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Robert Bauer Teapot and Teacups Ceramic 6.0 x 5.0in. Tina Beard 'Ammonite' Acrylic on Canvas 10.0 x 12.0 x 1.75in. Gerd Bodin Espresso Acrylic on Canvas 5.0 x 7.0 x 1.0in. Keiko Bottomley  Emperor and Empress Collage on Paper 9.5 x 3.5in. Eunmi Conacher 'Woman' Oil on Board 20.0 x 16.0 x 1.0in. Rod Corraini "Daybreak" Oil on Canvas 16.0 x 20.0 x 1.0in. Virginia Dunseith Shallow Bowl Ceramic 2.0 x 14.0in. Mary Ann Fleming "Smoochie" Acrylic on Canvas 16.0 x 14.0 x 2.0in. Shirley Gray Arbutus View Watercolour on Paper 16.0 x 20.0in. Linda Harris "Tidepools and Shack Island" Oil on Canvas 20.0 x 16.0 x 1.0in. Joyce Hedges Semi-precious Stone Necklace Gemstones 1.0 x 1.0in. Christine Anne Houghton  'Crow's View' Acrylic on Canvas 5.3000002 x 7.0 x 1.0in. Randy Huber Nanaimo Harbour Oranges Acrylic on Canvas 24.0 x 18.0in. Barbara Lorimer By the Shore Acrylic on Canvas 16.0 x 20.0 x 1.0in. Denise MacNeill "Deep Forest" Acrylic on Canvas 40.0 x 24.0 x 1.0in. Ian Nattras pitcher Ceramic 8.0 x 3.0 x 3.0 Ruth Porter Serving Dish With Handles Ceramic 2.0 x 12.0in. Marilyn Ridsdale Clouds Over Strathcona Park Acrylic on Canvas 36.0 x 36.0 x 2.0in. Julie Sabiston "Morning Mist" Acrylic on Canvas 30.0 x 24.0 x 1.75in. Alda Saunders Rosa Dei Venti Sunset Watercolour on Paper 20.0 x 16.0in. Marlies Schottke Mexican Lady Ceramic 36.0 x 15.0in. Dorothy Sevcov Floral Watercolour on Paper 20.0 x 16.0in. Lee Stead 'Long Beach' and raku fish Acrylic on Board 8.5 x 13.0in. Gari Whelon  Proletariat Pot Ceramic 10.0 x 8.0 x 8.0in. Eileen Williamson Anderson Creek Acrylic on Canvas 18.0 x 24.0in. George Williamson "Big Power" Print on Paper 25.0 x 16.0in. Ina Von Wistinghausen 'Daffs' Oil on Canvas 24.0 x 24.0in.

Featured Artist ROD CORRAINI will be the Feature Artist for September, 2010. His show will be entitled "Daytripping" and will be beeswax and oil paintings based upon his travels up and down Vancouver Island’s East Coast.

Members ROBERT BAUER Potter TINA BEARD Painter GERD BODIN Painter KEIKO BOTTOMLEY Painter EUNMI CONACHER Painter ROD CORRAINI Painter VIRGINIA DUNSEITH Potter MARY ANN FLEMING Painter SHIRLEY GRAY Painter LINDA HARRIS Painter JOYCE HEDGES Jeweller CHRISTINE HOUGHTON Painter RANDY HUBER Painter BARBARA LORIMER Painter DENISE MACNEILL Painter IAN NATTRASS Potter RUTH PORTER Potter MARILYN RIDSDALE Painter JULIE SABISTON Painter ALDA SAUNDERS Painter MARLIES SCHOTTKE Potter DOROTHY SEVCOV Painter LEE STEAD Potter GARI WHELON Potter EILEEN WILLIAMSON Painter GEORGE WILLIAMSON Painter INA VON WISTINGHAUSEN Paiinter

Exhibits Several Art 10 members will particate at the Nanaimo Pottery Co-op Show and Sale on August 27 and 28, 2010, at Country Club Mall. Hours are 9:30 to 9:00 on Friday and 9:00 to 5:30 on Saturday. MARY ANN FLEMING is showing paintings at the Art Of Brewing in South Wellington. She also has a painting at the Port Place Theater Showcase on the waterfront in Nanaimo. ROD CORRAINI has two sculptures showing at Mafeo Sutton Park in downtown Nanaimo for the Maffeo Sutton Park Temporary Public Art display through 2010 with a clay piece entitled "Furnace Man." Rod is also showing his work at the Nanaimo Art Gallery downtown location. Three artists participated in the August 2nd "Heritage Paint Out" in conjunction with Coaltown Festivities of the City of Nanaimo and the Nanaimo Arts Council. They were EUNMI CONACHER, RANDY HUBER, and ALDA SAUNDERS. Three artists also participated in the Nanaimo Arts Council Gallery Summer Showcase with the theme of ’Humanity.’ They were MARY ANN FLEMING, EUNMI CONACHER, who took first prize in Painting, and ALDA SAUNDERS, who took third prize. Two artists took part in the Art In The Park at Milner Gardens recently; they are BARBARA LORIMER and EUNMI CONACHER. EUNMI CONACHER and ALDA SAUNDERS also have paintings accepted into the Federation of Canadian Artists’ Nanaimo Summer Showcase. The show opened at the Vancouver Island University Art Gallery on July 23rd and remains hanging until August 20, 2010. ALDA SAUNDERS is also showing paintings at Island Savings Insurance Services at the Cedar, BC, mall. Dorothy Sevcov will share in an exhibition with her daughter, Lea Sevcov, and with Lynn McIntosh at the New Creations Art Gallery & Studios at 22409 McIntosh Avenue in Maple Ridge, BC. Opening night will be September 10th, from 5 to 7 pm, and the show will continue through the month of September.

Member News Art 10 Gallery has found another venue, which is the center of Nanaimo North Town Center on Rutherford Road in Nanaimo. Construction is complete and the gallery is now open. Art 10 is now looking for qualified artists to submit portfolios for consideration for membership.

History In May 1983 Art 10 opened its doors at a location in Harbour Park Mall. Earlier that year ten local artists got together with the idea of setting up their own gallery, the brainchild of Doris Paterson, who now lives on the Mainland. By the time the gallery opened in May there were thirteen members involved. But the name Art 10, for 10 Artists , stuck. Of the original thirteen Dorothy Sevcov and Gerd Bodin are still participants in the gallery. Since then approximately 50 other local artists have been members for a period of time. Over the years Art 10 has spearheaded many exciting events. Well known artists such as Jack Shadbolt, Tony Onley and Herbert Siebner came to the gallery to instruct and show their work. Art 10 presented special shows at the Mahle House, Nanaimo Art Gallery and even one in Lethbridge, Alberta, as well as raising funds to Save Neck Point in 1994 and holding a silent auction to support the Nanaimo and Area Land Trust in its purchasing of park land around Mt. Benson in 2009. Today there are 28 local painters and potters and a jeweller involved in the gallery which is open seven days a week during Nanaimo North Town Center mall hours. A range of styles and subjects are represented in the paintings, and the potters provide customers with functional and fun pottery, plus sculptural pieces. Art cards, bookmarks, calendars, jewellry and other small gift items are also available. After 27 years Art 10 Gallery continues to provide a member-run exhibition and sales space for artists of mid Vancouver Island.

Membership Guidelines An artist who wishes to try for membership in Art 10 should come to the gallery for an information and application sheet. This requires the artist to bring in five original works which, if 2-D, are to be framed and which are to be left for two weeks for consideration. In addition a biography and photos of other works are encouraged. Responsibilities of members accepted for trial include three gallery sittings of four hours each per month, so prospective members should be aware of this and other responsibilities.