Pop in and be swept away by the delightful and incredibly detailed work that is now exhibiting at Grey Area.

Cheers!

Jacquie Simpson

Chilliwack’s Grey Area Gallery hosts a unique display next week produced by artists with brain injuries.

The Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association (FVBIA) uses art experiences to support rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injuries.

Members have worked under the guidance of local artists John LeFlock and Dawn Kerr, as well as professional photographer Stephan Baker.

Most recently, the group worked with LeFlock at Great Blue Heron Reserve’s art studio.

Read more the rest of the story: The Chilliwack Times

It’s a self portrait with a purpose . . . just one 16-year-old Jesse Gemmell could never have known when she put paint to canvas more than five years ago.

Jesse’s stunning piece of art has been garnering rave reviews for years, ever since she created the masterpiece while a student at Cheam elementary. The painting then hung in the family home, never failing to draw the admiration and praise of those who saw it.

But a higher calling was still ahead. Along with her mom Kim, Jesse, who is autistic, is selling prints of the painting to help raise funds for autism research.

“Jesse was elated and it has helped her self-esteem,” says Kim about the decision to try and raise money through sales of the painting. “She loves the idea of supporting autism research because of all the help they have given our family.”

And while coming up with the fundraising idea was easy enough for Kim, life as a mother of two has been anything but. While Jesse was afflicted with autism, her youngest child, Avery, spent the first few years of his life clinging to life as he endured a number of heart surgeries…

Read the rest of the story at: The Chilliwack Times

Tuesday November 1st
7:00pm – 9:30pm

Tickets: $15 (includes glass of wine & appetizers)
To Purchase Tickets: Call Trish Knight (604) 858-7028

Wine poured by : Sardis Park VQA
Fashion show by: Suzannes

The article describes how Gary’s piece of Cultus Lake brings the living room together through its subject matter and colour palette. So exciting to see that BC Home magazine agrees that Gary Haggquist is the kind of artist that can be showcased in a home decor magazine focused on defining what is beautiful and unique in BC homes.

Click here to view the article online

2011 JUGGERNAUT NATIONAL TOUR

featuring

Brownman Ali, Tyler Emond, and Chris Lamont 

April 6, 2011

8:00pm – doors
8:30pm – Bravo! documentary “The Life & Times of Brown”
9:00pm – Brownman Electryc Trio show

Grey Area invites you to join us in an incredible evening featuring the internationally acclaimed jazz-funk trumpeter (from the legendary jazz-hip-hop group Guru’s Jazzmatazz) BROWNMAN, heralded as “Canada’s preeminent jazz trumpet player” by New York City’s Village Voice magazine. This award-winning trumpet player comes to Chilliwack with the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO as part of their 2011 Juggernaut 50-city National Tour. They are the Canadian National Jazz Award winners for “Electric Jazz Group of the Year” and the recipients of far too many other awards to name here. It’s an honor to have Brownman in this cozy and intimate venue accompanied by Tyler Emond on 6-string electric bass (known for his work with Matt Dusk) and Chris Lamont on drums (highly in demand Toronto-based session drummer).

The trio has been best summed up by JazzOnline.com who writes: “Brownman’s powerful electrified trio captures the essence of the later years in Miles Davis’ life, his electric period, without imitation. Brownman’s ELECTRYC TRIO is uniquely his own, yet echoes with the sounds of ‘Bitches Brew’ and ‘In a Silent Way’ right down to Miles’ use of electronics while still managing to stay grounded in the sounds of today. Clearly paying apt tribute to Brownman’s NYC mentor Randy Brecker, they are a truly impressive and energized modern jazz outfit.”

“Brownman… Canada’s preeminent jazz trumpeter.”
~ The Village Voice, New York City

“Brownman… one of the next great voices in the new generation of jazz improvisers…”
~ Randy Brecker, legendary multi-Grammy winning trumpeter

“Brownman… the most versatile hornman in Canada”
~ Chicago Tribune

“… virtuostic, energized and in the spirit of Miles Davis”
~ Toronto’s NOW Magazine

“Brownman… a truly gifted improviser with an original creative voice…”
~ Gary Bartz, saxophonist with Miles Davis

“Brownman… uniquely creative and fearless – like a young Miles Davis.”
~ Guru, legendary hip-hop icon of Gangstarr/Jazzmatazz fame

“Brownman Electryc Trio is lively, entertaining and hip … seriously funky, muscular, quick & completely thrilling…”
~ Whole Note Magazine

Please call 604.846.0088 or email for tickets asap. There is limited spaces and it is a once in a lifetime experience right here in Chilliwack at our gallery.