Story Keeping
- Jan 28, 2023 to Apr 9, 2023
- Location: Nanaimo Art Gallery - 150 Commercial Street Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 5G6 Canada
- Description:
ArtistBrittney Namaakki Bear Hat and Richelle Bear Hat
All are Welcome to the Opening Reception on January 27th at 7 pm.
Nanaimo Art Gallery is pleased to present Story Keeping, an exhibition of new and existing work by Calgary based artists Brittney Namaakki Bear Hat and Richelle Bear Hat. Drawing from their shared Blackfoot and Dane-zaa Cree heritage, the artists look to storytelling practices and legacies of land and language displacement through their experiences growing up in rural and urban environments. While Story Keeping will include the 2016 collaborative work: Little Cree Women (Sisters, Secrets & Stories), it will also highlight Brittney and Richelle’s individual practices and perspectives. Through photography, video, sculpture, and installation, this exhibition celebrates the value of stories carried through everyday lives.
Story Keeping is the fourth exhibition through which Nanaimo Art Gallery asks the question, What stories do we tell?
Brittney Namaakii Bear Hat is a M
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- Categories: Exhibition
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 (8)
Spring 2023 Art Bites Classes
- Jan 29, 2023 to Jun 11, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
- Description:
Have you been curious about trying an art class, but not sure what medium you would like? Not ready to commit to a full class (and art supplies) if you don’t know you’ll like it? Why not try this sampler course?
Art Bites is a course designed to give you a taste of a variety of art mediums. Each 2-hour class introduces you to a new medium and show you the basic techniques using a small array of supplies. Everything is provided; you don’t have to bring a thing! Go home each week with a piece of your own and a sense of how this art medium works.
Pick and choose one or more classes. Classes are $35 each.
AM classes are 10am-12pm; PM classes are 1-3 pm.
Follow the links below for class details and online registration
- January
- Jan 29 AM – Wash Drawing with Gordon Wilson
- Jan 29 PM – Zentangle with Rhonda Roy
- February
- Feb 5 AM – Oil Painting with Margery Blom
- Feb 5 PM – Watercolour Art Journaling with Merrilyn Laursen
- Feb 12 AM – Ink Relief with Gordon Wilson
- Feb
- January
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- Categories: Class
MIKE BELLIS Haida Carver COUNTING RINGS
- Jan 31, 2023 to Mar 5, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
- Description:
MIKE BELLIS Haida Carver
COUNTING RINGS
Mike Bellis is a Haida artist born in Victoria, BC in 1973. He is inspired by Haida mythology and culture, and interprets that through his own interactions with the natural world. Working mostly with red and yellow cedar, Bellis enjoys combining the time-honoured beauty of traditional Haida art with contemporary shapes, colours, and design.
Bellis hails from a family with multiple generations of Haida artists. His father John Bellis has been instrumental in passing on knowledge of traditional Haida design. Master carver Bill Bellis is his cousin, and captain Andrew Brown is his great grandfather.
Bellis is a citizen of the Haida Nation of Old Massett, and was born into the Eagle Clan
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- Categories: Exhibition
IN FOCUS Oceanside Photographers Assn
- Jan 31, 2023 to Mar 5, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
- Description:
IN FOCUS
Oceanside Photographers Assn
The club membership consists of over 50 photographers from novice to professional and everything in between. Our members live, work and play in a photographer’s paradise, the east coast of Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia, Canada.
We meet once a month in Qualicum Beach, with half the meeting devoted to education, and the other half covering club business. We also have a dedicated education meeting, optional assignments and one field trip each month, tying into special events in the area as much as possible.
The goal of the club is to promote learning, sharing and the enjoyment of photography in a convivial atmosphere. We welcome new members whether beginners or more experienced photographers. We encourage all members to share their knowledge with each other whether photography or use of their camera and equipment
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- Categories: Exhibition
The MAC’s Art Foundations Program
- Feb 6, 2023 to Jun 12, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
- Description:
Loved Art Bites? Ready for more?
The MAC’s Art Foundations Program is designed for people who want more formal education in the basics of visual art theory, as well as techniques for different mediums. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the principles of art and how they might apply to their own art practice.
Each of our classes will touch on areas such as line, composition, perspective, and colour, while giving you more in-depth practise in the medium or technique offered.
All of our instructors are artists, and many of them are also professional teachers. Our faculty is skilled at providing a friendly and relaxing experience while you learn.
Classes run on Mondays, from 10 am – 2 pm
Cost: $100 (all materials provided)
Follow the links below for class details and online registration
- Feb 6 – Dry Media Drawing with Gordon Wilson
- Feb 13 – Wet Media Drawing with Gordon Wilson
- Feb 27 – Decoding Colour: Colour Theory with Margery Blom
- Mar 6 – Let’s Go Abstract with Dennis Brown
- Mar 13 –
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The Building Blocks of Acrylics-A Starter Course
- Feb 13, 2023 at 1:00am to Mar 6, 2023 at 1:00am PST
- Location: ONLINE
- Description:
Feb 6th signup deadline
This course is all about teaching you much of what I wish I was told just a little sooner in my learning process.
There is so much to learn and it can be overwhelming. So many products, techniques and supplies!
This is why it can be so difficult to start, and to top it off, the self doubt comes along and can really take the wind out of your sails. It’s all so silly…right?
"Building Blocks of Acrylics-A Starter Course" is designed for the beginner acrylic level. In a nutshell I will cover :
Supplies
mediums
how to use your brushes and which ones to buy?
mixing black, grey AND colour
basic compositional tips
values
warm and cool colours
And plenty more.
You will come away at the end with more confidence and understanding of this versatile medium and be able to move forward to either paint on your own or take a class without feeling like a fish out of water. You should be able to go into an art supply store and know what many of the items are a
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- Categories: Class
- Tags: acrylicclasses, beginnerpaintingworkshop, cmawleart, paintingclasses, learntopaint
Make Mine a Combo colour and design workshop for weavers
- Feb 28, 2023 at 1:00pm PST to Mar 16, 2023 at 1:00pm PDT
- Location: 744 Primrose Street, Qualicum Beach the studio of the Qualicum Weavers and Spinners Guild
- Description:
This is a 4 day workshop given over a 3 week period. students will cover the basics of visual design and colour theory as applied to weaving and will design and weave their own pieces.
Anyone with an interest in making cloth of their own design will find this informative. Participants must be able to warp a loom.
There will be both in-studio and an on-line version of the course. Cost for in-studio workshop $160, Cost for on-line workshop $60
For details please contact Caron Byrne cebyrne@shaw.ca
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Make Mine a Combo colour and design workshop for weavers
- Feb 28, 2023 at 1:00pm PST to Mar 16, 2023 at 1:00pm PDT
- Location: 744 Primrose Street, Qualicum Beach the studio of the Qualicum Weavers and Spinners Guild
- Description:
This is a workshop for weavers covering colour and visual design theory as it applies to woven cloth. Participants will design and weave their own pieces based to illustrate the principles
The workshop has two forms. The in-studio version will be given over a 3 week period at the QWSG studio in Qualicum Beach Participation is limited to accomodate one on one instruction. Cost $160.
An on-line version will be offered in late March, Cost $60
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CARON BYRNE at Cebyrne@shaw.ca
- Created by: Qualicum Weavers and Spinners Guild
- Categories: Class
- Tags: weaving