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Oceanside Music is pleased to announce that Ed Dumas, retired educator and concert band Concductor, will be starting our new musical group, Oceanside Adult Beginners Concert Band this September. Anyone wanting to learn a wind instrument, (flute, clarinet, sax, trumpet, trombone baritone or tuba), or a percussion instrument (snare drum or mallets) from the beginning stages is welcome to participate in this group. Musicians will learn everything they need to know to be able to keep up in a community concert band, including how to read music. The Adult Beginners Concert Band is perfectly suited to adult beginners, or people who have played in the past and would like to make a return to it. Experienced musicians who want to learn a new instrument are also welcome. Join us at our information event 7pm Monday June 17th at St. Anne & St. Edmund Anglican Church located at 407 Wembley Road, Parksville. If you can't make it, contact Ed directly at:
liaison-abcband@oceanside-music.ca.
Learn the ins and outs of drawing, perspective and sketching in preparation for plein air painting. Drawings will be finished in ink and enhanced with watercolour wash. We’ll also show you now to mount your paper on wood board.
You’ll take home a finished piece and be all set to venture outdoors to paint!
(This class will take place in the MAC studio, not outdoors.)
Monday, May 27 (10am-2pm)
$100 – materials provided
About the Instructor: Born in Poland, Dorota studied Architecture before immigrating to Canada in 1981. She graduated with Honors from Architectural Technology Program in 1983 and completed her Bachelor of Architecture Degree at University of Toronto in 1989. Dorota received extensive education in drawing, completed courses in watercolors from Dundas Valley School of Art, and recently attended a number of workshops with prominent artists. She loves learning and, with
It's time to hear some interesting tales! Get your tickets to Tales for the Telling - Storytelling for Adults - KINGS, QUEENS, AND NE'ER DO WELLS. Indulge in a fun evening of storytelling! Hear tales fit for a king, a queen, or ne’er do wells. Your night out won't be one to tell tales about - it'll be a blast! Get tickets now!
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Oceanside Big Band with guest vocalist, Gary Lovell, performs jazz standards and more. Tickets available at the door. Adults $25. Students $10. Children under 10 - free.
Art Bites – Artsy Watercolours with Carla Flegel
Sun May 5, 10am-12pm
All supplies included in this class.
About the Instructor: Carla Flegel has explored oils, acrylics and has recently settled on watercolour as her medium of choice. She loves the unpredictability as water, paint and paper meet, and how it paints itself if you let it.
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Oceanside Consort A Capella Singers performs Welcome Spring. Join us in the church lounge and enjoy a collection of folk, classical, pop and show tunes. All tickets are $15 and available at the door.
OPENING RECEPTION, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024, 1-3PM
Tom Shardlow, AFCA, SCA
Tom Shardlow’s artwork was recognized early receiving awards and media attention in High School. He later studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr School of Art and Design) before working in advertising doing art layouts. After graduating from UBC, Tom worked as a field research biologist where he was fortunate to have traveled to many of British Columbia’s wild places. These travels inspired him to document on canvas and paper what he saw and felt.
His drawings and illustrations have appeared in book form, magazines, and newspapers, and he completed a series of commissioned drawings for Fitzhenry and Whiteside publishers. His paintings have won multiple awards and have been acquired by a major private collection lending to the National Gallery in Ottawa and are included in a Simon Fraser University permanent collection. Tom’s works have appeared in over 70 juried exhibitions a
The most positive childhood memories I have is growing up within the rugged and beautiful natural landscapes of Vancouver Island. That combined with a creative mind served me well in imagining our area as the most magical place. From the time I was brought into this world, I saw nature and my surroundings though my own mind, and that both fascinates me and inspires me.
It’s important for me to share my art with the world, because in my opinion, the story and narrative of my artwork does not end
Opening Reception, Saturday, May 4, 1-3pm
Chromatopia
is an exhibition of fibre art created by the Fibre Art Network (FAN), a co-operative of western Canadian artists committed to promoting fibre as an art form and each other as artists. Our membership includes emerging fibre artists, teachers, authors and judges, many of which have been recognized both nationally and internationally for their work.
Chromatopia visually explores the colour spectrum while preserving the unique individualistic style of each artist.
Each piece is 12” X 12”.
Chromatopia is a FAN exhibition inspired by Picasso’s mono-chromatic works in his blue period. Each artist was challenged to explore their own individual theme through the creation of two monochromatic textile artworks using two assigned colour hues.
Beginner Weaving Lessons
May 3 to May 5 inclusive, 10am to 4:30
Learn how to make cloth using a harness loom. Materials and equipment are supplied, Participants will learn how to create a warp, dress a loom and weave cloth.
Note the class size is limited so that there is a time for individual instruction.
For more information or to register check our web site QWSwebsite
This course will introduce you to the basic concepts of dyeing fibres with natural dye materials. It will cover mordants, animal vs plant based fibres and various dye materials
The workshop leader, Carol Hunter has extensive experience with natural dyes both local and exotic.
for more information go to the Qualicum Weavers and Spinners web site.
Oceanside Concert Band and special guest, Ballenas Secondary School Sr. Band, perform Made in Canada. Tickets available at the door. Adults $20. Students $10.
Make a wet felted garden scene in this one day workshop with Darrell Giraldeau
For details please see the Qualicum Weavers and Spinners Website
Note this workshop is being offered on Friday the 19th and again on Saturday the 20th so please indicate which session you prefer.
The local Arrowsmith Chapter of the Canadian Federation of Artists (FCA) is presenting their annual Spring Exhibition to be held at the McMillan Arts Centre located 133McMillan St. in central Parksville, BC. You will be able to enjoy the creative talent selected from the best of local artists and the show offers you the opportunity to enhance or begin a collection of original art.
You are invited to attend the reception where you can meet the artists at the Awards Presentation on Saturday April 6th 1 -3 PM.
And…. you will be able to participate in the choosing of the coveted “People’s Choice Award”. Please vote for your favourite artwork. A prize package of art-cards from our member artists will be randomly drawn from participants.
The Arrowsmith FCA Chapter traditionally hosts two prestigious juried group shows per year. All the artwork in these shows, ranging in style from the abstract to the representational in various media such as watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, and mixed media
