May 2010 Newsletter
If the May newsletter is a little late, it's because spring has been busy here at the Art Centre and it's going to be even busier this summer.
We're just wrapping up REEL VOICES, a film-making program for youth led by Gillian Everill. With funding from the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, five teenagers spent five intense sessions this month creating their own short film on crime prevention. And in collaboration with the province's Community Opportunities for Youth fund and the Chester Area Family Resource Centre, we're about to begin our VISUAL ARTS EXCHANGE which will see 14-18 year-olds doing hands-on workshops with three NSCAD interns specializing in textile, prints and ceramics. The kids will also be involved in an open studio with Gillian Everill, mount their own exhibition and do a little teaching at the Resource Centre daycare. This program kicked off May 26th and will continue on into the summer.
Our summer programs launch in early July with a Children's Art Camp led by Gillian Everill - a rollicking adventure into the world of Creatures Great and Small via paper, pencil, crayon, paints, brushes, paper mache and a great big jolt of creativity. Mornings are reserved for little ones aged 4-6, and the afternoons are for 7-10 year-olds. The camp runs from July 5-9 and costs $75 per child, all art supplies provided. Call the Art Centre (275-5789) or check the website for details and registration.
Gillian will be back August 16-20 with two more Children's Art Camps, one focused on our Ocean Playground (for 4-6 year-olds) while the other camp takes 7-10 year olds Around the World. The little folks will delve into the world of pirates and mermaids, sand and sea while the older kids will explore art inspired by cultures around the world - African masks, Japanese tea cups, Haida totem poles and Chinese dragons. Again, $75 per child for the week-long camp with details available at 275-5789 or via chesterartcentre.ca.
As for the adults, we'll be offering nine summer programs in July and August ranging from pastels to portrait photography and coloured pencils to print-making - with stops along the way for a little interior decorating, plein air oil painting, furniture decoration as well as landscape drawing and watercolours. Instructors include Michelle Pasquin, Rosi Robinson, Rae Smith, Deborah Housser, Charlotte Marble, Jennie Carton, Link Nicoll, Gerrie Masters and Simon Copas. Low, low prices too, with classes ranging from as little as $30 to a maximum of $110.
Look for the Chester Art Centre summer program brochure that will be appearing in your mail box shortly for more details on all our summer activities, and feel free to pin it to the kitchen bulletin board as a reminder of the great programs we're offering. For those of you out of range of the Chester Post Office, registration and program details will be available on the website or at the Chester Art Centre itself, 60 Queen St. Madison Page will once again be manning (womanning?) the office as our full-time summer staffer starting June 5th, and we're thrilled to have her back. Give her a call at 275-5789 if you need information.
And to cap it all off, we offer the 5th annual Chester Art Festival and Fair, August 6-8. Three days where Chester becomes the centre of the Nova Scotia art world - under the big top and out in the street - with a Kid's Day on Friday, the Art Fair on Saturday and a Know-Your-Antiques workshop on Sunday. It's a hands-on experience with lots of opportunities for you and your family to make your own art, buy some of the best Nova Scotia has to offer and learn a little along the way. Save the dates - August 6-8 - and stand by for details, coming soon in the June newsletter.
We're just wrapping up REEL VOICES, a film-making program for youth led by Gillian Everill. With funding from the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, five teenagers spent five intense sessions this month creating their own short film on crime prevention. And in collaboration with the province's Community Opportunities for Youth fund and the Chester Area Family Resource Centre, we're about to begin our VISUAL ARTS EXCHANGE which will see 14-18 year-olds doing hands-on workshops with three NSCAD interns specializing in textile, prints and ceramics. The kids will also be involved in an open studio with Gillian Everill, mount their own exhibition and do a little teaching at the Resource Centre daycare. This program kicked off May 26th and will continue on into the summer.
Our summer programs launch in early July with a Children's Art Camp led by Gillian Everill - a rollicking adventure into the world of Creatures Great and Small via paper, pencil, crayon, paints, brushes, paper mache and a great big jolt of creativity. Mornings are reserved for little ones aged 4-6, and the afternoons are for 7-10 year-olds. The camp runs from July 5-9 and costs $75 per child, all art supplies provided. Call the Art Centre (275-5789) or check the website for details and registration.
Gillian will be back August 16-20 with two more Children's Art Camps, one focused on our Ocean Playground (for 4-6 year-olds) while the other camp takes 7-10 year olds Around the World. The little folks will delve into the world of pirates and mermaids, sand and sea while the older kids will explore art inspired by cultures around the world - African masks, Japanese tea cups, Haida totem poles and Chinese dragons. Again, $75 per child for the week-long camp with details available at 275-5789 or via chesterartcentre.ca.
As for the adults, we'll be offering nine summer programs in July and August ranging from pastels to portrait photography and coloured pencils to print-making - with stops along the way for a little interior decorating, plein air oil painting, furniture decoration as well as landscape drawing and watercolours. Instructors include Michelle Pasquin, Rosi Robinson, Rae Smith, Deborah Housser, Charlotte Marble, Jennie Carton, Link Nicoll, Gerrie Masters and Simon Copas. Low, low prices too, with classes ranging from as little as $30 to a maximum of $110.
Look for the Chester Art Centre summer program brochure that will be appearing in your mail box shortly for more details on all our summer activities, and feel free to pin it to the kitchen bulletin board as a reminder of the great programs we're offering. For those of you out of range of the Chester Post Office, registration and program details will be available on the website or at the Chester Art Centre itself, 60 Queen St. Madison Page will once again be manning (womanning?) the office as our full-time summer staffer starting June 5th, and we're thrilled to have her back. Give her a call at 275-5789 if you need information.
And to cap it all off, we offer the 5th annual Chester Art Festival and Fair, August 6-8. Three days where Chester becomes the centre of the Nova Scotia art world - under the big top and out in the street - with a Kid's Day on Friday, the Art Fair on Saturday and a Know-Your-Antiques workshop on Sunday. It's a hands-on experience with lots of opportunities for you and your family to make your own art, buy some of the best Nova Scotia has to offer and learn a little along the way. Save the dates - August 6-8 - and stand by for details, coming soon in the June newsletter.
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