You Are Here Show @ COOP!

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The "You Are Here- Film and Video Cooperative" has it's first showing at-- you guessed it-- the Canmore Community Cooperative Workshop. Tentatively booked for the ninth of January, I will update you all as soon as I can. In the mean-time, the lot of us have some work to do...

Cheers!

Gallery Show!

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Just letting you all know, I've got a gallery show opening on November 28th at the Canmore Community Cooperative Workshop. It'll be a wine and cheese type event, starting at seven p.m. The Showing will be very 'cooperative' indeed, with lots of different local artists, the headliners being myself and Jenn Shea. If you want the deets, or a map perhaps, check out the Coop's website, or give them a call. Hope to see you there!

Cheers!

Birth!

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This week marks the first official meeting of the "You Are Here Film and Video Cooperative". Hooray! A star-studded cast of not-yet-finalized friends of mine, who already have a pretty impressive portfolio among them. The hope is to turn out a few more films, (I have at least five more to go for classes before X-mas.) and have a couple of shows near Beginning of January. You'll see us soon! 

Cheers!

Animation!

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Well, it looks like I missed the dead-line for this year's GIRAF fest. That particular animation has also been put on hiatus, considering I now have an animation class. (and many other classes, too.) Here's a little sample of what I'm working on now;

I'm now in my second year at ACAD, I look forward to seeing you all. 

Cheers, 

Bye-Bye COOP...

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    Here I am, at the reception desk on my very last day at the Canmore Community Cooperative Workshop. It has been a fantastic summer, and if circumstances provide, I will certainly be back next summer. I will definitely be visiting during the year, and keeping in contact with everyone. There is even talk of a cooperative Still Life Class, guided remotely by my correspondence. My art-work will be displayed at the COOP in my absence, and I will post upon it's official un-veiling. Please, all you fellow artists abroad, consider the COOP as a beautiful opportunity for a mini art-retreat in the mountains. You beginners, consider the COOP a wonderful place to meet with people of all skills and skill levels to 'cooperate' together. You musicians, this is home to a thriving group of musicians, a great open-mic night, and a unique venue to share your trade. Everybody else, the COOP is exactly what you want to make it, it's a ready-made community waiting for your input, and your vision, and your own personal brilliance. Trust me, this is the beginning of something beautiful, and I was honored to be a part of it. 

Cheers, 

Preview Clip!

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Right now I am working on a new animation, "honey, honey (you are here.)" An estimated 3 minutes long at completion, and at 8 frames per second, we're looking at a daunting 1440 frames. Here's a short clip of my first few seconds that have been completed. I hope to be finished in time for the GIRAF4 animation festival in September. 

Cheers!

The Coop is OPEN!

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Happy news! The COOP is finally open! At the Coop we have a wood-shop with an area for bicycle repair, a pottery studio and kiln, a wet-bar and fancy new coffee machine, a common area with wood burning stove, a presentation room/visual arts room, and a big beautiful deck. Our deck and upstairs all have a beautiful 360 degree view of the rocky mountains. Classes will begin this week, so check out the events calendar on the web-site or send me an e-mail. We have a facebook group with photos of the facility and events, so that's a good way of getting in contact, too. 

A full year's membership is only $5, which gets you a discount on all user fees (e.g. woodshop drop-in fees, or monthly art-studio fees.) and the right to vote at the AGM. We would love to hear from you, and hope to see you soon!

Cheers!

Classes at the COOP!

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Starting this week I will be starting my classes at the COOP. This Thursday starts the Adult Figure Drawing, which is a four week course on each Thursday. On Friday I'm starting the Comic Book Class, which will be every Friday for four weeks. Then starting Saturday the 9th, I have a Still Life class, which will be for three weeks, on each Saturday and Monday. If you would like more information or would like to register, you can e-mail me at madeleine@canmorecoop.ca, or visit the web-site at www.canmorecoop.ca 

I hope to see you there, it'll be a lot of fun, and it's a beautiful space. 

Cheers!

Public Opening at The Workshop

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      I'm just extending a public welcome to, well, you! The Public! The Coop will be officially opening it's doors on July 26th, with an opening Art Show (featuring my own works.) and reception. So mark it on your calendar, and I will post the time at a future date. I look forward to seeing all of you there, and I'll be working hard in the mean time. 

Cheers!

Canmore Coop- Artist In Residence

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This summer, I will be the artist in residence at the Canmore Community Coop. The Coop is currently under construction, but will have it's grand opening in July. I will be staying there from July 3rd on, so please come through and see the exciting things that the Coop and I will be doing this summer.  I'll be posting events and workshops regularily. See you on the mountain!

Cheers!

Finally, "CocoPuss"!

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I finally succeeded in uploading my Stop-motion animation to my Facebook account, and so now that I've figured out how to condense it properly,

Enjoy!

Ffwd Article on Emmedia Digital Sugar Cubed

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Sorry to all of you who couldn't make it to this year's Digital Sugar Cubed, it was
wonderful! If you missed it, here's the review in the May 1st issue of Ffwd magazine.
Cheers!

See the review...

MADT Remix Project

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This is my remix project, "Erich Von Gotha's Theme". The project consists of bullfrog and marsh sounds, a four second clip from the jazz song, "All I Could Do Was Cry.", a pdf file converted to sound, and a recording of my computer reading a section of the play, "Waiting For Godot". 

The result is a rather disjointed and slightly horrifying (and even funny.) track just over two and a half minutes. Thank you for listening! 

Cheers!

The quote from 'Waiting For Godot' is;

"But at this place, this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late! Let us represent worthily for once the foul brood to which a cruel fate consigned us! It is true that when with folded arms we weigh the pros and cons we are no less a credit to our species. The tiger bounds to the help of it's congeners without the least reflection, or else he slinks away into the depths of the thickets."

-Samuel Beckett

MADT Cards

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        If anyone wants to have me pre-order MADT cards for them (I designed the queen of diamonds and seven of spades.) Let me know ASAP. they're 15 dollars advance.

Cheers, 

"CocoPuss" showing at the EMMEDIA gallery...

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I just found out that my animated short, "CocoPuss" has been accepted and will be shown at the EMMEDIA gallery student exhibition on April 26th. So please come and check it out.

Cheers, 

Prints For Sale!

Hullo Everyone!

Alas the show and sale is over, and there are prints still left over! If you want to see some in the flesh, I'll be happy to oblige, or ask my parents. I'll post pictures right away, but here it goes;

- "Octopus sugar" on rice paper $45

on newsprint $30

- "Corset" on rag paper $30

   on mayfair $25

- "Merciful death (legacy of the ichneumon wasp.)" on rice paper $45

   on mayfair $30

   on newsprint $15 (damaged.)

- Other small prints, $15

Let me know if you are interested and send me an email and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. And if nobody is interested, I'll dock the prices. 

Cheers!