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Check out our new website!
  www.ladysmitharts.ca
Our Student Show is online - have a look 
 https://www.ladysmitharts.ca/online-show 
Thank you to our Sponsor  Red's Emporium   in Downtown Ladysmith
The gallery is going digital! 
Check out our student exhibition and hear about our next upcoming membership exhibition entitled: Monoprints. 
We created a little video to get you up to date of what we having coming up!
The May Exhibition will be on-line  So if you are a print- maker or want to try print making send up your work  from April 27 - 30.  It can be for sale.  We will be happy to put it on line :
  https://www.ladysmitharts.ca/online-show

intake dates:  April 27 - April 30th  art@ladysmithwaterfrontgallery.com
See the video below the poster.
Questions???  we are not in the office on a regular basis so email us info@ladysmithwaterfrontgallery.com and we will try our best to get back to you 
A little quick video to show how you can print at home without a press. 
Stay tuned for more in depth videos as we prepare to celebrate printmaking at our next monthly exhibition. 
Get creative! Try printmaking at home! Send us your work!
How to enter an Online Show  -  https://www.ladysmitharts.ca/online-show
Are you needing to have coffee with someone?   Join our us for Coffee!   You don't have to even leave your couch and you can stay in your PJ's or put on a fancy outfit.  We can talk about anything you like. 
All you have to do is download Zoom  for either a Mac or a PC and then let us know you want to join the conversation by emailing us at info@ladysmithwaterfrontgallery.com  give us your name and we will send you an invitation.   You will then log on at the appropriate time with your coffee and we will all meet on line.    It's easy peasy
 
 Take the Challenge, it's for the whole family inspired by  Guest Speaker Shelley Leedahl.  
Shelley Leedahl, a published author who lives in Ladysmith has an art challenge for you this April.   Write or draw from the first line in her book
“The Moon Watched it All”.

Here’s the first line as inspiration:

“In a time before this time, when the world moved at a pony’s pace, a woman rocked by her window and turned, every evening, to the moon.”

Shelley is asking you to be creative and have some fun with this.  Get your kids involved or why not you.? 

Send us your creation (no more than 300 words) if submitting the written word and/or one drawing per person to art@ladysmithwaterfrontgallery
please include your name, and the name of your submission. By sending us your work you are allowing us to put it on our online show. Be Creative, have fun and lets see what you can do.  This challenge ends when April ends.

Note:  For those of you with art in the gallery, we have no plans as of yet to open the gallery.  The Town of Ladysmith walks through  the gallery and security is on with intermittent staff in and out.  Once we can open you will get a phone call to pick up.  Hold on tight, Be safe, Stay Home - Flatten the curve and listen to the directions our government officials are telling us.
The Board of Directors hopes you are all well and safe and painting, drawing, sculpting, writing etc.  Artists are important to this world - we need you.
Your Membership and support is important to us more than ever.  Help us survive during these times of uncertainty.  Your membership helps pay the the lights and heat even if we aren't in the building.  Our Staff are working remotely and taking turns in the office.   We are all in this together.  
Membership is Due NOW  check out our new website
sign up on line  at  
https://www.ladysmitharts.ca/

Mail us a cheque - Arts Council of Ladysmith, Box 2370, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1B8  or
Pay Now - it's secure and easy just click on the link below - perfect for renewal of individual membership
 
https://checkout.square.site/pay/3465de2e4f0a44868de1e880655e70f6

Thank you for being so supportive - you can be assured we are busy getting tasks done  just for you and we will come back stronger with your support- We are so proud of our membership  Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
Art Magazine: 
The May - August 2020 Art Magazine will be published on-line 
If you or your organization would like to submit an article, advertisement or something of interest please forward it to us by April 11th.  If you are submitting images please send jpeg images.  We can't guarantee we will publish everything  but there's a good chance we can.

If you would like to advertise in the magazine  all ads are 50% off plus tax Sale prices listed below.
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  • Banner ad 7.25 inches wide  x  2 inches deep    sale price $50.00
  • Full Page       7.25 w x 9.50 h                                  sale price $175.00
  • 1/2 page        7.25w  x 4.50h                                   sale price $70.00
    1/4 page        3.5w  x  4.50 h                                    sale price $42.50
    1/8 page        2.25 x 2.00                                          sale price $25.00
    • Back full page                                                sale price $150.00
    • Ad copy: send as a jpeg.   Need help designing?  send us the size, logo's and text
    • send information to info@ladysmithwaterfrontgallery.com

       
EVENTS IN A GLANCE
 
  1. We have a NEW Website  https://www.ladysmitharts.ca/
  2. The Gallery is closed until further notice.  wow the last 18 months have been interesting BUT, we notice that our artists remain faithful and amazing.  Thank you
  3. Student Show - is online check it out
  4. If you have paintings in the gallery - we are looking after them until this mess is over with.  No we can't risk you coming out to pick them up.  
  5. The Gallery has taken precautions during the Corvid19 crisis and  because we care about our volunteers and visitors we are closed until further notice.   You know What To Do.   Several of our volunteers have preconditioned lung disease and we want to protect all our members and visitors..  This will pass and we will weather this storm.    You can still put your art online, you can email us with questions, just be safe, support each other virtually, make sure you have lots of art supplies to keep you busy..  We will keep you updated what's happening at the Gallery.
  6. AGM will be online:   Sign up for ZOOM now and be ready  https://zoom.us/download   Our amazing team will be hosting this years AGM online so we can all attend.  Get yourself some snacks, a glass of wine or a cup of coffee and join us for the meeting.  We will tell you how to join and remind you. a few days before the meeting..  No one has to leave their homes and everyone can attend.  There will be a small package with information in it available in May
  7. Garage Sale   ON HOLD   but if you are cleaning up  put your stuff aside and we gather when the coast is clear.     Must be clean and in good condition.  No clothing, National Geographic, encyclopedias, perishables..  
  8. The Arts Council of Ladysmith wants you all to stay healthy, safe, and strong.  Listen to what our government is telling us and pay attention to things like social distancing, washing your hands, well you have all heard this before.  Artists are important more than ever  Please stay well. 
Down load zoom here and join the Meeting May 14
The 2020 AGM will held on line.in the comfort and safety of your home  
Get connected now and download zoom  https://zoom.us/download  
Let us know you will be attending by May 12th so we can send you an invitation  email: info@ladysmithwaterfrontgallery.com

In preparation for our AGM in May 2020 we want to increase the number on our board to 11 board members.  If you love the arts, are willing to take on a project or help with the Arts Councils Projects share your ideas, and work with an amazing team, attend monthly meetings, share the vision of the Arts Council, work with other not-for-profits,  be inclusive we want you - JOIN US.  
 At present the board has 7 members and our goal is to have 11.
Positions are open 
If you need to know more please contact the office Ora or Kathy admin@ladysmithwaterfrontgallery.com
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