Interested candidates can
request copies of the Calls for Applications contact Gallery 44 at=
 416.979.3941
** Emerging Curators' Series Proposals deadline 25 Sept.  Individual or
group proposals in any media for the 1999/2000 programming year deadline 30
Sept. Contact  Latitude 53, Edmonton 423.5353=20
EXHIBITIONS:Caf=E9 Sassafraz, Yorkville, ON - Sept.1-Oct.31, Ina Gilbert's
Digital Art; Caritas' Art Enrichment Program, Edmonton - at Misericorida -
until Oct.14, Wildflowers in Impossible Places,until Oct.19 Recent work by
Iwona Sarnecka-Dabrowa; - at Grey Nuns - until Oct.20, Vibrations of Me;
Centre for Creative Arts, Grande Prairie - Sept.18-Oct.25, Crossworks
(opening Sept.18); Collector's Gallery, Calgary - Sept.12-Oct.1, Arlene J.
Hobbs (opening Sept.12); Devonian Art Gallery, Calgary - Sept.2-24, Opening
Sept.3, Melt:New Glass; FAB Gallery, Edmonton - Sept.8-27, Lyndal Osborne,
Ryoji Ikeda; Harcourt House, Edmonton - until Sept.19, Mindscapes,
frightened -fun with physiognomy; Latitude 53, Edmonton - Sept.10-Oct.3,
Famous; Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie - until Oct.25, Six Degrees of
Separation, Reflections in the Peace, The Group of Four (opening Sept.3);
Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert - Sept.2-Oct.3, Forest Floor Old
Woman's Dream, River's Edge; Red Deer & District Museum - Sept.13-Oct.18, A
Canadian Story:The Canoe full of beaver felt hats in my kitchen; SNAP,
Edmonton - Sept3-26, Ex Libris (opening Sept.3); Stride Gallery, Calgary -
Sept4-27, The Gap (opening Sept.4, Artist's talk Sept.19); Whyte Museum of
the Canadian Rockies, Banff - Sept.17-Nov.29, Twin Peaks: The Largest
Exhibition of Mount Rundle Paintings of All Time,Between There and Here: Les
Manning (Artist's Reception-Sept.19).=20

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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]