KWSA Monthly Meetings
Our next meeting will be November 7, 2023. 7:00-8:30pm.
@ Kitchener Downtown Community Center
35B Weber Street W, Kitchener, N2H 3Z1 - Multipurpose Room Second Floor.
@ Kitchener Downtown Community Center
35B Weber Street W, Kitchener, N2H 3Z1 - Multipurpose Room Second Floor.
Details coming soon!
Past Meetings
September 12, 2023. 7:00-8:30pm.
@ Kitchener Downtown Community Center
35B Weber Street W, Kitchener, N2H 3Z1 - Multipurpose Room Second Floor.
Members can see the meeting from home. A zoom link will be sent out by email before the meeting.
@ Kitchener Downtown Community Center
35B Weber Street W, Kitchener, N2H 3Z1 - Multipurpose Room Second Floor.
Members can see the meeting from home. A zoom link will be sent out by email before the meeting.
HIGHLIGHTS
PIZZA PARTY!
June 6th, 2023, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
@ Kitchener Downtown Community Center, Multipurpose room second floor
It will be a 'meet and greet' with KWSA sponsored pizzas and drinks.
Since we want members to enjoy the food, the meeting will be at dinner time i.e. 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
HIGHLIGHTS
The email also has the minutes from last meeting, and the offical agenda.
June 6th, 2023, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
@ Kitchener Downtown Community Center, Multipurpose room second floor
It will be a 'meet and greet' with KWSA sponsored pizzas and drinks.
Since we want members to enjoy the food, the meeting will be at dinner time i.e. 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
HIGHLIGHTS
- Please email Marilyn Hartwick ([email protected]) by Thursday, June 1st, if you will attend the KWSA pizza party so she can arrange food and other things accordingly or want to help her with the arrangements.
- Update on upcoming KWSA shows
- Pizzas and soft drinks
- Note of gratitude for the executives and committee members
- CLEAN UP!!
The email also has the minutes from last meeting, and the offical agenda.
PARKING:
If you attended the last meeting in-person, you must have received a pink parking pass by the Downtown Community Centre. It should be valid till June 2023. Make sure that pass is on your car dashboard If not, go to the front desk and get the parking pass
You can park at spots marked Kitchener Downtown Community Center or in any spot marked Waterloo Roman Catholic District School Board.
If there are no spaces in either of the above, park in the PARKING GARAGE which is a kitty corner to the usual parking space which faces Duke and Ontario Streets. Go to the front desk and tell them you have had to park in the garage and they will give you a chit so you can leave the garage without having to pay for parking.
If you attended the last meeting in-person, you must have received a pink parking pass by the Downtown Community Centre. It should be valid till June 2023. Make sure that pass is on your car dashboard If not, go to the front desk and get the parking pass
You can park at spots marked Kitchener Downtown Community Center or in any spot marked Waterloo Roman Catholic District School Board.
If there are no spaces in either of the above, park in the PARKING GARAGE which is a kitty corner to the usual parking space which faces Duke and Ontario Streets. Go to the front desk and tell them you have had to park in the garage and they will give you a chit so you can leave the garage without having to pay for parking.
Our next meeting will be May 2, 2023. 7:00-8:45pm.
Go in person to the Kitchener Downtown Community Center.
Members can see the meeting from home. A zoom link will be sent out by email before the meeting.
HIGHLIGHTS
Go in person to the Kitchener Downtown Community Center.
Members can see the meeting from home. A zoom link will be sent out by email before the meeting.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Guest Speaker: Joanne Poluch from Remarque Art Consulting ( Bio | Insta | Facebook | Website)
- Viewer's choice award winner for 'Shades of Women' show
- Lucky Draw
- Long break so artists can socialize
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, April 4, 2023. 7:00- 8:45 pm.
HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
- Photography talk by Michael Chow and Jonathan Sau
- Fun game. A gift card for the winner
- Long break so artists can socialize
The next meeting will be Tuesday, March 7, 2023. 7:00-8:45.
HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
- Show and Tell: At this month's meeting we are opening the floor to all of you, to share what you do artistically, with the rest of us. Send JennyQ an email at [email protected] with the heading “Share time” by March 1st, 2023. More details at About Show and Tell
- Interact with fellow artists with a longer break time!
- Win the draw (if you are lucky that evening, you won't know unless you show up! )
The next meeting will be February 7, 2023 7:00-8:45
at the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre.
Multipurpose Room, Second Floor
at the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre.
Multipurpose Room, Second Floor
HIGHLIGHTS
- Meet and listen to Juanita Metzger from StrollWalkingTours (About | Insta | Facebook)
- Understand the dos and don'ts around getting your artwork ready for a show - Anne Williamson (About | Insta | Facebook)
- Meet the winner of SELECTION 2022 show and see his/her winning art piece
- Win the draw (if you are lucky that evening, you won't know unless you show up! )
- Please note that the member announcements will need an approval from the President at-least 2 days before the meeting via an email.
Important documents: January 2023 meeting minutes, and the February 2023 meeting agenda have been sent out by email. Members that don't have it, but want it can email [email protected] or request it by the contact form on the website: Here
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Our next meeting will be January 3, 2023 at 7:00-8:30
at the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre. |
We are opening the floor and inviting members to share
what they are doing, creating and looking forward to in 2023. |
MEMBER SPEAKER:
This is a dedicated ten-fifteen minutes for you to share and demo which art you are skilled and passionate about. We are providing about 30 minutes for this part of the session. That means we have time for two or three members to share. If you are nervous and want to do this, do not worry, we got your back. Just email me and I will help you.
SHOW & SHARE:
This is the traditional show and share where members can come prepared with their work and share the pieces, the story behind the pieces and how they were created. There are about twenty minutes set aside for this portion of the meeting.
MEMBER GOALS for 2023:
Since this is the first meeting of the year and we have room in the agenda, I thought it would be amazing to have time to share our goals as artists, with the artists we are connected to through KWSA. Dreams and Ideas have a way of inspiring creative people. Let us learn more about each other and the art we create.
Please let us know if you are interested in sharing, so we can organize a spot for you to celebrate you and your journey as an artist.
The meeting agenda has been sent out as an attachment in an email titled "JANUARY KWSA MEETING JANUARY 3rd"
This is a dedicated ten-fifteen minutes for you to share and demo which art you are skilled and passionate about. We are providing about 30 minutes for this part of the session. That means we have time for two or three members to share. If you are nervous and want to do this, do not worry, we got your back. Just email me and I will help you.
SHOW & SHARE:
This is the traditional show and share where members can come prepared with their work and share the pieces, the story behind the pieces and how they were created. There are about twenty minutes set aside for this portion of the meeting.
MEMBER GOALS for 2023:
Since this is the first meeting of the year and we have room in the agenda, I thought it would be amazing to have time to share our goals as artists, with the artists we are connected to through KWSA. Dreams and Ideas have a way of inspiring creative people. Let us learn more about each other and the art we create.
Please let us know if you are interested in sharing, so we can organize a spot for you to celebrate you and your journey as an artist.
The meeting agenda has been sent out as an attachment in an email titled "JANUARY KWSA MEETING JANUARY 3rd"
Join us for our next meeting on December 6, 2022, 7:00-8:45 pm
at the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre.
at the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre.
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HIGHLIGHTS
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We have decided that the potluck is actually going to be a KWSA CHRISTMAS TEA PARTY with nibbles. What that means is that the food to be shared is lighter and more like a snack than a meal. Members are invited to bring cookies, pastries, finger foods and other types of “nibbles” that will go well with coffee or tea. The executive will provide coffee and tea. Please let me know by November 25th: If you are planning on coming to the meeting. If you will be participating in the Tea Party. What you are planning on bringing to the party. Contact Jenny Q at [email protected] |
November 1 2022, 7:30-8:45.
Here is an idea around what's coming up in our next in-person KWSA meeting
MEETING DETAILS
HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS:
Here is an idea around what's coming up in our next in-person KWSA meeting
MEETING DETAILS
- Kitchener Downtown Community Center, 35B Weber Street W, Kitchener, N2H 3Z1 - Multipurpose Room Second Floor
- Zoom option will ALSO be available for the upcoming KWSA meeting on Tuesday, November 1st, 2022. I will email the link closer to the meeting.Thank you for reaching out to us and letting us know why this is important for you. I would still encourage you to attend the meeting in person @Kitchener Downtown Community Center, so you can get the best out of the meeting and KWSA membership in general.
HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS:
Join us for one of the most important meetings we will have on Tuesday October 4th 2022, 7:30-8:45 pm.
We look forward to seeing you in person at our October meeting. This month's meeting is going to be a very important one.
(Also sent out in the email sent out on October 2, 2022.)
Key Items for discussion include:
(Also sent out in the email sent out on October 2, 2022.)
Key Items for discussion include:
- Executive Positions 2022-2023, filled and outstanding
- The KWSA Constitution
Please note the Constitution was last updated in 2004 and is in need of updating once again. Attached is the 2004 Version and a Draft 2022 Version.
The executive plans to review the updated draft Constitution clause by clause at our October meeting, explain the updates and invite discussion. Feedback will be taken into account and the updated iteration will be adjusted accordingly- ready for November Meeting's motion to pass. - Members unable to attend the October and/or November meeting will be able to vote on the Constitution by means of the attached Proxy. (<-- click to download the form)
Join us for our first IN-PERSON MEETING in 2 years
at the Downtown Community Centre on
September 13th @ 7:30 p.m.
Each monthly meeting after September will resume its usual time (the first Tuesday of each
month at 7:30pm).
This meeting will be at the Downtown Community Centre, and begin with a full business update following with a show-and-tell format that will allow
all attendees to share a recently completed piece of theirs with the rest of the members. Those who wish
to share will be asked to stand and share your piece whilst stating: YOUR NAME, YOUR MEDIUM,
NAME OF THE PIECE AND DATE IT WAS CREATED, in addition to any other pertinent information
you would like to share regarding said piece, or your creative process.
During September’s monthly meeting the current status of the executive and
plans for the 2023 season will be tabled
month at 7:30pm).
This meeting will be at the Downtown Community Centre, and begin with a full business update following with a show-and-tell format that will allow
all attendees to share a recently completed piece of theirs with the rest of the members. Those who wish
to share will be asked to stand and share your piece whilst stating: YOUR NAME, YOUR MEDIUM,
NAME OF THE PIECE AND DATE IT WAS CREATED, in addition to any other pertinent information
you would like to share regarding said piece, or your creative process.
During September’s monthly meeting the current status of the executive and
plans for the 2023 season will be tabled
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In view of the spread of Covid 19, and after a great deal of thought and consulting with the executive, our physical in person meetings were cancelled in the spring of 2020 and remain so until further notice. As many of our members fall in the vulnerable category, it is prudent to take this approach. In the meantime, we have started meeting online since January 2021, and will continue to do so until we can once again meet in person. Stay safe and take care.
Currently our members are invited to the online monthly meetings held on the first Tuesday of every month at 7.30 pm. If you are a member and not receiving an invite to these meetings, please write to KWSA[email protected] |
Prior to the Covid situation, our monthly meetings generally ran from 6.45 pm to 8.45 pm. We had a short business meeting, refreshments and mingling time. Then we usually had a speaker or demonstration at each meeting.
We also hold a Christmas party in December and a summer potluck reception for the June meeting. |
June Meeting - Tuesday June 7, 2022. 7:30 pm
This meeting will be conducted with a show-and-tell format that will allow all attendees to share a recently completed piece of theirs with the rest of the members.
Those who wish to share will be asked to raise their virtual hand on zoom; you will be called upon by the zoom host (in order of the participant’s list) and as you present your piece (either physically into the camera or by sharing your screen with a digital photo) we ask that you state: YOUR NAME, YOUR MEDIUM, NAME OF THE PIECE AND DATE IT WAS CREATED, in addition to any other pertinent information you would like to share regarding said piece or your creative process.
Stay tuned for a meeting link.
- During June’s monthly meeting there will be a brief talk given by Past President, Anne Williamson, on the current status of the executive and plans for the 2023 season.
Those who wish to share will be asked to raise their virtual hand on zoom; you will be called upon by the zoom host (in order of the participant’s list) and as you present your piece (either physically into the camera or by sharing your screen with a digital photo) we ask that you state: YOUR NAME, YOUR MEDIUM, NAME OF THE PIECE AND DATE IT WAS CREATED, in addition to any other pertinent information you would like to share regarding said piece or your creative process.
Stay tuned for a meeting link.
- During June’s monthly meeting there will be a brief talk given by Past President, Anne Williamson, on the current status of the executive and plans for the 2023 season.
May Meeting - Tuesday May 3, 2022 7:30 pm
Juanita Metzger
Owner & Operator, Stroll Walking Tours
A passion for community, slow travel and hyper local experiences make guided walking tours the ideal business for Juanita. Since moving to the region in 2000, Juanita has worked in neighbourhood community development with a focus on placemaking, urban space and getting people engaged and connected to the place where they live. As a walker, she coordinated and led walks with Jane’s Walk Waterloo Region for six years and walks everywhere when travelling.Juanita shares her local and travel experiences in publications such as The Globe and Mail, Grand Magazine, The Community Edition and various community blogs.
Juanita lives in the midtown Mount Hope neighbourhood, Kitchener. She is usually late getting to where she’s going because there is always someone to stop and walk to in the neighbourhood!
Owner & Operator, Stroll Walking Tours
A passion for community, slow travel and hyper local experiences make guided walking tours the ideal business for Juanita. Since moving to the region in 2000, Juanita has worked in neighbourhood community development with a focus on placemaking, urban space and getting people engaged and connected to the place where they live. As a walker, she coordinated and led walks with Jane’s Walk Waterloo Region for six years and walks everywhere when travelling.Juanita shares her local and travel experiences in publications such as The Globe and Mail, Grand Magazine, The Community Edition and various community blogs.
Juanita lives in the midtown Mount Hope neighbourhood, Kitchener. She is usually late getting to where she’s going because there is always someone to stop and walk to in the neighbourhood!
April Meeting - Tuesday April 5, 2022 7:30 pm
Pira Ur will be giving a presentation on Cyanotype Art & Slow Art Mindset.
KWSA member, Pira Urosevic is a self-taught, mixed-media illustrator; shifting between abstract & figurative projects on a regular basis. The mediums in which she works include, but are not limited to: acrylics, oil pastels, graphite, inks, printmaking, watercolour, textiles, digital illustration, collage, photography and cyanotype.
A generalist & storyteller by nature, the subject matter of her creative output reflects a lifelong curiosity about the world around her. Always observing, inspiration is found in the patterns, shapes & colours of the man-made & natural world; particularly when they collide.
Join us as Pira shares her current interest in cyanotype (and her micro grant surprise!) as well as her personal journey with the Slow Art mindset.
KWSA member, Pira Urosevic is a self-taught, mixed-media illustrator; shifting between abstract & figurative projects on a regular basis. The mediums in which she works include, but are not limited to: acrylics, oil pastels, graphite, inks, printmaking, watercolour, textiles, digital illustration, collage, photography and cyanotype.
A generalist & storyteller by nature, the subject matter of her creative output reflects a lifelong curiosity about the world around her. Always observing, inspiration is found in the patterns, shapes & colours of the man-made & natural world; particularly when they collide.
Join us as Pira shares her current interest in cyanotype (and her micro grant surprise!) as well as her personal journey with the Slow Art mindset.
March Meeting-Tuesday March 1, 2022 7:30pm
We will be joined on March 1st @ 7:30 pm by the Region of Waterloo Art Fund board members Bill Chesney(Outgoing President) and Deb Rebbner (Visual Arts Board Member) who will be speaking to us about their organization and how they support individuals, collectives and not-for-profit organizations to "Make Art Happen" in our region.
"The mission of the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund (Arts Fund) is to contribute to the vibrancy of the arts and cultural sector in Waterloo Region. It does this by promoting, encouraging and providing support to arts organizations and individual artists."
We encourage you to visit www.artsfund.ca ahead of the call and bring any questions that you may have regarding the fund and their endeavours.
If you missed the meeting, the slideshow is linked in the members section! (See it before it becomes unavailable!)
"The mission of the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund (Arts Fund) is to contribute to the vibrancy of the arts and cultural sector in Waterloo Region. It does this by promoting, encouraging and providing support to arts organizations and individual artists."
We encourage you to visit www.artsfund.ca ahead of the call and bring any questions that you may have regarding the fund and their endeavours.
If you missed the meeting, the slideshow is linked in the members section! (See it before it becomes unavailable!)
Art$pay Tuesday February 22, 2022 7:30-9:00pm
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Art$pay has invited us to participate in their meeting on February 22, 2022. 7:30-9:00 pm.
Art$Pay Meet-Up with Ernest Daetwyler Interdisciplinary artist Ernest Daetwyler will be joining us to chat about his own work and what it takes to bring these projects to life. Join us at 7:30 this evening. |
February Meeting- Tuesday, February 1st @ 7:30pm
Carolyn Parks is a fibre artist who works with wool to create
‘paintings’ through the process of wet felting, as well as needle
felting kits for the DIY crowd. She works and teaches lessons out of her
studio in St. Jacobs - Blue Sky Art Studio - which she has shared with
artist Della vanDokkumburg for just over a year. Carolyn lives in St.
Jacobs with her family. Carolyn is most inspired by nature, a subject
which is particularly suited for the wool medium!
Join us as she takes us on a tour of her studio and shares her art.
https://www.blueskyartstudio.ca/
‘paintings’ through the process of wet felting, as well as needle
felting kits for the DIY crowd. She works and teaches lessons out of her
studio in St. Jacobs - Blue Sky Art Studio - which she has shared with
artist Della vanDokkumburg for just over a year. Carolyn lives in St.
Jacobs with her family. Carolyn is most inspired by nature, a subject
which is particularly suited for the wool medium!
Join us as she takes us on a tour of her studio and shares her art.
https://www.blueskyartstudio.ca/
Monday January 24th 7:30-9 pm
Artspay Presentation with Ahmri Vanderborn- Monday January 24th 7:30-9 pm: KWSA members have been invited to join Artspay’s next presentation which will take place on the evening of January 24th. In collaboration with Cambridge Art Galleries, the meet-up will feature talks from Curator/Director, Marcie Bronson and SHOW.21 Artist and co-founder of Otherwise Studios, Ahmri Vandeborne. Both speakers will be discussing their various roles and lending insight into how collaboration with libraries, friends, community and fellow arts and culture workers factor into their respective practices.
Tuesday January 4, 2022
Our guest presenter for this month is Vickie Lawrence.
Vickie Lawrence has been a professional artist since 1990. She works in graphite, coloured pencil, watercolour, acrylic, charcoal and mixed media. Her favourite subject for many years was the horse, but she's expanded it to include still life, landscape, floral and all animals. Vickie's work has had articles written about her work that has been published in books, magazines and newspapers. She has also won awards for her very detailed realism art. Vickie teaches graphite and coloured pencil workshops at Button Factory Arts and St. Jacob's Market.
After Vickie speaks about her background and beginnings as an artist she will demonstrate what coloured pencils can do on a small piece based on one of her first projects.
Vickie Lawrence has been a professional artist since 1990. She works in graphite, coloured pencil, watercolour, acrylic, charcoal and mixed media. Her favourite subject for many years was the horse, but she's expanded it to include still life, landscape, floral and all animals. Vickie's work has had articles written about her work that has been published in books, magazines and newspapers. She has also won awards for her very detailed realism art. Vickie teaches graphite and coloured pencil workshops at Button Factory Arts and St. Jacob's Market.
After Vickie speaks about her background and beginnings as an artist she will demonstrate what coloured pencils can do on a small piece based on one of her first projects.
Tuesday November 2nd, 2021 7:30 pm
Our November meeting will be held online on Zoom. The meeting link will be sent to Members via email.
Our guest presenter will be Diana Gordon
“What began as a hobby, a break from doctoral research in archaeology, has become a light-affirming, creative passion. My nature is to explore all aspects of painting: a wide variety of subjects, techniques and styles. But it is colour and light which speak to me the most. I have always been an explorer - looking for prehistoric traces of Cree and Ojibway peoples in the northern forests and clear lakes of Ontario and Quebec, visiting grand cathedrals, palaces, art galleries and gardens in the United Kingdom and Europe, meeting new people, languages and cultures, or seeking the divine through Reiki practice and spiritual teachings. My wonderful husband and two children, as well as my parents and in-laws, have always offered me the opportunity to explore outwards from the rock-steady tether of their love and support.
Every time I enter my light-filled studio at The Cotton Factory, I give myself permission to try whatever appeals to me at that moment. Some people call this approach "eclectic", a word which offers both positive and negative overtones. But, I am learning to go wherever the journey takes me, and let go of the rest.”
Our guest presenter will be Diana Gordon
“What began as a hobby, a break from doctoral research in archaeology, has become a light-affirming, creative passion. My nature is to explore all aspects of painting: a wide variety of subjects, techniques and styles. But it is colour and light which speak to me the most. I have always been an explorer - looking for prehistoric traces of Cree and Ojibway peoples in the northern forests and clear lakes of Ontario and Quebec, visiting grand cathedrals, palaces, art galleries and gardens in the United Kingdom and Europe, meeting new people, languages and cultures, or seeking the divine through Reiki practice and spiritual teachings. My wonderful husband and two children, as well as my parents and in-laws, have always offered me the opportunity to explore outwards from the rock-steady tether of their love and support.
Every time I enter my light-filled studio at The Cotton Factory, I give myself permission to try whatever appeals to me at that moment. Some people call this approach "eclectic", a word which offers both positive and negative overtones. But, I am learning to go wherever the journey takes me, and let go of the rest.”
Tuesday October 5th, 2021 7:30 pm
Our October meeting will be held online on Zoom. The meeting link will be sent to Members via email. Our guest presenter will be Tara Cooper.
Tara Cooper’s art practice embraces an everything-but-the-kitchen sink approach, combining media from print, documentary filmmaking, sculpture and book arts. Her subject matter draws from meteorology and creative non-fiction, resulting in projects housed under the moniker Weather Girl. She teaches printmaking and time-based media at the University of Waterloo and is the graduate advisor for the Masters of Fine Art program there.
She is a dynamic and enthusiastic teacher.
She has a BFA and BEd from Queen's, and a MFA from Cornell University in print media.
She sometimes works with her collaborator and partner, Terry O'Neill.
You have probably seen some of her work around the region in the form of murals or installations, such as the street art on Mill Street "Tall Tales of Mill Street".
Tara Cooper’s art practice embraces an everything-but-the-kitchen sink approach, combining media from print, documentary filmmaking, sculpture and book arts. Her subject matter draws from meteorology and creative non-fiction, resulting in projects housed under the moniker Weather Girl. She teaches printmaking and time-based media at the University of Waterloo and is the graduate advisor for the Masters of Fine Art program there.
She is a dynamic and enthusiastic teacher.
She has a BFA and BEd from Queen's, and a MFA from Cornell University in print media.
She sometimes works with her collaborator and partner, Terry O'Neill.
You have probably seen some of her work around the region in the form of murals or installations, such as the street art on Mill Street "Tall Tales of Mill Street".
Tuesday September 7th, 2021 7:30 pm
Our September meeting will be held online on Zoom. The meeting link will be sent to Members via email. Our guest presenter will be Andy Wright of Only1AndyWright Photography& Design
Title : Change your perspective. Change your Art.
At our September meeting, our very own Andy Wright will be giving us a photographer’s view on composition, light and how looking at things differently can change the images we capture. It will be useful and interesting for photographers and painters alike.
London born Andy Wright is a self-taught, professional photographer and artist. He will be sharing with us the techniques of "seeing" and composing images that he has developed as a visual artist. We are fortunate he defied advice to focus on one niche, and opted instead to take photographs of a wide variety of subjects, resulting in dynamic images for business and the arts.
Title : Change your perspective. Change your Art.
At our September meeting, our very own Andy Wright will be giving us a photographer’s view on composition, light and how looking at things differently can change the images we capture. It will be useful and interesting for photographers and painters alike.
London born Andy Wright is a self-taught, professional photographer and artist. He will be sharing with us the techniques of "seeing" and composing images that he has developed as a visual artist. We are fortunate he defied advice to focus on one niche, and opted instead to take photographs of a wide variety of subjects, resulting in dynamic images for business and the arts.
Tuesday June 1st, 2021 7:30 pm
Our June meeting would be held online through Zoom. An invite to this meeting would be sent to members' email. Our guest speaker would be Joanne Poluch, of Remarque Art Consulting.
Joanne Poluch, an experienced art consultant from Guelph, is the founder and owner of Remarque Art Consulting. She holds a Honours BA in Art History from the University of Guelph and a Diploma in Art Marketing from the Sotheby's Institute in New York. She also manages the art sales & rental program at the Art Gallery of Guelph. Joanne comes to us with a broad experience in the 'art industry' and has been a creative, tireless, and passionate advocate for artists and a bridge to the clients who buy their art. We are excited to have her share her knowledge with us.
Joanne Poluch, an experienced art consultant from Guelph, is the founder and owner of Remarque Art Consulting. She holds a Honours BA in Art History from the University of Guelph and a Diploma in Art Marketing from the Sotheby's Institute in New York. She also manages the art sales & rental program at the Art Gallery of Guelph. Joanne comes to us with a broad experience in the 'art industry' and has been a creative, tireless, and passionate advocate for artists and a bridge to the clients who buy their art. We are excited to have her share her knowledge with us.
Tuesday May 4th, 2021 7:30 pm
Our May meeting would be held online through Zoom. An invite to this meeting would be sent to members' email. Our guest speaker would be Debbie Eckmier.
Title: Useful Tips on Using Social Media to Market/ Sell your Work
Information we can use! At our May Zoom Meeting, Debbie Eckmier, one of our members, will be giving us tips on sharing our art online using Social media - primarily using Facebook and Instagram as important ways to get our work out there into the
world. If you have questions you would like her to answer during her presentation, please send them to her at http://[email protected]
Bio: Debbie has been painting and teaching for 35 years, starting out in Decorative Painting and progressing into Fine Art. Debbie modestly says, "I'm not an expert but I will present the basics in how to share our art with our personal audience, and how to build a larger audience for our artist community".
Title: Useful Tips on Using Social Media to Market/ Sell your Work
Information we can use! At our May Zoom Meeting, Debbie Eckmier, one of our members, will be giving us tips on sharing our art online using Social media - primarily using Facebook and Instagram as important ways to get our work out there into the
world. If you have questions you would like her to answer during her presentation, please send them to her at http://[email protected]
Bio: Debbie has been painting and teaching for 35 years, starting out in Decorative Painting and progressing into Fine Art. Debbie modestly says, "I'm not an expert but I will present the basics in how to share our art with our personal audience, and how to build a larger audience for our artist community".
Tuesday April 6th, 2021 7:30 pm
Our April meeting would be held online through Zoom. An invite to this meeting would be sent to members' email. Our guest speaker would be Joann Quigg.
The Title: Assemblages of Nature
As an artist who has been inspired by artists from Renoir to Jean Dubuffet, Jackson Pollock, Sam Gilliam and Norval Morriseau to Rosa Bonheur, Helen Frankenthaler, Joyce Weiland and Louise Bourgeois, my artworks are created using preserved natural objects as acrylic skins utilizing various papers as grounds. Some compositions have also included drawings using acrylic paint as the medium made into skins, as well as snail shells and deceased insects found in the garden. There is an irony to preserving the ephemeral in a medium that will not degrade for many years.
The Title: Assemblages of Nature
As an artist who has been inspired by artists from Renoir to Jean Dubuffet, Jackson Pollock, Sam Gilliam and Norval Morriseau to Rosa Bonheur, Helen Frankenthaler, Joyce Weiland and Louise Bourgeois, my artworks are created using preserved natural objects as acrylic skins utilizing various papers as grounds. Some compositions have also included drawings using acrylic paint as the medium made into skins, as well as snail shells and deceased insects found in the garden. There is an irony to preserving the ephemeral in a medium that will not degrade for many years.
Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 7:30 pm
Our March 2nd meeting would be held online through Zoom. An invite to this meeting would be sent to members' email. Our guest speaker would be our past president Anne Williamson, presenting "Got the Blues!"
Tuesday February 2nd, 2021 7:30 pm
Our February 2nd meeting would be held online through Zoom. An invite to this meeting would be sent to members' email. Our guest speaker would be Faith Hieblinger, former curator at the Homer Watson House & Gallery. Faith would be speaking on "What a judge looks for in a juried show".
Tuesday January 5th, 2021 7:30 pm
Our January 5th meeting will be held online via Zoom. An invite to this meeting would be sent to members through email. Our guest speaker would be Phil Irish.
Tuesday March 3rd, 2020, 6:45pm-8.45pm
Our January 7th meeting will be held at the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre,
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501.
About our guest speaker Ida Tong:
Ida Tong’s Short Bio
Ida started drawing since she was a child. She determined to be an artist when she came to Canada in the 70’s. After graduated from OCAD in 1990, Ida went to Florence, venturing for art in all aspects, from studying the Italian culture to painting restoration. Since 1998, while continue painting, Ida taught art to children and adults in her art studio in Toronto. Recently, Ida has moved to New Hamburg with her husband, enjoying a quiet life and dedicating her time to explore the conception and the meaning of “futuristic-philosophical” art.
A Synopsis of Ida Tong’s Presentation in March
Ida will introduce her art story as a process of her spiritual growth. Then she will talk about all 5 different stages of her art development since childhood. Her early sketches will be the first stage, her studies at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and in Italy will be her 2nd to 4th stages. And the “wild imagination” of her current work (for the last 4 years) will be the 5th stage that is categorized as “futuristic-philosophical” art with a unique theme called “Human Evolution to Artificial Intelligence.” Discussion after her presentation will be encouraged.
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501.
About our guest speaker Ida Tong:
Ida Tong’s Short Bio
Ida started drawing since she was a child. She determined to be an artist when she came to Canada in the 70’s. After graduated from OCAD in 1990, Ida went to Florence, venturing for art in all aspects, from studying the Italian culture to painting restoration. Since 1998, while continue painting, Ida taught art to children and adults in her art studio in Toronto. Recently, Ida has moved to New Hamburg with her husband, enjoying a quiet life and dedicating her time to explore the conception and the meaning of “futuristic-philosophical” art.
A Synopsis of Ida Tong’s Presentation in March
Ida will introduce her art story as a process of her spiritual growth. Then she will talk about all 5 different stages of her art development since childhood. Her early sketches will be the first stage, her studies at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and in Italy will be her 2nd to 4th stages. And the “wild imagination” of her current work (for the last 4 years) will be the 5th stage that is categorized as “futuristic-philosophical” art with a unique theme called “Human Evolution to Artificial Intelligence.” Discussion after her presentation will be encouraged.
Tuesday February 4th, 2020, 6:45pm-8.45pm
Our February 4th meeting will be held at the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre,
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501.
About our guest speaker Krunomir Dvorski:
Born in 1954, Krunomir spent his childhood in Zavidovici of the former Yugoslavia. He studied, got married and lived in Zagreb, Croatia for 22 years before moving to Canada in 1994. He graduated from the University of Zagreb in Electrical Engineering with bachelor and master degrees. His broad knowledge allowed him the opportunity to work on the USA-Croatian project "Electrostatic Determination of Voltage Unit".
Krunomir also taught various metrological and electrical engineering courses, has published a student textbook and numerous papers. In 1999 he started working at the University of Waterloo as an Electronic Technologist (later Electronic hardware specialist), designing and constructing various projects for the Faculty of Science. With his extensive technical background in engineering, Krunomir turns to the arts as his passionate hobby.
In cultural circles, Krunomir is known as a hobby artist. The active spot for him is Gallery Krunomir, where he creates, shows and enjoys the art of drawing, carving and sculpting people. He believes that hands, pencils, and carving knives are indispensable tools with incredible possibilities. The Flipping Theory as an alternative to the Big Bang theory is a profound source of inspiration for his artworks.
Artist Talk at KWSA on February 4, 2020 in Krunomir's words:
"I've done over a thousand artworks in my life. It is the result of entertainment, research, friendship, and hard work. Through short stories, photos, and videos I will try to answer the question Annemarie Rogalsky, "Why is art so important to me?". At the meeting, we will draw a lucky winner to whom I will draw by pencil a portrait of one person as desired. The winner must supply a photo. Feel free to ask me any questions by email or at the meeting."
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501.
About our guest speaker Krunomir Dvorski:
Born in 1954, Krunomir spent his childhood in Zavidovici of the former Yugoslavia. He studied, got married and lived in Zagreb, Croatia for 22 years before moving to Canada in 1994. He graduated from the University of Zagreb in Electrical Engineering with bachelor and master degrees. His broad knowledge allowed him the opportunity to work on the USA-Croatian project "Electrostatic Determination of Voltage Unit".
Krunomir also taught various metrological and electrical engineering courses, has published a student textbook and numerous papers. In 1999 he started working at the University of Waterloo as an Electronic Technologist (later Electronic hardware specialist), designing and constructing various projects for the Faculty of Science. With his extensive technical background in engineering, Krunomir turns to the arts as his passionate hobby.
In cultural circles, Krunomir is known as a hobby artist. The active spot for him is Gallery Krunomir, where he creates, shows and enjoys the art of drawing, carving and sculpting people. He believes that hands, pencils, and carving knives are indispensable tools with incredible possibilities. The Flipping Theory as an alternative to the Big Bang theory is a profound source of inspiration for his artworks.
Artist Talk at KWSA on February 4, 2020 in Krunomir's words:
"I've done over a thousand artworks in my life. It is the result of entertainment, research, friendship, and hard work. Through short stories, photos, and videos I will try to answer the question Annemarie Rogalsky, "Why is art so important to me?". At the meeting, we will draw a lucky winner to whom I will draw by pencil a portrait of one person as desired. The winner must supply a photo. Feel free to ask me any questions by email or at the meeting."
Tuesday January 7th, 2020, 6:45pm-8.45pm
Our January 7th meeting will be held at the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre,
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501.
About our guest speaker Annemarie Rogalsky:
Our own member Annemarie Rogalsky, will be the speaker at KWSA on January 7. Annemarie Rogalsky was born in Volendam, Paraguay, South America in a Post-World War Mennonite Community. Even here, as a small child she enjoyed drawing. This enjoyment continued with her emigration to Canada in the 1960’s. But it was only valued as a child’s way of entertaining herself and as she matured, she left art behind for training that would make the world a better place, like nursing and using her energies in church and raising a family.
However, after her children were born, it became apparent that she had a psychological and emotional need to do art. She used all her creativity to find a find a way to study art at the University of Waterloo, having taken a few courses at Goshen College in a “safe “ Mennonite setting that whetted her appetite for study and art. After 12 years of part-time studies she graduated with an Honours Fine Arts Degree with a Studio Specialization.
Since her graduation in 2007, she has kept a regular Art Practice in her Waterloo home studio. She seeks opportunities to use her art to be involved in and to further community. Her volunteer position at KWSA has been to find speakers for their monthly meetings. A great learning experience. She continues to exhibit where ever she finds opportunities.
Artist Talk at KWSA on January 7, 2020 in Annemarie's words:
"I plan to talk about art that I call "Process Art", that is, where the way of doing the art is as important in terms of meaning as the end result. To me the image itself is also important. I will bring a piece of art that has already been in the making for at least 8 years and is still incomplete. I will touch on how Abstract Art and Contemporary Art are influences."
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501.
About our guest speaker Annemarie Rogalsky:
Our own member Annemarie Rogalsky, will be the speaker at KWSA on January 7. Annemarie Rogalsky was born in Volendam, Paraguay, South America in a Post-World War Mennonite Community. Even here, as a small child she enjoyed drawing. This enjoyment continued with her emigration to Canada in the 1960’s. But it was only valued as a child’s way of entertaining herself and as she matured, she left art behind for training that would make the world a better place, like nursing and using her energies in church and raising a family.
However, after her children were born, it became apparent that she had a psychological and emotional need to do art. She used all her creativity to find a find a way to study art at the University of Waterloo, having taken a few courses at Goshen College in a “safe “ Mennonite setting that whetted her appetite for study and art. After 12 years of part-time studies she graduated with an Honours Fine Arts Degree with a Studio Specialization.
Since her graduation in 2007, she has kept a regular Art Practice in her Waterloo home studio. She seeks opportunities to use her art to be involved in and to further community. Her volunteer position at KWSA has been to find speakers for their monthly meetings. A great learning experience. She continues to exhibit where ever she finds opportunities.
Artist Talk at KWSA on January 7, 2020 in Annemarie's words:
"I plan to talk about art that I call "Process Art", that is, where the way of doing the art is as important in terms of meaning as the end result. To me the image itself is also important. I will bring a piece of art that has already been in the making for at least 8 years and is still incomplete. I will touch on how Abstract Art and Contemporary Art are influences."
Tuesday November 5th, 2019, 6:45pm-8.45pm
Our November 5th meeting will be held at the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre,
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501.
On November 5, KWSA will be showing the film "The Shared Experience: Waterloo County Painters 1930 -1960" . It was originally a VHS tape and has been digitized. The video was made in conjunction with Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery's 1986 exhibition "Waterloo County, 1930 -1960". There is also a book called "Waterloo county Landscapes, 1930-1960". The quality of the video is not great to start with, but it is great to see the history of KWSA, which officially started in 1931, in this hour long presentation edited by Cathy Milloy. We have the opportunity to hear and see footage of original members tell us the story.
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501.
On November 5, KWSA will be showing the film "The Shared Experience: Waterloo County Painters 1930 -1960" . It was originally a VHS tape and has been digitized. The video was made in conjunction with Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery's 1986 exhibition "Waterloo County, 1930 -1960". There is also a book called "Waterloo county Landscapes, 1930-1960". The quality of the video is not great to start with, but it is great to see the history of KWSA, which officially started in 1931, in this hour long presentation edited by Cathy Milloy. We have the opportunity to hear and see footage of original members tell us the story.
Tuesday October 1st, 2019, 6:45pm-8.45pm
Our October 1st meeting will be held at the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre,
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501. Our guest speaker will be Gloria Kagawa.
The location is in between Weber and Duke several blocks south of Victoria.
Parking:
If you are parking at the Community Centre, you will need to get a parking pass from the front desk and return to your car to leave it on your dash, unless I can encourage them to make other arrangements. Otherwise, you may be ticketed.
Although parking is available at the Community Centre there is no guarantee that all of us will be able to park on site - it will depend on what other events/programming they may have on our meeting nights. Initially there was a public parking lot across the street on Duke Street that would have been convenient but that has since been closed for development.
There are two parking lots nearby that are free after 5:00pm: one at Duke and Queen (36 spots) and Water and Charles (100 spots) if you don't mind a short walk. The ION also stops right at the Community Centre parking lot for those taking public transit.
If you are driving...you are encourage to come early, car pool if possible and leave the Community centre parking spots for those who may find the short walk difficult.
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About the guest speaker - Gloria Kagawa
Gloria Kagawa has lived in Waterloo Region since the early 70’s when she moved here to complete her
university degree. When she took an introductory fine arts course as an elective, she changed her major
from Modern Languages to Fine Arts. After many successes and failures, and trials and tribulations, she
became established as an artist and continues to work from her rural studio near New Hamburg, Ontario.
Her artworks have earned her several awards and are in numerous public, private and corporate
collections. She has shown extensively in solo and group shows, and her work has been exhibited in
North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Last year, in 2018, Kagawa mounted a 35-year
retrospective exhibition at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto.
She is a mixed media printmaker and painter and works with collage, digital imagery, and Japanese
calligraphy. Her contemporary style of art depicts our architectural structures and shelters in varied
environments, while her focus is on capturing the human spirit and bringing social and emotional issues
to light. Some of her work covers abstract ideas by layering multiple times and spaces, and is about the
challenges of communication and relationships.
Gloria will give a selected anecdotal survey of her art career which will include slides of her work as well
as a few short video clips.
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501. Our guest speaker will be Gloria Kagawa.
The location is in between Weber and Duke several blocks south of Victoria.
Parking:
If you are parking at the Community Centre, you will need to get a parking pass from the front desk and return to your car to leave it on your dash, unless I can encourage them to make other arrangements. Otherwise, you may be ticketed.
Although parking is available at the Community Centre there is no guarantee that all of us will be able to park on site - it will depend on what other events/programming they may have on our meeting nights. Initially there was a public parking lot across the street on Duke Street that would have been convenient but that has since been closed for development.
There are two parking lots nearby that are free after 5:00pm: one at Duke and Queen (36 spots) and Water and Charles (100 spots) if you don't mind a short walk. The ION also stops right at the Community Centre parking lot for those taking public transit.
If you are driving...you are encourage to come early, car pool if possible and leave the Community centre parking spots for those who may find the short walk difficult.
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About the guest speaker - Gloria Kagawa
Gloria Kagawa has lived in Waterloo Region since the early 70’s when she moved here to complete her
university degree. When she took an introductory fine arts course as an elective, she changed her major
from Modern Languages to Fine Arts. After many successes and failures, and trials and tribulations, she
became established as an artist and continues to work from her rural studio near New Hamburg, Ontario.
Her artworks have earned her several awards and are in numerous public, private and corporate
collections. She has shown extensively in solo and group shows, and her work has been exhibited in
North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Last year, in 2018, Kagawa mounted a 35-year
retrospective exhibition at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto.
She is a mixed media printmaker and painter and works with collage, digital imagery, and Japanese
calligraphy. Her contemporary style of art depicts our architectural structures and shelters in varied
environments, while her focus is on capturing the human spirit and bringing social and emotional issues
to light. Some of her work covers abstract ideas by layering multiple times and spaces, and is about the
challenges of communication and relationships.
Gloria will give a selected anecdotal survey of her art career which will include slides of her work as well
as a few short video clips.
Tuesday September 3rd, 2019, 6:45pm-8.45pm
Our September 3rd meeting will be held at the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre,
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501. Our guest speaker will be Jeanette Vermeyden-Obbink.
website: https://www.kitchener.ca/en/in-your-neighbourhood/downtown.aspx#Rentals-Accordion .
The centre in in between Weber and Duke several blocks south of Victoria.
Parking:
If you are parking at the Community Centre, you will need to get a parking pass from the front desk and return to your car to leave it on your dash, unless I can encourage them to make other arrangements. Otherwise, you may be ticketed.
Although parking is available at the Community Centre there is no guarantee that all of us will be able to park on site - it will depend on what other events/programming they may have on our meeting nights. Initially there was a public parking lot across the street on Duke Street that would have been convenient but that has since been closed for development.
There are two parking lots nearby that are free after 5:00pm: one at Duke and Queen (36 spots) and Water and Charles (100 spots) if you don't mind a short walk. The ION also stops right at the Community Centre parking lot for those taking public transit.
If you are driving...you are encourage to come early, car pool if possible and leave the Community centre parking spots for those who may find the short walk difficult.
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Jeanette Vermeyden-Obbink
Born and raised in Holland, Jeanette has been painting from an early age. She worked as a Delft Blue Pottery Painter after finishing high school, then obtained her BFA in arts and textiles. Two country moves later, she works as a graphic designer, and continues to paint and teach. You can often find her sketching or painting plein air, using these notations for larger studio work. Jeanette lives in Paris, Ontario and her work depict the surrounding area, or wherever her travels take her.
“When I paint, I aim to create a point of harmony and peace, a breathing space in our busy lives. As a landscape artist, I paint what catches my attention, either a place that takes my breath away, or the opposite - a place to catch my breath, and as to be expected, they often coincide.”
My presentation:
The first half of the presentation will tell you a bit of who I am and show samples of my artistic journey. Style and topic interests have changed over the years, due to the various moves we made and various other influences, like people, courses taken, or art seen and admired.
The second half of the presentation will go deeper into painting en plein air, an artform I have fallen in love with, but which seems daunting for some of the artists I come across. It will be a very practical talk on what to bring, what the pitfalls are to look out for and the how on constructing a painting from start to finish in the field.
35 Weber Street W, Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1. Tel 519 741 2501. Our guest speaker will be Jeanette Vermeyden-Obbink.
website: https://www.kitchener.ca/en/in-your-neighbourhood/downtown.aspx#Rentals-Accordion .
The centre in in between Weber and Duke several blocks south of Victoria.
Parking:
If you are parking at the Community Centre, you will need to get a parking pass from the front desk and return to your car to leave it on your dash, unless I can encourage them to make other arrangements. Otherwise, you may be ticketed.
Although parking is available at the Community Centre there is no guarantee that all of us will be able to park on site - it will depend on what other events/programming they may have on our meeting nights. Initially there was a public parking lot across the street on Duke Street that would have been convenient but that has since been closed for development.
There are two parking lots nearby that are free after 5:00pm: one at Duke and Queen (36 spots) and Water and Charles (100 spots) if you don't mind a short walk. The ION also stops right at the Community Centre parking lot for those taking public transit.
If you are driving...you are encourage to come early, car pool if possible and leave the Community centre parking spots for those who may find the short walk difficult.
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Jeanette Vermeyden-Obbink
Born and raised in Holland, Jeanette has been painting from an early age. She worked as a Delft Blue Pottery Painter after finishing high school, then obtained her BFA in arts and textiles. Two country moves later, she works as a graphic designer, and continues to paint and teach. You can often find her sketching or painting plein air, using these notations for larger studio work. Jeanette lives in Paris, Ontario and her work depict the surrounding area, or wherever her travels take her.
“When I paint, I aim to create a point of harmony and peace, a breathing space in our busy lives. As a landscape artist, I paint what catches my attention, either a place that takes my breath away, or the opposite - a place to catch my breath, and as to be expected, they often coincide.”
My presentation:
The first half of the presentation will tell you a bit of who I am and show samples of my artistic journey. Style and topic interests have changed over the years, due to the various moves we made and various other influences, like people, courses taken, or art seen and admired.
The second half of the presentation will go deeper into painting en plein air, an artform I have fallen in love with, but which seems daunting for some of the artists I come across. It will be a very practical talk on what to bring, what the pitfalls are to look out for and the how on constructing a painting from start to finish in the field.
Tuesday June 4th, 2019 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Potluck & Final get together until September. Come mingle and bring some food to share with your fellow artists!
The Link at Innovation Park
611 Kumpf Dr, Waterloo, ON N2V 1K8.
Look for the large evergreen trees and Muskoka chairs by the entrance.
The Link at Innovation Park
611 Kumpf Dr, Waterloo, ON N2V 1K8.
Look for the large evergreen trees and Muskoka chairs by the entrance.
Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
We are meeting at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm. Our speaker will be Sumaira Tazeen.
Sumaira Tazeen is a Canadian visual artist, educator and curator of Pakistani origin. She received her BFA in Miniature painting and Sculpture from the National College of Arts, Lahore in 1996. Since then, her work has been exhibited in established group and solo exhibitions across South Asia, the United States, Canada, Europe and the Middle East, and has been presented to such influential figures as Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Rania of Jordan. Tazeen is the recipient of a number of awards including the Haji Muhammud Sharif Award for Miniature Painting (1996), the Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship (2004), the Department for International Development Scholarship Award (2003-2004) and Ontario Arts Council’s grant for Emerging Artists (2014, 2016).
Sumaira served as Associated Professor at the Department of Miniature Painting, Faculty of Fine Art at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Karachi (2005 till 2012).
Sumaira is continuing her practice in Canada. She had been selected as 2018 Artist in Residence for the City of Kitchener. She is showing in prestigious public art galleries like Art Gallery of Mississauga. She has curated a show at Royal Ontario Museum on South Asian heritage day (2013) and conducted specialized art workshops at Aga Khan Museum, Toronto (2015), Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery and University of Waterloo (2018) Her work is part of International public and private art collections.
Sumaira will be giving a powerpoint presentation on her artistic practice specially focusing on her traditional training as a South Asian Miniature painter and practicing it through modern concepts over the period of 25 years. She is currently investigating the ideas of conceptual discourse in the traditional art form of South Asian miniature painting and its symbolism from exotic to contemporary.
Sumaira Tazeen is a Canadian visual artist, educator and curator of Pakistani origin. She received her BFA in Miniature painting and Sculpture from the National College of Arts, Lahore in 1996. Since then, her work has been exhibited in established group and solo exhibitions across South Asia, the United States, Canada, Europe and the Middle East, and has been presented to such influential figures as Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Rania of Jordan. Tazeen is the recipient of a number of awards including the Haji Muhammud Sharif Award for Miniature Painting (1996), the Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship (2004), the Department for International Development Scholarship Award (2003-2004) and Ontario Arts Council’s grant for Emerging Artists (2014, 2016).
Sumaira served as Associated Professor at the Department of Miniature Painting, Faculty of Fine Art at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Karachi (2005 till 2012).
Sumaira is continuing her practice in Canada. She had been selected as 2018 Artist in Residence for the City of Kitchener. She is showing in prestigious public art galleries like Art Gallery of Mississauga. She has curated a show at Royal Ontario Museum on South Asian heritage day (2013) and conducted specialized art workshops at Aga Khan Museum, Toronto (2015), Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery and University of Waterloo (2018) Her work is part of International public and private art collections.
Sumaira will be giving a powerpoint presentation on her artistic practice specially focusing on her traditional training as a South Asian Miniature painter and practicing it through modern concepts over the period of 25 years. She is currently investigating the ideas of conceptual discourse in the traditional art form of South Asian miniature painting and its symbolism from exotic to contemporary.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
We are meeting at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm. Our speaker will be Robin Hamel.
Robin Hamel is a Life Member of KWSA and has been active in different roles, treasurer, program co-ordinator, and other miscellaneous postions. She has been the archivist for KWSA for a number of years and her role as historian has led her to write about several aspects of our history--Past Members, Meeting Places, and a detailed history for our website. Tonight she is presenting a new topic entitled, The Legacies of Artists Homer Watson and KWSA Founder, Ralph Connor.
Robin Hamel is a Life Member of KWSA and has been active in different roles, treasurer, program co-ordinator, and other miscellaneous postions. She has been the archivist for KWSA for a number of years and her role as historian has led her to write about several aspects of our history--Past Members, Meeting Places, and a detailed history for our website. Tonight she is presenting a new topic entitled, The Legacies of Artists Homer Watson and KWSA Founder, Ralph Connor.
Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
We are meeting at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm. Our guest speaker will be Deon Best.
Deon Best is a Toronto based Artist & Instructor specializing in the unique East African fabric art of Modern Batik. Coming from a Graphic Design background, the journey into Modern Batik allows for bold, colourful and expressive explorations through wax, dyes & ink on fabric. Deon Best has engaged, empowered and inspired numerous students across Ontario through his Modern Batik workshops, come join the adventure and hear about the journey! "
-Presentation/Topic:
" Audience, Opportunity & Favor "... a reflection of the journey through life's jungle.
Deon Best is a Toronto based Artist & Instructor specializing in the unique East African fabric art of Modern Batik. Coming from a Graphic Design background, the journey into Modern Batik allows for bold, colourful and expressive explorations through wax, dyes & ink on fabric. Deon Best has engaged, empowered and inspired numerous students across Ontario through his Modern Batik workshops, come join the adventure and hear about the journey! "
-Presentation/Topic:
" Audience, Opportunity & Favor "... a reflection of the journey through life's jungle.
Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
We are meeting at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm.Our guest speaker this month will be Meg Harder.
Meg Harder is an interdisciplinary artist who works in a variety of media including works on paper, projection, and site-specific installation. Harder graduated with a BA in Fine Art and Psychology from the University of Waterloo, which included 4 months of study and studio practice at Bazellel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, Israel. In 2018, she studied under Paula Wilson at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and completed a month-long residency at the Vermont Studio Centre. Her work has been exhibited at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, the Contemporary Art Forum of Kitchener (CAFKA) and The Museum. She is a recent recipient of the OAC Emerging Artist Grant.
Artist Talk:
Meg Harder will be discussing the trajectory of her art practice since graduation, her recent interest in fraktur, and provide detailed insight into some of her most recent work.
Meg Harder is an interdisciplinary artist who works in a variety of media including works on paper, projection, and site-specific installation. Harder graduated with a BA in Fine Art and Psychology from the University of Waterloo, which included 4 months of study and studio practice at Bazellel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, Israel. In 2018, she studied under Paula Wilson at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and completed a month-long residency at the Vermont Studio Centre. Her work has been exhibited at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, the Contemporary Art Forum of Kitchener (CAFKA) and The Museum. She is a recent recipient of the OAC Emerging Artist Grant.
Artist Talk:
Meg Harder will be discussing the trajectory of her art practice since graduation, her recent interest in fraktur, and provide detailed insight into some of her most recent work.
Tuesday, January 8th 2019 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
We are meeting at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm.
Our guest speaker this month will be Karen Fletcher. Karen Fletcher works as an artist and educator in Waterloo. She has a summer home and studio on Bonavista Bay in rural Newfoundland. Since the late 70’s Karen has exhibited her work throughout Ontario and in Newfoundland. She is represented in a number of public and private collections.
Our guest speaker this month will be Karen Fletcher. Karen Fletcher works as an artist and educator in Waterloo. She has a summer home and studio on Bonavista Bay in rural Newfoundland. Since the late 70’s Karen has exhibited her work throughout Ontario and in Newfoundland. She is represented in a number of public and private collections.
Tuesday, December 4th 2018 - 6:00pm – 8:30pm
We are having a potluck for this last gathering of 2018. Come along, bring some tasty food to share with your fellow artists. Please note the time and location for this event.
From: Weber Street N and Northfield Dr W, take Weber Street North, turn right at the first set of lights (Randall) and continue to the end, turn left onto Kumpf Drive and proceed to # 611 Kumpf Drive.
The entrance can be hard to see from the road and if you go past it you will be in a circle, simply park there and walk back or turn around and park at the side or back of # 611. At that time there should be loads of parking available.)
- Our potluck starts at 6:00pm (rather than the usual 7:00pm). There is no signup for food items, bring whatever you like and store bought is just fine.
- The Link @ Waterloo Innovation Park, 611 Kumpf Dr, Waterloo, ON N2V 1K8, Canada (map).
From: Weber Street N and Northfield Dr W, take Weber Street North, turn right at the first set of lights (Randall) and continue to the end, turn left onto Kumpf Drive and proceed to # 611 Kumpf Drive.
The entrance can be hard to see from the road and if you go past it you will be in a circle, simply park there and walk back or turn around and park at the side or back of # 611. At that time there should be loads of parking available.)
- In addition if you would like to participate, there will be a gift exchange that is purely voluntary. Please keep your item relatively small and although many do exchange paintings/drawings, your gift can take any artistic form.
Tuesday November 6th 2018 - 7pm
We are meeting at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm.
Our guest speaker this month will be Laura Munz from https://paintbymunzy.com/ .
Our guest speaker this month will be Laura Munz from https://paintbymunzy.com/ .
Tuesday October 2nd 2018 - 7pm
We are meeting at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm. Our speaker will be Lynne Haven.
Lynne Haven is retired but not from fabric - that just keeps on going. She works in fabric and fibre, started as a clothes sewer, got into quilting in about 1971 and into liturgical work in the late 1990's. Some of her work was commissioned and some done straight from the heart. She still quilts and also sews for Days for Girls Kitchener Team.
She will be showing us as much of her liturgical work as she can gather - stoles, banners and art pieces. She has a complete liturgical year of banners from Church of the Good Shepherd as well as stoles for each season of the year and special occasions as well as a number of other pieces she has borrowed back to show us.
Lynne Haven is retired but not from fabric - that just keeps on going. She works in fabric and fibre, started as a clothes sewer, got into quilting in about 1971 and into liturgical work in the late 1990's. Some of her work was commissioned and some done straight from the heart. She still quilts and also sews for Days for Girls Kitchener Team.
She will be showing us as much of her liturgical work as she can gather - stoles, banners and art pieces. She has a complete liturgical year of banners from Church of the Good Shepherd as well as stoles for each season of the year and special occasions as well as a number of other pieces she has borrowed back to show us.
Tuesday, September 4th 2018 - 7pm
This will be our first meeting after a summer break. We are meeting at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm. New members are welcome. Our speaker will be Wesley Bates. The subject of his presentation will be the medium Wood Engraving, the process of his work and a bit about some of the projects.
Wesley W. Bates studied painting and printmaking at Mount Allison University. He works full time as a printmaker and letterpress printer under his own imprint at West Meadow Press in Clifford Ontario. His work has been exhibited widely and is held in public and private collections in China, Spain, Japan, England, the U.S.A. and Canada.
Bates has illustrated for the major publishers in Canada and the United States and for Private Presses in North America and England. He is the author of two books POINT OF THE GRAVER and IN BLACK & WHITE and joint authorship with Wendell Berry of ROOTS TO THE EARTH. Recently he was commissioned to engrave thirteen images for a film documentary, LOOK & SEE: A portrait of Wendell Berry. Bates is presently at work on a wordless novel illustrated entirely with wood engravings.
Bates has taught printmaking for more that twenty years at various institutions including Dundas Valley School of Art, Sheridan College, Woodstock Art Gallery, St. Michael’s Printshop, Vancouver Museum, Cincinnati School of Art, University of Lexington and Larkspur Press.
Wesley W. Bates studied painting and printmaking at Mount Allison University. He works full time as a printmaker and letterpress printer under his own imprint at West Meadow Press in Clifford Ontario. His work has been exhibited widely and is held in public and private collections in China, Spain, Japan, England, the U.S.A. and Canada.
Bates has illustrated for the major publishers in Canada and the United States and for Private Presses in North America and England. He is the author of two books POINT OF THE GRAVER and IN BLACK & WHITE and joint authorship with Wendell Berry of ROOTS TO THE EARTH. Recently he was commissioned to engrave thirteen images for a film documentary, LOOK & SEE: A portrait of Wendell Berry. Bates is presently at work on a wordless novel illustrated entirely with wood engravings.
Bates has taught printmaking for more that twenty years at various institutions including Dundas Valley School of Art, Sheridan College, Woodstock Art Gallery, St. Michael’s Printshop, Vancouver Museum, Cincinnati School of Art, University of Lexington and Larkspur Press.
Tuesday, June 5th 2018 - 6 pm
We are celebrating the end of the 2017-2018 year with a potluck.
It starts at 6 pm. Bring some tasty food to share with your fellow artists! It will be held at Westhills Retirement Residence, 25 Westhill Drive, Waterloo. The entrance onto Westhill Drive is south of Erb Street and best accessed by driving up Ira Needles from University Ave. The meeting room is at the back and in the far building closest to Erb Street. There is lots of parking and we will have balloons or greeters to point you in the right direction. Regular meetings will resume in September. |
Tuesday, May 1st 2018
We are meeting at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm. Our speaker will be Dominique Cinq-Mars Delay. She will talk about the evolution of her art practice from its inception. She has rediscovered her passion for art after a difficult battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She is a mixed media artist, fabric, rusted metal, lace,... She is very attuned to social issues that are pertinent to her personal journey. She will present her different bodies of work.
Dominique Cinq-Mars Delay - www.dominiquecinq-marsdelay.com
Dominique has received a BA in Études Littéraire from the Université de Montréal. Dominique studied visual art at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal and at the École des Beaux Arts through electives classes while studying at the Université de Montréal in the late 70's, early 80'. She has studied various techniques on her own and continue to do so as she stays active in her artistic community. Dominique had her work showcased in various cities in Ontario. She has exhibited extensively in the Waterloo region. She is a member of BRAVOART, a professional Franco-Ontarian association of visual artists. She has been a represented artist at The Studio Vogue Gallery in Yorkville, Toronto. Dominique has displayed her latest body of work in a solo ‘’Dear Turquoise’’ at the Rotunda Gallery at the Kitchener City Hall in December of 2016. Dominique is a member of Art$Pay, a group of professional artists in Waterloo region.
Artist Statement
I am a mixed media artist. I create two dimensional visual narratives with elements discarded from what nature or human nature has disposed of. I often use metal as the starting point of my compositions. I very rarely alter the metal pieces that I work with. I use them like any other elements from nature; as is. If I choose to use embellishments, it is to transmit a femininity despite the rugged elements within. I have an inherent preoccupation with the harmony of the different textures and colors in each composition. Acrylic, oil or watercolor may be used depending on the need of each composition.
Dominique Cinq-Mars Delay - www.dominiquecinq-marsdelay.com
Dominique has received a BA in Études Littéraire from the Université de Montréal. Dominique studied visual art at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal and at the École des Beaux Arts through electives classes while studying at the Université de Montréal in the late 70's, early 80'. She has studied various techniques on her own and continue to do so as she stays active in her artistic community. Dominique had her work showcased in various cities in Ontario. She has exhibited extensively in the Waterloo region. She is a member of BRAVOART, a professional Franco-Ontarian association of visual artists. She has been a represented artist at The Studio Vogue Gallery in Yorkville, Toronto. Dominique has displayed her latest body of work in a solo ‘’Dear Turquoise’’ at the Rotunda Gallery at the Kitchener City Hall in December of 2016. Dominique is a member of Art$Pay, a group of professional artists in Waterloo region.
Artist Statement
I am a mixed media artist. I create two dimensional visual narratives with elements discarded from what nature or human nature has disposed of. I often use metal as the starting point of my compositions. I very rarely alter the metal pieces that I work with. I use them like any other elements from nature; as is. If I choose to use embellishments, it is to transmit a femininity despite the rugged elements within. I have an inherent preoccupation with the harmony of the different textures and colors in each composition. Acrylic, oil or watercolor may be used depending on the need of each composition.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018
We are meeting at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm.
Our speaker will be Cathy Farwell. She will talk about Art$Pay, an artist- run, non-profit initiative for Waterloo Region which she founded. She will also talk about her own studio work as a mixed media artist.
Cathy Farwell – Mixed Media Artist – www.cathyfarwell.ca
Farwell taught children with special needs for the Waterloo County Board of Education. A decision to seriously pursue art led to enrolment in the Fine Arts program at the University of Waterloo in 1993 where Farwell received numerous awards for artistic merit and academic excellence.
Farwell’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions including the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Kitchener City Hall Rotunda Gallery, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, BOX Art Show & Sales 2009-2013, Harbinger Gallery and Globe Studios among others. Farwell was a featured artist in Roger’s TV Studio 20 program, premiering January 2014, and in the Grand Magazine November- December 2013 issue.
Promotion of the visual arts and artists in Waterloo Region is an important part of Farwell’s art practice. Farwell is the founding organizer of Art$Pay, the award winning BOX Art Show & Sale, a regional juried art show, the Artist Critique Group and has volunteered as an arts advocate, curator, juror, donor and speaker.
Our speaker will be Cathy Farwell. She will talk about Art$Pay, an artist- run, non-profit initiative for Waterloo Region which she founded. She will also talk about her own studio work as a mixed media artist.
Cathy Farwell – Mixed Media Artist – www.cathyfarwell.ca
Farwell taught children with special needs for the Waterloo County Board of Education. A decision to seriously pursue art led to enrolment in the Fine Arts program at the University of Waterloo in 1993 where Farwell received numerous awards for artistic merit and academic excellence.
Farwell’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions including the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Kitchener City Hall Rotunda Gallery, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, BOX Art Show & Sales 2009-2013, Harbinger Gallery and Globe Studios among others. Farwell was a featured artist in Roger’s TV Studio 20 program, premiering January 2014, and in the Grand Magazine November- December 2013 issue.
Promotion of the visual arts and artists in Waterloo Region is an important part of Farwell’s art practice. Farwell is the founding organizer of Art$Pay, the award winning BOX Art Show & Sale, a regional juried art show, the Artist Critique Group and has volunteered as an arts advocate, curator, juror, donor and speaker.
Tuesday, March 6th 2018
We will meet at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm. Our guest speaker is Karen Louise Fletcher.
Karen Louise FLETCHER
Karen Fletcher works as an artist and educator in Waterloo. She has a summer home and studio on Bonavista Bay in rural Newfoundland. Since the late 70’s Karen has exhibited her work throughout Ontario and in Newfoundland. She is represented in a number of public and private collections.
In reference to Drawing on the Figure: 10 contemporary ceramists approach the human form, former Clay and Glass Gallery director Glenn Allison wrote:
... her commitment to the human figure in art has been ... permanent. While other fashionable art movements have emerged and faded, Fletcher’s deployment of the figure as an expressive vehicle has persisted.
Initially, that persistence might seem to position her squarely in a traditional camp. But that would be inaccurate. Her radical independence, coupled with the evolving exploratory nature of her research, has kept her work at the forefront.
Karen’s work contributes to critical contemporary dialogues on carnality, gender, identity and sexuality, while affirming the value of our visual heritage.
Karen Louise FLETCHER Presentation
The presentation will use examples and a PPT to survey my figurative practice in drawing and sculpture with a focus on process, materials and technique in the following areas:
Drawing: Working from life, Sketchbooks
Drawing: Large scale, Using photographic references.
Various Media: ink, graphite, silverpoint, watercolour, mixed, Inspiration
Sculpture: Ceramic studies from life
Sculpture: Large scale ceramic, free standing and relief Process, Surface finishes, Inspiration
Karen Louise FLETCHER
Karen Fletcher works as an artist and educator in Waterloo. She has a summer home and studio on Bonavista Bay in rural Newfoundland. Since the late 70’s Karen has exhibited her work throughout Ontario and in Newfoundland. She is represented in a number of public and private collections.
In reference to Drawing on the Figure: 10 contemporary ceramists approach the human form, former Clay and Glass Gallery director Glenn Allison wrote:
... her commitment to the human figure in art has been ... permanent. While other fashionable art movements have emerged and faded, Fletcher’s deployment of the figure as an expressive vehicle has persisted.
Initially, that persistence might seem to position her squarely in a traditional camp. But that would be inaccurate. Her radical independence, coupled with the evolving exploratory nature of her research, has kept her work at the forefront.
Karen’s work contributes to critical contemporary dialogues on carnality, gender, identity and sexuality, while affirming the value of our visual heritage.
Karen Louise FLETCHER Presentation
The presentation will use examples and a PPT to survey my figurative practice in drawing and sculpture with a focus on process, materials and technique in the following areas:
Drawing: Working from life, Sketchbooks
Drawing: Large scale, Using photographic references.
Various Media: ink, graphite, silverpoint, watercolour, mixed, Inspiration
Sculpture: Ceramic studies from life
Sculpture: Large scale ceramic, free standing and relief Process, Surface finishes, Inspiration
Tuesday, February 6th 2018
We will meet at the Button Factory (first floor) at 7 pm. Our guest speaker is Roger Young. His presentation will be about his work as it has evolved over time and some of the influences that have affected him.
Roger Young is from Cambridge where he has lived for the last 30 years. Before that he lived and worked in Hamilton and Dundas where he graduated from McMaster Univ. in 1971. He is originally from Port Carling, Muskoka. At the age of 16 he started taking art instruction from John Rennie, an artist who had opened a gallery in Port Carling. However, while at McMaster in 1969 he bought a 35mm camera because he found the university atmosphere too distracting for painting.After graduating he started working and taking night classes at Sheridan College where he earned a certificate in photography. He has worked in medical, newspaper, public relations and free-lance photography. For 15 years he taught at Conestoga College in the Con. Ed, and Journalism Depts., He has had exhibitions in Toronto, Hamilton, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, and has won several juried shows. He is now working solely in digital and makes his own prints.
In over forty years he has seen many changes in photography and looks forward to the next forty.
www.rogeryoungphotography.com
Roger Young is from Cambridge where he has lived for the last 30 years. Before that he lived and worked in Hamilton and Dundas where he graduated from McMaster Univ. in 1971. He is originally from Port Carling, Muskoka. At the age of 16 he started taking art instruction from John Rennie, an artist who had opened a gallery in Port Carling. However, while at McMaster in 1969 he bought a 35mm camera because he found the university atmosphere too distracting for painting.After graduating he started working and taking night classes at Sheridan College where he earned a certificate in photography. He has worked in medical, newspaper, public relations and free-lance photography. For 15 years he taught at Conestoga College in the Con. Ed, and Journalism Depts., He has had exhibitions in Toronto, Hamilton, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, and has won several juried shows. He is now working solely in digital and makes his own prints.
In over forty years he has seen many changes in photography and looks forward to the next forty.
www.rogeryoungphotography.com
Tuesday, January 2nd 2018
First meeting of 2018 will be held Tuesday January 2nd at the Button Factory at 7 pm. Our guest speaker will be Paul Cook.
Paul Cook is a visual artist currently living in Harrisonburg,Virginia. His roots run deep in Waterloo Region. His grandfather Norman Buehler was a landscape painter in St. Jacobs, and his great aunt, Maggie Moyer, was a landscape painter from Bridgeport, Ontario.Paul was born in Kitchener, and raised in Wilmot Township. His early artistic training was received at Wilmot Senior Public School, and Waterloo Oxford District Secondary School. He also attended non-credit evening classes at Conestoga College, The School of the Kitchener Art Gallery, and Linda Carson’s Big Black Pig Studio. An early volunteer at the Waterloo Community Art Center, Paul convened and chaired the first gallery committee, and over saw the center’s first members show in 1994. He was represented for a short time in 1993 by Terry Fitzgerald’s Tumble Weed Gallery, in Waterloo. Paul worked for a year as one of Timothy P. Schmaltz’s studio techs when Tim’s studio was in Elora, and Wallenstien.
Paul holds a Ba.: studio major, painting concentration, and a minor in art history from Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Illinois. He also attained a certificate in Cultural Management from Humber College in Toronto.
Paul will be talking about the Wilmot Township phases of his career, featuring graphite drawings from the 1970’s, and oil paintings from the mid to late 1980’s.
Paul Cook is a visual artist currently living in Harrisonburg,Virginia. His roots run deep in Waterloo Region. His grandfather Norman Buehler was a landscape painter in St. Jacobs, and his great aunt, Maggie Moyer, was a landscape painter from Bridgeport, Ontario.Paul was born in Kitchener, and raised in Wilmot Township. His early artistic training was received at Wilmot Senior Public School, and Waterloo Oxford District Secondary School. He also attended non-credit evening classes at Conestoga College, The School of the Kitchener Art Gallery, and Linda Carson’s Big Black Pig Studio. An early volunteer at the Waterloo Community Art Center, Paul convened and chaired the first gallery committee, and over saw the center’s first members show in 1994. He was represented for a short time in 1993 by Terry Fitzgerald’s Tumble Weed Gallery, in Waterloo. Paul worked for a year as one of Timothy P. Schmaltz’s studio techs when Tim’s studio was in Elora, and Wallenstien.
Paul holds a Ba.: studio major, painting concentration, and a minor in art history from Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Illinois. He also attained a certificate in Cultural Management from Humber College in Toronto.
Paul will be talking about the Wilmot Township phases of his career, featuring graphite drawings from the 1970’s, and oil paintings from the mid to late 1980’s.
Tuesday, December 5th 2017
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December meeting is a Potluck at the Court at Laurelwood. It will be from 6 pm to 8 pm. Bring some tasty food to share!
The Court at Laurelwood (Erbsville and Laurelwood Drive)* 605 Laurelwood Dr Waterloo, ON N2V 2W7 *Although there would not be enough parking spaces in front of the building there is a shopping mall right across the street with plenty of parking and we will arrange for you to drop your dish off first with a volunteer before parking your vehicle. The building is fully accessible. If you wish, you can participate in a gift exchange with your fellow artists. To do so, bring a small piece of your art (something less than about 12"x12"), wrapped. The gift exchange is voluntary and the idea is that you give some of your art and receive original art from someone else. |
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Tuesday, November 7th 2017
We will meet at 7 pm at the Button Factory. Our November speaker is Elvan Suzer.
Elvan Suzer
Elvan is a local multi-genre artist and instructor. She has a studio located in Waterloo where she teaches acrylic, encaustic and sculpture to non-artists. She also teaches at Homer Watson Gallery and some retirement houses. Elvan organizes private art events for fundraising and for team building activities. It’s her desire to show to people that art is not only a result, but it is also a process. She believes this process can awaken a person’s inner world and help spur out-of-the-box thinking.
Elvan is experienced on many diverse art forms, including acrylic paintings, oil paintings, Encaustic (beeswax + oil colour), mixed media and sculpture (Paverpol – fabric sculpture) and Turkish Art called ‘EBRU’.
She was born in Turkey where she lived most of her life and she also lived in United States. While in Istanbul she studied at the studio of a well-known visual artist and while living in Bethesda, MD USA she studied Fine Art at Montgomery College. After her training and many more different medium workshops from some masters she established her own studio (THE ARTWAREHOUSE) and started teaching. She is still a student at University of Waterloo majoring in Fine Art with Studio Specialization.
In her own culture the name that is given to a child represents her or his personality for the rest of her/his life. Elvan means ‘COLORFUL’ in her own language and she lives the full extent of that meaning. She encountered with many different art mediums and decided that she needs to incorporate those different mediums to express her voice.
Elvan Suzer
Elvan is a local multi-genre artist and instructor. She has a studio located in Waterloo where she teaches acrylic, encaustic and sculpture to non-artists. She also teaches at Homer Watson Gallery and some retirement houses. Elvan organizes private art events for fundraising and for team building activities. It’s her desire to show to people that art is not only a result, but it is also a process. She believes this process can awaken a person’s inner world and help spur out-of-the-box thinking.
Elvan is experienced on many diverse art forms, including acrylic paintings, oil paintings, Encaustic (beeswax + oil colour), mixed media and sculpture (Paverpol – fabric sculpture) and Turkish Art called ‘EBRU’.
She was born in Turkey where she lived most of her life and she also lived in United States. While in Istanbul she studied at the studio of a well-known visual artist and while living in Bethesda, MD USA she studied Fine Art at Montgomery College. After her training and many more different medium workshops from some masters she established her own studio (THE ARTWAREHOUSE) and started teaching. She is still a student at University of Waterloo majoring in Fine Art with Studio Specialization.
In her own culture the name that is given to a child represents her or his personality for the rest of her/his life. Elvan means ‘COLORFUL’ in her own language and she lives the full extent of that meaning. She encountered with many different art mediums and decided that she needs to incorporate those different mediums to express her voice.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2017
We will meet at 7 pm at the Button Factory. Our special guest is Kandace Boos.
Kandace Boos
After a deep struggle with PTSD, depression, and later PPMD, Kandace Boos has explored art and mark-making as a mindful centering exercise to process and cope with emotion in her own life and practice. She’s also explored the connection between art and peace, art and place, and art and activism. In this presentation, you’ll hear a bit about how art can be used for good personally, communally, and in the greater Social Justice scene.
Kandace practices mixed-media visual art, often blending the sacred with the rest, in her home studio in KW. She was trained in multi-disciplinary art in London, ON, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Counselling and Intercultural Studies from Emmanuel Bible College. Kandace is a member of the Worship and Music Committee at Stirling ave. Mennonite Church, often sharing her skills in services there, as well as working for MCC Ontario in the Indigenous Neighbours Program, sharing knowledge and facilitating conversation and art-making around Indigenous Issues and Decolonization in faith communities. She makes her home with her 2 toddlers and husband of 6 years in downtown Kitchener.
Kandace Boos
After a deep struggle with PTSD, depression, and later PPMD, Kandace Boos has explored art and mark-making as a mindful centering exercise to process and cope with emotion in her own life and practice. She’s also explored the connection between art and peace, art and place, and art and activism. In this presentation, you’ll hear a bit about how art can be used for good personally, communally, and in the greater Social Justice scene.
Kandace practices mixed-media visual art, often blending the sacred with the rest, in her home studio in KW. She was trained in multi-disciplinary art in London, ON, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Counselling and Intercultural Studies from Emmanuel Bible College. Kandace is a member of the Worship and Music Committee at Stirling ave. Mennonite Church, often sharing her skills in services there, as well as working for MCC Ontario in the Indigenous Neighbours Program, sharing knowledge and facilitating conversation and art-making around Indigenous Issues and Decolonization in faith communities. She makes her home with her 2 toddlers and husband of 6 years in downtown Kitchener.
Tuesday, September 5th 2017
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This is our first meeting for 2017-2018. We meet at 7 p.m. at the Button Factory (main floor).
We are very pleased to have Andrew Cheddie Sookrah as our special guest. Based on his recent painting trip to Sable Island, he will give us a talk on “Painting Sable Island Horses, Seals and Sand Dunes" and do a demo with acrylic paint. |
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Andrew Cheddie Sookrah is a Canadian artist living and working in Toronto and an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, the Society of Canadian Artists (Lifetime) , the Ontario Society of Artists and the Portrait Society Of Canada.
An active member of the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto for twenty-four years, Sookrah served many terms on the Club’s Art Committee and was the convenor of its 3rd Floor Sunday Figurative Painting Sessions for nine years. Over the years his work was included in various juried group exhibitions at the Club. He regularly supports charitable auctions and foundations by donating work to assist in their fundraising efforts, including Gilda’s Club, Creative Art GEMS Auction, KidSport Canada, and the Roseneath Foundation, etc. He was also a sponsor of the Student Drawing Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE) at City Hall for five consecutive years.
His body of work includes portraiture, figurative, landscape paintings and ceramic sculpture. Sookrah has presented his conceptual / multimedia work at Nuit Blanche in Toronto three times, including “Can Religious Beliefs be Identified From Examining DNA” in 2012. His work can be found in Corporate and Private Collections in Canada and the US.
An active member of the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto for twenty-four years, Sookrah served many terms on the Club’s Art Committee and was the convenor of its 3rd Floor Sunday Figurative Painting Sessions for nine years. Over the years his work was included in various juried group exhibitions at the Club. He regularly supports charitable auctions and foundations by donating work to assist in their fundraising efforts, including Gilda’s Club, Creative Art GEMS Auction, KidSport Canada, and the Roseneath Foundation, etc. He was also a sponsor of the Student Drawing Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE) at City Hall for five consecutive years.
His body of work includes portraiture, figurative, landscape paintings and ceramic sculpture. Sookrah has presented his conceptual / multimedia work at Nuit Blanche in Toronto three times, including “Can Religious Beliefs be Identified From Examining DNA” in 2012. His work can be found in Corporate and Private Collections in Canada and the US.
Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
June meeting is a Potluck.
We will start at 6 pm. It's at the Button Factory.
Bring some tasty food to share!
(This is the last meeting of 2016-2017, after which monthly meetings will resume September 2017.)
We will start at 6 pm. It's at the Button Factory.
Bring some tasty food to share!
(This is the last meeting of 2016-2017, after which monthly meetings will resume September 2017.)
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
Our next meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Button Factory (main floor). Our special guest is Isabella Stefanescu. She will talk about her recent projects involving drawing as performance.
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Isabella Stefanescu is a painter, media artist, writer and producer. She began learning to paint in her native Romania at a school for gifted children. As a teenager she came to Canada and was awarded a Descartes scholarship at the University of Waterloo, where she studied mathematics, fine arts and art history. Her studies were rounded off by two formative years spent drawing and painting in museums in London and Paris. In 2007 Stefanescu received the K.M. Hunter award for interdisciplinary art and in 2008 she completed the interactive arts and entertainment residency at the Canadian Film Centre Media Lab. Stefanescu's work has been exhibited in public and private galleries in Canada, France, and the U.S.A. The films she wrote, produced or designed have been shown at festivals in Canada, Germany, France and Italy.
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Isabella Stefanescu is one of the founders of Globe Studios, Waterloo Region's only artist owned and run studio building, a founder of CAFKA - Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area, and a founder of Studio D20, a women's filmmaking collective hosted by the Commons Studio at The Working Centre. Currently she is artistic director of Inter Arts Matrix, a producer, presenter and educator for multi and interdisciplinary art.
Tuesday, April 4th 2017
Debbie Eckmier (VP of KWSA 2017) will be our speaker for this meeting. She is a Decorative Artist and a Painting teacher who lives in Kitchener. She has been painting for 30 years and has been teaching painting classes for almost that long. Debbie will be sharing her art and her artistic journey.
After that, we are going to have a group discussion to talk about “The Ins and Outs of the Business of Art” and discussing all the “hats” we wear as artists. Everyone will go away from this meeting inspired and motivated by fellow KWSA members as we share how we do “business” in our art careers.
Her website is www.keepsakesartstudio.com
After that, we are going to have a group discussion to talk about “The Ins and Outs of the Business of Art” and discussing all the “hats” we wear as artists. Everyone will go away from this meeting inspired and motivated by fellow KWSA members as we share how we do “business” in our art careers.
Her website is www.keepsakesartstudio.com
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017
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On March 7th our guest speaker will be a long-time KW resident and graduate of the Fine Arts Department at the University of Waterloo (2001, BA) and the University of Windsor (MFA, 2003), Linda Perez. Since returning from Windsor, Linda has been active in the cultural sector in our Region including working at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery as a gallery attendant, artist educator, and installation personnel, holding a studio practice and exhibiting her art, teaching art to children and youth, volunteering with arts organizations such as the Waterloo Regional Arts Council, Brush with Art, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, working as Gallery Manager at the since closed commercial gallery, Harbinger Gallery, (falling in love with jewellery while at the gallery), learning metalsmithing with artists Aggie Beynon and Lois Betteridge, knife-making with Chantal Gilbert, and now back working at the Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery where it all started, as the Curatorial Assistant and Audience Development at the University of Waterloo. Join us as we discuss detours, the unexpected and life in the arts with Linda.
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
Our next meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Button Factory.
Our special guest speakers will be Jason Panda & Anestis Papoutsis, Photographers and Art Educators in the Waterloo Region, who both use photography to tell stories in very different ways. They will share some of their past work, their thinking and philosophies as well as some tips, techniques and concepts that may help others with their own photographic creations. Members are encouraged to bring their cameras and questions if they’re looking for specific help or answers.
Jason and Anestis an be found online at kwpanda.com and photographwith.me respectively
All are welcome!
Our special guest speakers will be Jason Panda & Anestis Papoutsis, Photographers and Art Educators in the Waterloo Region, who both use photography to tell stories in very different ways. They will share some of their past work, their thinking and philosophies as well as some tips, techniques and concepts that may help others with their own photographic creations. Members are encouraged to bring their cameras and questions if they’re looking for specific help or answers.
Jason and Anestis an be found online at kwpanda.com and photographwith.me respectively
All are welcome!
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017
Annemarie Rogalsky shared some architectural photos from her recent European trip.
Tuesday, December 6th, 2016
KWSA Christmas Party will be held upstairs at the Button Factory Arts on Tues. Dec. 6th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Some of our KWSA members participate in a small gift of art exchange. You can bring a small painting, photograph, print or anything else you have created if you would like to take part. The idea is u give a piece of art and you will receive a piece of someone else's art. Usually, the paintings are approximately 8"x10" or less in size. The gift exchange is voluntary. The KWSA Christmas party is a pot luck party. So please bring a dish of food to share. Plates cups and utensils are provided.
Tuesday, November 1st 2016
November 1st at 7:00 pm Meeting - Button Factory Arts - downstairs meeting hall
Guest Speaker: Sophie Drouin "Mosaic Artist"
Sophie gave a very interesting lecture on her beautiful mosaic art. She studied mosaic techniques with her father, who was an artist and she has travelled to study in Italy and Fance. She teaches mosaic workshops at the Uptown Gallery Waterloo. Sophie is also a violinist for the Kitchener Symphony.
Check out Sophie's work at the Uptown Gallery in Waterloo Square
Guest Speaker: Sophie Drouin "Mosaic Artist"
Sophie gave a very interesting lecture on her beautiful mosaic art. She studied mosaic techniques with her father, who was an artist and she has travelled to study in Italy and Fance. She teaches mosaic workshops at the Uptown Gallery Waterloo. Sophie is also a violinist for the Kitchener Symphony.
Check out Sophie's work at the Uptown Gallery in Waterloo Square
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We also had several artists show their recent creations! Kathleen Bulmer showed sketches of a bear and watercolour pencil sketches she did during her summer travels.
Roger Young showed large photos of the fall foliage he saw in Vermont.
Tiina Price took a David McEown workshop in January and showed her watercolour iceberg painting she did during her course. David McEown is based in Vancouver and Tiina highly recommends taking a workshop if you have a chance. www.davidmceown.com
Ralf Wall showed plein aire watercolours he painted in St. Jacobs and the Niagara Gorge.
Roger Young showed large photos of the fall foliage he saw in Vermont.
Tiina Price took a David McEown workshop in January and showed her watercolour iceberg painting she did during her course. David McEown is based in Vancouver and Tiina highly recommends taking a workshop if you have a chance. www.davidmceown.com
Ralf Wall showed plein aire watercolours he painted in St. Jacobs and the Niagara Gorge.
Tuesday, October 4th 2016
October 4th 7:00pm to 9:00 Meeting- Lions Club Hall, Kitchener
Address: 20 Rittenhouse Road at Blockline Road (near Strasburg)
Our speaker for the evening was Soheila Esfahani.
Soheila Esfahani grew up in Tehran, Iran, and moved to Canada in 1992. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo. Soheila's work touches on her experience growing up in Iran , and her later experience living in Canada . In her exhibition she addresses the tensions that emerge from trying to integrate one culture within another.
Her paintings incorporate traditional Persian script within a modern composition. While the essence of the calligraphy predominates and reveals an Eastern origin in her work, forms, lines and texture attest to a Western abstract influence. In her work, the mystical concepts of transformations, spirituality, and alchemy manifest through the meaning of poems by Persian poet, Rumi.
Soheila's website
Address: 20 Rittenhouse Road at Blockline Road (near Strasburg)
Our speaker for the evening was Soheila Esfahani.
Soheila Esfahani grew up in Tehran, Iran, and moved to Canada in 1992. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo. Soheila's work touches on her experience growing up in Iran , and her later experience living in Canada . In her exhibition she addresses the tensions that emerge from trying to integrate one culture within another.
Her paintings incorporate traditional Persian script within a modern composition. While the essence of the calligraphy predominates and reveals an Eastern origin in her work, forms, lines and texture attest to a Western abstract influence. In her work, the mystical concepts of transformations, spirituality, and alchemy manifest through the meaning of poems by Persian poet, Rumi.
Soheila's website
Tuesday, September 6th 2016
September 6th - 7:00pm to 9:00 Meeting - Kitchener Public Library Meeting Room C
Address: 85 Queen Street North, Kitchener
Our first meeting of the year was held at the Kitchener Public Library Main branch since the Button Factory was undergoing construction.
This meeting was a reorganization meeting with the members breaking into committees to discuss how each one can get involved with volunteering to make our art group great! There was quite a buzz in the room.
Address: 85 Queen Street North, Kitchener
Our first meeting of the year was held at the Kitchener Public Library Main branch since the Button Factory was undergoing construction.
This meeting was a reorganization meeting with the members breaking into committees to discuss how each one can get involved with volunteering to make our art group great! There was quite a buzz in the room.
June 7, 2016
This meeting was a potluck dinner, starting at 6 pm at the Button Factory.
May 3rd, 2016
We will meet at the button Factory at 7:00PM. We are pleased that Jennifer Gough will be our guest speaker this coming Tuesday night. Check out her website. http://mindseyestudioart.com/
Jennifer is a self-taught Artist, Entrepreneur, and Founder of Minds Eye Studio Art Gallery.
I also host an Arts & Culture show on FM 98.5 CKWR called New Art Radio. The show, which airs every Thursday night from 8-9pm, highlights local artists promoting their work, arts related community events, and features music from local musicians.There are 3 things she is really passionate about;
Sharing my inspiration and creativity with the world through my artwork.
Encouraging and supporting others in the pursuit of their own dreams and aspirations.
Contributing to positive change and growth within my community.
Come and be inspired by Jennifer's passion for her art.
We are also collecting dues for next year's membership. Check out our membership page.
Jennifer is a self-taught Artist, Entrepreneur, and Founder of Minds Eye Studio Art Gallery.
I also host an Arts & Culture show on FM 98.5 CKWR called New Art Radio. The show, which airs every Thursday night from 8-9pm, highlights local artists promoting their work, arts related community events, and features music from local musicians.There are 3 things she is really passionate about;
Sharing my inspiration and creativity with the world through my artwork.
Encouraging and supporting others in the pursuit of their own dreams and aspirations.
Contributing to positive change and growth within my community.
Come and be inspired by Jennifer's passion for her art.
We are also collecting dues for next year's membership. Check out our membership page.
April 6th, 2016
Our meeting will be held at the Button Factory at 7:00 p.m. in the upstairs gallery. All are welcome!
Our special speaker is Heidi Argyle. Here's her info!! Looks GREAT!
I am Heidi Argyle, I am a professional Art Therapist. I graduated from the University of Western Ontario and the Toronto Art Therapy Institute.
Currently my practice is mainly with adults with a developmental delay or physical impairment. I also work with addictions and mental health clients and front line workers; finally, I run weekly seniors groups and teach children.
My talk will be a discussion about Art Therapy. I will provide the audience with some basics about the practice, my research and how that relates to working as an artist or professional. Together we will explore the mechanics of art therapy as a self care tool.
Finally, we will do a small experiential art project.
http://heidiargyle.com/
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Our special speaker is Heidi Argyle. Here's her info!! Looks GREAT!
I am Heidi Argyle, I am a professional Art Therapist. I graduated from the University of Western Ontario and the Toronto Art Therapy Institute.
Currently my practice is mainly with adults with a developmental delay or physical impairment. I also work with addictions and mental health clients and front line workers; finally, I run weekly seniors groups and teach children.
My talk will be a discussion about Art Therapy. I will provide the audience with some basics about the practice, my research and how that relates to working as an artist or professional. Together we will explore the mechanics of art therapy as a self care tool.
Finally, we will do a small experiential art project.
http://heidiargyle.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/profile/preview?locale=en_US&trk=prof-0-sb-preview-primary-button
March 2nd, 2016
Robert Achtemichuk was our speaker at the March meeting. He had a slide show of his work.
Born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan with a fine arts degree from the University of Manitoba and further studies in France and Mexico Robert was the Executive Director of Open Studio, the Waterloo Regional Arts Council and the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery. Robert has a studio in Kitchener. He recently received artist grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Waterloo Regional Arts Fund to develop and exhibit new paintings. Robert received the Board of Director’s Award of Excellence from the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition in 2012 and the 2015 Machteld Faas Xander Visual Arts Award from Arts Awards Waterloo Region. His next group exhibition, entitled "The Grand River" will be held at the Glenhyrst Art Gallery opening March 31, 2016 curated by Bryce Kanbara and Matthew Ryan Smith.
Born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan with a fine arts degree from the University of Manitoba and further studies in France and Mexico Robert was the Executive Director of Open Studio, the Waterloo Regional Arts Council and the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery. Robert has a studio in Kitchener. He recently received artist grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Waterloo Regional Arts Fund to develop and exhibit new paintings. Robert received the Board of Director’s Award of Excellence from the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition in 2012 and the 2015 Machteld Faas Xander Visual Arts Award from Arts Awards Waterloo Region. His next group exhibition, entitled "The Grand River" will be held at the Glenhyrst Art Gallery opening March 31, 2016 curated by Bryce Kanbara and Matthew Ryan Smith.
February 2nd, 2016
The February KWSA meeting was held on Tuesday night Feb 2nd, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Button Factory. Our guest speaker was Joanna Wroblewska. She spoke about the characteristics of creative processes in artistic self-development. 'Creativity is a great power. It helps us feel aware, present and happy every single moment. It bestows upon us a strong motivation to change. Creativity needs time and attention. It needs focus as well. Sometimes it is very hard to find energy and time to create art, but it is truly necessary. Staying blocked makes our inner artist truly unhappy and depressed, so take care of yourself and learn how to stimulate your creative self-development every day!
During the lecture Joanna discussed the most common creative blocks that we all experience from time to time. What excuses do we make to ourselves? How do we deal with them? Joanna suggested tools for generating ideas and getting into the creative flow and she discussed how to receive and give good, non-judgmental and constructive feedback.
Joanna's website is http://joannawroblewska.com
During the lecture Joanna discussed the most common creative blocks that we all experience from time to time. What excuses do we make to ourselves? How do we deal with them? Joanna suggested tools for generating ideas and getting into the creative flow and she discussed how to receive and give good, non-judgmental and constructive feedback.
Joanna's website is http://joannawroblewska.com
January 5, 2016
Our January meeting was held on the 5th. Nicole Waddick was our guest speaker.
Nicole is a multi-disciplinary artist. Her paintings and ceramic sculptures have received awards in various juried shows. She received a Region of Waterloo Arts Fund grant for her sculpture installation in the garden of the Button Factory in 2013. She is currently Artist in Residence at the London Clay Art Centre.
She spoke about her paintings and ceramic sculpture, her experience with preparing applications, being on juries, taking part in critiques and being an artist in residence. A question and answer session about growing your own art practice was part of her session. Nicole's website is http://www.nicolewaddick.ca
Nicole is a multi-disciplinary artist. Her paintings and ceramic sculptures have received awards in various juried shows. She received a Region of Waterloo Arts Fund grant for her sculpture installation in the garden of the Button Factory in 2013. She is currently Artist in Residence at the London Clay Art Centre.
She spoke about her paintings and ceramic sculpture, her experience with preparing applications, being on juries, taking part in critiques and being an artist in residence. A question and answer session about growing your own art practice was part of her session. Nicole's website is http://www.nicolewaddick.ca
December Potluck Dec 6th, 2015
Our last get together of the year was a potluck dinner.
November 3, 2015
We found a wonderful guest speaker from Toronto. His name is Andrew Sookrah. He has an impressive background
I encourage you to visit his website to find out more about him. sookrah.ca
He did a portrait demonstration. Tiina Price was the model.
The draw prize was a gift certificate to Chapters!
I encourage you to visit his website to find out more about him. sookrah.ca
He did a portrait demonstration. Tiina Price was the model.
The draw prize was a gift certificate to Chapters!
October 6, 2015
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2015,
7 - 9 pm With Guest Speaker Fabio Gasbarri Our presenter, Fabio Gasbarri, gave a very nice presentation of his work. If you are interested, Fabio teaches workshops at the Button Factory and at the Cambridge Arts Centre. |
September 1, 2015
Our September meeting was held on Tues. Sept 1.
After our business portion of the meeting several of our member artists shared a painting and talked about their process sharing tips, techniques, motivation and advice about creativity.
After our business portion of the meeting several of our member artists shared a painting and talked about their process sharing tips, techniques, motivation and advice about creativity.
