Bateman workshop Dec. 10 explores rarely seen sketchbooks and travelogues
Media Tips, Dec. 2, 2009
Bateman workshop Dec. 10 explores rarely seen sketchbooks and travelogues
Back by popular demand, artist Robert Bateman will explore his personal sketchbooks from his world travels. As a young naturalist, Bateman's sketchbooks were a map of his observation of the natural world and this creative process continued throughout his life. From unusual bugs to botany and culture, his personal sketchbooks include drawings of hundreds of birds and animals, even celebrities. These armchair explorations reflect on the inspiration the natural world has had on one of Canada's most treasured artists. More on the Bateman Sketchbooks...
Wreath making workshop makes green Christmas a good thing
Learn to make things from the forest floor into beautiful decorations this holiday season. On Dec. 12 and 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Royal Roads University's Continuing Studies is offering A Green Christmas: The Hands-On Making of Fresh Wreaths, Swags, and Garlands. Using native B.C. boughs, greens and cones, join acclaimed wild crafter Betty Foote in a relaxed and productive day of creating fragrant Christmas decorations from the wild. This workshop is great value for time well spent and fills up quickly. More on Green Christmas
Wildlife Refuge Areas at Esquimalt focus of public presentation
Ann Nightingale, from Victoria's Natural History Society, will present a slide show about the Birds of Esquimalt Lagoon as part of an information session on the establishment of wildlife refuge areas at the Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary. The talk is being sponsored by the Esquimalt Lagoon Stewardship Initiative and Royal Roads University at the Mews Conference Centre, Room 110 Wednesday, Dec. 16 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. For more information contact ELSI Coordinator Kitty Lloyd at 250-360-3299. This is a free public event. Visit www.elsi.ca for more information about the Esquimalt Lagoon.
Community Spirit Dinner needs volunteer help on Dec. 25
The 19th annual Christmas Spirit Community Dinner will be held in the hall at Glad Tidings Pentecostal Church (1800 Quadra Street) Dec. 25. The final organizing meeting for dinner volunteers is being held at Royal Roads University on the Quarterdeck Saturday Dec. 19 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Organizers are asking potential volunteers to come to the Royal Roads meeting if they are interested in taking part in this charitable event. The dinner is the largest event of its kind in the city on Christmas Day. Some 200 volunteers prepare, serve, and share turkey (with all the trimmings) at a banquet for up to 800 guests, some of whom may be homeless, low-income, new Canadians, or simply be alone during the holidays. For more information please contact David.Black@royalroads.ca, or call (250) 388-3020.
RRU professor to explore spirituality and mysticism in presentation
Maggi Feehan teaches in Royal Roads University's Master's in Leadership and in the School of Communication and Culture. She is also a widely-published writer whose first novel Serpent's Veil was published earlier this year by Thistledown Press. The novel explores how spirituality intersects with the lives of two protagonists. Feehan travelled throughout India, England, and Ireland to research the novel and gathered information and inspiration from her visits to the Spiritual Association of Great Britain, the College of Psychic Studies, Guy's Hospital, and several prominent London museums and galleries. On Thursday, Dec. 10 from 12:15 to 12:45 on the Quarterdeck of the Grant Building Feehan will give a talk Royal Roads on her book. More on Serpent's Veil...
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Contact Royal Roads University Community Relations Department
Communications Officer, Phil Saunders
phil.saunders@royalroads.ca 250-391-2526, cel 250-812-5065 or,
Community Relations Director, Stephanie Slater
stephanie.slater@royalroads.ca 250-391-2712, cel 250-361-5020
