Joanne Probyn Art

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Celebrating One Year at First Saturday!

Celebrating one year as a First Saturday steering committee member! I’ve been a participating artist for 14 months. It’s been a wonderful experience! Being on the First Saturday steering committee has inspired my creative practices in ways that also help me serve the creative community better. Special thanks to Victoria Mitchell who encouraged me to join. I’ve met so many great people and had a fabulous time collaborating on many projects. We’ve achieved some pretty cool things! I’m part of an amazing team lead by Valerie Artzen. Committee members also include Marney-Rose Edge, Tannis Hopkins, Loring Pollack, Dana Cromie, Tana Lynn, Kevin Melanson, Victoria Mitchell, Jennifer Harwood and Christina Peressini.

Some of my achievements over the past year include:

  • Establishing an outreach calendar resulting in a new committee role
  • Implementing a new advertising strategy including negotiations that lead to a new, multi-year agreement with high profile arts publication, Preview Magazine!
  • Launched a new program in spring 2022 allowing artists to practice their public speaking at Creative Mornings held in SFU Woodward’s. This resulted in Creative Mornings offering First Saturday partner status in January 2023! We are in good company with organizations like Mailchimp, Capilano University, Slack and others.
  • Onboarded volunteer, Christina Peressini, who made an awesome A-Frame sign for Eastside Atelier’s First Saturday
  • Created a new live music series attracting new attendees to Eastside Atelier while building awareness of First Saturday throughout the Lower Mainland and beyond
  • Onboarded and art directed resident photographer, Paul Newton, in creating new photos of First Saturday at Eastside Atelier

Year-Over-Year Results

Attendance and membership have been the committee’s primary goals.

  • First Saturday attendance was up 900% for some studios
  • Membership is up 33% year-over-year, despite a new fee structure that increased dues

Hip hip hurray! 🙂

What’s next?

I plan to continue helping with First Saturday. Through managing Creative Morning speakers and continuing the music series I will focus on highest impact activities that support First Saturday. Hope to see you at one of the events!

Learn more!

  • First Saturday
  • Live music at my art studio durning First Saturday FAQ

Have you been to First Saturday? How did you hear about it? Do you enjoy the event? Any suggestions, questions or comments? Share your thoughts below! Thank you.

Thrive Mastermind

I’m honoured and thrilled to accept an invitation to join THRIVE Mastermind, a group of professional, female artists who support each other in their careers. As part of the Mastermind, I’m in the THRIVE Network. The network membership is available for a small fee to the public. I highly recommend for any female artist near or far.

I can’t wait to connect with this creative, collaborative and visionary group. I’m ready to ignite my practice, meet like-minded artists and make great things happen…together!

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5 SLIDER Zach Kleisinger

New Exhibition at Plenty + Spare

Plenty + Spare

Plenty + Spare invited Joanne to be their solo artist celebrating the launch of their new handmade soap boutique. Come see a select collection of Joanne’s work anytime during store hours.

Plenty + Spare Naturals

2168 East Hastings Street

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Shop Hours

Wed – Fri    11:00am – 6:00pm

Saturday    11:00am – 5:00pm

Past Events

A successful opening reception for Plenty + Spare and Joanne Probyn was held with artist in attendance on April 7, 2017 from 7pm to 9pm.

   

Probyn invited to CANADA 150 by KIMOTO Gallery

I’m bubbling over with joy about sharing this good news with you! Katsumi Kimoto of KIMOTO Gallery has invited me to participate in their CANADA 150, an art show celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary. The reception is on June 17th from 1pm – 4pm and is part of the South Granville Art Walk.

I’ll be in attendance at the reception on June 17th–stop by and say hi!

KIMOTO Gallery

604 428 0903
[email protected]

1525 WEST 6TH AVE
(Between Granville St and Fir St)
VANCOUVER BC
V6J 1R1 CANADA

The following works will be featured:

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