The workshop will focus specifically on painting waterscapes with acrylic paint. The workshop runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and costs $85, plus materials. For information, contact Visual Arts Brampton at 905-453-9142.

Young artists needed

EcoSource and the Peel Environmental Youth Alliance will be showcasing young musical, performing and visual artists at the Earth Beat and Earth Day celebration at the Mississauga Central Library Square, 300 City Centre Dr. in Mississauga on April 26.

EcoSource and PEYA are inviting youth under 25 years old from the Region of Peel with a talent to express environmental concerns through music, theatre, dance, poetry or visual art and apply to show off their work at Earth Beat.

Applications are available online at www.peyalliance.com/earthbeat. The application deadline is April 4.

For information, visit www.peyalliance.com/earthbeat or contact Natalyn Tremblay at ntremblay@ecosource.ca or 905-274-6222.

Laughlines 2008

The annual Laughlines exhibit will be on at Artway in Shoppers World from March 29 to April 25.

The show will feature a year's worth of original brush and ink editorial cartoons and Pud comic strips by Metroland's cartoonist Steve Nease. The exhibit will also feature caricatures by Disney storybook illustrator Peter Emslie, as well as other artists from the community.

Pud, the mascot of City Parent magazine, will be meeting the public on April 19 during the Brampton spelling bee finals at Shoppers World. Along with meeting Pud and Brampton Arts Council mascot Millie, kids can stop to colour an image of their family or create their own comic strip for display.

The public, young and old, can create comic strips at the booth, or at home, and submit them during the event, which runs during mall hours. The comics will go on display for two weeks at Fridge Front Gallery in Shoppers World. For information, contact Visual Arts Brampton at 905-453-9142.