2022 Fall / Winter Program -- mark your calendars!
DATES FOR 2022 and 2023
September 6 - 13, 2022 Paint-out, Parksville BC
Back to Windsor Park Pavilion!
Time: 12:30-4:30
September 20 & 27
October 4, 11, 18, 25
November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
December 6
January 10, 17, 24, 31
February 7, 14, 21, 28
March 7 & 14
VSC Show week
March 20-26 (all hands on deck!)
March 28 - no session due to Spring Break
April 4, 11, 18, 25
Thanks!
Pat Hindmarch-Watson |
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August 2
HCP (Horticultural Centre of the Pacific) |
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| The Gardens at the Horticultural Centre of Pacific on Quayle Road came into being in 1979, and are cared for by staff, volunteers and students. VSC members spent the morning enjoying the splendour of the locale. |
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| VSC plein airers came out in good numbers for a beautiful morning at the lovely Oak Bay Marina. And, as per usual, the view was spectacular! |
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August 16
Ukrainian Safe Haven, a.k.a., The Grouse Nest |
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| VSC members were thrilled to take up Sharon Waring's kind invitation to visit and sketch at the Ukrainian Safe Haven site located between Sooke and Langford (check out their beautiful website by clicking on the embedded link). |
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August 23
Esquimalt Gorge Park |
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| A good turnout at today's plein air at Esquimalt's beautiful Gorge Park, and the new Japanese Pavilion and gardens. It’s been at 2+ years since VSC last painted here as the construction of the new Japanese Pavilion resulted in much of this area being closed to the public. |
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August 30
Mount Doug and End-of-Summer picnic (!) |
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| VSC's end-of-the-season plein air was accompanied by picnic attended by nearly 20 members. And that, my illustrative friends, is a wrap for the summer of '22! |
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History Corner
by John Lover |
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Ella Susan Gibson, born in Collingborne, Wiltshire, England, in 1894, was typical of a class of British-born artists who fitted seamlessly into the ranks of our Club in its early years. However, she also represented the smaller number of the Island Arts and Society members who helped bridge its transition into the Victoria Sketch Club.
 Susan had shown artistic talent at an early age and attended Schools of Animal Painting in London and Paris, also exhibiting at the Winchester Art Exhibition.
Upon moving to Canada, Susan joined the Vernon branch of the Okanagan Artists League in British Columbia. As a talented painter, both in watercolours and oils, she also became a member of the Island Arts and Craft Society, while still residing in Vernon. She first exhibited at the Society’s annual show in 1925, showing two oil paintings, and became a regular contributor up to 1938.
In the Society’s collection shown at the Willows Fair exhibition in 1927, her watercolour technique was recognized by the Daily Colonist art critic for its “illustration of fine movement and tonal gradations.” That same year, art critic Francis Holland found her work at the Society’s annual exhibition to show “tendencies towards the impressionist school.” She exhibited at the BC Provincial Exhibition in 1928, and the Canadian Society of Painters in Toronto. 
In 1954 she joined what was now the Victoria Sketch Club, and again became a regular contributor to the Club’s annual shows. Elected President in 1959, she presided over the events of that year which were organized to celebrate the Club’s fiftieth anniversary. Susan introduced Phyllis Ross, wife of BC Lieutenant-Governor Frank MacKenzie Ross, to open that year’s annual show.
Susan Gibson was made a life member of the Victoria Sketch Club in 1979. She died in Victoria in 1984. |
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| Upcoming Arts Opportunities |
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Call for Artists !!Last t hree-month rotation before Christmas!!! The Parkinsons Wellness Project Fine Art Exhibition (a non-profit organization ) is where people with Parkinson’s, like myself, get support through exercise, counselling, seminars and the best instructors.
Open to all Parkinsons Wellness Project members and local artists, this is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your art. And 50% of sales are happily donated to PWP.
Dates: October 1st to December 31, 2022 in the bright gallery.
Website: https://parkinsonwellness.ca
Location:
202-2680 Blanshard St.
Victoria, BC
V8T 5E1
Email Joan for more information or a tour of the PWP gallery.
Joan Head
PW Fine Arts
Exhibition Coordinator
Andra tutto bene! |
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| Congratulations to VSC member Rand Harrison for this lovely intaglio print, entitled Come From Away, appearing at this year's Sooke Fine Arts Show 2022. And it sported a red dot when this picture was taken! |
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 | | VSC member Caroline Hunter in the Oak Bay News re: the Bowker Creek Art Show! |
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 | | Once again,VSC members have made the news! Christine Gollner and Myra Baynton both have pieces appearing in the Abkhazi Garden Art Fundraiser, starting September 5th and running through to October 10. |
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