Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association

Wednesday March 17, 2010
3.30pm - 4.30pm, admission is by donation, suggested is $2-5 pp

About JULIA CRUCIL
Julia Crucil quit teaching high school English and Social Studies after fifteen years, and enrolled in the Fine Arts Program at North Island College. Now, entering her fourth and final year of a Bachelor of Fine Arts through Emily Carr University, she has been returning to her academic roots, exploring topics in literary criticism, historiography, cultural theory, social psychology, and criminology as they apply to visual arts.
In real life, she has a brilliant and funny husband who is in deeply lost in his Master’s thesis, two tween step-children, and a bent for traveling rivaled only by her love of a unique microbrew.

About THE MAP AS ART
The Map As Art will discuss the ways contemporary and historical artists are using concepts in geography and the language of maps and geographical diagrams, towards the end of global awareness. We will examine the work of Antonia Hirsch, William Patterson Ewen, Julie Mehretu, Ross Racine, Fernando Vicente, Val Britton, Paula Scher, Francesca Berrini, and Emily Prince.

About Show N Tell
Show N Tell is a weekly informal visual arts presentation at the CVAG which takes place on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30 – 4:30pm. The presentations are by anyone, not just artists, interested in the visual arts and take many forms: slideshows, lectures, live painting, interviews, workshops and demonstrations. Admission is by a suggested donation of $2 – $5, but can vary depending on what’s happening.

Any person with an interest in the visual arts is invited to Show N Tell. Whether you’re an art student, collector, art practitioner, or supporter of culture this is an opportunity to promote your cultural involvement with arts in the valley, to get practice speaking in public, build up your CV or resume and meet others in the arts community to exchange ideas, contacts and information.

Contact Anh Le at 250-338-6211