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April 21, 2011 ● Volume 11, Issue 16 Serving the Arts in the Fredericton Region
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Upcoming Events
1 Drinks with Dali at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Apr 21 2 York Sunbury Historical Society AGM and Wedding Memorabilia Show Apr 21 3 Fredericton Arts Alliance call for election questions and political forum Apr 21 4 Dan Mangan Easter weekend concert at Charlotte Street Arts Centre Apr 21 5 The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD presents Strauss's Capriccio Apr 23 6 Fredericton Concert and Marching Band Spring Fling Apr 26 7 Auditions for Bard in the Barracks' 2011 Season Apr 26-27 8 Saturday Drawing Classes at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery 9 Fredericton's first Fiction Writers’ Circle (A Frye Festival Event) Apr 27 10 Fredericton Society of Artists Watercolour workshop Apr 27-May 1 11 Songstress Jenn Grant at the Capital Bar Apr 28 12 Fredericton Quilters’ Guild Show April 29 – 30 13 Bel Canto Singers spring performance Apr 30 14 Grandmothers Helping Grandmothers Dance the Night Away benefit Apr 30 15 New Brunswick Country Showcase presents Just for You April 30 16 Royal Wood at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre Apr 30 17 Elm City Echoes Concert May 1 18 Fredericton Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert May 1 19 Guitarist Joel Fafard house concert May 1 20 UNB Campus Recreation spring dance programs 21 NBCCD Photography exhibit Life in Focus opens at Annex Gallery May 5 22 6th Annual Seconds and Inventory Craft Sale May 7 23 Introduction to Contemplative Photography Workshop with Andy Karr May 7-8 24 CARFAC AGM Weekend June 10-12 in Halifax 25 ACT NOW!! Fredericton Outdoor Summer Theatre registration open 26 UNB Music Camps – Registration now open! 27 UNB Summer Music Programs for Younger Children 28 New Executive Director appointed to New Brunswick Arts Board 29 Studio space for rent
Call for Submissions
1 Call for Fredericton Artists-in-Residence Summer Program 2 Downtown Fredericton Artist Market 3 The New Brunswick Arts Board the next deadline for juried programs: June 15
Upcoming Events
1. Drinks with Dali at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Apr 21
Drinks with Dali, Thursday, April 21, 5-7pm
Learn More About What Your Gallery Has To Offer!
Free admission. 20% off new memberships and membership renewals!
Free tours of visiting exhibitions and the gallery’s collection of world-class art.
Free Spanish-inspired appetizers courtesy of the Garrison District Ale House.
Live music by Ryan LeBlanc, progressive solo instrumentalist and ECMA winner for World Recording of the Year (2009)
2. York Sunbury Historical Society AGM and Wedding Memorabilia Show Apr 21
The York Sunbury Historical Society will be hosting a royal wedding memorabilia show and tell immediately after its annual general meeting on April 21, 2011 at Government House. Presented by Don Roberts, guests are invited to bring their royal wedding memorabilia to show and to tell!
The annual general meeting is scheduled for 7pm, will last 30-45 minutes, and will be followed by the program.
Please join us, admission is free and you do not have to be a member to attend!
3. Fredericton Arts Alliance call for election questions and political forum Apr 21
The 2011 Canadian federal election is scheduled for May 2, 2011. The Fredericton Arts Alliance will be hosting a political forum on Thursday, April 21, 7pm, Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, UNB. The purpose of the forum is to give federal candidates in the Fredericton riding an opportunity to answer constituents' questions and concerns regarding arts and culture.
The Fredericton Arts Alliance is asking concerned citizens to submit questions to be posed to the candidates during this forum. Please send questions to: [email protected].
Participating Candidates:
Keith Ashfield Conservative Party of Canada Louise Anna-Marie Comeau Green Party of Canada Randy McKeen Liberal Party of Canada Jesse Travis New Democratic Party
Need help? Want to learn more about the role of arts and culture in the federal election? Check out the Canadian Conference for the Arts, an organization that includes a mandate "to assist Canadians interested in learning about how arts and culture are being discussed during the 2011 electoral campaign." http://www.canadianartscoalition.com/2011/03/30/federal-election-2011-2/
Note: did you know that May 2 is also Music Monday? http://musicmakesus.ca/2011/03/29/music-monday-and-the-federal-election-tomorrow-is-coming/
4. Dan Mangan Easter weekend concert at Charlotte Street Arts Centre Apr 21
Tickets are on sale for a great Easter weekend show, Thursday, April 21, 2011 with Dan Mangan at the Charlotte Street Arts Center, doors open 7pm, show 8pm.
Heralded as a favourite among Canada’s new breed of independent musicians, the British Columbian song smith has had little time to spend at home lately. The acclaim from Nice, Nice, Very Nice has already earned Mangan a handful of international record deals, and he has long since cut his teeth on the road. The new age troubadour has shared the stage with the likes of Patrick Watson, Elliott Brood, Great Lake Swimmers and Basia Bulat, and his playing caused CHARTattack to exclaim: “Feels so beautiful and personal that time ceases to exist,” – a sound no doubt perfectly matched to the elegant Charlotte Street Arts Center.
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Advance tickets for this concert are on sale at Backstreet Records (384 Queen Street), Read’s Newsstand (435 King Street) and online at http://www.danmangan.eventbrite.com/ $20 advance (+service fee) / $25 at the door. http://www.myspace.com/danmangan
5. The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD presents Strauss's Capriccio Apr 23
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD continues its 2010-11 season.
Strauss’s Capriccio April 23, 2011 at 2pm AST Canada Encores: Saturday, May 21, 2011, 2pm AST Expected Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes
On Opening Night of the 2008–09 season, Renée Fleming dazzled audiences when she sang the final scene of Strauss’s wise and worldly meditation on art and life. Now she performs the entire work, in which the composer explores the essence of opera itself. Joseph Kaiser and Sarah Connolly also star, and Andrew Davis conducts.
Empire Studio 10, Regent Mall, Fredericton . For the complete The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD 2010-11 schedule, go to http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/hd_events_next.aspx
For complete screening information, go to Empire Theatres at: http://www.empiretheatres.com/theatre/showtimes/11/20101113.
6. Fredericton Concert and Marching Band Spring Fling Apr 26
The Fredericton Concert and Marching Band will be presenting their Spring Fling concert. Heather Dunham will direct the band with music for the feet and fingers, from cake-walk to marches. This exciting concert will take place at Memorial Hall on UNB’s Fredericton campus on Tuesday, April 26 at 7pm.
Freewill donations will be accepted at the door.
7. Auditions for Bard in the Barracks' 2011 Season Apr 26-27
Bard in the Barracks' 2011 season will feature two productions: a remount of the company's 2010 production of Macbeth and a new production of King Lear. Auditions for both plays will be held on April 26 and 27, with all roles in King Lear and a small number of roles in Macbeth available.
Macbeth will run May 28-June 2 and King Lear will run June 23-July 3, both in Odell Park in downtown Fredericton. The plays will be directed by Len Falkenstein and will be rehearsed intensively (mainly evening and weekend hours) beginning the week of May 1.
Auditions are open to the public and roles are available for male and female actors of a variety of ages. Auditions will take place at Memorial Hall, UNB from 7:30-10pm Tuesday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 27, with callbacks from 8-10pm on Friday, April 29. Those auditioning are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the play(s) beforehand. Auditions will consist of readings from the plays. Appointments are not necessary, but those auditioning should be prepared to be on hand for most of the evening, depending on turnout.
Anyone interested in auditioning who is unable to attend on these dates, or anyone requesting further information, should contact the director at [email protected] / 458-7406 or visit Bard in the Barracks at http://bardinthebarracks.wordpress.com . Enquiries from persons who may be interested in assisting with the productions in a technical/non-acting capacity are also welcome.
8. Saturday Drawing Classes at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Beaverbrook Art Gallery is offering Art Classes: More Than Just a Drawing Class on Saturdays 3-5pm with Fine Arts teacher Cavelle Macdonell, BFA, BEd.
Cost: $120 for members / $140 for non-members.
3 Materials included, all you need is a sketchbook.
To register please call 458-2028
9. Fredericton's first Fiction Writers’ Circle (A Frye Festival Event) Apr 27
Goose Lane Editions, in cooperation with the Frye Festival and the Fredericton Public Library, is proud to announce a unique literary event; the Fredericton Fiction Writers’ Circle.
On Wednesday, April 27, five acclaimed authors will meet to read from their works, posit questions to each other about their craft, and field questions from the audience. New Brunswick authors Carla Gunn (Amphibian), R.W. Gray (Crisp), Wayne Curtis (Long Ago and Far Away), and Johanna Bertin (Don Messer), along with Montreal author Doug Harris (YOU comma Idiot), will join up for a spirited debate on the world of fiction, the craft of writing, and their own contributions to the literary sphere.
This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Westminster Books, and all authors will be pleased to sign your copies.
The Fiction Writers’ Circle will be held April 27, 2011, 7pm in the River Room, Fredericton Public Library, 12 Carleton St.
About the Authors Johanna Bertin (http://www.gooselane.com/book/9780864925312) is the author of two non-fiction books focusing on unusual events in Canadian history, a narrative history of Sable Island, a biography of Sir Charles Tupper, and the recent Don Messer: The Man Behind the Music. Her freelance journalism has appeared in the Daily Gleaner, Saltscapes, and The Globe and Mail. A clinical social worker, she focuses her writing on everyday people whose stories tell us something extraordinary. She is presently at work on a novel.
Wayne Curtis (http://www.waynecurtis.ca/books.htm) is a writer, historian and conservationist whose literature celebrates the Miramichi and New Brunswick. He has been writer-in-residence at Berton House in the Yukon and at the Institute of Superior Arts in Cuba. Curtis is the author of five books of fiction and four of non-fiction. Wayne has won the David Adams Richards and George Woodcock awards.
R.W. Gray (http://www.newestpress.com/catalog/virtuemart/12246.html) was born and raised on the northwest coast of BC, and received a PhD in Poetry and Psychoanalysis from the University of Alberta. He is the author of two serialized novels in Xtra West magazine and has published poetry in various journals including Arc, Grain, Event, and dANDelion. He currently teaches Film at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Crisp is his first book.
Carla Gunn's (http://carlagunn.ca/writing/?page_id=6) work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, The National Post, University Affairs Magazine, The Mark News and heard on CBC Radio. Her first novel, Amphibian, was short-listed for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book (Canada and Caribbean) and for the 2011 Evergreen Award. In between teaching psychology classes at St. Thomas University and protracted sessions of trying to convince her dogs that she's a stable pack leader, she's at work on a second novel.
Doug Harris (http://www.gooselane.com/book.php?isbn=9780864926302) is a writer and director of award-winning television commercials. He lives in Montreal with his wife, who has yet to leave him, and their son, a future world leader. YOU comma Idiot is his first novel, a finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, and the Quebec Writers’ Federation First Book Award.
10. Fredericton Society of Artists Watercolour workshop Apr 27-May 1
Fredericton Society of Artists is hosting a Watercolour Workshop April 27-May 1, 2011 with instructor Marc Gagnon from the Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario. Mr. Gagnon has a degree in architecture, is a member of the Ontario Association of Artists and was Past President of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour.
The first three days of the workshop, Buildings, will demonstrate how to paint buildings in watercolour/acrylic, followed by a two-day drybrush technique on Saturday and Sunday.
The cost for the three day workshop (Apr 27-29), Buildings, is $150. Or you can sign up for either the Saturday or Sunday workshop for $50 per day. This workshop will take place at Cathedral Memorial Hall on Church St. from 9am-4pm daily.
For more information please contact Joan Crate at 206-4488.
4 11. Songstress Jenn Grant at the Capital Bar Apr 28
On April 28, Halifax songstress Jenn Grant will stop by the Capital Bar, playing Fredericton for the first time in 2011. After a very successful run of Canadian dates – which included sets on Canada AM and CBC’s Q – Jenn recently took part in the legendary SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
Now, back in Canada, the swift-rising sweetheart is once again hitting the road in support of her delightful new album, Honeymoon Punch. What’s more, Jenn will be joined by alt country troubadour, Justin Rutledge, who’s fresh off a Polaris Prize short listing, and who’s excited to make a rare New Brunswick appearance.
Thursday April 28, 2011 Jenn Grant & friends http://www.myspace.com/jenngrant1 $12 tickets Backstreet Records & Read's News Stand (+service fee). Doors open at 7pm. Show at 8pm.
12. Fredericton Quilters’ Guild Show April 29 – 30
See the craft and art of quilted pieces for the bed, the wall and more at the Fredericton Quilters' Guild Thoughts of Spring quilt show on Friday, April 29, 10am-8pm and Saturday, April 30, 10am-4pm at the New Maryland Centre, 754 New Maryland Highway (6.9km from the Regent Mall or take exit 285 from TCH). Over 150 quilted works on display. Vendors market. Raffle quilt in support the Stan Cassidy Rehabilitative Centre.
Admission $5. Light refreshments. Come and enjoy!
13. Bel Canto Singers spring performance Apr 30
The Bel Canto Singers of Fredericton, under the direction of Anne Sessa, present a concert of moving and beautiful music in Fredericton on Saturday, April 30. Featuring anthems from the English Renaissance by Orlando Gibbons and Richard Farrant, through folk songs and beloved spirituals, to contemporary classics by Imant Raminsh, Stephen Paulus, and others. With Suzanne McGillivary on piano.
The Bel Canto Singers is a mixed voice chamber choir that has been delighting audiences for more than 30 years. In addition to regular performances in Fredericton, they are often invited to perform outside the Fredericton area, most recently Amherst (NS), Gagetown and Woodstock.
Conductor Anne Sessa comes to the Maritimes from Maine, where she was conductor of the Southern Maine Chorale and the Seaglass Chorale. She was also founder-conductor of the Bower Hill Chorale of Western Pennsylvania, performing major choral works, often accompanied by the Pittsburgh Symphony. Anne has been an alto soloist with a number of symphony orchestras, including the Miami, Charlotte and Westmoreland Orchestras, the Hilton Head Orchestra, and the Bach Choir and Oratorio Society of Pittsburgh. In New Brunswick she has made her mark with the Greater Moncton Chorale, the Fredericton Choral Society and the New Brunswick Choral Federation as a conductor, soloist and workshop leader.
Visit the Bel Canto Singers online at http://belcantosingers.blogspot.com
Saturday, April 30 at St. Paul's United Church (224 York St) at 7:30pm. Tickets $15 adults / $10 students / $30 families. Tickets available from Westminster Books, from choir members and at the door.
14. Grandmothers Helping Grandmothers Dance the Night Away benefit Apr 30
Grandmothers Helping Grandmothers present a benefit dance in support of The Stephen Lewis Foundation and Help Lesotho on Saturday, April 30, 8:30pm - midnight at the Crown Plaza Hotel. Live music will feature Vinyl2Bits, Fredericton's gem of a showband. This high energy, 9-piece band, which can be viewed on Facebook, will have you dancing, singing and clapping the night away as they play a mix of swing, classic rock, blues, Latin, contemporary and country tunes from the last 4 decades. There will be tables with seating for all.
Grandmothers Helping Grandmothers is a Fredericton group raising funds for destitute grandmothers of sub-Saharan Africa who struggle daily to care for millions of orphaned children. Our profits are directed equally to The Stephen Lewis Foundation and Help Lesotho.
Tickets are $20 per person and are available from: Westminster Books, 445 King St.
5 Susan Breen 450-4072 Maureen McKee Buck 457-9485 Mary Dickinson 457-2367 [email protected]
Come out and have some fun while supporting a great cause!
15. New Brunswick Country Showcase presents Just for You April 30
Based on the resounding success of the January production, A Night to Remember, by the New Brunswick Country Showcase, a new performance, Just for You, will be presented on the Playhouse stage Saturday, April 30 featuring a cast of 14 artists.
Local teenage singer Mallory Adamczyk, song writer Ray Haines from the well known group "Flattop," along with Saint John performer Randy Russell, will all be making their Playhouse debut. Joining these first time performers will be Hall of Famer, Jack MacAffee, three returning artists, Wanda Cook, Clay Harrison and Nadine (Wood) Peters, along with favourites Candace Phillips, Kevin Neilson, Cara Brewer, Dan O'Brien, Wanda Grant, Kevin Annett, Anita Thibodeau, the Showcase Band and Velvet Touch.
This show will be presenting some of the old, some of the new, but most importantly they are performing Just for You.
Tickets available at the Playhouse box office, 458-8344, in person and online at www.theplayhouse.ca
16. Royal Wood at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre Apr 30
On the heels of a Juno nod for 2010’s The Waiting, we’re excited to announce that Royal Wood will be back in Fredericton, and will be gracing the stage at The Charlotte Street Arts Center.
The last 365 days have proved a hectic, nonstop journey for Royal – and he’s surely loving every minute of it. On top of an extensive headlining tour across Canada with Rose Cousins, his romantic record earned the Toronto troubadour spots on iTunes’ “Best Pop Albums” and “Best Pop Singles” list, as well as that Juno nomination for Songwriter of the Year.
Wood’s elegant voice, exquisite song writing and all around musical prowess have garnered mass critical acclaim, opening slots for David Gray, Sara Slean and Serena Ryder, as well as international song placement on TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice. The Waiting is his inspired album to date, and this intimate spring showcase will show you why.
Saturday April 30, 2011 Royal Wood The Charlotte Street Arts Center $20 advance tickets available at Reads News, Backstreet Records and at www.eventbrite.com. $25 at the door. Doors at 7pm. Show at 8pm http://www.myspace.com/royalwood
17. Elm City Echoes Concert May 1
The pitch pipe sounds. The chorus tunes in. The Elm City Echoes, Fredericton's barbershop chorus for women, are practising for a show to be presented at Fredericton High School on Sunday, May 1.
In addition to traditional barbershop repertoire, the "Harmony from Our Hearts" program will feature popular tunes by the Beatles and ABBA arranged in barbershop's unique, four-part a cappella harmony.
Appearing with the Echoes will be Classi-gal Music and Meadowlarks, two women's quartets from the chorus as well as Maple Syrup, a newly formed men's quartet whose members belong to the River Valley Chorus. Special guests at the concert will be the Fredericton High School Glee Choir.
"We love to share our music with others," said chorus president Catherine Evans. "Many people are used to seeing us in the malls and on downtown streets at Christmas. The show will give them a chance to hear what we sing the rest of the year."
The show will take place in the Tom Morrison Theatre at Fredericton High School at 3pm on Sunday, May 1. Tickets are available for $10 from members of the Elm City Echoes and at Westminster Books on King Street.
6 18. Fredericton Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert May 1
The Fredericton Chamber Orchestra will present a Spring Concert under the baton of its new Music Director, Richard Hornsby, at Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday, May 1, at 7:30pm.
On the program will be three distinguished local student musicians who will each perform a movement from a concerto with the orchestra. The student performers are Ryan Legere playing the opening movement of the Marcello Oboe Concerto, Hyunmin Lee playing the first movement of the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 8, and Jason Hwang playing the third movement of the Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2.
As well on the program is the Overture to an Unwritten Comedy by Healey Willan, and the expressive and nature- inspired 'Pastoral Symphony’ No. 6 by Beethoven.
Tickets are $20 for adults / $15 for seniors / $10 for students and are available at Westminster Books, from orchestra members, and at the door.
19. Guitarist Joel Fafard house concert May 1
You are invited to attend a "house concert" with guitarist and singer/songwriter Joel Fafard at Paul and Liz McDonnell’s home, 56 Landsdowne Street, on Sunday evening, May 1 at 7:30pm. The cost is $16 per person.
Joel Fafard is a Canadian finger-style and slide guitarist from Regina, Saskatchewan, who now lives on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia. He has been critically acclaimed for his virtuosity as a guitarist. Joel has released three instrumental albums, leading to a Western Canadian Music Award and a Juno nomination. Fafard's work has received nominations for many awards including a Juno nomination in 2007 for his album Three Hens Escape Oblivion. This album won Outstanding Instrumental Recording at the 2006 Western Canadian Music Awards. Cluck Old Hen, which was released in October 2010, is his sixth album and his first vocal album since 2001. In this latest album, Cluck Old Hen, he finds his niche as a blues vocalist through covers of some traditional southern blues songs.
Without doubt, Joel Fafard is one of Canada's most accomplished slide guitarists. He began his career as a solo singer-songwriter and then as an instrumental guitarist. He writes stirring, melodic compositions that paint pictures as vivid as any song with words. He introduces his songs with hilarious commentary delivered in a “hillbilly farm-boy” stage persona that will quickly charm you.
Interested patrons should RSVP by e-mail [email protected] or call 457-0826.
20. UNB Campus Recreation spring dance programs
UNB Campus Recreation is pleased to offer a variety of dance programs for adults this spring. Choose from Contemporary Dance, Hip Hop and Latin Dance classes. We also will be holding jazz dance classes for children aged 4-10.
Visit http://campusrec.unbf.ca/fitnesswellness/dance.html for all the details as it relates to start dates, times and fees. Register today online or in person at the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium (M-F 9-4pm) to receive our early bird rate.
For more information call 453-4579.
21. NBCCD Photography exhibit Life in Focus opens at Annex Gallery May 5
On May 5, Gallery Connexion’s Annex Gallery presents a diverse collection of images showcasing the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design’s emerging photographers. Life In Focus – a variety of perspectives on the human experience featuring a selection of landscape, portrait, commercial, and fine art photography from the graduating class of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. Come and see the world through their eyes.
Artists in the show are Monica Lacey, Josephine Mann, Rachael Flett, Lily Hamilton, Shannon Randall, Charlene Timmons, and Brody LeBlanc.
The exhibition opens at the Annex Gallery located in the Playhouse at 686 Queen Street on Thursday, May 5 at 5pm. Please join us for an opening reception. The exhibition will run until June 15, 2010. Admission is free. ***** The Annex Gallery is organized by a Gallery Connexion committee and facilitated by the Fredericton Playhouse. For more information, contact Rita Sassani at [email protected]
7 22. 6th Annual Seconds and Inventory Craft Sale May 7
Join us for a spectacular once a year event! Come and explore some of the older stock, discontinued lines and 2nds of your favourite local artists including; Masterworks Jewellery, Megan Billings Pottery, Atlantic Pewter and Glass, Carole Forbes Techniques and Cober Glass.
Saturday May 7, noon until 4pm, in the auditorium at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton. Perfect timing to find a unique gift for an incredible mother or something unique just for you! Bring your friends and don’t miss this four-hour, once a year event! www.masterworksjewellery.com
23. Introduction to Contemplative Photography Workshop with Andy Karr May 7-8
Contemplative photography is an approach to taking photographs that introduces you to natural creativity and shows you how to see, and photograph, the extraordinary in the ordinary.
Andy Karr is a writer, photographer, and Buddhist teacher living in Halifax. He is the co-author of Contemplative Photography: Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes (Shambhala, 2011) and author of Contemplating Reality (Shambhala, 2009).
The program begins on Saturday, evening, May 7, 7-9pm with a free public talk and slideshow. The Sunday workshop takes place May 8, 9am-5pm and will include talks, discussions, and visual exercises. It will conclude with participants shooting a photographic assignment.
Both the talk and workshop take place at Renaissance College, 811 Charlotte Street, Fredericton. The cost is $70 for the full workshop; Saturday evening talk and slideshow are free and open to the public.
Attendance for the workshop on Sunday is limited and pre-registration is required. For more information and online registration, please visit http://www.fredericton.shambhala.org/program_details.php?id=62220&cid=222
24. CARFAC AGM Weekend June 10-12 in Halifax
CARFAC Maritimes will be hosting the CARFAC National Annual General Meeting and Conference from June 10 to 12, 2011, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Visual artists from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are encouraged to attend this exciting and informative event.
Join artists from across Canada to discuss the issues that are important to them. This year's conference will feature panels on the Artist's Resale Right, the CARFAC mini-mum fee schedule, legal questions faced by artists, and the presentation of the Visual Arts Advocacy Award.
The AGM is a great time to join CARFAC, so come and bring a colleague!
For further information and to register please visit www.carfac.ca.
CARFAC Maritimes has a new email address. Please add it to your files [email protected]. And we are at www.carfacmaritimes.org
25. ACT NOW!! Fredericton Outdoor Summer Theatre registration open
Announcing open registration for ACT NOW!! Summer Drama Camps 2011—Fredericton Outdoor Summer Theatre (FrOST) featuring The Calithumpians.
Act Now!!, it’s a promise! All week campers will be active - acting, singing and dancing. They will finish their week on stage in Friday’s finale!
These weeklong sessions offer participants a chance to experience theatre first hand and actually get up and perform their own creations at the end of a multi-faceted drama program. Registrations are now open and space is limited.
Act Now! day camps follow our tried-and-true formula of drama activities and participatory games with emphasis on fun and personal development. The Calithumpians have been offering drama camps and workshops for children for over twenty years.
8 The participants will enjoy a peek-behind-the-scenes of the FrOST Theatre-In-The-Park, at Officers’ Square, and enjoy the live lunchtime performances by the professional troupe. Various members of the summer troupe provide specialized short programs daily including singing, dancing, physical humour, theatre games, movement, improvisation and mask making.
All camps will culminate in a short program or play written and performed by the camp participants. Their show will be presented on Friday at noon in the park as a curtain raiser for FrOST.
For the full camp schedule and more information, check out our website at www.calithumpians.com.
To register, please follow instructions on the website, or email us at [email protected].
26. UNB Music Camps – Registration now open!
Taking place from August 13-20, the camp is a wonderful way to bring together musicians, children, students, established professionals as well as emerging artists from all over the province and beyond. The faculty originates from across Canada and is chosen to provide students with the best possible instruction. The campers range from 10 to 18 years of age, and the staff consists of university music students.
The UNB Music Camp offers instruction in string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments, as well as piano and guitar. Vocalists also have the opportunity to take part in the camp’s excellent choral program, and require no prior musical training.
Free evening concerts are held each night featuring the instructors and special guests, which are open to the public.
The final concert gala will be held on August 20 at UNB. Parents, friends and the general public are welcomed.
To register or for more information, go to http://www.unb.ca/cel/programs/creative/music/music-camp/index.html, call (506) 453-4697 or e-mail [email protected].
27. UNB Summer Music Programs for Younger Children
UNB Summer Music Program offers a fun-filled introduction to music concepts with programs specially tailored to younger children ages 5-10.
Every one of our summer camp activities—the music, stories, and crafts—is specially designed to nurture your child's natural curiosity, drawing him or her toward learning new words, new concepts, and new ideas. Through these fun filled activities, children gain a greater knowledge of the arts, inspiring creativity and imagination.
Registration is now open for the following camps:
Musical Adventures Camp (new): August 2 – 5, 2011 Full-day camp for ages 7-10 that explores different aspects of music, including recorder, composition and choir.
Exploring Art & Music Camp: August 15-19, 2011 Full-day camp for ages 5-8 that introduces children to the relationship between the arts. Children will draw sound, paint music, invent instruments, sing shapes, and much more.
Youth Strings Camp: August 15-20, 2011 Half-day camp for students ages 6-10 with some experience on string instruments. Final student concert on Saturday, August 20 at 2pm.
To register or for more information, go to http://www.unb.ca/cel/programs/creative/music/younger-children/index.html, call (506) 453-4697 or e-mail [email protected].
28. New Executive Director appointed to New Brunswick Arts Board
New Brunswick Arts Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Akoulina Connell as Executive Director.
Connell returned to New Brunswick four years ago after five years in British Columbia and an eight-year stint in Montreal. She completed a B.A. in English Literature at St.F.X, followed by a year of Interior Design at Ryerson, and then an M.A. in English Literature at McGill.
9 Over the years, she has worked in both the private and public sectors — as tech writer, marketing writer, freelance tutor, editor, project manager, communications advisor, and most recently as managing editor at Goose Lane Editions.
Her early years were lived in northern Ontario, southern France, Western Australia, and in Sussex, New Brunswick. Championing the arts has deep significance for her. She grew up in a community of artists just outside Sussex, N.B. The practice and discussion of art, sculpture, dance, theatre, literature, and music — and its relevance to the economy, polemics, science, psychology, sociology, etc. was an integral part of life.
Her father is a geologist who grew up in Woodstock, and her mother is French — a painter who had trained at l'école des beaux arts in Paris, where she met Connell’s great-aunt, Lucy Jarvis, who was co-founder of the Art Centre at UNB (Lucy’s contemporaries were Pegi Nicol Macleod, Jack Humphreys, Tom Forestall, Fred Ross, and the Bobaks). The Deichmanns, Pownings, and Lee Saunders were part of the rich milieu in which she grew up.
She is thrilled to be back in New Brunswick, making a tangible contribution to the flourishing, richly diversified arts community in the province. “Taking on the role of Executive Director at ArtsNB is an exhilarating opportunity. I’m looking forward to working with the full spectrum of players in our arts scene, government, and the greater public. New Brunswick’s arts community has gained a lot of momentum in the past 20-30 years — and the outlook, to me, is burgeoning with possibility and promise.
29. Studio space for rent
There is a small studio space for rent on King St. available immediately. There is also potential exhibition space for the studio tenant.
Please contact Carrie for more information. [email protected] / 474-0235.
Call for Submissions
1. Call for Fredericton Artists-in-Residence Summer Program
The Fredericton Arts Alliance is seeking applications for artists to participate in the 2011 summer Artist-in-Residence summer program in the Soldiers' Barracks in downtown Fredericton's historic Garrison District.
Artists must apply, indicating the specific project they wish to work on during a one-week residency. The Alliance hopes to pair established and emerging artists for each week of the program. Subject to funding, the residencies will run from May 28 to September 18. Artists will receive $400 for each week of residency, and will be required to be on site for at least 23.5 hours, during which time they are expected to work on their project and interact with members of the public.
The deadline for applications is April 29 at 4pm. The application details are on the FAA website at: http://www.frederictonartsalliance.ca/casemates.htm
2. Downtown Fredericton Artist Market
Thursday evenings 4-8pm, July through to the end of Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival (mid September)
Downtown Fredericton Inc. is pleased to announce a potential lucrative retail opportunity for local visual, media, textile and fine craft artists. The artist market will run Thursday evenings, July through to mid-September in Wilmot Alley, near the Historic Garrison District in downtown Fredericton. (Rain location is Kings Place Mall.)
Applicants should be practicing professional artists working in their field.
Interested applicants should call 458-8921 for more details.
3. The New Brunswick Arts Board the next deadline for juried programs: June 15
The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) has announced the next deadline for its juried programs. June 15, 2011 is the deadline for nominations under the Lieutenant-Governor’s Awards for High Achievement in the Arts. These awards will recognize exceptional work by artists who have committed their professional lives to the advancement of art in the province and abroad.
10 Three prizes are awarded annually: one in the visual arts, one in the performing arts, and one in the literary arts. In the literary arts category, prizes alternate between Anglophones and Francophones each year. This year, the French Language Literary Arts will be awarded.
Peer juries are organized and the members are specialized professionals from within the province and from outside. A jury has the right not to award a prize if the applications received do not attain the high level of excellence that is expected.
The prizes are valued at $20,000 each and will be given to artists who were born in New Brunswick or who have been residents of the province for at least 5 years and who have contributed in an exceptional manner to the advancement of their artistic discipline in New Brunswick as well as outside the province.
This competition is open to those working in visual arts (craft, media arts, photography, and visual arts), in performing arts (dance, music, storytelling and theatre), and literary arts (including literary translation). The names of the awardees will be made public before an official ceremony in the fall 2011.
A detailed program description, nomination forms or further information are available through Robert Bryar, the programs officer, at artsnb, 61 Carleton Street, Fredericton, NB, E3B 3T2 or by calling (506) 444-4444 or 1-866-460- 2787 (toll free in New Brunswick) or by visiting our web site at www.artsnb.ca.
Galleries at a Glance
To find out about current exhibitions, please contact the gallery directly via their web page or phone number.
Acacia Gallery: Opens for a new season on May 7. Hours are Saturday and Sunday. 12- 5 pm or by appointment. Telephone 506 488 -1119 or visit our website www.flynnfineart.com. 1948 Lakeview Road, Cambridge-Narrows, E4C 1N2
Beaverbrook Art Gallery: 703 Queen Street, Fredericton, E3B 5A6 Phone: Administration: 458-0970. Reception: 458-8545. www.beaverbrookartgallery.org
Botinicals Gift Shop Inc.: 610 Queen Street, Fredericton, N.B. E3B 1C2. Phone: 454-6101. Email: [email protected]. Hours: Monday - Friday 10-6, Saturday 9-5. www.botinicalsgiftshop.com
Charlotte Glencross Gallery, Charlotte Street Arts Centre: 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton, E3B 5C8. Phone: 454-6952. Email: [email protected]. www.charlottestreetarts.ca.
City Hall Gallery: 397 Queen St., Fredericton, E3B 4Y7, Phone: 460-2411. Email: [email protected] . Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30-4:30.
Fredericton Playhouse Annex Gallery: Gallery Connexion's Annex Gallery at the Playhouse, 686 Queen Street, Fredericton, E3B 1C2. Phone: 454-1433. Email: [email protected]. www.galleryconnexion.ca/programming/annex-gallery/ .
Galerie des Bâtisseurs: Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne, 715, Priestman Street. Phone: 453-2731
Gallery 78: 796 Queen St., Fredericton. Tues-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-3, Sun 1-4. Phone: 454-5192. Email: [email protected] www.gallery78.com.
Gallery Connexion: 440 York Street — Chestnut Complex, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Phone: 454-1433. Email: [email protected]. www.galleryconnexion.ca
Ingrid Mueller Art + Concepts: 98 Regent Street, Fredericton. Phone: 454-2278. Email: [email protected]. www.ingridmuellerartandconcepts.com.
Gallery Opaque: 634-1 Brunswick St., Fredericton, E3B 1H6. Phone: 450-2197. Email: [email protected]. www.galleryopaque.com.
Government House: 51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton. Phone: 453-2505. Email: [email protected]. Hours: Monday – Friday 10-5.
Little Brown Jug Antiques: 540 Route 105, Maugerville. Phone: 459-4416. www.littlebrownjugantiques.com. Hours: Monday – Friday 9-5.
11 The Gallery: New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 457 Queen Street, Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5H1. Phone: 453-2305. Email: [email protected]. www.nbccd.ca/en/home/default.aspx. Hours: Monday – Friday 8:15-4:30.
Saunders Studio: 29 Keswick Ridge Road. Unpublished phone number. UNB Art Centre: Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, UNB Campus. Phone 453-4623. www.cel.unb.ca/pce. Hours: 9-4 PM, Monday – Friday.
York Sunbury Museum: 571 Queen St., Fredericton. Phone: 455 6041. Email: [email protected]. www.yorksunburymuseum.com. Hours: Monday – Saturday 10-5, Sunday
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Contact the Fredericton Arts Alliance Would you like more information about the FAA? Would you like to get involved? Fredericton Arts Alliance, P.O. Box 1303, Station A, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5C8 Phone: (506) 443-9900. Email: [email protected] http://www.frederictonartsalliance.ca/
Arts News Editor, Amani Wassef [email protected]
Fredericton Arts Alliance Board of Directors (2010-11)
Executive Members (TBA) Board Members
Katie FitzRandolph - President Renee Davis Jean Rooney – Vice President Myrna Gunter Sabine Campbell, Treasurer Russ Hunt Kim Vose Jones - Secretary Maria Maltais George Strunz - Past President Penny Pacey George Fry, emeritus
The Fredericton Arts Alliance gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the City of Fredericton for the ARTSnews.
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