What a Wonderful Lumby Days
What an exciting Lumby Days despite the bit of rain the Arts were alive at the Whitevalley community hall with some exquisite Raku coming out of the kiln, Demonstrations from our local Art groups with the Monashee Spinners and Weavers, The Monashee Quilters and the Vernon Carvers showing their amazing works. The Photography Contest and Art Show was filled with so much talent and we are excited to announce our winners!
2024 People’s Choice Winners
People’s Choice Art
- 1st place – Enjoying the Sound of Rain by Karen Neufeld
- 2nd place – Rawlings Lake by Natasha Dwan
People’s Choice Photography
- Highland Chill by Hayley Bouzek
2024 Photography Winners
Open Category
- 1st place – Curious Siblings by Eric Nenzen
- 2nd – Sun’s Coming Up by Barbara Crebo
3rd – Lumby Herd by Charli Bouthillier
Rock and Roll Category
- Tool by Jen Laventune
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate Lumby and the arts in Lumby! Thanks also to our sponsors for the photo contest; London Drugs, Jeanette Wilding, Nancy Vince, Kodiak Custom Engraving, Dollar Dollar, Rad Janz, Earth Elements, Fuzzy Peach, Co-Op, Jitterbeans, Okanagan Outpost, Just for Her, FreshMart, Tutor Tech and the Rusty Spur.
We can’t think of anything more fun and fulfilling than this past Lumby Days has been! Thanks To all of you!
More photos from Lumby Days available at
lumbyvalleytimes.ca
Call for Artists – Flower Power
“Let a hundred flowers bloom (, let a hundred schools of thought contend?)” – Mao Tse-Tung
‘Flower Power’ has been the slogan of the anti-war movement in the USA. While the poem by Canadian Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae “In Flander’s fields the poppies blow” commemorates those who have fallen, and every year reminds us of the terrible sacrifices made during the war. The crimson red flowers are now offered by grieving people at funerals or the sites of tragedies.
The Cempasuchil (marigolds) decorate the statues on Dia de los Muertos in Mexico. Flowers are symbols of resistance and solidarity in Chile and in Hong Kong; and of religious belief in India.
The images and use of flowers are a powerful expression of human longing for renewal, a transient beauty immortalized, expressing powerful emotions about our own human condition.
The Art Show at the Village Gallery this July is all about ‘Flower Power’. We want your inspiration and interpretation of the topic of the power of a flower.
