Nanaimo Chapter - Federation of Canadian Artists

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•From Our President
•From The Editor
•Chapter Meetings
•Membership
•Members In The News (**just added: FCA 2008 Success Slide Show info)
•Interesting Bits and Pieces from the World of Art
•Shows Report
•Publicity Report
•Points on Jurying - Pat Holland
•Wanted / For Sale / For Rent / Trades / Free Stuff and other interesting things...

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•Nanaimo Chapter Juried Shows
•Member Shows / Exhibitions and Events
•Other Shows & Events of Interest
•Calls For Entries / Opportunities to Participate

Members In The News...

A reminder to members that we all want to hear about the successes of fellow artists.
It is not boastful but rather "helpful" for us all, and we encourage any and all info.
(sales and shows and awards... etc.)

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Our hard working, busy executive at the April 2008 EC meeting.

From Our President - Judy Brayden
jbrayden@xplornet.com

October 15, 2008

Hello colleagues:

Wow…another great Fall Chapter Show! Congratulations award winners and to everyone for a job well done! A special and well deserved thanks to the Show and Publicity committee members; Helen Webster, Gail deCaux, (working from her sickbed!), Gail Johnson, Dorothy Sevcov, Mickie Acierno, Barbara Scott Judith Gilley, Pat Hart, Jean Rhodes, Alda Saunders, Marianne Fleming, Vicki Turner, Terry Nimmon and Grahame Arnott. Also thanks to our jurors: Don Farrell (SFCA), Mickie Acierno (SFCA) and Mary Stewart (AFCA).

As you know as of Nov. 15, Helen Webster is finished her term as Show Committee Chair, and that this was causing many of us concern (Helen is a tough act to follow). However, as promised, Helen will serve as 2nd vice president this next term so that she can guide and mentor our new chair: Sharon Stone. Sharon shadowed Helen on registration day and within a few minutes was an integral part of the very efficient committee….she’s going to be great! Thank you so much Sharon, for your enthusiasm and your commitment to continued high quality chapter shows!

Speaking of executive positions: publicity will need some ad hoc volunteers as Grahame will be away some of the winter: email Helen and or Sharon if you can be of any service as the Gallery 223 Small Paintings Show is coming up soon. The Gallery will publicize this venue through their network, but there are jobs that our chapter always has to oversee. A special thanks to acting secretary, Bernice Sutton, for filling in for vacationing Nancy Gayou.

Breaking news: we have a healthy bank balance and the EC is looking for any and all ideas for additional items/directions/processes that we can buy, sponsor, or undertake with our tiny surplus. I will be taking ideas at the Nov. 15th meeting so put on your thinking caps, and should you be like me and fret about forgetting your brilliant idea, send it via e mail to me asap. All ideas, regardless of cost, will be discussed and prioritized in light of our NFCA goals at the December executive meeting.

Thanks again for being a vibrant member of our chapter. See you on the 15th of November (remember – not the second but third Saturday in November) for the Sarah Kidner workshop and annual general meeting of our chapter!

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From The Editor - Lisa Danesin
silverisle@shaw.ca

November 2008

One year ago, at our 2007 AGM, the go ahead was given for an expanded, custom website for our Chapter. With this decision came a move away from our traditional newsletter and the obvious space constraints that come with a paper publication. Now with unlimited space for text and photographs, our on-line newsletter has evolved into a vital, vibrant and very effective source of constantly updated information for our members. It has become the place to go for our calendar, workshop information, news and pictures of shows, member events (and brags!), current member list, calls for entry, and entry and registration forms to download and print.

In the ten months since it’s launch in January 2008 there have been over 3500 visitors to this site. In it's first week, the on-line version of our Fall Juried Show had over 100 views.

A condensed version of our newsletter is still available in paper form, published five times a year, and available on the website to download and print.

With over 100 members in our Chapter it would be a full time job for the newsletter editor to follow the current events of each individual member and report on their achievements. The onus is on the members to submit information for inclusion on the website and in the print newsletter. It is easy for members to check the website to see if their particular news item has been reported yet. If they don't see it on the website, then they need to let me know that they would like it to be included. It’s easy to do. Simply e-mail news items to silverisle@shaw.ca - with a picture or two if available- and it will appear on the website.

Members may also send information on upcoming shows as well as any workshops or lessons they provide.

There is no submission deadline for the on-line version of our newsletter. Items are added to the website as they are received, and if the item is still current at deadline time for the print newsletter, it will appear there too.

Deadlines for the PRINTED version of the newsletter are as follows...
March 15th (March/April issue)
April 15th (May/June issue)
Aug 15th (Sept/Oct issue)
Oct 15th (Nov/Dec issue)
**(there is no July/August issue)
Dec 15 (Jan/Feb issue)

Also part of the new website is a section devoted to individual member pages. All active members of the Chapter have their own page on our website, with a biography section, links, and photos of their work. Many members have already sent in their images and bio, and now have pages on the site. You can find them by visiting the Members page and scrolling over the list of names. Those with own page will show up as a live link. However, there are still quite a few members who have not yet taken advantage of this feature of our new website. It is important to note that there is no extra charge for this service. It is included in your annual Chapter dues.

Each member may submit up to six images of their work, a biography (if they choose), an e-mail link and a link out to their own personal website, if available. Members may include whatever sort of information they chose in their bio, such as contact information, gallery representation, etc.

Images and biography are submitted via e-mail to silverisle@shaw.ca

Send ONE image per e-mail. (If you have six images, you will send six separate e-mails) Don’t forget to include your bio information in one of the e-mails. Please include the following information with each image you send:

Title
Image Size
Medium
Available for purchase / price /”Sold” / Private Collection / etc..

Digital images may be sent in any if the following formats: .jpg .png .bmp .pdf . Images should be sent in as large a format as possible and they will be resized to fit the web site. Images will be reduced in resolution in order to discourage image theft. This way they will look good on a computer screen but will not reproduce well on paper.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about the website, and don’t forget to check it regularly for updates and additions.

Lisa Danesin
silverisle@shaw.ca
250 390-9166

Our original website - fcananaimo.ca - is still online as well, with numerous links to back to our new, bigger site.

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Chapter Meetings

* * * NEW MEETING FORMAT * * *

9:30 a.m.: Doors of the NAG will open for jurying and coffee.

10:00 a.m.: Our day will begin with the demo. Demo artists will be asked to share a bit more of their “head space” as well…still interested in technique and materials, but despite differences in media, we would like them to address, that which we all share: the creative process.

11:30 a.m.: We will have a short break and then eat our own bag lunches through a one hour business meeting. We will highlight new members, members in the news and show direction. All reports will be posted on the website and it will be your responsibility to read them….the business meeting will be your chance to ask any questions and to bring up any other ideas that you may have, but the reports will not be repeated at the meeting.

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Membership - Georgette Ganne
gganne@shaw.ca

Welcome to our latest new members -

Fern Pittendreigh - Qualicum Beach
Rich Williams - Nanaimo
Diane Willians - Nanaimo
Lena Rasmussen - Nanaimo
Andrea Kennedy - Parksville

Thanks to our members who paid their 2009 dues at our last meeting in September and also to all those who have mailed their cheques. It works out well to have you mail in your cheque for $ 15.00, made out to FCA Nanaimo Chapter. I will be sending out another email reminder to everyone which will include my mailing address. I will also be accepting payment at our next general meeting November 15th.

You will be receiving your reminder and invoice from the Vancouver FCA office in your Nov/Dec Art Avenue magazine. This you must send directly to the Vancouver office and are also due by Jan. 1, 2009.

** A reminder that our dues have increased for 2009 to $ 15.00.

Information for Prospective Members

In order to join a Chapter like our Nanaimo Chapter FCA, you must first join the Vancouver FCA which is our ‘main body’ and a separate membership. You must deal with the Vancouver office directly. You may be a member with the Vancouver FCA and not a member with any affiliated Chapter, but not the other way around.

Click here for complete information regarding FCA and Chapter membership.

Please contact me for any questions you may have concerning membership.

Georgette Ganné

Nanaimo FCA Membership Chairperson

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Members in the News

The following Nanaimo Chapter members achieved signature status this year...
•Mickey Acierno - SFCA
•Diane Bersea - AFCA
•Perrin F. Sparks - SFCA
•Mary Stewart - AFCA

Click here to view details of the FCA 2008 Success Show, with artist's notes and links to their websites...

Sharon A Stone had a painting juried into the Thompson Nicola Shuswap FCA Open Juried Show in Kamloops in April.

Fay St. Marie's painting "Pomegranates and Pear" won second prize FCA Award at the Still Life Show at the FCA Gallery in April.

Sharon A Stone received an Award of Excellence for "Frozen Face III", one of two paintings she had accepted into the juried FCA "Semi-Abstract" show in Vancouver, May 6 - 18.

Jean Wilmshurst's watercolours were on display at her show "Blossom Time" at the Saanich Municipal Hall, April 21 - May 9.
She also has two paintings in the Victoria Chapter Juried Show, May 25 - June 4 at the Community Arts Council Gallery, Victoria.

Diane Michelin attended the Mariner's Fair at the Schooner Cove Marina, June 8th, where her watercolour "Schooner In June" received the Best Of Show Award.

The following Nanaimo Chapter members had works accepted into the Sooke Fine Arts Show...
Jean Aten - An Evening Out acrylic; Jill Ehlert - Growing Down and Almost There mixed media; Fay St. Marie - Rock Medley at the Shores acrylic - Sold at the show; Sharon A. Stone - Optimism acrylic - Sold at the show; Helen Webster - Fire & Ice I acrylic/mixed; Jean Wilmshurst - Summer Flame watercolour

These Nanaimo FCA members had paintings accepted for the Arrowsmith Chapter FCA Fall Juried Show... Therese Johnston - La Tramaya, Linda Fraser, Lasqueti Deb's Tree, Fay St. Marie - Pomegranates and Shadows and Rockscape of Nanoose, and Helen Webster, Subduction -Sold at the show, all as Qualifying Paintings (formerly Juror's Choice). Also accepted for the Show were Linda Fraser, The Harbour, Helene MacIntosh, Old Naxi Woman, Therese Johnston, Rue St Pierre, and Helen Webster, Dragon at the Core - Sold at the show.

Helen Webster was also pleased to have her small collage "Black and Blue: Homage to Louis Armstrong", hung in the Nanaimo Art Gallery Show, Suitcase Full of Blues

Sharon A. Stone's work was juried in to the Sidney Fine Arts Show taking place Oct.17 - 19, 2008.

Norma Jackson and Sharon A. Stone will be exhibiting their work along with Larry Friesen at Studio 223. Norma's and Sharon's work will be
displayed from Sept 22 until Dec 31, 2008 at the studio to the right of the stairs above Gallery 223.

Thank you to Regina Seib, who has volunteered to be our Refreshments Coordinator for our Chapter Meetings.

Barbara Scott had 2 pieces accepted into the Sidney Fine Art Show. Regina Seib had 3 pieces accepted. Therese Johnson had pieces accepted as well. Rohana Laing had 2 pieces in the show, a batik and also a painiting, which sold at the show.

Mickie Acierno's painting "Sweet Surrender" will be part of the FCA Art Visions show in Kelowna. The show is running from October 25th to November 7th. It's their inaugural year and they've had an impressive start....it should be an exciting show. Here is the web address if you need more details.... http://www.artvisions.ca/
	Mickie Acierno's painting "Polar Ice" (that was in the Paintings by Numbers show) has received an honorable mention in the Still Life category of The Artist's Magazine 25th Annual Art Competition. The award winners will be featured in the December Issue (on newsstands November 11th).
	Mickie Acierno's painting "Five O'Clock Shadows" has been selected as a finalist in the Still Life category in the same (above) competition.
	As well, her painting "Table Talk" has been selected as a finalist in the Still Life category as well....same competition as above.

Victoria Macfarlane had two paintings accepted into this year's Sidney Fine Art Show (one of which sold at the show and also had a painting accepted into the FCA's juried Northern Lights Show (running now at FCA Cartwright Street, Granville Island).

Rohana Laing had two paintings in the Ladysmith show, along with Morag Orr Stevens, who won 1st prize for two dimensional.

Art Visions 2008 opened in Kelowna on October 25th. Pat Hart received the Silver Award ($1000) at this prestigious show. Pat was in attendance at the opening and was blown away by the quality of work on display and the fact that it was shown at both the Hambleton Gallery and the Art Ark, Kelowna’s two major commercial galleries, who both donated the space for this event . Mickie Acierno represented our Chapter in the SFCA portion of the show. Only 50 paintings were chosen from 325 entered from across Canada and two States. Photos and blog can be seen at www.artvisions.ca

Sharon A. Stone’s painting "Tomorrow's Promise" (3' x 12') will be hanging in the Victoria International Airport for the next six months

Gallery 223 has converted a large portion of its second floor to house 7 mini galleries which have been rented by local artists, These mini galleries showcase the work of some 18 local artists and one photographer. This portion of Gallery 223 will be known as The Galleries at Gallery 223. This is in addition to the wide offerings of art in Gallery 223 on the main floor.
As a result, Gallery 223 will become a destination for art buyers to view an incredibly wide selection of art by both local, Canadian and international artists. This development will further enhance downtown Nanaimo's ongoing rejuvenation and its growing arts and culture scene.

Featuring:

• Fay St.Marie
• Larry Frieson
• Regina Seib
• Gail Johnson
• Gail de Caux
• Judith Madsen
• Anne Bogle
• April Macleod-Smith
• Gary Mallinson
• Bonnie Stebbings
• Helen Webster
• Olof Petursdottir
• Marianne Clarkson
• Angela Robinson
• Norma Jackson
• Pat Meier
• Nancy Day
• Sue De Balinhard
• Sharon A. Stone

John MacNeill, AFCA
1918 - 2008

John MacNeill, AFCA, was born March 25, 1918, in Northern Ontario. He enjoyed a successful career as a geologist and businessman. He married in 1946 and in 1972, retired with his wife Eleanor, to West Vancouver. He then turned his talents and energy to art, and his watercolours of the West Coast continue to be collected around the world. In 1981, he was awarded the status of Associate Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. In 1992, John came to Nanaimo, BC and remained there until he passed away peacefully on March 11, 2008.
It is with heavy hearts that the past and present members of the Nanaimo Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists, mourn the passing of this wonderful man. John and his artist daughter, Denise, were often at our chapter meetings together. We witnessed the special love and friendship between father and daughter, the shared passion for painting, the support for the art community, and an unfailing commitment to the FCA.
We all learned from and admired John’s work; water, trees and rocks spilled off the end of his paint brush leaving us with everlasting memories of Coastal BC and the man who painted this landscape for many years. Always ready to help, give a little advice, or offer an opinion, we all indebted to him, and we are all going to miss John MacNeill very much.

VIC WILSON MEMORIAL AWARD 2008
At the January 12, 2008 NFCA general meeting, Gail Johnson, 2nd vice-president, presented Honourary Life Memberships to this years recipients of the Vic Wilson Memorial Shield, which recognizes extraordinary service to the organization. The 2008 recipients were Marg Bonneau, Mary Stewart and Helen Webster.

Marg and Gail	Marg	Gail and Helen

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Interesting Bits and Pieces from the World of Art

FCA Events Update : October

We’ve been very busy at Federation head office, and I apologize for being out of the loop for so long.

As you have all received the new FCA show rulings decisions made by the Standards Committee, I sincerely hope that you are happy with the changes. I know that some of these changes have been long over due and will be a benefit to you and your chapter. I certainly haven’t heard anything from you to indicate otherwise. If you do have any problems that I might help you with, please let me know. These changes are a direct result of the Chapter Survey that you all participated in 2007, so thank you again to all of you that took part.

One of the changes was the red frame that goes around the card that is placed beside or under the painting, stating that this is a “FCA Qualifying Painting”. Attached is a new frame that we think will be seen a little better with the black printing instead of the white.

I used the frame myself at the last Fraser Valley show in August, and they were quite effective. I printed them out on glossy photo paper so that they could be saved and used again.

We’ve also had some inquiries from members in Ottawa and Chetwynd B.C., about how to start a chapter. Maybe in the future we will see a chapter in Northern B.C., and one in eastern Canada. That would be exciting news.

CONGRATULATIONS, to those of you who were accepted into the Art Visions 2008 Open Show in Kelowna. I understand they had over 350 applicants from six provinces and one state in the U.S. We wish the Central Okanagan Chapter good luck and hope to see this become a yearly occurrence.

The Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony is on the 25th of October, from 1:00PM to 4:00PM, in Kelowna.

A Note to all Chapters; The FCA had only 67 entries to the Northern Lights Chapter Show this year, which is way down from last year. With such few entries we stand a very real chance of losing the Chapter Show as part of the FCA show line up.

I also need to advise all of you that the Chapter Manual has been taken off the FCA web site, due to all of the up-dating the Manual requires as a result of the many show changes that have taken place of late. We hope to be finished in the not to distant future, so stand by. In the mean time if you have any questions or problems regarding chapter rules or procedures, please direct them to me.

Our web site is also receiving some major changes, and we hope you will like the changes and agree that the site is much more accessible.

Happy Painting Everyone,
Heidi Lambert AFCA
Chapter Liaison, FCA

The first work to be completed this fall by Norma Jackson was a portrait of Harold C. Joe, the Aboriginal Film Maker.

"I first saw Harold and his film “Traditional Fishing on the Cowichan River” at the Aboriginal Film Festival in 2004. His spirit and love for his culture and people dug deep reawakening my own experiences. I had been given the privilege of being taught for 15 years by a Tsimsian spiritual teacher and healer who had transformed my life. One of the things she passed on to me was the love of the culture and spiritual ways of the First Nations People.

My second encounter with Harold was at the 2008 Aboriginal Film Festival reception. I was compelled to ask him if he would be willing to have me paint his portrait. Harold’s face depicts not only the struggles of the past but the strength and beauty of spirit that has arisen in his films. I wanted to somehow capture the spiritual beauty I saw there.

That began a friendship and a journey that resulted in his portrait with a Red Tailed Hawk. After several meetings, the gathering of images and sharing of stories, it was time to start. There was a moment during a presentation to an aboriginal class that Harold’s gaze drifted to another place. It was the right image.

Harold told me how The Red Tailed Hawk has a powerful and personal meaning to him. In the native spiritual tradition, the hawk represents a "messenger". As he was speaking, I saw that Harold himself was the Hawk or "messenger" bringing his peoples stories to life in film. It was a reflection of the days with my Tsimsian teacher when we too had brought stories and issues to life with marionette theatre to teach, inspire and promote healing.

One night, during sleep, the Red Tailed Hawk appeared as a presence to me. I knew I couldn't paint Harold without painting the hawk."

The unveiling of the portrait took place in the theatre at the Native Cultural Centre in Duncan following a presentaton of his film on the homeless called "Broken Down". Profits on the sale of Prints and Cards will be given to the current needs of the homeless. Anyone interested, please call me at (250) 701-0808.

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SHOWS

Nanaimo FCA Shows Report - Helen Webster
h-webster@shaw.ca

OCTOBER 15, 2008

The NFCA Fall Juried (Qualifying) Show will hang in the Nanaimo Art Gallery, Downtown, until October 28. Please find time to go vist the Gallery to view the Show, and let others know about it. 66 pieces were entered, 28 are hanging in the Show, of these, all are Qualifying paintings. A reminder that the FCA guidelines state that an artist may earn ONE point per Show toward Signature status regardless of the number of his/her paintings that qualify in that Show. Also, an artist may earn only TWO points per Chapter per year, no matter how many qualifying shows the Chapter may hold. Please pick up any unsold paintings on Tuesday, October 28, anytime through the day. The Gallery opens at 10:00 AM and closes at 5:00 PM. Congratulations to those who entered and qualified, and many, many thanks to all those who helped in so many ways. Without the volunteers, we would not have a Show.

QUALIFYING PAINTINGS

1.AWARD WINNERS

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Pat Hart "On The Edge" #6 Acrylic 24 x 24
Rohana Laing "MJ's Magnificent Lilies" Batik 30 x 24
Gail DeCaux "African Dancer" Collage 16 x20
Larry N. Frieson "Logs with Chain" Oil 36 x36

HONOURABLE MENTION

Mary Ann Fleming "Luck Be A Red Horse Tonight" Acrylic 24 x18
Regina Seib "Infusion" Acrylic 24 x24
Norma Jackson "Emerging" Mixed 25 x 36
Vickie Turner, AFCA, "Tenuous Existence" Mixed 34 x 26
Judy Brayden "M+X+Y+Z(Y SERIES II) Mixed 16 x 20
Maxine McCrae "Moon Scape" Collage 22 x 17

2. Qualifying

Pat Hart " Morning Shore #4" Acrylic 24 x24
Barbara Ann Scott 'In The Red I " Mixed Media Collage 12 x12
Barbara Ann Scott "In the Red II" Mixed Media Collage 12 x12
Diane Williams "Pink Pastiche" Mixed 16 x 24
Rich Williams " Icefield #1" w/c 22 x28
Rich Williams "Red Rock Canyon" Acrylic 30 x 30
Regina Seib "I Believe in Angels" Acrylic 40 x 30
Judith Madsen "Fog Tendrils Glow" Acrylic 24 x 12
Sharon A. Stone " Swift Currant I" Acrylic 20 x 24
Leona Petrak "Mid West" Oil 18 x 22
Marie-Pierre Schliewinsky "Alertness" Oil 25 x 21
Patricia Banks "Arbutus" Acrylic 36 x 24
Helen Webster "Slippage" Acrylic 30 x 40
Jean Wilmshurst "T's Garden" w/c 12 x 14
Jean Wilmshurst " Blue Lights" w/c 14 x12
Anne Bogle "Oh They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree" acrylic 30 x 12
Charne Gooch "There is Always One" color pencil 22 x 22
Diane Michelin "Quick Step" w/c 14 x 20

Gallery 223

The final NFCA Show of 2008 is NOT a qualifying Show. It will be held at Gallery 223, November 22 to 29th and will be called Selected Pieces.PRE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

Pre-registration forms are available now and and will be included in the November-December Newsletter.

Click here for more information and registration forms.

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Publicity Report - Grahame Arnott

September 8, 2008

Good progress is being made for the Fall Show. To date, two newspapers have said they will do "interest articles" with three of our members.

At the moment, work is still underway with a radio and a TV station for on-air interviews. I have also sent in several "community/calendar Announcements" to several newspapers and two magazines. Some have already been printed!

The posters are ready for public distribution throughout the greater Nanaimo area.

Grahame Arnott

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Points on Jurying

POINTS ON JURYING - Pat Holland, SFCA

To be juried is a growth procedure the FCA has set up for both you and me. We are being assessed by our peers and in so doing being trained to assess ourselves. Each time we submit a piece we critique it to the best of our ability at that point. So, how do we critique ourselves? My approach is a simple one. Before I finish painting I ask myself three questions about the piece:

Is it simple (don't pick, Pat)
Is is intense? (strength of colour, composition)
Is is clear? (where is my focal point and what is it's name)

and I'm sure that, if I'm juried out, of of those three possibilities is not working and it has not reached up and grabbed that juror.

As a juror, I am looking for the following:

Originality
Interesting composition
Technical achievement
Simple Statement

We all have our prejudices, which are usually held in check with the preceding four criteria. However, one can paint with all this "correctness" but have a DEAD result. For this reason I have a further search when looking at a new work. I look for a personality, an energy, a piece of the artist that shines in the format, and sometimes it isn't technically correct, but speaks to me in spite of it's lop-sided drawing or whatever. I like to see spirit in work. This is achieved in so many ways - varying brush strokes, interrupting line, interesting angles, repetition of shape etc. When working from photos, these pitfalls often occur because of the flatness of photography. One has to create space in our work for, after all, we aren't painting to make pictures! We are really painting for a high - a rush, or a heightened sense of well-being, and a search for a presence outside ourselves that touches our self-consciousness for just a little while. When this happens, no jury in the world can tell us this expression we have captured is not acceptable. We many not get into a particular show, but we must realize that we have reached a further goal in our own growth that may not have been recognized by others. This is not a negative in our journey. Perhaps in further submissions our message could be simplified, intensified or clarified further. I know, because I am trying to do just that.... daily. There is forever room for improvement.

Recommended reading....THE ART OF SPIRIT......ROBERT HENRI

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For Sale / Rent / Trade / Free and other interesting things....(the NFCA Classified Section))

Digital photography of your artwork

NFCA members: $15 / image (non-members $20 / image)

includes colour correction/cropping and image saved on disk in three sizes...

- portfolio (high resolution for printing)
- digital entries (medium resolution for juries, suitable for digital submission)
- low resolution/small file size (for use in e-mails and on websites)

Contact Lisa @250-390-9166 or e-mail silverisle@shaw.ca for more information

Frames, Art Supplies and Studio/Office Supplies for Sale:
	5 frames - 2 wood, 3 metal in sizes: 33" x 27 1/4" 30" x 23" 27 3/4" x 23" 25 1/2" x 20" 25" x 20" ($20.00 the lot)
	• 1 boxed set Windsor & Newton oils (almost new) • 5 individual tubes Windsor & Newton oils (partially used) • Opus pure linseed oil • Box of Windsor & Newton Oil Bars (partially used) • Set of Crayola watercolour pencils • Set of tube acrylics (new) ($35.00 the lot)
	• 1 3-shelf pine wall unit • 1 Ikea shelf (new) • 1 Canon Colour Image Scanner with instruction book & connections • 1 HP Keyboard & electronic mouse with connections • 1 Printmaster 8.0 set of art CD's • Box of 11 unused floppy discs & a disc storage unit • 1 17" anti-glare monitor screen protector • 5 metal book ends & 4 loose leaf binders ($35.00 the lot) • 1 unused Ikea Summera computer holder ($34.99 new) ($15.00)
Members interested in purchasing these items, please contact Barbara at 250-758-1563

Art Books and Magazines for Sale

Marg Bonneau has numerous art books (watercolor, pastel, acrylic) for sale at low prices.
She also has art magazines (International Artist, Magazine de, Artist Magazine, Watercolor Magazine, American Artist Magazine, and Pastel Journal) for sale (bundles of eight for $5.00). Lots of good stuff in them.

Members interested in purchasing these items should contact Marg by phone at 250-758-0705
or email bonneau@shaw.ca

ArtSpace, at Gallery 223



As some of you may be aware, George Leschuk has renovated the upstairs gallery space at Gallery 223, and is now offering for rent a number of "mini galleries". They are bright, clean, attractive, well lit display spaces and they provide excellent downtown exposure. Each mini gallery has a window for natural light, a glass paned door that the artists can lock and of course, plenty of wall space. Gallery 223 staff handle sales so artists don't have to be there. A small handling fee is charged on sales. Larry Frieson, new NFCA member (some of you may have met Larry at the Summer Show) has rented one of these Mini Galleries. He will share this wonderful space with 9 additional artists. $50.00 per month will give each artist hanging space of approximately four feet by seven feet , which is enough room to hang a number of paintings depending on their size. A number of FCA artists have already joined Larry in this gallery venture, but there is room for more. For more information, contact Larry at friesontl@shaw.ca Thank you to JUDITH MADSEN who conceived the idea of setting up this gallery and who did the initial research and brainstorming that eventually lead to its formation.

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