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I just stumbled upon this while doing some good ole' procrastination and wanted to share it with you all.

Adapted

Well,we just finished hosting our second exhibition: Adapted. I'd like to thank the artists and volunteers for making this exhibit possible. The room looked great (see below), and the artwork was amazing (also see below). Your hard work has set a very high standard for future exhibits.
I'm looking forward to working with you all again!

Here are a few photos to hold you over until our virtual tour is complete:

Pierscape

Recently, Coastal Arts Initiative members exhibited their work at Pierscape. Corey Katz was one of several artists who sold their artwork during the show. Check out his popular photo "Stranded" below.


View Corey's deviant art page here: www.deviantart.com/ckatz

Photo Club Does Mud Runners

A couple by Scott Moore:



Two from Corey Katz:



1+1 from Me:

Meet Larry Towell

I discovered Larry Towell a couple of months ago when I stumbled across an article about him in the Globe and Mail. His photos have a staying power the likes I've never experienced before. Hope you enjoy them!



Click here to see more great shots from Larry Trowell...

"When I photograph, I tend to photograph the things that I believe in. Every photographer has a story of some sort that they present. I've been working on a series of projects on landlessness. I'm interested in what makes people into who they are, how land makes people into who they are, how they gain their identities from the land they live on, from the place they call home, and what happens to people when they lose their land." -- Larry Towell

Erwin Olaf

A very interesting article on a fine art/advertising photographer. I thought of the CAI in his mention of of the world and Dreams & Nightmares. You can read his full interview here: http://www.thefstopmag.com/?p=185 The interview is a very interesting read, even if your not into the whole photography thing.

You can also check out his site here http://www.erwinolaf.com/

Sculpture Night!

A few of the results from our first sculpture night...

by Rob Jennex

By Susan Wade


by Nicole McNeil

A Traffic Jam

This scene from Jean-Luc Godard's Week-End came up in discussion at Photo Club on Sunday night.

Banksy!

Check out some of the work of British street artist Banksy. Very inspiring stuff. For more go to www.banksy.co.uk

Some Deviant Art

Thought you might be interested in checking out a little sample of some of the talented folks that frequent the Arts Centre. Go ahead and leave a comment if you got some other links to share...
-Love Nelson

by Nicole McNeil www.deianara-crush.deviantart.com


by Susan Wade http://www.neo-pencil.deviantart.com/


by Corey Katz www.ckatz.deviantart.com


by Scott Moore www.scottmoorephoto.com


by Clare Kibyuk http://www.polishedivory.deviantart.com/


by Justin Statton http://www.statton.deviantart.com/

by Nicole Gillis http://www.oocupidsvictimoo.deviantart.com/

by Nelson MacDonald http://www.lazlokovacs.deviantart.com/

Improv Everywhere: LINK

Improv Everywhere consists of groups of people from around the world who get together and play out unannounced scenes in places like shopping malls, banks and coffee shops. You can check out videos of their escapades over at www.ImprovEverywhere.com

Next Exhibition...

In many ways our first exhibition was a huge success: we had more than a dozen young artists take part along with hundreds of visitors, and we received many compliments on our artwork and the way it was displayed. This time though, we are setting our sights much higher.


I think it's fair to say that we can get more artists involved and more people to visit, and put together a more complex display that will reflect the theme of the exhibition.

Yeap, we will be having a theme once again, and that theme is...well let me explain why we are having a theme first. First of all, from an advertising standpoint, a theme is great for marketing materials like posters and invitations. It's also much easier to talk to the press when you have a theme to speak about. And, having a theme means that we can create a way to display the art that is related to the topic. Something that, I think, makes the exhibition more of an experience for the viewer. Another reason to have a theme is that it forces us to go out and create something NEW, and maybe even something that is outside of our usual spectrum of expression.

So, after polling both the photo club attendees and the stitch and bitchers over the past few weeks, it seems that modern life has emerged as the favorite topic for our next exhibition.
Of course this is a very broad theme, so I don't think people should have trouble finding an idea or two they would like to explore. Your art could deal with a current event, be an exploration of a hot topic, or be a commentary about the way we live our lives today. One person has already started working on a project related to obesity and someone else is submitting a piece exploring the idea of garbage.

As of right now, we are aiming for sometime in May as the date for he exhibition. The due date for submissions would probably be the first week in May.

Anyway, I hope that everyone who took part in the last exhibition will once again contribute, but as I mentioned above we are hoping to get some new folks involved as well. So, if you are interested and want more details you can e-mail me at nelson[at]shotonsitemedia.com or Facebook message me.