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Gary Sim - On-line Articles and References

The following three articles are spin-offs from Looking For Maud. They are kindly hosted on the Vancouver Island University (formerly Malaspina University-College) Home Room web site by education history professor Dr. Patrick Dunae.
         Ruiter Stinson Sherman Biography
         John Kyle A.R.C.A. Biography
         School Days magazine (Vancouver 1919 - 1930)



Web sites related to current memberships and activities

The Alcuin Society selected Gary Sim as the feature artist for the June 2004 issue of Amphora, Number 135, and has published numerous articles and illustrations by Sim since then. Commissions include an article on the 40th anniversary of the Society, and a woodblock engraving for the Printers Mark series of limited edition original prints tipped into issues of Amphora. The Alcuin Society presents the prestigious annual Alcuin Canadian book design awards, holds events at the Vancouver Public Library such as the Wayzgoose letterpress printing fair and the Antiquarian Books Roadshow, and publishes numerous books and ephemera in addition to holding seminars and other special events related to the promotion of "finely wrought books among booklovers around the world."
         Alcuin Society

Gary Sim has been registered as an Associate Member of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia since 2001. This provides a professional designation of either AT.AIBC, or Architectural Technologist.AIBC.The registration process involves formal training, a minimum of 5 years of architectural experience, and a written examination on the Constitution, Bylaws, and Code of Ethics of the AIBC. Sim served on the Architectural Technologists Advocacy Committee at the AIBC for two years, served on the Gallery Advisory Committee for four years and was Chair of the Committee for two years, and sat on the Communication Board of the AIBC representing the Gallery Advisory Committee while chairing the committee.
         Architectural Institute of British Columbia

Gary Sim was juried in as an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists in 2009. Subsequent entries to juried exhibitions have led to work being shown in a number of exhibitions at the gallery on Granville Island. The FCA was founded in 1941 as a national artists organization, and continues to support and assist artists across Canada.
         Federation of Canadian Artists

Sim has been an active member and occasional donor to the Malaspina Printmakers Society on Granville Island since 2005. He has exhibited numerous prints in the open exhibitions at the gallery, and has a number of prints on consignment at the gallery.
         Malaspina Printmakers Society



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