NEWS LETTER - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY 2008
From the Director
Hello everyone, here is our last newsletter for 2007. This season has been a great success because we had marvelous exhibitions and lots of media attention. We are in need of a treasurer for the board of directors. If you would like to or know someone who could fill this role, please get in touch with me. As well, we currently have 56 membership renewals processed. If you have not done so yet, please send in your renewal as soon as you can. We depend so much on your generous support.
Fundraising: Ontario Arts Foundation
Previous White Water Gallery board members had the foresight to deposit $29,211 into the Ontario Arts Foundation. This foundation invests this money for us and once a year pays us a lump sum of $1566 which always comes in very handy. We now have the opportunity to increase our invested principal. Any money that we raise and send to the Ontario Arts Foundation will be doubled (up to a limit of $1,500). The larger our deposit, the larger our annual payout will be. So, dear devoted gallery member, if you have the vision to send in a donation of say $20, this will become $40 and will continue to bring us money for years to come. This sounds like a winning situation that we should take advantage of. All donations of $20 and over will receive a tax deductible receipt made out joyously in your name. I thank you in advance.
Allan Hirsh, Fundraising Chair and Gallery Co-chair.
BOARD RECRUITMENT
Welcome to new board member: Shelly Rahme
The White Water Gallery welcomes new board member and fellow artist Shelly Rahme. Shelly recently moved to North Bay from the South, seeking a more peaceful and snowy existence. She uses industrial building material to create installations and sculptures that portray landforms and landscapes. After receiving her Masters from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale she moved to Brooklyn, New York. She then tried living in Toronto. She eventually found her way to North Bay to teach. If you are interested in learning basic welding and sculpting in steel, you may sign up for Shelly’s Welding Art course at Canadore college next January.
Upcoming Exhibitions - Please join us for:
- Opening reception: Saturday, November 3, 2 to 4 p.m.
participating artists - Carole Davidson, Chris Johnston, Fran Freeman, Shelly Rahme, Keith Campbell, Kati Kirke, Jackie Carter, Michelle Shepherd-Wotton, Marjorie Moonfire-Meister, Arndt von Holtzendorff, Eleanor Mackey, Allan Hirsh, Judith Ingwersen, David Carlin, Sarah Woodward, Lise Melhorn-Boe, John Coffman, Ken Stange, Kathy Browning, Dermot Wilson, Julie Bartkiewicz and Daniel Elzinga. (www.whitewatergallery.com/appearance07.html)
This year, the White Water Gallery is again hosting the Art-a-Thon fundraiser on Friday, November 23th. From 6 p.m. till the wee hours on Saturday morning artists will produce new works, on site in the gallery. Each artist will seek sponsorship for their creation in the form of pledges. All proceeds will go towards the White Water Gallery and future exhibitions in celebration of contemporary art. Tax deductible receipts will be given for any sponsorship over $15.00.
Come out to support artists in the midst of the creative process and have refreshments. You may also visit the gallery to view the finished works from Saturday, Nov. 24th till Dec. 22th, Tuesdays through Saturdays from noon till 4 p.m. - If you are an artist and interested in participating please email or call the gallery. Interested in volunteering? Help us with this entertaining event and get to know your local artists. It promises to be a fun night. We look forward to seeing you.
January 2008 Closed for administration (Possibly open studio for 2 member artists. (call the gallery)
This is the annual exhibition put on by Faculty of Education students and staff from Nipissing University.
NEWS
The White Water Gallery will be offering courses and workshops in the New Year open to everyone in the community. Members, please pass the word along to friends and family. The Art Promotion course will show how to edit images using Photoshop and how to prepare and send as standard support material for grants and exhibition applications. In the Website Building course participants will learn to make a web page using free online services such as Myspace and how to prepare pictures, texts, blogs, sound and video. White Water Director Dan Elzinga will teach these courses. Please contact him at the gallery for more information. Fees for these courses will be determined in the new year. Proceeds will help support the gallery.
Interested in home repairs and artistic home renovations? Participate in our Home Renovation Workshops. The concept is to run the workshops out of participant’s homes. Instructor Shelly Rahme will begin the workshop in her own home and demonstrate how to do simple renovations and repairs such as plastering and painting walls, baseboard installation, laying new floor tile – whatever project she has going come January. The next workshop will be held in one of the fellow class mate’s home. Participants will benefit from having work done in their homes and from learning how to do the work themselves. Participant must be willing to share their home for a weekend and have a suitable repair or renovation. Please contact instructor Shelly Rahme directly through her email: shellyrahme@hotmail.com if you are interested. Tools will be provided by the instructor. A fee will be required for this course. Proceeds will help support the gallery.
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Call for Submissions:
Next Deadline for solo exhibition proposals, May 1, 2008
To apply for a paid, 4-week exhibition, please include:
With generous support from our membership, corporate sponsors and the Ontario Arts Council