Our 8th Anniversary celebration is next weekend, December 2, 3 and 4. Enjoy cookies and hot, apple cider while browsing our wonderful selection of locally crafted jewellery, pottery, sculpture, gift items, art cards and original art.
10% of all sales during our anniversary celebration weekend will be donated to the Vancouver Food Bank. We'll be busy decorating our storefront this week in preparation for the "Flake Out on Main Street" shop decorating contest. Main Street merchants have taken up the challenge to produce an original storefront display on the theme of "Flake Out on Main Street". You can vote for your favourite display and by voting, your name is entered in a draw for a gift basket of Main Street merchant goodies. Come into Arts Off Main gallery to vote and don't forget to bring a non-perishable food item for the Vancouver Food Bank! Come out and celebrate Culture Days this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Arts Off Main Gallery. Art demonstrations will be held outside the Gallery, by Drift and Arts Off Main artists, on the boulevard each day (weather permitting).
SCHEDULE Saturday, October 1 11am – 2pm – Lee Sanger - hand-embellished Giclee prints 2pm – 5pm – Anne Montgomery – sewing/felting http://www.thedrift.ca/artists/anne-montgomery 11am – 5pm – Laura Skuse – abstract expressionism http://www.lauraskuse.com Sunday, October 2 11am – 1pm – Penny Lim – stamping and simple paper books with children http://www.thedrift.ca/artists/penny-lim 11am – 3pm – Sabine Simons – encaustic painting 11am – 3pm – Eileen Mosca - illustration 11am – 5pm – Laura Skuse – abstract expressionism http://www.lauraskuse.com 2pm – 5pm – Varouj Gumuchian - Art sculpture installation http://www.thedrift.ca/artists/varouj-gumuchian Other Artists In Action: Julie McIntyre will be leading the creation of a community Art Quilt at Urban Source, 3126 Main Street on Sat. Oct. 1, 1-4pm. The quilt will hang in the window of Urban Source until Monday, Oct. 3. Everyone is welcome to participate – kids and adults. Roz McLean will be demonstrating her illustration at Beansprouts, 4305 Main Street, Sunday, Oct. 2, 12-4 pm. Culture Days is a 3 day, annual collaborative pan-Canadian volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. www.culturedays.ca Along the Path - Seascape and Abstract Paintings by
Arts Off Main artist Jennifer Harwood Reception Sunday, September 11, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Havana Gallery 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver Sept 4th - 17th, 2011 June 14 -19 Opening reception: Tuesday, June 14th, 7-9 PM Artists in attendance You are invited to the Opening Reception of "Recharge", an exhibition of the work of Arts Off Main members. We have come together to recharge our art practice. Presenting a collaborative showpiece made up of 10x10 inch panels (shown at left) one by each member. As well, each artist will be exhibiting several works representing a variety of media: painting, photography, drawing, illustration, mixed media, polymer clay and pottery. Matthew Freed, Jennifer Harwood, Nicola Morgan, Eileen Mosca, Riitta Peirone, Annamaria Potamiti, Lee Sanger, Ellen Scobie, Sabine Simons, Joan Tayler SPECIAL EVENTS Opening Reception Tuesday June 14, 7-9 pm Sway to the sounds of guitar and accordion duo Dave Taylor and Tyson Naylor, while you mingle with the artists and learn about their work. Afternoon Celebration Sunday June 19, 1-4 pm Get a charge out of Company B Jazz Band, a six-piece group known for rousing crowds to dance and smile with their cheerful renditions of classic repertoire from the 1920s through 1940s. Chat with the artists as we perform demos and paint on location. Company B will be on stage at Panorama Park, adjacent to the gallery. SEYMOUR ART FESTIVAL Arts Off Main is appearing during the Seymour Art Festival, a biennial special event hosted by the Seymour Art Gallery, in the Deep Cove Cultural Centre. June 7 - July 3, 2011. We've switched up the walls at Arts Off Main -- lots of new art and new cards in stock. Riitta Peirone is working on a new series of paintings called "Passages" seen here. Some pieces are too large for the gallery but see them on-line.
The new year is off to a great start with a kick-off meeting hosted by Eileen. We all enjoyed great food and conversation and welcomed the chance to meet together "off site" to plan for next year. Lots of great ideas were discussed for events and promotions throughout 2011. Number one is a revamp of our website - the result of which you see here! We'll also be posting new work to our Flickr site and Facebook so sign-up for updates on those sites if you'd like to be kept informed of new work. You can also sign-up for our email list to receive timely notices in your in-box. And if you've had enough of looking at art online, just come in and see us! We'd love to see you. Here's to a great 2011!
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