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?
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Thursday, March 16, 2023 (9)
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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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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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
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OCEANSIDE LANDSCAPES
- Mar 11, 2023 to Apr 2, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
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Terri has used her love of and experience with the landscapes of Vancouver Island to create this collection of acrylic paintings. Using her own photographs as well as those by locals Allan Bassett and Karen Bull, she has transferred this recorded beauty to vibrant canvasses. Terri wishes to also acknowledge the involvement of her many art students who have enhanced her life-long learning in the arts.
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West Coast, East Coast and parts in between
- Mar 12, 2023 to Apr 2, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
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Jim SEARS
West Coast, East Coast and parts in between….. Inspired by Nature
March 11 – April 2, 2023
From a walk on the Wild West Coast to A Maritime Road Trip with a visit to a winery along the way and taking time to smell the flowers.
I have been interested in art and painting for much of my life with art courses and workshops in my youth and continued the interest, although infrequent through my adult years. Like most of us life has been taken up with work and family life. I spent 45 years in the Forest Industry in British Columbia from Haida Gwaii to Vancouver Island. The stunning landscapes of Coastal British Columbia was an everyday experience as I pursued my career. I am now fully retired and have taken up painting again with emphasis on pen and ink with watercolour wash.
I have also taught several workshops in regard to pen and ink with watercolour wash and I tend not to paint what I haven’t experienced and seen with my own eyes,
Jim Sears
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WILD EMBLEMS OF CANADA
- Mar 12, 2023 to Apr 2, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
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WILD EMBLEMS OF CANADA
A 13 piece series depicting the official flora and fauna of each province + territory of Canada
NICOLINE MANN
March 11 – April 2, 2023
I’m a mixed media artist, creating wildlife, animal + nature inspired pieces out of my studio on the unceded traditional territories of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, also called Nanaimo, BC Canada.
I’ve devoted my art practice to depicting the beauty + love animals bring to our lives through my commissioned pet portraits, original series + print collections.
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The Beautiful Art of Stenciling on Fabric
- Mar 16, 2023 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm PDT
- Location: Lighthouse Community Center in the Nordin room on the righthand side of the center (Qualicum Bay)
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The Beautiful Art of Stenciling on Fabric
Co-presented by Leslie Bird and Terri Bowen
Discover the beautiful art technique of stenciling from Leslie and Terri. Leslie has presented her workshops all over North America including exciting places like Las Vegas and is the published author of the book “Projection Stenciling”. Leslie and her husband David own “Buckingham Stencils” Company in Nanoose Bay, a company which is featured on numerous platforms such as Etsy and Amazon. Leslie will bring numerous samples of her work to get you motivated! Plus you will receive two books on stenciling from their company!
To begin the workshop, Terri will give you some background on how, over the ages, an amazing amount of media have been applied to a plethora of surfaces. Then you will practice the fine art of using a stencil brush properly on two small fabric surfaces. Afterwards, you will choose from a myriad of stencils for use on a sturdy canvas bag or you might finish it in your own way. As plastic
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