It is hard to believe but we have been teaching jewellery making classes at a variety of levels here for the past four years now. During that time I think we have been just as inspired by our students and they have by us. It is because of this positive exchange of artistic ideas that we decided it was time to start showing off what our students have done.
Our first student exhibition will take place from February 4th, 2011- February 28th, 2011 with an opening reception on Friday February 4th from 5pm-9pm. I would like to thank Magnotta Winery in advance for their generous support of this event!
Another first will be the sale of student work through Jewel Envy. It was a big decision but we thought if students were going to brave enough to show their work to the public and then price it we should make it possible for prospective buyers to take home their favorite pieces! Of course only the work students are willing to part with will be for sale but I have a sneaking suspicion if there is interest and a piece is not for sale we might be able to coordinate a commissioned piece.
Today I decided that we will also give out a People's Choice Award to one artist in the show. It would be to hard for us, the teachers, to choose our favorite piece so we are letting the public have their say! Everyone that comes in during the month of February may cast one vote for their favorite piece of jewellery on display in the exhibition. We will tally the results at the end of the month and the jeweller who receives the most votes for one piece of jewellery will win two days of bench time to help further develop their skills.
I am pretty excited to see what people bring in and I hope you are to so please come out and support creativity this February!
Gillian
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