Local Arts

It's been a whirlwind seven months for Linzy Arnott. Since the Maple Ridge resident got married last August in Port Moody, she's been painting furiously for three solo exhibitions this winter.

How does a visual artist get from a conceptual stage to a completed work? Better yet, how do three artists finish a canvas in less than 90 minutes? That, in a nutshell, is the basis of the Golden Brush painting competition, the third of which takes p

Parents of pre-schoolers and young children can be entertained during spring break with Theatre Bagger's presentation of The Little Old Man at the Evergreen Cultural Centre.

A Place des Arts' harp instructor will offer a Renaissance drawing class for adults this spring at the Maillardville facility.

Bard on the Beach instructor Mike Stack played focus games with youth at Port Coquitlam's Hyde Creek community church last week after wrapping up the speech arts portion of the annual Coquitlam District Music Festival (CDMF).

Get your kids enrolled in arts and culture camps during this month's school spring break in the Tri-Cities. Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) has Shakespeare 101: Hamlet Made Fun! for students in grades 6 to 8.

The Evergreen Cultural Centre recently announced the next show in its Family Series, Cinderella, presented by the touring ensemble Vancouver Opera in Schools on Sunday, March 13 at 2pm in the Studio Theatre.

Tri-City residents Andrea Ashton and Jonathan Hamilton play Olivia and Curio in the Shakespearean comedy Twelfth Night at the New Westminster campus of Douglas College.

EXHIBITS Place des Arts: Joy Kirkwood's Stories to Tell (mixed media), Rose Eysmond's Windows (oil and acrylic) and Catherine Tableau's Earth's Dream, Stone's Dream (mixed media), March 10 to April 9.

Joy Kirkwood and Rose Eysmond come from different worlds.