Jill
Segal's Newsletter
Spring
2007
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Greetings Friends!
I’m very happy at the thought of spring,
and hope you all had a creative, peaceful winter.
 I
spent four weeks in Victoria BC, during the month
of February, which consequently flew by very quickly.
Victoria is a beautiful city, and I really enjoyed
the magnificent scenery and opportunity to hike
through old growth forests, and along pristine
shorelines.
I sketched and took photographs
and sat quietly observing the ocean and sea birds,
filling myself up with wonderful inspiration for
future paintings.
 I
attended yoga and Zen meditation classes and practiced
my mindfulness meditation. I really believe that
giving oneself the opportunity to be still and
in the moment, quieting the chatter of the mind,
enables one to align with one’s true creative
Self.
I have some exciting workshops, shows and trips
coming up in the next few months, which I discuss
in full detail below.
Have a very happy spring! I look forward to hearing
from you. Please contact me if you would like
to register for any of the workshops.
Best wishes,
Jill Segal
www.jillsegal.com
jill@jillsegal.com
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Upcoming
Classes, Workshops, & Events
1) Intuitive Painting
and Collage:
Co- facilitated with Chris Marin
DATE: Saturday,
April 28 & Sunday, April 29
TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00
p.m.
LOCATION: Jill’s studio
at 18 Prince Edward Blvd., Thornhill
COST: $180 (including supplies).
You will pour six intuitive paintings
incorporating many different techniques and media.
Included will be resists like a wax candle and
stones or shells, acrylic medium, tissue paper,
a variety of paints and inks and more.
We will do a quick intuitive collage
and also work on collaging any paintings, where
you want to add extra texture or shapes.
Time will be devoted to finding
imagery, symbolism and discussing the meaning
of your paintings and collages
We look forward to sharing a colourful
and expressive time with you. Artists and those
who have forgotten that they are Artists are most
welcome.
REGISTRATION: Please send a cheque
for $180 made out to Jill Segal at the above address
(postal code L3T 7G3) by April 17.
CANCELLATION: If you have to cancel,
we can refund $145 before April 21 but there will
no refund after that date.
INFORMATION: Please contact Jill
at jill@jillsegal.com
or phone 905-731-3834 or Chris at christinemarin@rogers.com
or phone 416-546-3469.
2) Fluid Acrylics: Creative
Explorations
Summer renewal, creativity retreat
Have fun learning to use fluid acrylics
as a vehicle for self expression. Learn exciting
mixed media techniques, including watercolour
crayons and collage.
Relax, play, and reconnect with your joyful creative
self, through painting, meditation, visualization,
yoga stretches, and drumming
DATE: Tuesday June
5, Wednesday June 6, Thursday June 7, 2007
TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00
p.m.
LOCATION: Jill’s studio
at 18 Prince Edward Blvd., Thornhill
COST: $180
Drumming will be facilitated by Terri Segal
3) WATERCOLOUR- EXPLORING
ALTERNATE TECHNIQUES
DATE: July 2-6
2007
LOCATION: Haliburton School of
the Arts
CONTACT: ( 705) 457-1680
www.HaliburtonSchoolofTheArts.ca
This exciting, process-oriented, course is for
developing artists who are ready to break free
and explore new directions in watercolour painting
and self-expression. You will be encouraged to
loosen up and explore the interesting effects
and textures created by combining watercolour
with various mixed media, such as water-soluble
crayons, oil pastels, collage materials (tissue,
oriental rice papers, old watercolour paintings
to recycle and resurrect), black ink, wax and
gouache.
Using still life, landscape and
non-objective subject matter, you will be inspired
to move beyond pure representation to personal
expression and abstraction. Composition and design
will be addressed.
Teaching methodology will include
demonstrations, group sharing, individual attention
and critique. Creativity, fun, and individual
uniqueness will be emphasized.
There will be a material fee of
$10 payable to the instructor.
4) ARTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
MAGICAL JOURNEY TO SOUTH AFRICA
Facilitated by Jill Segal and Lee
Kraemer
Date: February 2008
We are in the process of putting
together an exciting itinerary for a 2 week trip
to South Africa, with an optional extension of
about a week. It’s a long way to go and
there is so much to see.
We will include a couple of days
in Johannesburg, a visit to the Kruger National
Game game park and or another Game Park and a
visit to the Cape Province, including Capetown,
Stellenbosch, Franshoek, (Wine country).
We want to include the history of
South Africa and and visits to local people and
local artists. Some of us could stay on and do
the “Garden Route trip”, magnificent
scenery!!!!
So let me know if you are interested
and I will give you the finalized details and
costs.
5) UPCOMING ART SHOW
I will be participating in
a show at the Ethel Curry Gallery in Haliburton.
The title of the show is
SPLASH. The theme of the show is water. Our aim
is to raise awareness of the importance and value
of water as a natural resource and our need to
conserve it and protect it from pollution.
DATE: May
18 – June 10, 2007
Opening reception: Saturday May
19. From 2-4pm
LOCATION: Ethel Curry Gallery.
94 Maple Street, Haliburton Ontario.
Phone (705) 457 96 87
Participating artists: Jill
Segal, Kai Liis Mckinnes, Sue Forbes, Karen Sloan
I am excited about this show
as “water” is very dear to my heart.
Ever since childhood I have experienced a great
affinity to water. I love swimming and find that
being in water and close to water energizes me
and at the same time provides me with a great
sense of peace, well being, and inspiration.
Water is essential for life
of all living things, and it is imperative that
we conserve it and protect it, to ensure the continuity
of life.
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Happy Spring
Everyone!
Jill
Segal
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