Participate in art-making at CVAG on Aug. 17, 24, + 31 🎨

Comox Valley Art Gallery newsletter, August 15, 2022

FINAL MAKE ART PROJECTS OF AUGUST

Friends,

We have exciting Make Art Projects planned for the next 3 Wednesdays!

This week, on August 17, Sarah Clark will be facilitating 'Let's Make Islands Together'. This activity is free, drop-in, and open to all ages.

Then, on August 24 + 31, Ella Downing will be facilitating a free, 2-part workshop called 'Ceramics at Home: Beginner's Guide to Hand-Building Pottery'. Registration is required, as space is limited.

Continue reading to learn more about these final Make Art Projects, as well as to learn about the art that can be seen at CVAG only until September 10.

- The CVAG Team

LET'S BUILD ISLANDS TOGETHER
3 - 6pm, Wednesday, August 17

Join us at CVAG Plaza for this free, drop-in activity. All ages are welcome!

Discover ways of materializing information through guided explorations of visual storytelling in a Make Art Project facilitated by mixed media artist Sarah Clark. You are invited to join as either a participant or an observer.

This community engagement project will inform a larger body of work, which Sarah will be presenting at CVAG this fall. Click here for more details.

CERAMIC'S AT HOME: BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO HAND-BUILDING POTTERY
Part A: 2 - 4:30pm, Wednesday, August 24
Part B: 2 - 4:30pm, Wednesday, August 31

Join Ella Downing from Lentil Kitchen Ceramics for a free, 2-part Make Art Project! If you are curious about what pottery is all about, or just interested in making something beautiful, then this class is for you!

Participants will work with air dry clay and learn the pinch pot technique to make their own bowl or decorative piece. Click here for more details.

Most weeks, our Wednesday Make Art Projects at CVAG Plaza are by drop-in. Registration is required for August 24 + 31, as space is limited and participants must attend both sessions. Email gallery5@comoxvalleyartgallery.com to register.

NEW SCREEN PRINT INSTALLATION
Installation: August 13 - September 10

Squeegeerama is an annual screen printing event organized by Wachiay Studio. Each year the guest artists, participants, and staff have produced some amazing artworks. A selection of the prints completed by the guest artists, as well as the attendees, is being presented at CVAG from August 13 to September 10. Click here to learn more.

The Squeegeerama installation is located in CVAG’s lower level Project Room Studio. Visitors can access the lower level via the elevator in CVAG’s foyer, where artwork by students from NIC Fine Arts + Digital Design and NIC Early Childhood Care + Education programs can currently be seen in our Community Gallery.

Admission is free, with donations gratefully accepted. CVAG's summer hours are 10am to 6pm, Wednesdays to Saturdays.

MARLENE CREATES: WORKS FROM BLAST HOLE POND ROAD, NEWFOUNDLAND 2002-2021
Exhibition: June 15 - September 10

There are only a few weeks left to see the current exhibition at CVAG, Marlene Creates: Works from Blast Hole Pond Road, Newfoundland 2002–2021 / Œuvres réalisées au chemin Blast Hole Pond, Terre-Neuve 2002–2021.

Marlene is an environmental artist and poet who works with photography, video, scientific and vernacular knowledge, and collaborative site-specific performance in the six-acre patch of old-growth boreal forest where she lives -- at the edge of the 920-acre Blast Hole Pond Conservation Area.

The exhibition concludes on September 10. Admission is free, with donations gratefully accepted. CVAG's summer hours are 10am to 6pm, Wednesdays to Saturdays.

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 other key partners including SD71 Print Shop, ABC Printing and Signs, and Hitec Screen Printing for their support.

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

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