Reflections features new photographs from Claudia Schaefer, Matt Jones and Roger Willoughby-Price.

Artist Reception, Sunday 13 June, 2 - 4 pm. The artists will give a brief talk at 2.30 pm with the chance to ask questions. Please do join us - nibbles and drinks as always. Gallery @ Artisan Square, hours: Fri - Sun, 12 - 4.

MAMA is a travelling art project that empowers mothers by inspiring and facilitating expression and dialogue about motherhood. MAMA is a gallery installation and performance, as well as organized conversation space. Performance of SuperMAMA and artist reception: Saturday 1 May 7-9 pm (Tickets $3 in advance, $5 on the door, Cates Pharmacy and the First Credit Union) MAMA conversation and poetry workshop: Sunday 9 May, 2-4pm

Back by popular demand - a second performance of the highly successful SuperMAMA - Saturday 15 May, 7.30 - 9.30 pm, in the Gallery @ Artisan Square. Tickets $3 in advance or $5 at the door.

www.mamaproject.com

MAMA – The Installation

MAMA celebrates our common experience as well as the significance of our occupation in the development of humanity, and, by provoking thought and conversation about this, MAMA empowers us to feel pride in our work. In knowing our own significance, we are better role-models for our children, and also better able to provide strong roots for each new generation.

SuperMAMA – The Performance

SuperMAMA is a non-profit event, with the purpose of empowering mothers of all ages and experiences, through conversation and unity. The premise is that, in accepting the importance of our roles as mothers, we strengthen the roots of the next generation. SuperMAMA is best described as a visual concert. It's set around a screen of white bed sheets hanging from a clothesline, lit from behind and in front. Emily van Lidth de Jeude performs a set of songs and poems about motherhood (extremely diverse in mood and content), and a group of mothers and grandmothers accompanies with dance, painting (with water on the sheet), voice and instrumentation. Much of their input appears as shadows on the sheets. There's also some encouragement for the audience to join in some of the songs, especially at the end, when the whole thing wraps up with the group singing together, in a round about the significance of our roles, as mothers.

SuperMAMA is a performance of song, dance, poetry, and painting. It was written by Emily van Lidth de Jeude and performed by Emily van Lidth de Jeude, Lyn van Lidth de Jeude, Keona Hammond, Lidia Patriasz, Carol Fancy, Genevieve McCorquodale, Kami Kanetsuka and Allice Bernards. SuperMAMA is sponsored by Hazel & Co. of Vancouver, and BC Playthings of North Vancouver.

This year's exhibit is an exciting variety of sculpture, installation, painting and photography including:

• Mixed media collage and drawings of 'castles' inspired by the abstracts of Paul Klee
• Nature themed, graffiti style outdoor art
• Graffiti tags
• Guerilla art: Polaroid photos documenting guerilla art projects will grow throughout the week
• Forest creatures, castles and a working drawbridge

Opening hours are Tuesday 20 April to Sunday 25 April, 12 - 4pm

Come on out to the artist reception on Saturday 24 April from 2 pm to 4 pm. Everyone Welcome!

The Island Discovery Learning Community is an innovative, publicly funded education program based on beautiful Bowen Island, BC. www.islanddiscovery.ca