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September 7, 2007
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Confederation Centre Art Gallery offers art education programs for people of all ages this fall
Charlottetown-The Confederation Centre Art Gallery will be a hub of activity this fall with a wide array of visual arts classes and workshops for people of all ages.
In partnership with the Confederation Centre Public Library, the gallery is offering Preschool Story Time for children ages three to five. The 30-minute program of stories and simple crafts takes place from 1:30- 2 p.m. on Tuesdays, starting in the library on September 18 and in the gallery every second week until December 4.
Free Family Sundays for children ages four to ten and their caregivers take place on the third Sunday of each month in the gallery from 2-4 p.m. Family Sundays this fall are on September 16, October 21, November 18 and December 16.
The gallery is also offering a number of paid workshops and classes this fall in the Schurman Family Studio. Budding young artists will love exploring drawing, painting and sculpture in the gallery's smART (Saturday Morning ART) program on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon, from September 15 to December 1.
ART after school provides children aged 8-11 with an artistic after-school activity. Starting September 17, they will learn drawing, painting and sculpture from 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. This program takes place every Monday, excluding holidays, from September 17 to December 3.
In the ART lab program, "tweens" will participate in activities such as re-crafting vintage t-shirts, a button frenzy, creating artist trading cards and more. Designed for youth ages 11-14, this program takes place on Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. Workshop dates are September 15 and 29, October 27, November 24, and December 8.
Seniors will enjoy exploring the gallery on Wednesdays through its new Look, Talk and Do! program. Each week, participants will tour a different exhibition and respond to it creatively through discussion, painting and sketching. Limited to 12, this program runs from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesdays from September 19 to December 5.
Art educator Chrissy Cerminara will teach smART, ART after school and Look, Talk & Do!
The new early stART program, taught by local artist Michael Stanley, will help parents and children ages 18 months to three years explore art together on Wednesdays from 10-11 a.m., from September 19 to December 5. Participants will experiment in activities such as pottery, painting and paper making.
Island printmaker Debra Percival will give two workshops about her non-toxic approach to printmaking on Saturdays, from 1: 30-5:30 p.m. On October 13, she will discuss aluminum etching, and on November 3, polyester plate lithography. Workshops are limited to ten participants.
Well-known jewellery-maker Ayelet Stewart will teach students basic jewellery-making skills using inexpensive materials and simple techniques. Participants will work in copper, brass and bronze. Stewart has studied in Japan and Israel and has been recognized by her peers for her skill. Limited to ten participants, the course runs on Thursdays from 6:30-9 p.m. from October 18 to December 6.
For information about registration fees and other workshops, please contact the gallery at (902) 628-6111 or by e-mail at artgallery@confederationcentre.com
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Media contact: Anna MacDonald, Publicist, (902) 628-6135, amacdona@confederationcentre.com
Anna MacDonald, Publicist
Confederation Centre of the Arts
145 Richmond Street
Charlottetown, PE C1A 1J1
amacdona@confederationcentre.com
Tel: (902) 628-6135
Fax: (902) 566-4648
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Credit: A double-page spread from Troy Little's serialized graphic novel Chiaroscuro, Chapter 8
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September 7, 2007
Confederation Centre Art Gallery opens new exhibitions in September
Charlottetown - The Confederation Centre Art Gallery starts its fall programming this month with two new exhibitions, ... and other stories: Troy Little, Charmaine Wheatley, Seth, Marc Gallant and Robert Harris and The Life and Art of a Country Painter: Anthony Flower (1792-1875).
On view from September 9 to December 2, ... and other stories explores the art of the graphic novel and book illustrations with works by Troy Little, Charmaine Wheatley, Seth, Marc Gallant and Robert Harris.
The original artwork for two chapters of Island artist Troy Little's serialized graphic novel Chiaroscuro is included in the exhibition. Little's main character Steven Patch is an unemployed artist with a single blank canvas, who lives the introspective, angst-ridden life of an average 20-something. The novel will be released internationally in mid-October by San Diego-based IDW Publishing.
Watercolour studies and "diary" notations created by artist-in-residence Chairmaine Wheatley this summer are exhibited as a work in progress, as well as her first published comic book Beau Fleuve, The Heart of North America. During her residency at the PEI National Park, she interacted with the public and drew her impressions of Island life, which will be developed into a comic book of small and intimate stories of the everyday.
The exhibition also features More Fun with Dick and Jane (Penguin Books, 1986) by the late Marc Gallant, an Island environmental and heritage activist, designer, photographer and storyteller. Gallant updated the popular Dick and Jane children's reading instruction books, written by American Zerna Sharp and published from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Five illustrations by Ontario-based artist Seth are included in the exhibition. An illustrator and graphic novelist, Seth edited, illustrated and designed Bannock, Beans and Black Tea, a book based on his father's stories of growing up on PEI during the Depression.
In 1900, renowned Island portrait painter Robert Harris illustrated A semi-detached house... and other stories by John Try-Davies. Both were founding members of Montreal's Pen and Pencil Club in 1890, which included many prominent Canadian writers, painters and musicians. On display are many of Harris' original illustrations and copies of the original book.
A video interview with Little and Wheatley is included in the exhibition, and a book launch and book signing for Little's Chiaroscuro will take place in mid-October. The exhibition is curated by curator Ihor Holubizky.
Curated by Laurie Glenn Norris, of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, The Life and Art of a Country Painter: Anthony Flower (1792-1875) will be on display from September 23 to November 2.
Born in London, England, Flower (1792-1875) lived and worked in the province of New Brunswick for most of his life. He was a farmer who had a lifelong passion for art and who painted until his death at the age of 83. In his paintings, he recorded the life that he saw around him in rural Queens County, N.B., and events and scenes described in newspapers of the day. He was especially fond of the pictures he saw in the Illustrated London News, an early newspaper, as well as the prints of an artist named William Bartlett.
Other exhibitions on view are Speaking of Islands: Jean-Yves Vigneau, until September 21; Common Threads, until September 23; Annie Pootoogook, until October 7; and Yousuf Karsh: Industrial Images, until November 25.
Tamara Gough
Gallery Administrator
Confederation Centre of the Arts
145 Richmond Street
Charlottetown, PE C1A 1J1
902.628.6111
tgough@confederationcentre.com
Posted by kier at September 7, 2007 2:28 PM