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| Acrylics with Mike Svob June 2 & 3rd at the Saanich Fairgrounds; Poplar Room. Members $350 +HST; non-members $375 +HST Non-refundable deposit of $100 holds a spot; remainder due by April 15th. Bring your own lunch; refreshments provided. Make cheques payable to FCA Victoria chapter. Supplies list will be mailed out May 1st. Contact Sam Boehner at sam@samboehner.com to register. |
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 FEBRUARY 6, 2012Marnie Faunt will be showing her paintings at Serious Coffee in the Cook Street Village for the month of February. |
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 FEBRUARY 6, 2012Linda Anderson had two paintings accepted in the “Abstract Show” at the FCA Gallery on Granville Island. Sharon Stone also had a painting accepted into the show, which runs from Feb 7 – 19, 2012. |
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 FEBRUARY 6, 2012Sharon Stone will be the featured artist at the Nanaimo Art Gallery Feb 9 - 25, 2012. She welcomes everyone to her Sea and Sky exhibit and to the opening reception on Saturday Feb. 11 from 2 - 4 p.m. at the gallery.[IMAGE -Stone, Sharon, Finding Hope, acrylic, 36 x 48, $2500 copy 2.jpg] |
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 JANUARY 24, 2012Congratulations to Sam Boehner who had her piece “Rounding the Bend” accepted into the Works on Paper show. |
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 JANUARY 8, 2012Claire Christinel has a solo show featuring a selection of west coast seascapes and small still life paintings at the Oak Bay Marina Cafe, 1327 Beach, throughout the month of January. |
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 JANUARY 8, 2012Claire Christinel has a solo show at the Oak Bay Marina Restaurant, 1327 Beach, throughout the month of February. The show will include still life, landscape and seascape, from small works to large format paintings. |
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| DECEMBER 29, 2011 Congratulations to David Smith who sold two watercolours paintings at the Mt. Doug School's 80th Anniversary Show. The titles were 'Tall Ship Medley' and 'Messing About on the Gorge'. David was a student of the original Mt. Doug School 62 years ago! |
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 DECEMBER 2, 2011Congratulations to Michael Beseau who received an Award of Excellence for his illustration “Osprey” at the FCA Vancouver’s 70th Anniversary Show. |
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 DECEMBER 2, 2011Marney Ward SFCA is featured in the October/November issue of International Artist, as a Featured Finalist in the Still Life and Florals Competition, for “Iridescent Iris II. |
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 DECEMBER 2, 2011Marney Ward SFCA is featured in Artists of British Columbia Volume III, coming out in December, with the image “Amethyst Iris. |
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| DECEMBER 2, 2011 Congratulations to Jennifer Olson who won the People’s Choice Award at the Sidney Fine Arts Show. |
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 NOVEMBER 17 2011Congratulations to Joane Moran whose work was accepted into the current show at the Airport. The show runs from now until February. |
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 Harold Allanson SFCA gave a 4-day workshop in November on “Techniques to create realistic Cityscapes.” |
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 NOVEMBER 3, 2011Mary Conley, David Goatley and Jim McFarland will have new works at the Morris Gallery – Alpha & Burnside; Nov. 4 – 27th. Reception – Nov 4th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. |
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 NOVEMBER 3, 2011Sharon Stone will be exhibiting at the 3rd annual Island Arts Expo; Sat & Sun, Nov. 5 & 6th – 10 – 4 pm. Lighthouse Community Centre, 240 Lions Way in Qualicum Bay. |
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OCTOBER 24, 2011
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| OCTOBER 18, 2011 Congratulations to Sandhu (Varinder) Singh for winning “Best of Show” at the Sidney Fine Arts Show. Also to Catherine Moffat, SFCA for winning the brand new Diane Thorp award. |
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| OCTOBER 18, 2011 “Uirapuru” by P.K Page and Illustrated by artist Kristi Bridgeman has won the Bolen Books Childrens Book Prize Award! www.victoriabookprizes.ca. “Uirapuru” was also short-listed for the Governor General’s Award last year. |
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| OCTOBER 18, 2011 Jim McFarland, AFCA is the featured artist in the current issue of Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, an on-line art magazine, and Marney Ward, SFCA is a finalist in their “Its all about Light” competition. |
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| OCTOBER 18, 2011 Linda Anderson, Dorset Norwich-Young AFCA and Yvonne Rowell have had paintings accepted to the FCA 70th Anniversary Show at Federation Gallery. |
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| OCTOBER 18, 2011 Shelley Wuitchik has 10 encaustic paintings on display at Blighty’s Bistro in Oak Bay until the end of December. |
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| OCTOBER 18, 2011 Marney Ward SFCA is a featured finalist in the October/November issue of International Artist, in the Still Life and Floral Competition, with her painting Iridescent Iris II, currently at the Airport. |
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 OCTOBER 13, 2011Sharon A. Stone is the “featured artist” at Gallery 223 in Nanaimo. Artist in attendance & painting Saturday, October 15 223 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC |
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She has 3 images included in the book - Seadrift II, seen here, and two other paintings that sold before the book was published. |
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 OCTOBER 13, 2011Sharon Stone’s painting “Hourglass Lake” was accepted into the Nanaimo FCA Fall Show. The show is on at the Nanaimo Art Gallery and runs until the end of October. |
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| SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 Congratualtions to the following people who were accepted to the Sidney Fine Arts Show: Sam Boehner, Kristi Bridgeman, Barbara Callow, Kathy Cameron, Les Funk, Lorraine Heryet, Anne Hudec SFCA, Phillipa Hudson, Caroline Hunter AFCA, Richard Julien, Clement Kwan SFCA, Mary Ann Laing AFCA, Odette LaRoche, Keith Levang, Andy Lou, Kit McDonald, Jim McFarland AFCA, Pauline Martland AFCA, Catherine Moffatt SFCA, Dorset Norwich-Young AFCA, Jennifer Olson, Chris Stusek, Sandy Terry, Heather Urquhart; Marney Ward SFCA, Nikki Wilson AFCA, Jutta Woodland, Shelley Wuitchik. Clement Kwan SFCA, Elizabeth Caulton |
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| SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 Jurying for Active Status will take place Saturday September 24th, at the home of Agnes Cornell, #5, 864 Swan St. (Off Saanich Rd). Drop off 3 original paintings and 7 photos of other works, from 11am-1pm. You must be a member of our chapter and a supporting member of the FCA (see the main website, www.artists.ca). Fill out and bring the Application for Active Status form, obtainable from the same website. Pick up your paintings the same afternoon, any time after 3pm. Call Agnes for more info, 386-7858. |
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| SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 Jim McFarland has managed to secure us a Fall Exhibition at the Morris Gallery for the month of October. Details on our Calendar page. |
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| SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 We have a non-qualifying exhibition on now at the Airport, it will be up until the end of September. There are 33 artists represented, 43 paintings in total. |
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| SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 Harold Allanson SFCA will be giving a 4-day workshop in November on “Techniques to create realistic cityscapes.” Details here. |
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| SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 Anne Hudec’s watercolour Empathy will be included in Splash 12: Celebrating Artistic Vision, by North Light Books, due to be released June 16, 2011. The Splash series showcases watercolour paintings being created today by America’s best contemporary watercolour painters. |
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| SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 Congratulations to Delphine Large AFCA who celebrated her 90th birthday in August. Delphine has been very active in the Victoria Chapter, serving as President of the Executive and involved as juror for many shows. She is fondly remembered for frequently offering her house in Oak Bay for the drop-off and jurying of paintings. Most of all, we love her for her unique, powerful and experimental paintings. |
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| SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 David Goatley SFCA is having a special retrospective exhibition of his portraits, “A Shared Journey,” at the Nanaimo Art Gallery, September 1-24th, with an opening reception Thursday Sept. 1st, 5-7pm. This is their downtown location, 150 Commercial St. Well worth the trip to Nanaimo! |
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| SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 Marlene Howell will be having a solo show, “Black and White with a Splash of Colour” at Moon Under Water pub at 350 Bay St. Opening reception October 5th, 6-8pm, show runs to December 31. |
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| SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 Lisa Riehl AFCA and Yvonne Rowell had paintings accepted into the “Underlying Spirit” exhibition, a tribute to Emily Carr, at Madrona Gallery, 606 View St. Opening Reception September 9, 7pm. |
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| AUGUST 25, 2011 Sam Boehner, Jim McFarland AFCA, Sandhu Singh and Sandy Terry all had work accepted in the “AIRS” show at Federation Gallery, Oct. 4-23. |
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 JULY 22, 20119th Annual Sidney Plein Air Paint Out – 2011 Saturday, July 30th 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Hosted by Odette La Roche - Beacon Park Sidney Bandstand and along the waterfront. Jurors: Jim Gordaneer and Clement Kwan For more information contact Odette LaRoche at info@odettelarochegallery.com or visit the website |
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 JULY 18, 2011Jean Wilmshurst will be participating in a group show... “The Firm – A Family of Artists”. Aug. 24 – Sept. 3, 2011 Coast Collective Gallery, 3221 Heatherbell Road. Opening reception, Thurs. Aug. 25, 6-8 pm. Open for viewing & sales 12 – 5 pm. Wed. – Sunday. |
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| JULY 18, 2011 Bold and Fearless" Solo Watercolour Exhibition by Sandhu Singh July 25 – Aug.8, Cedar Hill Recreation Centre Opening Reception, Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 7:00pm |
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 JULY 14, 2011 Bill Hamilton and Jean Wilmshurst Pigmentia July 8 - August 3 Goward House Artist Reception: July 17, 1:00 - 4:00 pm |
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JUNE 27, 2011 Opening reception with homemade cookies is Thursday June 30th, 6-9pm. Everyone is invited! |
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| If you enjoy Plein Air painting, the Al Frescoes, Plein Air Painters of Victoria are a group that developed from the Victoria Chapter FCA about 15 years ago, and are still going strong! Anyone in the Chapter wanting details can contact Delia Sansom. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
What have you been doing?? E-mail all your information about shows, awards, accomplishments to Marney (for the Grapevine) and Sharlene (for the website). Please ensure that the information you send is complete: show, date of show, your name, painting's name, medium, name of award and any other pertinent info. Thanks to all who have been sending info... keep sending it! |
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