The Gallery is organizing our 2nd GO Party! fundraiser around our opening reception for Vessna Perunovich: Emblems of the Enigma exhibition on Friday August 21, 2009 from 7-10 pm.

The first GO Party! was such a success, the Gallery has decided to do it again! This will be another great summer evening outside on the Gallery patio and side lawn. The Hugh Parsons Trio will perform n the side lawn (weather permitting of course). They will provide a wide selection of jazz standards, bossa novas, ballads and easy listening music. To introduce their new Fall 2009 Wine Series, UBC Okanagan Continuing Studies will be sharing tips and offering samplings of local cheeses that are best paired with the local wines that will be served. There will also be door prizes, refreshments, a cash bar, and an art-making activity.

Artist Vessna Perunovich will be in attendance and will be available to chat about her imaginative and powerful installations of work in the gallery. Perunovich will give a brief talk at 6:30, and the party starts at 7pm!
Attendance at the party is open to members and the public, to give everyone an opportunity to participate in this fundraising initiative for the Gallery.

Tickets are $10 for members, $20 for non-members, and can be purchased at the gallery or by calling 250-762-2226.

Mark your calendars for August 21 and join us for a hot summer evening party on the coolest, new outdoor patio in Kelowna!
 

On exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery:
Vessna Perunovich: Emblems of the Enigma
from August 22 to October 18, 2009

The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to present Vessna Perunovich: Emblems of the Enigma

We are excited to bring the widely varied work of this talented Toronto-based artist to Kelowna. This exhibition was curated by independent curator Donald Brackett, and has been produced by a collaboration among several public galleries in Canada. This is also how we have published the full-colour catalogue that accompanies the exhibition. Perunovich works in drawing and painting as well as video, installation, and performance. Although her work explores deep and emotional themes (such as memory, loss, exile, the home, sexuality, relationships, and death) it is also accessible, seductive and at times even whimsical. Her use of unusual materials is intriguing and inspiring, as is her enthusiasm for the colour red.

Vessna Perunovich grew up and trained as an artist in the former Yugoslavia and has been working in Canada since 1988.

Perunovich will be performing I Hug the World and the World Hugs me Back on Saturday, August 22 at 2:00 pm. This free, public performance will take place by the sails on Bernard Avenue.

The Gallery is organizing our 2nd GO Party! fundraiser as the opening reception for Vessna Perunovich: Emblems of the Enigma on Friday August 21. Perunovich will give a brief talk at 6:30, and the party starts at 7pm!
For ticket information, call the gallery or visit or web site at www.kelownaartgalery.com.

This exhibition runs from August 22 to October 18, 2009. The Kelowna Art Gallery, located at 1315 Water Street is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, Thursday until 9 pm, Sundays from 1 pm to 4 pm, and on Mondays for the summer only, from 12-4.

Admission to the gallery is $5 for individuals, $4 for students and seniors or $10 for a family. FREE admission on Thursdays from 3 – 9 pm.

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06 Aug 2009

BC MUSICIAN RELEASES NEW CD WITH INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHER

Musician, teacher and best selling author Trevor Salloum has just released his 9th publication with international publisher Mel Bay Publications Inc.
 
Afro-Cuban Percussion: Play-Along is a valuable recording that provides a clear example of some of the most common popular and folkloric Latin percussion instruments and rhythms. These rhythms are provided in a variety of tempos with looped patterns to enhance learning. A chart with the notation of each rhythm is included in the package.
 
Afro-Cuban Percussion Play Along was recorded in Kelowna, BC, at the Centre for Arts and Technology (CATO) under the tutelage of Nicolas Morin and Rob Dewar. Tracks were performed by Trevor Salloum (www.trevorsalloum.com). The CD is available internationally through music stores, bookstores and online. $9.99 USD.

Mel Bay Publications Inc. (http://www.melbay.com) is a leading international print music publisher in Pacific, Missouri. Since 1947 they have been a world leader in music education materials.

For more information on the release of the CD please contact Trevor Salloum at (250) 763-3951, salloum@shaw.ca or Mel Bay Publications Inc. (800) 863-5229.

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29 Jul 2009

Local Actress Returns Home to Play Popular Role - Jaclyn Nestman Thrilled to be Playing Perky Drama Queen

Ask young girls everywhere what their favorite character in High School Musical is and you may get a surprise. The usual answer of any story would be the ingОnue who falls in love and nabs the man of her dreams. But when it comes to this popular show the villainess often steals the spotlight with her wit, charisma and yes, her fashion sense. It’s no doubt then that when Kelowna native Jaclyn Nestman heard that she’d be playing her dream role of Sharpay Evans she was ecstatic.
“I feel so honoured to be a part of this production and I must admit I went just a little haywire when I was told I got the role.”

Nestman graduated from RSS, studied at the Canadian School of Ballet and appeared in over ten local productions before moving to Edmonton where she received a diploma in theatre arts at Grant MacEwan College. She then started landing parts in the Edmonton International Fringe Festival and most recently had a nine month run with Wow Productions performing in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary. She will return to touring this fall shortly after wrapping up with High School Musical.

“The past few years I have lived in some of the coldest cities in Western Canada, and being able to come back home to Kelowna to do such an energetic show is so exciting!”

Playing the drama queen with valley girl charm brings extra perks for Nestman as Sharpay is known as the fashion plate of the show sporting sparkly, girly ensembles throughout. A sure highlight for any fashion savvy tween enjoying this summer’s production.

High School Musical runs August 14 – 22, 2009 at the Kelowna Community Theatre. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.

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28 Jul 2009

Travelling Exhibition Comes to the Okanagan

BC Design History Exhibition is a traveling exhibition which includes historic design and applied arts works. The exhibition presentation in the Vernon Public Art Gallery includes five contemporary local designers working in a variety of media. From July 27 to October 15, 2009 several local Vernon artists will be featured in the Gallery: Doug Alcock with his blacksmithing, Maria Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante with her architectural ceramics, Yael Krakowski with her jewellery, Don Martz with his cabinetry/furniture design, and David Wilson with his painted ceremonial drums.

The exhibition opening is scheduled for Monday, July 27, 2009 at 1 pm with an introduction by Exhibition Co-curator Sam Carter (Emily Carr University) at 12 pm on the same day.

The Gallery will also hold presentations by the local artists/designers on following days:
August 11, @ 12 pm ˆ Doug Alcock
August 25, @ 12 pm ˆ David Wilson
September 8, @ 12 pm - Don Martz
September 25, @ 12 pm ˆ Maria Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante

Co-curator, Sam Carter of Emily Carr University states: "The exhibition explores creativity, form and "look" of individual and mass-produced works of functional design, craft and applied arts in British Columbia from earliest times to present. The exhibition is designed to travel across the Province to museums, galleries, community centres, conferences and special events. Graphic panels explore 30 BC applied arts themes with digital images, authentic artifacts and text. In addition, a number of small three-dimensional works will be included in the exhibition. Regional BC venues will be encouraged to add relevant BC artifacts, old and new from collections or nearby BC designers and craftspeople.

The exhibition provides an inclusive representation of functional design, craft applied arts from across time and the regions of BC. Certain images, materials and forms reflect flora, fauna, natural resources and beauty of the Province.

The exhibition includes works created for survival, function, beauty, and range from hand crafted and industrially produced. Works in the exhibitions were designed and produced primarily in BC; some produced outside of BC and others with BC iconic images and forms emblematic of the Province.‰

 

The BC Design History is in part sponsored by:

BC150 Years, Emily Carr University of Art +Design, Canadian Heritage, British Columbia Creative Achievement Awards

For more information, photos, or interviews:

Contact: Cassandra Redding Phone: 250.545.3137 Email: cassandra@vernonpublicartgallery.com
 

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24 Jul 2009

Saturday, August 8th from 3 to 5pm

Miss Emily Carr (closely resembling actress Christine Pilgrim) requests the pleasure of your company for high tea at the House of All Sorts (closely resembling Gallery Vertigo) on Saturday, August 8th between 3pm and 5pm.

Finger sandwiches and sweets of the daintiest sort will be served up by Miss Carr herself as she mills about and chats with her "boarders" (You!).

(Hot tea with lemon or cream and sugar will be served along with tea sandwiches and cupcakes prepared by the Bumblebee Cupcakery.)

Fellow artists are especially welcome. Some of Miss Carr‚s work will be on display and the artist will chat about her philosophy of life and and her travels.

Miss Carr may even be persuaded to divulge a few of the secrets of her art and writing techniques, along with her personal history.

Because of her close association with Canadian First Nations peoples, she may also share one of the games the Natives played with her.

There might also follow some discussion on how to avoid heart attacks (Miss Carr recovered from several before she finally succumbed.)

It would be preferred that, if anyone feels vulnerable to attacks of the heart, that they keep them to the romantic kind (We are hoping that some eligible young people may attend).

Plan to come on time, or Miss Carr may have hoisted your chair to the ceiling, and then where will you sit?!

Admission is $10, chair or no chair. Tickets must be purchased in advance from Gallery Vertigo.

Miss Carr can acommodate a limited number of guests, so please don‚t dilly dally or you shall have no tea.

I am humbled to be among the many who have played Emily Carr and who have written about her. My only regret is that we'll not be able to get "the elephant" up the stairs for our tea at Gallery Vertigo. The monkey "Woo" is scheduled to make an appearance, however. (Christine Pilgrim)

An excellent example of Christine Pilgrim's history-based theatre, Tea with Emily promises to both entertain and to illuminate interesting details about the fascinating life and art of BC's most beloved artist. Suitable for all ages, Christine's delightful comic style and interactive approach is sure to enthrall the audience. Imagine yourself as a boarder at Emily's boarding house, the House of All Sorts and join the artist for high tea. (Judith Jurica, Director, Gallery Vertigo.) 250-503-2297

Gallery Vertigo is a non-profit Artist Run Centre founded in 2002. The centre operates under the auspices of the North Okanagan Artists Alternative, a registered non-profit society. We are located upstairs at Suite #1, 3001 31st Street, downtown Vernon, in the historical Winnipeg Union Bank building across from Nolan's Drugs. Please use the side entrance under Krause Jeweller's awning. Hours of business are from 11:00am-4:00pm, Tuesday through Saturday. For information call Gallery Vertigo @ (250)503-2297 or email: info@galleryvertigo.com. Our website can be found at galleryvertigo.com.

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24 Jul 2009