Captured Images photo exhibition opens on Saturday
At the beginning of Canada’s 150th birthday, we’re off to a good start with a colourful First Impressions, a highly successful HeARTS Festival love-in, and now a gallery full of Captured Images coming up on Saturday.
It helps make the winter short and sweet. And so this Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Peachland Art Gallery you’re invited to ponder over a mix of photographic images from splendid scenery to abstract musings. The photo gallery, featuring 75 works, will run until April 9.
In celebration of our country’s birthday, the Peachland Community Arts Council’s Canada 150 Project will be attempting to break a Guinness world record (largest number of participants painting a paint by number at one venue). Beginning March 15, you can be involved by coming into the Peachland Art Gallery and painting one square on our 6 x 7 foot canvas, signing our participants log book acknowledging your work and recording your square number. The image itself will be a photographic scene from Peachland’s historic past.
Our goal is to have all 6,048 squares painted and documented by Dec. 23. All of the sepia-toned painting is to be done in the Peachland Art Gallery. You’ll find the actual image on our website at: peachlandarts.ca/canada-150-project.
Out of 145 entries to the Writers UnBlocked Literary Competition, Being Canadian, prizes were awarded by Peachland Mayor Cindy Fortin at the Peachland 2017 HeARTS Festival on Saturday to the following winners:
Grade 6: (in alphabetical order by last name) Acacia Cousins, Golden Antlers; Kaelin Davis, A Canadian Thanksgiving; Molly Dyck, What Being Canadian Means to Me.
Grades7-9: Bonnie Odell, With Glowing Hearts We See Thee Rise; Mya Powell, A Canadian Dream; Reese Tarasoff, Paul and Elizabeth’s Story.
Adult: Tavia Grabas, Reflections On Being Canadian Today and Tomorrow; Lyn Jones, Reflections of a New Migrant; Lyn Jones, A World Within a World; Wayne Power, Who Are We? Being Canadian.
Many of the winning entries can be read at: peachlandarts.ca/2017-literarycompetition/#Winners. Congratulations to all these fine literary writers.
You may be hearing the term sip ’n paint quite a bit in the coming days on the Westside. The phrase turned up in Peachland lately in connection with a painting workshop held on Monday, February 6 at the Beach Avenue Café.
Businesses in Peachland are beginning to take note how they can utilize the art world to attract attention. Let us hope the practice spreads.
Artists can call the restaurant to reserve a spot. The cost is $40 per person including a glass of wine, food, art supplies and canvas. The instructor gives step by step procedures and voila everyone is happy!
Lorraine Fader is hoping other members will be interested in giving instruction at future events. It could be in any medium and the subject is their choice.
The Arts Council purchases the supplies and we give the artist an honorarium for participating — or just come as an artist and enjoy the fun evening. The food is fantastic and the wine is a treat too! If you’d like to be an instructor, contact Lorraine at lfadermagnet@gmail.com.
The first adult workshop of the Peachland Little Schoolhouse series this year is a two day workshop Painting with Bonny Roberts specializing in the abstract using primary colours with some texture on March 11 and 12.
The cost is $185 per person for the two days with the possibility of signing up for just one day at $90 or less depending on how many participants sign up.
Roberts is a highly regarded Valley artist and instructor whose work can be viewed at her website bonnyroberts.com. Details of both method and materials required will be found online at peachlandarts.ca/adult-workshops.
The Summerland Singer and Players are holding auditions for their upcoming production 2 Across – a comedy of crosswords and romance at the Summerland Arts Centre on Wharton St. on Tuesday Feb. 28, and Wednesday, March 1 at 7 p.m. If your heart is set for the limelight, contact Bob at 250-494-1264.
Guest artist Janet Bednarczyk will be holding a vernissage at Front Street Gallery in Penticton for her exhibition Line, Layers and Living Things on Saturday, March 4, from 11am - 1pm.
Janet mixes media, fabric and paper using stitch to join and elevate the mix, hand dying and painting the fabrics. Her goal with fabric creations is to excite viewers to appreciate the beauty and mystery of living things. There is so much around us that is magnificent if only we would take the time to notice. The exhibition carries on until March 16.
Western Canada’s largest and longest running documentary film festival, the 14th annual World Community Film Festival Kelowna, will be screening nearly 30 films in 4 days from March 2 to 5 and they’re all free! Known for the incredible breadth of topics covered and first class quality of productions screened--these are films that are sure to educate, entertain and inspire.
Film topics include environmental and social justice issues, food security, culture and the arts. The festival begins Thursday evening, March 2, at the Ki low Na Friendship Centre. Then on Friday evening a grand opening follows at Okanagan College with films all day Saturday and Sunday at the Okanagan College Student Centre Theatre. Admission to films is free but donations are accepted for the Ki-low-na Friendship Centre and Inn from the Cold organization as well as to support the ongoing Film Festival. The film schedule can be viewed online at worldfilmfestkelowna.net. Christopher Byrd is the PCAC’s director and webmaster. Online: peachlandarts.ca.