Upcoming Show

 REFLECT

   PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID HUNTER

    September 19 - October 7

    Reception   Saturday September 22, 2 - 6pm

   David Hunter creates meditative images that offer a resonant 
   contrast to our highly mediated lives, exploring themes of 

   refuge, quietude and spaciousness both internal and external.

  

Opening Day

We're pleased to be open again to the public.  The floors in the south gallery are complete and, while we won't claim them as art, they are lovely to behold. 

Bangladesh Art Society Opening

We hope neighbours, patrons and friends will join us this Saturday evening, September 8, from 6 - 9 for the opening reception of the Bangladesh Art Society of North America's 2nd Annual Exhibition of Paintings. 

Sixteen artists present vibrant works that project the current trend of Bangladeshi fine arts outside of the country. Among the participating artists a number, such as Iftikhar Uddin Ahmed, Nilutpal Debnath and and Babul Mahmood are well regarded in Bangladesh.

The show runs to September 16.

New Floors. Open Doors.

GAS will open again on Friday September 7.  

Our hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 1 - 6. 

Bangladesh Art Society Group Show

GAS is pleased to welcome the Bangladesh Art Society of North America who will launch our Fall season with a group exhibition of paintings.  

Kids' Art Classes Return

Nicola Maguire of From the Fridge Door is returning to GAS with an autumn slate of children's art classes:

Early Bird Registration! 

Register by August 27 for a 10% discount! 

Preschool, 4-6 yrs. - $150/8 wk session

Students will create a variety of work while developing their skills in observation, fine motor, colour sense and use of space.  Learning about different artists and their work will help to engage and inspire as we work with watercolour and acrylic paint, charcoal, chalk pastels, clay, plaster and more...bring an apron because things will get messy!

Students will participate in an art show to complete the session!

Monday 1 -2 pm  September 10 - November 5 (no class on Oct.8 due to holiday)

School Aged, 6-12 yrs. - $150/8 wk session

From still life paintings to abstract sculptures students will further develop their creative skills and begin to gain a sense of personal style.  Colour theory, composition, line and form will be introduced as students create with a wide variety of wet and dry media and sculpting materials including acrylic paint, plaster, water colours, wood, clay and pastels. Students will host an art show to complete the session!

Monday 4-5pm September 10 -November 5 (no class on Oct 8 due to holiday)

Saturday 10-11 am September 15 - November 3

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Eclectic Mix Opening

The unusual suspects in a mug shot at the opening:  left to right, Elycia Sarwer-Forner Androsoff, Emily Boros Rausch, Eric Ferguson, Oliver Knight, Ray von Sylvestre, David Cyrenne (missing are artists Kesang Nanglu and Gervais Nash)

It was a busy and vibrant opening reception for our new show of emerging student artists: Eclectic Mix.  Recent graduates and current students of Rosedale Heights School of the Arts and OCADU students have combined forces, resulting in this very diverse visual presentation of abstract and figurative work. 

Show runs from July 17th - August 5th

more photos after the break

ECLECTIC MIX  emerging student artists                     

July 18 - August 12, 2012                                

Opening Reception  July 21  7-10

Kesang Nanglu

Elycia Sarwer-Foner Androsoff

Gervais Nash

Ray von Sylvestre

Emily Boros-Rausch

Oliver Knight

Eric Ferguson

David Cyrenne

GAS is pleased to present this student show of recent art works.

The notion of “student” is an interesting one; it qualifies a time in one’s life.

I would like to suggest that the choice to pursue the creative arts in any serious way, is to surrender the notion of student as a state of mind and status for a mere compartment of time and instead as a lifetime achievement.

That being said, even us students, from time to time, need to test the waters and put our representations of the world out there. For some here, it is their first time. A brave act indeed. Whatever the outcome, whatever form it takes, may it not be their last.

As a long time student, it is exhilarating to say the least, to be surrounded by the thoughtful honesty and courageous statements of those just beginning. Perhaps because it is so easy to abandon or misplace, the tentativeness of those wonderful qualities, unhindered by self doubt and hesitation, makes this work that much more precious: something to savour and enjoy.

Joanne Filletti

director/GAS


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