International Artist Day will be celebrated at the Port Moody Arts Centre next week with a "pop-up event." Arts organizers have invited dozens of Tri-City craftspeople to the St. John's Street facility to make artist trading cards on Oct. 24. The public can drop in between 5 and 8 p.m. to watch the action unfold. The small, original artworks are not meant to sold but traded for other pieces. The session comes a day before the designated International Artist Day on Oct. 25, Pablo Picasso's birthday. For more on the PMAC event, call 604-931-2008.
TINY TOTS
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra guest artists - and popular children's entertainers - Lisa Allison and Linda Sebenius are back in Port Coquitlam for Hi-Lo Big Top Circus. The three-ring tiny tots extravaganza will highlight melodies by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and be played on a flute, violin and tuba. Tickets at $15/$7/$2 for the Oct. 27 shows at 10 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. at the Terry Fox Theatre (1260 Riverwood Gate) are available through terryfoxtheatre.com.
100 years
Art, poetry and video/animation created over the past 100 years by current and former Port Coquitlam residents is now being accepted for a centennial art exhibit next year. The city is marking its 100th year in 2013 with a number of events and activities such as an innovative mutimedia display that celebrates PoCo's past. The digital art installation will be projected every night on the recreation centre's lobby screen. Residents that have their art included in the exhibit, which runs next February to March, can win prizes. The deadline to enter is Nov. 2. Photos are to be submitted to www.portcoquitlam.ca/photos and must be a jpg format, at least one megabite, 300 dpi and at least 1,500 pixels. Call 604-927-8400 or email [email protected].
BALLERINAS
Four young ballerinas studying at Coquitlam's Place des Arts will perform in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet production of The Nutcracker. The show, which runs Dec. 14 to 16 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (630 Hamilton St., Vancouver), will include Sophie Quiring (mouse); Lina Bang (mouse); Danielle Tuhten (mouse); and Rachael Tuhten (Mountie). All four are students of Lucienne Anzcykowski.
REALISM
A Port Coquitlam arts group is hosting a free demonstration for club members and the public next week. Mark Anthony Skriger will speak at the Art Focus Artists' Association about observational realism for drawing.The event will be held Oct. 24 at The Outlet (2253 Leigh Sq.). Call 604-942-7611.
