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Whitby Free Press, 11 May 1994, p. 12

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Page 12, Whitby Froe Press, Wodnesciay, May 11, 1994 ††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††.arthly Inspirations' contest at gallery .4j::.%. - M. A SCENE from Oshawa Little Theatre Youth Group's production of 'Peter Pan.' The fund-raiser wiII be presented May 26-29, June 2-5 and June 9-il and the $6 tickets are available at Saywell's bookstore or at the door before the 7:30 p.m. performances (2 pm. on Sundays and on Saturday, June 11). Photo by Mark Reesor. Wnltby Free Press Artists featured on videos A new education program, in which videos will be shown, will begin at The Station Gallery on Saturday. At no pharue, the videos will be about Snow's work that can be seen May 14 to 17. 'Artist on Fire: The Work of Joyce Wieland'can be seen May 28 to 3 1; 'Eýurope After the Rain, about Hockney's flirst experiment in making fine art out of cinema- tography, can be seen June 25 to 28. available for viewing by gallery a feature-length that examines ...... visitors and studilo students. the movements of Dada and Sur-~o 'Snowscreen: The Art of realisrn, can be seen June il to Michael Snow'is a documentary 14; 'Hockney: The Photegrapher,' '.Pz....... Concert on Sunday sr n et okso cnemo The buu est woris otemor The Oshawa Sym phony Orchestra will perfoirm 'Glinka, Baker, Godard and Rimski-Kor- sakov' on Sunday, May 15 at Eastdale CVI, Oshawa. lte kalifer &Ltd Pub & Restaurant ENGLISH F.A. CUP FINAL Manchester United vs. Chesea F.C. Sat. May 14th -10Oaml $1 0.00 cover charge (flot shown live on TSN) Friclay, May l3th & Saturday, May i 4th , s i f4e 7ket9 ag ~d. For the 'Springtime Bring a Fried for Haif-price âale,' one pays full price for one ticket and gets the second ticket for haîf the regular cost. Regular tickets prices are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and $12 for students. T'he concert will also include a draw on a handmnade pine blan- ket box. The concert begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at Disc and Date in Whitby or caîl the symphony office at 579-67 11. ing on or with paper are being shown ýat The Station Gallery until May 29. 'Biennale du Quebec 1993' paperworks include paintings, prints and sculpture. Artiste have used a myriad of materials from newspapers, cardboard and elastics, and many printniaking techniques are also represented. Every two years the Biennale is organized. The curator behind the extensive juried exhibition is Bernard Pilote of Alma, Que. oOshtawa Sipikoii Orckt'stra Sunday, May 15,1994 at 8:00 p âb Eastdale CoBegiate, Harmony Rd. at deaide "Sprin'ti»yc Hriziy a 7, ricn d for Jiaif Pricc ek ~music lYrccltor/Coiductor: U/isto Wcbbclr 9caturiqig:Paitdora Mryce, elute Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Baker: Concerto for Flute & Strings, Godard: Valse, Glinka: Overture to Russian & Ludmilla Tickets at: Saywell's, Oshawa Discs & Dats, Whitby Rickaby's, Bowmanville at the door or phone- 579-6711 Aduhts $20, Seniors $18, Students $12 The Station Gallery will hold a 'Gardens: Our Earthly Inspirations' art competition, and residents are invited te enter an original piece of art with a garden theme before the entry formn deadline of June 17. Entry forms are available at The Station Gallery or by calling 668-4185. "The competition is intended te promaote awareness of the environment as well as The Station Gallery itsell" says gallery director/curater LIànda Paulocik. It's really an outreach proram..we'd like te see entries fro pepleaIlover the Region, 'Gardens: Our Earthly Inspirations' also serves as part of the gallery's 1994 membership caznpaign. The competition will offer. cash awards for the best subniissions ini three different age categories ini order to give everyone -- children (up te age 12), teens (up to age 18) and adulte -- a chance to participate. The selected artworks and award winnersi will be displayed inas spal showine at the gallery foJuy 9 to Aug. 7. 'Gardens: Our Earth]y Inspirations' is being sponsored by DuPont Canada, which has a plant in Whitby. "Support for Canadian art is a sinoere interest of DuPont Canada, and we have a sizable collection," says Whitby site manager Art Heeney. "But it's nice te go beyond collecting, especially when a corporation the size of DuPont gets involved on a commuriity level with an exceptional small gallery such as this one." DuPont is flot only providing funds to adininister the exhibition, they're also donating $3,000 in award money. The best-in-show award is $1,000; the rest of the money will be divided between the other nine awards being ofered. "The coxnpetition themne was chosen te tie in with DuPont's environmental commitment," says Heeney. Original prints, paintings, drawing, photographs, crafts (textiles, Clay, wood, glass, etc.), sculpture and nuxed media works with a maximum approximate size of 36 inches by 36 inches for wall pieces and 36 inches by 36 inches by 72 inches high for floor pieces will be accepted. Works must be ready for installation (iLe. framed). Sculptures subymtted for display should be easily handled by two people. Artworks should be coxnpleted within the last 12 months. Members of the gallery can submit their art work et no charge. Non-members may enter the competition for the cost of a membership in the gallery ($30/family $2W/adult, $15/teen or child or i1O/seniors). The actuel artwork should be subxitted on Tuesday, June 28 at The Station Gallery at Henry and Victoria streets. Judging will be done on Wednesday, June 29 by a qualified jury including Paulocik, a DuPont reptesentative, a guest curator, an Èârtist and an art educator. The awards will be presented at a gallery reception on Sunday, JuIy 10. This is The Station Gallery's second corporately-sponsored art competition. With it, the gallery hopes to give exposure te artists within the community and to spark interest in and exposure te the gallery. It is also an important source of encouragement te budding artiste in the area, such as Charlotte Dickey who entered a previous coxnpetiton. I put an oul paining in, and I was so excited to get an honourable mention. I would encourage anyone to enter, especially amateurs. It was a lot of fun." Even professional artiste such as Ruth Read find a competition of this sort very worthwile. It gets you used te looking at your work in a more professional way, and gives you exposure te the art world. You cari add a juried show to your resumé, so it's a good way to start and it could help you get a show later on. "Even artists who have been around for a while flnd shows an intro te new galleries. For me, this is a chance te show work that isn't my mainstream portrait work." !Cordon Sue Sweets:' I Dessert Shop /Cafée~668-2722 14 l4Brock SL S., Whitby .Weekly pecial 25% OFF expresMay31/94 * Clip and save with this coupon *

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