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*Sketcfr cEfii6itions Februaiy 2004 P42 J4(Spence 604-988-2737 Lynn We6ster 604-925-4214 kwatson@paciflccoast.net - Subject to final confirmation of our requested dates from the venues, the 2004 schedules of shows will include a Park Royal show in March and a Capilano Mall show in May. The paintings for these shows were juried in November. Juiying - Our next jurying will be held on April 30 May 1 to select paintings for a Ferry Building Show on June 25 July 7 and for our first involvement in the Harmony Arts Festival, as well as for the fall Park Royal Show. WorkIiops - cl3ar6ara C(ennan 604-988-2818 bclennan@yahoo.com - The January workshop "Watercolour Transparent to Opague" with Nancy Thackeray Clayton, AFCA was very successful. Nancy emphasized pattern and brushstrokes. The "OIL PAINTING WET INTO WET" workshop with Josanne Van Hees AFCA will be held at Klee Wyck February 28 and 29, 2004 from 9:30am to 3:30pm. We have a few spots open for this workshop and you can sign up at the February 17 WVSC general meeting. Supply lists will be available then for all participants at the sign up table. See the description of Josanne's biography and artist's statement in the Education section of this newsletter, as she will also be our demonstration artist in our next meeting. The next workshop on April 3 and 4, 2004 will be "PEN AND INK WITH WATERCOLOUR" with Suzanne Northcott. This is a great approach for traveling light and doing pen and ink drawings and embellish them with watercolour. You can sign up at the March 16 general meeting. `Tlice-cPresitfent Lorne Top1zam 604-922-7225 wtopharn@shaw.ca As many of you know, we have been discussing a proposal for the Sketch Club to have an art show in a tent as part of the Harmony Arts Festival. I met with Oxana Dexter, Cultural Services Officer for West Vancouver, on Monday, January 26th and she informed me that Richard Berg, Producer of Harmony Arts, was starting back to work next week and she hoped to have an answer for us soon on whether our participation had been accepted by the Harmony Arts Board of Directors. `Treasurer No report this month. cRjcfiariSliarp 604-980-6884 rgsharp@telus.net Social No report this month cDo((y Lade 604-980-4040 dollylade@shaw.ca cPu6t?city )lnne !EMc9vtafion 604-922-8249 nicmahonalex@hotmail.com Community Notes · The second annual Painting on the Edge show, sponsored by the Federation of Canadian There are over $6000 in Artists and Opus, will be held form August 24 September 12. prizes to be won. The slide entry deadline is June 22, 2004. Entry forms can be downloaded from the Federation Website (www.artists.ca), or a paper application can be requested by emailing to fcagallery@artists.ca or by calling 604-681-8534, or you can pick up an application at the Federation Gallery on Granvflle Island Tuesday to Sunday from lOam to 4pm. · There is a call from the Delta Arts Council for their juried exhibition "artspecific" at Firehall Gallery. The deadline is March 12. · The 2004 North Vancouver Arts Symposium takes place at the Lucas Centre in North Vancouver on February 7. They are also soliciting demo artists. · The Discovery Show wifi be held at the Seymour Art Gallery from January 15- February 15. -