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honoured photography teacher in the Fine Arts Department at the University of British Columbia and Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design ran a three-hour session, Photo Morgan, watercolorist and program coordinator for the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. It is hard to imagine a more qualified panel, and from talking to many of the participants, I know they came away with a wealth of helpful hints and tremendous enthusiasm. Heading to the Watercolor with displays of painting, artificial flowers, pottery, woodwork, photography, music, and masks. The Famous Open Door Art Studio Society grabbed everyone's attention with a realistic display of make-up art drawing attention to the international scandal of a Nigerian woman who was flogged in public (see sidebar). Several hundred visitors wandered through the market throughout the day, and several artists were extremely pleased to make a few sales, as well as many contacts in the industry. "I can't believe the talent and enthusiasm on the North Shore," says one artist who attended from Vancouver. "If we had this kind of cooperation and support in Vancouver we'd be laughing." Heading home with information overload, having met many exciting and excited artists, I felt rather sheepish taking ten minutes to drive what would have been a fiveminute walk. But from my second conundrum onward, my day got better by the minute. That's what participating in the arts on the North Shore will do for you. Documentation for Artists. Noted author Crawford Kilian, who has published more than 600 articles and 20 books since beginning his teaching career at Capilano College in 1968, presented A Writer's Triple Bill. He Techniques discussed writing for the web, techniques for plotting fiction, and prospects for authors of fiction and non-fiction. Marketing, promotion, and sponsorship guru Nancy Chilton led Corporate and Building Workshop Singspiration: hosted by Frank Townsely, I could- n't help but pause outside the door of the Singing for the Soy of It workshop, led by Julie Blue, a prolific songwriter who composes award-winning music for film, theatre, and TV. From the grunts, hooting, and hollering coming through the door, I gathered that either they were having a barrel of fun, or Blue brought her friend Hulk Hogan along for an impromptu wrestling demonstration. In other rooms, former Vancouver East Cultural Centre and Vancouver Fringe Festival general manager Harry Hertscheg led a spirited session on Grant Sponsorships For Arts Groups. Business Partnerships Her workshop was aimed mainly at staff and volunteers of non-profit groups hoping to tap into the corporate sponsorship areas from the grass roots level. Most participants confessed to information overload by the noon break, but an excellent lunch and a special performance by the Singspiration Singers in the cafeteria Writing a Family For Arts Memoir Art renewed spirits for the afternoon sessions. I stated out with How 7b Get Your Groups, while prize-winning author Claudia Work Cornwall hosted How to Write Hung: Tips from Local Curators, with Seymour Art for a highly appreciative gathering. From 11 a.m. onward, Worth Vancouver Gallery curator Carole Badgely, art marketing and sales pro Glen Powell, and Jacquie Fully Exposed Art Market took place in the gym, An evening with Dulcinea Langfelder & Co. "Choreographer, dancer-actor, singer, mime, humanitarian" Two performances only! April 20 & 21 Tickets a v a liable Noon - 4:00pm 2300 Lonsdale 8pm 984-4484 Saturday Vancouver " a tragicomic tour de force . . . . It heals the soul." -- The G a z e t t e , Montreal Centennial Theatre B o x Office Monday North March | April