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SUMMARY:Carving lessons with Max Hutchison
DESCRIPTION:Award winning artist Max Hutchison will be teaching carving lessons at the River Art Centre\, in Florenceville-Bristol\, NB. \nAfter studying wood carving for many years with James Buxton\, learning essential carving skills while refining his technique\, Max has started to accept students for Beginner Carving lessons. \nBeginner Carving: \n\nAll lessons are for a maximum of one student at a time.\nEach course is $100 for four\, two-hour sessions sessions over four weeks. The schedule will be worked out between Max and the student.\nStudents will carve a “smoothy” – a duck\, penguin\, bird or other animal. Wood and carving equipment is provided.\nCall the Gallery at 506-392-6769 to express your interest\, ask questions\, reserve your course or add your name to the waiting list.\n\nMeet Max:\nMax is an avid carver who quickly picked up the skills required to make ambitious and engaging carvings. His Shark\, 2023 can be seen at the Bun Veysey Active Living Centre and is part of the Public Art Collection of the District of Carleton North. Max’s work took a unique turn when he started to tell a story in his pieces\, referencing classic cartoon figures or in his award winning carving of the shark chasing its lunch. Max runs a carving group that meet weekly at the River Art Centre and he is delighted to share his knowledge and expertise with those who want to learn how to carve. \n
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/carving-lessons-with-max-hutchison/
LOCATION:Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery\, 8 McCain Street\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick\, E7L 3H6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Adults,Programs & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Denise Violette-Michaud: Petite Forêt
DESCRIPTION:Opening 15 March 2025\, 2-4pm\, Introductions at 2:30pm\nEveryone is welcome\, there is an elevator on site\, admission is always free\nAbout the Artist \nDenise Violette-Michaud is a textile and ceramic artist who lives and works in Drummond\, New Brunswick. Denise grew up surrounded by fabric as her mother was a furniture upholsterer\, and she has continued to be drawn to textiles; their textures\, colours\, and patterns. They are part of her DNA\, her artistic medium of choice\, and it is by working with them that she forages the link between art and craft. \nDenise explores her emotions and the intensity of life through creation; it is a vital need for her. By transforming and incorporating objects with a previous life\, she weaves their history into a new existance. \nIn Her Own Words: The Story Behind Petite Forêt \n“In 2019\, I took part in an artistic residency at Fundy National Park\, where I was able to contemplate the beneficial effects of nature\, which led me into a state of reflection. From these reflections\, I created a sculpture whose theme is the tree that heals over time. \nIn the course of this creation\, I discovered a fascination for the work of representing trees and plants through the use and transformation of textiles. I dye them\, tear them\, sew them\, burn them\, glue them\, cut them\, embroider them; the means are infinite\, it’s a work that takes me into innovative terrain and offers me more and more interesting technical possibilities. \nRecycling fabric is an asset in the creative process and in my research. I give them a new life\, the result becoming the main material in the creation of my three-dimensional works. \nExploring certain techniques\, I use fabrics to create illusory tree trunks that refer to the trees I see on my walks in the forest. I look for textures and colours given by natural elements; rust\, leaves\, rotting elements of nature\, different earths; I compose 3D works with fabrics modified by these dyes. I also work with clay\, which allows me other 3D possibilities. \nThe research and the path I’ve been able to pursue in creation continue to nourish my desire to continue on my path. \nMy horticulture training has only scratched the surface of this plant world. A new sense of urgency has arisen: I want to learn more about plant biodiversity and the importance of trees in my life. \nThe Petite Forêt installation of tree trunks made of recycled fabrics highlights the importance of biodiversity. It’s the result of my observations of the clear-cutting of our natural mixed forests\, which have been replaced with monoculture softwood plantations\, creating homogenous secondary forests that are less rich in biodiversity. The habitat of natural forest flora\, birds and animals has been degraded and the use of herbicides is commonplace. When I travel along some of the roads in our province\, I notice this sense of relentlessness and I am saddened by the lack of respect that the forestry industry has for the environment.” \n– Denise Violette-Michaud
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/denise-violette-michaud-petite-foret/
LOCATION:Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery\, 8 McCain Street\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick\, E7L 3H6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:6 Week Pottery Wheel Course
DESCRIPTION:Have you given the wheel a spin and are looking to deepen your skills? Or maybe you’re brand new and want to dive right into learning pottery? This course is designed for you! \nIn this beginner’s course you will learn the basics of throwing & working with clay. Your teacher\, Jenna will provide an intro to the many aspects involved in understanding & creating pottery: clay bodies\, wedging\, reclaiming\, throwing forms\, trimming\, making handles\, firing & kilns\, decoration & glazing techniques. Throughout the class as you practice your skills you will work to create your own little “perfectly imperfect” place setting that includes a cup\, bowl\, mug & plate. \nExperience isn’t necessary\, just a willingness to get dirty and the patience to learn & try. \nThe course will begin on Monday\, March 17th\, and will occur weekly until April 21. \nThere are two time slots available for this course: 2pm-5pm and 6pm-9pm \nContact the gallery to register now: 506-392-6769 or info@mccainartgallery.com \nThere are no refunds for cancellations within 2 weeks of the event.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/6-week-pottery-wheel-course/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:Drawing Drop-in
DESCRIPTION:Drawing Drop-in is a chance to enjoy drawing and a social evening with other creative and curious people with instruction from Stephen Hutchings. It is a chance to practice\, learn and explore drawing using different materials. Bring your own project and get some feedback or\, get an introduction to the basic of drawing from Stephen who will provide instruction and materials. $1o includes all the materials you need and refreshments will be served.\nMeet Stephen Hutchings…\nStephen is a local artist who draws most days as he is working in his Johnville studio or at the River Art Centre. His drawing practice started\, like many\, in his childhood and he never stopped. You might have seen him drawing in the Gallery in January 2023\, when seven artists were invited to turn the gallery into a drawing studio. Stephen has taught drawing throughout his career and will be teaching a figure drawing workshop at Sunbury Shores in the summer of 2025. He loves to share his enthusiasm for the activity with others and so has invited you to join him one evening a month\, have a glass of wine and reconnect to your inner artist. \nFuture Drawing Drop-in dates are the third Thursdays of the month – February 13\, March 20\, April 17\, 2025.
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/drawing-drop-in/
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SUMMARY:Canva for Beginners Workshop with David Bailey
DESCRIPTION:Canva for Beginners Workshop \nJoin us for a Canva for Beginners Workshop with David Bailey on Saturday\, April 12\, 2025\, from 1-3 PM at the River Arts Centre in Florenceville-Bristol. \nLearn how to create professional-looking designs using Canva\, a simple and versatile graphic design tool. Whether you’re new to design or looking to improve your skills\, this hands-on workshop will help you get started. \n\n\n$20 per person \n\n\nBring your own device \n\n\nLocation: 8746 Main Street\, Florenceville-Bristol \n\n\nRegister now: Call 506-392-6769 or email info@mccainartgallery.com \n\n\nSpots are limited—sign up today!
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/canva-for-beginners-workshop-with-david-bailey/
LOCATION:River Art Centre\, 8746 Main St.\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick
CATEGORIES:Adults,Events,Gallery Calendar
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SUMMARY:"Shared Landscapes" By Diana Baldwin plus "Knock Knock and Other Prints" By Natt Cann
DESCRIPTION:Shared Landscapes by Diana Baldwin\nDiana Baldwin is a printmaker working from her home studio in Port Williams\, Nova Scotia\, Canada. She was introduced to printmaking by The Mahone Bay Printmakers. With the Guidance of Ed Porter\, Professor Emeritus NCCADU\, etching became her main focus and passion. \n \nKnock Knock and Other Prints by Natt Cann\nNatt Cann is a Canadian visual artist whose projects of print hone upon the haunting of lands – ideologies and industries keeping afloat Canadian notions of colonial heritage and their degradations. Natt’s aim is to share Atlantic centric discussions of commorancy\, climate\, and past snuffed economic aspirations amidst the celebrations of current peoples\, politics\, and newfound practices. \n“I am a printmaker focusing primarily on etching. My subject matter includes still lifes and landscapes. \nI have a particular interest in how landscapes are affected by the changing seasons and the passage of time. Agricultural and manmade patterns on the land are also fascinating to me. On my daily walks\, bike rides\, or time spent gazing out the window\, my attention will often be caught by a snatch of colour\, interesting pattern\, or texture. This becomes inspiration for future projects. \nI enjoy the etching process and the many steps it takes to get the finished print. It gives me time to settle in and think about how I will achieve the end result. It also allows for the possibility of experimentation. I am constantly learning how this process can be adapted to aid in the interpretation of my ideas. \nI find myself excited by what is offered by the blank plate at the beginning of a project. There is always hope and expectation at what will come off the press at the end of the journey.” \n-Diana Baldwin \n \n \n \n“Knock Knock continues my interests as an ongoing explorative series into the 21st-century capitalist rental system\, an admission that many will never own a house\, a stark reminder of the loss of architectural heritage\, and the urgent need to address the housing crisis. The body of work is a collection of primarily Atlantic doors\, impressionable Victorian brownstone and Gothic Revival abodes captured in lens based means and mono-printed through photochemical transfers. Their texture and design imparts a sense that they are vanishing in favour of their replacements\, undeniably featureless podium developments designed for those who can’t yet afford them. \nYet\, amidst the seriousness of the art’s statement\, a pleasantness and authenticity stands bold amongst the collection. The colour and variation of the nearly 200 and growing mono-prints\, bring to the audience the nostalgia of home on the east coast and what it means to own or not own a house in today’s world.” \n-Natt Cann
URL:https://mccainartgallery.com/exhibitions/shared-landscapes-by-diana-baldwin-plus-knock-knock-and-other-prints-by-natt-cann/
LOCATION:Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery\, 8 McCain Street\, Florenceville-Bristol\, New Brunswick\, E7L 3H6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions,Upcoming Exhibitions
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