Summer's End at the Bay Breeze

Summer is winding down at the Bay Breeze Gallery and we are in our last week of Big Kids Art Camp. This week we had Audrey, Olivia, and Holly and we had plenty of time to work on watercolors, acrylic, pastels, tie-dyeing, sandpainting and today a co-operative painting where each girl will re-create a section of Van Gogh's Starry Night! We will then put them back together for form the whole picture and mount it on some formboard to show in the gallery.

We also say good-bye this week to Hailey and Emilie, our summer students who are on their way to university this fall. Good luck to you both in your studies and we hope you have a great year ahead!

This summer we had an explosion of interest in our gallery, our artists and our art probably due to the great success of the Promenade Waterfront Village's programs of entertainment on a nightly basis and all the new existing shops and food outlets there. Thanks to Charlene D'Entremont, manager of the village and her staff for making this happen! We will be back to our fall schedule with reduced hours from 10 am until 4 pm operating Tuesdays to Saturdays. We will be manned by volunteers who are members of the Bathurst Art Society.

A new schedule for fall art classes is available for you to pick up at the gallery, or is available under upcoming events at www.bathurst.ca I am offering 6 classes beginning the week of Sept. 21st: beginners drawing, beginners water-color, advanced watercolor, 2 classes in contemporary acrylic and children's art. These are all 10 week classes and will be followed by winter and spring sessions.

Multi-Culture Celebrated at the Bay Breeze Kid's Camp

At our Little Kid's Art Camps this summer we were attended by children from many different backgrounds. Part of our program included making flags of the children's heritage. These included:

Germany, Finland, Scotland, Korea, Canada and more specifically Acadia. Eric MacDonald created his very own flag of Toronto and Lola Clerc, although born in Switzerland chose the flag of Sudan where she will reside as of September with her parents who work in the health field. It was wonderful to see the diversity of these children, share some of their experiences and see how the cultural makeup of Bathurst is changing to include people from all over the world.

Special thanks to Charlene Pearce who provided yoga sessions for these children. They all thoroughly enjoyed their time with her and the weather remained beautiful so the yoga could be done outside. Also, a special thanks to Lacey Sullivan, my assistant and aspiring artist for all her help with the camp. The kids loved her and she enjoyed her time with them too!

There is still room in next week's Big Kids Art Camp. Contact Adrienne Elfner-Hazen to register at 506-548-2160.

They're Back!

Welcome to the August Session of the Little Kids Art Camp! On Monday we had 6 new little artists show up at the gallery, 5 little girls, Lola, Eve, Annabelle, Alina and Jenna and one little man - Eric!

The little kids worked on their portfolio, then had a yoga session at the tower with Charlene Pearce and this was followed with a picture of a lizard created with oil pastels and watercolor.

Other activities this week will include painting plaster of paris dinosaurs, tie-dyeing t-shirts, making an acrylic painting, creating our heritage in flags of our origin and drawing techniques.

On Tuesday Lacy Sullivan joined us to lend her special talents in helping the younger children with their work. Good to see you back Lacy!

Next week it's the big kids art class!

Week End Critique for Martha's Course

Martha Robinson's 4 day water color course came to an end yesterday after painting at the Bathurst Marina and the lovely garden of Joyce Neuberg shown above with her sun flower.

The students and teacher gathered together at the gallery to show the previous 2 days work and critique them. The students enjoyed this new experience in working outdoors and the challenges of working in an environment where conditions were constantly changing ie.) cloud formations, tides coming in and going out not to mention that a boat you may have been painting could suddenly leave it's dock and go out to sea!

Thanks Martha for a great week and we hope that you will come back again next year to share your insights and knowledge with our aspiring artists!

Stay tuned for updates on the next two weeks of Kids Art Camps with Adrienne and Charlene Pearce!

On location at Tetagouche Park in Bathurst, N.B.

Martha Robinson's - Painting Inside and Out

It was an exquisite day by the river on Tues. with sunny skies, calm water and no winds when the class began their second day of outside painting. A new experience for many of the students working outdoors was a challenge to paint a small window of the bigger picture of their surroundings. Getting used to painting without tables and on uneven ground was also a new experience but the results were really good!

The next two days will be beautiful and now the process of digesting all of Martha's information will settle in as the class goes out again to a new location.

Good luck class - you are doing great!

We are Having a Great Summer at the Bay Breeze Gallery!

We are experiencing great numbers of visitors to the gallery this summer and we have had good sales for many of our exhibiting artists. The Promenade Waterfront Village is drawing the tourists and locals to this exciting destination which now offers a variety of great shops and food outlets. The ongoing evening entertainment has been a huge draw as well and with our gallery's extended hours we see many people who are discovering for the first time Bathurst's artistic community.

We have a variety of art supplies for sale at the gallery and specialize in unusual canvasses, in specialty sizes and formats. The piece above, "Glow Mandala" is made of 4 tri-angles which can be spaced to create unusual effects, spaced slightly apart such as this is, or hung separately as 4 triangles, or grouped in two squares. The size of this is 34 x 34 ". Smaller versions are available. Come in and see if we don't twig your imagination with the variety of canvass supports that we are carrying. We can certainly order as well.

Martha Robinson welcomed 7 students to her course yesterday! The weather was blustery so demos and instruction began indoors but as luck would have it the sun broke through for the afternoon and plein air painting began in the Promenade Waterfront Village under the canopy of the tower.



The weather for the rest of the week looks great so we are looking forward to going to some beautiful painting experiences at various sites around Bathurst.

Don't forget the Little Kids Art Camp next week - ages 5 - 9! Every morning from 9 - 12 with a yoga session included. For more information call Adrienne at 548-2160.

Welcome to Martha Robinson

Welcome Martha to Bathurst and the Bay Breeze Art Gallery! We are looking forward to your classes, "Watercolor Inside and Out" beginning next Monday - August 9th and running until Thursday the 12th. Classes are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will begin at the gallery each morning for demos and instruction and then students and teacher will go outdoors to paint at locations in our beautiful area.

Martha brings with her years of teaching experience and many ideas and tips that you will find new and innovative. She will work with those who have painted in other mediums but have limited experience in watercolors. So don't let it hold you back if you have ever desired to try this facinating medium but were afraid to try. The beauty of watercolor is that it is more portable than many other mediums and can easily be taken outside.

Don't forget to pack a little lunch or if you prefer you could pick up something to eat at one of the foot outlets at the Promenade Waterfront Village. A folding chair or stool will be handy to keep in your car in case we leave the downtown area and don't forget water to drink and use in your painting. Sun hats and sunscreen are necessry as well. We are looking forward to seeing you on Monday and know you will enjoy this creative summer experience!

We have only a few places left and could accommodate another 2 or 3 if you would like to take part. Just call Adrienne at 548-2160 to register. Course is $300 for the 4 days.