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• July 2 to 4 - Summer Screen-printing Workshops with Andy MacDougall

• August 18 to 22 - Hidden Treasures Plein Air Workshop with M. Timms

Summer Screen-printing Workshop
ADULT Class
Date: Wed, Thurs, Fri July 2, 3, 4
Time: 9 am – 12 noon

YOUTH Class age 10-18
Date: Wed, Thurs, Fri July 2, 3, 4
Time: 1 pm – 4 pm

Deadline to register: June 28/08 at 5pm

Here is a recent print by Andy Everson, a Comox Valley First Nations artist. He sold out the entire edition in two days.
New Doors Baja by Ann Popperwell, combines the advantages of printing 4-color process.
Instructor: Andy MacDougall
Tuition: $175 + GST
Supplies: special equipment supplied by instructor for use such as: vacuum tables, printing gear, screens, exposure lamp, emulsion and remover, film, ruby, edition paper
Textbook: Screenprinting Today, available at class for $35 (reg $60) but is not required.
Students to bring:-small plastic yogurt, cream cheese containers with lids,-rulers, scissors, exacto knife (label everything with your name),-idea sketches, one colour, smaller than 8.5x11”-Imagination and old clothes – you will get ink on you
Friday Evening Exhibition of the finished work will take place 7-9pm (one night only) and will include the students of both the adult and youth class

Description: This is a 3 day screen printing workshop for youth ages 10-18 with the Comox Valley's own Master printer Andy MacDougall. Learn screen printing using photo stencils and produce a Limited Edition print run during the 3 days, culminating with a small art show for participants on the Friday evening. The downstairs gallery at CVAG will be transformed into a print studio as participants discover this amazing printing process and learn the steps involved in prepping art, stencil making, exposure, ink mixing, and printing on paper and other objects. Andy will also provide information on numbering limited edition prints, costing and marketing art prints, and tips and tricks for setting up screen printing at home on the cheap.

About the Instructor: Since 1979, Andy MacDougall has worked in the advertising and graphics industry in Edmonton, Vancouver and most recently based on Vancouver island, operating an innovative studio for fine art printmaking, training, consulting, and prototype development work for many clients in the screenprinting industry worldwide.The author of ‘Screenprinting Today, the Basics’ he also writes regularly for Screenprinting Magazine and other graphic trade journals in Canada, the USA, Europe and Asia. He is International marketing director for equipment manufacturer TMI Screenprinting Equipment, specialists in large format industrial imaging equipment. MacDougall is a member of the Specialty Graphics Imaging Association (SGIA) and was inducted into the Academy of Screen Printing Technology (ASPT) in 2007, only the second Canadian to be chosen for this international group.  He is active with the American Poster Institute (API) and serigraphs printed for a host of artists hang in major regional and national galleries, the Whitehouse, the Kremlin, and collections worldwide. For more information visit www.squeegeeville.com or www.tmiscreenprinting.com

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Hidden Treasures
Plein Air Workshop

Date: Monday to Friday,
August 18 - August 22, 2008 (5 days)
Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm each day
Instructor: Marilyn Timms, SFCA
Tuition: $375+GST
Supplies: List provided on registration

Description: Work side by side in exquisite hidden locations around the Comox Valley with renowned plein air painter Marilyn Timms SFCA/CA. Being outdoors with easel and paint, your picture becomes infused with light ad the feel of the moment. There is nothing quite like it. Watch wonderful demonstrations each morning, then sit down, relax and absorb the moment in each spectacular landscape. Timms will help you compose a strong image to begin with, then revisit and coach you every step of the way.

For more than 30 years, Marilyn Timms has been perfecting her ability to draw and paint. Workshops and seminars over the years with numerous painters have helped her move forward in this process, of course, but she mainly considers herself self taught.  After many years of life drawing, she found her passion painting with traditional oils on canvas and finally with watercolours. Timms has won awards nationally, exhibits mainly in Western Canada although her credits include a solo exhibition in the south of France as well. She was awarded full signature membership in the Federation of Canadian Artists in 1993 and maintains this status.  In 2006, Timms was awarded full signature membership in the Society of Canadian Artists. Visit marilyn's website: http://members.shaw.ca/mtimms/opening.html

Registration is now underway!
Classes are small and fill quickly, so early registration is encouraged.
To register call (250) 338 6211 or in person at 580 Duncan Ave, Courtenay BC

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