ROBERTS CREEK ARTS FESTIVAL 2013 venue 5

Hello everybody,

 

I hope to see you out and about taking in all the natural beauty and the cultural beauty of the Sunshine Coast this May long weekend.

 

I am honoured for the invitation to exhibit some of my artwork at this is it .

 

this is it .Come visit us at the 2nd Annual Roberts Creek Arts Festival . Art, Design,Music, Food. This is where we country mice show the city mice how it is done.

 

 

 

http://www.robertscreekartsfestival.com/index.php/    ~  list of all the venues,events ,camping and more...

 

 

BOOK LAUNCH

Book Launch for "Walking on Heads"by Dania Matiation

Join us for the long awaited celebration and launch of Dania Matiation's book "Walking on Heads"

 

My Charming Imposter: A Cautionary Tale
Dania Matiation

This novel is based on the true story of the author’s relationship with a charming imposter. Anni Mills lived a comfortable, fulfilling life. Then, cancer struck. Both she and her daughter, who was in the prime of her life, received the same damning diagnosis.

Under a guise of empathy and adoration, a Dutch ‘academic’ moved into her life, only to benefit financially from her generosity and grief over the loss of her daughter. Following his abrupt departure, evidence led Anni to other women around the world who were similarly misled by the con artist. They began to blog—with wisdom, wit, feistiness and resilience—about his web of deceit.

date: Febuary 23,2013

time: 7:00pm-9:00pm

location: Sunshine Coast Arts Centre,Sechelt,B.C.

cost: free

contact: Bronia Kingsbury

Momentum

Dear Friends and Art lovers,

Fresh canvas will be keeping me out of trouble for the winter , locally made, custom stretched, nice, heavy weight canvas.

My work is being included in a publication of Artists of British Columbia, Volume 4 along side some of my favourite artists. I couldn't be more excited.

I received news that Walking on Heads , my charming imposter : a cautionary tale by Dania Matiation will have an official launch very soon. I'll post the date as soon as it's confirmed. If you have not already read this little gem keep it in mind for your next read. I was honoured to have Dania request my piece, Growing Protection for the cover .

Eleven Equal Artists will re occur as a Pop-Up Gallery again this August 16/17/18, 2013 . Last summer's show at the Seaside Centre exceeded our expectations. Here is a short video of the Opening Power of Paint.

ZOOM {pg 18/19} a specialty magazine showcasing life on the Sunshine Coast did a beautiful spread for Eleven Equal Artists.

Last summer I created The Orb for the The Synchronicity Festival, a stunning festival in the rainforest on the Sunshine Coast ,B.C. The sculpture turned in to the true meaning of public art as people felt compelled to add rocks with handwritten notes and saying . I found this guesture very moving .

The Orb is inspired from my childhood obsession with stars and drawing stars. My focus turned into circle shapes and circle shapes turned into orbs paintings. I know I wanted to create a 3D orb using 3 circles. I hand built a maquette with wire. When I put the 3 circle shapes together to create the orb shape. I saw the star at the top and the bottom of the orb. I had gone full circle back to my childhood obsession with stars. Play brought me here. Local company Ox+Monkey then fabricated the Orb maquette in aluminum so I could share it with you.

Regards,   Nadina

Miss me?

Dear Friends and Art lovers,

October is proving to be a full month so without further ado I would like to share a few events that are fast approaching.

 Rodin Columb and I will be presenting a workshop (the)Sound of Shape at this years Sechelt Arts Festival .

You are invited to join the adventure. When and where you ask ?

Workshop #2 – (the)Sound of Shape Part 1

presenters – Nadina Tandy and Rodin Columb

Sunday, October 14, 1pm, (1 hour)

Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa St., Sechelt, BC

Free. No pre-registration required.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to experience hearing colours and seeing sound ? (the)Sound of Shape is a hands-on exploration of the relationship of shapes, colours and the texture of visual sound.  Nadina Tandy, a visual artist, and Rodin Columb, a sonic artist, will guide the participants through the processes of combining sound and shape.

Workshop #3 – (the)Sound of Shape Part 2

presenters – Nadina Tandy and Rodin Columb

Sunday, October 14, 3 pm, (1 hour)

Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa St., Sechelt, BC

Free. Pre-requisite: must have attended Part 1 to attend Part 2

Part 2 of (the)Sound of Shape will be a real time “performance” featuring both the facilitators and participants of Part 1 creating and hearing together. Non-participants are invited to attend this performance.

 If that in not enough the following weekend I open my Atelier studio #30 for the second year in a row :

You are Invited . Check out the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl website for a map guide and Artist's Listings.

I am proud to have Dania Matiation's novel Walking on Heads  available for purchase at my studio on the Crawl weekend.

I look forward to welcoming your adventurous spirit to these events.

Fond regards,

Nadina

Art & Music

Dear Friends,

I am not sure how I get to have so much fun .

Saturday , May 26 2012 

Art & Music 

Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: address given by confirmation of attendance
Cost: $15
Tickets: by phone (seating is limited)

A colourful combination of art and music... be here as Gibsons artist Nadina Tandy creates a work of art through the evening accompanied by some equally artistic music featuring Graham Ord on sax, Paul Steenhuis on bass and Barry Taylor on drums.
 

In the New Year I  had the privilege of my artwork Growing Protection used for the cover art for the novel Walking on Heads: My Charming Imposter A Cautionary Tale, by author Dania Matiation.

I have a few other projects that I am working on for this summer.

All will be revealed soon.

fond regards,

Nadina

ART NEEDS TO BE SEEN

Dear Friends,

 I have filled up on social media, a gavage so to speak. The farmer that gorges the goose to fatten the liver for foie gras says that the animal has no gag reflex and force-feeding them doesn’t hurt them.

 What is the draw to sites like facebook, pinterest, twitter et cetera? I have had positive experiences on these sites. The negative is also been positive so for me it is in measures and measures are hard when the access is always available on my iphone. I have drowned and diluted myself with other people’s art. The danger of social media gluttony is allowing others accomplishments and praise to diminish ones own. It is like a commercial designed to make you feel less than so you buy more.

 This is where I can go down hill. When I need outside approval for my work. It is a sickness that blocks my creativity. I can choose if I am going to levitate or stagnate when I use these media tools to share. Ultimately I am driven to create. My belief that art needs to be seen, heard and shared is what keeps me clear headed and grounded.

I would like to share THE PROCESS 2012  it is my premier attempt at making a video .

Fond regards,

Nadina

Power of Paint : Eleven Equal Artists ...coming soon

Dear Friends,

I have chirped out a few tweets . I made the effort to put the twitter logo on my website but after some frustration I ask for help. Thank you Mike for your time and help.

Power of Paint is leaking out to the media and people are wanting to know what is brewing for August 2012. There will be teaser trailers coming out from the other artist ....the suspense is building~stay tuned.

I had a visitor to my studio over the weekend. I went about my art practice and he shot video around me. The result is a sweet little peek at my space and environment. Thank you Todd Clark for your eye.

I enjoy hearing from you ,

Fond regards,

Nadina

learning new things like tweeting and embedding

My sweet test subjects Cavia porcellus

In my goal to build an empire I am having to expand my technical muscles.

I have made this short as I need to go back to painting. Thank you for your support.

fond regards, Nadina

up-date , I will work further on embedding the Twitter button later~wish me luck

Better a Day Late..

Well, I've managed to catch my breath, put things back where they normally live, spend time with an old friend and lastly make a much delayed news post. It's now 12 days since I participated in two wonderful events and if you missed them due to this tardy post or were unable to attend this year, you have to mark both on your calender for the next. So much fun.

Running from the 17th of October through the 23, the Sechelt Festival of the Arts presented music, performance and visual art at various venues around Sechelt. As part of the events, a juried art show curated by Greg Bellerby was to be held at the Seaside Center and I was fortunate to be one of 33 artists to be shortlisted for the exhibition. A gala opening was held on the evening of the 18th with the artists attending. There was much mingling, art talk and wonder at the amazing variety of talent on display.  

That weekend saw me staying closer to home as I opened my studio to visitors for the first time as the 2nd annual Sunshine Coast Art Crawl kicked off on Friday the 21st running through Sunday the 23. With 108 participating studios and galleries from Langdale to Lund throwing open their doors it was a weekend made for art lovers. I had over 70 visitors over two days to my small studio and what at first was a bit of an apprehension for me, turned out to be a delight. The people I met were excited, interested, informed and inquisitive. This fantastic, well organized, event was a perfect vehicle to highlight the wonderfully creative and versatile artistic community that exists here on the coast.

Variety is the Spice...

Well summer has come and gone and I'm still not sure where it went. It has been a full summer with a number of projects since I last posted news. From an exhibition in a beautiful gallery in the middle of the a west coast rain forest to a live gig painting to improvised music with the ocean and mountains as  background to participating in an arts festival with my nature installation art, it has been a varied and exciting summer. I love the west coast.

Music in the Landing is a live music festival where local musicians take to the streets and parks and in my case the gazebo on the local harbour to perform and entertain for wonderfully appreciative audiences. I was fortunate enough to be asked to join a musical trio extraordinaire as a forth.  Accompanied  by Graham Ord  , Paul Steenhuis and Barry Taylor as 'New and Improv' we improvised both music and paint taking turns letting one lead the other. It was terrifying , being so foreign to the way I normally work, but exhilarating at the same time. The bottom line is that exhilaration won out and there was some thought to doing it again this winter.

Also on the agenda this summer was the fantastic music, performance and exhibition arts festival called Synchronicity. This wonderful event facilitated by deer crossing The ART FARM allowed me a chance to exhibit my nature art  installations. While this is something I have always done it has not been something that I have often had the chance to show. Shirley Macey Park provided the perfect backdrop for this creative, stimulating and energetic event.