Dear Friends,

Celebrate this weekend June 1st & 2nd with Days with the Arts in Port Alberni and try to catch the Quadra Island Studio Tour for an exceptional Island experience!

Until Jun 29 DRAW Gallery presents FLOWERS & DREAMS, Spring to Summer Group Show - Featuring many of our exceptional amazing talent of local Artists - a delightful experience!

On Friday July 5th, we greet Cat Thom, Artist and Storyteller from 6-8pm with SPIRITS OF THE BACKYARD. Who are the spirits of your backyard? Cat Thom celebrates the life that makes up her own natural world with richly layered and colourful collages of birds, insects, flowers and other plants.   Spirits Of The Backyard explores the nature that many of us live most closely with. Our backyards are our closest gateways to the cycles of the natural world, from bird and insect migrations to the budding, blossoming, and fruiting of flowers, and they have many stories to tell. A smalltime urban farmer, she currently raises chickens, ducks, and bees in Victoria.

August features Tamas Zalatnai and Colleen Clancy PAPER and ANVIL; September we greet Amy Louise with OF NATURE and in December we celebrate LIVING PROOF, 2nd Annual Life Drawing Sketches Exhibit.

Mark your calendars for September 14 & 15th for the 1st Annual Alberni Valley Paint Out in conjunction with the International Plein Air Painters 11th Great Worldwide Paint Out and reception at The Starboard Grill. We hope for a big turnout for our 1st year and hope you will join us...Contact us if you would like to participate.

We welcome your visit and hope you come often to enjoy us Online or on Location. We hope you keep your creative spirit shining. All the best, Astrid.

FLOWERS & DREAMS, Spring to Summer Group Show... thru Jun 29th.

"...To savour all the flowers in spring and then the warmth of summer where little dreams may go. Each individual life form is a unique and singular self. With the energy and courage to act on intuitive impulses we make them manifest as form in the waking world."

This Exhibit will join with the Alberni Valley 'Days with the Arts' June 1st and 2nd.

Spirits of the Backyard

We welcome CAT THOM, Artist and Storyteller on Friday July 5th 6-8 pm

In a small urban yard that she shares with her upstairs neighbours, Cat and her husband keep chickens, ducks, and bees, integrating them into a semi-domesticated ecosystem of native and food plants which flourish throughout the garden. Much of Cat's connection to the changing seasons and to the life of the natural world happens through her daily interactions with these plants and animals in this small landscape, and she has chosen to use their images in her paintings and collages.

Showing from July 5th to 27th, 2013

Most Art shown is available to purchase and we will ship locally and internationally. View detailed images and buying info on Location or Online. www.drawgallery.com or call 1-855-755-0566.

'Open Studio’ features live model figure drawing. Artists gather together to paint, sketch or sculpt from different live models. The models will provide a long pose, which will give participants time to complete their work.

'Open Studio’ takes place every Tuesday and Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The drop-in fee to participate is $12.50. Artists can also pre-register for five sessions for a fee of $50. Space is limited, so call and book early.

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