(updated February 10th, 2012)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP March 10, 2012: Presented by Visual Arts Alberta, “Taxation for Artists” with Roger Thomson, CA. Free workshop for CARFAC or VAAA members ($10 for non-members) and runs from 1-3 pm. Workshop runs at Woodcroft Library (13420-114 Ave.) in Edmonton and covers accounting practices, what to look for in an accountant, recording expenses, varieties of income and Revenue Canada’s record requirements. Contact VAAA to reserve your spot!
UPCOMING: The Creative Process and the Practical Side of Art Instructor: Lyndal Osborne Saturday, April 12, 2012 from 1:00-3:00 pm
Harcourt House Annex/Drawing Room
In this comprehensive workshop, professional artist Lyndal Osborne will share her vast knowledge and impart tips on the creative process in production of new work, writing an artist statement, preparing gallery proposals and more. This workshop is crucial for emerging artists and a good refresher for mid-career artists.
UPCOMING:A Kitchen-Sink Approach to Photographing Your Artwork Instructor: Kevin Law Saturday, June 16 from 1:00-4:00 pm Harcourt House Annex/Drawing Room
Kevin Law will instruct and demonstrate how to take clear, professional quality photographs of 2D and 3D artwork. Natural and artificial lighting, glass or plexiglass, in a gallery, studio or outdoors – all will be addressed at this workshop.
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Members Miniatures
Think Small! Visual Arts Alberta members are invited to become miniaturists!
All Visual Arts Alberta members are invited to participate in this FUNdraiser! Eligible artists can submit up to three miniatures from which at least one work will be selected for this exhibition and FUNdraiser featured from October 18th to November 24th, 2012 in the Visual Arts Alberta gallery. Member artists can submit framed artwork that is ready to hang or be displayed and that is 12 x 12 x 12″ or smaller. Artists set the retail price and if the artwork sells, the proceeds will be equally divided between the artist and Visual Arts Alberta. Full details will be forthcoming within the next month.
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Save the Date: National Conference for Visual Artists
Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa June 9th & 10th, 2012
Join artists from across Canada who will be meeting in Ottawa to talk about issues that are important to them. This year’s conference will include discussions about copyright, the relationships between artists and galleries, the campaign for the Artist’s Resale Right, and the presentation of the Visual Arts Advocacy Award. Participants will also get a chance to rub shoulders with art lawyers who will be in town for their own conference – the first of its kind in Canada. For more information or to pre-register, email communications@carfac.ca.
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Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?Make plain your devotion to Visual Arts Alberta! Drop by during office hours and pick up one of our limited edition buttons for your coat or bag, featuring our new logo. Find us at 10215 112 Street NW on the third floor in Edmonton, Wed-Fri from 10-4 pm and Sat from 12-4 pm.
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At the Visual Arts Alberta Gallery… from January 26th until February 25th, 2012 are paintings by Ricardo Copado and drawings by Daniel Evans. Visual Arts Alberta will be closed on Saturday February 18th for Alberta Family Day.
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Enter to Win the Eldon & Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize A $10,000 prize awarded to an Edmonton-area artist!! Applications must be made by an art gallery, arts group or organization by March 30, 2012. Find the application here.
Foote Art Prize final
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OPEN PHOTO / OPEN DIGITAL 2012 Contest and Exhibition
In 2012, Visual Arts Alberta invites photographic & digital artists to submit for our Contest and Exhibition at the Northern & Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditoriums. There will be over $1100 in prizes for the best pieces in the show. Deadline for Submissions is April 27th, 2012 at 4pm. To download the PDF: Click on View the submission form here.
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UPCOMING AT VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA GALLERY… In A Box: Wide Open Alberta Potters’ Associationn. Exhibition of traditional, functional and sculptural clay works that showcase the vision and expertise of contemporary ceramic artists.1 March to 14 April, 2012, Opening Reception Thursday, March 1, 7-9:30pm
AND There is no remedy against the truth of language, new work by William G. Prettie: Gallery A: In many ways we create and maintain the world we live in through the language we speak, the text and the colloquialisms we use, and the explications that are part of our being through repetitive usage. Prettie’s work investigates text as image, and image as metaphor, to refashion the way that one looks at familiar things and to allow the mind to explore the new and multi-layered understandings that may result.
Human Voices, photographs by Gerry Yaum: Gallery B “I feel that photography can be a powerful voice for change; it can help the forgotten people in our society….My hope in creating these photo graphs was to document the people I met as well as to raise awareness amongst people in the West. I wanted to personalize the nameless workers everyone hears about but does not know. I wanted to have them heard, to give voices to the statistics.” 19 April to 26 May, 2012, Opening Reception Thursday, April 19, 7-9:30pm
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