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Hello Aurora,
Today marks the first day of June! We are nearing the end of our season at Place des Arts. For those of you who have taken a class, attended an event, purchased a gift from our Artisan Shop or perused our exhibitions, we thank you for joining us during our 50th season.
We are very close to announcing the entirety of our 2023/2024 season. Find out more about some of the classes below and mark your calendars for June 5 when our Annual Program Guide is released. Public registration opens for classes on June 26. If you are a current Sep-Jun student, re-registration is already in full swing. Check your email for details.
Our final event of the season is the opening reception for our 50th Anniversary Exhibition and Images and Ideas. Find out more about the event below! We hope to see you there. A commemorative poster from our 50th season will be available while supplies last!
Here's to 50 more years of Place des Arts,
Aurora van Roon
Communications Coordinator
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Join us on Friday for two exhibitions celebrating PdA | |
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Celebrate the opening of our 50th Anniversary Exhibition and Images and Ideas as well as the reveal of our 50th Anniversary Community Art Project! FREE ADMISSION.
Find out more about the exhibitions below.
Place des Arts 50th Anniversary Exhibition and Images and Ideas will be on view at Place des Arts from June 2 to June 22, 2023, and online from June 9 to August 31, 2023.
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Place des Arts' 50th Anniversary Exhibition
Various Mediums in the Atrium
As part of our year-long celebration to mark our 50th Anniversary, this exhibition reflects our 50th season mission to celebrate Place des Arts voices through creative connection, storytelling and joy. The work on display was created over the past 50 years by current and former Place des Arts students, teachers, volunteers, artists, artisans and staff and reflects each artists’ artistic journey and connection to Place des Arts.
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Images and Ideas: Student Exhibition Various Mediums in the Leonore Peyton Salon
Images and Ideas is an exhibition of artwork created by students taught by Don Portelance, one of Place des Arts’ founding members. Don provides an opportunity for advanced visual arts students to continue improving their abilities and challenging themselves artistically through studio sessions and field trips. Images and Ideas gives these students the opportunity to display their work and provides viewers insight into their creative process!
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Weaving Stories Together
Displayed in the Mezzanine
This community art project, facilitated by Place des Arts’ teacher and fibre artist Mariana Frochtengarten, united the community to share Place des Arts voices through creative connection, storytelling and joy.
This project allowed people of all ages to add personal stories, hopes and dreams to a unique, textile-based project at events held throughout the year.
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Join us for our final Coquitlam Youth Theatre showcase! | |
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On Saturday, June 3, 2023, from 2:30-4:00 PM join us for the final year-end performances of Junior Coquitlam Youth Theatre and Coquitlam Youth Theatre.
They will be performing Us/Them and King Arthur's Calamity.
Tickets will not be available to be purchased at the door.
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Announcing our 2023/2024 Season | | |
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MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
Our staple programs, Music for Young Children (2-8 years) and Musical Rainbow (6 months-8.5 years) are a great way to introduce your child to music.
We also have a few new classes, Ukulele for the Family (5-10 years) where parents and kids can learn the ukelele together and Violin Technique and Musicianship (10-14 years) to help students learn techniques that will take your violin playing to the next level.
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DANCE HIGHLIGHTS
We have comprehensive and progressive Ballet, Hip Hop and Jazz programs that allow young children to start their dance practice and grow in the program.
New classes include Tiny Dancers (2-3 years) to introduce children to dance and use it to instill important skills and for adults, we have an Absolute Beginners Ballet and All Levels for Hip Hop.
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THEATRE HIGHLIGHTS
This year, our Coquitlam Youth Theatre program does not require an audition process. We also are introducing a new Coquitlam Youth Musical Theatre class (9-12 years) for children who love to sing, dance and act and are looking to perform in front of others.
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VISUAL ARTS HIGHLIGHTS
We have various visual arts classes in different mediums including drawing, painting, mixed media, sculpture, fibre arts and ceramics. Our creative writing class introduces up-and-coming young authors and illustrators to the craft of storytelling.
New classes for kids include All about Acrylics (5-12 years), All about Pastels (5-12 years), All about Watercolours (5-12 years), Cartooning & Character Design (7-10 years), Comics & Graphic Novels (8-17 years).
New classes for adults (18+ years) are Intro to Comics, Pet Portraits, Spinning & Plying for Colour Effects, Spinning & Plying for Texture, Twined Planter Basket, Pulled Pottery Handles, The Art of Teapots and Bowls, Bowls, Bowls.
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EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
This season, celebrate the arts by attending live concerts, fun family events and visual arts-based events for adults and teens. You can register or purchase tickets for our events starting on August 11, 2023, through Eventbrite. Follow our page to see our events to see when they are announced! We also have a great series of exhibitions coming up next season.
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Our guide will be ready on June 5 online!
Public registration opens June 26, 2023. You can pick up a physical copy of our guide by meeting us at the Canada Day booth at Town Centre Park on July 1 (starting at 12 PM) or from Place des Arts starting July 2.
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Creative Connections Interview: Mayor Richard Stewart | |
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Mayor Richard Stewart was first elected to Coquitlam City Council in 2005 and has lived in Coquitlam his whole life. He is an advocate for the arts and has made numerous contributions to his community. His life has also intertwined with Place des Arts in many ways. Read his story in his words below.
“As a teenager back in the 1970s, one of my first recollections of Place des Arts was serving as a pianist for dance classes after the building was converted from the former Coquitlam RCMP detachment. In 1978, as a student at SFU, I started a part-time job as a Building Service Worker (BSW) with Coquitlam Parks and Recreation, and one of the buildings I helped maintain was Place des Arts. I can recall how the building was adapted to support its new use, and how one had to walk through the pottery room and past the kiln to get to the stairs leading down to the former judges’ chambers, which was now serving as the dance studio. The building wasn’t entirely suited to be an arts centre, since the RCMP detachment and jail was challenging to convert, but they made it work and I got to know the people who were making it work. From modest beginnings, Place des Arts’ singular vision has driven it far past any expectations thanks to teachers, board and staff.”
About Creative Connections
This series shares the stories of board members, founders, teachers and other Place des Arts community members. In our 50 years, we have had many incredible, talented and dedicated people that have made Place des Arts the organization it is today. We're so excited to share their accomplishments, their impact on Place des Arts and the impact we've had on them in turn.
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FINAL TWO DAYS OF OUR RAFFLE! | |
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The jackpot has reached $2000, and you can help us bring it to $2500!! That would mean over $1000 going towards subsidies, bursaries, and no-cost community programs at Place des Arts, allowing more children, youth and adults to benefit from the arts. Plus, you could walk away with 50% of the total funds raised through the raffle when we draw a winner on 5th June.
We hope you can help us in this final push!
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Call for Artists from Arts New West | |
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The Arts Council of New Westminster aims to have exhibitions that feature a variety of visual arts by a wide range of artists from the Metro Vancouver region. The exhibition program aims to reflect both the cultural and artistic diversity of contemporary art and serve as an educational forum for New Westminster and surrounding communities. This program is open to applications from both established and emerging artists.
The deadline to submit is July 15th, 2023.
Please go to their website to find more information about the gallery spaces and details for the submission.
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Teddy Bear Picnic
June 11, 2023 | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM at Town Centre Park
The Coquitlam Teddy Bear Picnic and Grande Parade is back in FULL SWING this year! Grab your favourite stuffed animal and head to Lafarge Lake for a full day of fun activities, great food trucks and live entertainment. We will be there with a booth! Can't wait to see you there.
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Music in the Square with AM Gold
June 23, 2023 | 7:00 - 8:30 PM at Mackin House
Enjoy an energetic and nostalgic performance by AM Gold. AM Gold is an acoustic spin down memory lane featuring the best feel-good retro radio hits from the 70's through the 90's from artists such as Joni Mitchell, The Doobie Brothers, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, Stevie Wonder and more!
Enjoy an art activity by us during the performance!
Free. Rain or Shine. (All ages)
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