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Crowsnest Pass Allied Arts Association

*All classes must be paid for at the time of registration. You are not considered registered unless you have paid. Please refer to the Adult Education Network policies regarding cancellations. REMEMBER: Classes have registration deadlines and minimums. If you wait to register the class could be cancelled!.

CROWSNEST PASS ALLIED ARTS ASSOCIATION

2012 SPRING WORKSHOPS

If you are interested in exhibiting in the Art Gallery send your submission proposal to:
Box 1469
Blairmore, AB
T0K0E0
c/o Gallery Committee.

You can call us at 403-562-2218 or email us here for guidelines or questions.

THE CROWSNEST PASS ALLIED ARTS ASSOCIATION
is a non-profit charitable organization that operates the
Crowsnest Pass Public Art Gallery,
located at 14733, 20th Avenue, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.
The hours are:

Monday, Weekends & Holidays 1 - 4 pm
Tuesday to Friday, 10 am - Noon and 1 pm - 4 pm

For all Allied Arts Courses – Please make cheques payable to:
CNP Allied Arts Association NOT CNP Adult Education

Call 403-562-2218 or email us here to register for the following:

Stone’s Throw Exhibits

Jan 16 - March 12 - Marylin Hansen

March 12 - May 7 - Emergence

May 7 - July 2 - Shelly Jaques

July 2 - Aug 27 - Juliet Douglas

Change the Gallery's name at the end of the pottery course - it says CNP Allied Art Gallery…..It should be CNP Public Art Gallery.

IN THE GALLERY

January 28 - March 4 “No Particular Topic” - annual non-juried show of local and area talent

March 10 - April 8 “Emergence” - annual local high school art show, one of the most dynamic of the year.

April 14 - May21-“Graphic Art” by Franz Koci

May 26 - July 1- “Close Up” by Donna Gallant

July 7 - Sept 2-“ART RECYCLED” – annual juried Summer show of local and area artists

AT STONE’S THROW CAFÉ

Jan 16 - March 12 - Marylin Hansen

March 12 - May 7 - Emergence

May 7 - July 2 - Shelly Jaques

July 2 - Aug 27 - Juliet Douglas

SPRING PROGRAMS

SOCIAL DANCING 101 with Rebecca Dewey
For three Saturday nights in March, the instructor, who is with Turning Pointe
Dance Studio, will teach dancing for adults. Three different styles will be
included:

March 10th - Sizzling Salsa! - Latin Dance
March 17th - The Waltz - Smooth/Wedding Dance
March 24th - The Hustle - Party/Disco Dance

Each class will cover basic signature steps that are linked into short routines that
anyone can learn and will enjoy doing. The classes will run from 7 pm to 9 pm
and will cost $20 per couple, per night.

DRAWING CLASSES with Curtis Stevens

Classes will take place six Thursday nights from 6 pm to 8 pm.
Dates: April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10.
The cost will be $120 per person.

REFRESHER OR BEGINNER - a fairly introductory drawing class. The class will cover whatever the participants want to cover, but at the very least will look into creating depth in your drawings; using line to express action; perspective; figurative/portrait concepts and mostly, learning how to see: A mindful approach
to observation and perception.
Drawing things how we see them...seeing things through how we draw them.

BRING YOUR CREATIVITY, LEAVE YOUR ERASER!
Materials needed:
Sketch book, larger drawing pad (newsprint or white bond). Set of drawing pencils, pen/ink if desired, charcoal pencils; Hard boiled egg; Your thumb; Yardstick/broom handle/long branch; An art rubbing eraser AND a malleable putty eraser.

POTTERY HAND BUILDING COURSE

At the Pass Pottery Club in the Sports Complex - Coleman

Project – LASAGNA CASSEROLE

Instructor: Vi Montgomery

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012:

6:30 PM to 10:00 PM – Make Casserole

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012:

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM – Glaze Casserole

Registration and advance payment of $ 45.00 (includes both dates; materials & firings) can be made with Krisztina at the CNP Public Art Gallery.(403) 562-2218. (Limit of 8 students.)

The CNP Public Art Gallery’s Juried Summer Show 2012.

“ART RECYCLED!” July 7 to September 2, 2012 Reception: July 7

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: APRIL 25, 2012.

This IS NOT an invitation to an art show with an environmental theme!

I would like to invite you to explore what original art is. Do we ever create an “original”, or are we constantly referencing concepts and ideas that have come before? What is new then? Techniques? Media? What can constitute art? If we ever think we have come up with something “new”, how long does it stay fresh? With the speed of information technology some would argue nothing is original for very long; ideas get shared instantly as they are thought of. What is your way of working? Do you come up with new concepts and convey them by understood means; or are you the inventor of new ways of making art but working with traditional concepts?

For example: Take Kate Hansen’s Madonna and Child portraits you might know from last year’s The Art of Motherhood show. She played with traditional subject matter “mother and child” but put them in a modern context by conveying the people as they truly were instead of an idealized version of baby and mother.
Or consider Damien Hirst’s the Physical Impossibility of death in the Mind of Someone Living, which was/is a tiger shark in formaldehyde displayed in the first Young British Artists exhibition in 1992 at the Saatchi Gallery in North London. Certainly original, but does that make it any good? Paul Gauguin said: “art is either plagiarism or revolution”. What do you think? Whether you are interested in playing with ideas or materials; let us know. Submit your artworks in any medium and explain in your statement whether you think your work is an original or that you are just recycling.

The Submission

Your submission MUST contain: Maximum four (4) good images of the proposed work (title on the image please), list of works, artist statement, biography and artist CV. We will not “look up” information from previous exhibitions. The artist statement is essential in the jurying of the work for this exhibition. It is referred to by the jurors as they review your artwork. The artist statement should relate this theme to your work.

IMPORTANT: Please review general GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS

Proposals must be submitted by APRIL 25, 2012. Late entries will not be accepted. Work must be current (not older than 2 years) and never shown in this gallery. Artists to be included in this exhibition will be notified. Exhibition opens July 7, 2012 in the Crowsnest Pass Public Art Gallery. Questions may be directed to Krisztina either at 403-562-2218 or cnpaaa@shaw.ca.

Ways to submit your proposal.
Mail: GALLERY COMMITTEE, C/O Krisztina Wood, PO Box 1469, Blairmore, AB. T0K 0E0 Email: cnpaaa@shaw.ca “ART RECYCLED!” in the subject line. Or hand-deliver your proposal to: CNP Public Art Gallery at 14733 – 20th Ave., Crowsnest Pass (highway 3, Frank) Alberta.

If you are interested in exhibiting in the Art Gallery send your submission proposal to: Box 1469, Blairmore, AB. T0K0E0 c/o Gallery Committee. Call 403-562-2218 or email us here for guidelines.