Happening Now – Aging, Art and the Modern Elder
June 5th – 30th
The Monashee Arts Council and Village Gallery are excited to present Aging, Art and the Modern Elder. This Exhibition comes from 16 artists belonging to the North Okanagan Federation of Canadian Artists (NOFCA) who are themselves elders.
This exhibition’s focus has been to educate the general community about aging, elderhood and ageism with an aim to change society’s attitude towards aging and mortality from one that where we try to avoid the signs of our own aging and mortality with a sense of dread and instead celebrate the opportunities and joys what can come with it.
Using a variety of mediums and styles each artist explores their own relationship with art and what it is to be an elder in these modern times.
Wow, wasn’t that a party!
The Monashee Arts Council wants to thank all the artists and approximately fifty volunteers who made our show a great success!
The Raku event attracted a steady stream of fair-goers thanks to Larry MacGregor, Monica Brown, Jeannette Wilding and a crew of volunteers and turned out some amazing creations.
Stunning photography earned multiple prizes for amateur entrants in the London Drugs Photo contest.
The winner of the Gill Kopy award (Peoples Choice) was Eric Nenzen of Coldstream who also received first prize for Recreation/Activity/Adult category.
Dawsyn Hamilton, in the youth category, was awarded first place for Mountains and Trails and second place for Animals.
Nancy Vince received 1st prize for Animals. Shawna Ostrass received first prize for Mountains & Trails, and second prize for Activity/Recreation.
Mary Joy Lovering was awarded 2nd prize for Animals.
The North Okanagan Carvers, the Monashee Quilters and the Monashee Spinners and Weavers provided demonstrations on both days.
The art show featured photography, sculpture and quilted art as well as paintings. Over fifty entries showcased our local talent. Well over a thousand ballots were cast in the People’s Choice awards and the People’s Choice was awarded to Shirley Nash.
The Monashee Arts Council wants to thank the Regional District of the North Okanagan for their support, particularly Rick Fairbairn who has shepherded us for nearly a decade.
Artwork purchased at the silent auction or from the show can be picked up at the Monashee Arts Council office, 1975 Vernon street, 778-473-3029.
Art at the Market
We’re back at the Saturday Public Market with our Art at the Market tent, join different artists over the run of the Saturday markets and try your hand at different projects each week for free. Donations are graciously accepted.
Coming soon – Plate to Print
July 3rd – July 29th
The Okanagan Print Artists group is a member-driven group open to artists of all skill levels and interests. The purpose of the group is to raise the profile of printmaking in the Okanagan and provide opportunities for printmaking workshops, exhibitions and sales for its members. Our members create a wide variety of prints including collographs, linocut, screenprinting, dry point, etching, block printing, mono-printing, cyanotypes, and solar plate printing. To reflect this passion for printmaking our title is Plate and Print.
As members of the printmaking community, we recognize the skill and dedication required to create works that are recognized by the international community. Locally printmaking is presented through the Okanagan Print Triennial hosted by the Vernon Public Art Gallery. This show would showcase local prints and engage the public and educate them about the value of hand-pulled prints.
Artists participating in this open show will be members of the Okanagan Print Artist Group.
Call for Artists – Field to Fibre
Throughout history, fibre art has been a part of all cultures with such an integral role that the world would not look the same without it.
Fibre; is a natural or artificial substance that is significantly longer than it is wide. It has quite literally woven itself into what it is to be human, so much so that scientists can’t fully agree on when we started to use it for its most practical use; the very clothes that we use to cover our bodies within the form of clothing.
Over the past millennia, fibre has influenced everything from the amazing everyday beauty of the clothes we wear. It is literally woven into the myths and legends of our pasts, everything from mythical golden fleeces to all-powerful weavers of fate feared even by the gods.
Yet the uses of fibre are as diverse as its sources. Artists use it as a medium, as canvas and all at once. Join us as we look deeper and explore every aspect of this important part of our human history.
Share with us and explore fibre in all its forms, from raw fleeces to the breathtaking finished products we bundle ourselves up in to protect ourselves from the elements. Everything from animal fibres such as wool (sheep), angora (rabbits) and silk (silkworms) to vegetable fibres (hemp, cotton, jute) and now synthetic man-made fibre.
This show is open to all mediums focusing on fibre from its rawist form to the finished product..
Applications are available at the Village Galley, 1975 Vernon street (next to Scotiabank) or online at www.monasheeartscouncil.com. The deadline for entries is July 29, 2023. Call 778-473-3029 for more information.
