[Bcma-l] Fall Craft Sector Public Programs - please post

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

Please post and circulate the following information about our fall 
programming to your members and the public. Thank you.
*apologies for cross posting*
Cheers,
Yvonne
Yvonne Chui
Executive Director
Crafts Association of BC
1386 Cartwright St., Granville Island
Vancouver, BC, V6H 3R8
T 604.687.6511 F 604.687.6711
www.cabc.net <http://www.cabc.net>
NEW AT CABC - Laura Murdoch exhibits new works in ?Layered Light?, a 
collection of hand-blown glass vessels and pendant lights in vibrant 
colors and layers of intricate patterns, July 31 to Sept. 7 at our 
Crafthouse Gallery. Canadian craft goes international at the Cheongju 
Int?l Craft Biennale 2009, Korea and 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver 
Museum. See website for details at www.cabc.net <http://www.cabc.net>.

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*_FALL CRAFT SECTOR PUBLIC PROGRAMS_*

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*CCF VISITS VANCOUVER: An update of national craft projects and issues 
with Maegen Black from the Canadian Crafts Federation.
Monday, September 29 at 5:00 ? 6:30pm. Talk portion is 5:30 to 6:00pm. 
Light refreshments provided.*

Location: CABC Gallery & Shop on Granville Island, Free Admission

Maegen Black, Administrative Director for the Canadian Crafts Federation 
(CCF), will make her first visit to British Columbia. She will present 
an informal talk about new trends and issues in the Canadian craft 
sector and recent activities and national goals of the CCF. The CCF is 
the national arts service organization that represents provincial and 
territorial craft councils and the Canadian craft sector. It advances 
and promotes the vitality and excellence of Canadian craft nationally 
and internationally to the benefit of Canadian craftspeople and the 
community at large.

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*Networking Skills - how to schmooze and promote yourself and your work. *

*Presenter: Kathleen Staples *

*Date: Monday, October 20; 4:30-5:30pm with Q&A following*

Location: CABC Gallery & Shop on Granville Island
Cost: $10 for members and $15 for non-members
Registration: 604.687.6511 or email info@cabc.net

Does the thought of networking in a room full of people scare you? How 
effective is your ?elevator speech? to tell people about yourself and 
your work in 2 minutes? It could make a significant difference when 
talking with a potential customer, sponsor/donor, collector, retailer, 
agent or partner. Networking can make many of us cringe a bit. Join 
Kathleen Staples, founder and president of Staples 
(www.staplesonline.com <http://www.staplesonline.com/>) as she 
demystifies networking and shares her personal experience of going from 
no name and a new company to a recognized household name. Learn some of 
the lessons that will make you and your work known. Presentation is 
suitable for everyone from new or aspiring craft makers/artists to those 
with a few years? experience in the sector, to anyone wishing to learn 
more about effective networking or those involved in sales, marketing 
and management.

*ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMMES: stories and how to steps*

*Presenters: Karin Marita Jones (Jeweller), Sally Alice Michener 
(Ceramist and Mixed Media artist) and Jil Weaving (Coordinator, Arts & 
Culture, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation).
Moderator: Maciek Walentowicz*

*Date: Tuesday, October 28; 7:00-8:30pm*

Location: Vancouver Community College, City Centre Campus

Cost: $5 for members and $10 for non-members. F/T Students ? pay what 
you can.
Registration: 604.687.6511 or email info@cabc.net

Artists in Residencies are programs and/or organizations that provide 
artists of any discipline with time, facilities, professional 
development opportunities and resources to create and develop creative 
work. It could be two weeks, six months or a year to sculpt, throw, 
weave, blow, cast, assemble, hammer or saw. There are hundreds of 
residencies available worldwide which act as research and development 
labs for students and artists. Join our panelists for a discussion about 
the types of residencies and benefits to their careers and life as 
artists and the impact on the communities where programmes take place. 
Our panelists, recent residents and administrators, will share their 
experience and insights about various residencies in Canada and abroad. 
Special thanks to Vancouver Community College and its Jewellery Art & 
Design Department for partnering to present this program.


After receiving a diploma in Jewellery Art and Design at VCC, *Karin 
Marita Jones* worked in many areas of the jewellery trade, including an 
apprenticeship with a goldsmith in Germany, designing and selling her 
own line of silver and enamel jewellery, and working as a goldsmith and 
designer at Stittgen Fine Jewelry in West Vancouver. She is currently 
working on a collection of Damascene (silver and gold inlay on steel) 
objects, which she started while at a residency in Fiskars, Finland in 
May 2007.

*Sally Alice Michener* is currently a retired faculty member from Emily 
Carr Institute of Art + Design. Michener continues to travel, study and 
work internationally as an artist, juror and instructor. After receiving 
a BA from Hamline University in St Paul, and a MSW from Columbia 
University, New York, she went on to study ceramics at the University of 
Minnesota and then to complete an MFA from the University of Cincinnati. 
She has had 14 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 70 group 
shows. Considered one of Canada?s foremost ceramic sculptors, her work 
represented in important museum collections across the country, as well 
as in Cincinnati and Mexico. She has been the recipient of numerous awards.

*Jil P. Weaving *is an artist whose first experience with the Vancouver 
Park Board was as one of the 4 artists-in-residence in 1994, the 
inaugural year of the program. Subsequently she was asked to manage the 
program and now works as the Park Board's Coordinator of Arts and 
Culture. Weaving received a BFA, Major in Drawing and Painting from the 
University of Victoria and an Interdisciplinary Master's in the 
Humanities from Laurentian University. She has exhibited widely in 
Canada and involved in the arts community as a consultant, researcher 
and juror.

*THE BUSINESS IN CRAFT EDUCATION SERIES
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*Instructor: Vivian Zuba*

*Date: Tuesdays & Saturdays for DTP, Wednesday & Sundays for 
Organizational Skills, September ? November (see details below). If any 
group of 3 or more would like to take the course at a date/time not 
listed, please make alternative arrangements with CABC.*

Location: Zuba studio at #307, The Artists Resource Centre (ARC) 1701 
Powell Street at Commercial Drive. Transit routes #4 Powell/UBC and # 7 
Nanaimo/Dunbar and limited street parking.

Cost: $30 per class for members and $40 for non-members. Note: For 
private sessions with individual attention, it will be $20/hour. Each 
class is 2 hours.
Cancellation Policy: course fee is transferable to another person or 
towards an upcoming class provided by Zuba in the event of a 
cancellation but NO REFUNDS.
Registration: 604.687.6511 or email info@cabc.net

Presenting a professional look to your work is critical to getting work 
accepted in exhibitions, retail shops, awards and school - ?presentation 
is everything.? The following classes are developed specifically for 
artists, in language that artists will understand and delivered by an 
artist who has developed the skills over time and training. The classes 
take place in small group settings of 3 to 5 people per session at 
Vivian Zuba?s studio in Vancouver.

Mixed media artist, teacher and businessperson Vivian Zuba will be 
conducting workshops to teach artists skills in organization, promotion 
and sales. She has developed custom-printing methods and adapted 
inventory systems that suit the needs of all visual artists and help 
expand on the business side of art.

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*DESKTOP PUBLISHING FOR ARTISTS*

In this course you will learn easy techniques for designing business 
cards and display tags and labels on your home computer. You will learn 
how to set up templates that allow for easy changes which are cost 
effective. With this method you can print as many or as little as you 
like with _different_ images. Zuba will provide a review of printer 
settings to get best results, paper selection and accurate and easy 
cutting methods. These tools and tricks will be easy and inexpensive to 
get a professional presentation. Participants will leave with a set of 
cards or tags on a variety of papers. Please bring a disc with a few 
photos of your work. Note: taught in PC environment.

_Tues and Saturdays___

Sat, Sept. 13 at 10am - 12 Noon

Tues, Sept. 23 at 1 - 3pm

Tue, Oct. 14 at 10am - 12 Noon

Sat, Oct. 18 at 10am - 12 Noon

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*ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS FOR ARTISTS*

Trying to locate and keep track of your work, correspondence and 
invoices can be a frustrating experience. This course is designed to 
teach you how to set up and manage an easy computerized inventory and 
invoicing system whether you are an artist or retailer. Learn a system 
that will allow you to organize and update your work according to a wide 
variety of categories including medium, style, location, year, price, 
framed/unframed, cost, retailer/gallery and many others. You will find 
it faster to be organized! Note: taught in PC environment.

_Wednesdays and Sundays___

Wed, Sept. 17 at 10am - 12 Noon

Sun, Sept. 21 at 10am - 12 Noon

Wed, Oct. 1 at 1 - 3pm

Sun, Oct. 5 at 1 - 3pm

Wed, Oct. 29 at 10am - 12 Noon

Sun, Nov. 2 at 10am - 12 Noon