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The Exhibition schedule for 2020 is impacted by need to protect our community, staff and volunteers.
Please see this ANNOUNCEMENT for the most recent update An Ekphrastic Poem is the second exhibition of 2020, running from February 15th through March 29th.
Artists: Liz Earl, Michael Griffin, John Waite, and Lois Huey-Heck. will be accompanied by writer/poet John Lent and artist Jude Clarke. Opening reception will be on Saturday, February 15th, from 1-3 pm, Artist talk hosted at the gallery on Saturday, March 7th. Join us for tea and conversation about the exhibition! An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art. Through the imaginative act of narrating and reflecting on the “action” of a painting or sculpture, the poet may amplify and expand its meaning. Dedication, practice, time…these three words are the foundation of this exhibition. I have known Earl, Griffin, Huey-Heck and Waite for 25 plus years. An Ekphrastic Poem is an acknowledgment to the life of an artist. Curator Wanda Lock New Year opens with ...
A WINTER GATHERING Celebrating the Lake Country Art Gallery’s 10 Year Anniversary CALL FOR ART Community Intergenerational Exhibition January 11 to February 9th SETTING THE STAGE for the LC Art Gallery’s first exhibition of 2020, Oyama Elementary’s grade 3 class along with educator/artist Pippa Dean-Veerman and artist Alison Beaumont will begin the installation .. Then .. from Saturday January 11th ... the community is invited to stop by the galley to add their mark to the gallery walls. Whether drawing directly on the gallery walls or by bringing a piece from home to add to the collection, everyone is invited to participate. New work, old work, collaborative work, any kind of art work, any size, 2D, 3D, will be accepted. And Finally ... Join us for cake at the gallery on Saturday January 25th for the official exhibition opening and celebration of the gallery’s 10 Year Anniversary. Over 80 artists, over 800 works of original art, all at affordable prices for seasonal giving
This exhibition is comprised of small, one of a kind, original artworks by Okanagan artists available for sale for under $100. 30% of proceeds from the sale help support exhibitions and programs in the following year The 10th Annual Under 100 Exhibition Fundraiser opens at the Lake Country Art Gallery on Saturday November 23rd and continues until December 21st 2018. The Exhibition will be open SEVEN DAYS per week with late night Thursdays, a special night market in the gallery & Arthouse and opening with a special preview dinner in the gallery. Plus other special events to be announced - follow our social media for up-to-the-minute news ... Artists represented this year are: Amanda Dagg ~ Anne Gidluck ~ Angela Hansen ~ Anita McComas ~ Ann MacLeod ~ Angel Mamaril ~ Amy Piquette ~ Audrey Peat ~ Anke Sabo ~ Ann Willsie ~ Brenda Alguire ~ Beryl Beaupre ~ Brandy Barry-Wyatt ~ Carol Duek ~ Cynthia Gunsinger ~ Carney Oudendag ~ Cheryl Turner ~ Carol Zuckerman ~ Daniel Dearborn ~ Danielle Erickson ~ Donna Fazan ~ Danielle Harshenin ~ Denise Patrick ~ Dianne Postman ~ Dianne Schnieders ~ Duo Artwork ~ Denise Wandt ~ Diane Wilde ~ Elizabeth Christie ~ Emily Gibson ~ Elaine Gowryluk ~ Faith Livingstone ~ Frieda Martin ~ Fiona Neal ~ Fay Wolfenden ~ Isabelle Faulkner ~ Jaine Buse ~ Janice Cheng ~ Jacquie Desjardins ~ Jamie Frazer ~ Judith Jurica ~ JoAnne Legree ~ Jolene Mackie ~ Kristi Clarke ~ Kathy Hale ~ Kathryn Ross ~ Liz Demer ~ Liz Earl ~ Liz Flesher ~ Lorraine Hodges ~ Lin Oldfield ~ Leanne Spanza ~ Lynette Stebner ~ Maud Besson ~ Michel Coutu ~ Maryam Dirk ~ Michelle Droettboom ~ Michael Griffin ~ Minnie Klashinsky ~ Margaret Kyle ~ Maureen Lejbak ~ Marlene McPherson ~ Maggie Reigh ~ Marian White ~ Margo Yacheshyn ~ Moozhan Ahmadzadegan ~ Nancy Archer ~ Nancy Dearborn ~ Nicola Treat ~ Patricia Ennis ~ Patricia leinemann ~ Pat Ryan ~ Peggy Stel ~ Ria Park ~ Sandra Cook ~ Sea dean ~ Shelley Johnson ~ Sharlene McNeill ~ Susan Neilson ~ Shelah Pansegrau ~ Sheila Tansey ~ Sharilynn Upsdell ~ Shannon Wilson ~ Tina Knooihuizen ~ Trisha Lumley ~ Tina Siddiqui ~ Valerie Thompson ~ Wayne Wilson Beth Howe Zoe Kreye Tiziana La Melia Holly Ward
Cloth Tone: Larissa Beringer Lindsay Lorraine Opening Reception: Thursday Oct. 3rd, 6-8pm This exhibition brings together five artists from British Columbia to explore the tacit emotional and experiential resonance that is uncovered through the active labor of material production and bodily awareness. Through the manipulation and engagement with varying soft mediums, these works create a visual language that challenges a pervasive, passive relationship to contemporary material culture. By revealing a sensitivity to the inherent value of bodily experience, tactility, and form - a certain vibrancy calls attention to these artists’ relationship to process and labor, well-being, the environment and body. Exhibition continues through to November 17, 2019 David Wilson Barb Marchand Mariel Belanger Sheldon Louis
August 16th to September 29th Opening Reception: Thursday, August 15th 6-8pm Atklokem: A collaboration of contemporary Syilx Art brought together by Okanagan Artist David Wilson: featuring the work of Barb Marchand, Mariel Belanger, Sheldon Louis, and the Okanagan Indian Band Youth Group for this Indigenous-focused exhibition that will encompass painting, mixed media, sculpture, and performance. The exhibition runs August 16 – September 29.
David Wilson Early in my career, I learned through teachings and mentorship of Coast Salish and Haida artists and later began an exploration of West Coast and Plains First Nations’ art forms, with further studies in business at Vancouver’s Langara College. My style of painting has developed through exploring Interior Salish pictograph art forms, combining vibrant colours and linear forms within a circular picture format. The creative process happens through discussion and collaborative dialogue with viewers: artistic style, techniques, interpretations and exchanging stories or expressive ideas. Exhibitions are the most ideal times to engage with others, to listen and explore artistic expression. Barb Marchand As a respected artist and elder, Barb Marchand had long had an interest in the history of her ancestors, their traditional language and the legends which connected her to the landscape and its inhabitants. This has led her to immerse herself in the study of the traditional Syilx language in an effort to gain a better understanding of the stories and history of the Okanagan First Nations people and in doing so, also her own history. Mariel Belanger Mariel Belanger is dedicated to contributing in the growth of interdisciplinary arts as a method to engage Indigenous community, language, culture, and act as a bridge to society telling stories of our time. Recently graduated with a Master of Fine Arts Interdisciplinary and Indigenous Studies, Mariel is a SSHRC, UBCO Aboriginal Fellowship and Indian Brotherhood scholarship recipient. She was recently awarded Outstanding Indigenous Graduate Student at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry held in Champaigne-Urbana at the University of Illinois. Mariel was nominated to the Canadian Association of Theatre Research board as a graduate board member. As an artist scholar, her research is about identity through the lens of Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being, Customary Law, Indigenous Feminism and Performance Theory, exploring how cultural identity is rebuilt through oral history and performance practice. Sheldon Louis I, Sheldon Louis am a member of the Okanagan Indian Band which is part of the Syilx Nation. I am a multidisciplinary Syilx Artist. I sit on the Board of Directors for the Arts Council of the North Okanagan. I was a recipient of the First Peoples Cultural Council Emerging Artist Development Award for 2015. I mentored with Barb Marchand as a curator and visual artist. Okanagan Indian Band Youth Group Sheldon Louis: Youth can at times struggle to lasting connections due to lack of mentorship and role models. By creating a public art piece in the community the youth will be able to interact and form healthy and respectful interactions through the arts. This Mural Project at the Lake Country Art Gallery will allow the youth to engage with all levels of the community. The visual art piece(s) will be inspired and rooted in the history and traditional stories of the Syilx people. The design/image will be based upon the tradition of Syilx history in the Lake Country area. There will be public programming throughout the run of this exhibition including artist talks and the unveiling of the Youth Mural Project. Barb Marchand As a respected artist and elder, Barb Marchand had long had an interest in the history of her ancestors, their traditional language and the legends which connected her to the landscape and its inhabitants. This has led her to immerse herself in the study of the traditional Syilx language in an effort to gain a better understanding of the stories and history of the Okanagan First Nations people and in doing so, also her own history. From Lochs to Lakes: Mary Smith McCulloch Creative Legacy, brings together 19 former students who studied under Mary at either Okanagan College, Okanagan University College or University of British Columbia Okanagan and have continued with their art practice. These artists recognize the importance of those early art school days and the relationships formed.
The artwork in this exhibition ranges from pieces completed in art school, to work that best represents an individual’s current art practice to pieces made specifically for this exhibition. The exhibition catalogue includes stories and memories about Mary’s teaching days and will give you some insight on the impact she has on those who know her. Mary Smith McCulloch’s teaching career in the Okanagan began in 1973 until her retirement in May 2000. She was a professor of Fine Arts at Okanagan College/Okanagan University College/University of British Columbia Okanagan teaching printmaking, art history, and visual forum. Opening Reception Friday 28th June from 6pm Exhibition runs to August 11th Exhibition Catalogue Available in the Gallery, features stories from each of the contributing artists, about their memories of Mary Smith McCulloch Contributing artists: Joanne Sale Lee Claremont Carin Covin Shauna Oddleifson Rena Warren Glenn Clark Amber Powell Brad Gibson Alastair Maxwell Ingrid Mann-Willis Scott August Scott Waters Crystal Przybille Christian Nicolay Lois Huey-Heck Melanie Cookson Rosanne Bennett Judy Wasyleshko Rob Fee PLUS Guest Catalogue Writers: Jim Kalnin, Briar Craig, Gary Pearson and Carolyn MacHardy David Alexander Malcolm McCormick Katherine Pickering Jeroen Witvliet May 11th to June 23rd Behind the Studio Door, an exhibition to examine the behind-the-scenes work that goes into an artist’s professional practice. The gallery will be divided into four separate spaces, giving each artist room recreate aspects of their studios, giving a glimpse of the day to day routines of a full-time practice. Opening Reception: Friday May 10th, 6-8pm Existential Cafe: (Artist Talk ) Saturday May 11th, 2pm Behind the Studio Door is about the work and time not usually seen by the public. The amount of work that goes into an artistic practice leaves me with an image of ‘guts all over the studio floor’ after a typical studio session, not literally, of course, could be metaphorically, allegorically or imaginary…you pick. Of course, there is no ‘typical’ art studio, the space is diverse as the artwork produced in them. And that is exactly what this exhibition is about, four artists, David Alexander, Katherine Pickering, Jeroen Witliet and Malcolm McCormick let us peek into their process and private spaces. I have spent the past week trying to write in more detail an explanation of this exhibition but in the end, I think Chuck Close and John Cage say it best… Inspiration is for amateurs - the rest of us just show up and get to work. And the belief that things will grow out of the activity itself and that you will - through work - bump into other possibilities and kick open other doors that you would never have dreamt of if you were just sitting around looking for a great ‘art [idea].' And the belief that process, in a sense, is liberating and that you don't have to reinvent the wheel every day. Today, you know what you'll do, you could be doing what you were doing yesterday, and tomorrow you are gonna do what you [did] today, and at least for a certain period of time you can just work. If you hang in there, you will get somewhere. Chuck Close, Inside the Painter’s Studio When you start working, everybody is in your studio- the past, your friends, enemies, the art world, and above all, your own ideas- all are there. But as you continue painting, they start leaving, one by one, and you are left completely alone. Then, if you are lucky, even you leave.” John Cage Wanda Lock, Curator David Alexander David T. Alexander is an established, award-winning Canadian painter best known for his landscapes and water reflection imagery. Alexander studied at the Vancouver Art School and at Langara College before graduating with a BFA from Notre Dame University. In 1980, he moved to Saskatoon, SK to obtain his Master's degree while researching in New York, London and Paris. In 2006, Alexander was a special guest artist-in-residence at the Morris Graves Foundation in California. Alexander was inducted to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2018. He continues to live and work out of his studio in Lake Country, BC. Alexander's signature landscapes (dry series) and waterscapes (wet series) represent his significant forty five year history in painting and drawing with a bold palette and gestural application. Alexander's work can be found in many prominent public, private and corporate collections throughout the world, including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Museum of London, the University of Toronto, Concordia University in Montreal, the Museum of Art in Iceland, HBC Global Art Collection in New York, and in Embassies in Berlin, Beijing and Krakow. Corporate and private collections include those in major Canadian cities as well as in Dubai, Seoul, New York, Mumbai and Nice, among others. Jeroen Witvleit Jeroen Witvliet is an artist who was born in The Netherlands. He has received his BFA from the Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, has studied at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design , Vancouver BC Canada and received his MFA from the University on Victoria, BC Canada in 2014. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe and North America. In his work Jeroen looks for the poetic that seems to be hiding everywhere. Katherine Pickering Katherine Pickering is a Lecturer in Visual Arts at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, BC. Pickering’s current research focuses on night-time perception and its effect on the development of abstract painting.. She has participated in several artists’ residencies including The Room’s Terra Nova National Park residency in Newfoundland; the Vermont Studio Centre’s residency in Johnson, Vermont and the Figure in a Mountain Landscape thematic residency at the Banff Centre, Alberta. Malcolm McCormick Malcolm McCormick received his BFA from University of British Columbia Okanagan and his MFA from Concordia University in Montreal. Malcolm is currently living and working on his art practice in Montreal. To The Dogs
March 29 to May 5, 2019 * scroll down for special event dates Drawing is the basic unit of all visual art. Whether done as an end in itself or as a scribble on the back of a napkin that culminates in a video installation it is to visual art what scales are to music. The daily practice that enhances our skills, stimulates our imagination and pushes how we think about our work is crucial, and between us artists, so damn much fun! Our dogs are often our best models. They want to be wherever we are, they can hold a sleeping pose for hours, they don’t object to studio dust, and they ask nothing in return. They say your art should be your passion so draw what you love: draw your dog! Jane Everett www.janeeverett.ca Jane has been drawing her dogs for years and her current favorite model is Hattie, a mini wirehaired dachshund. Biography Originally from Winnipeg, Jane Everett and did her Fine Arts degree at Queen’s University. Whatever the particular subject her practice is essentially a study of light as it elucidates or obscures form. Her work has been exhibited across the country in private and public galleries, most recently at the Kelowna Art Gallery in the Drawing from Life exhibition, in Winnipeg at The Buhler Gallery and in Edmonton at Bugera Matheson Gallery. Everett is represented in Kelowna by Arte funktional, in Edmonton by Bugera Matheson and in Toronto by Ingram Gallery. Special Events: Sunday March 31st OPENING RECEPTION from 12: 30pm followed by AGM at 2pm. You are invited to join us for a review of 2018, a preview of 2019, the official vote for 2019's board of directors and other society business with a celebration and thank you's to everyone who makes Lake Country Art Gallery "the gallery that punches above it's weight" Sunday April 14th Existential Cafe with Guest Curator Jane Everett 2pm - 4pm You are invited to join in the discussion about Daily drawing practice, and your willing collaborators - your Dogs, Cats and other pets ... Saturday May 4th Cat Cafe 10am-4pm (drop-in) $2 minimum donation Special Fundraising event for the Okanagan Humane Society paired with Lake Country Art Gallery PLUS Drawing workshop with available guidance from Jane Everett, Jim Kalnin - full detaisl to follow - check back on events page soon :) Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood?
In your neighborhood? In your neighborhood? Say, who are the people in your neighborhood? The people that you meet each day… We want to know, Who are the people in your neighborhood? Through painting, drawing, photography, collage, mixed media, clay, sculpture…maybe a poem? Community members show us the people they meet each day. The Lake Country Art Gallery welcomed gallery members and the extended community to submit a piece of work for this community exhibition. Exhibition runs from March 1st to March 24th, 2019 |
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