http://vanl-carfac.com The website of VANL-CARFAC Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:06:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en VANL-CARFAC presents "MORE EASY PIECES" Winter Draw 2010. All proceeds go to VANL-CARFAC Programming including the Colin MacNee Emergency Fund. Draws for 3 incredible collections of artworks by notable local artists. Each of the three collections is valued at between $1000 - $1500. All three draws will take place at 59 ... http://vanl-carfac.com/index.php/157 Check out this interview with workshop facilitator Marlene Creates, for more information on the excellent workshops she will be presenting around the province. See the post below for pre-registration information to save your spot! http://castroller.com/podcasts/WeekendArtsMagazines/1450987 http://vanl-carfac.com/index.php/podcast-of-wam-interview-marlene-creates-on-workshop-series Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador is pleased to announce that it is launching a Professional Development Workshop series in the new year, with two workshops that will travel to several different locations. The workshops, Presenting Your Artwork Professionally, and Grant-Writing for Visual Artists, will tour to Lab City-Wabush, Happy ... http://vanl-carfac.com/index.php/workshop-series-set-to-tour-newfoundland-and-labrador I've been living in Newfoundland for almost ten years now and I consider it home.  It is in this province that I started to go to art school, starting with the Textiles Program at the Anna Templeton Centre in St. John's in 2000.  It was here that I learned how to weave, fulfilling ... http://vanl-carfac.com/index.php/decembers-member-of-the-month-hope-clarke Jennifer Barrett is a painter, printmaker, and comics artist from Paradise, NL. She holds a BFA from Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, and has been on the board at St. Michael’s Printshop since 2004. In 2009, she had her first solo exhibition at Eastern Edge Gallery, called Werebears and Only Children. Her ... http://vanl-carfac.com/index.php/novembers-member-of-the-month-jennifer-barrett VANL-CARFAC Launches its New Artist Talk Series with Two Exciting Events Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador (VANL-CARFAC) is pleased to announce that textile artist and long-time member Heather Reeves, and conceptual artist and ceramic artist Mike Flaherty will be the first two artists to give talks about ... http://vanl-carfac.com/index.php/vanl-carfacs-first-artist-talk-in-new-series Craig Francis Power is an artist and writer from St. John's. 1. When did you first realise that you wanted to become an artist? When I was a kid. 10 years old, maybe. 2. What mediums do you work in, and why? I generally work in video, installation, performance and drawing. I like ... http://vanl-carfac.com/index.php/octobers-member-of-the-month-craig-francis-power Valerie Hodder is an artist and art educator. She currently serves on the Board of VANL-CARFAC, as well as its Finance and Planning and Human Resources Committees. 1. When did you first realize that you wanted to become an artist? My parents were creative people. Dad drew cartoon figures for ... http://vanl-carfac.com/index.php/septembers-member-of-the-month-valerie-hodder Mark Adams of Corner Brook is currently completing the fourth year of his BFA at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. Mark works in a variety in mediums, including painting, various printmaking mediums and video.  When did you first realize that you wanted to become an artist? It was when I was 15, I ... http://vanl-carfac.com/index.php/augusts-member-of-the-month-mark-adams Ceramic sculptor Reed Weir is a Newfoundland based sculptor who explores the moment when action becomes stillness and ignorance becomes understanding. She was born in 1956 to artist parents in Parry Sound, Ontario. Weir learned the craft of pottery from her mother and graduated from the Ontario College of ... http://vanl-carfac.com/index.php/julys-member-of-the-month-reed-weir