April Business Meeting: April 12, 2018

Posted on April 9, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

The Porcupine Art Club’s April business meeting takes place on Thursday April 12, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the clubhouse in Roy Nicholson Park. (Intersection of Pine Street North and Eighth Avenue, Timmins.)

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Important for club members: If you are entering the 2018 N.O.A.A. Juried Exhibit, you must have attended three business meetings during the 2017/18 year. There are only two meetings left after this one. New members (just joined between September 2017 and the present) are exempt from this rule.

If you are a member of the public interested in the joining the club, and are over eighteen, you are welcome to attend this meeting to learn more about us.

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March 22, 2018 Workshop: Drawing in Perspective

Posted on March 21, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

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Image from Wikimedia Commons user Mmroberts, licensed under Creative Commons 3.0.

This week’s P.A.C. workshop will be a video demonstration on drawing in perspective. You may want to bring along a notepad and pen. This workshop takes place at the clubhouse (intersection of Pine St. North and Eighth Avenue, Timmins) on Thursday March 22, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. and is free for members, $5.00 for non-members.

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March 15, 2018 Workshop: Landscape Collage

Posted on March 14, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

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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 to choose from or bring your own background. This workshop takes place at the clubhouse (intersection of Pine St. North and Eighth Avenue, Timmins) on Thursday March 15, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. and is free for members, $5.00 for non-members.

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March Business Meeting: March 08, 2018

Posted on March 7, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

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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 for our show in June.

If you are interested in the joining the club, and are over eighteen, you are welcome to attend this meeting to learn more about us without any obligations. Annual membership is $50.00 if you decide to join.

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February 22, 2018 Demo Night: Miniatures

Posted on February 21, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

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(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 is free for members and $5.00 non-members. It takes place at the clubhouse in Roy Nicholson Park (intersection of Pine Street North and Eighth Avenue, Timmins).

For those artists interested in the B.I.A.M. show, entries must be postmarked by March 01, 2018. Information and forms for entry can be found here ($25 for 1 entry, $40 for 2) : http://www.lerift.ca/#rift5-frn-riftBiennale-11. You do not have to belong to a club to enter, but meet their criteria as a professional artist.

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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. We will prime and sketch and begin putting some colour on a canvas in 90 minutes. It’s a great place to start a new adventure.”

Bring a canvas along. The demo starts at 7:00 p.m. at the clubhouse (intersection of Pine Street North and Eighth Avenue). This demo is free for members and $5.00 for non-members.

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June 2018 Show Theme

Posted on February 12, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

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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 Exhibition Centre. PAC artists will be busy painting works to their interpretation to the theme, and the public can look forward to seeing the results in a few months.

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February Business Meeting: February 08, 2018

Posted on February 7, 2018 by porcupineartclubwebmaster

Meeting

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 for our show in June.

If you are interested in the joining the club, and are over eighteen, you are welcome to attend this meeting to learn more about us without any obligations. Annual membership is $50.00 if you decide to join.

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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. 

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Bring your favourite sketching materials and an object along for a collaborative composition. This workshop is free for members and $5.00 non-members. It takes place at the clubhouse in Roy Nicholson Park (intersection of Pine Street North and Eighth Avenue, Timmins).

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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 your hands while you work. You look at the subject and follow its contours with your drawing tool of choice, completing the drawing as one continuous line without lifting your you pen/pencil until the end. It is a good way to train the eye to draw what it sees, rather than what it thinks should be there – the result does not have to be a true representation of the subject.

BlindContourTeaPotMaterials required (bring your own): Sketchpad and drawing instruments of choice (pen, pencil, charcoal, etc.)

Free for club members, $5.00 for non-members. Location: Clubhouse in Roy Nicholson Park (intersection of Pine St. North and Eighth Avenue, Timmins).

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