Gallery and visual arts

The Greater Vancouver Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild (GVWSG) celebrates their 75th anniversary with an art exhibition, interlacing their love of weaving, spinning, and dyeing with the community. For more information visit www.craftcouncilbc.ca.

This exhibition features the works of Circle Craft’s 2009 student scholarship recipients. Featured will be: Hamza Vora & Raneen Nosh, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Ceramics Program; Morija Reeb, Capilano University, Textile Arts Program; Patrick McIvor, Kootenay School of the Arts, Metal Program; and, Angie Arsenault, Vancouver Community College, Jewellery Program.
In 2003, Circle Craft Co-Operative initiated an external scholarship award program to support new and upcoming craftspeople. This program is part of Circle Craft’s commitment to community outreach programming, working in partnership with four BC institutions; Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Ceramics; Capilano University, Textile Arts Program; Vancouver Community College, Jewellery Program; and, the Kootenay School of the Arts, Metal Program.
Graduating students from these programs are invited to complete an application to be considered for the award. A selection committee from each department works in co-operation with Circle Craft to select each year’s recipients. Selection is based on outstanding achievement and an intent to pursue their art form professionally or through furthering their studies. For more information visit www.circlecraft.net.

Dundarave Print Workshop will be featuring the work of artist Gloria Shaw from April 9 – May 16. Because of her science background, she likes to experiment with many methods and materials in painting and printmaking.  In printmaking, she may print a monotype (one of a kind) before working with metal (zinc or copper). The complexity of etching, aquatint, and viscosity printing on metal challenges her artistic and technical abilities as she attempts to achieve a painterly print with an appealing combination of line and color. For more information visit www.dundaraveprintworkshop.ca or call 604-689-1650.

As an artist, her goal is to reveal the hidden beauty in everyday life. She finds herself in the auspicious position of communicating with the world through an optical language -- a language with no boundaries. Her inspiration comes from nature - the richness that exists within nature is reflected in her work as she endeavors to emanate the abundance of life. It is her hope that through her work she helps reveal the deep interconnection with nature and ourselves by cutting through the barriers of language.