VAM’s 34th Annual Juried Show of Fine Art

VAM34 2012

- Marta Alvarez, NYVA Member & Former Membership Chair

Visual Arts Mississauga’s 34th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts at the Art Gallery of Mississauga *** When: January 12 to February 25, 2012 (Free Admission) *** Where: 300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, ON L5B 3C1 *** Opening Reception & Awards Presentation is on Thursday, January 12th 6 p.m.

Exhibition Hours: Weekdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (8 p.m. on Thursdays) & Weekends: noon to 4 p.m.

Demonstrator D.D. (Didi) Gadjanski Shares Her Style in Watercolour and Acrylic

The January 18, 2012 demonstrator is D.D. (Didi) Gadjanski, who will demo watercolour and acrylic on both Yupo and Terraskin surfaces.  Marrakech is one of the examples of mixed media on Yupo paper.

Didi has a personal, artist’s website, on which her bio is available in 3 languages. Please read here.  She has lots of excellent works in her virtual gallery.

Didi also has a few YouTube videos showing her in action. Please view and subscribe to the DDGadjanski’s Channel.

- Tony Cook, NYVA Program Convenor

ARTISTS Against the MEGA QUARRY

Joan McGivney and I were among 30 artists who donated paintings made during a paint-out earlier this, in support of action against the Mega Quarry in Dufferin County. The group has now mounted a web site to display the paintings and to promote future events.

Tony Cook, NYVA’s Program Convenor

NYVA’s Tweet

NYVA’s 11th Studio Tour & Art Sale: Home Studios

This year North York Visual Artists’ home studios were open in 6 location and two weekends (Sept. 24 & 25, Oct. 1 & 2, 2011).  Some of us would like to share our feelings.  Nahid Marandi (www.nahidart.com): “[A]lways is a pleasure to see people coming to my studio.”  http://nyva.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Nahid.jpg  Josephine Latorre (jlatorre.fine.arts@gmail.com): “It was a pleasure to display my paintings and ceramics on part of my house studio and garden for easy browsing around. I hope to do it again next year.”   http://nyva.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/josephine.jpg  Tatiana Ianovskaia (www.taniaart.com): “I liked the home show; it was a joy to see people coming and to discuss the artworks with other artists. It gave an opportunity of self-representation.”  http://nyva.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Tatiana_Ianovskaia.jpg

The Art of Nacho Cartagena

The NYVA member Nacho Cartagena is a Chilean-Canadian sculptor, who mainly works with wood and cork. Nacho developed a unique carving technique while working with cork. His works are simply breathtaking! Please view his art at: http://nachocartagena.ca/works.html. Over spring and summer 2011, Nacho had three group exhibits and one individual show: 2011 Cork 2 (La Casa del Habanero, Toronto, Canada), 2011 NYVA Summer Art Show (McKay Art Centre, Unionville, Canada), 2011 Primavera (Spring Group Art Show) – La Casa del Habanero, Toronto, Canada) and 2011 Escambray (La Casa del Habanero, Toronto, Canada). The list of his accomplishments deserves a separate newsletter! Please visit his NYVA Artist Page at: http://www.nyva.ca/Cartagena_Nacho.html. Nacho Cartagena has a big heart. He is working an a project for visually impaired children called “Ojos del Alma” (Eyes of the Soul) in Cuba. He teaches these children to create cork art. More at: http://www.pitchengine.com/nyva/the-art-of-nacho-cartagena.

The “Six Degrees of Freedom” Exhibit at the Etobicoke C.C.

I visited the “Six Degrees of Freedom” exhibit at the Etobicoke C.C. on September 22nd. It is even better than last year. Wonderful show!! Gary Duncan, a watercolourist, seems to be the artist who leads the sales. He did last year as well.

What is very interesting with this show is that all mediums are represented and extremely accomplished artists are exhibiting, so one would think, by current opinion, that the oil and acrylic paintings would be the ones that would sell. This is not the case and it wasn’t the case last year. Watercolours were the big sellers as they are this year.  More at: http://www.pitchengine.com/brand/previewpitch?brandid=827aed5b-844d-4e0e-ba4a-4733305a4b4c&pitchid=e4ed361c-ed6c-4a50-b6ca-d13b868b7a70

- Jo Baumann, NYVA Member

Watercolour Workshop by Art Cunanan

Famed watercolourist, Art Cunanan CSPWC will be holding a two-day workshop at the Momiji Seniors’ Centre, 3555 Kingston Rd (at Brimley) Scarborough, ON, on November 26 and 27, 2011.

Art Tour 2011 Mitchell Field CC

“North York Visual Artists have utilized the facilities at the Mitchell Field Community Centre in Willowdale for a number of years. It is located on Church Ave. a few blocks East of Yonge Street. This year, eight artists exhibited a variety of impressive artworks. The following photographs merely suggest the quality of the art on offer”.  Ann Katz, NYVA Treasurer. More at: http://www.pitchengine.com/nyva/art-tour-2011-mitchell-field-cc

“This year the facility was also home to an advance voting pole. Although this increased the flow of traffic through the exhibition, the number of sales was disappointing. Nevertheless, the group of eight, most of whom have shared this space on other NYVA Art Tours, made use of the time to greet friends and members of the community, to get to know each other better,  to share tips and advice and to develop contacts”.  Anne Neidhardt, NYVA Archivist

Art Tour 2011 Edithvale CC

Ten members of the NYVA exhibited their works at the Edithvale Community Centre this past Sept. 24 and 25^th, 2011: Larry Blackstock, Wendy Hobbs-Blackstock,  Tony Cook, Marilyn Clark, Maggie Doswell, Charith Kumarasiri,  Joan McGivney,  Jean Rodak, Oksana Romanov and Elaine Sugar.  …

Read more at: http://www.pitchengine.com/nyva/art-tour-2011-edithvale-cc

North York Visual Artists – Critique Night

For those who made last night’s critique with Barry Coombs, it was a good learning experience. We all came away with pointers on how to improve our work. For those who were unable to attend, you missed a great opportunity with a wonderful caring artist and teacher. It is always difficult to put one’s work up for judgement in front of our peers but I think all last night would say it was a very positive experience.

Joan McGivney
President
North York Visual Artists
www.nyva.ca