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February 23, 2024
Friday

  • TALES FOR THE TELLING - STORYTELLING FOR ADULTS - NORTH WEST COAST INDIGENOUS STORIES

  • Feb 23, 2024 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
  • Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street, Parksville, B.C.
  • Description:

    TALES FOR THE TELLING

    STORYTELLING FOR ADULTS

    NORTH WEST COAST INDIGENOUS STORIES FEATURING MAVIS DUMONT

    Friday,

    February 23, 2024

    7:00 p.m.

     

    Discover the beauty and rich culture of North West Coast Indigenous peoples with Tales for the Telling.

     
     
    Featuring Mavis Dumont, this storytelling event will bring to life the vibrant history and traditions of this amazing region and its inhabitants. Come explore the power of stories with us!

     

    TICKETS HERE

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  • Categories: Story Time
February 12, 2024
Monday

  • Fashion Divas – an Art Gems Painting Workshop with Patt Scrivener

  • Feb 12, 2024 from 10:00am to 2:00pm
  • Location: McMillan Arts Centre, 133 McMillan Street, Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
  • Description:

    Description

    Art Gems: Feb 12 – Fashion Divas Painting Workshop with Patt Scrivener

    Have you always wanted to paint the figure but feel intimidated?

    Patt will show you her step-by-step process to create a striking painting based on a magazine model.

    We will create two 4x12” paintings with acrylic paint while learning the essentials of using negative painting techniques. Further interest and pattern will be created using stencils and collage.

    All materials provided.

    About the Instructor:  Patt was born and raised on a farm in Saskatchewan where she had plenty of time to pursue her creative talents. While pursuing her career in floral and interior design Patt honed her painting skills. In 2009 she became a full-time visual artist. She teaches workshops in acrylic, cold wax and oil, and encaustic. Her passion is sharing her knowledge and helping others on their creative journey. 

    Book here

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  • Monday Art Gems – Spring 2024 Schedule

  • Feb 12, 2024 to May 25, 2024
  • Location: McMillan Ars Centre
  • Description:

    What are Art Gems?

    The Art Gems program is a multi-faceted, hand picked selection of special ‘Gems’ providing a unique experience under the instruction of well known Vancouver Island Artists.

    Art Gems workshops are open to all levels of experience and will showcase a variety of mediums.

    All materials and supplies are included in these workshops for the convenience of just enrolling, arriving and enjoying creating!

    Each 4-hour workshop is $100 with all materials provided (except for 2-day workshop)

    All levels of experience are welcome!

    Download our spring Art Gems schedule here

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February 6, 2024
Tuesday

  • Figure of Speech, A Reflection of Relationships and Emotion: Patt SCRIVENER

  • Feb 6, 2024 to Mar 3, 2024
  • Location: MAC Parksville
  • Description:

    OPENING RECEPTION:  SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 1-3PM

    Artist Statement 

    12369348501?profile=RESIZE_400xIn my art practice pushing the boundaries, playing, experimentation, and taking risks are important aspects. I work intuitively with most of my imagery coming from my imagination. I am a process painter which means I am not concerned about the results but rather engage with the journey. Often metaphors and messages appear in my work.  I rarely start with an idea in mind. My painting is emotion driven by the colours and marks of the understory. My paintings start with a messy background created while cleaning my brush and palette, I intuitively develop the painting from there. I use many unorthodox tools to create my paintings – key cards, skewers, forks, insulation pipe, and corks to name a few.  My goal is to stay unrestrained, free and loose in my work. I love spontaneity and happy accidents! I have been called a “Rebel with a Paint Brush” 

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  • THROUGH MY EYES ADINA BARUGOLO

  • Feb 6, 2024 to Mar 3, 2024
  • Location: MAC - Parksville
  • Description:
    Opening Reception:  Saturday, February 10th, 1-3pm

     

    12369393458?profile=RESIZE_192XADINA BARUGOLO WAS BORN IN PORT ALBERNI,BC AND SPENT HER EARLY YEARS IN THE OCEANSIDE AREA OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. FROM AND EARLY AGE HER NATURAL ARTISTIC ABILITY WAS EVIDENT. HER PASSION AND LOVE OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND’S WEST COAST COAST IS THE INSPIRATION OF HER ARTWORK.   ADINA’S STUDIO AND GALLERY ARE LOCATED IN QUALICUM BEACH. HER PREFERRED MEDIA INCLUDE ACRYLIC, WATERCOLOUR, MIXED MEDIA COLLAGES. TODAY,HER PAINTINGS ARE INSPIRED FROM MEMORIES OF HER TIME LIVING IN ITALY AND HER LIFE LONG PASSION FOR THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND.

     

    “THROUGH MY EYES AND INSPIRATION I HOPE TO CAPTIVATE THOSE THAT VIEW MY WORK.”

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  • THE NEW HAIDA

  • Feb 6, 2024 to Mar 2, 2024
  • Location: McMillan Arts Centre
  • Description:

    Opening Reception: Saturday, February 10, 2024,  1-3pm

    THE NEW HAIDA
    Traditional Haida design is the foundation of my journey as an artist. Studying ancient works,
    and the art of Master Carvers of the last century is how I developed my craft and learned the
    time-honoured tradition of Haida formline.


    As my skills and confidence grew, so did my creativity and desire to add my own artistic spin
    into my work. Using traditional formline as an anchor allows me the flexibility to play with
    contemporary shapes, colours and design while maintaining a look recognizable as Haida.


    The pieces in this exhibit have purposefully departed from the dominant red typically
    associated with Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork. By using softer shades of blue, green and
    grey along with primary black and white, I hope to appeal to collectors who appreciate Haida
    design but are drawn to more muted colours.


    As always, my work features classic totems and figures of Haida mythology. While many will be
    recognizable, some hav

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February 4, 2024
Sunday

  • Art Bites Classes for February 2024

  • Feb 4, 2024 to Feb 25, 2024
  • Location: McMillan Arts Centre
  • Description:

    $40/Class – supplies included

    Feb 4 AM/PM – Painting with Gouache with Gordon Wilson

    Feb 11 AM – Carving a Lino Block with Margie Davidson

    Feb 11 PM – Dramatic Drawing with Carol Ann Owers

    Feb 18 AM – Soft Pastel Impressions with Lucy Wallace

    Feb 18 PM – Block Printing on Fabric with Margie Davidson

    Feb 25 AM – Northern Lights Splendor with Adina Barugolo

    Feb 25 PM – Slow Stitch with Margie Davidson

    AM classes:  10am – 12 pm

    PM classes:  1-3 pm

    Complete details HERE

    Register online or at the MAC Office

     

    About Art Bites:

    Art Bites is a fun way to try out all different kinds of art mediums without investing a lot of time and money.  Our instructors are welcoming and encourage everyone to ‘just have’ fun creating art.  Try something you’ve always wondered about, or take a class with a friend or family member just for fun!  Our classes run from Sept-Dec in the fall and Jan-Jun in the spring

    Ready for more?  Try our Art Gems classes and explore techniques and mediums in a mor

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January 15, 2024
Monday

  • Jitterbug dancing for beginers

  • Jan 15, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
  • Location: McMillan Arts Centre
  • Description:

    Are you looking for a healthy activity this New Year?

    Well dancing has been proven to be one of the best holistic forms of exercise for mind, body and spirit! Classes will be taught by Pamela Podmoroff, one of Canada's top All-Star West coast swing dancers.

    With 25 years of teaching experience in a large variety of dances, she is known for her joy of dance and musicality. Pamela’s classes are a wonderful blend of footwork, good technique, partner communication and pure dance fun. Students who start with “two left feet” will indeed find their right one!

    Please email pamelamore2001@yahoo.ca to register for upcoming series starting Monday January 22 at 6 pm at the MAC and get any further information on other classes currently offered.

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January 3, 2024
Wednesday

  • January 3 to March 31, 2024 - Susan Schaefer

  • Jan 3, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024
  • Location: The Bayside Oceanfront Resort, Dogwood Street, Parksville, BC, Canada
  • Description:

    Susan Schaefer, a Canadian artist is excited to announce the upcoming exhibition of her Canadiana collection. The exhibition will be held at the Bayside Oceanside Resort in Parksville from January 3 to March 31, 2024.

    It will showcase breathtaking paintings representing Canada's diverse geography and natural beauty.

    Facilitated by the Oceanside Arts Council, this will be the first solo exhibition at the Bayside Gallery, making it a highly anticipated event for art enthusiasts and collectors. 

    Schaefer's Canadiana collection results from 18 months of dedicated work, covering a distance of 18,000 km and includes all ten provinces and three territories. Each painting in the collection captures the essence and uniqueness of its respective region, offering viewers a visual journey from coast to coast.

    In addition to being an accomplished artist, Susan Schaefer is also the publisher of Island Arts Magazine and an accomplished art instructor. She has actively supported the a

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December 14, 2023
Thursday

  • Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

  • Dec 14, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
  • Location: Village Theatre 110 West 2nd Avenue Qualicum Beach Canada
  • Description:

    Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

    Thursday, December 14, 20237:30 PM 
    Sunday, December 31, 20232:00 PM

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    By Dennis Kelly

    Music & Lyrics by Tim Minchin

    Directed by Brian Mather

    Matilda is a little girl with astonishing wit, intelligence and a special power. She’s unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher, Miss Honey Trunchbull, the school’s headmistress, hates children and makes the lives of her pupils as miserable as possible. Matilda and Trunchbull are on a collision course. Add an acrobat, an escapologist, a salsa dancer and some Russian thugs to the mix and you have a complete entertainment package.

    For more details click HERE

     

    Presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

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  • Categories: Theatre
December 11, 2023
Monday

  • MAC SCHOOL-MONDAY ART GEMS-BLOCK PRINTING SILK SCARVES

  • Dec 11, 2023 from 2:00am to 2:00pm
  • Location: McMillan Arts Centre, 133 McMillan Street, Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
  • Description:

    Monday Art Gems - Block Printing on Silk Scarves with Margie Davidson
    Dec 11 10AM-2PM

    Join Margie on this one day workshop and block print on a silk scarf. Participants can expect information on how to plan out a design to fit the scarf using registration, pattern and grid. Some experience blockprinting is an asset. Note: Margie will be teaching an Art Bites Block Printing class Oct 1st .

    All materials provided for this class.  Participants who have carved blocks are encouraged to bring them.

    About the Instructor:  Margie Davidson is a quilt artist and surface designer. She enjoys painting, sunprinting, and blockprinting as well as cooking up colour with natural dyes. Her award-winning quilts have been exhibited in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States.   

    BOOK HERE

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November 28, 2023
Tuesday

  • THE FEELING OF THE PLACE

  • Nov 28, 2023 to Jan 28, 2024
  • Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
  • Description:

    Mike LATHROP

    November 28 – January 28, 2024

    Opening Reception Saturday, Dec 2, 1-3pm

    Bio

    Mike has always felt the impact of the landscapes that surround him, and enjoys exploring the outdoors on Vancouver Island. In his paintings, he captures his feeling of a moment in nature; and attempts to document the motion, the colour, the light, and the overall experience of taking in our natural environment.

    Born and raised in Calgary, Mike Lathrop moved to Victoria to earn a degree in Visual Arts from the University of Victoria from 1990-94. After working in graphic design, motion graphics video, and internet programming in Vancouver, he returned to Victoria in 2006, and then to painting in 2016.

    Mike lives with his spouse and two children in Victoria, BC. He works in his home studio, and sells original paintings and limited edition giclée prints.

    Artist’s Statement

    I am an abstract landscape painter. I paint images from places near where I live, on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada,

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  • Up and Down and All Around

  • Nov 28, 2023 to Jan 28, 2024
  • Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
  • Description:

    Rita BLOM & William ALLEN

    A unique exhibit featuring intricate meditative pen and ink, and beautiful un-manipulated photography.

    November 28 – January 28, 2024

    Opening Reception, Saturday, December 2, 1-3pm

    William Allen Background

    I began taking photographs in Junior High with a very active and vibrant photo club. We learned all the fundamentals of film photography and printing. Later, I was fortunate enough to be able to take a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree with Photography as my fine arts concentration.

    I have always traveled with a camera, and I’ve been fortunate enough to travel extensively in Canada. The most important thing I’ve learned is to simply seize the moment, take the picture with what you have and under the circumstances you are presented. This has fostered my approach to photography and processing.

    My vision

    I want to communicate my emotional response to those who see my photos. To do that I feel that the photo must speak for itself, it must capture some essence o

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November 24, 2023
Friday

  • TALES FOR THE TELLING - SLICE OF LIFE: REAL PEOPLE, REAL STORIES

  • Nov 24, 2023 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
  • Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street, Parksville, B.C. (doors open at 6:30)
  • Description:

    MID-ISLAND STORYTELLERS PRESENTS

    SLICE OF LIFE:

    REAL PEOPLE, REAL STORIES

    DARE TO SHARE

    November Slice

    Friday November 24 2023 at 7pm

     

    Come and join us for a lively evening of storytelling! Tales for the Telling - Slice of Life: Real People, Real Stories will make for a memorable experience. Hear some captivating stories and create your own memories--get your tickets now!

    People tell their own stories.

    A delightful way to spend an evening.

    TICKETSHERE

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