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y Gary Stark<br />
Call for Entries: May 19 to <strong>June</strong> 2: The Flower Show,<br />
two-week show<br />
• Drawings, Paintings and Photography<br />
• Friday, May 18, 12:00 noon–2:00 p.m.: Drop off work<br />
• Saturday, May 19, 9:00 a.m. drop off work, 10:00 a.m.<br />
jurying, 11:00 a.m. installation*<br />
• Jurors: 1: Ed Yaghdjian 2: Angel Di Zhang<br />
3: Frank Monte (<strong>Club</strong> member; Past President,<br />
Rochester Art <strong>Club</strong>)<br />
• Members may submit up to three works with a floral<br />
subject<br />
* Saturday drop off is preferred as storage space is very<br />
limited<br />
Doors Open Toronto: Sunday, May 27<br />
<strong>Club</strong> artists are encouraged to attend on May 27 and speak<br />
to the public about their work in the Flower Show. Please<br />
confirm your attendance with Assistant Chair Nola<br />
McConnan at 416-751-0116 or e-mail:<br />
merriweather@sympatico.ca<br />
Solo Exhibition: Tony Batten presents his latest works:<br />
Town and Country<br />
• Exhibition runs from Saturday, <strong>June</strong> 2, to Saturday,<br />
<strong>June</strong> 23<br />
• Public Art Opening on Sunday, <strong>June</strong> 3, from 1:00 to<br />
4:00 p.m.<br />
Monday, <strong>June</strong> 11: Art <strong>Club</strong> Night<br />
• Speaker: Tony Batten<br />
• Host: Gary Stark<br />
Can a cityscape dance? Can a building be evocative? Can a<br />
sun-dappled terrace beguile? At the hand of Tony Batten all<br />
of these are possible. Tony plays with light and form the way<br />
an abstract artist might play with colour and texture. Water<br />
splashing over rocks or sunlight streaming through a<br />
cathedral window transform the ordinary into an experience<br />
both familiar and ethereal.<br />
Tony is an ardent supporter of excellence in art. Perhaps his<br />
most significant contribution is the 30-plus-year<br />
commitment to the collection of contemporary Canadian<br />
watercolours that is now housed in perpetuity in the Royal<br />
Collection at Windsor Castle. His involvement in the arts has<br />
led to his meeting with HM Queen Elizabeth and Prince<br />
Charles. Tony has worked with Karen Kain, Christopher<br />
Ondaatje, Victor Suthren and the late Rod Robbie. To those<br />
who know him well, his friends and fellow artists, he is<br />
regarded for his humility, charm, laughter, and his ever ready<br />
story—usually with an hilarious ending.<br />
Please join us for an open house and reception for the general<br />
public on Sunday, <strong>June</strong> 3, 1:00–4:00 p.m.<br />
Visual <strong>Arts</strong> News<br />
Summer Group Exhibition:<br />
• Saturday, <strong>June</strong> 23–Saturday, September 8<br />
• Lightly juried—Jurors TBA<br />
• Members may submit up to three works.<br />
* Saturday drop-off of work is preferred as storage space<br />
is very limited<br />
Solo Exhibition: Ed Yaghdjian presents his latest works<br />
In Search of Beauty<br />
• Saturday, September 8–Friday, September 29<br />
Monday, September 10: Art <strong>Club</strong> Night<br />
• Speaker: Ed Yaghdjian<br />
• Host: Gary Stark<br />
Plein Air Painting by Barbara Rose<br />
There are two Plein Air gatherings planned in <strong>June</strong>. You can pick<br />
up the complete information sheets for these events from the<br />
piano in the Bar or I can e-mail them to you directly.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 9’s Plein Air day will be near Uxbridge at a heritage property<br />
that has been in the family of <strong>Club</strong> member Daphne Beauroy.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 16 is the date for the Georgian Bay excursion to the<br />
island home of the Melhuishes and Russells. Please reserve<br />
your space early at one of the inns for the <strong>June</strong> 16 gathering.<br />
See the information sheet for the details.<br />
All <strong>Club</strong> members are welcome to come and to bring a friend.<br />
Please RSVP to Barbara Rose at 416-481-3755 or to<br />
albertarose40@hotmail.com.<br />
THIRD FLOOR STUDIO<br />
All <strong>Club</strong> members are cordially invited to come paint and<br />
sketch on the Third Floor in a friendly and welcoming<br />
environment. Newcomers to the sessions should arrive 10<br />
minutes early to get oriented.<br />
Keith Bagg and Carolyn Cleland (costumed and nude<br />
models, three-week pose) run the sessions every Wednesday<br />
from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with a half-hour break for lunch.<br />
The cost for members is $36.00 for the three-week period.<br />
Claudine Pope/Wendy Boyd (costumed models) and<br />
Andrew Sookrah (nude models) run the life drawing and<br />
painting sessions on the Third Floor on Friday and Sunday<br />
respectively. The Friday sessions go from 10:00 a.m. to noon<br />
and 1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.. The cost is $10.00 for either the<br />
morning or the afternoon session and $15.00 for both. The<br />
Sunday sessions go from 9:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. The cost is<br />
$15.00 for the day and $10.00 for the half day.<br />
Gary Stark would like to thank all members of the Art<br />
Committee for their support in his term as Chair from <strong>June</strong>,<br />
2011, to <strong>June</strong>, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Please welcome Nola McConnan as the incoming Chair of<br />
the Art Committee. Nola’s appointment will begin on <strong>June</strong> 7.<br />
<strong>June</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 5
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