Watercolour Inside and Out at the Bay Breeze Art Gallery

Good Morning Everyone!

Now that summer is upon us it's time for all aspiring artists to schedule some time to develop their skills and take it outside to capture the beauty of the Chaleur Region.

From August 9th- 12th the Bay Breeze Art Gallery is hosting Martha Robinson to teach an all new plein air watercolor class.

This will be an opportunity to build landscape painting skills in a watercolor workshop that combines in-class exercises and demonstrations with on location painting. Topics covered will include tackling skies, structure for trees and foliage, tips for mixing greens, incorporating buildings. Color handouts will be provided for demonstration topics.

Martha Robinson graduated in 1984 from what is now the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, Canada. Her passion for drawing and painting rural landscapes, and domestic animals was firmly established in her youth. She is very much at home in Northunberland County where she now lives, painting from life the animals and landscapes that surround her. Since 1993, Martha has exhibited her work in Canada, and the United States in many juried shows, and private and public gallelries. Martha teaches watercolour at a number of community colleges in Ontario.

Course cost is $300 for the 4 days and materials will be available for sale at the Bay Breeze Gallery if you require any that are on the list that you do not already have. A $50 deposit is required upon registration.

For more information or to register please contact:

Adrienne Elfner-Hazen at 548-2160

Kids Art Camps at the Bay Breeze Art Gallery

Summer is fast approaching and

The Bay Breeze Art Gallery is

offering Kids Art Camps this summer.

We are located at the Promenade Waterfront Village, 82 Douglas Ave., Bathurst, N.B.

For Children:

Ages 5 to 9 July 12 - 16 9 to noon

or Aug. 16 - 20 9 to noon

Ages 10 to 14 July 19 - 23 9 to noon

or Aug. 23 - 27 9 to noon

Creative Journeys for fun filled summer mornings!

For the younger children we will begin with a project for 1 hour, take a snack break at 10 a.m. and then have a session of kids yoga given by Charlene Pearce, registered yoga teacher, after which we will do another hour long project taking them up to noon hour.

For the older children we will explore various mediums to create beautiful works of art in more lengthy periods. We will learn to tie-dye fabric, do some watercolours, make a sand painting and many other mind blowing art adventures!

All classes are $150.00 and include materials. For more information and to register please call Adrienne Elfner-Hazen at 548-2160 or 547-0491 (cell) or come into the Bay Breeze Art Gallery between 9 am and 9 pm to register. Space will be limited to 10 per class and a non-refundable deposit of $25.00 will be required to hold the space.

Picasso stated, "There is an artist in every child".

Experiencial Tourism at the Bay Breeze Art Gallery

Good Morning Everyone! It's another beautiful day in Bathurst, New Brunswick and my news for the day is the possibility of hosting something new to the Bay Breeze Art Gallery called "Experiential Tourism" workshops.

Last week a very special seminar was held in Bathurst on this emerging and very successful concept. Denise Boudreau of Tourism and Parks and Donald Hammond of Enterprise Chaleur hosted this event and brought in facilitator Celes Davar of Earth Rythms, Inc. This was attended by 33 participants and was a great success in iniating a lot of enthusiasm and new possibilities.

On Tuesday, three workshops were held for 11 different individuals attending each one. These were an introduction to forestry with the Department of Natural Resources, Seaglass Jewellry Making with the Queen of Sea Glass, Sonia Turner and Black Magic Painting, focusing on our very own Maritime Ringlette Butterfly, with myself at the gallery. All three events were very successful. This will hopefully generate into real experiences for participants during the summer months where we will offer short workshops for visitors and locals alike! Stay tuned as I am now in the planning stages for these upcoming events!

Contemporary Art Classes at the Bay Breeze Gallery

Good Morning everyone:

Just a note to keep you updated on new classes at the Bay Breeze.

Following my great class in Sedona with Robert Burridge I will pass on some of the fundamentals that I have learned.

Tuesday morning: I'll begin with an introduction to contemporary art the Robert Burridge Way! This should be lots of fun and like nothing you've ever tried before.
For this we need a lot of space and so pre-registering is mandatory. If there is lots of interest then I can repeat this this week - another morning - such as Weds., Thurs. or/and Thurs. evening. Just call me at 548-2160 and leave a message or on my cell at 547-0491.

Pictures of Course in Sedona

I was asked to provide some of the pictures from my Robert Burridge course at the Sedona Art Center May 24th to 28th, 2010.

Just back from Sedona, Az.

Hello all - I've just returned from a fabulous week with Robert Burridge at the Sedona Arts Center in beautiful upper Sedona!

This course was just what the Dr. ordered - a shot in the arm of enthusiasm and fun! I learned so much in the 5 days that I now need to digest all the information on techniques and marketing.

I won't wait too long though before I pass on some of this information to my many students who want to break out of the box and break all the rules of traditional art making.

My first courses will begin this Thurs. evening at 6 p.m. and run for 3 hours and again on Tues. morning, the 15th and begin at 9 until noon. We will play with acrylic color on gessoed water-color paper. This will be soooooh different from what you have done before! If you wish to partake please call me at 548-2160 to let me know because space is limited. We need lots of room. The fee for this course is $30 for each 3 hour class.

I now have art supplies in the gallery for sale but please bring what acrylic paint you have on hand. Also bring:

Viva paper towels - Large paint brushes - gesso Acrylic paint
rubbing alcohol - acrylic mediums - heavy gauge plastic
water color paper 140, 200 or 300 lb. - if you have it - water based varnish
an apron and old clothes

Hope to see you there!

Picasso stated, "Every child is an artist", and I say, "Every artist is a child - so let's have fun and forget our inhibitions and play"!

Adrienne