The 2012 Poster Artist is Allison Tremain
The Pacific Rim Whale Festival is pleased to announce Ucluelet's Allison Tremain as our 2012 poster artist. For the 26th anniversary year, the festival’s board of directors selected Allison's portfolio from a range of artists. Hundreds of festival posters are distributed and sold across Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland as a means of marketing the festival and the poster itself has become a collector’s item in recent years.
More about the Artist: Allison Tremain moved to Ucluelet in February 2010 returning to Vancouver Island from a long stint in Vancouver and the Okanagan. Happy to be back but now on the west side of the Island, she started to take her art more seriously. Art was encouraged by both her parents and Allison started producing fridge worthy paintings at the age of four. Her art evolved over the years until she discovered her ability in printmaking. With camera in hand, Allison’s inspiration for her linocut block prints comes from personal photographs of the Pacific Rim. “I made an early decision to pursue the field of physical sciences for my full-time career but my love of nature always translates into my art as well.” Allison is currently working on her master’s degree where she conducted research in Uganda in 2009. When she needs a break from the computer, she works on her art (on the really rainy days), and wanders the beaches and forests (on the less rainy days).
* Original Poster Artwork will be available at The Wickaninnish Inn Gala & Silent Auction / Thursday March 15th, 2012. For more information on tickets to this event, please contact The Wickaninnish Inn.
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Request for submissions: SEEKING 2013 POSTER ARTIST
The Pacific Rim Whale Festival Society (PRWFS) is accepting portfolio submissions for their annual Spring festival!
The 27th annual Whale Festival will be held in mid March 2013 kicking off our Spring Season and the arrival of the Gray Whales to our shores. Since 1999, leading up to the festivities, an artist has been chosen either through means of public design contest, commission or donation of artwork. It has become a festival tradition to highlight the work of a local artist and to utilize the artistís work in the our poster, advertising, fundraising and merchandise.
The PRWFS is now accepting portfolio submissions until February 1st, 2012. The PRWFS will view portfolios and designate an artist after the adjudication. The selected artist will be commissioned to produce the 2013 Whale Festival artwork in advance of the 27th Annual Festival.
Guidelines:
Artists from the Pacific Rim (Western Region) may apply. This includes:
Alberni Inlet Bedwell River Valley Long Beach
Port Alberni Clayoquot Beach
Bamfield Tofino
Barkley Sound Ucluelet
Sproat Lake Quait Bay
Broken Groups Islands
The PRWFS is requesting 1-5 pieces, digital format preferred (jpegs or PDF format) to be e-mailed or dropped off/mailed on CD. Hard copies will also be gratefully accepted.
The submitted artwork must be representative of the medium and style that the artist envisions executing in producing the commissioned work. Please note that the final poster image must accommodate Whale Festival information (title, dates, etc), and adhere to PRWFS specifications for final production.
For more information please contact the Pacific Rim Whale Festival Society:
PO Box 955 Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0
www.pacificrimwhalefestival.com
info@pacificrimwhalefestival.com
Want to purchase a poster?
Each year since 1999 the Pacific Rim Whale Festival Society has had the pleasure of featuring a local artist’s work through signature posters that are now considered by many as collector’s items!
Although not all years are available, many are! If you are interested in purchasing a PRWF limited edition poster, we suggest a standard minimum donation of $10/poster + shipping toward the Pacific Rim Whale Festival Society. We are happy to mail posters to your door. Please make arrangements by contacting the Festival Society. At this time we are unable to accept credit cards, so please be prepared to send cheque or money order to Pacific Rim Whale Festival Society (PO Box 955 Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0).
Here’s how our inventory is currently stocked:
2011 (artist Mark Hobson) / available for purchase
2010 (artist Angie Roussin - Read her bio here!) / available for purchase
2009 (artist Shannon McWhinney) / available for purchase
2008 (artist Marion Syme) / available for purchase
2007 (artist Mark Hobson) / available for purchase
2006 (artist Marla Thirsk) / available for purchase - low stock
2005 (artist J. Hollands) / available for purchase
2004 (artist Suzanne Hare) / out of stock
2003 (artist Marla Thirsk) / available for purchase
2002 (artist Marla Thirsk) / out of stock
2001 (artist Marla Thirsk) / out of stock
2000 (artist Marla Thirsk) / out of stock
1999 (artist Marla Thirsk) / out of stock
Images coming soon...
