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SilverStoneGallelryWe are now on Facebook!
PineRidge Arts Council and SilverStone Gallery. Sign up today and click "like".

We welcome our new Fundraising Team
Karen Bigelow and
Elsie Hetherman
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Write a great review in YELP for the gallery.

YouTube


Juried Art Show Photos from our 2009 Show and 2011!
Ashburn Art Circle
Wild at Heart

 

Gift Sale in the Gallery

SilverStone Gallery

Check out the YouTube videos!

$$ PAID $$ opportunities

Town of Ajax

Call for Artist Proposals for two public art opportunities in the Town of Ajax at the new Audley Recreation Centre (still under construction but to be opened in 2013).
Deadline for submissions is Monday, January 22, 2013
Robert Gruber
Manager, Community & Cultural Development
Town of Ajax - Recreation & Culture
905-619-2529 ext. 7241
robert.gruber@ajax.ca
Download details in pdf here

AGM & Arts Event
Ad Rates and Deadlines

Just how much does it cost to advertise in ArtScene or include flyers AND what are the deadlines.

Click here and you will find all this and more.

Art in Public Places

PineRidge Arts Council's initiative "Art in Public Places" works with local venues to display the works of PRAC's Durham Artists.

OPG, Pickering
McLean Community Centre, Ajax
DENTISTRY ON LIVERPOOL
Reed's Florists, Pickering Town Centre
Body & Mind Wellness Family Chiropractic Centre
Debbie's Cafe, Ajax

 

Art Scams to be AWARE of

If you are looking at an offer that looks too good to be true … check out our scam section.

Are they overpaying your for your work and asking you to send them the difference?

If you know of others not listed, let us know, we will add them to the list.

Artfest on the Esplanade

Visit our Artfest page for
2013 information.

Art Show Notices

Visual Artists check out our list of upcoming art exhibitions and shows

Studio Tour deadlines and more.

Art supplies for sale

Posted Sept.2012
For sale 6 black wire grids. (4) 4 X 8 and (2) 3 X 8. The cost new around $ 100.00 each. I am selling all 6 for $ 200.00. alexhunter404@bell.net ~ Alex Paramount Picture Frames ~ 905 420 6378
Posted Sept. 28, 2011
Carring case and folding easel for sale $50, call Cliff at
905 728 1333 reg. price $148

Posted Aug. 1, 2011
Watercolor | Printmaking paper | 89 sheets of 22" X 30" cold pressed off-white 220lb lana mills deckle edge paper and 37 sheets of white 300lb deckle edge cold-pressed as well. I am looking for $500 for all of it. harper.forbes@sympatico.ca

posted Oct. 26
Gold metal watercolour frames, with glass – cheap. Also small Artist case & folding easel, magnifying glass and light for over art table. Original watercolour painting of flowers by Art Cunan. Call Anne at 905 435 0575. Click for full list.

Helping Hands from PRAC

Frequently we receive requests from organizations asking for donations from our members. It is not PRAC's policy to send requests to members, but as some members may choose to support them, we are starting this list for you to check out. When you request artwork, please include where the donation will be published/promoted, if there is a tax receipt, if it is a 50/50 sharing of funds raised.

The David Suzuki Foundation has an exciting new opportunity for residents of the GTA

Lois Lenarduzzi is looking for art donations (each artist will get 20% back on the final bidding price) to help build a place for families to stay while their loved ones receive cancer treatments, as well as a new MRI machine for Oshawa hospital. Their art will be auctioned off on Nov. 4th at a gala at Deercreek Golf and country club. Questions? Offers contact: lojolenarduzzi@sympatico.ca

"The Best Seat in the House" campaign for St. Francis Centre, Town of Ajax download pdf or check http://www.culturehappenshere.com | Robert Gruber 905 619 2529 X 7241

Music and Theatre Auditions

Want to sing, play in an orchestra or joing a theatre group?

Check out our list of auditions for upcoming productions.

If you audition notices are not listed and your organization is a PRAC member, send them along.

Promotion tips

Between listing your event with ArtScene and PRAC's website, you have made a good start promoting your event.

Remember to include the 6Ws

Reasons to be a PRAC member

As if ArtScene delivered to you door isn't enough - click here!

 

Sculptures in Durham

This page needs updating, if you know of an outdoor sculpture that should appear, let us know.

 

SilverStone Gallery
Featuring Durham Artists
617 Liverpool Road, Pickering

CONTACT Photography Festival in the Gallery

CONTACTScotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2013

SilverStone Gallery is one of the venues of Scotiabank's Photography Festival. We are the ONLY Pickering location for this exciting show and along with The Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, the ONLY Durham exhibitions!

Show opens May 4 and runs to May 26
Gallery Hours 12 to 5 pm


Hands on ArtMask Magic at Artfest

Each year PineRidge Arts Council offers a new arts experience to visitors at Artfest. This year, thanks to the generosity of Enbridge Pipelines Inc., kids of all ages will be able to paint and decorate free wooden masks to take home. The annual popular outdoor event, Artfest on the Esplanade, brings families together at the arts and crafts tables. Parents, grandparents and kids will receive guidance and suggestions from a PRAC teaching artist (if they wish) and create their unique mask to show off and treasure. New this year is Camp Creativity.

Artfest will be on Saturday, May 25, between 11 am and 5 pm in Esplanade Park, (between the Civic Complex and Recreation Centre). Free parking and free admission.

Tips for selling your art at festivals.

2013 Artfest

PRAC AGM and Arts Event "Then and Now" April 3rd

2013 AMG hold the date

Thanks to Cheryl Bannister for the use of her image "A Step Back in Time / Pickering Museum Village"


NEW WEB PAGE Workshops, lessons, and more!

Check our our new webpage. Our members offer wonderful workshops and lessons that may be difficult to find on our calendar pages, so now there is a page devoted to them. If you are a PRAC member and have an upcoming workshop or series of lessons you would like listed, let us know.

Enbridge Pipelines Inc. Cheque Presentation to PRAC

cheque presentation

PRAC members and friends back at Pickering Town Centre for their Annual Flash Mob Christmas Carols


 


Check out our new section to the left ~ Art supplies for sale

Art Supplies for sale

Got gently used arts related items to sell or swap?
PRAC members can have them listed on-line for free.
E-mail Mary.Cook@sympatico.ca

Veritas Carver's Bench for $500, clamps are also available.
Please contact Vlasta jvkampen@sympatico.ca 1-705 696 3540 or Steve simmonssj@sympatico.ca 905 885 4063 for more info or to arrange to see it. If you don't know what I'm talking about there is info on the Lee Valley website.
http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=31153&cat=1,41637

For sale 6 black wire grids. (4) 4 X 8 and (2) 3 X 8.
The cost new around $ 100.00 each. I am selling all 6 for $ 200.00.
alexhunter404@bell.net ~ Alex
Paramount Picture Frames ~ 905 420 6378

Labels Anyone?
Michael Jack has a labelling machine – free to a good home! The machine is called the Merlin is made by Gestetener and new, was worth about $4,000. If you think of one of those little Dymno labelers, this is the same high tech version, like an electric typewriter which has different fonts and spits out peel and stick labels you can put on everything in sight. Librarians loved it. This machine looks in size and weighs much like the old electric typewriters of the 70s and 80s. There are around 20 discs that go with the machine with a variety of fonts. Michael has the supplies that go with it – “a great amount”, he says, “ and you would probably not have to buy anything for at least five years – and it’s free!”.
If inerested, please contact Michaeal Jack at 905-668-2990 or michael.jack@ rogers.com

 

SilverStone Gallery

Pickering Community Art Gallery

SilverStone Gallery
a boutique gallery by the lake
617 Liverpool Road, Pickering
L1W 1R1 | mapquest

Upcoming shows in the gallery

Celebrating Flowers

CONTACT

Mosaic Madness

I Love Durham

Waterfronts

Nautical Village Plein Air Artwork Exhibition

Savour the Season

Call for artwork for 2013

The Nautical Village is one of Pickering's hidden gems
check it out!

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Students at Dunbarton High School work with Dorsey James, Sculptor, and Amy Cashmir, teacher, to carve out family values. Students were asked to identify those family values which they consider important. The students then created visual symbols representative of each value which students are currently in the process of power carving into cedar planks. The power tools used in the project are provided by Bosch Canada and Dremel USA.

PRAC thanks its supporters

Enbridge


OPG

Veridian

 

logos city of Pickering Town of Ajax

Mememberships with

Durham TourismArt of TransitionAjax Pickering Board of TradeCulture DaysCommunity Arts Ontario

 
     
           

The PineRidge Arts Council is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to enhance the quality of life
within the community by developing widespread appreciation, support and involvement in the arts since 1989.

PineRidge Arts Council
650 Kingston Road
P.O. Box 18258 Steeple Hill Postal Outlet
Pickering, Ontario L1V 1A0
Canada

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