COS Winter 2018 Rec Guide

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Winter Exhibitions AT SURREY ART GALLERY Experience new art, new ideas, and new media at Surrey’s contemporary art museum. Admission is free. Everyone is welcome. Many Visions, Many Versions: Art from Indigenous Communities in India January−March Opening Party: Saturday, January 20 | 7:30−9pm Explore another part of the world! This collection of paintings presents a rare opportunity to experience art from four major indigenous artistic traditions from South Asia: the Gond and Warli communities of central India, the Mithila region of Bihar, and the narrative scroll painters of West Bengal. Organized by BINDU modern Gallery and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. We’ve got many other exhibits on view too! Join us for events including talks, tours, and Family Sunday—where families explore, enjoy, and create art together. We offer many fun and engaging opportunities to connect with the artworks and the ideas behind them. Find out more at www.surrey.ca/artgallery.

Art Instructor PROFILES Surrey Art Gallery invites you to learn with instructors who are experienced art educators and practicing artists. Here are three of our winter instructors.

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Luc Charchuk Luc Charchuk has been a member of Larger Than Life Drawing Group in Surrey since 1992 when he moved to BC from Alberta. Luc studied at ACAD in Calgary, where he received his Fine Arts Painting and Drawing

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Volunteering Are you a people person who’s passionate about art? Do you enjoy learning new things? Join our dynamic team of volunteers to enrich visitors’ experiences of contemporary art and your own as well! Contact Chris Dawson-Murphy, Volunteer Program Coordinator: artsvolunteer@surrey.ca |  604-501-5198 Docents (Gallery Educators) Join a dynamic community of volunteers dedicated to enriching art education for children! Surrey Art Gallery Docents lead engaging tours of contemporary art exhibitions from September to June. Participants take part in ongoing training with art educators, curators, and artists.

certificate. He achieved his BFA in Art History and Classical Literature Survey from the University of Alberta, and has taught all levels of drawing and painting in Alberta and BC. His focus is life drawing and oil painting, used to incorporate human figure with landscape.

Ali Sepahi Although his career was mostly in the sciences, Ali Sepahi took every opportunity to enhance his artistic ability. After studying painting under Iranian masters in early childhood, as an adult he attended art courses at Oregon State University. Ali is a member of the Federation of

Canadian Artists with six awards of excellence, and has exhibited in group and solo shows. He has demonstrated his techniques for art guilds, and has taught oil, acrylic, and watercolour painting at community centres throughout the Lower Mainland since 2000.

Erin Mulcahy Erin Mulcahy is an emerging artist from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she recently

graduated, majoring in Critical and Cultural

A volunteer docent and visiting students talking about contemporary art.

Practices. Coming from a background that includes theatre, her work is largely project-based, spans

Children’s Art Program Assistants Inspire young artists to express their creativity! Volunteer at art classes or day camps where you’ll develop leadership skills, prepare for art projects, supervise students, and assist artist-educators. Gallery Event Volunteers Do you thrive in dynamic settings engaging with people? Gallery Event volunteers provide support at artist talks, receptions, Family Sundays, and more.

Enjoy contemporary art and meet other art-interested people at our fun and free opening parties!

multiple medias, and frequently focuses on themes of identity and place. Alongside her studies, Erin has been working with young art students since high school… including as a volunteer Children’s Art Program Assistant here at Surrey Art Gallery! She believes that everyone can benefit from making art.

THERE’S MORE Look in the Arts & General Interest section for performing and visual arts classes! Look in these sub-sections for age-specific programming. Parent Participation | Preschool | Children | Youth | Adults

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