SPRING 2019 Rec Guide

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Spring 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. Omer Arbel: Particles for the Built World April 13−June 16 Opening Party: Saturday, April 13 7:30pm−9pm What would it look like if you could make concrete flow like fabric? This is one of the questions

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 spring instructors.

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Claire Cilliers Claire Cilliers is a professional artist and innovative children’s art educator with a special interest in projects that fuse community and classroom. Claire has a great enthusiasm for a wide range of artistic media and is able to share this with all of her students in

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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 Children’s Art Program Assistants (CAPA) Inspire young artists to express their creativity! Volunteer in art classes or day camps where you’ll develop leadership skills, prepare for art projects, supervise students, and assist artist-educators.

imaginative and creative ways. She has been inspiring children in Surrey for a number of years. In the spring, some of the classes Claire will be teaching are Guided Life Drawing for adults, as well as Expressive Drawing and a number of mixed media classes for kids. See pages 73 and 85.

answered by designer- artist Omer Arbel, who pushes the boundaries of his field through the

Omer Arbel, 75.9, fabric cast concrete, rebar. Photo by Julian Kenchenten.

creative manipulation of unusual materials. Particles for the Built World highlights Arbel’s sculptures, drawings, and building plans that express the link between architecture and artmaking.

Sarah Leigh Sarah Leigh has a diploma in Classical Animation from the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts. She has worked as a character animator for television shows including Being Ian , Chaotic , and Delilah and Julius . Sarah enjoys helping students

Surrey Photography Club April 27−August 17

Surrey Photography Club hosts a juried exhibit of works capturing the built environment around us. Images evoke the power of architecture, from highly abstracted details to the majesty of massive constructions. In this multi-screen video, Steve DiPaola uses pattern recognition software to reconfigure places of interest to him. He turns his attention to the Surrey Arts Centre, with an eye to shapes, movement, and the relationships between people and architecture.

strengthen their ideas through drawing and animation and bringing characters and their personalities to life. This quarter, Sarah will be teaching Drawing Fundamentals and Creating Comic Books for kids, and facilitating a Self- Directed Drawing Workshop for youth and adults. See pages 73 and 85.

Noelle Horrocks Noelle Horrocks has a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and training in early childhood education. She has been teaching art for nearly 20 years at organizations including Arts Umbrella, City of Vancouver, and Shadbolt

A young artist learning with a CAPA volunteer

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. Gallery Youth Docent Program Explore contemporary art, hone your presentation skills, develop education programs, and learn to lead. As a Youth Docent, you’ll enhance exhibitions through activities that are both fun and educational.

Steve DiPaola, Caught Amongst the Ghosts , 2018, digital print.

Centre for the Arts. She is passionate about sharing opportunities to learn and grow through art. Noelle’s personal art practice focusses on ceramics and 3D installation. This spring, Noelle will teach Art Express and Draw, Paint, Create! for children. See pages 73.

Join us for more exhibits and 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. surrey.ca/artgallery

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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