Wood Buffalo Arts & Crafts Guild Annual Fall Sale- Sept 14th

Get your Christmas shopping started early with the best selection of locally handcrafted items in Fort McMurray! From paintings, knit items, beaded and wire wrapped jewelry, floral arrangements, seasonal wreaths and much more!

The show will take place on  Saturday, September 14th from 10 am to 4 pm at the Stonebridge Hotel. The Stonebridge Hotel is located in downtown Fort McMurray next to Tim Hortons. Admission is FREE!!!

For more information you can view the Wood Buffalo Arts & Crafts Guild's Facebook page.

Fort McMurray Potter’s Guild Spring Pottery Sale 2013

30th Anniversary of the Fort McMurray Potter’s Guild 

Spring Pottery Sale 

At the Casman Centre, 110 Eymundson Rd 

Friday March 8th 6:30 to 9pm 

Saturday March 9th 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Functional and Decorative Pottery 

Mother’s Day, Easter and Wedding Gifts 

And something for yourself! 

Donation entry with all proceeds collected going to:
The Centre of Hope

Open Call - "Art for Mental Health" Charity Exhibit, Sale and Auction

MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery presented by Kirschner Family Corporation is organizing its annual charity exhibit, sale and auction. This year we would like to benefit the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Wood Buffalo. 50% of the proceeds from the sale of each artwork will go to CMHA Wood Buffalo and half to the artist. Artists will also have the option of donating 100% of the value of their work to CMHA Wood Buffalo.

The Exhibit:
Artwork will be displayed at the MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery from Dec 4, 2012 to December 20, 2012. The Exhibit Opening will feature two guest speakers and silent auction of approximately 10 selected artworks. The official Exhibit Opening will be held at the Art Gallery on December 13, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Silent Auction:
The 10 artworks for silent auction will be chosen by a non-exhibiting jury. Each piece will have a minimum bid price of one third of the total value.

Criteria:
Visual artists from the Wood Buffalo region are invited to submit no more than two original artworks for the exhibition. All mediums are welcome. All pieces must be framed; stretched canvas is acceptable if the sides are painted or have a clean finish. All artwork must be ready to hang with a tight wire (at one third to the top of the artwork).

Timelines:
Please submit a digital photo of your piece/pieces along with your name, contact information, title of the piece, the size of the piece(including frame), the medium used, price and whether you would like to donate 100% or 50% of the proceeds by November 24, 2012, to anamaria.mendez@macdonaldisland.ca.

Delivery days of all artworks at MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery (previous confirmation after submission) on the following dates:

Thursday, November 29 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday, November 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to select the pieces of art tendered for display or silent auction.

We sincerely appreciate the generous spirit of artists participating in this charity exhibition and sale. If you would like to know more about CMHA Wood Buffalo please visit: www.woodbuffalo.cmha.ca.

Fort McMurray Potters' Guild Christmas Pottery Sale 2012

Fort McMurray Potters' Guild is holding it's annual Christmas Pottery Sale!

Friday November 2nd, 2012 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

And

Saturday November 3rd, 2012 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

At the Casman Centre, Fort McMurray

Functional and decorative pottery from a variety of local potters.

Start your Christmas shopping early or buy something special for yourself!

Door prize raffle of a basket of pottery with all proceeds going to: Unity House

FMPL 2012 Annual Book Sale - Accepting Donations

Saturday, September 8 from 9:00am-2:00pm

Located at the Fort McMurray Public Library


Purchase new to you items for 25¢ each!
*Don't forget to bring a bag (or two) for you purchases.

Public donations will be accepted until September 4th between the hours of 10am-3pm Monday to Friday. Follow signage at library to donate. Contact Nicole at 780-792-5138 for more information

“Art for everyone” – Open Call

Charity Exhibit, Sale and Auction

MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery and the Wood Buffalo Artists Forum is organizing an annual charity exhibit, sale and auction to benefit the local United Way campaign.

Participating artists have the opportunity to donate a portion of their work for a good cause and to cover their costs (Half the proceeds from the sale of each piece of art will go to the United Way and the other half will be presented to the artist.)

Chosen artwork will be displayed at the MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery from Dec 1, 2011 to January 18, 2012.

The Exhibit Opening will be held at the Gallery on December 1, 2011 from 7 – 9pm.

Please submit a digital photo of your piece, along with your name, contact information, title of the piece, the size of the piece(including frame), the medium used, price and whether you would like to donate 100% or 50% of the proceeds by November 21, 2011, to anamaria.mendez@macdonaldisland.ca.

Finished framed art can be dropped off at the MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery on the following dates:
Thursday, November 24, 2011 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Friday, November 25, 2011 from 10:00am to 1:00pm
(Please note that all art that is not sold will be returned to the artist.)

MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to select the pieces of art tendered for display, silent auction or live auction.

Please contact anamaria.mendez@macdonaldisland.ca for more information.

Grand Opening -Nisa Collection

When I moved to Fort McMurray over seven years ago, I didn’t envision a place with so much diversity and unique cultural aspects such as world class theatrical events at Keyano Theatre, an extensive genre of dance classes and our very own summer street festival, Interplay. To add to this ever growing list of cultural offerings, a new shopping experience is opening this weekend in the Stone Creek area of Fort McMurray. The Nisa Collection by Uzma Syed is launching a grand opening and Eid shopping event at 109 Gravelstone Way on August 20 and 21. This collection consists of vibrant and colorful Eastern and Western outfits, jewelry, clutch purses and even girls Eidware. Uzma started her home based business about two years ago when she moved to Fort McMurray. Quickly realizing that local retail stores didn’t offer her favored fashion or fabrics, Uzma created this magnificent business and has participated in several tradeshow and market place events throughout Fort McMurray. Just this past June, Uzma delivered the first ever, very successful, Pakistani Fashion show.

Don’t miss out on this grand opening for one of Fort McMurray’s very own entrepreneurial artisans and shop to your hearts content at the grand opening of Nisa Collection. This event is cash only.

For more information, please contact Uzma at 780-880-8855

Mesmerizing: June 19th

The first ever Pakistani Fashion Show in Wood Buffalo – where east meets west!

This is a ladies only event featuring the designs of local fashion designer Uzma Syed from her Nisa Collection clothing line. The evening will include sales of jewellery and clothing from 12:00p.m. until 5:00p.m. with two fashion shows at 2:00p.m. and 3:00p.m.

The fashion show will feature local celebrity models like Ashley Crew from MIX 103.7, Miss Teen Northern Alberta –world 2010, Jhoyli Labrador, and many more.

For more information please contact Uzma
Phone: 780.880.8855
Email: nisacollection@live.ca
Or visit the Facebook site: www.facebook.com/Nisa-collectionsyed