Saturday, November 5, 2022 (5)

Nov 5, 2022
June 13, 2022
Monday
  • ART Open Studio: Mend, Stitch, Create

  • Jun 13, 2022 to Dec 19, 2022
  • Location: MAC - 133 McMillan Street, Parksville, BC
  • Description:

    Mondays – 5:00 to 7:00 PM

    Now until December 19, 2022
    Drop-in: no pre-registration required

    Experience the benefits of creative expression in a supportive group environment. No experience required.

    10562860873?profile=RESIZE_710xJoin us at our weekly open studio, each with its own theme, using a variety of art making mediums and techniques like mending, stitching, paint, collage, clay, found objects, 2d and 3d, weaving, and nature to explore what is immediate for you in the moment.

    Making art together can support us to move through life’s challenges, helping us to grieve our losses, mitigate feelings of isolation and loneliness and reduce symptoms of stress and anxiety.

    The sessions will be facilitated by Art Therapist Heidi Abbott, and Art Therapy Intern Farrell Elliot.  Heidi and Farell both have a love for the therapeutic, meditative, healing, and self-expressive attributes of creating together.

    Everyone welcome, free, all supplies are provided.

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October 25, 2022
Tuesday
  • VISIONS Majie Lavergne & Claudia Lohmann

  • Oct 25, 2022 to Nov 20, 2022
  • Location: Concert Gallery - McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
  • Description:

    Majie Lavergne & Claudia Lohmann

    www.ClaudiaLohmann.com claudialohmann@live.ca 3095 DeCourcy Drive, Ladysmith, BC, V9G 1E2 250-722-3445

    Born in Germany in April of 1957, Claudia Lohmann has been exposed to art her entire life. Her father was an artist accomplished in landscapes, architecture, and still life. Claudia immigrated to Canada in 1995 with her husband and three children. In 2004 while managing a modest gallery on Salt Spring Island, featuring the art of Richard Jacksties, her own creativity and desire to paint was catalyzed. With her family’s support and encouragement, she began to experiment with various styles and mediums and has since come to favor acrylic paint on wood and canvas. Her paintings began with rudimentary geometric shapes in intricate patterns and bold colours in daring combinations. Although still rooted in her beginnings, her style since progressed into an ever more deliberate method featuring bold lineation and tincture with subtle shapes and symbolism. She c

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  • GROWTH - Lynne Patrick Lynne Patrick

  • Oct 25, 2022 to Nov 20, 2022
  • Location: Nemeth Gallery: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
  • Description:

    GROWTH Lynne Patrick

    Abstraction is my favourite way of exploring an idea with paint and collage. I use intuitive techniques such as collage, layering of paint and scraping or scratching into wet paint which adds mystery, depth and fragmentation simulating the imperfection of vision, the fluid nature of memory and the richness of lived experience.

    Themes I have recently explored include: beach grass landscapes and wild bird murmurations. The beach grass theme contrasts the small ordinariness of beach grass within its greater context: the cosmic energies of sky, sun, earth, wind and water. Plays on visual perspective are present: the beach grass growing at one’s feet superimposed on the expansiveness of a sky view or a distant ocean horizon. This series emerged after several days of camping on the west coast of British Columbia near Tofino.

     

    The paintings within this exhibition invite you to consider a context of uncontrollable and massive external forces, large scale almost atmospheric p

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November 5, 2022
Saturday
  • Watching the Sunset: Acrylic Painting Class with Susan Schaefer

  • Nov 5, 2022 from 3:00am to 3:00pm
  • Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5 Canada
  • Description:

    All levels of acrylic painters welcome

    Register at the McMillan Arts Centre or by calling Susan 250-586-5510
    Class size is limited. Sign up now.

    When you are caught up in the natural beauty of the Earth (like a sunset), you rid yourself of any distractions and feel higher levels of gratitude for what’s happening in front of you,.
    Using warm and inviting colours you will work on a bright and colourful background. Go big and be brave as anything goes. The foreground then becomes a dramatic silhouette as you watch the sunset.

    Susan Schaefer is a well-known instructor in the Oceanside area.

    Her students describer as: “an excellent teacher, encouraging, patient and fun.”
    Visit Susan’s website here 

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