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F.A.A. ARTS NEWS the FREDERICTON ARTS ALLIANCE Serving the Arts in the Fredericton Region March 4, 2004, Volume 4, Issue 9 F.A.A. ARTS NEWS THE FREDERICTON ARTS ALLIANCE Serving the Arts in the Fredericton Region March 4, 2004, Volume 4, Issue 9 In This Issue 1 . Local Artist To Open Installation In Saint John 2 . Photography Installation Opening At Gallery Connexion 3 . Breen To Debut At MacPhail’s Taproom 4 . New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative Presents Acting With Camera Workshop 5 . Celebrate International Women’s Day At The Beaverbrook Art Gallery 6 . Next NB / Avenir N-B Discussion Paper To Be Released 7 . Choral Evensong At Christ Church Cathedral 8 . Opera Extravaganza With Symphony New Brunswick And Wendy Nielsen 9 . Ensemble Caprice To Perform Foiles d’Europe With Jeunesses Musicales of Fredericton 1 0 . Empty Bowls Fundraising Project To Aid Fredericton Community Kitchen 1 1 . Antonine Maillet To Speak At Christina Sabat Memorial Lecture 1 2 . Gros Morne Park Series Opening At Gallery 78 1 3 . Annual Shubertiad Scheduled For March 1 4 . ArtZone and Audrey Feltham At UNB Art Centre 1 5 . Poets Sharon McCartney, Brent MacLaine To Read at UNBF 1 6 . Parks Canada Announces Artists Selected To Create Commemorative Monument For Saint Croix Island International Historic Site 1 7 . Coming Up At The Fredericton Playhouse 1 8 . Beaverbrook Art Gallery Ex Libris Reading Group 1 9 . Herménégilde Chiasson To Lauch St. Thomas Poetry Celebrations 2 0 . Art At Hooper Studio's.... Classes And Workshops.... Spring 2004 Preview Opera Extravaganza At The Cathedral Galleries At A Glance 1. Local Artist To Open Installation In Saint John Feminist installation to open at City of Saint John Gallery Opening Reception: Friday, March 5th, 5-7 pm. To celebrate International Women's Day (March 8), the City of Saint John Gallery will feature from March 4 - 29, a feminist textile/mixed media installation by, WhiteFeather. The month-long show, entitled Femiliar, includes objects, constructed of human hair and blood, using traditional techniques known as 'womens' work'. WhiteFeather is a Fredericton-based artist who has been making great strides since graduating from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design (NBCCD) in 2001. Since then, she has fulfilled a two-year internship at the UNB Art Centre, as well as continuing three years as an instructor and technician in the NBCCD Textiles Department. WhiteFeather also recently studied at the Danish Weaving Centre in Haderslev, Denmark and is currently teaching journal-making workshops to elementary school children through the Artists-in-Schools Residency Program, funded by the New Brunswick Arts Development Branch. In April 2004, WhiteFeather will be the featured artist on CBC TV's "ARTSPOTS". She can be further investigated on the ARTSPOTS website at www.cbc.ca/artspots, also beginning in April. The opening reception for Femiliar will be held Friday, March 5, from 5 pm to 7 pm. Everyone is invited to attend and meet the artist. The City of Saint John Gallery is a program of the Cultural Affairs Office, City of Saint John, and is located in the Saint John Arts Centre, 20 Hazen Avenue, Saint John, NB. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 12 noon to 4 pm. The City of Saint John Gallery is Atlantic Canada's first municipal gallery. For more information, please contact the Cultural Affairs Office, City of Saint John. (506) 649-6040. E-mail: [email protected] 2. Photography Installation Opening At Gallery Connexion From March 5th – 26th Gallery Connexion will feature a photography and installation work by Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens entitled Stories and Other Stories. Opening Night - Friday March 5th from 7-9 pm. 3. Breen To Debut At MacPhail’s Taproom MacPhail's Taproom is pleased to welcome for the first time ever - Breen. Featuring: Tania Breen on vocals, Mark Adam on drums, Tom Easely on bass, and Mike Doherty on piano. Saturday March 6th - 1st set starts at 10:00 pm. 4. New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative Presents Acting With Camera Workshop Upcoming NB Film Co-op Workshops Winter/Spring/Summer, 2004 (Fall Workshops also occur during Tidal Wave Film Festival) The full schedule is online! www.brunnet.net/nbfilm/training.htm UPCOMING WORKSHOP! ACTING WITH CAMERA Intermediate Fee: $30 Film Co-op Members $40 for Non-Members Fredericton Workshop March 6, Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm Instructor: Bruce McKenna from Halifax Location: NB Film Co-op (51 York Street) This one-day workshop is designed to give actors valuable experience in front of the camera. More importantly it will give them a training framework they can continue to practice in small groups or even on their own. Dancers, musicians, singers, athletes all practice. Actors need to as well. Note: Participants will be asked to memorize three scenes that will be provided to them. (Please ask Co-op Membership Services about this) Instructor's Biography Bruce McKenna is a screenwriter ("Salt Water Moose" "No Place Like Home") who was sent to acting class to learn how to write for actors. He fell in love with the process and experience of acting, and went on to train with a number of teachers. Bruce is the founder and facilitator of MIG Drama Lab, an ongoing workshop for actors, writers and directors in Halifax. He also facilitates an ongoing drama lab for the African Nova Scotian community. For more information call Cathie at 455-1632. 5. Celebrate International Women’s Day At The Beaverbrook Art Gallery Sunday, March 7th, 2 pm View the documentary Pioneer Women of New Brunswick (30 minutes). Produced and directed by Semra Yüksel. Enjoy a musical performance by Judy Kamminga (harp) and the dance performance Wind and Fire by Sarah Rowinski. Refreshments will be served. Free admission. Donations are appreciated and will benefit the young women of Chrysalis House. The Beaverbrook Art Gallery is located at 703 Queen Street, Fredericton. For more information call 458-8545 or www.beaverbrookartgallery.org 6. Next NB / Avenir N-B Discussion Paper To Be Released Next NB/Avenir N-B will release its first discussion paper, titled The Face in the Mirror, Defining New Brunswick's People, on Saturday, March 6. It will be published in that day's edition of the Telegraph Journal, Next NB / Avenir N- B's official media partner, and will be available on the project's Web site. To accompany the discussion paper, the first public forum will be held March 8th at 7 pm at the Wu Centre in Fredericton and all are invited to participate. The forum, led by Lt.-Gov. Herménégilde Chiasson, will examine how we define ourselves as New Brunswickers and how well the cultural arts reflects who we are, will be. For more information please e-mail Next NB/Avenir N-B director Lisa Hrabluk at [email protected]. To obtain additional copies of Next NB/Avenir N-B discussion papers or to offer your comments, please visit the Web site at www.nextnb.ca or www.avenirnb.ca. 7. Choral Evensong At Christ Church Cathedral Christ Church Cathedral will hold a Choral Evensong on Sunday March 7th at 4 pm. The Cathedral Choir will sing music by Gibbons, Wesley, and Sanders. Visitors most welcome. For more information, call the Cathedral office at 450-8500 or visit www.christchurchcathedral.com. The Cathedral is at the corner of Church and Brunswick streets. 8. Opera Extravaganza With Symphony New Brunswick And Wendy Nielsen Symphony New Brunswick brings its next concert in Fredericton to Christ Church Cathedral on Tuesday, March 9th, at 8pm, when Metropolitan Opera soprano Wendy Nielsen and tenor Stuart Howe join the orchestra for an Opera Extravaganza which includes famous solos, duets and overtures from Mozart to Irving Berlin, via Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, Bizet, Dvorak, Puccini and Gershwin. From love songs to triumphal marches, every splendour of opera is explored under the baton of guest conductor Stephane Laforest. For more information, phone Neil MacGill (453-7762). Tickets are at The Playhouse box office (458-8344) or at the Cathedral on the night. (See Preview below for more details) Contact: Neil MacGill (453-7762 9. Ensemble Caprice To Perform Foiles d’Europe With Jeunesses Musicales of Fredericton Folies d’Europe A Walk on the Baroque Side With the Ensemble Caprice The Centre JMC - Fredericton are proud to present Folies d’Europe with the Ensemble Caprice as part of the Desjardins Concerts 2003-2004. This tour will bring flautists Matthias Maute and Sophie Larivière, lutist Guy Ross and dancer and actress Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière in 25 cities throughout Ontario, Québec and the Maritimes Provinces. They will play pieces by Lully, Purcell, Campra, Telemann, and Sammartini, among others. Tuesday, March 9th at 7:30 pm at the Centre Communautaire Sainte-Anne. Adults: 15$, students: 10$ 10. Empty Bowls Fundraising Project To Aid Fredericton Community Kitchen An Empty Bowls fundraising project in support of the Fredericton Food Bank and the Fredericton Community Kitchen is taking place between March 10 – 14, 2004. By making a minimum donation of $50 to the Unitarian Fellowship of Fredericton by March 8, you can reserve a bowl created and donated by a student or faculty member from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, and attend an event organized by community organizations. 455-0413. Un projet de Bols vides, pour appuyer les organismes qui luttent contre la faim dans notre communauté, aura lieu du 10 au 14 mars 2004. En faisant un don de 50$ ou plus à l'église Unitarian Fellowship of Fredericton avant le 8 mars, vous pourrez réserver un bol créé et donné par un étudiant.e ou un membre du corps professoral du Collège d'Artisinat et du Design du Nouveau-Brunswick, et participer à un événement organisé par plusieurs groupes communautaires.
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