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Under the Skin

9/30/2020

Under The Skin

is a pop-up exhibition organized by
The Laundry Room Collective.

Celebrating queer artists of the Okanagan
by featuring the work of 13 local artists:

Kayti Barkved; Shannon Lester; Gabe Tsui; Michael V. Smith & Denise Kenney
Shimshon Obadia; Em MacMillen; Salem Lafortune; Jasper Berehulke; Sage Cannon
Arianna Tooke; Jacen Dennis; Šari Dale; Sapphicollage

Under The Skin will run from
Tuesday, Sep 29 - Saturday, Oct 3
from 9am-3pm daily

Me Looking at You Looking at Me

8/19/2020

An Exhibition of art by Gallery Members contemplating the 'Female Gaze'

Exhibition opens August 22nd with an *Open House:
COVID Safe visitors inside the gallery will be limited to 10 at a time throughout the day

2020 - contemplating the female gaze Female Gaze Curatorial Notes:

The female gaze is a feminist film theoretical term representing the gaze of the female viewer.
It is a response to feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey's term, "the male gaze", which represents not only the gaze of a heterosexual male viewer but also the gaze of the male character and the male creator of the film.

Wikipedia In Art: The female gaze is a term used in recent years to describe art that undermines the power and authority of the ever present male perspective.

"The term, female gaze, was introduced to me in an art school during a gender studies class, we studied the work of artists Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer. We discussed books written by Jane Rule, Erica Jong (Fear of Flying), and Anais Nin and watched the 1990 Canadian documentary, The Burning Times. We looked at films and debated the current mood(s) of popular culture. Very much one of my favorite classes, but keep in mind this all took place between 1989 and 1992. It is now 2020, and the female gaze is taking on a much broader scope than in previous years. Society’s definition of gender is opening up, and we recognize all the word identity encompasses. We now think of femininity as a spectrum, expanding the conversation of what it means to be female. Me Looking at You, Looking at Me, brings together artists who are challenging, expanding and exploring the definition of female and the term female gaze while adding to the conversation of identity."

Wanda Lock curator CONTACT LINK

Significance Stares at Me from Everywhere

6/25/2020

Exhibition running from July 4th to August 16th.
Open House: Saturday, July 4th Let’s Eat Cake from 12 to 2pm!
Artists: Alison Beaumont, Katherine Coe, Eve Leader and Lynette Schlichting
sig-nif-i-cance
the quality of being worthy of attention;
importance the meaning to be found in words or events

Lake Country artists Alison Beaumont and Lynette Schlichting come together with Vancouver based artists Katherine Coe and Eve Leader for the exhibition Significance Stares at Me from Everywhere.

Alison Beaumont is a photography/digital artist and her video installation, Left Behind, occupies the front portion of the gallery while Lynette Schlichting’s assemblage sculptures meander through the gallery. Lynette Schlichting has a diverse background in film, set and costume design and combines this knowledge with her visual art practice. Eve Leader’s paintings and drawings are displayed on the walls and Katherine Coe’s installation fills the back of the gallery. Eve Leader’s abstract paintings are haunting and speak to the human condition. Katherine Coe is a multidisciplinary artist bringing drawing, printmaking, sculpture into her installation work.

Through drawing, painting, sculpture, installation and video, Beaumont, Coe, Leader and Schlichting discuss contemporary subjects, the mystery of life, darkness and beauty. Significance Stares at Me from Everywhere is up at the LC Art Gallery until August 16th.

Alongside Her

6/10/2020

2020 June: Alongside Her is a pop-up exhibition planned in collaboration with The Laundry Room Collective, The Lake Country Art Gallery, and three fantastic local artists Maura Tamez, Hagar Wirba, and Ashleigh Giffen.

The Laundry Room is an artist collective run by Brooklyn Bellmond and Moozhan Ahmadzadegan. With the goal of fostering community and connection through the arts. We value diversity, accessibility, and inclusion, and have been planning and hosting events and pop-ups in Lake Country that meet those values.

The pop up exhibition is available June 19- 27 at the Lake Country Art Gallery. The exhibition uses a variety of mediums such as welded sculptures, photography, and poetry.

Mara Tamez work draws on personal themes of belonging, identity, place, borders, displacement, and history. She (re)thinks and (re)examines the effects of colonialism on Dene Ndé peoples. Je’egi is a response to my navigation in art and identity in 2020.

Hagar Wirba selection of portraits and landscape intends to celebrate the irrefutable divinity of indigenous women and land alike, from West to East, North to South.

Additionally, the exhibition includes poetry with a visual element by Maura Tamez and Ashleigh Giffen and speaks to a state of Indigeneity that is still strong in the voices of Indigenous women. An awareness of self, and an awareness of history. Of our uniqueness, our untouched complexity that is rich and painful. But still delicate in the way you talk to a lover you cannot be close to.

Re-Opening June 1

5/25/2020

NEW HOURS 9am - 3pm

Monday to Saturday
(closed on Sundays)

Watch this page for news of a NEW Exhibition coming in JULY

Meanwhile, if you missed the chance to see Ekphrastic Poem, or you would like to review it after seeing the video walk-through, we look forward to seeing you and hearing your thoughts about the work of Michael Griffin; Liz Earl; John Waite and Lois Huey-Heck.

You can even write us a poem and we'll add it to the BLOG page

Exhibition Schedule Postponed

3/27/2020

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

2/10/2020

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

A Winter Gathering: Community Intergenerational Exhibition

1/9/2020

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.

Under 100: Annual Members Exhibition & Fundraising Sale

11/18/2019

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

CLOTH CULTURE

10/1/2019

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

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