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‘Last weekend, two jurors

from Vancouver chose eight
«works to represent the northwest

in the B.C. Festival: of the Arts
in Saanich,

_” “Sizing up the Net”, a paint-|
ing by Barbara Greene of Prince

Rupert, was chosen because of

its strong composition, good :

light, bold .simple design and
real and believable characters.
The painting ‘‘Kitamaat Vil-
lage’ by Des Edwards of Kiti-
mat was chosen for its form and
three. dimensionality. The only
criticism was that the fore-

ground was too ‘‘fussy’’.

Painting ‘‘One of . Rupert’ fr)

*. . Docks’?: by Luara Laughren of

Prince Rupert appealed because

--of its: innocent charm, color, .

light and sponteneity.

Another painting, “My Val-.

ley’?, by Donna Bruins of Kiti-
Mat was recognized for the ar-
tist’s brave use of the horizontal.
“It’s so B.C.,’” said adjudicator
Vicky Marshall.

Suzanne Gerard’s painting
“A QCI beach + Sandpiper +
Bill’? was noted as being very
West Coast; the dog was very
dog-like; nothing was overdone
or vulgar and the artist obvious-
ly had a strong sense of com-
position. .

Cindy Materi of Quick enter-
ed “China Nose Mountain’’, a
painting which had been part of
her exhibit in the Terrace Art

Gallery last month. The jurors

found it ‘’simple, fresh and re-
freshing, with wonderful colora-
tion and stable composition. We
loved the piece!” ,

Harold Demetzer of Terrace

photographed a Seiko watch
with a native killer whale
bracelet. The jurors found it
humourous and with a con-
tradictory mixture of traditional
and technological. They liked
the ominous chocolate land-
scape on which the watch was
photographed, and thought it
looked like it ought to be a
magazine ad.

Walter Comper of Cassiar
submitted ‘‘Shaman and Child”’
which the jurors described as an
assemblage of ‘‘found objects’’

_ seventh year that. works will be
sent to the B.C. Festival of the.

(bones, feathers, - wood, glass).
Marshall thought it bordered on
some sense of spirituality. Both

‘jurors like the subdued colora- |
tion and the layers of imagesand §
‘called it ‘‘a rich piece’. .

This was the eighth year of the ©
Images and Objects Northwest .

Juried Art Show, and the

Arts.

This year’s jurors were Vicky
Marshall-and Philippe Raphanel —
of Vancouver. Raphanel is both —
a sculptor and an artist of ex-
pressionistic oil paintings of.

‘landscapes, Marshall specializes‘
in the expressionistic oil pain- ‘

tings. Raphanel and Marshall

have done exhibits together. —

Their previous artistic collabora-
tions were made evident in the:

harmony of the comments made

about the works.
They explained their process |

of choosing the works as.
follows; they initally circled the

gallery and commented and
made notes on their first
choices, and then they re-

examined all the works and
impressions.

discussed their
before they made final decisions

and identified the winning. en--
~ tries.

They said they were looking _
not so much for technical exper-

tise; but ‘move for. the feel of the’

work and the emotions it spark- —
ed. They looked for light and —
form and seemed to have a.
special affinity for works il-
lustrating water, boats and the
West Coast generally.

Marshall’s jury experience

had been jurying slides for
‘Canada Council. Both Marshal!
and Raphanel had critiqued stu-
dent works at Emily Carr School
of Arts and at various univer-
sities.

The exhibit of the Juried Art
Show entries will remain at the
Terrace Art Gallery until March
25. The eight winning entries
will travel to the Images and Ob-
jects VIII provincial Juried ex-
hibit of fine arts and crafts from
May 23 to 27, in conjunction
with the B,C. Festival of the
Arts in Saanich.

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Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 14, 1990 A3.

Jurors Vicky Marshall and Philippe Raphanel study one of the entries in the Northwest Juried Art
- Show, now on exhibit at the Terrace Art Gallery. Last Sunday many of the 62 artists who entered
works in the show met with Marshall and Raphanael to hear appraisals of their. pieces.

Lodge. And Grabowski says that
with the - exception _ of one
switchback he doesn’t anticipate
any problems. The Kitsumkalum
lodge was designed in a way that
it can easily be cut in half and
moved, and the relocation will be
far more economical than building
a new structure.

As it looks now, then, much of
the infrasturcture will be in place
by late summer or early fall. Phase
I will offer enough room for about
1,500 to 2,000 skiers on a 40-
hectare, south-facing slope and
there will be parking for about 600
vehicles. There will be 11 major
ski runs with a total vertical drop
of 1,600 feet (by comparison, the
vertical drop at Hudson Bay
Mountain is about 1,000 feet) and

there will be three ski lifts in
operation. The redesigned T-bar
and chair lifts from Kitsumkalum
will access beginner and
intermediate slopes, while a new
T-bar on the ridge will offer a new
challenge to some of the more

_ expert skiers in the area.

And there should be plenty of

‘snow. Grabowski said he took a
first-hand look at the site last

Saturday and he was impressed.

‘On the ridge, there was 3.5 meters

of snow and this in itself, he says,
is unusual. Most exposed mountain

‘tidges are whipped bare by winter

winds. At the 3,700 foct level, the
top of the T-bar, he says his 3.5
meter probe didn’t touch bottom,
and at the base area, an elevation
of about 2,200 feet, there was 2.5
meters of snow. Although it has a
southem exposure, the snow was
dry.

Based on this preliminary
investigation, Grabowski says he
expects the numbers at Shames
Mountain to exceed any previous
expectations. "The potential of
Shames Mountain is far beyond
anything the master plan ever
envisioned," Grabowski said on
Monday. "The scenery rivals any
skiing area I’ve seen."

He added that the mountain has a
good mix of runs and offers
something for everyone. About 20

percent of the Phase I development

will: appeat to beginners, 60
percent will offer something for

‘those with intermediate skills and

the remaining 20 percent will
offer, to say the least, a cahllenge
for the best. "The distribution is
ideal," Grabowski said. "It has the

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potential of a first class regional
ski area. With the terrain and the
snow, there’s no reason why not."
Grabowski predicts Phase I users
will come primarily from the

Terrace, Prince Rupert, Kitimat _

and Kitwanga area but there should
also be a few destination skiers
from the Alaskan Panhandle testing
the slopes. As they gradually work
towards the completion of Phase
Il, Grabowski says, the number of
destination skiers will grow but he
adds this won’t have an adverse
effect on Hudson Bay Mountain as
some Smithers skiers fear.
"Competition is good," he explains.
"It makes everyone pull up their
socks. It will help both."

So things are looking good. "Ten
months is. a tight construction
schedule," Grabowski admits; but
he speaks with both optimism and
confidence. As far as funding is
concerned, Grabowski says a&
$505,000 loan has been approved
through a Tourism Development
loan with the federal and
provincial governments and

$250,000 from the Venture Capital

Corporation is in the works. The
required balance, over $250,000,
will be raised locally, he sald.

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