A publication of the Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC)                                                                      June 19, 2009
Arts & Culture Weekly Update

Passageways
Featuring the work of Sharon Norman
 
Final Weekend!

Enter into a magical world where images of doorways and landscape passageways evoke transitions and journeys in life. Abstract painting and photography merge together in this latest exhibit by Sharon Norman showing at the Gallery.
 
Sharon writes:"My works are always full of hope, spirituality and gentleness, yet balanced with the excitement of colour and where the paint can take me."
 
The artist has been an abstract landscape painter for 25 years combining form, colour, texture and composition into breathtaking expressions of what is happening in her world and the world around us. "My painting have always been more organic and more from the soul than the intellect," says Sharon.
 
Sharon has had numerous exhibitions across Canada as well as many other parts of the world and each series tells a different story. This new chapter explores the evolution of Sharon's work and enables the viewer to find their own passageway, which reflects and honours the human need to connect and define oneself.



Register now for Write on Bowen! Festival

Calling all writers and readers! Bowen Island is the place to be for aspiring and experienced writers on the weekend of July 10 to 12. Come spend the day or the whole weekend! All you need to bring is your notebook and your imagination! You can register online for all events at the Write on Bowen! Festival of Readers and Writers!
 
Visit the Write on Bowen Website.
 
Write on Bowen!, a festival presented by the arts council, celebrates writers and readers on beautiful Bowen Island, BC, and beyond! Participate in interactive writing workshops that will really kick start your creative juices; learn tricks of the trade from professional writers in our panel presentations; enjoy readings by local authors including science fiction legend Spider Robinson on opening night and meet and mingle with festival authors at our gala celebration of the literary arts. Why not sign up for a one-on-one blue pencil editing session with a professional writer/editor who will help you focus on making your writing the best it can be.
 
Your visit to Bowen Island and the Write on Bowen! Festival can also include a contemplative walk and picnic in the Lieben Lands, a local property that inspired Canadian literary legends such as Earle Birney, Alice Munro, and Margaret Laurence who visited and worked there in the 1940's and 1950's.
 
Panel presentations are free, but most workshops are limited to just 15 participants so please register early! For more information, email Carol Cram, Festival Director  or call 604.947.9408 (residence) or 778.997.9408 (cell phone).

 Friday, June 19
 

 
Presents the magical sounds of Bowen's own
 Brenda Reid & Teun Schut
 
These amazing musicians will keep you calling out for more!
 
Doors open @ 6 p.m. for Dinner and Tapas
Music starts around 7:30 p.m.
Come early for dinner or come late for a night cap!
 
NO COVER CHARGE, but please be generous...Musicians are paid by donation!

 
 Coming Soon
 

3 Walls
 
Opening
June 24, 2009
The Gallery @ Artisan Square
 
Featuring the artwork of

Travis Wall
Robert Wall
Robin Wall
Artists' Reception on
Saturday, June 27
2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Everyone welcome.
 
Show runs until 8 July.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BI Film Society presents Slumdog Millionnaire on Saturday, 27 June
 
The latest feature by acclaimed director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Millions) is an awe-inspiring runaway success that has been virtually unstoppable since its premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Cadillac People’s Choice Award. This tale of triumph over adversity – framed around an exciting and suspenseful Indian TV series - is largely set in the slums of India and pulses with energy from start to finish.
 
Slumdog is a delectable feast for the eyes, mind and heart. In English and Hindi with subtitles. Rated 14A, runs 120 minutes.
 
“This is a breathless, exciting story, heartbreaking and exhilarating at the same time…” Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Collins Hall 7:30 p.m.
 
 
 
 
 
 Art on the Rock
 
 
The Gallery @ Artisan Square announces its Summer Season

The Gallery will be open
Wednesdays - Sunday
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
beginning June 24

And by appointment
at other times.

Please call Ann Ramsay,Gallery Coordinator/Curator at 604.947.2454
for more information.
 
The Gallery is
available for rental.
Please call
for more information.
 

 
Studio Tours to run again in summer of 2009
 
The Bowen Island Arts Council will again be coordinating self-serve studio tours this summer. At this time we are inviting all artists interested in welcoming guests to their studios to participate in the program.

If you would like to commit to participating we need you to reply ASAP with info we'll need to include in our brochure. If you are interested in participating, please email  Ann Ramsay at gallery@biac.ca.
 
The Gallery @ Artisan Square seeks submissions

The Gallery Committee of BIAC is now accepting visual art proposals for 2010.

The proposals must include:

•    Covering letter, including theme of exhibition
•    Curriculum Vitae:  biographical information, education history, exhibition history, etc.
•    CD or photographs (not more than 20) with title, date, size, medium of each work
•    Three finished pieces of artwork representative of your current body of work
•    Price structure of the works of art or expectations of prices

Drop off proposals on Sunday June 28 between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. and pick up proposals on Tuesday June 30, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. For more information, contact Ann Ramsay, Gallery Curator/Coordinator at 604.947.2454, or email gallery@biac.ca.
 
Bowfest seeks entries for Singer-Songwriter Contest
 
Solo performers are invited to enter a single song in the singer-songwriter contest at Bowfest 2009 on Saturday, August 29. Please send names as soon as possible and by Tuesday, June 23 at the latest to
Susanna Braund, Bowfest Music Coordinator or Teun Schut, Bowfest Music Director.
 
BEST OF BOWEN!
 
Don't forget to vote in the 1st Annual Best of Bowen Awards, presented by the Bowen Island Undercurrent. What makes Bowen special? Think locally and and vote in 15 categories. Share your insight. Acknowledge the rock's riches. What do you treasure most about our idyllic island in the sun (at least these past few days)? Inquiring minds want to know. Surf over to the Undercurrent website and let your preferences be known.
If you are staging an arts and cultural event and wish to be in our listing, please let us know. We'd be happy to include it in the weekly update, which is sent out to members of the Bowen Island Arts Council. Send details to Jacqueline.
Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC)
Box 211, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G0 Tel: 604.947.2454
E-mail: admin@biac.ca
Web: http://www.biac.ca