Comox Valley Art Gallery Newsletter, August 13, 2019

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MAKE YOUR OWN TINY HOME WEDNESDAY AT OUR COMMUNITY MAKE ART PROJECT

August 14, 3 to 7pm on the CVAG plaza, led by D Gillian Turner

Everyone is welcome to attend a Tiny Homes Make Art Project Wednesday afternoon. Drop by any time between 3-7pm.

Build your own tiny home when Artist D Gillian Turner leads a Community Make Art Project on Wednesday, August 14, from 3 to 7pm.

This all-ages event is free, and everyone is welcome to attend. Donations gratefully accepted.

While you're downtown to make your tiny home, check out the Courtenay Night Market, which runs from 4 to 8pm every Wednesday through the summer.

D Gillian Turner is one of the seven artists featured in the CVAG exhibition Hold Being Held.

YOUTH MEDIA PROJECT: GET PAID TO MAKE VIDEOS AND LEARN NEW SKILLS

Information open house August 20, 5:30pm at Comox Valley Art Gallery
Application deadline Wednesday, August 21

Image courtesy of Malcolm Flowers from Yeeters Media

The Comox Valley Art Gallery’s Youth Media Project uses digital media, creative facilitation and artistic collaboration as a framework for youth to share their stories. Youth between the ages of 16-30 get paid full-time minimum wage to learn media and employability skills over a 13-week program.

Participants create one independent film, and one film in collaboration with a small business or community organization that is doing sustainable work in the Valley. The folks who come through the program end up creating long lasting connections not just with each other, but with other community members and organizations in the Comox Valley.

Deadline for application for the September program is: Wed, Aug 21, 2019

YMP Open House Aug 20 at 5:30pm at the Comox Valley Art Gallery – info for anyone interested in applying.

If interested in applying or learning more email krista.cvagymp@gmail.com or drop off a letter and/or support material to the Comox Valley Art Gallery at 580 Duncan Ave, Courtenay, BC.

Upcoming Programs run:
Sept 2 – Nov 29, 2019
Dec. 16, 2019 – Mar 13, 2020

For more information click here

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: CVAG'S 45 ANNUAL WINTER ART MARKET
Application deadline is Sept. 27
Winter Art Market runs Dec. 6 to Dec. 28

Winter may seem a long ways away, but it's time for submissions to our Winter Art Market.

All makers of fine things are invited to submitt work for consideration in CVAG's Winter Art Market. Now in its 45th year, the Market is the Comox Valley's longest-running winter holiday craft fair.

For a submission form, click here.

HOLD BEING HELD RUNS THROUGHOUT SUMMER

Samantha Dickie's installation "Viveka: The Radiance of Discernment" is part of the Hold Being Held exhibition running at CVAG until Sept. 7

Hold Being Held is a convergent program that includes a group exhibition, artist-led community make art projects, a creative residency and a project room studio.

The exhibition of contemporary ceramics features artists from Quebec, Victoria and the Comox Valley: Rachel Grenon, Samantha Dickie, Alan Burgess, Gordon Hutchens, Jeff Brett, Bobbi Denton, and D Gillian Turner.

The exhibition runs to September 7.

Click here for more details.

Acknowledgements and gratitude

We acknowledge with gratitude that we are located on the unceded traditional territory of the K’omoks First Nation. We recognize the enduring presence of First Nations people on this land.

We are grateful for the financial support we receive from Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, BC Gaming, Government of Canada, Province of BC, City of Courtenay, Town of Comox, and Comox Valley Regional District.

We offer thanks to the Sherwin-Williams Paint Store and staff for donating paint and providing excellent volunteers. Thanks also to Spaces VR for providing space and equipment for creative residencies, Relay Rentals for deliveries and assistance with assembling tents, and other key partners including the McLoughlin Gardens Society, North Island College Department of Fine Art + Design, SD71 Print Shop, ABC Printing and Signs, and Hitec Screen Printing.

We especially thank all of our volunteers, donors, and members.

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