CALL FOR ARTISTS
 Durham Region artists are invited to submit entries for the: Oshawa Art Association’s 44th Annual Juried Show. Regulations and entry forms are available as of first week of April 2012 from the Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery, as well as local galleries and art supply retailers, or download the entry from the OAA website: www.oshawaartassociation.com
The deadline for entry is May 4th 2012 (post-marked).
Categories include oil, acrylic, watercolour, mixed media, pastel, prints (no photography), drawing, sculpture and youth (15 to 18 yrs).
There is a limit of two entries per artist.
Prizes are awarded for best in each category.
The juried exhibition will be held May 31 to June 17, 2012 at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 72 Queen Street, Oshawa. Opening reception will be May 31 at 7:00. For more information contact:
Janet Powers at 905-579-4897 or jaybee@bell.net
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Wild at Heart Studio Tour
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 Design new Pickering Village street banners
Congratulations to PRAC member Melanie Baker..
Call for Young Emerging Artists
Deadline Friday, January 27th, 2012
New Frontiers Exhibition Opens 2012 at the SARC
February 4 – 25, 2012
Scugog Arts Resource Gallery | Port Perry
In February 2012, the Scugog Council for the Arts (SCA) opens New Frontiers, an exhibition featuring the work of area young emerging artists in all media, in the Scugog Arts Resource Gallery (SARC) in Port Perry. New Frontiers is open to young Durham region artists between the ages of 14 and 21, who have not completed a post secondary program in arts or exhibited a body of work independently from a school setting.
The New Frontiers exhibition provides an opportunity for young artists to explore their artistic potential in a public setting. “I think that the show has great potential because we are giving young artists the opportunity to show their work outside of the educational setting” states SARC Gallery volunteer curator, Jennifer Blair. “We will be showcasing new, exciting work created by artists just learning about the incredible things they can do with art. Young artists have a love for experimentation and their work can be so interesting because of their fresh passion for the arts. The work of young artists reminds all of us of the importance of art in our lives.”
New Frontiers will run February 4th to 25th and the submission deadline is Friday, January 27th. Applicants may submit up to 3 works with call for entry forms available on the SCA website or at the Scugog Arts Resource Centre, at 181 Perry St.,Unit G-1 in downtown Port Perry.
The SCA believes that the arts are essential to the quality of life in Scugog and surrounding area, and strives to cultivate creative potential at all ages. New Frontiers will be the first show of the year at the SARC Gallery. Other artists featured in 2012 include Barbara Ponomareff, Carol Matsuyama, Ruth Rodgers, Andres Musta/Joachim Lau and Libbie Burns, along with annual showings of the Lake Scugog Studio Tour Preview Exhibition and It’s Elementary! - Scugog Elementary Students Exhibition. An open juried exhibition, Seasons of Change will be held in September, with call for entry forms available in the new year.
For full details on any of the above exhibitions, Call for Entries, or the 2012 SARC Gallery schedule please visit www.scugogarts.ca or contact the SCA at 905 982-2121.
 Congratulations to Edward Falkenberg for designing this award
Lake Scugog 2012 Spring Studio Tour
 May 5th and 6th, 2012
DEADLINE FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2011
Cultural Expressions
Cultural Expressions 62 Old Kingston Road Pickering Village, Ajax, ON L1T 2Z7
Cultural Expressions at 905-427-2412 for more information or see culturalexpressions.ca
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Britten Chorus
Cathedral Bluffs Sym. Orch.
Club Loreley
Community Concert Band of Whitby
County Town Singers
 Calling all BASS Singers!
Come to New York City in the summer of 2012 to participate in an international choir festival that will be as meaningful as it is memorable. "The Rhythms of One World" festival will open with a concert at UN Headquarters celebrating the anniversary of the signing of the UN charter, and will include other significant performances in iconic New York City venues.
Why? County Town Singers has eagerly registered for this event, but desperately needs additional BASS VOICES to be able to qualify to participate as a full SATB choir.
Sie
ze the moment! Be part of a choral event that will be truly monumental.
Call or email Sue Rawlinson to confirm your interest before November 15th. flyer
905.725.1499 susanrawlinson@rogers.com
Durham Community Choir
Durham Girls’ Choir
Durham Philharmonic Choir
The Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival
Durham Youth Orchestra
Eastside Harmony Chorus
Eclipse Concerts
Kiwanis Music Festival-Oshawa/Whitby
La Jeunesse Girls Choir
The Lydian Wind Ensemble
Monday Morning Singers
Oshawa Durham Symphony Orchestra
Pickering Community Concert Band
Pickering Perennials
Port Hope Friends of Music
St. George Anglican Choir
Scarborough Bel Canto Choir
Scarborough Choral Society
Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra
Scugog Choral Society
Village Voices
Whitby Community Concert Band
 York Symphony Orchestra
Places available in the string sections of the York Symphony Orchestra ~ violin, viola, cello and bass.
We welcome interested musicians to contact us for more information at 416-225-0788 or kweisz@rogers.com
2010-11 Season Programme pdf
Young Singers
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ALL Non-paying/Non-equity unless noted)
Ajax Community Theatre
 Backwoods Players / City of Pickering
Invites all members to put their names forward for the positions of director, stage manager and/ or producer for these 2012 shows:
- June 10 A Wolf's Tale
- July 14,15,21,22 Whodunit:Under the Big Top
- Sept. 14,15,21,22 A Spirit Walk
- Dec. (date TBA) Duffin's Creek, a Christmas Pageant
Please submit names by Nov.22 to Pam Edmonds (president), or anyone else on the Backwoods executive.
Borelians Community Theatre
Class Act
 Durham Shoestring Performers
Markham Little Theatre
 Northumberland Players
AUDITIONS:
ONSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
(formerly Scarborough Choral Society)
Oshawa Little Theatre
Oshawa Little Theatre 2012 - 2013 Season
 "Pygmalion" comes to OLT's stage in October 2012, followed by "Fiddler on the Roof" in November/December 2012. "A Few Good Men" takes stage in February 2013, with the comical musical "The Producers"
Scarborough Choral Society
see ONSTAGE
Scarborough Music Theatre
 Scarborough Players
 Scarborough Theatre Guild
Scugog Choral Society
StoneCircle Theatre
Victorian Operetta Society
Westben Arts Festival Theatre
Whitby Courthouse Theatre
PAID OPPORTUNITIES
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Artist and Website SCAM ALERTS!
PRAC is periodically allerted by members on various scams. Most of the shows and opportunities on this page are from members, but check out the group if you don’t really know it.
Check out Art Scams
2010 INTERNET ART SCAMS
Hi Cathy and Lou,
Re: Artists—Beware of Internet Art Scams! by Laura Warburton
I was the target of a similar scam. The wording of the messages was much the same. There was a move from USA to South Africa and the buyer wanted to use her own shipper. In my case, I received a cheque on a British bank for an amount which was three times what I asked for. In this type of scam, it is hoped that the victim will send their own money to cover the difference. That is how the fraudulent buyer makes money. I sent the email trail to a police officer with the crime unit. Without seeing the cheque, he could predict the scam. He assured me that the buyer did not want my art.
A Whitby bank confirmed that the cheque was not legitimate. They had seen another case where a woman was selling a household article through something like ebay. The buyer had sent a cheque for a much larger amount of money than she asked for. No doubt they had hoped she would send her own money to make up the difference.
I ceased contact with the buyer as soon as I saw the cheque, because then I could guess what sort of fraud it was.
Laura's advice was good. A direct bank-to-bank wire transfer is safe. Then you know whether the payment funds are clear. You must be sure that the payment you receive is legitimate before you send your artwork.
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Have you received many of these messages? Laura Warburton is sharing a current message she is receiving copies of.
Subject: Art work Enquiry
Hope this message finds you well,i came across some lovely and creative artworks on your site while searching for good artworks and I will like to buy creative artworks out of your stock.
I will be happy to have this selected artworks hanged in our new home. What is the least price? We are travelling from our USA home to our new apartment in London,uk .Regarding payment,I will be happy to pay you with a certified Travellers cheque/moneyorder/cashiers cheque . An urgent reply we be appreciated.Thanks.
Kindly don't bother to include the shipping cost because i have a private shipper hat will arange for the pick up of the art work in your location once you have cleared the payment in your bank,they are in charge of moving our other house interior decor to our new home.I await your contact details to make out the payment to you asap.
Artists are increasingly becoming the target of cyber-scamming. This email is just one example of the type of internet fraud that artists are receiving from unscrupulous scammers prosing as serious art buyers.
There are a number of points that suggest that this inquiry is not entirely as it may seem;
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The spelling and grammar are generally quite poor.
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The buyer is often either traveling or overseas.
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The buyer wants to pay via a travelers cheque, money order or cashiers cheque, all of which are relatively easy to forge.
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The buyer wants to arrange their own shipper.
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They buyer is most often in a hurry to close the deal.
There are many ways to safeguard your work against scams like this, and they are all really quite simple.
Never accept payment via a travelers cheque, money order or cashiers cheque. These are all quite easy to forge and your bank can remove the funds from your account to cover a fraudulent payment well after the art has been shipped, often as long as 30 days or more. The fraudulent buyer who is in a hurry is attempting to pressure the artist into shipping the work before payment has cleared. Similarly, they frequently want to arrange their own shipping or have someone pick up the artwork in order to have possession of it before their phony payment has been discovered. A direct bank-to-bank wire transfer is the safest method to receive payment. Your bank will ensure the funds are clear, most often on the day of the transfer.
Never accept an overpayment. Once the price of the art and shipping has been determined, that’s the amount of the payment you should receive from the buyer. If they send you more than that (often much more) and ask you to send them a cheque for the difference, you will find yourself out of pocket for not only the value of the artwork and the fraudulent payment, but also for the difference of the overpayment you’ve sent back. No one is going to ‘accidentally’ send you a payment of $7,000 for a painting that you’re selling for $3,000.
As exciting as it may be to have an art buyer contact you wanting to own a piece of your work, you need to proceed with caution. Take your time. If you’ve responded to a potential buyer with your selling terms and they don’t appear to be listening, follow your instincts; if it feels funny, it likely is.
ARTISTS:
First clue – it’s not a show you’ve heard of before!
Second – it’s always advisable to check with your art friends if they know anything about it or heard of it!
Third – how did the e-mail come to you – cold calls are always an indication that it’s not legit.
Fourth – Google it.
• Some like to ‘acquire’ well known sponsors - look at the logos - do they look like poor scans, outdated? Another tip-off that you should invest your time and money elsewhere.
•Artists need to be safe first … same as any kid on the internet – there are rules to follow for safety and you can’t just pay someone for a show that you have not checked out thoroughly.
•Check: torontocraftalert.blogspot.com/2008/03/crafty-biz-concerns-raised-re-toronto.html
WEBSITES:
There are active organizations more than willing to renew your domain name for an exhorbitant fee AND they send their invoice to your home. Check with your current provider to see why you are getting mail from someone else before you loose your money and waste your time. |
