PROGRAMS
CCPS PROGRAM CALENDAR: JANUARY – MAY 2012
(Meetings 7pm at 3512 – 5 Ave. NW.)
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January 11 DANA ROMAN, M. Arch. ASA. ACRYLIC ON TEXTILE
Dana paints in acyclic, mixed media and textile art; silk paintings and semi-abstract landscapes are her favorites. She will demonstrate painting on silk and show an array of her silk scarves.
January 18 MARGARET BEST WATERCOLOR & WATERCOLOR PENCILS
Margaret loves teaching and has a nurturing, encouraging style. She has taught Botanical Painting in watercolor and colored pencil in the USA, Canada, Bermuda and the UK. Her demonstration of botanical painting will be very informative.
February 1 RICK BERG OIL
Rick is a self-taught artist who works mainly in oil; his images are influenced by the special light, landscapes and wildlife found between the prairies and mountains. With twenty-five years of experience and an ever-increasing sensitivity to light and color, he will show us his process.
February 8 BOBBI DUNLOP, CSA CRITIQUE
Bobbi is a Calgary artist whose work has been shown in galleries in Canada and the USA and is in demand as an instructor. Bobbi has done over one hundred critiques. Please bring I or 2 paintings to be critiqued. If a large number of paintings arrive, we may start with one from everyone. Paintings do not need to be framed.
February 15 JURY of paintings and MAIL-OUT for Heritage Park Show
Instructions regarding Jury Night will be available prior to the evening. Instructions about Inventory Forms and Information pertaining to the Heritage Show will be given prior to the Mail-out part of the evening. All required labels and forms for the show will be available this evening.
February 25, Saturday: NATALIE KURZUK WORKSHOP – MIXED MEDIA
We all enjoyed her demo so much that the Programs’ team had many requests for Natalie to give a workshop. Sign-up will begin at the January 11 meeting, Do not call the artist as sign-up for the workshops are always done in-house.
March 7 NADINE COLE WATERCOLOR
Nadine has done workshops for us in the past and this time we will all benefit from her demonstration of landscapes; she does lots of wet on wet, and will talk about the elements of design.
March 10, Saturday: JURIED SHOW AT HERITAGE PARK
March 14 NORMA CULLERTON PASTELS and CHARCOAL
Norma specializes in portraits and images of children, but also does pets, houses, landscapes, and “anything your heart desires”. We have requested a portrait, so please come and enjoy.
March 21 DAVE CASEY ACRYLICS
Dave is an artist with thirty years of experience in painting and twenty in teaching, many of those at ACAD where he is head of Adult Education. He will demo a painting and use the projector to show many of his huge works and other examples of interest.
April 4 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Renewal of memberships will be accepted this evening by the Membership Director and the Treasurer. The last day to renew your membership is April 30, 2012.
April 11 MAIL-OUT FOR TRIWOOD ART SHOW & SHOW INFORMATION
The Show Director will be presenting important information re. the show, prior to the Mail-out part of the evening. All the required forms and labels will be available.
April 18 YEAR END REVIEW – The Programs, Workshops, Art Shows, Social Events, Video Collection and other related topics pertaining to CCPS during the last year will be open for discussion. This is your opportunity to voice your opinions and give suggestions to be considered for the future. This is the last meeting when attendance will be taken for this session.
April 21, Saturday: TRIWOOD ART SHOW
May 2 SOCIAL EVENING / PAYMENT FROM ART SHOW