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April 2014 e-newsletter
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April 2014
Spring, Spring, Spring! We have a spring in our step. We are looking forward to the lovely weather to come and to show you what we have been up to. Our hard work has really paid off and we can't wait to share.
 
HARCOURT CALENDAR
--- CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS ---
 
APRIL 17 - MAY 23
Opening Reception, April 17, 8pm - 10pm
Artist Talks: 7pm & 7:30pm

Main Gallery:  JJ Levine, Queer Portraits
Front Room Gallery:  Josée Aubin Ouellette, MILK

JUNE 12 - JULY 4
26th Annual Members Show Opening Reception and BBQ
22nd Annual Naked Show

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--- EDUCATION ---

MAY 11
Sunday, 1 - 3pm
Free Grant Writing Workshop - Ross Bradley
 
MAY 24 & 25
Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 3pm
Pinhole Photography: Indoor & Out, Workshop
 
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--- EVENTS ---

APRIL 17 
Thursday, 7 - 11pm
Jubilee Auditorium Main Lobby and Kaasa Gallery
THE SPRING - Guru Digital Arts College
(Harcourt has a table! Come out and support)

MAY 8
Thursday, 7 - 9pm
Annual General Meeting
Harcourt House Gallery
 
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--- UPCOMING CLASSES/WORKSHOPS ---

  OPEN WORKSHOPS  

Instructor: Megan Stein 
Thursdays: March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24
6:00pm - 9:00pm
SINGLE CLASS: $20, $15 (members)
SIX (6) CLASSES - SAVE 10%

option 1: Early registrations for punch pass (debit or credit available)
option 2: Drop-ins, cash or cheque only
Members please present your membership card at the door.

April 10th: Acrylic I, mixing, glazing and washes
April 17th: Acrylic II, develop a painting from a still life or from a photo
April 24th: Inks and Watercolour, Calligraphy using the two pencil method/writing out a quote or phase of interest, transition to designing a page with calligraphy/graphics using inks.
**Supplies Included**
 

 PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY, Indoor & Out 

Instructor: Wenda Salomons
Saturday & Sunday 10 am to 3pm May 24 & 25, 2014
$200, $170 (members) Supplies Included. 

 
Check our website, Facebook & Twitter for updates.
harcourthouse.ab.ca
@harcourthouse

Image credit: Rebecca Montoya, Pinhole Camera Workshop 2013
In Gallery Education is available to groups up to 40 and is open to the public. 
Please book two weeks prior to scheduled visit. 
 
Questions/Bookings: Brittney Roy
harcourteducation@shaw.ca
780.426.4180
 
 TOUR & TALK (40 MINS) 
Intro to the gallery and current exhibits on display, followed by a facilitated discussion group
Free or by donation of $1 per student
 
 TOUR & WORKSHOP (60 – 80 MINS) 
Intro to the gallery and current exhibits on display, followed by an art making activity inspired by the work in the gallery
$2 per student
 
 TOUR, TALK & WORKSHOP
 (60 – 100 MINS) 
$2 per student
Opening Reception: Thursday April 17, 2014: 8-10pm
April 17 – May 23, 2014

Main Gallery

The next exhibition in Harcourt’s Main Gallery is, Queer Portraits, a solo show from Montreal based artists, JJ Levine. The work featured in this exhibition comes from an ongoing series of large-scale colour photographs of the artist’s community in Montreal.

Artist Talk: Thursday April 17, 2014: 7:30pm

Opening: Thursday April 17, 2014: 8-10pm

Header Image: JJ Levine, Oliver, 2014
 

Front Room Gallery

MILK examines our social, biological, and political relationship to bodily fluids through a diverse range of media, including, text, photography, video, painting, sculpture, scents, and food. Posing as a curated exhibition of both found objects and selected artworks, Ouellette use a wholistic approach to art-making that absorbs the institutional role in favour of the exhibition as artwork.

Artist Talk: Thursday April 17, 2014: 7:00pm

Opening: Thursday April 17, 2014: 8 – 10pm
Image credit: Josée Aubin Ouellette, Exhibition Title: MILK
  DEREK BROOKS:  
  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  

Some positive changes.

On May 8th at 7PM we will be holding our annual general meeting. This is your opportunity as members to have your say, meet the board of directors and vote. In the end Harcourt house belongs to the members and the public. The staff and the board are just the caretakers.
This year has been a year of changes. We have streamlined a lot of systems and activities. We have gotten rid of a lot of old trash and polished up some of our tarnished nuts and bolts. Harcourt is now 26 years old and the building is even older so it is time to shake things up a bit.
Anyone who has been keeping their ear to the ground would have heard the buzz coming out of Harcourt in the past year. We have some new visitors and more media interest. Membership is thriving. Our volunteers are busy. It has been exciting and there is more to come. We have only begun to shake things up around here, so drop in and become a part of the fun.

Derek Brooks
harcourted@shaw.ca
  VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES  

UPCOMING:
Cleaning & Organizing Annex Drawing Studio & Art Supply Storage Space:
May 13 & 14, 10am - 3pm
Tasks:
  • Initial sorting/cleaning
  • Categorizing art supplies
  • Labelling containers
  • Reuse centre/goodwill trip (driver)
  • Paint and patch space & gallery walls
  • Remove current shelving/assemble new shelving
  • Admin: Create signage and labels
For information on available shifts & scheduling contact:
Nika Blasser, Volunteer Coordinator
HarcourtVolunteers@gmail.com
780.426.4180
office hours: Monday 10 - 3pm
  REMINDERS  

AGM: May 8th @ 7pm
All members welcome. We need your input!
We are going through some growing pains and we would like to have your feedback.
AGM INFO
AGM PROXY

Member's Show: June 12th -July 4th
Title & Theme: Flight
BBQ June 19th, 6 - 10pm
**Submission Drop off:
Mon. May 26th - Sat. May 31st
(Forms will be posted on our website and available in print at the gallery next week)

Naked Show: June 19th - June 30th
Works that have been created in our drop-in sessions.
**Submission Deadline: May 2nd.
(Submission forms available at the drop-ins and in the gallery)
  2014 SCHEDULE  
 Life Drawing: 
Mon 1 - 4pm, Wed and Fri 7 - 10pm 
 Sculpture Drop-in: 
Mon 7 - 10pm
 Long Pose: 
Sun May 4, 2014
Check the website for updates!

ENOUGH ABOUT US,  
  LETS TALK A LITTLE ABOUT . . .  
  EXHIBITIONS IN #YEG  
 


  EVENTS IN #YEG  

STARTUP EDMONTON
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CREATIVE MORNINGS
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EDMONTON POETRY FESTIVAL

  EDUCATION IN #YEG  

SNAP EDUCATION
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CITY ARTS CENTRE
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EDMONTON ARTS COUNCIL GRANTS
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AFA GRANTS

 A BIT OF EVERYTHING 

ART RUBICON
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BLEEDING HEART ART SPACE
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METRO NEWS
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YEG EXAMINER
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