A publication of the Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC)                                                                      June 5, 2009
Arts & Culture Weekly Update


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 5
 
Friday Night Entertainment at the Happy Ile Café is back, this week featuring an intimate evening with
 
Deer in the Headlight
&
D.A.F.T.
 
 
Come join us for a night of
Good Food, Good Music & Good Fun
 
Doors open at 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!
Please be generous...Musicians are paid by donation.
 
 Saturday, June 6
 
Tir-na-nOg Theatre School presents the 21st Annual Festival of Plays, running from May 23 - July 5, presenting six plays featuring the work of the young people of Bowen Island. The TempestuOz runs Saturday, June 6 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 7 at 2 p.m. Adapted by Tir-na-nOg Theatre from Shakespeare's, The Tempest, and Frank Baum's, The Wizard of Oz. Performed by students in grades 6 & 7.Limited tickets are available at the door. Performances held at 585 Rivendell Drive, Bowen Island.Contact Jack & Julie Headley for more information @ 604.947.9507 or via email.
 
 
 Sunday, June 7
 
 
 
 
 
An official launch party for the audio book of Gifts and Bones, the debut mystery novel by Vancouver-based mystery author Barbara Murray, will be held on Sunday June 7, 2009 at The Gallery @ Artisan Square. Refreshments will be served at the event which will get underway around 3:15 p.m. and run to 5 p.m.

Barbara lived, worked and raised her children on Bowen Island and is pleased to be returning to the island for this important event. Gifts and Bones audio book is read by well known storyteller and Bowen resident, Allice Bernards, whose voice has been heard in a variety of venues from the corner cafe to national and international stages. This is her first audio book.

For further information about the launch, please contact rosie@beaandmildred.com; Barbara @ 778-329-1857; or Allice @ 604-947-2482. To find out more about author Barbara Murray and the upcoming novels in her series, please visit Barbara's website. Further information on narrator Allice Bernards can be found on Allice's website.

 Tuesday, June 9


Poetry Reading/Salon

Join us for a lovely evening of stellar verse with father and daughter poets Allan Briesmaster and Clara Blackwood from Ontario, on Tuesday, June 9, 7:30 p.m. Josef Roehrl and Heather Haley are hosting this event at their home at 340 Forest Ridge Road. For more information, call Heather at 778.86.4050 or email hshaley@emspace.com.

Allan Briesmaster is a freelance editor and publisher, and the author of ten
books of poetry, including Interstellar (Quattro Books, 2007). As an editor Allan has been instrumental in producing more than 70 books of poetry and non-fiction since 1998.

Born and raised in Toronto, Clara Blackwood has been writing poetry for 15 years. Her first poetry collection, Subway Medusa (2007), is the inaugural book in Guernica Editions' First Poets Series, which showcases first books by poets thirty-five and under.
 
 Coming Soon
 
West Coast Symphony
Concert for the Community
 
Sunday June 14
3 p.m. - 5 p.m. 
 
BICS gym
1041 Mount Gardner Road
 
Bring your friends and family.
 Admission is by donation.
 
This event is supported by BICS  to promote local, affordable cultural experiences and music appreciation for all ages.
 
 Art on the Rock
 
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.
 

BIAC Seeks Summer Student
Once again this year, the Canadian Summer Jobs Program has made it possible for the arts council to hire a summer student. We are currently seeking applications until Friday, June 5.
 
Qualified candidates must be enrolled in secondary or post-secondary educational programs. Responsibilities of the job will include:
 
- acting as a host at the Gallery @ Artisan Square, art sales, public relations
- assisting the curator with the hanging and presentation of art exhibits
- assisting the Executive Director in the areas of promotion, administration and program coordination
 
An interest and or background in arts, communications and working with the public is essential. We are looking for an individual with strong self-initiative and well-developed organizational skills who can relate well to the public and our members and who enjoys working in a creative environment. A high level of comfort working with technology including advanced computer skills is recommended.
 
The job runs from Wednesday-Sunday, 37.5 hours per week, with a remuneration of $10/hour. Applicants must be able to begin work on June 24, and will be hired for 10 weeks.
 
Please submit your resumé to Jacqueline Massey, Executive Director, BIAC via email:  admin@biac.ca, or by mail to:  Box 211, Bowen Island, BC, V0N 1G0, no later than Friday June 5.

 
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.
 
This year we are asking artists to agree to be available, by
appointment, to host visitors seeking to view their work. We are also asking for participation in the Bowen-based BC Cultural Crawl, which is set for the weekend of August 15 and 16, and for artists to remain open both days for a special Open Studio Tour.

BIAC will be producing a full-colour brochure and coordinating advertising and publicity for the Studio Tours. We are asking participating artists for a nominal contribution to help offset costs.

If you already have one of the bright yellow banners, to hang outside to indicate you are open and ready to receive visitors, the cost of participation is only $35. If you'd like to purchase a banner, the cost is $50.
 
If you would like to commit to participating we need you to reply ASAP with info we'll need to include in our brochure. Please send your name (or studio name), address, phone number, email/website and a high resolution (300 dpi minimum) photo depicting your work. If you are interested in participating, please email your info and photo no later than Friday June 12 to 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.
 
Short Fiction Writing Contest Announced
Write on Bowen!  is sponsoring a writing contest for adults and youth. Submit an unpublished work of fiction, maximum 1000 words, that contains the phrase “The ferry was late again” by June 22 and be eligible to win some great prizes (and publication in the Undercurrent!).
 
Contest Rules
 
Please read the following contest rules carefully. The Write on Bowen Contest Committee can only consider submissions that follow the contest rules.
1.    Ensure your entry includes the phrase “The ferry was late again” anywhere in the text.
2.    Submit your entry by the deadline of Monday, June 22, 2009. Submissions received after that date will not be considered.
3.    Limit your entry to a maximum of 1000 words.
4.    Submissions must be double-spaced.
5.    Include a title page that contains the following information:
     a.    Title of the submission
     b.    Your Name
     c.    Your Age (if a Youth)
     d.    Your email address
     e.    Your phone number
6.    Do NOT include your name on any page of the submission except the title page. Submissions that include a name in the header or footer of the submission text will not be adjudicated.
7.    Number all pages in the bottom right corner of every page.
8.    If possible, submit your story electronically via email:
a.    Name the file with your name; for example, Mary Smith_Fiction_Contest
b.    Email the file to admin@biac.ca with the subject line: Write on Bowen Fiction Contest
9.    If you are unable to submit your story electronically, mail it to Box 211, Bowen Island, BC, V0N 1G0 or drop it off at the Gallery @ Artisan Square.
10.    Submissions will not be returned.

Prizes
 
Adult Category
 
First Prize:
•    Write on Bowen 2009 Festival Pass includes admission to four workshops and opening night plus a Blue Pencil Editing session with one of the Festival editor
•    Reading at the Festival Gala on Saturday evening at the Gallery @ Artisan Square
•    Inclusion on the BIAC Web site and in the Undercurrent.
   
Second Prize:
•    Admission to the Write on Bowen 2009 workshop of your choice.
•    Inclusion on the BIAC Web site and in the Undercurrent
 
Youth Category (Under 18)
   
First Prize:
•    $75 gift certificate from Phoenix Books
•    Reading at the Festival Gala on Saturday evening at the Gallery @ Artisan Square
•    Inclusion on the BIAC Web site and in the Undercurrent.
   
Second Prize:
•    $25 gift certificate from Phoenix Books
•    Inclusion on the BIAC Web site and in the Undercurrent.
 
 
 

Musicians Wanted!
 
The music at Bowfest 2009 on August 29th is all going to be homegrown Bowen music, as you may have seen in The Undercurrent. Teun Schut and Susanna Braund are putting together the music program next week and if there is still anyone out there who would like to offer themselves for a slot they'd be delighted to hear from you, by the end of this Sunday, 7 June. Email  or call Susanna at 947.2333.

We are also considering staging a competition for singer-songwriters during the festival so if you or someone you know might want to enter a song, it would be great to know.

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