More Mosaic 101

Kaleidoscope Foundation teaching artist Shelly Hamill reports that, due to the overwhelming response for its first intensive beginner mosaic class in May, another three-day beginner's intensive is being offered from June 4 to 6. This class will offer the basics for mosaic, using ceramic tile. Each student will complete a one foot by one foot piece to take home, and all materials will be provided. The fee is $270 for members and $340 for non-members, plus an additional $100 fee for materials. Students are asked to submit in advance their ideas for a piece they would like to create. For the classes, which will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., they should wear comfortable clothes and bring their own lunch. Class size will be limited to eight students, so early registration is recommended. For further information contact Fiona at e-mail kaleidoscopeartsfoundation@logic.bm marked 'attn. Fiona', or telephone 236-5963.

New exhibition at Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard

'More than One' is the title of the juried members' choice show now underway at the Dockyard gallery. The mixed-media exhibition will continue through May 23. For further information see the Bermuda Calendar or visit website www.artbermuda.bm

Time to get 'Famous' playwriting pens out

With a May 23 deadline for entries in this year's Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society's 'Famous for 15 Minutes' playwriting competition, aspiring authors are urged to get to work on their entries now. Rules require the play to have no more than four characters, all of them adult, and be 15 minutes in length. Writers, who must be Bermuda residents, should also bear in mind that, if their work is staged, simple props and set will be required. The BMDS requests two copies of each script: one hard copy to be submitted to Daylesford, and the second is an electronic version which should be e-mailed to ahintz@img.bm

From the overall entries, judges will select six finalists whose work will be performed, for which auditions will be held at Daylesford Theatre on June 17 and 18. Performance dates are July 21 to 26.

Marson at Masterworks, Biennial at BNG

Earmark Thursday, April 24 for the opening reception (5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.) of professional artist Christopher Marson's new show in the Rick Faries Gallery at Masterworks in the Botanical Gardens, and the same date for the members' opening of the Bermuda National Gallery's mixed media Biennial Exhibition featuring the works of 41 Bermuda artists. This exhibition will open to the public on Friday, April 25.

Cedar and more for sale at Kaleidoscope

Cedar tree trunks, ranging from five to eight feet long, and three solid, wooden arch doors and frames are for sale or barter at the Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation, 27 Jubilee Road (old Elliot School building), Devonshire. Interested persons should call 236-5963 or e-mail kaleidoscopeartsfoundation@logic.bm for further information.

Final NDF free master class/teacher training series

The National Dance Foundation will present its final weekend in the current PartnerRe series of free master classes and teacher training for Bermuda's dancers and teachers at the Bermuda High School for Girls from April 25-27. Pre-registration is required — telephone 236-3319 or see website www.dancebermuda.org

From Bach to the Beatles

Bermuda School of Music faculty Oliver Grant (concert pianist), Lisa Hollis (violinist) and Steve Crawford (guitarist) will present a programme of music by Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Vivaldi, Lennon and McCartney tomorrow evening (Saturday) evening at Christ Church, Warwick, beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets ($25) are available at the Bermuda School of Music, and at the door. For further information tel. 296-5100 ext. 206.

A Day in the Life by the Dozen

The work of 12 photographers, who spent 24 hours shooting 'A Day in the Life of Bermuda', goes on exhibition at the Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation's Elliot Gallery in Devonshire next Tuesday, April 22. The opening reception is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., when viewers will have a chance to vote for their favourite image to be included in the Foundation's 2009 calendar. All photographs will be for sale, and the people who created them are Jennifer Brookes, Asha Caisey, Caleb Evans, Helen Evans, Laura Lee, Gareth Lewis, Lisa Madeiros, Herb T. Marshall, Donna Mingledorf, Marissa Pailing, Corinna Rego and Kevin Smith.