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are associated with the arts have that problem â€" they get typecast into a particular slot," Snyder says of his Menâ€" nonite painter reputaâ€" tion. "You know, Julie Andrews is always cast as a very sweet kind of character. Well, Julie Andrews could maybe play a helluva hooker, but she‘ll never get the chance to. I‘m able to commission myseif to do «matever | wart." ( o on ol eute offers a healthy servi of Snyder . Mennonnneg- Peter Etril Snyder has publ influenceds works, but it ako offers a broad range of styles including paintings of Canada‘s !adscapes, England‘s countrysides and quaint villages, and Bermmuca‘s tiny ports and markets. *I‘m clearly drawn to country images, whether it‘s here in Waterioo County, England, Australia, or wherever. | feel comfort abie n rural settings â€" I‘m not opposed to cities, but I‘m cerâ€" tainly more drawn to countries," Snyder says. "The subject is what causes me to paint. But what I‘m all about is painting, not the subject. What | do is paint the patterns of light and dark, biue, green, purple, whatever | see. So everything that you see ing, Snyder‘s many travâ€" + the U.K., the U.S. and o 9 a the Tropics have s fhpr .m ; * fas inspired works that ( ; f 5 -‘ may surprise and e _ ‘ 3 * delight admirers of his , trag 9e * We know him locally as "the Mennonite painter" â€" the man who captures on carvas the charm and simple beauty of this area‘s rural cultural heritage. But with the recent release of his book A New Harvest, Waterioo artist Peter Etril Snyder shows another side of himselt â€" several sides, actually. Aithough he‘s well known for his Mennonite paintings, which are influenced and inspired by his own local Mennonite upbringâ€" "A T. A HOLD YOUR BREATH CLIMAX!®" b. _ 6 PRINCESS STREET WEST » WATERLOO + 8852950 Fri. Nov. 15, Sat. Now. 16 & Sun. Now 17 9:20 p.m Mon. Nov. 18 7:00 p.as., Twss. Now. 19 9â€"20 p.m "Most people who Peter Etril Snyder has published a collection of his paintings. a o MeEE PARKING AFTIR 5:0098 is Kousal. Snyder saw in his instructor an artist who followed his heart and made a livâ€" ing do it. "Coming from a Mennonite background, | didn‘t know any artists. | mean, artists were kind of out there," Snyder says. "But I took lessons from Matt Kousal and he showed me what he was like as an artist and what he was like as a person, and I found that very attractive. | very quickly developed the painting disâ€" ease." After high school, Snyder attended the Ontario College of Art (Continued on page21) presents a system of patterns, shapes and sizes. it‘s just a matter, for me, of finding those shapes and sizes, those pattems, those patches in any subject. Aithough I do many different subjects, | always do the same subject, which is what light is doing to a parâ€" ticular article." Snyder says he published A New Harvest to allow people to see many of his works they might otherwise not see. "Something like this is a way for me to show a lot of stuff that people never see," Snyder says. "If I do a painting and I‘ve got it ~ in my gallery and _ T TAE some guy comes in o oraditiiuina n iinicaniiuas!i ud einadmeninne salsini sns PERCIT ECC brates 30 years as an artist in this community, develâ€" oped an interest in painting when, at 12 years old, he began taking lessons with the than by the guy who bought the two months or so it was there, for you it never existed. Well, I have a lot of things like that. So a lot of things you‘ll see in the book have never been seen other and buys it, if you didn‘t happen to come into the gallery during the Snyder, who celeâ€" GRAYSTONE GALLERY now represents Wadie EJ Mahdy The Choreographers‘ Collective will be auditioning dancers and choreographers Nov. 17 at the Waterioo Community Arts Centre on Regina Street. Dancer are asked to bring resumes and be dressed to dance. Auditions begin at 4 p.m., and a $2 nonâ€" refundable fee will be charged. Choreographer auditions will begin at 6:30 p.m. Those auditioning will present a set work to the executive committee no longer than 15 minutes in length, have a short interview, and have an opportuâ€" nity to ask the Collective questions. Auditioning dancers and choreographers must be at least 16 years of age and must preregister by callâ€" ing Cindy at 894â€"2150. The Kitchenerâ€"Waterio0 Little Theatre will host an open house Nov. 15 to kick off its fundraising project "Raise the Roof". The open house, to & B8 s take place in KWLT‘s studio at 9 Princess St. E. in Waterloo, will 0 include tours of the "work in progress‘ [I’" being done on the upper studio, as well as the rest of the building. Those interested in theatre, either as a participant or audience member, are invited to attend and ask questions of KWLT members. For further informaâ€" tion, leave a message on the KWLT answering machine at 886â€"0660. Your call will be returned. Choreographers‘ Collective holds auditions NUMUS‘ upcoming concert at St. Peters Lutheran Church this weekend will feature winners of the 1996 NUMUS interpreters‘ Competition. Kaleidoscope, to be presented Nov. 15 at 8 p.m., will include works by Luciano Berio and others, and will feature guests soloists James Mason (oboe) and Anneâ€"Marie Donovan (mezzoâ€"sopranc). Tickets are $15 for the general public and $10 for students and seniors. 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