Women’s Art Society of Montreal – March 2020 events LiveEvents February 24, 2020 1578 The Women’s Art Society of Montreal presents Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Photographer – Linda Rutenberg Linda Rutenberg started as a fine art photographer 30 years ago. She has a BFA in film and music and an MFA in Photography from Concordia University. from 1:30 to 2:30pm at the Unitarian Church of Montreal, 5035 de Maisonneuve West Nonmembers $10. New members welcome – men also. www.wasmtl.org or 514-495-3701 Linda creates, teaches, lectures and inspires young artists mentoring them to bridge the gap between art and business. Her fine artwork has been exhibited internationally and most recently in Canada, the US and England. Her series Urban Visions, One Island – Many Cities, Mont Royal, The Spiritual Landscape and The Garden at Night and her latest work The Gaspé Peninsula are all explorations of the relationship between the environment and its people. Linda’s work has been purchased by many prominent corporate collections, it is in the National Gallery of Canada and the archives of the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris. She is also a full-time Mentor, Coach, Incubator Manager and Chief of Inspiration Officer at Dawson College. www.lindarutenberg.com __________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Tango Dancers MON TANGO: “The Evolution of Tango” One of the most fascinating of all dances, the tango is performed all over the world. Lecture and performance. from 1:30 to 2:30pm at the Unitarian Church of Montreal, 5035 de Maisonneuve West Nonmembers $10. New members welcome – men also. www.wasmtl.org or 514-495-3701 MonTango officially opened their doors in April 2008. Located in N.D.G., they are the only Argentine tango school in the city’s west end. Over the years they have built a reputation for having a warm and friendly atmosphere as well as a great musical selection at their milongas, and an excellent team of instructors. MonTango’s Philosophy: Argentine tango is our passion and our goal is to share that passion. Anyone can learn to dance tango, and tango is for everyone: singles, couples, young and old. If you can walk, you can dance. Walking is the basis of Argentine tango, and a walk around the dance floor should feel as easy and pleasurable as a stroll in the park. www.montango.ca __________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, March 31, 2020 Animator, director, and writer JOYCE BORENSTEIN: “A career in Film” An award-winning filmmaker, Joyce shows slides and film excerpts from some of her extraordinary works. from 1:30 to 2:30pm at the Unitarian Church of Montreal, 5035 de Maisonneuve West Nonmembers $10. New members welcome – men also. www.wasmtl.org or 514-495-3701 Joyce Borenstein (born March 19, 1950) is a Canadian director and animator. Borenstein worked extensively in the independent animation field in the 1970s before joining the National Film Board of Canada in the 1980s, culminating in her best known work: the short animated documentary The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein (1992) about her father, painter Sam Borenstein, which was nominated for an Academy Award for best short documentary at the 65th Academy Awards. Borenstein has won the prize for originality at the Canadian International Amateur Film Festival (CIAFF) for her film Tricycle (1970), as well as the Montreal Prize at the Montreal World Film Festival for her film The Plant (1983) which she co-directed with Thomas Vamos. The Women’s Art Society of Montreal invites you to become a member of our group, where you can connect with like-minded people who enjoy the arts. Events are held bimonthly on Tuesday from September to December then from March to May, from 1:30 to 2:30pm, at the UNITARIAN CHURCH OF MONTREAL, 5035 Boulevard de Maisonneuve West, Montreal, QC H4A 1Y5. For more information visit: www.wasmtl.org or call 514-495-3701. Founded in 1894 and incorporated in 1968, the Women’s Art Society of Montreal has played an important role in fostering awareness and understanding of the arts among the general public of the city. As one of the earliest organizations for women artists, the Women’s Art Society of Montreal helped pave the way for the integration of women into the art world. Nowadays, the Women’s Art Society is more social and educational than professional in nature since various opportunities and avenues of support are open to female artists.
