The directors of the Burnaby Arts Council aren't just volunteer administrators - many of them are artists, too. Their work is on display at the arts council's Deer Lake Gallery this month in the ongoing Directors' Exhibition.
The exhibition includes work by Bill Thomson, Denise Jeffrey, Farhad Amini, Sophie St. Pierre, Linda Lewis, Irene McCutcheon and Brian Daniel.
The exhibition is underway till Feb. 5. It's the first in a busy year full of exhibits at the gallery.
Coming up Feb. 10 to March 3 is an exhibition of work by Cindy Buckshon, with the work of Charles Langdon on display March 9 to 31. April 6 to 28 features the arts council's spring juried show and artists' workshop.
Deer Lake Gallery is at 6584 Deer Lake Ave.
Check out www. burnabyartscouncil.org or call 604-298-7322 for more details about the upcoming exhibitions.
LIBRARY ARTS
If you're interested in the art of printmaking, you may want to stop by the Metrotown library branch.
The Burnaby Art Gallery has an outreach exhibition on at the Burnaby Public Library's Bob Prittie branch until March 11.
The retrospective exhibition covers 25 years of exploration of different printmaking techniques by Sabina Proulx, an artist from Shawnigan Lake.
Various mediums - including etching, linocut, collograph, multiple plate reduction, divided block printing and photo etching - are among those repre-sented in the exhibition.
Information from the gallery notes that Proulx's work has been inspired by nature and by international exposure to a variety of cultures after a childhood spent in different parts of Europe, Africa and North America.
Proulx is a member of Victoria's Ground Zero Printmakers Society, and this is her first solo exhibition in the Lower Mainland.
The Bob Prittie library, at 6100 Willingdon Ave., is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Check out www.burna byartgallery.ca for more about the exhibition.
LOVE LINES
Have you submitted your embarrassing love poetry yet?
There are still several days left to send in your submissions for the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts' Bad Love event.
The Shadbolt is welcoming submissions of your worst-ever love poems - which will be turned into a performance by one of the centre's theatre staffers on Feb. 4 at 12: 30 p.m. in the centre's atrium.
Poems can be sent by email to Joel.Destefano@ burnaby.ca. If you would prefer to make anonymous submissions, you can also drop off your poems the Shadbolt Centre registration desk attention: Joel De Stefano.
You can also send in your poetry by mail (under your own name or a pseudonym) to Joel DeStefano, Theatre and Literary Arts, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave. Burnaby, V5G 2J3, or fax to 6042917841. Poems must be submitted by Jan. 30.
Check out www.shad boltcentre.com.
Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie by email, jmaclellan@burnabynow. com.
