This fall has been full of lots of events and mostly lovely weather. Here are a few things we went to and some coming up:
June Yun had a show at
http://www.urbanaboriginal.org/ which is on the main floor of a fabulous hotel with the rooms decorated by local aboriginal artists like Jerry Whitehead.
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| June in front of her paintings |
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| loved this installation |
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| handmade paper and her first time using a handsaw |
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| some of the panels were painted on or had real flowers imbedded |
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| the leaves are real as well |
More paintings by June....
Jerry Whitehead was also in the same show....
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| this is the communal kitchen of the hotel |
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| this is the hangout spot for the hotel |
HOT ART WET CITY hosts a HAWC social last Wednesday of the month. You bring a small art or craft project, have a glass of wine and trade stories with the other makers.
Below are some of the projects on the go....
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| paper cutting |
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| collaging |
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| knitting |
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| jewelry making with buttons |
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| comic book making |
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| collaging |
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| collage sewing |
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| petit point |
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| decorating her shoe |
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| reclaimed wool and jewelry making |
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| drawing and ink painting |
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| leather work |
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| costume making |
I love riding my bike on the seawall and always stop at the Olympic Village square and check out Myfanwy MacLeod's "The Birds" built by Heavy Industries out of Calgary.
The EASTSIDE CULTURE CRAWL is coming November 20-23, 2014. Come by the studio and see some of my new work. There is a preview show at the Cultch where I have this piece. It is up until December 7th. There are about 20 artists.
www.eastsideculturecrawl.com
Arnt also has a show until November 15 at
www.kozaimodern.com at 1515 West 6th Ave at Granville. He also has some new work ready for the Crawl. One more thing happening before the Crawl is Hot Talks at
www.hotartwetcity.com curated by Rachel Ashe and featuring 8 Crawl artists talking about their art practice. You can buy a ticket online or at the door by donation and have a glass of wine, sit back and be inspired!
Here are a few of my new pieces to be featured at the Crawl. I used a lot of Nye's Foundry wood patterns in this series. Was such a fun series to work on.
Went to our annual Strathcona Surf Club Party at Jayne and Vincent's and the kids invented "surfing down the stairs on a bean bag chair"
My dear friend Anthony passed away 8 months ago and his wife Miriam, with the help of some friends, started a foundation "the Anthony Dell'Orto Memorial" which will award up and coming students in the VCC Culinary Arts program. Anthony taught at this school and was a chef most of his life. We celebrated with prosecco, wine and a 5 course meal created and served by the students, some of whom got credits for the evening and some just volunteering. There was a slide show with some priceless photos of Anthony and a silent auction. What a wonderful way to honour our lovely friend. You can donate through the website...
www.vcc.ca/makeagift
I had never been to the
www.gordonsmithgallery.ca of Canadian Art, 2121 Lonsdale Ave at 21st in North Vancouver. We went and heard an artist talk by Robert Young and then a performance by Triology Jazz Trio surrounded by paintings and sculpture by some of our Canadian artists like Ian Wallace, Attila Lukacs, Rodney Graham, Douglas Copeland, Bill Reid, Jack Shadbolt and of course Gordon Smith. They have 500 pieces in their collection and are set up to teach kids about art.
They have regular performances and is a lovely gallery....Check it out!
I love instagram and can be followed at arntzenvalerie ... it is all about the visuals!
As always thanks for stopping by.....Valerie
Aboriginal Art is one of the oldest forms of Art anywhere on the planet yet as an art style commercially it is one of the youngest. Aboriginal Art has become popular as a saleable commodity in past decades only.
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