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The Oakville Arts Council has planned two lectures to promote the Celebration of Craft ©93 exhibition at O‘Connor MacLeod â€" William Lectures complement debut fibre exhibit xX xX xX $eSe 243 SPEERS RD. 8450837 3@ LIC. UNDER LL.B.O Katharine Lochnan, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Art Gallery of Morris: The Earthly Paradise, and Contemporary Art and Fibre. The juried exhibition Celebration of Craft ©93 represents the work of fibre artists in Oakville, the only comâ€" munity in Ontario which provides Both lectures _ complement Celebration of Craft ‘93 â€" an Art Works exhibition of traditional and contemporary fibre works on display at O‘ MacLeod, 700 Kerr St. The exhibit, juried by Jean Johnson, Administrator _ of _ Craft _ at Harbourfront, will continue through Sept. 17th and is open to the public during regular business hours. Tickets for the lectures are $3 each or $5 for both talks and are available through the Oakville Arts Council at §44â€"7257. â€":â€" Curators John Armstrong and Sarah Quinton will discuss their upcoming Museum for Textiles exhibâ€" it that features eight contemporary artists. The Contemporary Art and Fibre slide talk will be held Thursday, Sept. 9th at 7:30 p.m. at Centennial Auditorium, 120 Navy St. Ontario and Curator of The Earthly Paradise, will give a slide talk on William Morris and the Art Gallery of Ontario‘s summer exhibition, The Earthly Paradise Tuesday, Aug. 31st at 7:30 p.m. at The Education Centre, Gairloch Gallery, 1306 Lakeshore Rd. Register New Art space also offers After School classes held every afternoon between 3:45 and 5 p.m. at a cost of $90 Art for Young Children is a program suitable for chilâ€" dren ages 3 to 5 and includes drawing, painting and storyâ€" telling. Classes are held every day; mornings from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and afternoons from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Fees are $55 per week for one class per week. Saturday classes will focus on drawing and painting and will be held between 10:30 a.m. and noon for children ages 5 to 8 and 1:30 to 3 p.m. for children 9 to 12. Fees are $55. Painting and drawing classes for kids will be held at New Art Space the week of Aug. 30th to Sept. 3rd. Classes for children ages 5 to 8 will be held between 10:30 a.m. and noon and for children ages 9 to 12, between 1:30 and 3 p.m. Fees for the week are $55. All materials are included. Fall art classes at New Art space begin Friday, Sept. The juried show was the brainâ€" storm of local master weaver Christel Wille who over her 24 years in Oakville had always marvelled at the number of people in town who worked in fibres. Why don‘t the local fibre groups work more closely together, she often wondered. But first things first. She approached OAC administrator Janet Miller to discuss a joint exhibit and the result is Celebration of Craft 93, an arts ‘event‘ which will be staged every two years, and with contemporary works alongâ€" The show is unusual in that it disâ€" plays traditional work along with conâ€" temporary pieces; most current exhibiâ€" tions show only contemporary work because it is thought to be more creâ€" ative. The show features both traditional and contemporary works and all entries were juried by proposal which involves the submission of a proposal which describes the piece, its origin, the source of its inspiration, its materiâ€" als and a visual interpretation. opportunities for fibre and textile artists to participate in five different guilds: Oakville Handweavers and Spinners, Halton Quilter‘s Guild, Oakville Stitchery Guild, Oakville Rug Hooking Guild and Trillium Smockers. LUNCH s 25 SPECIALS Register early to avoid disappointment. Registration can be done by mail or in person. For more information, call the OAS office, located at 560 Bronte Rd., at 827â€" 5711. Beginning the week of Sept. 13th, a full offering of courses in drawing, oil, acrylic, watercolor, sumiâ€"e painting and pottery are scheduled for adults and children age 6 and over. Classes from beginniners to intermediates and advanced are held mornings, afternoon and evenings.In addition to regular classes, the OAS offers to its members weekly getâ€"togethers for those who like to work alongside others without an instructor. There is also a potters‘ work day Mondays between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. per eightâ€"week term.For further information, call Ilze Berzins at 338â€"5139 or drop by the gallery, located at 83 Reynolds St. Gitone Double Tournament (( 8 p.m. ® Tall Boys Double Elimination Pool sm""*" (¢1q Entry) In preparation for a second Art Works juried exhibition of traditional and contemporary fibre works, fibre artist William Hodge will conduct a workshop aimed at assisting artists and craftspeople in preparing clear, professionalâ€"looking presentations. The OACâ€"sponsored workshop will be held on Saturday, Nov. 13th between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Oakville Room at Town Hall. In addition, Hodge, who has taught at the Ontario College of Art since 1967 and whose work spans all areas of the fibre arts, will jury proposals for a sixâ€"month Art Works exhibition at O‘Connor MacLeod in 1995. In the meantime, Wille is pleased that a celebration of Oakville crafts has come to fruition because "Oakville has had nothing like that at all," with fibre artists having to go outâ€" ofâ€"town to exhibit their work. As with any debut event, there are wrinkles to be ironed out and Wille says next time, there will be more emphasis on public education. "People don‘t know how to react to fibre artwork," she says, explaining that to many, crafts are not art. side traditional, something that is very important to Wille because without the traditional techniques, there would be no contemporary work. Only ($10 Entry) rfi