What:
Attack of the Kittens and Bunnies
When:
Saturday, Jan. 26, 9 p.m.
Where:
Mike’s Garage
Tickets:
$5/$10
And you
thought kittens and bunnies were cute.
Blindmute
Productions presents another cutting-edge, totally unique art extravaganza with
Attack of the Kittens and Bunnies group art exhibition on Saturday, Jan. 26 at
9 p.m. at Mike’s Garage in Function Junction.
“We want to
bring up artists from out of town to showcase their work and give up and coming
local artists that don’t have a venue to exhibit their work,” said Dave “Pepe”
Petko, artist and co-producer of Blindmute Productions.
Petko and
partner Randy Smith last shook up the traditional art world with the staging of
the Circus Billy Freak Out at Mike’s Garage. In the latest exhibition, guests
will browse bunny and kitty art among car hoists and tools for an underground
experience.
All artwork
will centre on the theme of cats and rabbits. Vancouver artist Nicole Steen,
whose work is no stranger to shows in New York, Chicago and L.A., will hang a
portrait of Catwoman for the show while artist Hayley Wirsching snaps the real
thing with animal photographs and Pilar Alvarez paints the Day of the Dead Bunnies.
Familiar
local names to look out for at the show include Petko, Jon Parris, Dan Poisson,
Lauren Javor, Pamela Mason, Josee St Amour, Arne Gutmann, The Incredible
Amoeba, Devin White, Chili Thom, Andrea Tucker, Tom Meraw, Xandra Grayson and
many more.
DJ R3 will
spin out this funky night of acrylics, oils, multi-media, photography, film,
paper maché, metal work and sculpture.
Must be 19
years plus to attend.
The first
50 tickets are $5. Tickets are $10 thereafter as well as at the door.
Advance
tickets are available at Evolution and Mike’s Garage.
Filmmakers
needed for new Pemberton film fest
Pemberton
gets into reel outdoor adventures with the new Pemberton Mountain Film
Festival, and organizers are looking for filmmakers to roll into action.
Homegrown
filmmakers are invited to share their backyard adventures at the inaugural
event, which intends to cover all facets of the great outdoors. From
base-jumping to backcountry skiing and beyond, summer or winter, organizers are
looking for adrenaline pumping and heartwarming films from filmmakers who are
veterans in the field of extreme.
The
festival gets rolling Feb. 11-13 at the Copperdome Lodge in Pemberton Meadows.
Each night will focus on a different theme: paragliding, base jumping, speed
flying, skiing, snowboarding, sledding, ice climbing, mountaineering, kayaking
and rock climbing.
To submit a
film, contact Michele Murray at 604-698-5795.
Pro
Photographer Showdown ups the anti
The search
is on and going global for the infamous Pro Photographer Showdown at the Telus
World Ski and Snowboard Festival with new rules and an increased prize purse
this year.
The 11th
annual showcase will be held Apr. 17 in Whistler and will showcase the work of
five of the world’s best action-sport and lifestyle photographers.
A jury of
industry professionals will select the five competitors.
Participants
interested in competing must submit a three-minute DVD presentation of their
images set to music by Feb. 19. The submission must reflect the work that would
comprise the nine-minute production in the showdown.
Shutterbugs
will battle it out in front of an audience of 2,000-plus people while their
images are played out on multiple big screens at the gala event. A Best of Show
will be selected, earning the photographer not only bragging rights, but also a
$10,000 cash prize. New this year, the four runners-up will each receive
$1,500.
The
Showdown’s worldwide call was issued earlier this month, already garnering
interest from photographers in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and North and
South America.
Entry
procedures are available at www.whistler2008.com.
Casting
call for all ages
Discover
your inner thespian and get it out on stage at YouthFest, presented as part of
Wild At Art celebrations Mar. 13-15 in Squamish.
YouthFest
is a collection of short plays for the entire family, which will be presented
at Eagle Eye Theatre.
Children,
teens and adults from the Sea to Sky corridor are invited to audition for a
variety of acting roles. Production crews are also needed.
Contact Adriane
Polo at 604-898-5930.