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Powell Street Festival Society presents Comercial na Art! Ocean Fresh exhibition

Powell Street Festival Society presents Commercial na Art! Ocean Fresh exhibition
[Date] 2008/8/1(Fri) - 8/15(Fri) 12:00- 17:00 Closed on Sundays&Mondays
[Venue]　Helen Pitt Gallery (Vancouver,Canada)102- 148 Alexander Street B.C. V6A 1B5 Canada
[Admission] Free
　　
*Opening Party 2008/8/1 (Fri) 8PM @ Helen Pitt Gallery
Erika Kobayashi, Toru Morooka, and Aya Takada will be attending!

*Artist's Talk 　2008/8/2 (Sat) 2:00PM @ Helen Pitt Gallery

Participating Artsts:　
Yusuke Gunji (painter)/ Erika Kobayashi(Comic Artist)/ Itaru Hirama (Photographer)
Chikara Matsumoto (Animator) x organ-o-rounge/ Toru Morooka a.k.a. more rock art all! (Illustrator)

Organized by Powerll Street Festival Society
Co-organized by Helen Pitt Gallery
Grants by Canada Coucil, Canadian Heritage, BC Arts Council, BC Gaming Comission, The city of Vancouver
   
   
TOKYO WONDER SITE EASP2007 presents "Nomadic! -Shayne Ehman & Friends-
Date: 2008.3.20 (Thu) - 4.20(Sun) 11:00-19:00
Closed on Mondays
Venue: Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo
　　　　2-4-16 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 JAPAN
TEL 03-5689-5331 FAX 03-5689-7501
Admission Free
Organize :Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site
◆In Association with Canadain Embassy／Supported by Canada Council／Cooperated by Kyoto costume designer association／Approved by Association for Corporate Support of the Arts
◆Exhibition Catalogue「NOMADIC」will be published in 2008
「Nomadic! Syane Ehman& Friends」
Curator: Aya Takada（director of ...birdo flugas.）
Canadian traveling artist Shayne Ehman presents a total of approximately 25 artworks created together with his friends, Marc Bell and Seth Scriver. Displays include "Asphalt Watches", an animated road movie based on the artists' own experiences, as well as works produced while in Japan, and a number of installations combining drawings, watercolor paintings, and other items that reflect Ehman's uniquely nomadic life and let the viewer re-experience the "artistic journey".
 

◆Artists　Shayne Ehman, Marc Bell, Seth Scriver
  ARTIST IN RESIDENCY IN KYOTO & SHIOGAMA

In association with the Nomadic exhibition, the artists Shayne Ehman, Seth Scriver, Marc Bell will stay in the Aterlier Kenichi Tanaka (Kyoto) and birdo space (Shiogama) to make artworks for the exhibition at the TWS Hongo.
Special guest artist: Amy Lockhart

2008.2.20-3.2 Atelier Kenichi Tanaka
2008.3.3-3.13 birdo space
   
>> Tobidasu Birdo no Workshop >> Japanese Only!

This is the birdo flugas' new program, started in 2007. Artists have workshops for the educational or corporate needs. Birdo will send the artist or creator to the educational, cultural facilities depending on the requests.
It's a dispatch system of artists by birdo flugas project.

The website is in Japanese, but hopefully, we are ready to exchange art workshop internationally!

   

[Vol.1] Workshop at Nakayama Kindergarden
May 2007- February 2008
Nakayama Kindergarden/ 4-17-25 Nakayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai JAPAN

Schedule: May/June/August/November/February

The kindergarden will be closed down in 2008. Birdo artists have workshops to share creative time and opportunities with the children during the final year.

 
 
Have you checked our "something pale pink" exhibition catalogue yet? It includes the works by Lisa Cinar, Shayne Ehman, Elizabeth Zvonar etc...and more artists, as well as the short essays by Canada-based critic, Patrik Andersson and Independent Curator, Makiko Hara. You can remember the exhibit, or you can comfortably enjoy the works at home !
on sale now @ BIRDO SHOP*
Available at
Japan：birdo space 2-3-11Minatomachi, Shiogama
SOLD OUT!
　　　NADiff Omotesando 　4-9-8 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo
London UK：Institute of Contemporary Arts（ICA）
　　　　　ICA.The Mall. London SW1Y 5AH U.K.
  Vancouver：BLIM　
　　　　　　 197-East 17th Ave. (Main St.) Vancouver BC V5V 1A5
 
 
 
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Reported the Vancouver art news to Japan on Online magazine SHIFT as a Vancouver reporter until '04. Now Aya has been wokring on the birdo flugas project and has created the space for the artists to work together.　

birdo space community has opened on mixi! and it's run by the birdo gallery sitter Kame chan! Please join the members if you have access! Log in and share the birdo info >>
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In trade for your service of volunteering, we would like to offer you birdo flugas products.
f you are interested, please contact Aya at info@birdoflugas.com.
 

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2-3-11 Minatomachi Shiogama Miyagi
985-0016
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open 11:30am-17:30pm
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We are the gallery sitters (volunteer-based). We stay at birdo space and invite friends for creative activities!
birdo flugas encourages the artists to work together actively for their activities.
 
Aya Takada/
birdo flugas
director
Haruka/
Graduated from Vantan Film School, and studied in England. Runs a cafe in Shichigahama and makes art.
Evan/ Photographer. Born in the states, lives in Shiogama.
www.evanpike.com
Yukiko/
Graduated from Musashino Art University. Works as an illustrator and a writer.
Maki/
Graduated from Tokyo Bungaku University. Taken George Brown College of Art & Design (Foundation). Toronto, Spain, and Sendai based artist
Kame/
Graduated from Tohoku University of Art &Design. Works at the interior shop.