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March 15, 2018 Workshop: Landscape Collage

Posted on March 14, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

Photo by Vladimir Proskurovskiy on Unsplash Join P.A.C. artist Nicky Alexander in making a landscape collage with various papers, fabric, magazine clippings, etc. Please bring some materials of your choosing to add to the communal media pot. There are plenty of background boards … Continue reading →

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March Business Meeting: March 08, 2018

Posted on March 7, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

The Porcupine Art Club’s March business meeting takes place on Thursday March 08, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the clubhouse in Roy Nicholson Park. (Intersection of Pine Street North and Eighth Avenue, Timmins.)  We will be voting on a theme … Continue reading →

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February 22, 2018 Demo Night: Miniatures

Posted on February 21, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

(Piece by P.A.C. Member Laura McCurdy.) Inspired by the Biennale Internationale d’Art Miniature in Ville-Marie, Quebec, this week’s Thursday night demo/workshop gives you a chance to work on miniature pieces (3 x 4″/7.5 x 10 c.m. or smaller). This demo/workshop … Continue reading →

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Tonight’s Demo: One-Touch Approach to Painting (Feb. 15, 2018)

Posted on February 15, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

Bruce MacKinnon is hosting tonight’s demo, described in his words as “Thursday’s workshop will be brief and it will be better if everyone brought a canvas and used some of my paint or what’s at the club to start a painting. … Continue reading →

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June 2018 Show Theme

Posted on February 12, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

After many suggestions and three rounds of voting at the February business meeting, the theme “Colour Riot” (suggested by Shafik Al Hamdani) won as the popular choice for the theme of our June 2018 show at the Timmins Museum: National … Continue reading →

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February Business Meeting: February 08, 2018

Posted on February 7, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

The Porcupine Art Club’s February business meeting takes place on Thursday February 08, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the clubhouse in Roy Nicholson Park. (Intersection of Pine Street North and Eighth Avenue, Timmins.)  We will be voting on a theme … Continue reading →

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Thursday Evening Workshop: Still Life Demonstration

Posted on January 26, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

PAC Artist Nicky Alexander will be giving a still life demonstration on Thursday February 01, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.  Bring your favourite sketching materials and an object along for a collaborative composition. This workshop is free for members and $5.00 non-members. … Continue reading →

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Thursday Evening Workshop: Blind Contour Drawing

Posted on January 22, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

This week’s demo, on Thursday January 25th, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. will be blind contour drawing with PAC Artist Laura Mancini. If you are unfamiliar with the technique, it is a form of sketching/drawing done without ever looking down at … Continue reading →

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If you’ve always wondered about serigraphs…

Posted on January 21, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

Porcupine Art Club member, N.O.A.A. winner, and internationally exhibited artist Margot Cormier-Splane is known for her political and environmental paintings and serigraph screen printing, the latter of which is very elaborate technique dating back 1000 years that few of us … Continue reading →

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In Lieu of the Thursday Night Demo: A Multidisciplinary Show for All Ages January 18, 2018, Starting at 5:30 p.m.

Posted on January 17, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

This week, in lieu of the P.A.C.’s Thursday evening workshop, everyone is invited to come out to the Timmins Public Library for Triptych Blues: A Night of Art, Film, Music and Literature, presented by students from Timmins High and Vocational School. … Continue reading →

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