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NEW MEMBERS GROUP ‘AMAZING’ MACKAYLIE! OUR HACE CO-OP STUDENT THE FOLD FOUNDATION Literary Festival celebrating diverse authors and stories | Coming May 2016! www.theFOLDCanada.org NIGHT AND DAY STUDIOS Studio showcasing visual art and promoting individual artists www.nightanddaystudios.ca INDIVIDUAL ATINA BOONCHIT theatre & visual arts Student winner of the RBC/BAC Artistic Achievement Award at Turner Fenton Secondary School JAMES FLUX visual artist Abstract artist, visual artist & photographer www.jamesflux.com ELNOR WALSH arts mentor Mentors individuals wishing to pursue the arts by connecting them to opportunities [email protected] 416-722-8854 ALEX WILSON glass artist Handmade glass sculptures, jewelry, art and home decor www.alexwilsonglass.ca HACE Co-op Graduation Ceremony, January 2015 Through the HACE co-op student program, the BAC was lucky to have Mackaylie Jessop join us in October 2014. Mackaylie is a Grade 12 student at Bramalea Secondary School and will be graduating in June this year. If you called our office between October and January, it was her enthusiastic voice you would have been greeted with. We miss her, but wish her all the best in her future endeavours. As part of the program, Mackaylie wrote a weekly blog post summarizing her experience. Here is a condensed excerpt from her final entry. “Well, my co-op term has come to an end and so has my blogging. Today will be my final blog. I want to thank everyone at my work profoundly for everything they have done for me. They have been such a huge help! ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MARCH 24, 2015 The Brampton Arts Council’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held in the City Hall’s Council Chambers on March 24, 2015 with registration starting at 7:00 p.m. and the meeting commencing at 7:30 p.m. This is an opportunity to learn what the BAC did for its members in 2014 and what we have planned for this year. According to our constitution, members who are in good standing (have paid the 2015 membership by February 24, 2015) have the opportunity to vote on issues. Members who paid after that deadline are also encouraged to attend and are welcome to join us, after the AGM has adjourned, for a reception, and to partake of refreshments, listen to entertainment and network with your peers. Please RSVP to the BAC office at 905-874-2919 or email [email protected]. We are looking forward to seeing you. 2 BAC ARTS TALK | VOL 28 ISSUE 1 DECEMBER 2014 - FEBRUARY 2015 I wish my time didn’t have to come to an end yet because I love it here. But all good things come to an end and mine is coming to an end. Throughout my co-op term I have said it has gone by too fast, but I didn’t realize how fast until today. It’s over and it feels like it’s just beginning. Wow. Time. Flies. I loved doing Art in the Open at the beginning of my placement. I loved being there in the early morning to be able to see all of the different arts there are. And I adored the Business of the Arts workshop weekend. All of the workshops that I went to were amazingly amazing! It has ended all too soon!”