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November 2010

Dominic Dufour, a creative Jeweler artist and member of Route des Arts, came to Lachute and worked on his creations at the Gilbert Rhême shop in the past two years. You can now find Dominic at his new location at 533A (downstairs), rue Principale in Lachute, where his associate, Eric Paquette who previously worked for Birk’s in Montreal, joins him. At the new location they will have Canadian certified Polar Ice Diamonds and continue offering repair and polish service, as well as jewels created to your specifications. The store is open Mon., to Wed., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs., and Fri., 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 450-409-1343 www.dominicdufourjoaillier.com.

Calls to Artists - Call to Young Visual Artists of the Laurentians - The Laurentian Museum of Contemporary Art annual contest for young visual artists in the Laurentian Region. Registration forms are available on the website www.muséelaurentides.ca. Due date for submission is January 28th, 2011.

Call to Artists for Estiv’art 2011 - Contemporary visual artists and musicians are called to Submit portfolios between Nov., 1, 2010 and 31 Jan., 2011. The projects submitted should have a connection with the Steven Siegel’s exhibition “Environment”, it should be original; Innovative; and contemporary (current art). For further information please contact Christelle Renoux at Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides, 101, Place du Curé-Labelle, St. Jerome (450) 432-7171.

October 2010

ICI par les ARTS - program for Thursdays and Saturdays Autumn 2010

Thursdays « So arts »

Jeudis « So arts » 5 to 7 all material supplied, Jewllery, stained glass, mosaics with JULIE ($10 workshop).

Painting with Annie Isabelle (10$/workshop) 5 to 7 (Thursdays bi-weekly)

Sing with Simon 5 to 7.

TamTam workshops to come.

Saturday « Arts » 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - all material supplied.

Jewellery, Glass and Mosaic with Julie ($10/Workshop) from noon to 4 p.m.

Painting with Annie Isabelle (10$/workshop) 1 to 4 p.m.

Circus with Samuel ($10/workshop) from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Expressive Painting with Sylvie ($22 workshop) from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Saturdays 25 September, to Saturday 23 October.

TamTam workshops to come....

Autumn Sundays - September 12, 19, 26 and October 3, 2010 - Marie-Claude Bergeron is leading four Outdoor Creativity Workshops at the TrinityCommunity Centre, 2, Cambria Road, (Lakefield) Gore. In case of rain, the workshops will be held inside. Each participant will create his own artwork. Places limited to 8 people. The workshops are bilingual. Cost: $150, material included. For reservation please call 514 464-4942.

Route des Arts calls for Artists and Artisans to submit their portfolios for Route des Arts 2011. Due date: September 30, 2010.

Call for Visual Artists – Auction for Haiti

On behalf of the Comité Haïti Laurentides, we invite you to participate in an auction that will be held for the reconstruction of “Eddy Pascal” college, which crumbled with the earthquake and left more than 450 students without a school, in one of Port-au-Prince’s poorest neighbourhoods.

For the artists, it will be an opportunity to exhibit and share their art for a great cause. The artwork will be auctioned to a public who will appreciate your art and your generosity. Because, it’s well known that artists are often in need themselves, we will ask for a bottom price, which will include the portion the artist will ask for their expenses.

The auction will take place in October 2010, however, submissions are due by the end of August 2010. For more information and your contribution, please contact Denise or Pieter at 450 226-1944 or 514 770-8990 or at denpiet@gmail.com.

So you Love photography?

The cultural committee of Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard is organising a new autumn festival from Labour Day to Thanksgiving - it is Festival de la Photo which they aim to turn into an annual event! They are calling for amateur photographers to participate in their contest, as well as people who would lend a hand in organising this project and helping Alain Lamoureux, a member of the committee, with preparation of the advertising campaign - that is the logo design, graphic art, for posters and other promotional pieces etc. If interested, please contact : Zoé Major at zoemajor@securenet.net.

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Artists - if you wish to participate in the Triptique et Paravent exhibition 2010 call François Charbonneau of CORPS-BEAUX cultural events at 450 660 2805. Click on the image to see more details about this show. Or look below on this page (See April).
Due to a hotel decicion, the Press Conference date changed for Saturday, June 19, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. All people interested in contemporary art are invited to come.

The 10^th Annual YES Artists’ Conference: Business Skills for Creative Souls

A full-day event of inspiration and information for artist-entrepreneurs from all artistic disciplines. Monday, June 7, 2010 (9AM - 5PM) Centaur Theatre - 453 St. François-Xavier, Montreal QC. To register: http://yesmontreal.ca/yes.php?section=artists/conference

This conference will help you find the tools you need to succeed. Conference highlights:
Keynote Speaker: Acclaimed Composer, Arranger and Award- Winning Jazz Musician Oliver Jones Interviewed live on stage by: Katie Malloch Host of Tonic, weekdays 6-8pm, CBC Radio 2 93.5 FM.

Featuring the cream of the crop of representatives from the artistic milieu who will be speaking on panels throughout the day:

Andy Nulman - President, Airborne Mobile

Mila Aung-Thwin - VP & Co-founder,EyeSteelFilm. Genie & Jutra Award Winner

Kevin Allwood - Founder of Allwood Fashion Corp.

Alain Goulem - Actor, Gemini Nominee

Dil Hildebrand - Award Winning Painter, 2006 RBC Canadian Painting Competition

Marie-Jo Leroux - Producer, Ubisoft

Jim West - President, Justin Time Records Inc.

Andrea Kenyon - Casting Director, Kenyon Wells Casting

Greg Dunning - Performance Envelope Manager, CMF Program Administrator Telefilm Canada

Marc Lanctôt - Curator, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal

Jane Needles - Arts Administrator, Executive Director, Quebec Drama Federation.

And much, much more!

The CEDEC launches the 2009-2010 Annual Report - This event will take place on May 26, 2010, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. CEDEC invites the public to the Laurentians Regional High School, located at 448 Argenteuil, Lachute, Quebec, to more precisely communicate our mandate and process of enhancing the vitality of the English-speaking community. Please RSVP by May 11, 2010, to llladmin@cedec.ca or 1-877-559-3100.

An Invitation to a Community Forum on the ARTS - May 15^th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with lunch served at the Heritage Social Club, 503 Cedar Avenue, Deux-Montagnes.

Participation is free! It promises to be a day of fun and interaction. The Arts Culture & Tourism Committee is looking for community input. The region they cover stretches from Laval West to any part of the Laurentians.

They are looking for old photos or press clippings artistic, about heritage and cultural events that that people may recall. If you have some that you wish to share, please bring them along.

With community feedback The Arts, Culture & Tourism Committee will explore what the English community enjoys and participates in – in the past and currently. The committee is working in collaboration with CEDEC and other community and cultural groups. It seeks to find ways to promote the arts in a more concerted manner, and explore how to attract tourist and visitors to stop in the region. They wish to reach a great cross-section of people to consult and validate with.

Cedec provides information useful for artists and cultural organisations in the region. Valerie Glover-Drolet, Director, community Economic Development and Employability Committee, Laval, Laurentians, Lanaudière. 450-472-3100, toll-free 1-877-559-3100, llldirector@cedec.ca.

The Colart Collection annouced the thenth collection round and ask that all interested artists and galleries submit proposals no later than May 13th, 2010. All proposals received after that date will be considered in the next round of proposals; there will be no exceptions. Applicants will be notified of the committee’s decision no later than June 15th 2010.

Artists and galleries are encouraged to submit all manner of two-dimensional artworks. Works under seven thousand dollars will be prioritized for consideration but the collection is open to all submissions. As a corporate art collection we welcome the submission of large-scale works. Artists who have previously submitted works are welcome and encouraged to submit new works. Our collection is continually evolving and we look to the art community to bring us fresh ideas.

Funded by the generosity of Larry and Cookie Rossy, and their family, the Colart Collection aims to support emerging Canadian artists through the purchase of their works, which will hang in Dollarama’s Corporate Office in Montreal, Quebec.

Proposal requirements:
To be submitted on CD or DVD
·      Brief artist's bio of no more than 150 words (to be posted on our website)

·      Images of all artworks

·      List of images detailing dimensions, materials and prices.

·      Contact information (e-mail, mail, phone)

All required material should be submitted as digital files on a single CD/DVD. Do not send any hard copies of images or text and be sure to clearly indicate your email, phone number and mailing address. Text files should be labeled with the artist's initials. Galleries submitting more than one artist should present an individual file for each artist and a master list with all artwork details and prices. Images should be in a separate file from text files and be labeled with; the artist's initials, # and title, size (in inches) and price.

Example: ab07figureonblue54x60-2000$.jpg

Digital images must be in JPEG format, unzipped, RBG color, and a minimum of 1024 x 768 pixel resolution. Images that are too small will not be presented.
Please only send material specifically asked for.

Send by post to: Colart Collection -
6300 Ave du Parc, Suite 307, Montreal, Quebec H2V 4H8

For any additional information please visit our website or e-mail us at:
www.colartcollection.com / info@colartcollection.com - Alexsandra Meloul - Administrative Director -

Interesting to Note

A special place for Hobby Art

A new website http://www.creativehobbyarts.com/ provides the Creative Hobbyist with a place to easily and quickly find software, e-books, courses and information on Creative Hobbies. It is a portal to find these products easier.
If you are interested in Music you click on the music link to find a list of titles with brief descriptions. If you see one that interests you, click on the link and it brings you to the author of the book or course or software, you can buy it, on the author's website. Some very fascinating books are available! Dried Flowers, embroidery, model trains, candle-making or perhaps you fancy making a scrap book...... the site lists a myriad of other hobbies to choose from.

March 2010

Signature Laurentides recruits professional craftspeople. There are already 15 professional members in different techniques (wood, ceramic, Jewellery, textile, glass, metal and others). Please submit you portfolio. Criteria requirements can be seen on the website
www.signaturelaurentides.com/appeldedossier.pdf

or contact: info@signaturelaurentides.com 136, rue Principale, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts (Québec) J8C 1K1 T : (819) 326-3240 www.signaturelaurentides.com.

Call to Artists

Maison des Arts et de la Culture of Saint Faustin invites artists to participate in their 14th annual contest.   This year they added a young artists’ category (ages 16 to 30). Winners of this contest will share $4,000 in prises. Due date is May 31^st.

They are also inviting artists to submit projects for the upcoming Annual DADA exhibition in May 2010, which is a unique event for both the artists themselves and the public.

Contact Maison des Arts et de la Culture Saint-Faustin! 1171 rue de la Pisciculture, Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré (819).688.2676. maison.arts@citenet.net

Maison des Arts et de la Culture Saint-Faustin! 1171 rue de la Pisciculture, Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré (819).688.2676. maison.arts@citenet.net

February 2010

GRANDS PRIX TOURISME LAURENTIDES - Once again this year Route des Arts is a candidate for the "Grands Prix du Tourisme Desjardins Laurentides 2010".    More...

January 2010

Landfill Art is a project started by Ken Marquis about 17 moths ago. It began with old automobile hub caps from the 1930’s through the 1970’s. Artists from all over the United States and other countries were invited to create art with hub-caps. There are over 400 completed art projects which can be seen on the website www.landfillart.org.

Participating artists are from all 50 States in the United States and 51 countries. As a result, this global art project has become the largest artist initiative ever! The project will result in a published “Landfillart Book” as well as a road tour of 200 Landfillart pieces. The book and traveling show will publicly portray the global art community’s effort to positively impact the environment through repurposing previous metal waste into great Landfillart.

Apply to: artistsubmissions@landfillart.org . You can also mail your information (CD format is preferred) to: Landfill Art, 122 South Main Street. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 18701 USA Telephone: 1-570-823-0519 ken@landfillart.org.

I have just completed mine. I really believe in recycled art, have been painting on empty Clementine cases for years, as well as on other parts of cars, discarded shelving, coffee cans, etc. This piece depicts things acquired or received as gifts, many of which end up in the garbage to become earth again….in this case the items are made of cloth, they contain embroidery, and lace with flowers, all things laboriously made by women, that end up forgotten when they lose their youth ….all that hard work….for what? The items that inspired me are a quilted purse received as a gift, made of colours that suggest land (earth) with flowers, an embroidered little tablecloth made by my late aunt, lace from old underwear, and a little dainty scarf….all symbols of womanhood and Mother Nature.

An invitation received from the Artists of Pontiac. It is a lovely idea for artists who are not committed to another exhibition during July 12th to 17th, 2010. Due date for submissions: May 3rd, 2010. See details.

See information about membership in a coop of artists !

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