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KIDS HELPING KIDS
The children attending the Arts Connection’s Renaissance Academy Kindergarten and Paddington Station Pre-Kindergarten can all feel very proud!
They created over 80 pieces of art, selling them Sunday March 7th, at a reception and sale at the Artisans’ Galleria in Steveston. Proceeds from the sale will be donated to the ongoing relief effort for the children in Haiti.
Thanks must also go to the Community Arts Council of Richmond who donated their Artistans’ Galleria and staff to host this gallery show, reception and sale. Hats off also to Alexa and Ben Falk and Bianca Hayashi who stepped in to look after the refreshment table and serve coffee, punch and cookies to those who attended.
This was a wonderful way for these little ones to express their empathy and concern for others in the world, and their teachers did a wonderful job of assisting them with this project.
Remaining art will stay on display and be for sale at the Artisans’ Galleria until March 14th, so if you were not able to attend on Sunday, you have another chance to support these children and this worthwhile cause!
Events for March 2010
Special Event:
Begins: March 01, 2010
Ends: March 07, 2010
We will partner with the Arts Connection’s Renaissance Academy kindergarten and Paddington Station pre-kindergarten in producing a short exhibition called “KIDS HELPING KIDS”
The children attending these classes wanted to do something to help the children in Haiti suffering following the earthquake disaster. They have created works of art that will be sold and all proceeds will be sent to the relief effort for Haitian children.
The work will be on display at the Artisans’ Galleria in historic Steveston Village beginning March 1st and will be available for purchase on March 7th at a reception between 12:30 – 4:00.
This is a wonderful way for these little ones to express their empathy and concern for others in the world. Please show your interest, support and appreciation by taking the time to view these unique works of art and their very first official gallery show and sale.
Location: Artisans' Galleria
Events listed above are for the current month, if no events appear above, check our
events calendar area for more.
Featured Artists for March 2010
Artists works featured here is available at the
Artisans' Galleria located in historic Steveston in the southwest corner of Richmond, British Columbia. More items can be viewed online in the
'What we sell' area of this website, we encourage you to take a walk through the Artisans' Galleria.
Born in 1945 Lee started painting at the age of 6, but her art was put on hold at the age of 8, while she pursued a passion for music.
In 2003 Lee finally had the opportunity to go back to her love of art. As an Artist and Artisan, she enjoys experimenting with the challenging medium of acrylics in her extensive venue. Her hand painted glasses, light switches and other items are very distinctive and popular. Her work is sold exclusively through the Artisans Galleria, and is appreciated around the world.
Lee is also the secretary for The Community Arts Council of Richmond
Marilyn was born and raised in Manitoba. She graduated with a B.Sc. from the University of Manitoba, and worked in the Information Technology field in several provinces in Canada. She has called Richmond home since 1991.
After retirement in 1996, Marilyn became interested in decoupage. She is self-taught and developed her own techniques for designing, applying the cutouts and finishing the surface of the pieces. The finish is built up through many applications of three types of varnish. While her goal is to make attractive " table art " for the home, she also wants her work to be functional and useful over a long period of time, and she wants it to be fun. This gave her the idea of making coasters that fit together like a puzzle to solve. She also creates pots, serving trays and napkin rings using the same decoupage techniques.
At present, Marilyn divides her time between her decoupage craft and free-lance writing
Following retirement from 47 years of nursing, Rona decided it was time to persue her life long ambition to create pottery "just for fun". It soon became all consuming. She initially took classes from Maureen Wright for 2 years and from Freddi Rahn at the Shadbolt
Centre for the arts for one year. An active member of the BC Potters guild and Aberthou potters club, she also continues to take many workshops and classes to help her get the best from the clay. Rona prefers to do hand building and sculpting but does try her hand at the wheel on occassion. She "pots" when and wherever she can, even if it means that dinner is late due to a lump of clay on the counter. Mostly she just loves to "play in the mud" and thus the light hearted spirit shows in her work.
Rona is also a willing volunteer for our many opening receptions and other events.
Each month up to 5 CACR artist members may be chosen at random to be
featured here on our web site. A completed bio and at least (1) digital image(s) of your work are required in order to be considered. CACR Members should check their listing in our
Member directory area.
Gift Shop
The
Artisans' Galleria gift shop a venue of the CACR, has a variety of items available, take a peek at some of the items available in the
what we sell area of the site. If your looking for something unique or one of a kind, you might want to look in person at the many unique one of a kind items available. Created by our local artists.
Our valued
members come from all walks of life whether individuals, families, community organizations or businesses, they all share the same goal of being advocates for the arts and artists, recognizing the value of arts by their various contributions.
