A publication of the Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC)                                                                                   24 April, 2009

Arts & Culture Weekly Update

CHAC Committee to Address Municipal Council

 
The Community Hall and Arts Centre (CHAC) Committee of the Bowen Island Arts Council will be bringing a delegation before the Bowen Island Municipal (BIM) Council on Monday, April 27 (7:55 p.m. at Municipal Hall). The intent is to continue to build the momentum for a Community Hall and Arts Centre, a much needed place and space in which our entire community can gather.
 
The CHAC Committee is dismayed by the lack of significant progress resulting from our efforts to work with the Municipality and other Municipal bodies. We're close to reaching burnout. This delegation is a critical step in urging Council to take concrete action towards our goals i.e.; finalize decisions that allow us to execute fundraising strategies at a federal government level. If we do not get the direct answers and commitments (beyond vague words or promises) on this evening from Council, then the CHAC Committee is prepared to re-evaluate how it can deliver  building on civic lands through more independent means.

Currently, the main obstacle in all of this is the 16 year old quest for “The Land”...and the absolute necessity for the Municipality to follow through on it's 2006 promise t to delegate municipal property in legal terms ASAP.
 
Please join us on Monday, April 27, to demonstrate to Council the support of the entire arts community in this endeavour. Let's make it very clear that the time has come for action. 
 

The CHAC Committee:
Matt Maxwell, Nina Rhodes, Paul Hooson, Jacqueline Massey, Jackie Minns, Tina Nielsen, Kate Coffey

 
 
 


 

 
Be sure to Celebrate Arts! on Saturday, April 25. Join the folks at the Bowen Island Arts Council, members, neighbours and friends old and new. We'll be down at the Gallery @ Artisan Square throwing a party beginning at 4 p.m. The festivities are being held in part to recognize and acknowledge the vibrant creative community that we call home. It's also a chance to participate in a few fun and games. Tattoo You, Count the Dots, Make Your Mark, It's in the Bag, Pass the Can -- or simply mix and mingle. There will be a few very special performances plus a chance to join an acoustic jam. We're also offering the opportunity to take home some original art, at a price too good to refuse.
 
So come early, and plan to hang with some artistic types. You'll have a chance to support your favourite community arts council and local artists and have a really good time doing it. BIAC thanks the BC Arts Council and the Bowen Island Municipality for their continued support of arts and culture on Bowen Island.
 
 
  Friday, April 24
  
Ivan Rosenberg & Chris Coole perform at the Gallery @ Artisan Square on Friday, April 24. Come and hear old-time & bluegrass music featuring Dobro and clawhammer banjo.

Visit Ivan Rosenberg’s website  and Chris Poole’s website to hear these amazing musicians.

Tickets are $15 and available at the door, or reserve at oldtimetix@gmail.com.   
 
 Saturday, April 25
  
The Bowen Island Film Society presents The Visitor at Collins Hall beginning at 7:30 p.m. Writer/director Thomas McCarthy (The Station Agent 2003) presents this beautifully poised and flawlessly acted paean to humanist hope. A simmering drama about change and renewal, focusing on a college professor and his unlikely friendship with a pair of illegal aliens, The Visitor tilts toward the soulful rather than the political. 105 mins. PG-13.
 
"The story of [Walter's] revitalization and his grief is compelling but simple, free of any sentimentality and marked by powerful performances from [Richard] Jenkins and Hiam Abbass." - Philip Marchand, The Toronto Star.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sunday, April 26
 
AL PURDY A-FRAME TRUST Fundraiser
Sunday, April 26, 2009
3:00pm - 10:00pm
Heather & Josef's place/Bowen Island, BC
For More Information please phone: (604) 947-9386
or email: hshaley@emspace.com

This is one of several cross-Canada events during National Poetry Month designed to raise funds for the preservation of beloved Canadian poet Al Purdy's home and the Al-Purdy A-Frame Trust. Join us on Bowen Island with George Bowering, Peter Trower, Jamie Reid, Warren Dean Fulton, Paul Nelson visiting from Seattle and AURAL Heather, your host. Open mike for those inspired, please bring along a Purdy poem or one in homage

 
So we built a house, my wife and I, our house at a backwater puddle of a lake near Ameliasburg, Ont.
-Al Purdy In Search of Owen Roblin

And that A-frame house, made out of second-hand lumber and original poetry, became the most famous writer's house in the country. Hundreds of writers and their housemates found their way to Roblin Lake to visit the Purdys and talk about poetry and history while downing beer or wild grape wine. Coleridge and his friends had their lake country, and now the Canadian poets would have theirs. A lot of poetry and prose came out of that hard-to-find place.To prevent its second-hand wood from ending up on someone's scrap heap, and with the blessing and support of Eurithe Purdy, The Purdy A-frame project is raising funds to purchase and preserve the property, create an endowment and establish a poet-in-residence program. Al Purdy A-Frame Trust, 4403 West 11th Ave, Vancouver, BC.
 
 Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday, April 27, 28 & 29
 
Rainbows - Inside and Out
 
Students of the Island Discovery School Community (formerly commonly referred to as The Learning Centre) have worked collaboratively to create an interactive art show all about colour and light for our Bowen Island community to enjoy.It will be presented at the Gallery at Artisan Square from April 27-29. This is the 3rd annual exhibition and will feature work of young artists ranging in age from five to 15. The show will run for three days only and is appropriate for ALL ages. The gallery will have special hours during these three days when it will be open for the public to experience. There will be film, interactive sculptural pieces, colourful paintings and drawings, dancing lines and lights....
 
Island Discovery Community School's 3rd Annual Art Exhibition @the Gallery at Artisan Square, Monday April 27th - Wednesday 29th
Opening reception on Tuesday evening, April 28th from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
 
 Thursday, April 30
 
 
 Friday, May 1
 
A collection of narrative works over the past 30 years, the Gallery @ Artisan Square presents RETROSPECTIVE, artworks of Bill Hoopes.

1-24 May 2009
 
Artist's Reception
Sunday, 3 May
2 p.m.- 4 p.m.

As a special treat, Bill Hoopes will present an Artist Talk, also on Sunday, 3 May, from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. For more information on the artist, visit his website.
 
 
 
 
 
 
The PK3 Jazz Trio are Kristian Braathen on drums, Paul Miyai on piano and Karlis Silins on acoustic bass. They will be performing at Cates Hill Chapel on Friday May 1st from 7 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. The members of the PK3 Jazz trio have performed together in various ensembles during the course of the last 10 years. This trio performs intricate arrangements of jazz standards as well as some original music. The PK3 trio has a sound influenced by The Oscar Peterson Trio, Thelonious Monk, Ahmad Jamal and The Bill Charlap Trio.Tickets are $12 and will be sold at the door only; doors open at 6:30 p.m. For fans of traditional and modern acoustic jazz, this trio should not be missed.
 
 Saturday, May 2
 

They drew rave reviews the last time they stepped on the rock. Bowen Island welcomes back the No S*it Shirleys. They'll be performing at Cates Hill Chapel on May 2, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15 are available at the door. Come and see The Shirls in a wonderful, cozy and acoustic setting. Visit their site on the web.
 

 
 
 
 
 Artful Pursuits
 
 

Currently on at the Gallery @ Artisan Square
 
 
"Eclectic, rich, beautiful", "Inspirational visions!" -- so reads the guest book with comments regarding Midnight Oils, an exhibit featuring the work of local artist, Tiffanee Scorer. The exhibit continues to delight and impress Gallery visitors. The show comes down on April 26, however, so you only have this weekend to view Tiffanee's latest work. For more information on the artist, visit Tiffanee's website.
 

The Gallery @ Artisan Square is open

Fridays - Sunday:  Noon - 4 p.m.
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.

On the Airwaves
 
On Artisan Radio, Fridays at 6 p.m., artist/musician Gregg Simpson hosts Classic Mode. Following, stay tuned in to From Berlioz to Bartok. The show begins at 7 p.m. Thursdays at 4 p.m., its the Gregg Simpson Jazz Hour.
 
Dial 99.7FM or listen online
for these and other fine programs.
 

Call for Submissions
 
 Islands Trust Call For Visitor Poster Art

The Islands Trust is seeking submissions of art from resident island artists which will be used to create posters with conservation messages for visitors to the Islands Trust Area.
 
Up to three pieces of work, one from each of the three regions of the Trust Area (Northern Islands, Southern Islands and Howe Sound Islands), will be selected. Artists of the selected pieces will each receive a $1000 honorarium. Any artist residing full-time in the Islands Trust Area is eligible to submit up to two works of art to the Islands Trust. Current staff members, contractors and trustees are not eligible to enter this competition.

For a complete copy of the Call to Artists (i.e. project description, eligibility requirements, selection process and criteria, timeline, application requirements and application form) go to the Islands Trust web site  after April 30. Completed artist submissions must be received by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2009.
 
 Off the Rock
 
Magical Birds, Wise Princesses, Valiant Heroes

A weekend of Persian Storytelling (in English) at the Waldorf School Roundhouse – 2725 St Christopher’s Road, North Vancouver
April 24-26, 2009

Join Canadian & American storytellers (including Allice Bernards & Doreen Giesbrecht of Bowen Island) to share great Persian stories. Sit back, sink into another world, and emerge to share tea and conversation.

This year’s stories include
*The Sufi long poem “Conference of the Birds”, telling of a great spiritual quest to find the Simorgh, greatest of birds
*The Sufi “Haft Paykar” — Seven beauties from different countries regale the King with stories that help him become a better lover and ruler.
*Selections from the pre-Islamic Shahnameh, or Book of Kings, including tales of star-crossed lovers, joy, and tragedy, with another appearance by the fabulous Simorgh.
 
There will also be music and poetry readings.

Do join us! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Coast Art Trust
New and Recent Works
March 27 - May 9, 2009

Featuring:
 
King Anderson, Joan Balzar, Anna Banana, Mary Blaze, Susanna Blunt,Ross Bollerup, Richard Bond, Pierre Coupey, Audrey Doray, James W.Felter, Stephen Gibbons-Barrett, Sherry Grauer, Pnina Granirer, John Haig,Jeannie Kamins, John Koerner, Jeanne Krabbendam, Leo LaBelle, Heather McAlpine, Sally Michener, Marilyn Mylrea, Kal Opré, Gordon Payne, Sharon
Perkins, Friedrich Peter, Henri Robideau, Derek Seddon, Gregg Simpson, Peter Small, Bob Steele, Sylvia Tait, Bill Thomson.

The AGE is located at the Evergreen Cultural Centre
1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam BC Canada
Gallery Hours:  Monday-Saturday, noon - 5 p.m.
 
 Art on the Rock
 
 
 
 
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. Contact Jacqueline at admin@biac.ca with your information.
 
Bowen Island Arts Council
589 Artisan Square, Box 211, Bowen Island, BC  V0N 1G0
(604) 947-2454

E-mail: admin@biac.ca
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