Vancouver Arts/Crafts

Fri May 04, 2012 - Sun June 10, 2012

Stunning Dunning (AKA Terri-Ann) is a vibrant self-taught artist whose bright magical style conveys a sense of joyous spirit. Terri-Ann is best known for her modern & creative innovation of an old craft known as floor art. Early settlers would recycle used sails to insulate the floorboards of their homes. This process involves painting acrylic on canvas & sealing each piece with floor varnish. The finished product can be used indoors & outdoors. They are waterproof, UV-protected, pet-friendly, & can be washed with soap & water. She invites you to grace your space with these unique handpainted canvasses.

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Sat March 10, 2012 - Sun September 09, 2012

This exhibition includes paintings and drawings of the forest produced by Carr from 1930 through to the early 1940s that are representative of her interest in transcendence and the natural world. It also looks at the desire for transcendence in contemporary culture. In addition to Carr, artists represented in the exhibition include Karin Buba, Lawren Harris, Euan Macdonald, Richard Prince, Kevin Schmidt, Steven Shearer, Mina Totino and Theodore Wan.

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Sat February 25, 2012 - Sun June 03, 2012

Using hip hop and other forms of popular music and culture, this new generation of artists break with traditional representations of Aboriginal identity to create surprising new cultural hybrids - in painting, sculpture, installation, performance and video. This exhibit is at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Other exhibits are also in place.

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Thu February 02, 2012 - Sun September 16, 2012

Offsite is the Vancouver Art Gallery's outdoor exhibition space in the heart of urban Vancouver that offers a rotating program of innovative public art projects. It is located on West Georgia Street between Thurlow & Bute on the west side of the Shangri-La Hotel.

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Sat May 26, 2012 - Sun September 30, 2012

Energizing and Experimental Abstract Painting in Acrylics & Mixed Media. 2 day workshop. This is a fundamental workshop in Abstract Painting using Acrylics & Mixed Media. We explore basic design, colour, and layering with an emphasis on creative process and exploration. Suitable for beginners and experienced artists.

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Sat May 26, 2012 - Sun September 30, 2012

Featuring 50 spectacular paintings, sculpture and drawings from one of the world's finest collections of early European Modernism - artists include Paul Gaugin, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse! At the Vancouver Art Gallery. Other exhibits in place too!

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Sat May 26, 2012 - Sat May 26, 2012

Henri Matisse affectionately called Etta and Claribel Cone "my two Baltimore ladies." On the opening day of Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore, Katy Rothkopf, senior Curator and department head of European Painting and Sculpture at The Baltimore Museum of Art, speaks to the significance of Matisse's work and the remarkable Cone collection. The Heller Lecture ticket includes admission to Collecting Matisse and the Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore.

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Fri June 08, 2012 - Tue July 03, 2012

Jacqueline Robins lives in East Vancouver. Her work is narrative & combines the many skills she has honed over the last 15 years of working with clay & imagery. Robins has participated in numerous group & solo exhibitions & is in private collections in Europe, North America, & Japan. The cycles of life are a re-occurring theme in her work, which focuses on pieces that celebrate & record significant moments in life. Utilizing a variety of printmaking techniques, she is able to illustrate & imprint the clay. Her vessels are a narrative record: fragments of love letters, sheet music, photographs, maps, mementoes, & found treasures.

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Thu June 14, 2012 - Thu June 14, 2012

This 1 hour interactive presentation offers abstract painters valuable information on how to critique your work. Why do some paintings sell right away and others sit in your studio collecting dust? Learn the what Deb Chaney calls the 3 WOW's to take your paintings to the next level, learn how see your work through the eyes of a buyer and how to objectively critique your own paintings. Guests are encouraged to bring a (dry) painting to apply the critiquing principles offered.

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Sat June 30, 2012 - Sun July 01, 2012

Thick, Layered & Encaustic-like Abstract Paintings: How to Build Transparent, Translucent and Opaque layers with Acrylic Mediums (Advanced course - experience in acrylics is a must)?(2 Day Workshop). Experience building & digging back into thick layers of transparent, translucent & opaque acrylic paints and mediums. Sanding, etching & removal techniques. Embedding heavy objects. Learn how to make and apply the encaustic formula.

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