The visual artwork of Tri-City resident Parisa Shafazand and her Rainbow Artists will be on the walls of the Port Moody Public Library next month.
The Iranian-born artist paints in acrylics and oil and uses mixed media for her creations.
Rainbow Artists is the title her young students chose for the library exhibit (100 Newport Dr.).
Shafazand tends to promote earth-friendly projects with them. "We use lots of recycled stuff to create do-it-yourself projects. I look forward to teaching as well as learning from my students as we all go through an artistic journey together," said the graduate of Emily Carr University of Art+Design.
OTHER ART NEWS:
AT THEIR BEST
About 200 students at a Coquitlam secondary will show off their creativity at the high school's 12th annual fine arts night next week.
Music, drama and visual art students at Dr. Charles Best secondary will display their skills before the community on Jan. 26 in the gym (2525 Como Lake Ave.).
HAWAII ANYONE?
The Coquitlam Ukulele Tiny Instruments Enthusiasts - better known as the Cutie Circle - will host an open workshop next month.
Led by Gary Cyr, who regularly leads the South Surrey/White Rock Ukulele Circle, the Feb. 8 session runs 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. at the Pinetree community centre (1260 Pinetree Way). The cost is $20 (cash only) and Hawaiian attire is optional.
Participants will learn two or three songs during a 90-minute session: one will be in the Hawaiian language and the other in English. Visit cutiecircle.com.
15 MINUTES
An art instructor and comedienne will lead a free demonstration on 15-minute paintings in Port Coquitlam next week.
Zoe Clemens will be the guest artist for the Art Focus Artists Association on Jan. 28 in the Outlet at Leigh Square Community Arts Village (behind PoCo city hall). The event is at 7 p.m.
TEEN CALL
Tri-City teens have less than a month to enter their work in a juried art, video and literary show that highlights the theme of stigma.
Selected students in Grades 9 to 12 will see their art displayed in an exhibit, titled Mindfulness in May 2015: The Silence of Stigma, at the Leigh Square Community Arts Centre in Port Coquitlam.
The exhibition will coincide with Youth Week and Mental Health Awareness Week. To apply by Feb. 13, send a jpeg of your submission. Email [email protected].
