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- Sketch FëbruaIy2005 Pae4 cPu6ticity cDe6 `Tay(or 604-922-7346 debtaylor40@telus.net Lorne Topham extends an invitation to our members to the opening reception of his Digital Photographic Exhibition with fellow photographer, Siegfried Burgstaller, entitled "Through the Looking Glass" on Friday February 4, 6:30-8.00 pm at the West Vancouver Library. The exhibition continues through to February 28th. Congratulations to both Norma Blann and Jean Bonvini who have been juried into the Federation Gallery on Granville Island, for the upcoming show called "Blossoms" on from February 1-13, 2005. Norma had two paintings accepted. They would appreciate our members visiting the Granville Island Gallery to see the show a prelude to Spring arriving. - Ingrid Taylor, Jane Armstrong and Lynn Webster are having a show at Delaney's Coffee House in Dundarave from January 31st to February 28th. They will be holding an opening reception on Thursday, February 3rd from 6-7:30 pm and will welcome your attendance. Three artists will be exhibiting at the Silk Purse Arts Center from Tuesday, February 8th until Sunday, February 20th. The show "B. C. Moments" will feature Jennifer Tunner, Ishrat Khan, a new member of the WVSC, and Gordon Oliver. The opening reception is on Tuesday, February 8th from 6-8pm. All club members are welcome. North Vancouver Community Arts Council invites you to their `Sweetheart Ball' dancing, cabaret, auction, deserts and door prizes. It will be held February 12 from 7:30 to midnight. Tickets $35 for members, and $50 for non members. Phone 604-988-6844 for tickets and info. -- Making Watercolours Work is a course being taught by member Bob Rennie, AFCA, on two Saturdays (Feb 5 and 12) sponsored by Capilano College Continuing Education. Bob will spend two days helping you develop your ability to do workboats, mountains sea and mist. Suitable for beginners and intermediate watercolourists. Contact Capilano College at 604-984-4901 Painting Workshop in Provence, France Here is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy France while painting (in oils, acrylics or watercolours) with well-known BC artists/instructors Mike Svob and Bob Rennie from June 4 through June 19, (lovely purple lavender). Go to mikesvob.com or call Bob at 604 929 3608 or Mike at 604 984 4901 for more information about this exciting opportunity. `T--'ice4?resi&nt Larry J4cfitemicfiu 604-926-9640 lachtem@shaw.ca Please take a look at the Club website at www.wvsketchclub.ca. Some major enhancements have been added that now allow us to add information about the Club and the artist community for our site visitors. There will also be information in the website that is for members only, like items from the newsletter, information for new members and the like. Those members who have a website will already have a login ID and a password for the site as they have required it to initiate and update their websites. Any other member, for whom we have an e mail address in our files, will be getting an e-mail from the website with their login information. If you have an e-mail address and do not get an e-mail with the login information by February 4, please send me an e-mail and I will add you to the list. The new functions in the websjte that allow us to add new information to the Club website, have also greatly expanded the options for individual members to add to their sites and change the layout and information there. We have just completed a set of workshops to prepare some new members to have their own sites. If there any more of you that would like to get a website, or who would like to take the workshops again, let me know and when we have demand from 4 or so people we can hold the workshops. saw.ca) 1 (sentfpostingsfortfiis section to thcfitem@s Tess Johnston (604-922-8238) has a 128mb and a 16mb Smartcard which can be used in many digital camera types like Olympus and Fuji, if anybody is interested. Buy ancISelt