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10th Annual Art Symposium Artist's / / \y / d a y h a s s o m e t h i n g f o r e v e r y o n e by Wendy Moriy J ne of Canada's leading cultural journalists, Max Wyman will make a keynote address at the 10th annual Art Symposium coming up in February. After the address by Max Wyman who is a Vancouver Sun arts and culture commentator, there will be focus sessions on the 2010 Cultural Olympiad and Olympic Arts Festival hosted by Program Director, Robert Kerr. Presented by the Arts & Culture Commission of North Vancouver, this popular event will take place on Saturday, February 3, 2007 from 9 am until 4 pm at the John Braithwaite Community Centre. S t a r t e d in 1 9 9 8 , the Art Workshops during the day will include, Digital Photography, Professional Portfolio Presentation, Script Development for TV & Film, Creativity & Art Therapy as well as many others. Singer and songwriter, Roy Forbes will also present an exciting, one of a kind songwriting session. An added feature this year will be the Arts Marketplace Trade Fair which will take place from 1 - 4pm. Cultural agencies, businesses and individuals who provide goods and services to artists will be on hand during the afternoon. OPUS Framing & Art Supplies will provide hands on technique and material workshops. There will be student produced art films, a contest and lunch will be provided by Tour de Feast Catering. REGISTER EARLY FOR THE 2007 ART SYMPOSIUM. FOR COMPLETE REGISTRATION VISIT THE ARTS COMMISSION WEBSITE WWW.ARTS-ALIVE.CA OR CALL 604.980.3559. Symposium has attracted both emerging and professional artists. It has quickly become a well-respected forum for the arts community to meet and take part in a large variety of different workshops. During these informative presentations, participants are able to exchange and debate ideas building important cultural relationships. Nicola Cavendish: n Stage and Off n active a n d vivid i m a g i n a t i o n and keen awareness of the sensuous w o r l d were deciding factors in the choice N i c o l a C a v e n d i s h made when she embarked o n a career i n a c t i n g . N o w , w i t h more than thirty years behind her, she has appeared on almost every major theatre in C a n a d a , i n c l u d i n g the S h a w F e s t i v a l , as w e l l as on Broadway and other American venues. C a n a d i a n c o m i c a c t o r H e a t h L a m b e r t s was one of her major influences. " H e was my mentor. W h e n I first began to act I w a t c h e d him closely. It was from him I learned h o w to establish a relationship w i t h the audience during a performance." A strong rapport with the audience is of great i m p o r t a n c e to C a v e n d i s h when she is on stage. "I love the challenge of suspending an audience's disbelief and putting them firmly and richly into their own imaginations." She considers the people she plays for the best part of being on stage. Equally important to her, though, are the actors she works w i t h . It's a t h r i l l w h e n she finds herself p l a y i n g across f r o m s o m e o n e she c o n n e c t s w i t h . " S o m e o n e w h o can play pretend as well o r even better than m e , " she says and u u n n e who has ever seen Cavendish in action w i l l attest A Nicola Cavendish in her upcoming play Glorious 6 January|February