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I _ .- ._ . wrest“) cumulus - Wednesday, Hbmary 20. 2013 - zi MBBt the artists I O O 0 Artists come together to host first open house for the publw at GE] Studto m Waterloo 3'30ch space and work in a different context." said ‘ _ OWN“! W Schumacher. “So many of us are doing what g _ 3- . ‘ . . we love, but we weren’t in a place that was ? __ 3 ~- - I f wax a lot brewing in the old liquor serving us as well as it might have. ,- . . _ ' store in uptown Waterloo when it was “This is really a good fit.” aft * ' I : stillsellingspirits There is a critical component to art â€" '3“ MW-....LW«~ ._ g... .. a w. 4 The same can be said of the collection of feedback â€" that helps sharpen ideas and . ' - , swam » , , ,. [wwmw www- i Spirits that now inhabit the former LCBO opens up new avenues of thinking and per- . «f '5‘" , .5.» . 1 building on Weber street as it has been caption. “Tlrat is always going to be helpful,” - gs»; 7, swatiw 2“; £53 "‘ ‘7 turned into a studio space by the Creative said Schumacher abouttheinteraction. . .. 3.. f; if ' 9 “ ' ‘ "a. “ ,3 . Enterprise Initiative and is brewing up its “it’s inspirational.” said Ramsay. “It f 3 “ 4 ,_ 4, , ‘ r , ownscene. makes you rethink you're ideas from the g . . t; '7 1%?“ ’ . The idea wm to use it as an incubator for exchanges you have and provokes new ,~ . 3, the creative class and watch as people and ideas.” ‘ f, ' ideas bounce of each other. its roster of Schumacher will be contributing a con- » a artists now includes painters. porters. pho‘ ceptual drawing at the event. and said he -_ Q ,2." j tographers, filmmakers, “ . . was inspired by the portraiâ€" ~‘ dancers and a jam space run A" (1th IS ture being done byRamsay. if by Maxwell's Music House. what an artist "id like to draw a portrait Four of the artists who of what’s inside a person's havehbeen brought together does we Wilt to head.” said Ramsay. "lt's by t e creative space â€" ‘ ' going to be more than a doo- Roslyn Ramsay, Dan Schu~ Slim.” ”18] W 0 f ‘5; die and more than an idea- macher. Stefan Myles and ”$171 the domg. gram. ”‘ _ â€" Sally Pfieffer â€" wanted to _ I “it's going to be quite a ~~--â€"-_ givethepubiicawindonthe an wcrwwkfim discovery, and a kind of : work firing on at the pseudo- Open new ”a: W drawing different than i think 1’; industrial setting and will be lhave ever seen before.’ i‘ hosting an open house at the CE! Studio this Ramsay said she's excited by the creativity ' g ,, Saturday. on display and hopes the public gets excited "“ “if Ramsayavisualartistandone ofthefirst too. 'ithinkpeoplewillrespond." . . ’ 751;, tenants in the space, said people don't real~ it's about opening up the creative ' f” ize what the building has become in the process, said Schumacher, and letting peo- 1’33: eight months since it opened in July. pie see the artist is a person and open to e ‘ g “Bur of us got together and hope it pro- sharing their works and idea. ”I"? vides momentum for others to get together "Having an open house brings other peo- ' ”“- A“ and exhibit and experience art." said Ram- pie in and their needs. and their needs are as us . say. “Then people will get to know what's much of an inspiration as any organically 1&7 were all about. and we’d like to do one every derived notion might be," said Schumacher. if " " month so the communitan see that too." The hope is the public will be inspired 7 " Ramsay will demonstrate charcoal por~ themselves and seek out some instruction or trait sketching as part of the demonstrations some guidance from the artists who provide from 10 am. to 5 pm. at 42 Erb SLVV. classes and training. That will make it the "The space has been terrific for me true collaborative enterprise the CE! Studio bemuse I’m able to concentrate better here strives to be, they said. than in my home studio. and l'm able to “i think everybody has a creative side, meet other artists,” said Ramsay. ”it helps and they might find a niche or a way of your work with the interaction of other expressing that,‘ said Ramsay. ”it's impor- ideas' tant to let everyone know that each of us has Art is supposed to be accessible said awayofdoing that" designer Dan Schumacher, pan of the cre- Taking the veil of? of what an artist does ative team at fandang) that brings architec- and how an artist works makes it accessible ‘ ture and photography together, Artists don't for everyone. like to work in closets with no connections “An artist is what an artist does.” said Rosalyn may“ Den minaret; two attire m in residence at the CE! Sonic in tothewiderworld. Schumacher.‘Wewanttoshowthejoyofit. 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