44 — Wednesday, September 17, 1997 — North Shore News

” Art presentation skills offered

Sy Layne Christensen

News Reperter

layne@nsnews.com

SOMETIMES being a good artist
isn’t cnough.

Jf you want your art to sell, “you have to go
that next step,” says Ruth Payne, exhibitions
coordinator of West Vancouver's Ferry
Building Gallery.

Thar “next step,” as Payne sees it, is pre-
senting your work professionally, marketing

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your talent and putting forth an image that
reflects the skills you have as an artist.

Payne has received her share of poorly pre-
sented works trom artists eager to show in the
tiny yet popular waterfront gallery. Sloppy sub-
missions such as slides smeared with finger-
prints don’t pass muster with the adjudicators
who decide which artists make the final cut.

“It’s basic,” says Payne. “Ir really comes
down to selling yourself.”

Payne will cover the basics of “how to pre-
sent your artwork to a jury” in a workshop

Wednesday, Oct. 1, 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Silk
Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave., West
Van.

The session will cover how to present slides
and artwork and how to write biographies and
press releases. The cost is $10.

Artists can put their new-found knowledge
to the test by applying for exhibition space in
the Ferry Building Gallery.

Fall adjudication is Sunday, Oct. 19. Work
will be considered for a three-week exhibition
between April and September next year.

Artists muse be past or present residents of
the North Shore.

Submissions must include:

Bi three finished and framed picces of artwork;

W 20 prints or slides of current work, 4” x°3
prints or farger preferred;

@ a written concept or proposed theme of
exhibition;

@ curriculum vitae, and

@ $12 (plus GST) jury fee;

Three-dimensional work is welcome.

Artists must not have shown in the district
(Ferry Building, Silk Purse or West Vancouver
Memorial Library) within the past 12 months.

Drop-oft is Sunday, Oct. 19, 9 to 11 a.m.
Pickup is 4 to 6 p.m. the same day.

The location is the West Vancouver Seniors”.
Activity Centre, 695 21st St. To register for the
workshop or for more information about the
adjudication, call Payne at 925-7266.

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