Delights of Painting
The Class is now full! Registration is closed.
Local artist Jo Scott-B (Probus member Jo Baxendale) will help you discover an individual joy in painting. Using a variety of water-based media — inks, acrylics, or watercolour —Jo will show ways to master drawing and painting in this new series of 8 group lessons. Some experience preferred. Jo will supply materials for the first two sessions. Participants: 6 Dates: Friday October 10-November 28. 1pm - 3.30pm Cost: $120 Private pay at registration by eTransfer or cheque Place: In Person near West 33rd and Granville St Registration will open on the Probus West website September 17 and close October 7. Jo Scott-B is an award-winning local artist whose most recent big project was the Vancouver Maritime Museum’s Heartbeat of a Vessel, which exhibited her drawings and paintings of St. Roch's engine. Any questions - contact: Jo Scott-B Instagram: jsb.artist
Local artist Jo Scott-B (Probus member Jo Baxendale) will help you discover an individual joy in painting. Using a variety of water-based media — inks, acrylics, or watercolour —Jo will show ways to master drawing and painting in this new series of 8 group lessons. Some experience preferred. Jo will supply materials for the first two sessions.
Participants: 6
Dates: Friday October 10-November 28. 1pm - 3.30pm
Cost: $120 Private pay at registration by eTransfer or cheque
Place: In Person near West 33rd and Granville St
Registration will open on the Probus West website September 17 and close October 7.
Jo Scott-B is an award-winning local artist whose most recent big project was the Vancouver Maritime Museum’s Heartbeat of a Vessel, which exhibited her drawings and paintings of St. Roch's engine.
Any questions - contact: Jo Scott-B Instagram: jsb.artist
Games Afternoon
Sunday, October 19th 2:00-4.00pm
Delight everyone by bringing your own game from Mexican Train to Yahtzee and Scrabble. Switch between games – it’s all about having fun and meeting new people. Let me know if you have a game to bring. Snacks and tea will be served. Maximum of 12 members. Location: Pam Cooper’s house, 3222 W King Edward Ave To participate please contact Pam Cooper 604 731 6355
Delight everyone by bringing your own game from Mexican Train to Yahtzee and Scrabble. Switch between games – it’s all about having fun and meeting new people. Let me know if you have a game to bring.
Snacks and tea will be served.
Maximum of 12 members.
Location:
Pam Cooper’s house, 3222 W King Edward Ave
To participate please contact Pam Cooper 604 731 6355
Speaker: Kevin Valelly, Architect and Explorer,
Fellow of the National Geographic Society, Author
Kevin boasts a remarkably adventurous life including two award-winning expeditions: one to the Northwest Passage in 2013; and one in 2009, in which he and two teammates broke the world record for the fastest unsupported trek to the Geographic South Pole. Kevin will share his learnings about life, leadership and success
Guided Tour of Polygon Gallery
North Vancouver
Date: Wednesday, November 19th
Time: 10-11 am approx. After the tour, feel free to continue to enjoy the Gallery on your own.
Cost: Minimum 10 participants, maximum of 20. If there are 10 participants, the cost will be $15. For 15 or more participants , the cost will be $10 to cover the cost of the guide.
Getting there: Either drive or take the Seabus. The Gallery is about 100 meters to the right of the Seabus exit.
More information: Polygon Gallery
Register by October 31st. Any questions, contact Margaret McNeil.
Lee Miller: A Photographer At Work (1932—1945)
This exhibition explores one of the most intense and productive chapters in the professional life of American photographer Lee Miller. Between 1932 and 1945 Miller was simultaneously a renowned portrait photographer running her own studio in New York (1932—1934), a photographer for perfume and cosmetic brands in advertising (1932—1945), and a fashion photographer and war correspondent for the British edition of Vogue (1939—1945). This short time span encompasses a rich history in which the photographer moved between and linked her various practices. Miller’s diverse professional activities, and the ease with which she stepped from one context to another, reveal a photographer whose work was defined primarily by its exchange and commercial value. Lee Miller, A Photographer at Work reveals the inner dynamics of managing a photography career amid the myriad challenges facing professional women at the time. The exhibition offers a rich and complex portrait of this important figure, previously known best for her collaboration with American artist Man Ray and her close ties to the Surrealist movement of the 1920s.
About Lee Miller Lee Miller (1907 – 1977) entered the photography world in New York as a model to the great photographers of the day such as STEICHEN, HOYNINGEN-HUENE and GENTHE. In 1929 she went to Paris and worked with Man RAY quickly succeeding in establishing her own studio. Returning to New York in 1932, she set up her own studio for 2 years that was highly successful. In 1937 she met Roland PENROSE and in December 1942 she became a correspondent accredited to the US Army. She followed the US troops overseas and was probably the only woman combat photo-journalist to cover the front line war in Europe. Among her many exploits she witnessed the siege of St Malo, Liberation of Paris, fighting in Alsace and the liberation of Buchenwald and Dachau but it is mainly for the witty Surrealist images which permeate all her work that she is best remembered.
Curated by Gaelle Morel
Note Date Change
Speaker: Catherine Sas, K.C.
Immigration Lawyer
Every second month, join other Probus members to dine out at some of Vancouver’s finest restaurants. We’ll choose a restaurant, let you know where and when, and you let us know if you’re available to join and we’ll make the reservation. Multiple tables for 6, and we’ll mix up the seating for each event. Not only will you eat great food, you’ll make great friends. If the numbers permit, we may even grab a private room, and all sit together.
Ladies Who Lunch
Would you like to meet new people? Be part of scintillating conversations? Sample different cuisines? Try new places for lunch? Socialize with other Probus members? Then Ladies Who Lunch is the club for you. We will meet monthly for lunch and conversation at a range of different restaurants.
If you would like to join this club, then click on the link and you will be placed on the list to be contacted by Patti with the lunch details.
We have formed a second Lunch meeting at 12:00 pm on the last Thursday of each month. This activity is hosted by Peter Kaiser and the lunches will be held at the Sylvia Hotel, English Bay.
If you would like to join us for food and fellowship please register here.
Intermediate Bridge
Join us and play bridge once a month in a local church. This group is for players with an understanding of modern bidding conventions and play.
We have now found a room in a local church for our Bridge Club to meet one afternoon a month from 1-4 p.m.
If you would like to participate in the Intermediate Bridge Club, then please Register to be placed on the list and contacted by Wendy.
Book Club 1
Book Club Chapter 1 meets monthly at a member's home to discuss a recent book selection. Books are chosen by the members. The club is limited to 10 members and we can start a second club if we have more members interested.
If you would like to participate in the Book Club, then click on the link below to be placed on the list and contacted by Nancy.
A small group of men have been meeting at the Milltown pub in Marpole for lunch after each Probus Vancouver West speaker event and we’d like to extend a welcome to other men to join us. We meet at noon each month following the speaker. Please register to join the Men’s Pub Lunch if you’re interested in food and fellowship and we’ll take care of making the reservation.
