F.A.A. ARTS NEWS THE FREDERICTON ARTS ALLIANCE Serving the Arts in the Fredericton Region November 6, 2003, Volume 3, Issue 40 In This Issue 1. CaseMates 2. Tidal Wave Film Fest Opens With Flair 3. Dinner, A Movie And An After-Show Drink: Local Businesses Partner With Local Businesses 4. Gallery 78: “Ins and Outs” with Carolyn Purdy 5. Dinner Art Evening By the Visual Art Education Association 6. UPEI Wind Symphony At Memorial Hall 7. Stepping-Stone Forum Presents Mozart Concert 8. Hot Toddy Launches The Salty Sessions Vol. 1 9. Robert And Katherine Lyon Art Viewing 10. Fredericton Choral Society Present St. Cecilia’s Day Concert 11. German Fest Concert At Memorial Hall 12. Fredericton Society of Artists Fall Exhibit 13. Christmas In The Village 14. ARTCONTACT Fall Exhibitions 15. November At The Playhouse Galleries At A Glance Notices Reviews Cherry Docs Halo 1. Fredericton Arts Alliance News CaseMates Exhibition The CaseMates exhibition ends on Saturday, November 8th so this is your last chance to drop by the New Brunswick Crafts Council at 87 Regent St. and view the show. Membership Drive: The FAA membership drive is ongoing. If you haven’t already done so, please take the time to fill in your membership card and send it in. We welcome new members. Raffle: The FAA is raffling off a large framed watercolour painting by Brigid Toole Grant entitled “Pond and Sea - Late Summer.” Tickets are $5 each, 3 for $12 or 10 for $25. Draw date, January 30, 2004 To purchase your membership or raffle tickets, you can find the FAA at one of the following locations: The Boyce Farmer’s Market on November 15, 22, 29, December 13 and 20, or at the Fredericton Playhouse pre-show and intermission times on November 21 and 22, or at the Christmas Choice Craft Show at Memorial Hall on Sunday, December 7 from 12 – 4 pm. For more information please call Amani at 443-9900. 2. Tidal Wave Film Fest Opens With Flair The third annual Tidal Wave Film Festival kicked into high gear Wednesday evening with the sold out opening- night screening of Jericho Mansions, and a gala to follow (festival organizers and Equinox, the film distributor in Montreal, have added a second screening of Jericho Mansions this Saturday to ensure that people who want to see local talent and scenery in this Thriller may do so). "The festival is the biggest yet, and all indications suggest that it will be our best so far, " says Festival Chair, Lloyd Salomone. "The NB Film Co-op and the festival organizing team are pretty excited to see how audiences react to this treat." "Whether you like short films, feature films, animated films, documentary films and videopoems, there's definitely something for everyone’s tastes and interests at this year's festival, " says Festival Director, Sebastian MacLean, who saw his own documentary premiere at the 2002 festival. This year's festival has grown to include 29 screenings featuring more than 65 films. Screenings, workshops and social activities are being presented over five fun-filled days and nights, hosted at several venues throughout town. In addition to the screenings for filmgoers, there is an expanded Industry Series where a mix of experienced and emerging filmmakers can network with their New Brunswick colleagues and the fifteen special guests coming from across Canada and the United States. For people who may be interested in making their first film or video, there will be a free “Introduction To Filmmaking” session put on by Tony Merzetti and Cathie LeBlanc of the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative this Saturday. The Tidal Wave Film Festival is presented by the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative and runs from November 5-9, 2003. Screening venues are located at The Playhouse, Empire Theatre and UNB Tilley Hall. The major sponsors are NB FILM, CBC and the Department of Communications Canada. For more information about this year’s festival visit the website at www.tidalwavefilmfest.ca or call the Tidal Wave Film Festival office at 506- 451-1488. 3. Dinner, A Movie And An After-Show Drink: Local Businesses Partner With Local Businesses Downtown Fredericton Inc. and the organizers of the Tidal Wave Film Festival have struck a promotional partnership designed to benefit sixteen local bars and restaurants as well as patrons of this year's film festival. Festival-goers can make the most of their nights out by having dinner and a movie to start the night, or by wrapping things up with an after-show drink. Some of the participating establishments will be offering special promotions or discounts on food and beverages during the five-day film festival. “Going to see a film has always been a real social event. Whether you attend with a date, or friends and family, part of the fun is to discuss and debate what you have just seen," points out Sebastian MacLean, Festival Director. "Going to a local bar or restaurant after the screening to meet and chat with the filmmakers and actors adds a little something extra to that experience, and in a relaxed environment." Where possible, festival organizers have tried to match the theme of each film with the personality and clientele of the partnering bars and restaurants. The sixteen Fredericton bars and restaurants participating as “Official Social Venues” at this year’s film festival include: the Lord Beaverbrook Hotel, The Blue Door, The Capital, The Cellar, Brewbaker’s, Sweetwater’s, Bugaboo Creek Pub, The Brickhouse, Rye’s Deli, McPhail’s Tap Room, The Chestnut, Pitchman’s Pub, Bruno’s & DJ Purdy’s, McGinnis Landing, The Lunar Rogue, and the Snooty Fox. To find out which bars and restaurants are associated with each festival screening, visit www.tidalwavefilmfest.ca and click on “Parties.” The Tidal Wave Film Festival is presented by the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative and runs from November 5-9, 2003. Screening venues are located at The Playhouse, Empire Theatre and UNB Tilley Hall. The major sponsors are NB FILM, CBC and the Department of Communications Canada. For more information about this year’s festival visit the website at www.tidalwavefilmfest.ca or call the Tidal Wave Film Festival office at 506- 451-1488 4. Gallery 78: “Ins and Outs” with Carolyn Purdy "Ins and Outs" is the title of an exhibition of recent works by Fredericton artist, Carolyn Purdy. On the surface the title refers to the artists chosen subject matter, ie interior still life views and exterior gardens. However it also alludes, as do the works themselves, to the eternal dialectic between inside and outside, inclusion and exclusion, enclosure and womb, shell and carapace, the ephemeral nature of style and fashion and the emotional subjective nature of perception. All that being said, the works themselves reflect the artist’s rapturous engagement with her medium. Purdy's work is difficult to describe for someone who has not experienced it. Riotous sumptuous colour, objects or subjects which practically leap off the canvas and paper with peripatetic personality. Looking at them, one feels as if one has entered "Fantasia” or gone through the looking glass. This exhibition marks the artists' first foray into oil on canvas having recently studied extensively with Fredericton's master of the medium, artist Glenn Priestley. The new medium has allowed her greater freedom, enabling her for the first time to work "en pleinair". The exhibition comprises 22 of these canvases, 6 pastels and 2 oils on paper. It will be, therefore, her largest solo exhibition to date. The show opened Sunday, November 2nd and continues until the 23rd. The featured artist for the month is Tom Smith. New pottery by this master ceramicist is on display. 5. Dinner Art Evening By the Visual Art Education Association The New Brunswick Visual Art Education Association (VAEA) would like to invite you to a dinner art event on Friday Nov. 7th at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Anyone wishing to attend is welcome The evening begins at 5 pm with a business meeting followed by the dinner at 6:00 and workshops at 7:00 pm. Lead by Peter Gorham and Peggy Holt, the workshops explore techniques of doing watercolour and drawing in the classroom. To register please call 458-2032. It is important for people to call so we have the numbers for the dinner. The cost is $12.00 for the dinner and workshops. 6. UPEI Wind Symphony At Memorial Hall The UNB Centre for Musical Arts is pleased to present the UPEI Wind Symphony in concert at Memorial Hall on Saturday, Nov. 8th, at 7:30 p.m. This 50-piece ensemble is made up of students from UPEI as well as members of the community at large. They will be performing original works for band as well as transcriptions of classical pieces. Cost of admission is adults, $8, and students, $5. For more information, please call 453-4697 or e-mail [email protected]. 7. Stepping-Stone Forum Presents Mozart Concert The Stepping-Stone Forum: Wednesday, November 12th, at 2 pm "A LITTLE AFTERNOON MUSIC" Mozart's 'Kegelstad' Trio and two trios by Max Bruch will be performed by Fredericton musicians Ron MacDonald (viola), Ed Maurey (clarinet) and Catherine Macdonald (keyboard), who play in the Fredericton Chamber Players and other musical groups in the city. Contact: Neil MacGill, (453-7762). The Forum meets every Wednesday at 2 pm at the Stepping Stone Centre, 15, Saunders Street – Opposite the YMCA. It is free and open to all. 8. Hot Toddy Launches The Salty Sessions Vol. 1 You are invited to celebrate Hot Toddy’s CD Release, The Salty Sessions Vol.