ART IN THE GARDEN TOUR – Spring 2010
Saturday, May 29th and Sunday, May 30th   12 noon to 5 pm
ADULT FEE:  $1.00 PER GARDEN

http://www.nvartscouncil.ca/.

A beautiful and fun way to spend your weekend!
Do not miss the North Vancouver Community Arts Council’s two-day self-guided, spring tour of the beautiful North Shore. The tour includes 16 outstanding gardens, some of which are previous award winners.
The artwork of 30 artists and the music of 19 musical performers on the tour will demonstrate the wonderful talent in our midst. The artists and gardeners will all be on-site to answer any of your questions. Musicians will perform for a two-hour period on a staggered schedule at each of the gardens. The tour will occur rain or shine!  Enter your name at each garden for a chance to win fabulous gate prizes. ENJOY!

“In the Land of Sleep” featured in See Magazine

Award-winning Vancouver artist Mia Weinberg, who created the pyramid sculpture at the entrance to the Muttart Conservatory, returns with “In the Land of Sleep”, a show of cameraless photography at the Conservatory, from April 7th to May 13th.

Weinberg uses a scanner to capture the source images for her digital photograms, creating art that calls attention to the tiniest fragments of organic matter. The images recall the sense of discovery and wonder of the world seen through a microscope, in the delicate details that reside in the groves and gardens, and in architecture. Weinberg often chooses to work with botanical specimens in the process of decay because their passage through death shows an extraordinary beauty which leads to regeneration and new beginnings.

All the images for In the Land of Dreams are from hydrangea flowers in various stages of decay.

Admission to the show is included with Conservatory admission

Muttart Conservatory
9626 – 96A Street, Edmonton, AB T6C 4L8
Phone: 780-442-5311
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays
11 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekends & holidays

I will be exhibiting my work at the Muttart Conservatory in Edmonton from April 3rd until May 13th.

I have been chosen as one of twelve artists for the Richmond Art Columns public art project. My work will be displayed at Brighouse Canada Line Station from September 2010 until March 2011.

Please join me on January 7th at the opening of Rejuvenation,
the Art Rental Show of the North Vancouver Arts Council.
I currently have two pieces in their collection.
Opening: 7-9pm Thursday January 7th Show: Jan 8th – 23rd, Tu – Sat 12-5pm
Location: Cityscape Community Art Space, 335 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver BC, Tel: 604 988 6844

Come and visit me in my studio during the Eastside Culture Crawl
Where:
#424-1000 Parker Street, Vancouver BC V6A 2H2
Tel: 604 688 5544
Map
When:
NOV 20: 5pm to 10pm
NOV 21 + 22: 11am to 6pm
What:
The Eastside Culture Crawl is an annual FREE 3-day visual arts festival. This event involves artists in their studios in an area of Vancouver BC, bounded by Main Street to Commercial Drive and from First Avenue north to the waterfront.
NB. Visa and Mastercard accepted in my studio.

I recently travelled to England and France and saw some fabulous art including Michael Raedecker at the Camden Arts Centre (where I took pottery classes when I was 10 years old) who “uses a unique combination of thread and paint to create his atmospheric paintings.”

In Paris, I was particularly captivated by Alexander Calder’s wire portraits and sculptures at the Pompidou Centre. Watch video from minute 3:15 to 5:00 to get a sense of his use of line and shadow. (NB. the sound in the video is erratic so you may just want to watch on mute).

I also discovered a wonderful sculptor: Nicolas Lavarenne

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In November 2008 Mia was awarded the Director’s Selection Award for Atlin II
by The Center for Fine Art Photography in fort Collins, CO USA in the show
Our Environment: the Good, Bad and the Ugly

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2006
Winter Garden The Gallery at Hycroft, Vancouver BC
Reflected Fantasies The Firehall Theatre, Vancouver

2005
Feeding the Forest, Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch
Le Jardin Intime Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver

2004
“Le Vertige de l’Évidence” published by Éditions VU, available from ABCartbookscanada
Mia Weinberg received an Earthwatch Fellowship.

Art Rentals:
Mia Weinberg’s work can be rented at the Vancouver Art Gallery

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