Lake Country Art Gallery

Night Market

11/22/2018

Indoor Arts Market with the Under 100 Exhibition
including Art Shelf and a special feature Art Tree Auction
so many great original gift ideas in one place

Thursday December 6th
5pm to 9pm in the Gallery & Coffee House

If you're looking for that original, and unique Christmas gift, join us for an amazing gathering of talented artisans showcasing their art and craft.

In addition to the hundreds of original works of art already for sale in the Under 100 Exhibition, the Lake Country Art Gallery is for the first time ever adding an indoor marketplace event to our BIGGEST show of the year. In this Market you will find some of your past favourite artisans from the old Art Shop - plus new vendors too. Check out the preview gallery below, see new beautiful art and gift ideas from Alice Pallet; Ingrid Mueller; Denise Wandt; Angela Hansen; Patricia Doyle; Lowell Friesen; Little Willow Soap Company; Kassys Kreations; Victoria Preb; Ima Naviah Rose and more ..

New artworks are added to the existing Under 100 Gallery Exhibition each week so even if you've browsed the selection of art by 82 artists already, there will be more to see this evening.

Paired with this year's Under 100 Exhibition, we have a NEW feature: All of the Artists were invited to create one tiny piece of original art to hang on the ART TREE. This beautifully decorated tree, complete with lights and traditional ornaments also has over 80 minature works of art hanging on it's branches. THIS WHOLE TREE and everything on it COULD BE YOURS! Plus a secret gift, wrapped under the tree. BID on our AUCTION sheet before December 14th to secure this unique and stylish decoration. The art on the tree would make a fabulous wall display, or you will have GIFTS for all of your family and friends for years to come

The ArtShelf will be open too, with specialist Art books and ideas to inspire treasured and lasting gift ideas.

All in one place - Art, artisan crafts, art books - and FREE WRAPPING TOO!

Under 100 Preview Dinner

11/15/2018

Under 100 Preview Dinner in the Gallery

Don’t miss this fabulous evening
An exclusive premier night

Friday, November 23rd
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Enjoy an evening of delicious food, wine,
fine art, live music and prizes!

Grab a front seat at the LCAG’s most popular annual show.
Be the first to see hundreds of new and beautiful creations
by local artists in our 2018 Under 100 Exhibition.

Attending this exclusive preview, the night prior to our official public opening affords you
prime pick to purchase any of the wonderful artworks on offer.

Event Tickets are $60* each
available on the Eventbrite website (see link button below)
or directly from the gallery.

We offer a tax receipt for half of your ticket cost
to this fundraising event.

*cost includes a delicious, three course, plated dinner and one glass of wine,
with additional wine available at $5 per glass.

EVENTBRITE TICKETS HERE

18.01528 G/Mol Existential Cafe

10/13/2018

October's special edition of the Existential Cafe features discussion topics relating to the current exhibition 18.01528 G/Mol The Molecular Weight of Water.

Join us on Sunday 28th October at 2pm to talk art-making, philosophy, politics, popular culture and more, with the artists
Susan Bizecki, Myron Campbell, Jim Kalnin, Aaron Leon, Joanne Sale and David Wilson

We'll have coffee, tea and cookies to share too ...

Contribute to the Tribute Tree

7/27/2018

We welcome you to participate with our August 16th Picnic in the Night event by contributing to the Tribute Tree. The Tribute Tree is a large scale installation filled with tributes by community members for loved ones, friends, family, etc. The tributes will be hung on the large tree outside of the ArtHouse. On the night of the event there will be opportunities to create tributes as well.

Picnic in the Night

7/20/2018

Save the date for this eventful end of summer picnic!

We are also encouraging you to create a tribute to a loved one to be hung on the Tribute Tree as part of the large scale installation in front of the ArtHouse! Opportunities to create a tribute will be available at the event as well.

Call for teen/youth Participants

7/10/2018

Existential Cafe: Without Giving Way & Pulp Fiction Paper Jam

7/10/2018

Call for Spray Paint Artists - Summer Fest in Lake Country

7/1/2018

The Gallery will be at Swalwell Park July 14 hosting a spray paint activity for youths and teens as part of the Skatepark re-opening at Summer Fest. These works will later be installed in the Art Alley at the Gallery. We are inviting any teens and youths who are interested to participate and are looking for spray paint artists to mentor. Please email us if you are interested in being a mentor!!

Summer Evening Picnic under the Tribute Tree

5/1/2018

Our Annual Summer Evening Picnic for 2018 will take place under the TRIBUTE TREE August 16th from 6pm
Enjoy an installation of community artwork hung from the beautiful Manitoba Maple Tree.

We will also be celebrating local youth artists with their installation of GRAFFITI BOARDS in the Art Alley.

We invite you to participate in the creation of the artwork in advance of this event in two ways:

1. YOU can create a wind catcher and painted rock tribute to be hung from our tribute tree. Create it as a tribute to someone. Honour someone you respect, be it a loved one living or passed, a friend, a pet, a historical figure or even a celebrity. Deliver this to the art gallery by August 10th for installation.

2. TEENS find us at the Teen Festival to take part in the Grafitti board art project at Swalwell Park July 14th

For more information contact TINA

BIG DAY OUT

3/20/2018

Spend SATURDAY APRIL 7th in Lake Country and you will enjoy all of this ...

11am David Jacob Harder SCULPTURE unveiling at GESS
11:30am back to the Gallery for Opening of RESTLESS EARTH plus PANCAKE BREAKFAST with the artists and curators
1pm AGM [Annual General Meeting of members and Directors]

Complete the afternoon with a cup of Wanda's *Special* Hot Cocoa ....

.11am: Unveiling Ponderosa Sphere by artist David Jacob Harder

David Jacob Harder uses "...the tree and some of its ecological cousins in a wild dialogue about how humans impact nature, even at the unintentional or incidental level but all the way up to the industrial and global economy level. This conversation is a silent one, at least at Harder's end. He is expressing his hypotheses using the voices of art."

This work is my investigation of the interaction between us and animate tissues. Often raw materials are appropriated for our “progress” and made to serve our advancements in technology and engineering. I am interested in this dialogue and how the conversation relies on the fundamentals of bio-mimicry and ultimately change the future of the biosphere.
I use the tissue of the ponderosa pine to speak to the change seen in BC’s interior and the noticeable changes that have ensued in my short lifetime. Throughout the Thompson Okanagan region thousands of these dying and dead trees speckle the hillsides and valley bottoms. This change helps to inform my work and ultimately introduces new topics in my dialogue with the landscape. In the creation of the sphere I look to further investigate the symbol of the bark tissue as a landscape cell unto itself and continue my investigation into the conglomeration of the mechanical and the raw.
The symbol of the sphere allows me to call to mind the planetary concerns of the changing landscape through the implications of shape and form. The round cell also enables me to juxtapose the raw tissue of the tree with the constructed and deliver the concepts into a new territory of contemplation.

11:30am Lake Country Art Gallery for PANCAKE BREAKFAST (leave your car at GESS)

CELEBRATE the opening of a NEW EXHIBITION: A RESTLESS EARTH
with guest Curator Hanss Lujan

Hanss invited our Gallery Members to submit artwork based on his theme A Restless Earth. This exhibition is a selection of art from our Member artists that explore current ecological crises. The exhibition presents a platform for discussion on the Anthropocene—the current ecological epoch that represents humanity’s dominant influence on the planet.

Hanss Lujan is a Peruvian artist, writer and emerging curator living in the Okanagan. Hanss has worked on a variety of exhibitions and projects for galleries in Kelowna including the Kelowna Art Gallery and the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art. His project research themes include place and cultural identity, globalisation, and socially engaged practices.

1pm Gallery Members are invited to stay for the *Annual General Meeting

A short presentation about the achievements of 2017, plus a PREVIEW of our plans for 2018
VOTE for a REVISED MANDATE
ELECTION of Directors

Please preview the proposed revision to our Gallery Mandate HERE

* Your attendance at the AGM is essential for the continuance, eligibility and sustainability of the Lake Country Art Gallery Society and YOUR PRESENCE & INPUT are HIGHLY VALUED :)

Finally, let us THANK YOU by sharing with you Wanda's *special* Hot Cocoa to close the day <3

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