Art Matters Events/Curating Session
Newsletter from The Art Collective for Feb. 16, 2006
1) We’re meeting Friday Feb. 17, 10 to 130, room VA-315. Fresh grape juice and bagels and coffee. New Staedtler drawing/painting tools to try out. Bring music if you like and a theme for our work.
2) Curating session last week with Montreal artist Holly King went very well, and some strong work has been selected for next show.
3) Art Matters Special Events will be providing at least two volunteers to help us with our major interactive events, which are:
March 7 in VAV Gallery, 6 to 11 p.m.
March 14 noon to 5 at Halle des Vernissages, at entrance to new Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery on ground floor of new EV building.
We have video cameras reserved for the two events, and one of roles of volunteers will be to help document the events.
March 16: UQAM’s Café des Arts, 11 to 3 p.m.
4) Montreal artist François Morelli has provided copies of several of his drawings that people will be able to colour at our Interactive events if they prefer. These will be included in a video presentation, likely in Flash, that François would like to see put on our website. Other coloured images in this series were done at a special Colouring Party event François was involved in at the Musée du Québec in Quebec City.
More details soon about our next show.
Our proposal was submitted before the deadline today with the Fine Arts Student Alliance for special project funding to help with our materials.
We’re waiting to hear about final approval of our proposed interactive event at a television studio at the start of Art Matters.
Collective member Jarmila Kavena’s show has opened at Galerie d’Art du Parc, in Trois Rivieres, 864 rue des Ursulines, tel 819 374 2355. Show continues until March 26. Tuesday to Friday:10 -12 and 13.30 -17
Saturday and Sunday: 13 -17. See the show’s excellent card in our Photos section. Congratulations to Jarmila!
Also, collective member Kyla Chevrier is preparing for a show of her work at Bain Mathieu in downtown Montreal, as part of the Art Matters festival. Kyla, a third-year Studio Arts student, presents work in a show titled Own Yourself from March 3 to 9, 2006.
Robert Winters
Co-ordinator of The Art Collective
robertwinters@videotron.ca