Flowers for the Ukraine
Flowers for the Ukraine We always find our artists to be the most loving and giving people and we are always excited to support them through the Village Gallery. As such when our own Helen Kovacs from Red Dog Glass Studio launched her beautiful glass flowers with 100 % of the donations going to the Red Cross Humanitarian efforts for Ukraine, we fully supported her by having the flowers available at the gallery.. Please support this wonderful cause and visit us at the Village Gallery.
MAC Local Arts and Culture Grant – Call for Applications
It’s that time again! MAC is excited to be putting out the call for applications for the 2022 MAC Local Arts and Culture grants. Application forms and guidelines will be available at the office and via email. Deadline: April 12th /2022
Silent Auction
Join us for our auction through the month of April, just in time for Mothers day, we will have lots of wonderful items from around out wonderful community. Fund raised from this event will help fund Art classes and events around our community. The Auction will run from April 6th to April 30th at the Village Gallery.
Happening now -“Through the Looking Glass or the Selfie”
Let’s face it!
We’re all tired of hiding. We miss seeing each other and being seen so The Monashee Arts Council is excited to present “The Selfie- Through the looking glass” the perfect show for the season!
In the past, artists have used their self-portraits as a kind of business card: “here I am and this is the quality you can expect”. This was important to artists who relied on the patronage of the rich and titled. The modern selfie often shows the things we are interested in, our passions or our fears; what we had for dinner. This approach can illustrate our world view as well as our emotional being.
Come into the Village Gallery and reacquaint yourself with the wonderful faces of our Community in this collection of Realism, semi-realistic and abstract works of all media and artists of all ages.
The show runs until April 30th
Village Gallery, 1975 Vernon Street, Monday to Saturday 10 to 4 or on the website: monasheeartscouncil.com.
Call for Artists “Farm and Field”
“Being a farmer means shaking hands with nature”- Unknown
With April coming up quickly and many farmers and ranchers in our area already tending to new calves and lambs, the Monashee Arts Council couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate those who help put food on our tables as they work tirelessly tending the land.
Theirs is a job that does not end when they clock out of the office, from repairing the broken fence, checking on expectant mothers in the middle of frigid January nights and drying a new born calf, to sowing seeds in the fields after a long sleepy winter, cutting and baling the hay in the heat of our Okanagan summers. It is a life that begins before the sun rises and well until after it has set.
It is a respect for life in all its forms from the first tender blooms on the fruit trees that will become some of our favorite treats, the first gasping breaths of a new born lamb to the final harvest and all the moments in between and beyond that keeps the wheel turning.
Join us as we celebrate all aspects of the life on the farm and in the fields of our community in our favorite artistic mediums.
Applications are avaliable at the Village Gallery, 1975 Vernon Street, Monday to Saturday 10 to 4 or on the website: monasheeartscouncil.com.
Art Supply Order
Looking to refresh your supplies? Trying a new medium for your art this year? MAC will be sending in a new order for Art supplies in April. Be sure to come in and put in your order on Wednesday or Thursday, you can also email to set up your order. Orders must be in before April 30th.
