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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, June 9, 2010 · 28 Art at the Y A night at Gairloch supports the arts Oakville Galleries is putting on a night of performances and wine at a garden party to raise funds for its artistic and educational programs. A Night at Gairloch will be held at Gairloch Gardens Friday, June 11 at 7 p.m. The event will include performances from a New Orleans' style jazz band, Olia Mishchenko and Sandy Plotnikoff. There will also be a bar with martinis, wine and oysters. Furthermore, the work of the late Canadian artist Betty Goodwin will be on display. Tickets cost $120 per person and are available by contacting Oakville Galleries at 905844-4402. For more information, visit www.oakvillegalleries.com. Clean air group holds concert The Citizens for Clean Air (C4CA) group is hosting a fundraiser concert Friday, June 11 to help pay for its efforts to stop the construction of a gas-powered power plant in south east Oakville. The event will take place at downtown Oakville's O'Finn Irish Temper and New Whiskey Lounge. ERIC RIEHL / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Featured will be musician Craig Murray, a one-man band playing anything from Bluegrass to Coldplay music. Tickets cost $25. People who purchase a ticket will also received a $25 gift certificate to O'Finn's, which is being donated by the bar. O'Finn's is located at 136 Church St. For more information, visit www.c4ca.org. IT'S IN THE MAIL: The Oakville/Hamilton Mail Art Exchange Exhibit opening was held at the Poetry reading at Sovereign and glassware, as well as music and poetry. The show began Saturday, June 5 and goes on till Wednesday, June 16. The opening night featured a meet and greet with the artists and a jazz concert. For those wishing to view the art, Sovereign House, 7 West River St., is open Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays 1-4 p.m. YMCA of Oakville recently. Oakville Galleries Youth Council, and members of Youth Engagement and Sovereign House in Bronte Village is lookAction Hamilton participated in the mail art project supported by Oakville Galleries Community Arts ing busy these days as there is an ongoing programmer Sarah Febbraro. Here, in back, from left, Camila Scarlett, Aisha Ibrahim, McKenna Gray, show featuring various forms of art. Emily Marshal, and Lindsay Wilson. In front, from left, Michele Whitcombe, Amanda Nguyen and As part of the show there will be an open Amanda Chan. The exhibit continues through Tuesday, June 22. mike poetry reading on Friday, June 11 at 710 p.m. featuring Oakville poets. The multidiscipline art show features visual arts, such as paintings, photography Painter wins cash award from industry magazine A local painter has earned $1,000 for his painting without even having to sell it. Bruce Geldart, who has lived in Oakville for 17 years, had one of his paintings featured in the May/June issue of the Canadian Brushstrokes magazine. The painting was the winner of that issue's still life/floral competition. His painting is titled Copper, Brass and Tomato. Geldart is a graduate of the Brooks Institute of Photographic Art and Science in California. Now, he typically paints, in a realistic style, images such as still life, land and marine-scapes, florals and others. * Applicable to selected sailings Pre-register Today! (905) 338-8083 2460 Neyagawa Blvd. Oakville www.cruiseshipcenters.ca/oakville Some restrictions apply. Contact your Cruise Consultant for more details. ®Aeroplan is a registered trademark of Aeroplan Canada Inc.