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2021 AGM - via Zoom

3/12/2021

Lake Country Art Gallery is a non-profit organisation, run by an amazing team of Directors and a growing team of skilled and dedicated staff and volunteers

we invite YOU to join us at this year's AGM, online via ZOOM

Saturday April 10 at 2pm

We promise to make it an enjoyable experience. - there's no need to call Jackie Weaver

As a Member in good standing, you can vote for the team of Directors who will take us forward into 2022. You can let us know if you are interested in joining us as a committee member or volunteer, and there will be an opportunity at the end to ask questions or share your thoughts.

Meanwhile we will have some short summary reports about operations, finances, exhibition plans and program development.

And then ... some EXCITING NEWS!
Get first hand information about our summer recruitment plans (pending funding)
and our long awaited functional facility upgrades

SEND us an EMAIL to confirm that you want to join the meeting, and I will send you a LINK by return

Existential Cafe - Equipment Space edition

3/10/2021

March 28th, 2021 at 2pm

Inspired by the conversations of mid-20th century figures such as Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus hanging out at the Les Deux Magots Cafe drinking apricot cocktails and gin fizzes discussing art, literature, philosophy and existentialism…that’s how we do it at the LC Art Gallery (BYOB, Ha!)

The Existential Café is an artist talk discussion of sorts that takes place with curated exhibitions. Although the initial conversation takes the direction of the artists in the current exhibition, attendees are encouraged to add their voice to the discussion. The Café is an opportunity to join in the conversation and philosophical musings over coffee with the artists, curator, and other community members at this online event.
Equipment-Space
Join Curator Wanda Lock, Artists Mat Glenn & Lucas Glenn and Alison Beaumont Community Engagement Coordinator for an interactive and engaging virtual cafe. Settle in from the comfort of your own home, bring your favourite beverage listen, discuss and connect with artists and community for a talk around the current exhibition.
Lucas Glenn and Mat Glenn are BFA graduates from UBC Okanagan and Kelowna-based interdisciplinary artists. Their sculptural, digital, and site-specific works use regional identity, science-fiction, and fantasy to address global crises.
We look forward to seeing you online, this event is FREE but registration is required. A zoom link will be emailed out 2 days prior to the event.
Questions? Email arthouse@lakecountryartgallery.ca

https://www.showpass.com/existential-cafe-equipment-space/

Spring Break Morning Studio - Virtual Tour & Call for Art

3/6/2021

Equipment Space
Spring Break Morning Studio (SMS) is ONLINE this spring , join us for two sessions. Register Here
March 15th - Gallery Tour
Virtual tour of Equipment-Space – Mat Glenn & Lucas Glenn, join Pippa, Alison & their young artist helpers Ankaret and Eddie for an interactive tour of the latest exhibition at the Lake Country Art Gallery.
This 45 minute session will explore and question the conceptual art on display, in an approachable way for families (ages 7 and up). What message is the work expressing? What is your message?
Collecting objects from our own spaces and places, we will encourage participants to explore the potential themes and ideas for creation of their own responses to the exhibition. A follow-up session the next week will delve further into conceptual art and how families can create their own work for the next exhibition at the gallery.
March 22nd - Call for art
Each year the Lake Country Art Gallery hosts a community exhibition and invites you to submit your individual or collaborative work. The theme for 2021 in Voice & Land (Click here for more info).
In this 45 minute session young artists and their bubbles, can take time to further delve in to the themes discovered in our virtual tour of Equipment-Space (previous week). Looking at artists Joseph Beuys, Brian Jungen, Yoko Ono and Marcel Duchamp. Pippa & Alison will invite participants to contemplate the theme of Voice & Land and how they might create and submit work to the next exhibition.
Instructors
The SMS sessions will be facilitated by Pippa Dean-Veerman and Alison Beaumont, they are the Community Engagement Coordinators at Lake Country Art Gallery. We aspire to enable student artists to grow voice through art, individually and collaboratively. Taking time for reflection (in-breath) and adopting a design thinking approach. We believe that studio thinking and artistic process are present in everyone.
COVID Protocols
The Lake Country Art House is currently closed to the public, all programming will be offered virtually.

Register here for SMS

Getting to Know your d-SLR

1/7/2021

THREE sessions: February 11th, 18th & 25th 7 to 9pm
You have a d-SLR but haven’t been able to move past Auto? Now is the time to to find our more and build your knowledge and practical skills in photography.
Alison Beaumont is a knowledgeable and experienced photography instructor (having taught over 250 individuals), let her guide you through the basics of unlocking your camera’s potential. This live video class will be 3 x 2 hour sessions. In a small group (no more than 5) you will be guided through theory and have practical demonstrations and activities on how to navigate your camera’s manual settings, from Aperture to ISO, Jpeg to RAW, looking at each step by step to build your confidence.
You will have handouts, slides and exercises to help you get the most out of the class. Each session also will be recorded so you can review each session multiple times. The interactive format allows for time for you to ask questions in real-time.
What you will need:
Your own d-SLR camera, a good internet connection, web enabled device with video/sound (phone, tablet or computer). Have your batteries charges, lenses, tripod ready with questions you may have. You may need some props for interactive activities, the instructor will send details in advance of the first class.
Workshop will run subject to minimum number of participants.

Cost $80 plus taxes and fees - www.showpass.com/get-to-know-your-d-slr/

SMS - Children and Youth Workshops

1/6/2021

SMS are a series of online workshops for children and youth to connect to the current exhibition at Lake Country Art Gallery. For January & February 2021 we are moving these sessions online. Register at https://www.showpass.com/sms/
Here is how the sessions work:

Sign up and register for your preferred session which will include a makers package of the materials you will need for the session.
Pick-up your art-kit(s), kits will be available in the week before the live event, Pippa and Alison will be in touch to arrange your contactless pick-up. We are located in Lake Country, BC Canada you must be able to pick up your kit in-person, delivery is not available)
Live Zoom, our facilitators Pippa and Alison will be on-hand to guide you through the interactive session, while each young artist creates their own work with their individual artist voice.
Videos will be sent to participants after so if you can't make the live session you can join in on your schedule.

Each session is $10 (plus taxes and fees) - except the pottery class which is $25 but includes 2lbs of clay and firing for each participant or buy all 3 sessions and save 15%. Just select from the sessions below and select the number of kits you need. We can't wait for you to join us.

The Made by Hand exhibition explores the connect (or disconnect) between artists and artisans:
"An artist is a person who performs any of the creative arts. This can range from painting to music. An artisan, on the other hand, is a skilled worker who makes things by hand"

SMS sessions seek to support each young artist to express their own unique voice while exploring artistic mediums. Below is a summary of each upcoming workshop, each workshop runs from 10am to 11:30am.
Felting - January 17th
Artist Pippa Dean-Veerman will be guiding young artists through the process of felt-making to create their own artwork, exploring texture and form. This is an interactive workshop with opportunities to interact and share creations with fellow artists.
Collage portraits - January 31st
Portraits through collage, each young artist will create their own portrait of a family member or a self-portrait. Using collage techniques they will be guided through a process of looking in detail and interpreting their ideas into their own unique representation of their sitter. This is an interactive workshop with opportunities to interact and share creations with fellow artists.
Pottery - February 14th
In this session artists will explore how shapes and objects from imagination can be formed using clay. Taking inspiration from a favourite memory each young artist will use pottery techniques to create their own unique 3D artwork. This is an interactive workshop with opportunities to interact and share creations with fellow artists.
Recommended ages 7 and up (even adults can join too).
Buy one give one
If you are in the giving mood and would like to support a local young artist to participate consider adding a Community Giving ticket to your order. We will reach out and let community know how many no-cost kits are available prior to each session.

Register at https://www.showpass.com/sms/

Questions? Please email arthouse@lakecountryartgallery.ca

Slow Looking - Made by. Hand

1/5/2021

Slow Looking at art is a practice of mindfulness and contemplation, considering an artwork, listening and imagining. Take some time for yourself and participate in this FREE online workshop.

Join Alison Beaumont & Pippa Dean-Veerman, Community Engagement Coordinators, as they take you through a slow look at the the current exhibition "Made by Hand" , this is an interactive session over zoom, where you will be guided through an hour of mindful looking at an artwork from the exhibition.
This event is FREE to join, just sign up through showpass, zoom details will be sent out two days prior to the event.
To participate fully in the workshop we recommend having a few sheets or paper or a sketchbook on hand as well as some writing utensils and maybe even something to add some colour.
We look forward to you joining us!

Register for FREE at www.showpass.com/slow-looking-made-by-hand/

Questions? email us arthouse@lakecountryartgallery.ca

Existential Cafe - Made By Hand

1/4/2021

Existential Cafe
Inspired by the conversations of mid-20th century figures such as Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus hanging out at the Les Deux Magots Cafe drinking apricot cocktails and gin fizzes discussing art, literature, philosophy and existentialism…that’s how we do it at the LC Art Gallery (BYOB, Ha!)

The Existential Café is an artist talk discussion of sorts that takes place with curated exhibitions. Although the initial conversation takes the direction of the artists in the current exhibition, attendees are encouraged to add their voice to the discussion. The Café is an opportunity to join in the conversation and philosophical musings over coffee with the artists, curator, and other community members at this online event.

Made by Hand
‘Artisan is defined only as someone who makes things with his or her hands. That's all. Therefore, by that definition, pretty much all artists are artisans. However, not all artisans are artists’…

hmmmmm, confused?

... What about this definition…
’An artist is a person who performs any of the creative arts. This can range from painting to music. An artisan, on the other hand, is a skilled worker who makes things by hand’.

Join Curator Wanda Lock, artists from the Made by Hand exhibition and Pippa Dean-Veerman Community Engagement Coordinator for an interactive and engaging virtual cafe. Settle in from the comfort of your own home, bring your favourite beverage listen, discuss and connect with artists and community for a talk around Artist Vs Artisan.

We look forward to seeing you online, this event is FREE but registration is required. A zoom link will be emailed out 2 days prior to the event.

Register online at www.showpass.com/existential-cafe/

Questions? Email arthouse@lakecountryartgallery.ca

Young Musician To Bring Holiday Cheer to Seniors

12/22/2020

We are beyond excited to be able to present some holiday cheer to local seniors in @lakecountrybc with a new video premiering on December 24th at 2pm on YouTube. Featuring talented young artist @scotty_berg they share some insights to their passion for music with @lakecountryartgallery and then two wonderful songs to brighten up your Christmas Eve. We hope you can join us at the premiere at https://youtu.be/ftrxsgoDYkM (or see video below).
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This program is made possible by generous donations from Lake Country Rotary Club who support the Lake Country Art Gallery to provide programs to seniors, we are looking forward to starting virtual programming for them in 2021 with their Art Kits again supported by Rotary funds.

Vision Board Workshop 2021 - Imagine | Create | Share

12/19/2020

Start your 2021 by joining Lake Country Art House for this interactive 2 hour workshop where you will create your very own vision board. Putting together a vision board can be a great way to set goals, get your mind open to possibilities and being creative.

Join Art House instructors as they guide you through this 2 hour workshop which will be offered virtually over zoom. They will provide cues and activities to get your ideas flowing, there will be an opportunity to share your vision for 2021 and get some goals in writing so you can get ahead with your plans.

We recommend that you have the following materials on hand to participate fully in this session:

Poster board or large sheet of cardboard
Magazines, old calendars, newspapers, old greeting card, cardboard packaging
Scissors
Glue stick
Pens and pencil
Coloured markers
Maybe even glitter, fabric and stickers.... make your own list of what will make your vision board you!

We hope you will join us for this refreshing way to start 2021!

Session cost $10 (Plus tax/fees) Click Here to sign up

Zoom link will be sent 2 days before event starts.