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C6 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday. September 5, 2001 join Classic Bowl's l i Program! ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT An opening reception for the Oakville G alleries' exhibition Shui-Bo Wang: Snnrise Over Tiananmen Square will be held in Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E., on Friday, Sept. 14 at 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 905-8444402 or visit www.oakville galleries.com. ·low cost · fun atmosphere · 100% Smoke Free dean, safe environment · constant spvision · optional provincial, national, tournaments · very little travelling involved · make new friends · all ages 3-21 Canada's largest 10 pin youth Bowling Program Program priority: benefits for parents... Benefits for Kids.. FUN!I 905- 607-2695 StartjngSaLSept.8that9a.nl. 3055 Dundas St W , Unit 20 Mississauga (registrants accepted throughout the season) W h ere do you w a n114t L Q ·/ i S n t l f r i o to b e in fe a r 2015? · On January 24,20 0 1 Ontario Premier, Mike Harris launched SEIZING TOMORROW'S OPPORTUNITIES, a great conversation about the kind of Ontario you want in the year 2015 . Join us online for "DESTINATIONS' Exhibit examines Tiananmen Square In the wake of the excite ment over Shui-Bo Wang's 1999 Academy Award nomina tion for best short documentary, Oakville Galleries is examining the critically-acclaimed film Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square that earned the Montreal-based artist this honour. In addition to presenting screenings of the film, an exhi bition at Gairloch Gardens will showcase a selection of the still imagery that constitutes its kinesthetic animation. These images include both family and archival photographs, but are largely comprised of Shui-Bo's politically charged drawings. The film itself is a poignant visual autobiography that can didly traces the coming of age in China during the Cultural Revolution o f the 1970s and 1980s. In just 29 minutes, Shui-Bo takes the audience on a journey from his childhood under his beloved Chairman Mao to his days as a propaganda poster artist and member of the Red Guard, in the midst of govern ment oppression, to the bloody Tiananmen Square massacre. Shui-Bo's artwork charts the complex relationship between Chinese artists and the Communist regime through cycles of openness and repres sion. Deified representations of Chairman Mao give way to scenes of government-incited tragedy; pop art and Renais sance icons replace traditional Chinese illustration; CocaCola bottles collide with Karl M arx's portrait, testifying to the artist's struggle to sort out conflicting ideologies. Shui-Bo Wang: Sun rise Over Tiananmen Square is curated by SEPTEM BER 2001 Mamie Fleming, Cura tor of Contemporary Art at Oakville Galleries, and will be on view at Gairloch Gardens until P IC K S ( O R Nov. 4. SEPTEM BER An opening recep Bookers Bookstore, 172 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville · 844-5501 · bookers@sympatico.ca tion will be held in Gairloch Gardens on Friday, Sept. 14 at 8:30 p.m. Shui-Bo Wang and John Fraser, former Globe & Mail Peking correspondent, will dis cuss Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square on Sunday, Sept. 16 beginning at 2:30 p.m. in Gair loch Gardens. Jan Wong, former Beijing correspondent for The Globe & Mail and author of Red China Blues (1996) and Jan Wong' s China: Reports from the Not-so-Foreign Correspon dent (1999), will discuss Sun rise Over Tiananmen Square on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Gairloch Gardens. A workshop titled Our Conography: the New Wave o f Family Photo Albums invites people to bring evidence o f the passage of time in a family or group - personal photos, and/or published images from historical events associated with that history - and create a moving, time-based scrapbook for their wallet or coffee table on Sunday, Oct. 14 from 2 to 5 p.m. in Gairloch Gardens. The gallery at 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E. is open from 1 to 5 p.m., Tuesdays to Sun days. Admission is free. email ted@ tedchudlcigh.com if you would like to participate This is an exciting opportunity' to share hopes and dreams for your future, the future o f your family and friends, and the future of your province. Tell Government what you would like your future to be, 15 years from now in Ontario. C lm d le ig h The JtalteMi Pr*n4mc4nl l*C Ktdiny Amaciatkm T T Premier Consumer ComingSoon... ............................... 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Watercolour artist' s paintings have come out of the closet (C o n tin u e d fro m p a g e C 7 ) 6. 7. ffp'ir paying trihutv to the Fahuhm Ill's with a musical celebration at the fflT 8. a lls 9. 10. M IS FOR MAPLE, by Mike Ulmer HARDCOVER F IC T IO IN & N O N -F IC n O N THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, by Simon Winchester HERE, bv Anthony DePalma THE SMOKE JUMPER bv Nicholas Evans THE STONE CARVERS, by Jane U rquhart THE ASH GARDEN, by Dennis Bock (Brunch Event, Feb. 3, 2002) 2. 3. 4. D on't m iss C an ad a's largest Retirem ent Living Forum ! M e e t E x h ib ito rs o f f e r in g p r o d u c ts a n d s e r v ic e s f o r y o u r life s ty le in c lu d in g in f o r m a tio n o n H o u s in g , H e a lth , F in a n c e , T ra v e l, In s u r a n c e , S a fe ty 8c F rau d A w aren e ss and m o re ! F ree W o rk sh o p s 8c S e m in a rs , L iv e E n t e r t a i n m e n t d a ily f e a tu r in g T h e C lim a x J a z z B a n d & T h e T o r o n to A ll-S tar B ig B a n d . Presented by: T hk To k o m o S i \ k CLARA CALLAN, by Richard Wright (Brunch Event, Oct. 21, 2001) 7. 8. G reat Prizes, Sam ples & Inform ation! Sponsored by: HENDERSON'S SPEAR, by Ronald W'right (Brunch Event, Feb. 3, 2002) S E S m S c o tia b a n k § ATTO '^ ^ / ls s o c ia f lo n , A ttm u d 7th CITY, MARCHING AS TO WAR, by Pierre Berton 9. MERE, bv Esta and Linda Spalding 10. FATAL PASSAGE, by Ken McGoogan r e fit* FOR STUDENTS MIA HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS OF RESEARCH PAPERS. by Joseph Gibaldi CANADIAN THESAURUS, by Fitzhenry Sc Whiteside 3. CASSELL'S DICTIONARY OF SLANG, bv Jonathon Green 4. THE LITTLE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS, by Oxford University Press 5. CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE COLLEGE SOUL, by Jack Canfield 6. STUDENT ATLAS OF THE WORLD, bv National Geographic STARVING STUDENT'S VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK. bv Dede Hall CANADIAN LIVING COOKS STEP BY STEP, by Daphna Rabinovitch 9. QUICK AND HEALTHY COOKING FOR DUMMIES. by Lynn Fischer 10. CRAZY PLATES, by Janet and Greta Podleski Best Bets provided courtesy o f Fa m il y s' · Meet exhibitors ottering products & services for your family · Live concerts featuring Lenny Graf Saturday & Sunday · Information seminars on Family Safety, Parenting, financial Planning & more! · Non-stop stage presentation featuring a Back to School Fashion Show, clowns, magicians & more daily Ride the Mini Circuit track Prizes, Samples, Information & FUN! Show September 7th, 8th & 9th Trnvnto Metro Convention Centre, Children under 12 FREE, Grandparents/Seniors $5. HOURS: Friday 1 pm-6 pm, Sat & Sun 10 am -6 pm Sponsored By: Q M utual Funds 255 Front Street West (at the fo o t o f the C N Tower) Admission: $7, Family Pass $10 (2 adults) cjjjb a Cheerios ,heS £ a y For Further Details, visit w w w .prem ierconsum ershows.com For Exhibit Information on these events, call 905 815-0017 or 1 800 256 3673 B o o Ic e R S Ola' o rd w i-b o o k oluti* creating; I finally channeled it into something I just love." In-fact, she says that she has always had her hand in one creative endeavour or another from making clothes for her self and her children to creating crafts for holidays and spe cial occasions. But it wasn't until later that she actually decided to try her hand at painting. "The first time I took a three-day watercolour course was in 1989...just out of curiosity and a natural want to do something creative," she says, explaining that the blending o f the colours and the soft look of watercolours have always attracted her to that medium. "I never thought of doing oils. I originally just chose watercolours...W ater colour is unpredictable, so it's mysterious. Every time you apply a brush stroke, it may change where you're going." However, it w asn't until about six years later that she actually decided to take her painting seriously, join the OAS, and take some more art courses. "So for the next four or five years, I took classes there," she recalls. Manno, on the other hand, began his art career a little earlier, being encouraged by school teachers and actually having his art featured in an art show in Brantford, where he attended school. But his parents' advice steered him in the direction of university and, later, a career in business. "I painted on the side. I used to paint oils in a little broom closet in a condo, on a case o f beer," he recalls with an embarrassing chuckle, adding that he did manage to sell some of those paintings. "In those days, oils were smelly and they were hard to manage and hard to clean up - you needed turpentine. That brings me back to why I got into watercolours - they are easy to clean, they don't smell, they're great...and you can't hide your mistakes...You have to be comfortable with the lack of control." His "friend and mentor," Tom Chatfield, encouraged Manno to "quit everything else and go into art." But Manno admits he didn't have the courage to do that, so he com promised by taking some watercolour courses while he continued to sell real estate and run a successful consulting business. Chatfield's death, however, was a wake-up call for Manno, who then decided that life was finite and that his talent needed to grow beyond the confines o f a business career. Now, he says, his career was his passion; painting is his joyBoth artists will be at the opening reception of Brush Strokes on Sunday, Sept. 9 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the OAS gallery at 560 Bronte Rd. (just south of Speers Road). "There's going to be a selection (of paintings)...all sizes," says Manno, "For the opening there will be every thing from buildings and landscapes to florals, animals and people...from $125 and up." More works of art will be on display at the opening, the artists say, since they can take over some of the studios in the OAS for that one weekend. However, those 50-or-so watercolours will dwindle to about 25 or 30 in the main gallery for the remainder of the exhibit, which ends on Wednesday, Oct. 3. The gallery is open Mondays to Thursdays and Satur days from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, contact the OAS at 905-8275711.