Sunday, June 26, 2011

Rainbows over Montreal


I took this photo on thursday when I was riding bike accross the city during a break in the rain.

So I can't tell you  how busy I have been lately, you can tell because of the lack of blog postings. Officially I have discovered I am a work-aholic, it's all personal projects.I did 7 weeks with only 3 days off, working around 14 hours a day; it burnt me out, now I have to learn a healthy balance.

I was responding to the needs of the situation. I was asked to join the Open Mind Eco Festival as one of their volunteer organizers (I am curating and organizing the Vision Art area, so this includes an art gallery & body art competition as well as art jams) back in March, but at the time I was preparing to participate in a body art competition in Trois-Rivières organized by Les Productions du Grand Heron Bleu du Lac St.Pierre.


Valérie Blanchet


After going over my goals for the art gallery & body art competition for the Open Mind Eco Festival, I realized in order to have a high quality presentation that I would need to organize a fundraiser. The fundraiser started off with an idea to do a "Chinese Auction", otherwise known as a "Penny Social", then I realized it would make sense to do a one day art show in order to promote and show what I was fundraising for, which then expanded into a one month art exhibition and the fundraiser became the vernissage (in English this is the party & opening gala night of the art exhibition).

The fundraiser (June 9th) was a great success and a beautiful event. Unfortunately our photographer had some technical difficulties and I was too exhausted, busy with hosting to take photos; so I have no event photos. But I will be hosting an Open House at Ahimsa Yoga Studio & Community Space on July 2nd so that people have an opportunity to come in and look at the current group art show I organized and also meet the artists.
Adriane Enns

Anyways, to summarize what I started off talking about, I am exhausted but very happy. The photographs you see of the rainbows were taken the day I wrote this blog on the bike path.


I am very excited about everything coming together so far for the Vision Art Area of the Open Mind Eco Festival. I was able to raise $836. for the body art competition and the art gallery, which is very good for my first time throwing a fundraiser.

However, I do want to raise more money because I'd like to be able to provide food for the artists and I also want to be able to offer large financial prizes for the body art competition; but it's ok because I can work with what I have. But who knows what may happen next? This is a beautiful adventure this life, so really, who knows what beautiful opportunties might come next! Certainly I'll keep you posted!



Thursday, June 2, 2011

Workshop Series: Face & Body Painting

Workshop Series:

Face Painting Fundamentals Workshop 1
Sunday, June 19th, 10am-5:30pm
$180. with no kit.
$200. with a basic face painting kit (Make-up Forever Products). Brushes & sponges not included.
See below for Package Deals.

The base for most forms of body art is to know how to be a good face painter, once you have the basic face painting skills, picking up additional body art skills is much easier. You need a basic understanding of face painting in order to work with other body arts. This is an intensive workshop over a 6 hour period with a 15 minute break in the morning & afternoon with a 1 hour lunch. You will learn the basics for both adult & kids. No prerequisite, open to everyone.

High Fashion Face Painting Workshop 2
Sunday, Sunday June 26th, 10am-5:30pm
$180. with no kit.
$200. with a basic face painting kit (Make-up Forever Products). Brushes not included.
See below for Package Deals.
Learn to apply face painting as a fine art with a high fashion edge. This is an intensive workshop over a 6 hour period with a 15 minute break in the morning & afternoon, with a 1 hour lunch.
Prerequisite: workshop 1. Alternative: show your professional photographic portfolio & resume to be considered.

Body Painting Fundamentals Workshop 3
Sunday, July 3rd, 10am-5:30pm
$180. with no kit.
$340. with a basic body painting kit (Make-up Forever Products). Brushes not included.
See below for Package Deals.
Learning to body paint the torso will prepare you for learning how to body paint the entire body. In this class you will have the opportunity to do more then one look. Learn to map out & prepare for a full head to foot body painting. This is an intensive workshop over a 6 hour period with a 15 minute break in the morning & afternoon, with a 1 hour lunch. You will need to bring your own model for the day, either a man or women.
Prerequisite: is workshop 1. Alternative: show your professional photographic portfolio & resume to be considered, your work must be of a very high calibre in order to be accepted without taking workshop 1.

Full Body Painting Workshop 4
Sunday, July 10th, 10am-5:30pm
$180.
If you need a body painting kit (those who buy the kit for Workshop 3 won't need to buy a kit), it's an additional $160. (Make-up Forever Products). Brushes not included.
Learn how to do a full head to foot body painting. This is a follow up to workshop 3. In this workshop you will learn to apply & use the preparation work planned out in workshop 3. This is an intensive workshop over a 6 hour period with a 15 minute break in the morning & afternoon, with a 1 hour lunch. You will need to bring your own model for the day, either a man or women.
Prerequisite: Workshop 3 & 1. Alternative: show your professional photographic portfolio & resume to be considered, your work must be of a very high calibre in order to be accepted without taking workshop 3 & 1.

Free-form Workshop 5
Sunday, July 17th, 10am-5:30pm
$75.
This is to wrap up all 4 workshops, this is an opportunity for constructive criticism and to problem solve any issues you ran into during workshop 4.

Package Deals
Do not include the kit, to add the kit, please add $160. for body painting, or an additional $20 for the face painting kit.

Package Deal #1
Workshop 1 & 2: Without Kit: $340 (save $20)
With Kit: $380 (save $20)

Package Deal #2
Workshop 1 & 3: Without Kit: $340 (save $20)
With Kit: $380 (save $20)

Package Deal #3
Workshop 1, 3 & 4: Without Kit: $500 (save $40)
With Kit: $680 (save $40)

Package Deal #4
All 5 workshops: Without Kit: $700. (save $95)
With Kit: $900. (save $95)