Watercolours at Galileo + Upstares Gallery

My new show is finally up at Galileo - so come in off the heat of the highway, enjoy an ice cold latté and check it out!
I'll also be doing a demo of my working process in the garden outside the Upstares Gallery on Saturday August 1st - so bring friends, family and lots of water..... look forward to seeing you there!

Art at the Market show August 1

Visit VISUALS’ Art at the Market gallery to view fine art pieces created in Squamish, one of Canada ’s top spots for professional artists. Entry is free. Enjoy an exciting array of paintings, photography, pottery, woven, metal and more.

Exhibiting artists include Sheila Alonzo, Ed Colberg, Margreet Dietz, Wanda Doyle, Barbara Ellingson, Jan Phelan, Joanna Schwarz, Fran Solar and Michiko Splinter.

Vote for your favourite item on display in our People's Choice Draw for a chance to win art donated by one of our artists.

VISUALS will also be selling fundraiser raffle tickets: win an original ceramic bowl created by Jan Phelan valued at $900.

Meet the artists and discover their unique works on Sat August 1, 10am-4pm at Squamish Arts Council Building, 37950 Cleveland Avenue, Squamish, B.C. www.squamishart.com 1 866-333-2010

Whistler Art Walk: Function Block pARTy Opening Night

Friday July 17 & August 21 6-9pm

FREE food and drinks, art, live music, artisans onsite and entertainment!

This is a Free event for everyone. Bring your friends, your family and even your dog! Remember the good ol' days when all the neighbours got together on the front lawns? When Mr. Johnsonville cooked hot dogs, that crazy lady danced in the street, you played hop scotch and the big kids sat around looking cool? Well times that by a hundred and you have the Function Junction Block pARTy!

Live Music with Jon Burr and Ivan the Terrible. DJs spinning live.

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FREE SHUTTLE sponsored by Canadian All-Terrain

From Whistler Village Taxi Loop to Function Junction starting at 6pm. The shuttle will be looping every half hour. It will make a stop in Creekside at the Greyhound Bus Location on the way down to Function. The last shuttle leaves Function at 9:15pm.

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Function Junction venues have varying hours of operation. Not all venues will be able to provide showings regularly throughout the summer. So, be sure to attend the Block pARTy in order to view the artwork in these galleries!

Squamish Artist & Visuals member, Laurel Terlesky's work will be on exhibition at Podium Auto.

Toby Jaxon wins VISUALS People's Choice

VISUALS member and past president Toby Jaxon won the VISUALS People's Choice Award during our first Art at the Market group show in 2009.

Visitors voted for their favourite piece of art in this group exhibition and chose Toby's Tulip Daydream painting. Congratulations Toby!

The Chief newspaper published an article on her win and the show.

To read the entire article, click here

Final call for artists: Art at the Market

Sat Aug 1 (11am-3pm)
Are you signed up yet to participate in Art at the Market group exhibitions at the Squamish Arts Council building this summer? New members are welcome!

To register, please email margreetdietz@yahoo.com

See also http://squamishart.com/

Call for artists: ArtWalk

Participate in ArtWalk 2009, VISUALS annual showcase studio and gallery tour.

Saturday, September 19 &
Sunday, September 20
11am - 5pm daily

To register, contact Linda Bachman at backtobachman@yahoo.ca

New members are welcome!
See also http://squamishart.com/

Official opening of UpStares Gallery

Opening Reception: Whistler ArtWalk 2009

Friday, July 3rd - 6:30pm-9pm at the Lift Coffee Co.

Toby Jaxon's group of 6 paintings entitled "Our Ribbon of Roadway", an archival series of the old Highway 99, formerly a picturesque winding two-laned shoulderless strip of roadway, before it's evolution into an exemplar of 21st century transportation engineering. Toby Jaxon is a Visuals member and past president.

Come out for an evening of free live music, painting, appetizers, beer & wine!

For more information see Whistler ArtWalk.