An invitation from Jacqueline Milner,

I will be participating in The Annual Canvas in Colours Art Show & Sale this Sunday, September 27th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Richelieu Park, 300 des Pères-Blancs Ave., Ottawa. Come and experience nature's reflection in the enchanted heritage forest of Richelieu Park and discover some of the Regions talented artists. I couldn't ask for a better venue than a 'heritage forest'. Do drop by to say hello. The show will be outdoors if sunny and in the visitor centre if raining. For more information call 613-580-2424 ext. 28464

Calendar Sales at the Mall - Standard Freeholder article

There's a great article in the Standard Freeholder about our calendar! If you missed the article, you can click here and read it online.

Kudos go to D'Arcy for an awesome job of producing such a great calendar!!

Focus Art's 5th Annual Juried Art Show

Focus Art's 5th Annual Juried Art Show is coming fast! This year's show will be held at the Cornwall Public Library with exhibition dates of Oct. 5 to Oct. 30, 2009. There is over $500.00 in prizes with winners in each category!

Important Dates to remember:

Oct. 1 - 4:00 to 8:00 pm
Oct. 2 - 12:00 to 4:00 pm
Oct. 3 - 9:00 to 12:00 noon

Oct. 3 - 1:00 Public juried selection (Open to public)

Oct. 3 - Pickup of unselected pieces at the end of the jury selection OR
Oct. 4 - 1:00 to 3:00 pm

Oct. 7 - 6:30 to 8:00 pm Opening Ceremony for the Show

A few rules to follow:

• Submissions MUST be original work by the artist. (No copies or prints.)
• Must be clean, dry and wired for hanging.
• Open to artists 18 years or older within an area of 100 km of Cornwall, Ontario.
• Maximum of 3 pieces.
• An entry may not be withdrawn once it has been accepted.
• Nonrefundable entry fee for artwork is $20.oo for members. $30.00 for non-members.
• Sales will be handled by the artist with a 10% commission payable to Focus Art.
• Although the library is supervised, entries are at your risk for loss or damage.

If you need an entry form, please contact the group.

Deb

Make a Pochade Box for Plein Air Painting

Do you do any plein air painting? Here's a really inexpensive pochade box made out of a wood cigar box. Fawzan Barrage gives instructions in the video below.

Zan is the Founder of the Ontario Plein Air Society (OPAS).

Deb

Jacqueline Milner and Sandra Taylor-Hedges are at the CRAG

You can click on the pic for a larger version.....

Selling Focus Art Calendars at Cornwall Square

If you check your email-box, you should have a schedule of time slots where help is needed at Cornwall Square to sell calendars. Here's a note from D'Arcy, Focus Art's President;


Hi Everyone

Here we go again, I am looking for volunteers to help sell the calendars at Cornwall Square. We will be on the second floor in front of the food court for the first two Friday/Saturdays and at the bottom of the escalator for the last Friday/Saturday. Again, we should have at least two people there at all times, more would be better.

They will give us a table but we need to bring our own chairs etc. We are also allowed to have some of our people working on something while we are there so anyone who would like to do that, please let me know.

A lot of members took time to help during the show, we put on a terrific exhibition and had a lot of fun doing it, now it is time to reap the rewards for all that hard work. The public loved us so the potential for sales is terrific, all we need to do is just be there to take advantage of this venue again. Please check your schedules and do what you can to be involved and help make this another great success for Focus Art.

Thanks

D'Arcy

It is with sadness that I bring you the news today that I'm no longer going to be the Secretary of Focus Art. I have submitted my resignation a few days ago and it was effective immediately (at that time).

I will, however, continue caring for this blog. So, if you have any art news that can be shared here, please write to me at focusartblog@yahoo.ca

If you'd like to receive updates in your mailbox on the day that new posts are made, please use the subscription box and don't forget to reply to the confirmation email to activate your subscription!

See you soon,

Deb

Apples and Arts Tour 2009

'The Circle of Life'

An invitation from Jacqueline Milner;

Regional Visual Artist & Photographer Jacqueline Milner and Regional Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher Amanda Marini have joined forces to present a special collaborative performing art piece entitled 'The Circle of Life'. This presentation pays homage to Birth, Death and Rebirth. Join us this Wednesday, August 19 at the Band Shell by the Civic Complex at 7 p.m. or in lovely Downtown Cornwall for 3 special performances at the Farmer's Market, Saturday, August 22nd at 9:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. This is a family friendly Event.

The event Wednesday will feature an array of performing Artist's from Cornwall & Area. The Farmer's Market features yummy local produce. Come share the tastes and sounds of the Season.

Adele Constantineau at the St. Andrews Library

News from Adele:

"Adele Constantineau is again exhibiting a few of her paintings at the St Andrews library in the Heritage building behind the school. It is a liberating exercise for her as she does not easily expose her work outside of family and friends."
















Deb

Tony Moffit - helping artists sell their art and break into galleries

There are many, many fantastic informational art blogs 'out there' in cyberspace but one in particular that is really worth reading to is Tony Moffit's Art World! (Click on his name for a link that'll take you right there.) His mandate is "helping artists sell their art and break into galleries". He writes very thought-provoking posts. Especially read the reader's comments after each article!

Deb

Call for Canadian Artist's Work

Courtesy of Pat Fish,

Purchase of Art Works by Canadian Artists for the Canada Council Art Bank Collection

Deadline Oct 15, 2009 (Postmarked)

http://www.artbank.ca/The+Collection/Purchase+Program+Information/

Gillian Horgan is the August Featured Artist at the Library

Gillian Horgan of Williamstown is the latest artist to be in Cornwall Public Library's Featured Artist window. Gillian's work is there for the month of August so drop by to see her beautiful work.

Candice Nixon in the 2009 Women's Art Festival in Kingston

This is Candice's third year participating in this festival. For more info, go to http://www.womensartfestivalkingston.ca/ . Click on the above image for a larger version.

There are other Cornwall artists there as well but until I know their names, I can't tell you. ;-)

Deb

Art - Health and Safety

A few health and safety sites relating to art, courtesy of Pat Fish.

http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/arthazards/paint3.html
http://www.artfacts.org/artinfo/articals/health_labeling.html
http://www.unh.edu/ehs/pdf/NBC-Fine-Art-Best-Practices.pdf

Serenity Studio Artists in Cornwall Living!

Focus Art members Tracy-Lynn Chisholm, Anne Wylemans, MiSun Hunter and Emily MacLeod are shown in the Seaway News photo as they check out the latest edition of Cornwall Living, of which they (and Serenity Studio) are featured on the cover and in an article inside. If you haven't read the article, you can go here to Seaway New's website and read it. You can get a copy of Cornwall Living by dropping by the offices of Seaway News at 29 Second Street East. Below is a screenshot of the cover photo also showing Rick Shaver.

Congratulations to Serenity Studio and the great artists who show there!

Deb

Planning Meeting

Next week is the planning meeting for next year's activities and general meetings. Please take a moment and make a wish list of things you would like to be considered, ideas for; guest speakers, technical advice, business planning, web sight planning, workshops, appraisals, mat cutting, group activities, etc. Let us know so we can try and fit some of all of it in next years plan.

You can write to any board member with your suggestions and thoughts.

Beauty and the Beast Show at The Abbey

Emily MacLeod is in the Beauty and the Beast Show, along with several other artists, at The Abbey in Glen Nevis! The Vernisage is Saturday, June 27.

For more info, click on the pic below to see a full size invitation.


Just for the record, Jacqueline Milner, another Focus Art member also shows at The Abbey.

New Art Festival in Ottawa

There are several of our artists participating in The New Art Festival in Ottawa this weekend! Candice Nixon, Gillian Horgan and MiSun Kim-Hunter were all juried into this must-see event that takes place in the Glebe. There are also several other Cornwall / area artists participating as well: Peter Leclair, Cynthia Gatien.

For more information and a map, go to http://www.artinfoboy.org/

Help Wanted

Position Opening for Website Administrator of Bio Pages on Focus Art Website..

Focus Art needs someone who will input info onto the bio pages of the website. This is not a demanding job. The setup work is done ; members forward their bio to you as well as 4 images. It may require a little interaction with the members but new members purchasing a bio page are few and far between.

Qualification : a basic ability to follow a template on the computer
a willingness to help members get their info on the web.

Interested parties please respond before May 30th, 2009.

Please contact Rose at rosedesn@cogeco.ca if you're interested.

Be a part of the action.

Deb's Note: You MUST be a member of Focus Art!