Sunday 29 April 2012

Getting ready for exhibition



 

 Maddy above is enjoying one of the mosy exciting mometns:
signing!
 Many kids are worried to write ugly letter or make a mistake at the last moment. Let me tell you. I know it reflects your character, but it also tells so much about your effort and happy times you had while in the process of painting it.


Great job Maddy. It was really challenging to get the feathers, the colour mixes and the background!
 On this one side and below we see Sarah's mischievous birds in a branch stealing a cherry!


Difficult position and the effect of certain movements made this also a challenging one!




Congrats my Dear Sarah!







 Gennie finished her onions on an antique style. She was excited to try different techniques and long, short, flat or round brushes plus adding the use of sponge!



Great jog Gennie...I wonder what comes next?

I am sure you will find an interesting spot in your home for this one..




The smell and senses of  nature can be felt everywhere. Lavender fields and lilies can be spotted on some of the easels!



Our members have been very busy getting their artworks ready for our wonderful 4th Anniversary. It promises to be a wonderful show!





Lavender not only carries my favourite colour, it was my Dad.s favourite plant. Smell and colour are just delicious to have around in any garden. This field is from Provence....




Here another wonderful smile of Camilla...We learnt about Van Gogh and hes amazing production..of course, what all the kids always remembers is that :" ..it is the guy that cut his ear!.."
More and more birds still are flying in between the walls of our Studio. it seems these kids just have this ability to catch them whether on flight or still on a branch.


Cami and Jamie proud to share their hummingbirds wioth the neigourhood. What a great present for Fathers Day!




I have always loved hummingbirds! amazing fast creatures with incredible (and challenging) colours! great job girls....





 Birds , birds,birds...and more birds.


 It is amazing how so many different birds these kids came up with. You can tell that Summer is close. Colour is in the air and the need to go outside is intense!


Congratulations Nichole and Nicholas for your colourful and expressive paintings!
Nicholas. I appreciate your patience. I know how much you loooove to sketch and that painting is not your cup of tea, but look how pretty it ended up!
Now, back to sketch....OK! I agree. Lets follow our passions and do what we enjoy doing. After all, Art has to have freedom, doesn't it?







This year we will be celebrating in one of the most amazing places in Oakville, and of the Southern Ontario Region: the




Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre!


Our Opening ceremony will take place on Sunday June 17 from  2:00 until 5:00 pm.
Free parking and goodies for all the family to celebrate this wonderful exhibition.

It will run until July the 8th.
Don't miss this opportunity to see what great kids ages 2.5 and up are creating.
This year we will have the opportunity to share space with the tapestry studio as well.
We now are the Oakville Arts Studio and we are happy to show all the creativity in the Region!



For all of those who have not yet been up at the Centre, I must say you have missed a great place.


1086 Burnhamthorpe Road East, Oakville, Ontario Canada L6H 7B2
(1 km East of Trafalgar Road)
Phone: (905) 257-4730
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday  1:00 pm to 4:00 pm or  by appointment

Closed Mondays
Please call or email to inquire about renting our facility, visiting our events or becoming a member.
Click on the map below for our location on Google Maps.


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Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre (get directions)

Tuesday 24 April 2012

excellence of our members!

I would like to take a space to congratulate these 2 wonderful Kids: Katie and Victoria.
Both are excelling on their activities both academically and extra-curricular ones.
Katie, studies grade 8 in Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary School, Burlington​.
On Saturday, March 31, 2012, cash, prizes and scholarships worth more than $150,000 were awarded to student participants in the 52nd Annual Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (BASEF) held at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario at the conclusion of the two-day event.

More than 450 students in Grades 7 – 12 from Hamilton, Halton, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk spent months preparing more than 300 science and engineering projects. After a day of judging and activities on Thursday and a Saturday morning of public viewing by a large and inquisitive crowd, awards were presented to nearly half of the participants.

http://www.hcdsb.org/News/Pages/2012-04-03-BASEF.aspx
Her dedication has brought her to recognitions for:

Silver Merit Award
Susan Joyce Memorial Award -
Engineering & Computing Sciences
McMaster University Engineering Society Award
Doris Casey Disability Solutions Award
ArcelorMittal Dofasco Product Development Business Process Award
Acquired Brain Injury Award - 1st​
Physio Assist


Below is the happy face of accomplishment. Victoria, once was our youngest member of the Painting Studio. Today after getting to know her a bit more after these 3 years of sharing easel together, I extend a big hug also for her.

Gymnastics Ontario and the 2012 Challenge gave the OPC level 2 for ages 7 & 8 the Gold medals for Apparatus and All Around Categories.

 Victoria won not one but 5 Gold Medals. Congratulations Ladies for these achievements. Keep up the efforts and the spirit, and feed your heart with art. Love you girls.