West Kootenay Regional Arts Council

Castlegar Sculpturewalk Self-guided Walking Tour
2023-05-20 - 2024-04-30 | Begins at Kootenay Market Plaza, 600 block, Columbia Ave., Castlegar
Ode to Bees, Artist Lawrence Cormier, Photo David R Gluns Photography
Enjoy a self-guided walking tour with our map/brochure of sculptures created by local, regional, and national artists. Vote for your favourite!

Youth Workshop – Visual Exploration Club – Ages 11-14
2024-02-29 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Vancouver) | VISAC Gallery, 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail, V1R 2J5
This bi-weekly club has a different theme per session. Participants will explore a variety of materials to gain confidence in their art making, building a sketchbook to reflect their growth as an artist. Themes include: Watercolour, Clay & 3D Art, Repainting Thrifted Art, and Paper Mosaic.
When: Thursdays (bi-weekly) 3:30pm-4:30pm
Duration: Jan 18-May 23, 2024 (Note that there will be no VEC club during Spring Break)
Age: 11 – 14
Class fee: $80 for 9 classes (January – May); or $10 drop-in per youth

Where:

VISAC Gallery – Under the red gallery awning
1501 Cedar Ave, Trail
Lower Level of Selkirk Building

Please email info@visacgallery.com with any questions.

Jolene Miner Gallery Show
2024-02-29 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | 601 1st Ave, Fernie BC
Join us for the opening reception of “APPLE SKINS” by Jolene Miner @joleneminerart⁠Enjoy brand new paintings in person, complimentary snacks, good company & the Arts Station bar ⁠⁠ARTIST STATEMENT:⁠I was a hesitant painter. I wanted so deeply to create something authentic and real that I often⁠got in my own way. I wanted it to be raw and true and full of richness, and those wants kept me⁠stuck in the thinking phase. I needed a way to dissolve my creative barriers, and I embarked on⁠a journey to find it.⁠I resolved to connect deeply to the intuitive part of myself and create a process that supported⁠an unselfconscious spontaneity. This meant embracing my vulnerabilities and what I felt⁠compelled to create without questioning it. I found myself wanting to explore a shape that⁠presented as something aware and vaguely human but with all the layers stripped away;⁠something that could express the feeling I wanted to explore but without the distractions of a⁠traditional subject. The simplicity left me free to act without hesitation. Layering and the⁠subtleties of glazing became key elements as I discovered I was drawn to translucency and an⁠element of emergence that played against bold lines. I immersed myself in the layering of rich⁠areas of color, thick strokes of white under glazes, repeating shapes from hand carved stamps⁠and linework created by activating watercolor pencil with medium. As I worked, I found that a⁠story naturally started to emerge.⁠Apple Skins is me removing my layers, peeling them away in a long, bouncy curl and⁠embracing what I find. Candid. Sweet. A little bit weird. It’s the fruits of a spontaneous creative⁠process. By embracing the exploration of my unselfconscious creative impulse, I use color,⁠line, pattern and texture through acrylics, inks, wax, watercolor pencils and mark making tools.⁠I layer and build. I remove and expose. I create a space to be vulnerable, to feel without⁠judgement and create without barriers.⁠I invite you to see it and feel it for yourself.⁠

Ballet Jörgen’s Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet® @ THE CAPITOL SEASON
2024-02-29 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Vancouver) | The Capitol Theatre, 421 Victoria Street, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 5R2, Canada
Ballet Jörgen: Anne of Green Gables – CAPITOL SEASON
Adult $55
30 and Under $49.50
The creation of Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet® is monumental for Canada’s Ballet Jörgen as it is the first time the story has been authorized for creation as a full-length ballet. Making the production even more special, a company of 16-20 dancers will be joined on stage by local dancers.
Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Although written for all ages, it is cherished by many children. Anne Shirley, a young orphan from the fictional community of Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia (based upon the real community of New London, Prince Edward Island), has spent a childhood living in strangers’ homes and orphanages. Anne is mistakenly sent to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, siblings in their fifties and sixties, who were expecting to adopt a boy to help Matthew run their farm at Green Gables, in the fictional town of Avonlea.
Anne is highly imaginative, eager to please and quite dramatic, but dislikes her appearance, despising her red hair and pale, thin frame. And, at first, stern and sharp Marilla wants to return Anne to the orphanage, but after much consideration, along with Matthew’s strong liking of Anne, she decides to let her stay.
Anne takes much joy in life and adapts quickly, thriving in the close-knit farming village. With her wild imagination and talkativeness Anne soon brightens up Green Gables. Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet®
Based on Anne of Green Gables – The Musical™.Original Choreography by Bengt Jörgen, C.M. Music composed by Norman Campbell.Ballet Score Arranged by Alexander Levkovich. Set & Costume Design by Sue LePage. Original Lighting Design Rebecca Picherack.

Fernie Mural Project 2024 Proposal Deadline
2024-02-29 23:45 - 23:49 (America/Edmonton) | 601 1st Ave, Fernie BC
Mural Project 2024 Proposal DeadlineThursday February 29th, 11:45pmFREE to Apply!FDAC has been awarded a Public Art Grant by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and funding from the Resort Municipality Initiative to add to the public art inventory of Fernie! In addition the Fernie Legion Branch #36 is supporting the installation of a permanent mural!All experienced and professional mural artists who are from the Columbia Basin are welcome to submit their proposal! THEME: Station Square, Community & Remembrance
