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LATEST ARTS NEWS
Below are the latest news items included on this website in all categories. If you are interested in a particular category, click on the menu items at the top.Get Creative this winter and take an art class at the Kelowna Art Gallery
The Kelowna Art Gallery is offering an exciting line-up of winter art classes designed to bring out oneís creative side.
Whether you've never picked up a paint brush before or you wield a drawing pencil like a pro, there are classes that start with the basics for beginners or provide inspiration for the more advanced.
The gallery offers day and evening courses in watercolour, pastel painting, oil painting, printmaking, drawing and mixed media, as well as weekend workshops in acrylic painting and stained glass.
The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to have the following artists teach the winter classes; Dawn Emerson, Jim Kalnin, Robin Lowe, Jacquie Meyers, Kathryn Newell, Crystal Pryzbille, Beverly Rein, Tina Siddidui, and Rena Warren.
For a full description of classes visit www.kelownaartgallery.com
To register, call the Gallery at 250- 762-2226.
Whether you've never picked up a paint brush before or you wield a drawing pencil like a pro, there are classes that start with the basics for beginners or provide inspiration for the more advanced.
The gallery offers day and evening courses in watercolour, pastel painting, oil painting, printmaking, drawing and mixed media, as well as weekend workshops in acrylic painting and stained glass.
The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to have the following artists teach the winter classes; Dawn Emerson, Jim Kalnin, Robin Lowe, Jacquie Meyers, Kathryn Newell, Crystal Pryzbille, Beverly Rein, Tina Siddidui, and Rena Warren.
For a full description of classes visit www.kelownaartgallery.com
To register, call the Gallery at 250- 762-2226.
19 Jan 2010
Call for Submissions for the 7th Annual Wearable Art Gala
Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2010
Self-expression and extravagance reigned at the Alternator's Wearable Art Gala in 2009, as a huge, diverse and daring crowd took in the sold-out theatre show, and over 200 partygoers danced late into the night, making it the Alternator's most successful event ever.
The gears are now turning in preparation for the Alternator’s 7th Annual Wearable Art Gala coming July 17, 2010. This fun and funky adult event is not a fashion show in the traditional sense - it's an artistic exploration of all types of body adornment. All creative minds are called upon to participate. New categories include Indigenous culture, the art of light, dark art, cyber art, emancipation and freestyle.
If you have an interesting idea of art you can wear, simply download an entry form from our website by following the Opportunities link to Special Calls. Follow the instructions making sure entries include drawings and/or photos of your submission along with a brief description of your project.
Cash prizes totaling $1000 are up for grabs including a $500 peoples’ choice award.
There are no entry fees. Wearable art submissions can be returned, just include an SASE with your entry form. Accepted submissions will be showcased at the Alternator’s 2010 Wearable Art Gala to be presented at the Kelowna Community Theatre.
Video Promotion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C83vuf1Z-8
Self-expression and extravagance reigned at the Alternator's Wearable Art Gala in 2009, as a huge, diverse and daring crowd took in the sold-out theatre show, and over 200 partygoers danced late into the night, making it the Alternator's most successful event ever.
The gears are now turning in preparation for the Alternator’s 7th Annual Wearable Art Gala coming July 17, 2010. This fun and funky adult event is not a fashion show in the traditional sense - it's an artistic exploration of all types of body adornment. All creative minds are called upon to participate. New categories include Indigenous culture, the art of light, dark art, cyber art, emancipation and freestyle.
If you have an interesting idea of art you can wear, simply download an entry form from our website by following the Opportunities link to Special Calls. Follow the instructions making sure entries include drawings and/or photos of your submission along with a brief description of your project.
Cash prizes totaling $1000 are up for grabs including a $500 peoples’ choice award.
There are no entry fees. Wearable art submissions can be returned, just include an SASE with your entry form. Accepted submissions will be showcased at the Alternator’s 2010 Wearable Art Gala to be presented at the Kelowna Community Theatre.
Video Promotion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C83vuf1Z-8
14 Jan 2010
FCCS Visiting Artist Speaker Series:Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline
Join visiting artist Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline on January 21st at 6pm in Arts 103 at UBC Okanagan.
Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline's paintings, drawings, and prints draw from numerous models of representation and abstraction. In his versatile deployment of a vast arsenal of painting methodologies, combined with images sourced from mass media, art history, and private photographs, he produces jarring, fragmented, and complex mixed-genre paintings. He describes his painting practice as "a cycle of ingestion, gestation and expulsion of imagery." His exhibition history includes Galerie Simon Blaise, Montreal: Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto: Deitch Studios, Long Island City, NY: and Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA. His work has also been shown at Scope Art Fairs in Basel, Miami and New York City. Kaktines-Gorsline has an MFA (2008) from Columbia University, in New York. He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Admission to all FCCS Visiting Artist Speaker Series talks are free and open to the public. The FCCS Visiting Artist Speaker Series is sponsored by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC Okanagan.
http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/creativeandcritical/welcome.html
Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline's paintings, drawings, and prints draw from numerous models of representation and abstraction. In his versatile deployment of a vast arsenal of painting methodologies, combined with images sourced from mass media, art history, and private photographs, he produces jarring, fragmented, and complex mixed-genre paintings. He describes his painting practice as "a cycle of ingestion, gestation and expulsion of imagery." His exhibition history includes Galerie Simon Blaise, Montreal: Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto: Deitch Studios, Long Island City, NY: and Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA. His work has also been shown at Scope Art Fairs in Basel, Miami and New York City. Kaktines-Gorsline has an MFA (2008) from Columbia University, in New York. He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Admission to all FCCS Visiting Artist Speaker Series talks are free and open to the public. The FCCS Visiting Artist Speaker Series is sponsored by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC Okanagan.
http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/creativeandcritical/welcome.html
14 Jan 2010
Lake Country Art Gallery
The Lake Country Art Gallery Society announced today that it is poised to open the doors to a new public art gallery in the community. The Lake Country Art Gallery will open on January 22, 2010 at 4:00 pm with a celebratory event and inaugural exhibition that everyone is invited to attend. Long a dream of a group of Lake Country artists and community members, the opening of the first public art gallery in Lake Country is an important step in its development as a community. “This is a significant and exciting occasion because the new art gallery will provide many opportunities for artists in the area, and will offer a variety of new cultural experiences for all citizens”, explains Society President Sharon McCoubrey. “We hope that all community members and visitors to Lake Country will enjoy regularly visiting our new gallery, and take advantage of the assortment of participatory opportunities offered throughout the year”. The Lake Country Art Gallery will display exhibitions by local artists and those from other regions. Artwork by both emerging and established artists will be showcased, and the gallery will also present various speakers, films, workshops, educational sessions and other related events throughout the year. Given that public art galleries do not have the same opportunities for revenue potential as commercial galleries, memberships are an essential means of support to ensure the success of the venue. “Admission to the Lake Country Art Gallery will be free so that everyone has the opportunity to visit” said McCoubrey. “We encourage everyone interested in supporting local artists to purchase a membership to the Gallery, which are reasonably priced and offer several benefits”. The Mission of the Lake Country To celebrate art as an essential part of the
human experience, enhancing information please email lakecountryartgallery@
human experience, enhancing information please email lakecountryartgallery@
13 Jan 2010
The Event: Conduit Festival; Art, Music, Crafts & Ideas
Cakewalk Co-op, Alternator and Okanagan Greens Society presents conduit A live showcase of emerging and established Art, music, installation, sculpture, Urban Farms, handmade crafts, Cake, literature, furniture, heirloom seeds, fire spinners, story tellers, slam poets, and speakers.
Local and Organic gourmet Food, Beer, Wine and Martinis.
Conduit is all about the Global Green Movement. It is a Zero Waste all Organic and Local faire, self-sufficiency Festival that will be dealing with the issue of Climate change with proactive creative solutions from our community. It is for everyone to be inspired and involved in our societal evolution, understanding and wellbeing. There are over 100 local artists, musicians, poets and crafters contributing. Story tellers from Ení Owkin will be sharing ancient stories of the land and generations past. This is the revolution, and there will be dancing!
-Saturday Feb. 6, 2010
-4pm to 1am
-Multiple galleries and spaces within the Rotary Centre for the Arts. 421 Cawston Avenue, Kelowna.
-Sliding Scale admission $10- $20 at the door
Thanks to city of Kelowna, Cultural Services branch for providing the venue.
Live Performances:
Local experimental,folk and Alternative Music.
List: Kevin Kane, Old Manís Beard, Prairie Cat, Kinshira, Midnight, Leila Neverland, Uncanny Valley, The Capers, Time, Yoko, Allison Cociani, Nixie, and more
Local and Organic gourmet Food, Beer, Wine and Martinis.
Conduit is all about the Global Green Movement. It is a Zero Waste all Organic and Local faire, self-sufficiency Festival that will be dealing with the issue of Climate change with proactive creative solutions from our community. It is for everyone to be inspired and involved in our societal evolution, understanding and wellbeing. There are over 100 local artists, musicians, poets and crafters contributing. Story tellers from Ení Owkin will be sharing ancient stories of the land and generations past. This is the revolution, and there will be dancing!
-Saturday Feb. 6, 2010
-4pm to 1am
-Multiple galleries and spaces within the Rotary Centre for the Arts. 421 Cawston Avenue, Kelowna.
-Sliding Scale admission $10- $20 at the door
Thanks to city of Kelowna, Cultural Services branch for providing the venue.
Live Performances:
Local experimental,folk and Alternative Music.
List: Kevin Kane, Old Manís Beard, Prairie Cat, Kinshira, Midnight, Leila Neverland, Uncanny Valley, The Capers, Time, Yoko, Allison Cociani, Nixie, and more
09 Jan 2010
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