Man OverBoard is a metaphor for all the follies of manhood. Rose Braun, John Hall, Joice Hall, Michael Hermesh and Deirdre Hofer ponder the shifting and complex role of man and masculinity. This exhibition bridges the melancholy with the humorous and opens up a discussion about male identity and humankind.

​‘Furbish: Remnant Themes of Post-Amusement’
Scott August
July 14th to August 27th
Opening reception: Friday July 14th, 6-8pm

You wont find much about Peter Soehn on the Internet, aside from the occasional credit on a roadside attractions website, or as the creator of some bizarre “world’s largest sculpture“ in Western Canada. In a time before digital posts occupied our lives, we spent time outside, visiting petting zoos, waterslides, theme parks and fruit stands. In Furbish: Remnant Themes of Post-Amusement, artist Scott August explores what little remains of Peter’s unrecognized legacy, from unearthing a buried 1970’s  Billboard, to posthumously documenting the artist’s mind-boggling studio. All that remains of Peter’s efforts are fading family photographs, unfinished sculptures, and dust covered memories. 

Born in Saskatchewan in 1933, Peter Soehn not only created characters of rural life, he himself was exactly that. Soehn worked as a television prop builder and on-camera painting Instructor in Alberta and in Kelowna British Columbia at C.H.B.C. T.V. during the 1960’s and 1970’s. In the 1980’s his family created ambitious folk-art sculptures and theme-parks for the amusement of others, from the demolished Kelowna Zoo to the re-developed Old MacDonald’s Farm, very little remains of his work in the Okanagan. 

Scott August is a Kelowna born artist working between the Okanagan and Vancouver, he has been actively photographing and collecting what remains of the Soehn’s Attractions. Furbish: Remnant Themes of Post-Amusement will resurrect forgotten feelings and memories, while enveloping the viewer in it’s overwhelming scale and decaying state. Like Peter Soehn, Scott August’s art focuses around creating fantastical large-scale installations: 25 Foot Cowboy (2005), Bear Peaking Over Mountain Gets New Cowboy Friend (2008), and Artist Changes Sign (2015). He has exhibited at the Kelowna Art Gallery, the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Victoria’s 50/50 Gallery, Vancouver’s Interurban Gallery, and abroad at Pop Montreal Arts Festival and Chicago’s Three Walls Gallery. 

Plan your summer vacation around visiting FURBISH at the Lake Country Art Gallery, then continue with your Soehn travel-homage by visiting his legendary Penticton Peach, his Cultus Lake water squirting frogs, or by trying on his Clem T. Gopher Mascot Head at the World Famous Gopher Hole Museum in Torrington, Alberta.  

‘Upside Down’
Dianne Schienders and Alexandra Goodall
May 26th to July 8th
 
Opening reception: Friday May 26th from 6-8pm
 
The Existential Cafe Artists’ Talk & Coffee with ’Upside Down’ artists:
Saturday May 27th @1pm

​The Lake Country Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibition ‘Upside Down’ opens Friday May 26 featuring the work of artists Dianne Schnieders and Alexandra Goodall.
 
This exhibition explores the interconnected relationship between humanity and nature, and our connection to animals in particular. The gallery is morphing into an installation space for the summer, starting at the end of May through to the end of August.  
 
Dianne Schnieders graduated from UBCO in 2015 with a B.F.A.  Dianne’s work examines animal welfare and the ethics of human/animal relationships as fellow species.
 
Alexandra Goodall is a multidisciplinary artist living in the Okanagan Valley. She is drawn to the shaping of perception through the arts, tweaking processes in the service of insight, especially as it pertains to embodiment.
 
Meet the artists at the opening reception on Friday May 26th from 6-8pm and plan to attend the Existential Cafe and join the conversation on Saturday May 27th from 2-3:30pm.
 
‘Upside Down’ runs from May 26th to July 8th.

Another Conversation is an exhibition about responding to a pervious idea or opinion. Whether the conversation is about an event, a political movement, a time in art history, post colonialism, feminism, gender equality, the environment or cats vs dogs…whether the conversation is  a response to your art making process, about an event, a political movement, etc…this exhibition is open ended. What do you feel deserves more consideration? What subject, question, debate or discussion do you feel needs further examination?


The Lake Country Art Gallery invited all artists to submit a work of art to this years Members’ Exhibition with guest curator Lee Claremont.

Opening Evening Thursday April 6th 6pm - 8pm

Curator feedback with the artists Sunday April 9th 2pm - 3pm

‘Big Fish: considering the narrative’
Lee Claremont, Joanne Gervais, Asher Klassen, Liane Mclaren, Shauna Oddleifson and Amber Powell
January 14th to February 25th


The Existential Cafe Artists’ Talk & Coffee with ’Big Fish’ artists: 
Saturday January 14th @1pm
Opening reception: Saturday January 14th 2-4pm 


Tim Burton’s 2003 film ‘Big Fish’ is the jumping off point for the Lake Country Art Gallery’s first exhibition of 2017 titled, ‘Big Fish: considering the narrative’. This exhibition will feature artwork by Lee Claremont, Joanne Gervais, Asher Klassen, Liane Mclaren, Shauna Oddleifson and Amber Powell. Through animation, collage, drawing, painting and mixed media these six artists come together to tell tales of life’s mysteries.


Events & Deadlines At A Glance:

The Existential Cafe Artists’ Talk & Coffee with ’Big Fish’ artists: Saturday January 14th @1pm
‘Big Fish: considering the narrative’ Opening reception: Saturday January 14th 2-4pm
Cool Arts Exhibition in the Pop-Up Gallery (located in the ArtHouse next to the LC Art Gallery): Opening reception Saturday January 14th 2-4pm
Call for Submissions: Submissions for ‘Art Through the Ages: Intergenerational Exhibition’ will be accepted at the gallery on February 23/24/25. Exhibition runs from March 1st to April 1st. Visit the website for more information and submission guidelines.

Upcoming: New art classes for 2017 at the ArtHouse…
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Hand Drawn
featuring works by:

Will Hoffman, Zachari Logan, Tyler Keeton Robbins and Gary Pearson
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 28th 6 to 8pm
Artist Talk: Saturday October 1st, 3pm

This exhibition presents 4 approaches to drawing, all somewhat different from one another, to create an interwoven tapestry of influences, techniques and concepts that challenge any one particular idea of what drawing is or should be. 
Hoffman and Keeton Robbins are both self taught artists, while Logan and Pearson both hold BFA’s, as well as Master’s degree - Logan in Visual Arts, Pearson in Art History. These diverse educational backgrounds groomed each artist to follow particular ascribed ideas of what drawing is or isn’t. And yet, within this exhibition, all of these ideals fall away when one encounters the drawings themselves. The instantaneous quality of the drawn line calls something else forth, a kind of visual intelligence that only pictures and images can capture. 

Art Off the Rails
August 27th - September 24th 
Juried Members Show

Earlier we sent out a call for art submissions of any medium and dimension. The pieces just had to reflect the theme of the 2016 ArtWalk "Art Off the Rails,"  which runs from September 10th - 11th.