{"id":1595,"date":"2015-01-06T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T20:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2015-04-14T10:04:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T14:04:09","slug":"party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/","title":{"rendered":"The Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Party<\/p>\n

It was about half way through our Opening Party at the Pointe-St-Charles Art School that I happened to notice my friend Oswald. He shows up at most arts events in town but it is not always easy to spot him. He has a way of blending in with the crowd. Although he has been away for some time, I was half expecting him, and I must say it felt particularly good to see him there because it has been so long.<\/p>\n

Slipping through the crowd \u2013 and it was a big turnout \u2013 I found myself once again in the company of one of my dearest friends. He was neither drinking nor eating, although there was plenty of refreshment on hand, but quietly watching a few people working on a group mural that our program director, Barry MacPherson had started for everyone to join in on.<\/p>\n

It seems he had been there quite a while because he said he had speaking with Barry. He liked our new space and all we are managing to do here. \u201cYou do land on your feet, don\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n

I blushed \u2013 he has seen some of my more spectacular \u201csomersaults\u201d but also knows that I don\u2019t give up easily when I\u2019m involved with a good idea. \u201cThis is wonderful and it is going to succeed\u201d, he said. \u201cThe Pointe needs<\/em> this place \u2013 Montreal needs this place \u2013 the world<\/em> needs this place. Ghandi said (he loves Ghandi), ‘Be the change you want to see in the world.’<\/p>\n

« That is it, Oswald! » I relplied with fervour. « We, all of us here at the school, want the world to be beautiful and civilized and kind and just and refined and mysterious and lovely and deep and graceful and exciting and truthful and real and always remain a little unknown. And we know that even though that’s a tall order, art is one of the best ways to get even close<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Oswald replied, « It appears to me to that is what\u2019s going these days among the best artists I come across. And from the sound of things, it seems like you\u2019re on the same track here. It’s not going to be easy to begin with – you have to be bold and brave to start a venture like this but once it gets going, it will have a life of its own – like the best art does. » He glanced around, \u201cEveryone looks so happy in this place, don\u2019t they?\u201d<\/p>\n

My daughter Elizabeth who had been helping me all day tapped me on the shoulder to tell me she needed help keeping up with the wine glasses and snacks. I turned my attention to our guests – some laughing and smiling \u2013 others deep in serious discussion, all enjoying themselves.<\/p>\n

When I looked over my shoulder to add one last thing, Oswald was gone. I didn\u2019t have time to think again about our conversation until much later when I was driving home. I realized, after a busy and delightful evening in conversation with so many people, that many had said much the same thing but in different words.<\/p>\n

Parents expressed how they wished for interesting and stimulating art instruction for their kids, knowing how important it is to capture their imaginations early and teach them the value of art and the expressive tool that it is. People who hadn\u2019t done much art in years were saying they wanted to take it up again – people who said to me they really wanted to learn something, not just splash around. Others\u00a0 said they wanted to find out how to express themselves through art. Teenagers who siad they wanted to learn to draw so they could make graphic comic books.<\/p>\n

There were so many people there, art critics, art students, local artists, teachers and professors, dear friends and neighbours, movers and shakers in the neighbourhood offering their enthusiastic support. It was wonderful.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Here are a just a few photos of our inaugural event \u2013 our plan is to have many more \u2013 parties, film nights, workshops and more. You can find more on our Facebook page<\/a>. Stay tuned to this blog and our website for lots of exciting news, ideas, information and thoughts about art.<\/p>\n

\"Party
Artists Adriana Coluccio and Beverly Farley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Party
Charles Primeau, Antonia Caserta and friends deep in conversation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Party<\/a>
Morgan… and freind<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was about half way through our Opening Party at the Pointe-St-Charles Art School that I happened to notice my friend Oswald. He shows up at most arts events in town but it is not always easy to spot him.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-1595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","post_format-post-format-gallery","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Party | Pointe St. Charles Art School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It was about half way through our Opening Party at the Pointe-St-Charles Art School that I happened to notice my friend Oswald. He shows up at most arts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Party | Pointe St. Charles Art School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It was about half way through our Opening Party at the Pointe-St-Charles Art School that I happened to notice my friend Oswald. He shows up at most arts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u00c9cole d'art Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePointeStCharlesArtSchool\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-01-06T20:09:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-04-14T14:04:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Party-blog-4-600.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u00c9crit par\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/94be57a4cd12fc9da53c6cefae9ee6d0\"},\"headline\":\"The Party\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-06T20:09:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-04-14T14:04:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":754,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/Party-blog-4-600.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Party | Pointe St. Charles Art School\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/Party-blog-4-600.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-06T20:09:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-04-14T14:04:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"It was about half way through our Opening Party at the Pointe-St-Charles Art School that I happened to notice my friend Oswald. He shows up at most arts\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/Party-blog-4-600.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/Party-blog-4-600.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":399,\"caption\":\"Gallery, students conversation, artists, \u00c9cole d'art Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/party\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Party\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u00c9cole d'art Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School\",\"description\":\"Art Classes and Courses in Drawing, Painting, Watercolour, sculpture and art workshops in Montreal.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u00c9cole d'art Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/artschool-horizontal100h.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/artschool-horizontal100h.png\",\"width\":257,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"\u00c9cole d'art Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ThePointeStCharlesArtSchool\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/pointe.st.charles.artschool\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/94be57a4cd12fc9da53c6cefae9ee6d0\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5aa34071baba76be8bc34c7c8dd0c31d231b6353e8e20658b4801347371faea0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5aa34071baba76be8bc34c7c8dd0c31d231b6353e8e20658b4801347371faea0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5aa34071baba76be8bc34c7c8dd0c31d231b6353e8e20658b4801347371faea0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\\\/fr\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Party | Pointe St. Charles Art School","description":"It was about half way through our Opening Party at the Pointe-St-Charles Art School that I happened to notice my friend Oswald. He shows up at most arts","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Party | Pointe St. Charles Art School","og_description":"It was about half way through our Opening Party at the Pointe-St-Charles Art School that I happened to notice my friend Oswald. He shows up at most arts","og_url":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/","og_site_name":"\u00c9cole d'art Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePointeStCharlesArtSchool","article_published_time":"2015-01-06T20:09:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-04-14T14:04:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Party-blog-4-600.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"\u00c9crit par":"admin","Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/#\/schema\/person\/94be57a4cd12fc9da53c6cefae9ee6d0"},"headline":"The Party","datePublished":"2015-01-06T20:09:10+00:00","dateModified":"2015-04-14T14:04:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/"},"wordCount":754,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Party-blog-4-600.jpg","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/","url":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/","name":"The Party | Pointe St. Charles Art School","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Party-blog-4-600.jpg","datePublished":"2015-01-06T20:09:10+00:00","dateModified":"2015-04-14T14:04:09+00:00","description":"It was about half way through our Opening Party at the Pointe-St-Charles Art School that I happened to notice my friend Oswald. He shows up at most arts","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Party-blog-4-600.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Party-blog-4-600.jpg","width":600,"height":399,"caption":"Gallery, students conversation, artists, \u00c9cole d'art Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/party\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Party"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/","name":"\u00c9cole d'art Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School","description":"Art Classes and Courses in Drawing, Painting, Watercolour, sculpture and art workshops in Montreal.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/#organization","name":"\u00c9cole d'art Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School","url":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/artschool-horizontal100h.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/artschool-horizontal100h.png","width":257,"height":100,"caption":"\u00c9cole d'art Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePointeStCharlesArtSchool","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pointe.st.charles.artschool\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/#\/schema\/person\/94be57a4cd12fc9da53c6cefae9ee6d0","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5aa34071baba76be8bc34c7c8dd0c31d231b6353e8e20658b4801347371faea0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5aa34071baba76be8bc34c7c8dd0c31d231b6353e8e20658b4801347371faea0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5aa34071baba76be8bc34c7c8dd0c31d231b6353e8e20658b4801347371faea0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1595"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointestcharlesartschool.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=1595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}