Upcoming Lecture

Watercolour Workshop

NSCAD UNIVERSITY LUNENBURG SUMMER WORKSHOPS 2011
WATERCOLOUR STORIES
ART WORKSHOP



WHAT IS YOUR CONNECTION TO WATER? BRING A STORY ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE WITH WATER TO THIS INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP AND LEARN HOW TO PAINT WITH WATERCOLOURS IN NARRATIVE FORM. INSTRUCTION ON WATERCOLOURS AND NARRATIVE PAINTING WILL BE PROVIDED.

INSTRUCTOR- REBECCA ROHER
40 DUKE STREET, LUNENBURG
JUNE 30–JULY 13, THURSDAYS, 1:00–4:00 PM (3 WEEKS)
TUITION- $125.00
REGISTRATION AND WITHDRAWL DEADLINE: JUNE 23, 2011

TO REGISTER
EMAIL extendedstudies@nscad.ca

CALL 902 494-8185

VISIT THE WEBSIDE FOR SUPPLY LIST AND MORE INFORMATION http://nscad.ca/en/home/academicprograms/extendedstudies/default.aspx

HULA HOOPERS UNITE!

HULA HOOPERS OF LUNENBURG COUNTY



ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THE HOOPLA!
WE GATHER AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND IN DIFFERENT PLACES
JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP AND KEEP AN EYE ON
SOUTH SHORE EVENTS FOR TIMES AND LOCATIONS,
OR JUST JOIN IN IF YOU SEE US AROUND TOWN!

Figure Drawing Workshop

FIRE STORIES: LIFE DRAWING WITH CHARCOAL
PART OF THE “ELEMENT SERIES” ART WORKSHOPS
WITH NSCAD ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE REBECCA ROHER



TUESDAY JUNE 21, 2011
10 AM – 3 PM
SECOND STORY WOMEN’S CENTRE
22 KING STREET
LUNENBURG

TO REGISTER
CALL 902 543 1315
EMAIL INFO@SECSTORY.COM

MATERIALS PROVIDED

Earth Stories

Rebecca will be leading an egg dying workshop at the Second Story Women's Centre as part of her Element Series.

This time, the discussion will be about Earth and we will be dying eggs in the Ukranian pysanky style, using beeswax, kishkas and a variety of coloured dyes.

She will guide discussion as well as provide technical instruction. Materials and supplies provided. A packed lunch is recommended; snacks and tea will be available.

Tuesday, April 26
10 am - 3 pm
Second Story Women's Centre
22 King Street, Lunenburg NS

To register, call 543-1315 or 640-3044 or email info@secstory.com
All programs are free and open to all women.

For more information, visit The Second Story Women's Centre website at www.secstory.com.

Please join us for our second open house! We would love to share our new work with you, talk about what we've been up to in the community and just generally schmooze over food and drink.

Friday, April 1
5:30 pm
40 Duke St. (The Old Fire Hall)
Lunenburg NS

ACTS

Here is a shot of the installation at the ACTS show in Halifax. We met many talented crafts people from all over Canada as well as gallery and store owners looking for products to sell at their boutiques. Thanks to the province of Newfoundland for hosting a great schmooze at the Elephant and Castle so we could chat with other students from craft schools showcased at the Trade Show.

Atlantic Craft Trade Show

http://www.actshow.ca/EN/

We will be exhibiting our work at the Atlantic Craft Trade Show this weekend in Halifax.

the World Trade and Convention Centre
1574 Argyle St. Halifax, Nova Scotia
Saturday, February 5th 10am - 6pm
Sunday, February 6th 10am - 6pm
Monday, February 7th 10 am - 4pm

Show in Halifax

Join us for the opening reception of our show in Halifax and check out the work we've done so far!

Artist Talk

Rebecca is giving a talk at the Second Story Women's Centre about her work.
Feel free to join in!



STORY SEEKERS
January 26, 1-3pm
22 King Street (upstairs), Lunenburg
Rebecca Roher, NSCAD Lunenburg Studio Artist, will join us to talk about her story-collecting project on the theme of Women and Water.

The Story Seekers group will be continuing to collect stories about women’s lives, pairing listeners with story-tellers and sharing the results. If you are interested in telling stories from your life to a friendly listener or if you wish to record a woman’s experiences, join us.
New members encouraged.

Classes from the Lunenburg Academy have been touring our studios in the Old Firehall in turn. We always have silly times with the kids and hopefully they learn something too!

Update on Rebecca's Work

Work is well underway with my major quilt project. I finished the fish, which will be hand appliqued on the top of the quilt, and the ladies the the zion church quilting bee have begun hand quilting on the back.

I had a wonderful time getting to know more ladies of Lunenburg at my recent workshop at the Second Story Women's Centre. We talked about our personal relationships with water- memories, dreams, associations and why we live near water. I gave some technical instruction to encourage creativity and we painted all afternoon while the snow piled up outside.

CERAMICS WORKSHOP #1

What a great time I had with Anke, Julia, Allen, Michelle and Sarah.
We all like to get down and get muddy.
Worked hard and overtime, about 15 pieces came to life in the end.
Some wonderful platters made with clay slabs and cardboard moulds by Michelle,
Sarah had a great natural sense of building skills which allowed her to build her complicated Bauhaus style vase without much of my help.
Inspired by vases during Arts and Crafts Movement in North America, Julia never gave up on the wheel to create her perfect shape, which has been decorated with a beatiful pine cone motif. While Julia struggled away on the wheel, Anke was also struggling with her overflowing ideas. A local glass artist from the Peer gallery, Anke brought in a bin full of found objects to create interesting textures on the surface of clay and made several pieces that would also be involved in her glass forming process.
Allen, the gentleman of the workshop, came with a purpose: to make a pawn!
His past time story of his serendipidous relationship with clay through his mother's pottery class was a heart warming story. His cherished hand-made chess pieces were his motivation to be working in different models and moulds.
We will be glazing our pieces on our next workshop date, and I'm looking forward to seeing them again.
Cheers.

georgio

Hello Everyone!

We have been rather negligent with our blog so far. From then on hopefully we can remember to take the time to update you on all the wonderful things we have been up to.

Settling here was easy and fun. The apartment is cozy and charming, especially with all of Rebecca's quirky and sweet decorative fancies. We have a huge kitchen in which we love to cook and bake. Sharing meals helped us getting to know each other and still brings us together to discuss and share some laughs. Quickly, we made the studios our own havens of creation, and it is now part of our everyday and night hang-out spot. When the weather was still warm and sunny, we had our bay doors open and met lots of kind souls, often accompanied with their dogs. We had to get dog treats!

In September, we had our first Open-Studio event, where we invited the town to come enjoy some wine and home-made snacks meet us and see our work. It was very successful, and lots of fun. We have many supporters who encourage us and our practice, and even have us over for delicious dinners form time to time. We certainly haven't been lonely or bored so far. There is always something to plan, see or do. Last Saturday, we all went to see the Youth Orchestra at the St-John's Anglican Church, thanks to Senator Wilfred Moore who offered us tickets. This week and the next, we are having different classes from the Lunenburg Academy to visit our studios. We are also planning our workshops with them, as well as a series we will be offering to Centre Consolidated High School. George is preparing his upcoming community workshop here at the studio. Rebecca attends a quilting group and is active amongst the Second Story Woman's Centre. Amelie begins a weekly private workshop in response to a keen woman's interest in painting. All of us are also spending as much time as possible in our studios working on a body of work that will be displayed in the Port Campus in February.

See you later and thanks for checking our blog! More pictures coming up soon!

NSCAD - LUNENBURG CERAMICS WORKSHOP 2010

see you on the 22nd.

-george

BOO!

Although it was relatively a quiet night, we wish more kids come next year.

Belated Happy Halloween from the Black Widow, the Zombie, and the Mask.

President's Convocation '10

from right: Mayor Mawhinney of Lunenburg, Rebecca Roher, President David Smith,

Her Honour Mayann E. Francis, Amelie Jerome, Georgio Cho

Open House Reception

Hello! We are the new resident artists in the NSCAD Lunenburg Community Studios

Come look at our work, check out our space & find out what we will be up to this year!

Saturday September 25th

40 Duke St. Lunenburg NS

5 - 7 pm

Thanks for the wonderful year!

Well as they say “all good things must come to an end” and here we are at the end of a wonderful and productive year here in Lunenburg. Its hard to believe that its already been a year since we set up shop in the fire hall and it is some what reluctantly that we pass on the torch to the 2010 – 2011 artists: George, Rebecca and Amelie. Of course we know that they are going to have an amazing time here and look forward to seeing how they grown and develop in their own work in this rich and vibrant environment.

Katherine and Kat are pleased to have the opportunity to present some of their work from the Lunenburg Residency at an upcoming show Ninety-Three Years & Ninety-Six Point Seven Kilometers at the Anna Leonowens Gallery in Halifax, running from September 28th to October 9th, with an opening reception on Monday, September 27th at 5:30 pm.
If you didn't have a chance to visit the final show in Lunenburg please come out and see what kept us busy during our year in Lunenburg.

Kat put together a home décor collection of screen-printed textiles inspired by Lunenburg County, as well as a new collection of paintings.




Katherine spent the year working a little out of her comfort zone – and devoted her time to creating a line of prototypes that she hopes to be able to put into production for sale in the near future. These items are all functional and driven by a desire to create special ceremonial vessels for use in the home – to present a special cake or arrangement of flowers.

So please join us in Halifax for our upcoming show if you can and thanks once again for your continued support.

Kat and Katherine