March 26th WASM Newsletter

Fellow member Anne-Sylvie Groleau invites you to visit her solo exhibit “Canapy” at L’Espace contemporain 5175 Papineau (corner Laurier), Montreal, March 27-April 1, 2018. The vernissage will be on March 30^th from 6-8PM.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018: Our next Lecture with Marie Leconte, PhD candidate in English Studies. Title: "What is Anglo-Quebecois Literature?" How did this literature emerge in a province where the English language is so fraught with social and political strife? This will be an interesting, informative and enlightening lecture. Click on the following link to get to the Events Page of our WASM Website for more details:   http://www.womensartsociety.com/events.html

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Reminder to RSVP to say if you are entering 1 or 2 artworks for Judging Day, April 14, 2018 (deadline: April 12). Refer to previous blog posts for all the info.

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The Holiday Village display at Ogilvy's has been donated to the McCord Museum, along with a donation of $50,000 to help in its upkeep. Take a look at the following link to a pdf with full details.  http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/app/uploads/2018/03/press-release_windows.pdf

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THURSDAY, April 5 — 12:30 to 1:30 pm
For the Atwater Library Lunchtime Series, renowned editor, publisher, and author Douglas Gibson, presents "GREAT SCOTS: Canada’s Greatest Storytellers with Scottish Links." The McGill University Chair in Canadian-Scottish Studies is co-hosting this special event.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018: Presentation by former WASM speaker of 2017, Marianna Armata, Photographer. Title: "A Fresh Perspective on Macro Photography" from 7:30 to 9pm at the Dollard Library at the Civic Centre / 12001 de Salaberry Blvd / DDO.

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Recently returning, fellow member, Iby Siemens, has been a porcelain painter for many years. She says, "It is such a great art, especially as they make such wonderful presents, which can be personalized with initials. Last spring, as a volunteer, I taught porcelain painting to some seniors at Manoir Westmount (I am a Rotary member.). They were delighted, realizing that their creations would become heirlooms." Recently Iby has started with acrylics on canvas. A painting that she did entitled "Iby Siemens: Painting 2009" was at the 2009 WASM Art Show at Ogilvy’s Tudor Hall.

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Take a look at our Members' Gallery on our WASM Website. If you would like to put a painting or sculpture there, then do send it to Cathy. If you already have one on there and would like to change it to another, then do send me the new one. Veronica Dragnef, our Treasurer and Web Admin, will place it in the gallery. Click on the following link for our WASM Members' Gallery:  http://www.womensartsociety.com/members-gallery.html  

Presentation by Shelley Miller at the UC, March 13, 2018

Shelley gave the WASM members an inspiring presentation of her work which includes sugar paste wall sculptures, murals based on traditional quilt patterns such as the one at the MUHC, and "people quilts". You can visit her web site to see much more of Shelley's wonderful art and public installations:   http://www.shelleymillerstudio.com/

Newsletter of March 20, 2018

Just a reminder to let us know if you are entering 1 or 2 artworks for Judging Day, April 14, 2018 (deadline: April 12). Click on the following link to our WASM website, Art Exhibit page, to get info on the Judging Day.  http://www.womensartsociety.com/juried-art-exhibit.html 

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Outing to see the Giant Puppets of Theatre Sans Fil at the Place des Arts. Meet on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 2pm inside the Place des Arts metro (Green Line, exit on the Jeanne-Mance side) near the big Mosaic as you go into the walkway to Place des Arts.  

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Outing to the Urban Sketchers on Sunday, March 25, 2018: 

Complexe Desjardins. “The unique octagonal architecture of Complexe Desjardins with its multiple angles and stairways will be the subject of our next urban Sketchers outing. You can either explore the numerous neighbouring underground tunnels in the “underground city” network or stay put and capture the hubbub of shoppers and the interior fountain or food court. (the tunnel to Place des Arts is particularly interesting). 

If the weather permits, why not take advantage and add a sketch or two of the Quartier des Spectacles.” 

- 10:00 am: meeting at the central fountain of Complexe Desjardins

- 12 noon: lunch free style, many restaurants are available nearby

- 3:00 pm: meet up at the Fountain to share our days’ sketches of this unique underground city 

How to get there: metro Green line, Place des Arts station, Jeanne-Mance exit.

Thanks to Joni and Suzanne for the proposal and organization of this activity. 

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For the Atwater Library Lunchtime Series, Joe Schwarcz, PhD, Director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society, gives a talk on "Nutritional Advice: Is There a Solution to the Confusion?"

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The following is a very interesting entry from fellow member, Marielle Robichaud. She is a costume designer and multimedia artist.

“I am Marielle Robichaud, costume designer and multidisciplinary artist. One of my clients is "École de danse Louise Lapierre", located at 1460 Mont-Royal E, Montreal. (celebrating it's 45'th anniversary this year). From October to May, I design and produce the costumes worn by 600 dancers of all ages, for their annual show at Théâtre Denise Pelletier at the end of May. I have been making their costumes for 18 years. First, I meet with teachers for direction, themes, colors, etc. Then I sketch my suggestions and make patterns and samples. The dancers get to try on my samples in different sizes, so I can fill in my order sheets. Back in my sewing studio, I cut the production and send it out to be sewn by a team. The rest of the year, I work on all kinds of projects, from wedding dresses to jeans repairs. And of course, I paint as often as I can, with a few exhibitions every year. You can see my costumes here (photo credit: Robert Geoffrion, G. Soyer). And to see my art, the link to my web site (still under construction) is for now: https://mariellerobichaud.wixsite.com/site “

What WASM members did the week of March 12th, 2018

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Wow! The parade was so much fun! We all got to the corner of St. Urbain and De Maisonneuve by 12:30pm. We were all bundled up, we didn't feel the cold, and we grooved to the music that was blaring next to us. We started to walk by 1:25pm and we got to the end by 2:40pm. The time went by soooo fast! Then some of us went for a hot lunch. Great day! Thanks to our wonderful participants: Mary Lennon, Vera Burt, Annette Wolfstein-Joseph, Pamela Tait, Sergio Esquivel, Cathy Keays, Clare Keays, Miguel da Costa Frias, and Veronica de la Colina. Elaine Bacal and her friend Philip came by for a photo shoot before we started walking. We gave out about 1200 WASM flyers. Way to go WASM! 

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Cathy Keays went to see the marionettes of Theatre Sans Fil on exhibit at the gallery in Place des Arts, March 21, 2018. The exhibit is on until March 25th, so if you are in the area, go have a look. They are magnificent. 
Elaine Bacal went previously to take some photos of the marionettes. Samplings of the photos she took of the marionettes appear in the collages. The third collage is a collection of photos from L'Art Souterrain happening in Complexe Guy Favreau.

Newsletter of March 12th, 2018

Tuesday, March 13, 2018: The Annual Business Meeting at 1pm. the ABM, WASM presents speaker, Shelley Miller, a Montreal based sculptor specializing in public spaces. Check out the following link for more info on Shelley:   http://www.womensartsociety.com/events.html 

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Reminder to RSVP to say if you are entering 1 or 2 artworks for Judging Day, April 14, 2018 (deadline: April 12). Also, when you send in your photos of your artworks, please rename your files of your photos. Please put: "Your Full Name - Title of Artwork 2018.jpg"  If you don't know how to rename your files, just give Cathy a call.
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If you would like to participate in the Mount Royal Cemetery Art Exhibit 2018 on August 25 - 26, 2018, then please take a look at attachment "MRCExposition D'Ouevres d'Art 2018" or "Mt. Royal Cem. Art Exhibit 2018" sent in the email version of this newsletter.
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THURSDAY, March 15 - 12:30 to 1:30 pm

The Atwater Library Lunchtime Series features a ST. PATRICK'S WEEK program of words and music. Zan Cammack, PhD, Concordia University Fulbright Post-doc Fellow in Irish Studies, gives a talk on "Cathleen Ní Houlihan from Myth to Modernity," discussing the legend of the "poor old woman" as she evolved from myth to a nationalist icon and beyond, into contemporary Irish culture. Also, Dragún Bán musicians perform Irish songs.

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Fellow member, Deena Dlusy-Apel, and husband, Max, have made a short 11-minute video on 4 artists, children of Holocaust survivors. It will be presented at Theatre Ste-Catherine, 264 Ste-Catherine East, at 7:50 PM on Friday night, March 16th. If you are out and about, do drop in.
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To all WASM members: Please send in anything of interest that we could share with other WASM members. Send in your favourite "must read" book (with a short description), or your favourite "must see" movie (with short description), or favourite craft.

Some activities that WASM members did on March 8th, 2018

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To celebrate International Women's Day, McGill Professor Jane Everett discussed Gabrielle Roy's reflections on women's lives. Cathy and Maura attended.

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Cathy Keays and some other WASM members went to see the film called “Cézanne, Portraits of a Life” at the Cineplex Forum. Cathy says it was excellent: “We got to know about Cézanne’s life and his trials and successes in painting. The film was mostly about his portraits, but it also talked about how he was the pioneer for modern art for painters like Picasso and his abstracts. His landscapes are modern in that instead of using the classical atmospheric perspective, he created perspective with his use of different planes of colour.”

Newsletter for the first week of March 2018

Urgent need for participants for the St. Pat's Parade and the Canada Day Parade! Please RSVP to say which parade you would be interested in or in both. 

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Please RSVP now (deadline: April 12, 2018) to say if you are entering 1 or 2 artworks at the Judging Day of Saturday, April 14, 2018! Starting this year, we are asking artists to send in photos of their 1 or 2 artworks (deadline: April 12, 2018), so we can place them all on the powerpoint which will be shown at the Vernissage on May 12, 2018. Photos of accepted artworks will go on the online Art Sales Catalogue. Consult the email newsletter for all information about the 2018 Art Show, including the Submission Sheet. 

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Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 7pm: "Cezanne - Portraits of a Life" Art Film playing at the Cineplex Forum. Tickets: Regular - $14.95 / Seniors - 65+ - $13.95. Cathy will be there at 6:40pm, if anyone would like to go in together. I'll be going in at the entrance at 6:50pm. Hope to see you there!

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Thursday, March 8 — 12:30 to 1:30 pm
For the Atwater Library Lunchtime Series and to celebrate INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, McGill Professor Jane Everett discusses Gabrielle Roy’s reflections on the lives of women.

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Thursday, March 8, 2018 Outing to the MMFA Free Seniors Workshops from 2pm to 4pm: Theme "Quilling - the Art of Rolled Paper" Learn how to roll, fold and glue strips of paper for floral art pieces. Please RSVP to say if you are interested in going.

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Fellow member, Cynthia Hum, is very excited to announce that she is once again showing 30 pieces of her work at Gryphon d'Or Tearoom - 5968 Monkland Ave. in   N.D.G. near Hampton (514) 485-7377 until the beginning of May, 2018. 

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Fellow member, Elke Attal, is part of group exhibit called "Dreaming in Color" from March 1 - 31, 2018 with Vernissage: Sunday, March 11, 2018 from 2 to 4pm. Location: "Hachem" at 22800 Chemin Dumberry, Vaudreuil-Dorion. 

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Take a look at the Giant Puppets (for Free) at the Place des Arts! Check out the following link for more details.

https://placedesarts.com/en/event/théâtre-sans-fil-47-ans-de-marionnettes-géantes?utm_source=infoflash&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mensuelle_mars2018_rtn_EN&camefrom=EMCL_2132214_89809525

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WASM member, Annette Wolfstein-Joseph, would like to invite you to see her exhibit at the Shaare Zedek Congregation, honoured to share her series of eighteen etchings entitled “Quest for Freedom; Images from the Book of Exodus” in conjunction with the reading of the Book of Exodus in the Torah.  They are currently on view in the lobby, until March 12th.  Please come by and view this incredible collection. Location: Shaare Zedek Congregation / 5305 Rosedale Ave. / corner Chester / one block south of CLS Road. An outing is being organized on March 12thh from 2-3:00PM and Annette will be there to talk about her collection. RSVP if interested.

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From WASM member, Deirdre Potash, ArtWill Studio, Painting Lecture:

Reserve your spot now! Spaces limited. 

What - Painting lecture

Where - ArtWill Studio 2779 Honore-Mercier, Vaudreuil-Dorion

When - March 11, 1:00 to 3:00

A lecture for all levels, beginners to experienced, by Melanie Matthews. http://melaniematthews.ca/

Michael Martino starts off our WASM lecture series for 2018

Welcome back, WASM members, to our regular lecture series at the Unitarian Church. We begin 2018 with a musical presentation given by Michael Martino, a Montreal based musician who has been captivating audiences since the age of 13. He demonstrates technical virtuosity on the instrument as well as the ability to make each note sing. Michael excels in a wide range of styles including Country, Jazz, Blues, Rock and World Music.He has performed numerous shows across North America, appeared on television and won musical awards. He is continuously sought after as a session musician and sideman. As well as a guitarist, Michael is also known as a composer, arranger, recording artist, teacher and singer. His inspirations include guitarists such as Angus Young, Eddie Van Halen, Richie Sambora, B.B King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brad Paisely, Johnny Hiland, Brent Mason, Tommy Emmanuel, Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass. He has a formal education in music performance and has fundamental knowledge on music theory and ear training. Today, Michael takes part in a variety of musical projects. He continues to compose, record, perform and teach. Please visit this youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j9nECID7Mw . You will hear him play “Georgia On My Mind”, a tune he played for us at the very beginning of his concert.