(Formerly named the Wells Artists' Project) Artist Mentors: John Hall, RCA and Harold Klunder, RCA Saturday July 18th - Sunday July 26th, 2009, 9am - 3:30pm In 2007 Island Mountain Arts proudley renamed the Wells Artists' Project the Toni Onley Artists' Project. World renowned BC artist, Toni Onley (1928 - 2004) very much embodied the spirit of the Artists' Project. He had a great passion for going into remote areas in order to gain inspiration; he was also very savvy in the business of being a successful Canadian artist. In re-naming the project we hope to honour these aspects of Toni's artistic career and spirit. Fee: Eight-Day Session $880 Cdn + $44 GST = $924 Four-day Session $450 Cdn + $22.50 GST = $472.50 (July 18 - July 21) Please see below about how to apply for a scholarship Max. Enrolment: 20 *Students are welcome to use the studio spaces after hours. *Food and accommodations not included, however a very low cost breakfast and lunch will be available at the school. *Participants must bring with them their own supplies; easels are provided. Application Process: Applicants must submit 6 - 10 images of their work (digital format preferred), Bio and artist statement to IMA by June 15, 2009 to be eligible. As the course can fill up quickly, it is advised to submit application as soon as possible. Send to: Attn: Julie Fowler, Artistic Director Wells Artists Project Application Box 65 Wells,BC V0K 2R0 Canada E-mail: media@imarts.com Registrations may be taken after that date, depending on space available. Payment options include: cash, cheque (made out to Island Mountain Arts), money order, and Visa or Mastercard. Project Description: First offered in 2000 with distinguished Canadian artist Norman Yates, The Toni Onley Artists' Project has had a tremendous impact on the artistic development of those who have taken part. Participating artists will spend nine days in Wells (Wednesday, July 22nd is a self directed day) painting in the IMA studios under the mentorship of two senior Canadian artists. This is a forum for artists to explore and develop their ideas in relation to visual arts practice. With hands on experimentation as the starting point, artists will engage in an exchange of ideas aimed at better understanding the possibilities of the creative act - an ideal experience for artists wishing to hone their craft while in a creative, supportive and learning environment. The artist mentors, with their vast knowledge and experience from working as professional visual artists in Canada and internationally, will give valuable keys to those artists keen to forward their artistic practice in the visual arts and spur production of new bodies of work. A shorter four-day session (July 18th � July 21st) is also available. The Artist Mentors: John Hall, RCA John Hall did his training in art at the Alberta College of Art, Calgary and the Instituto Allende, Mexico in the 1960s. Since completing his studies in 1966, he has lived and worked in Calgary, Alberta; Delaware, Ohio; New York, New York; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and, most recently, Kelowna, British Columbia. Hall has held teaching positions in art at Ohio Wesleyan University, the Alberta College of Art and Design, the University of Calgary, where he recently retired from a full professorship in painting and drawing, and the Okanagan University College. Currently he holds a professorship emeritus at the University of Calgary. He now lives and works in Kelowna, British Columbia. John Hall was elected to membership in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1975. John Hall is represented in many public collections including: National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Canada Council Art Bank. He is also represented in numerous corporate and private collections and has been commissioned to do paintings for Calgary�s Foothills Hospital, the Royal Bank and Cineplex Odeon, among others. Notable among John Hall�s long list of one-person exhibitions are his 1979-�80 exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada and a major retrospective exhibition at Mexico�s City�s Museo de Arte Moderno in 1994. John Hall has also participated in many group exhibitions in Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Europe and Japan. He is represented by the Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto and the Weiss Gallery, Calgary. Likened to an urban archaeologist, Hall produces still life paintings that mine the rich complexity of contemporary urban life. Harold Klunder, RCA Harold Klunder is one of Canada�s most critically acclaimed artists. Born in 1943, in Deventer, the Netherlands, he immigrated to Canada in 1952. Klunder's work has been shown extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia and is represented in many public and private collections including the National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Musee de Contemporain (Montreal), and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA) in 1983, he has taught and lectured at many universities and art schools across Canada, as well as schools in the U.S. and South East Asia. SCHOLARSHIPS: Scholarships/Bursaries Available 1. Sonia Cornwall Scholarship: This scholarship, which covers the full tuition (value $880), is available for one artist living in the Cariboo. 2. IMA Scholarships: This scholarship covers the tuition for the four-day session, July 18 - 21 (value $450) and is open to artists from across Cananda. 3. IMA Bursaries: If not selected for a scholarship Island Mountain Arts has a limited number partial bursaries based on financial need. Please indicate if you would like to be considered for a bursary. Selection Criteria: What are the Selection Criteria? Based on a review of the application materials and the following considerations, Island Mountain Arts will select individuals to receive scholarships. Scholarships will be awarded through a juried process based on the following criteria. Island Mountain Arts reserves the right to change these criteria if the submissions warrant. Applications must include the following: 1) Show a commitment to their art practice. 2)A letter stating what they hope to gain from this experience 3)Provide a current CV and artist statement 4)Provide 6 - 10 images of artwork created in the last year either as slides or digital images. 5)A commitment to attend the course if accepted What is the application deadline? Friday, May 1st, 2009 (successful applicants will be notified no later than May 30th) How do I apply for this scholarship? Mail or email the above requested information to: Toni Onley Artists� Project - Scholarship Island Mountain Arts PO Box 65, Wells, BC, V0K 2R0, Canada E-mail: media@imarts.com Phone: 1-800-442-2787 Island Mountain Arts School Policies Registration: A(non refundable) deposit is payable upon registration. Final payment is due no later than seven days before a course begins. Please add 5% GST to adult courses. The registration deadline is two weeks before class start. Registrations will be taken after that date, space permitting. Refund: There are no refunds on course deposits. If full payment has been made, and a student withdraws from a course, 75% of the workshop fee will be refunded. Note - there are no refunds the final week before classes begin. Cancellation Policy: If Island Mountain Arts cancels a course due to insufficient registration, the entire fee will be refunded. Cancellation decisions are made two weeks before course start.

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26 Jan 2009

The Penticton Writers and Publishers announce the 3rd Young Creative Writers and Poets Contest. This year, the contest is open to young writers or poets age 10 ñ 18, residing in the province of BC. Winners will be invited to attend BC Youth Write Camp! 2008/09 CONTEST DETAILS --- PLEASE FOLLOW ALL GUIDELINES: Short Fiction Story or Poetry manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced, 12 point font, pages numbered. Short Fiction entry must not exceed a maximum of 1500 words or 5 pages (250 words per page). Poem entry must not exceed 5 pages (one per page or combination equaling 5 pages). Each entry must include a cover letter stating the writer's or poet's name, address, email, phone number, and age. Writer's name should not appear on manuscript. Email your entry as a Microsoft word document to yasie1@shaw.ca before the deadline. DUE TO NUMEROUS REQUESTS FROM TEACHERS AND WRITERS, THE CONTEST DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JANUARY 30th Please enter only once. Winners will be notified by February 27, 2009. 150 WINNERS, chosen from across BC, will be invited to attend the British Columbia Youth Write Camp, June/July 2009. These qualified winners will need to sign up by May 31/09, with a non-refundable fee of $100 for the 5 days/4 nights day-camp. Winners will be billeted with one of the South Okanagan Valley winnersí family. If chosen and unable to attend you forfeit your place to the next winner in line. In addition, 50 WINNERS from the South Okanagan, will be invited to attend the British Columbia Youth Write Camp, June/July 2009. If chosen, these 50 lucky winners, from the South Okanagan will be invited to sign up by May 31/08, and will be sponsored by PWAP Champions/Raise a Reader. They must billet winners arriving from outside the South Okanagan. Those winners unable to billet will be charged a non-refundable fee of $100. South Okanagan winners chosen and unable to attend will forfeit their place to the next winner in line.

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22 Jan 2009

What: BC Festival of Artist-Run Culture Where: 421 Cawston Avenue When: February 6 at 7pm: Opening Reception February 7 from noon – 4pm: Chatter conversation February 7 from 9pm – 3am: Music and Media Arts Festival Chatter and Whirr is a winter festival celebrating artist-run culture in BC. An initiative of the Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres (PAARC), this unique festival connects events in Kelowna, Victoria and Vancouver scheduled throughout the month of February. Chatter and Whirr highlights the best of alternative culture through exhibition openings, festive cultural happenings and province-wide discussions, setting the tone for artist-run culture in BC. The festival kicks off in Kelowna with Chatter & Whirr Unleashed, a music and media arts festival and the first in a series of licensed events hosted by the Alternator, Kelowna's only artist-run centre. On Saturday February 7 from 9pm-3am the RCA Atrium will be transformed into a nightclub experience with interactive media-based visual art (audio, video, 3D, lights, performance) and local musical guest Djs. Local DJ's create a lounge-friendly backdrop of groovy Electronic music perfect for mingling and dancing. Lola's multi-faceted Drum & Bass opens the evening, JGirl & Manousos journey through the laid-back grooves of Downtempo, World-beat rhythms, & groovy Deep House, while JPod (The Beat Chef) offers up Funk, Breakbeat, positive Hip Hop, & party rockin bangers giving this show just the right eclectic mix of style and a perfect flow. Cost is a $5 recommended donation at the door. The festival also showcases new media exhibitions featuring Plains Cree-Métis artist Jude Norris, and presenting two artists originally from Kelowna, Brian Gotro and Christian Nicolay. Norris’ Diary of a Nomad combines three projection screens to contrast digital landscapes, which both celebrate and offer a critique of western landscape traditions from an Indigenous perspective. Gotro draws his audience into the White Room, with a five-channel video and electric guitar while Nicolay’s Atlantis challenges America’s quest for freedom, using tv static to broadcast from turbulent waters. These three alternative exhibitions will be on display until 2am during the music and media arts festival. Those interested in hearing the artists talk about their work while enjoying a relaxed evening of socializing are welcome to attend a free opening reception at the Alternator on Friday February 6 at 7pm. The exhibitions will remain on display until March 20. Throughout the month of February, members of artist-run organizations from across BC will be meeting to discuss the vision of artist-run culture that has powered events like Chatter and Whirr throughout Canada for over thirty years. The Alternator is pleased to host a gathering in Kelowna from noon to 4pm on Saturday February 7. Participants from Kelowna, Penticton, Kamloops and Vernon extend a warm invitation to anyone who wants to attend and is interested in finding out more about artist-run culture and the role it plays in our communities. For information, to volunteer or for up to date programming information visit us online at www.alternatorgallery.com, e-mail info@alternatorgallery.com or call the Alternator at (250) 868-2298.

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17 Jan 2009

Neil Simon Poignant Comedy Sure to Strike a Cord

(KELOWNA, BC) - Kelowna Actors Studio is pleased to announce the second production of its sixth season with Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize winning comedy, Lost in Yonkers. The play opens on Thursday, February 5 and runs Thursday to Sunday evenings, with a Saturday matinee, until March 1. It is 1942. As the play opens, a man deposits his two young sons on his mother’s Yonkers doorstep. Over the course of the next ten months, the boys are forced to contend with their Grandmother, a stern, tough old woman, her dim-witted daughter, Bella with her secret romance, and their Uncle Louie, a small-time hood. Neil Simon first published Lost in Yonkers in the United States in 1991. The play was an immediate critical and popular success and led to a film adaptation in 1993. After eleven previews, the Broadway production, directed by Gene Saks, opened on February 21, 1991 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it ran for 780 performances. Although many of Simon's plays had won major dramatic awards before this, Lost in Yonkers was the first Simon play to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play also won the 1991 Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Best New Play. Acting Tonys and Drama Desk awards were also presented to Mercedes Ruehl (Bella), Kevin Spacey (Louis), and Irene Worth (Grandma).   "This is one of the best plays I have ever read and the only one ever that made me laugh out loud," says the company's artistic director, Randy Leslie. "I knew on first reading that we just had to present it. The play was first published as America was entering the Gulf War in the Middle East and World War II plays an important part in the narrative. The play's main themes of survival, the importance of family, and acceptance are just as relevant today with the turmoil in Afghanistan and Iraq such a part of our daily newscasts." Kelowna Actors Studio's production is directed and produced by Randy Leslie, and stars Ryan Taylor and Joshua Donaldson as Jay and Arty. The cast also includes Patricia Burns as Bella, Vivian Hughes as Grandma, Brad Hull as Louie, Valeh Ashraf as Gert, and Frank Takacs as Eddie. "This is a difficult show to cast because the two leads are young boys,” admits Leslie. "I am thrilled that Ryan and Josh rose to the occasion. These are two very talented young men who I'm sure Kelowna audiences will fall in love with! They are joined on stage by some of the best talent in the Okanagan. The result is pure magic." Nate Flavel is the executive producer and set designer, master carpenter is Myles Christensen with set décor by Patricia Burns. Stage manager and props are by James Long and costuming by Norene Morrow.   Lost in Yonkers runs at the Kelowna Actors Studio (1379 Ellis, across from the Public Library) Thursday to Sunday evenings, with a Saturday matinee, from February 5 to March 1, with dinner and dessert ticket options available. For further information, or to purchase tickets, visit the on-site box office, call 250 862 2867, or log on to KelownaActorsStudio.com.

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Ryan Taylor and Josh Donaldson star in Kelowna Actors Studio's presentation of Lost In Yonkers.

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11 Jan 2009

WINTER and SPRING CAMPS and WORKSHOPS

Spring Break Theatre Camps -  Something For Everyone! Weekdays, March 16 to 20, 2009 | March 23 to 27 Ages 6 to 12 (Participants must be able to read) HALF DAY (9 am - noon or 1 - 4 pm) = $120 | FULL DAY (9 - 4 pm) = $210 Calling all budding actors! This exciting program will take your child on a fun and creative journey into the wonderful world of acting! Through theatre games and exercises, they will explore a variety of stage skills and techniques, TV & FILM, improv, masks, movie and theatre scenes, mime, monologues, musical theatre and much, much, more. They will develop their talent, confidence and social skills under the guidance of professional instructors while have a ton of fun! Please note: children are to supply their own lunch. ANNIE – Musical Theatre - Act, Sing and Dance! Saturdays, 9 - 11 am -- January 17 to April 18, 2009 (no class March 21, March 28) Performance: Sunday, April 19, 2 pm Ages 7 to 13 (Participants must be able to read) Fee: $430 It’s upbeat plot and flamboyant characters have made Annie one of the most beloved musicals in history. Based on the popular comic strip, Annie tells of a spunky Depression-era orphan abandoned on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, befriends President Franklin Roosevelt and finds a new family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell and a lovable mutt named Sandy. The bright, tuneful score is fun to sing and filled with so many familiar numbers; Tomorrow, It’s A Hard Knock Life, Little Girls and many more! Hollywood Kidz – Scripts include Shrek, The Jungle Book and Mary Poppins as well as many more! Mondays, 4 - 6 pm -- January 19 to April 6, 2009 (no class March 16, March 23)  Performance: April 6, 5 pm Ages 7 to 11 Fee: $350 Teen  - Scripts include Twilight, Pirates of the Caribbean and many more! Wednesdays, 4 - 6pm -- January 21 to April 8, 2009 (no classes March 18, March 25) Performance: April 8, 5 pm Ages 12 to 17 Fee: $350 Both Hollywood Kidz & Teen Theatre Scene Classes Include: On-Camera: In the On-camera session, students learn the mechanics of TV, film, and commercial acting while having a great time! Participants will overcome fears and become comfortable with the special requirements and techniques of acting for the camera. As students begin to apply their skills to actual scripts from TV, film, and commercials, they’ll build a solid foundation that keeps them sharp and audition-ready. Students take home a DVD copy of their work. Improv: Improvisation, or Improv, is a form of acting in which no script is used. Students learn how to think on their feet, make creative choices, take direction more easily, keep their energy up, maximize their personalities and most importantly - have FUN! Theatre & Games: In the Theatre, students learn the difference between stage and camera, and are given an understanding of the skills and techniques needed for each. Work focuses on monologues & scenes; creating characters and telling the story, while exploring the craft of stage acting. Students come away with enough confidence to feel comfortable in both mediums and learn some great theatre games! Monday Night At The Improv - The Improviser’s Tool Chest – A NEW CLASS Mondays, 7 - 9 pm -- March 30 to May 25 (no class April 13) Performance: May 25, 7 pm Ages 17 & Up Fee: $255 Instructor Mark Reinelt has spent nearly a decade performing Improv on the stage and has spent the last 4 years teaching very well received classes for both children and adults. His Adult Improv class at the Kelowna Actors Studio was listed as one of Okanagan Life magazines 17 skills to learn in the Okanagan Valley (March 2008 issue). In his high energy, high participation class Mark teaches Improv for the stage, as well as presenting tools that translate to all aspects of life. The Actors’ Work Out Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:30 -- 7:30 am March 31 to June 4 Ages 16 to Adult Fee: $140 Why spend this Spring shut indoors, sweating on that treadmill while staring at the world outside when the great outdoors is waiting? Actors’ Workout is a fabulous way get in shape, reduce stress, lose weight, increase energy, build confidence and form new friendships. Broadway Dance Fridays, 5 - 6pm -- April 17 to June 19 Ages 13 to Adult Fee: $140 This class encompasses all ages and ability levels and touches on many different styles of movement. Whether it’s for fitness, fun or to hone performance skills, Broadway Dance is a fun filled class where participants can be themselves and comfortably learn at their own rate.

Kelowna Actors Studio 1379 Ellis Street (across from the Kelowna Public Library) Register in person, call 250 862 2867 or visit KelownaActorsStudio.com.

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11 Jan 2009