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Wednesday, February 21, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER C3 Bananas in Pyjamas T IC K E T BIG Come and join PI and M as they sing and dance to your children's delight! treat March Break Enter tainment! CENTRE F O R TH E P E R F O R M IN G AR T S 130 Navy Straw, OakvWa. Ontario Saturday, March 17 at 1:00 £ 3:30 p.m. Call (9 0 5 ) v s - i m Photo by Barrie Erskine Ten-year-old Eli Cull is busy at work on the still life work that he was drawing recently in a Basic Art class held at the Oakville Art Society facility on Bronte Rd. Cull is one of a handful of young residents from here to Carlisle who are schooled at home but venture out to study art at the local Art Society. Art Society teaches the ABCs of art By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF · N EW DELI C O U N T E R · M E A T S · CH EESE " S O U P S · SA L A D S Kids may be able to study their ABCs at home thanks to computers but when it comes to art, they $ 8 8 . hang out at the Oakville Art Broten said it's not just Society. < the home-schooled students A group of nine children, who could benefit from the aged 7-13 years, are taking classes. Basic Art at the Bronte Rd. "A lot of art programs facility. have been deleted from It's part of a six-week schools today," Broten program in which they'll noted. leam to paint and draw. And if these kids want to "More than anything it's progress, Broten said the important to plant a seed of Society is there. understanding or apprecia "What we're doing now tion," said is just touch their teacher ing the tip of Beth Cockthe iceberg. "If they cam to us ton. However, if very young, they The 27they come to won' t be intimidated y e a r - o 1d us very Oakville res young, and by art later in life." ident is a they develop r e c e n t their skills Ontario Col and creativi lege of Art graduate who ty, they won't be intimidat also works at the Oakville ed by art later in life," she Galleries. said. "This is the first time Cockton is coming to we've been approached by terms with how to teach a a group of parents in this group of students whose situation," said Society ages and abilities are widedevelopment director, and ranging but admits art class former president, Mar is a good social experience guerite Broten. for home-schooled chil "Parents may be very dren. good at teaching math or "Kids are kids but this science but often they don't group does seem to know each have the art knowledge," other well," said Cockton. said Broten. That's because the rest The Society, which has of their "art" classes include been in business for 35 excursions like field trips to years, is used to handling Sheridan College's anima groups of Brownies, Scouts tion studios, local galleries or Sparks, as well as adults, and the ballet. in such classes. "The classes provide a "A lot of people have the change of scenery and if notion that we're a private you're doing something cre group, artists only but that's ative, often you should do it not true," said Broten. outside your environment," "Many people come and said Cockton, adding the use our facilities especially input of others is key when if they want to work with it comes to art. clay," said Broten. For the home-schooled kids it's just like all others -- two hours on Wednesday mornings for six weeks. 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Film Festival has new fare The Oakville Arts Council (OAC) Film Fes tival continues on Wednesday, March 7 with Two Family House, a new American feature film by director Raymond DeFelitta. This flick stars Michael Rispoli of the hit television series The Sopranos, along with Kelly MacDonald and Katherine Narducci. Two Family House is a humorous yet gutwrenching take on the American Dream. Set in the 1950s, in a predomi nantly Italian-American Staten Island neighbour hood. Two Family House is the tale of Buddy Visalo, a disgruntled factory worker who goes after his big dream and gets more than he bargained for. All OAC Film Festival movies are screened at Famous Players Cinema in Town Centre I, located at Dorval Drive at the QEW. Showtime is 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $6 for mem bers and $8 for non-members and are available at the door or in advance at various local venues. 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