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at 2 p.m. Tues. 2 for 1. Tix: 688-3312
ar 685- 4407.

North Shore

N.S. Museum: Museum Alphabet —

an A to Z of interesting and unusual
exhibits. Guessing games and hands-on
experience for children.

Vintage Guitars — The Steel String
Symphony, 20 classic steel string
guitars, including Fender, Martin, Gib-
son. To July 9. 209 W. 4th St. 987-
5618. Wed. to Sun. from 1 to 4 p.m.
Free.

Presentation House: World Wide Skin
Deep. A multi-image collaborative
video installation. To July 23

Gallery hours: Wed.-Sun., 12-5 p.m.;
Thurs., 12-9 p.m.

: Nancy Stever in Theatre Lobby.

17 - Wednesday, Juty 5.

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Seymour Art Gallery: Richard
McDiarmid. Mixed media paintings.
Juried drawing competition invites en-
tries. Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 9-4
p.m.; Wed., 7-9 p.m. Info: 929-7981.
N.V. Court House: Rick McDiarmid.

Mixed media. To July 12. Mon.-Fri., 9-4

p.m. 200 £. 23rd.

North Shore
Waterfront Park: NV. Alumni Band.
July 8, 23 p.
Panorama Park: Kelly Watts. Bagpipes.
July 9, 2-3 p.m
Ambleside Park: W.V. Thursday Band.
july 9, 7 p.m.
Flare and Gleneagle Scottish
Dancers. July 12 at 7 p.m.
Bring a blanket or chair to these
concerts. Cancelled if raining.

Arts and sports compared

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But perhaps the council's
greatest and longest-running suc-
cess is their Picture Loan Show,
which has been going strong for
the past 77 years. Up for rent at a
minimal cost are over 200 original
paintings and prints by B.C. artists.

Parkinson believes that people
should become actively invoived
in the arts, even those who are not
artistically inclined. And she prac-
tices what she preaches. ‘I’m not
a good spectator. I'd rather do
something than watch.”’

Renting a painting is a way for
people to actively involve
themselves with art. “‘It gives
them a chance to experiment with
their taste,” she says.

Sixteen years ago Parkinson
volunteered at the Arts Council to
return a favor to founder Anne
MacDonald. “This was my first
job,”’ she says, rubbing the dust off
a hard-covered scrap book. ‘I
used to mount all the newspaper
stories about what was happening
in the community in here.”

She was elected president in
1978. During that time, Parkinson
became chairman of a North Van-
couver Recreation Commission
advisory committee, often paying

School’s out and it’s party time! Save on
sportswear and sunglasses - not including

her own way to speak at con-
ferences.

“1 played grass hockey on a
women’s league so | understood
the problems that would come
up,’”” she says. ‘“When I talked
about the arts the sports people
listened because ! would listen to
them.”

Working with the recreation
commission, Parkinson learned
there was a closer relationship be-
tween the arts and sports than she
had previously believed.

“1 figured out that it wasn't
sports versus the arts. I met a soc-
cer coach who wrote poetry. I re-
alized there wasn’t a real division
around those who did those
things.”

Although Parkinson admits that
she joves her job, her biggest
frustration is a lack of funds and
office space. The Arts Council ex-
ists on what she calls “half a
shoestring” — an annual $71,000
provincial grant plus monies from
the City and District of North
Vancouver.

The shortage of funds have
forced three people to share a
cramped office. “We're in. cons-
tant chaos,’ Parkinson says. ‘But
somehow we manage to get things
done.”

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