ArtTalk

The exhibition Photography 101: push the button provides the focus for ArtTalks at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery this summer. On August 12 the presentation will be a dialogue between Ihor Holubizky and Christos Dikeakos.

Holubizky is the curator of Photography 101: push the button, and Dikeakos is featured in the exhibit. As an artist working and living in Vancouver, Dikeakos offers a unique perspective on post-1970 photography from Vancouver. Works from this period by Jeff Wall, Stephen Waddell, Fred Herzog, and Mark Ruwedel are featured in this exhibit.

This ArtTalk takes place on Tuesday, August 12 at 7 p.m. in the Gallery and admission is free. The following week, on August 19, Pan Wendt, adjunct curator at the Gallery, returns with an ArtTalk focusing on a journalistic photograph of the masked Mexican guerrilla leader Subcomandante Marcos.

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Create masterpieces with Polaroid workshop

Many people might consider 35 mm slides and Polaroids old technology today, but both are involved in a workshop to create new masterpieces this month at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. Following the theme of photography in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery’s exhibit, Photography 101: push the button, the Centre is offering a workshop on creating Polaroid transfers.

Island photographer Anna Karpinski will lead participants as they convert slides onto Polaroids and transfer the image onto alternative surfaces such as paper, fabric or wood. The dyes in the Polaroid emulsion ‘migrate’ to the other surface while the image develops, and a new copy of the image is created.

Participants are asked to bring their own slides; however, there will be extras at the workshop available to borrow.

 The Polaroid Transfer Workshop takes place Saturday, August 9 from 1-4 pm in the Schurman Family Studio at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. It is open to anyone age 13 and up. The cost is $25. Limited spaces are available; please register by contacting the gallery administrator at 902-628-6111 or confederationcentre.com.

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Birthday Parties Celebrate your little one’s birthday with a party at the Schurman Family Studio. Parties are led by a visual arts instructor and include an art activity, a tour and scavenger hunt in the gallery, and birthday activities. Choose from the following party themes: Bookmaking – Learn more about the craft of bookbinding! Kids will explore several different methods and create their own unique book. Printmaking – Print, print, print! Using safe and simple materials, kids will create both relief and collograph prints that they get to bring home. Painting – Squiggle, squish, squirt! Explore fun new techniques such as action painting and more! Birthday parties are two hours long. The cost is $8 per child, with a minimum of 5 children – the birthday child is free!! For more information contact (902) 628-6111 or confederationcentre.com.

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For the complete list of classes visit young@arts Pour obtenir plus d'information sur ces événements, veuillez communiquer avec l'éducatrice du Musée, Siobhan Wiggans à confederationcentre.com