West Kootenay Regional Arts Council

Workshop | Photograph Fine Art For Digital Reproduction
2023-02-13 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre, 320 Wilson Street, Revelstoke, V0E 2S0
With Katee PedersonThis workshop is for 2D artists who want to learn how to photograph their pieces and prepare the digital files for print. If you’re ready to start making prints yourself, or upgrade the quality of your current prints, this workshop is for you! This workshop explores the entire process from photographing to working with a printhouse and will cover:– Monitor calibration– Tips for lighting and photographing 2D artwork– How to photograph your work– Processing raw image files in Adobe Lightroom Classic– Preparing images for print in Adobe Photoshop– How to work with print houses.This workshop will be taught by photographer and trained photographic printer Katee Pederson. Katee’s dual background means you’ll learn how to work seamlessly with a printhouse and avoid off colours, and printing errors.February 13th, 5pm to 9pmRVAC, 320 Wilson st.Kitchen Studio$75 per personWhat to bring:Camera (It doesn’t have to be fancy)1 artwork to photographAny lighting equipment you may have (optional)Laptop with the following software installed (Free Trials available)Adobe Lightroom ClassicAdobe PhotoshopccStudio

Linocut Workshop
2023-02-11 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Vancouver) | Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre, 320 Wilson Street, Revelstoke, V0E 2S0
With Taylor SandellLearn how to design, carve, and print your own custom stamp. You don’t need any experience to take this low pressure workshop and classes are available for youth and adults. So join us for an introduction to relief printing!At the end of this workshop students will be able to take home a collection of valentines day cards for the loved ones in your life. You will also be able to keep your original stamp! Having the stamp means you will be able to go home and reprint your design as many times as you’d like! You will also learn everything you need to know to go on to create prints, cards, pillows, and more.What is Lino carving?A linocut is a type of relief, or block print, and bears a lot of similarities to woodblock printing. Essentially, the artist carves an image into a linoleum (lino) block and what’s left of the block is inked and printed, similar to a stamp.Workshop Details– All materials provided, no experience necessary– The RVAC Kitchen Studio– $45 per person– Youth & Adults Class (Age 12+) Saturday February 11th, 6:00pm – 8:30pm– Adult Class Sunday February 12th, 6:00pm – 8:30pm SOLD OUTHead to the RVAC website to book:www.revelstokeartgallery.ca/education

Body Positive Bollywood with Karima Essa
2023-02-11 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | The Bailey Theatre, 1501 Cedar Ave., Trail
Trail & District Arts Council presents “Body Positive Bollywood with Karima Essa” as part of the TECK Family Series on Saturday, February 11 at 3 pm.A three-time Canadian National Dance champion, Karima Essa is Vancouver’s very own Bollywood star. An incredibly charismatic and passionate performer, choreographer and instructor, she has used her one-of-a-kind Bollywood talent to entertain diverse audiences across Canada.Karima’s workshop-style dance show celebrates Bollywood dance as a fun, cultural art form infusing music, breathing and ideologies from the Middle East and South Asia. She encourages the audience to learn the basic elements, including signature neck and head movements, facial expressions and foot and hand movements, all to current Bollywood hits. Students of all shapes and sizes will leave inspired to accept and love themselves inside and out, on and off the dance floor!Since age 4, Karima’s been gracing the stage in dance competitions, events and OMNI TV’s Bollywood Star reality show. When she hit puberty at 11, her body unwittingly became a blank canvas in which people could “paint” their admiration and adoration or their judgement and criticism. She grew up thinking she needed to be a “size zero” fuelled by the vanity of the Bollywood industry. However, she has finally grown to love her new, beautiful body.“She was charismatic and funny and her show had just the right amount of watch-and-learn and follow-me!” – Lakewood Elementary School
“Karima Essa was fun, high energy and had our entire community audience engaged!” – Queensborough Community Centre“Watching her perform inspires people from toddler to senior to join in, and Karima’s praise, levity and pure love keeps people dancing – and coming back for more.” – Kitsilano Community Centre Community
This is a 45-minute family show suitable for all ages.Also in the Teck Family Series:Alex Zerbe: The Zaniac on Sunday March 5, 2023. When was the last time you laughed as hard as your kids? Alex Zerbe beatboxes, juggles, dances, sings, and performs magic, as he zigzags between physical stunts and non-stop comedy. A self-described “human cartoon,” his show is both super entertaining for the kids and for teens and adults.Tickets are $15.Tickets on sale at thebailey.ca or by calling 250-368-9669.The TECK Family Series is sponsored by Teck Trail Operations. With funding support from the BC Arts Council, the Government of British Columbia, the BC Touring Council and Tourism South Kootenay. This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada. / Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.

The Importance of Being Earnest
2023-02-10 19:30 - 2023-02-25 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | The Studio Stage Door, 11 11th Ave. S., Cranbrook
A Classic Comedy Set in Modern Times.
Cranbrook Community Theatre is excited to present the second production of their 2022/2023 season, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.The Importance of Being Earnest follows a young man named Jack who lives in the countryside and pretends to be Ernest while he is in the city. While Jack pretends to be Ernest, he falls in love with Gwendolen, who has stated she will only marry a man by the name of Ernest.After discovering Jack’s ruse, his friend Algernon from the city heads to the country pretending to be Jack’s unfortunate brother Ernest. Algernon then ends up engaged to Jack’s ward, Cecily, who coincidentally is also determined to marry a man by the name of Ernest. Hijinx, drama, and christenings ensue!“Wilde’s writings prove some things are timeless… like making fun of the rich!” said Director Nathaniel Leigh. “Directing this show has been one of the biggest undertakings of my life. Getting to do a show I fell in love with back in college has made it all even more amazing! Thank you CCT for bringing me on!”
(At 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinée on February 19th only.)

Queer Out Here 2SLGBTQ+ Conference
2023-02-09 08:00 - 2023-02-12 17:00 (America/Edmonton) | Fernie, Fernie, BC
Join Fernie Pride at the first ever education and gathering conference for 2SLGBTQ+ people and allies! Taking place in Fernie from February 9-12, 2023, Queer Out Here has something for everyone. Please visit https://queerouthere2023.sched.com/ to discover all of the amazing speakers, see the full schedule, and more.Fernie Pride gratefully acknowledges the support of the Government of Canada’s Women and Gender Equality Department and the Columbia Basin Trust in ensuring the opportunity to create Queer Out Here.

Grant-writing workshop
2023-02-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Kimberly Olson: Peace Prevails
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Do you have an idea for a project that focuses on arts and culture? Grants from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) could help.
These grants—funded by Columbia Basin Trust and overseen by the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council—are available for all art disciplines, for both individuals and arts and culture organizations in the Columbia Basin.
To learn more about these grants and how to apply, attend this FREE grant-writing workshop.
This session is primarily for questions and discussion. Before you attend the session, WATCH THIS VIDEO, as the information in it will only be covered briefly during the session. Then come to the session with your questions.

Wednesday, February 8, 2023: Zoom, at noon Pacific / 1 p.m. Mountain.

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Karima Essa
2023-02-05 00:00 (America/Vancouver) | Capitol Theatre Nelson, 421 Victoria Street, Nelson
This show is part of THE CAPITOL’S FAMILY SERIES.Body Positive Bollywood Dance Show with Karima EssaA three-time Canadian National Dance champion, Karima Essa is Vancouver’s very own Bollywood star. An incredibly charismatic and passionate performer, choreographer and instructor, she has used her one-of-a-kind Bollywood talent to entertain diverse audiences at festivals, theatres and in schools across Canada. In 2014, her love for Bollywood took her to the screens in Mumbai, India, as a two-time finalist on Omni TV’s reality show, Bollywood Star. With style, grace and a flair for the dramatic, she has been captivating adult and young audiences for decades

Larry
2023-02-04 00:00 (America/Vancouver) | Capitol Theatre Nelson, 421 Victoria Street, Nelson
Picking up from her 2019 international tour, award-winning Canadian Clown Artist Candice Roberts assumes her alter ego Larry in a comedic piece about a dude who attempts to be a woke feminist without compromising his masculinity.
Roberts uses LARRY to explore her experiences growing up as a female in rural BC, Canada, in the 1980s. Culled from the socially dominant, homophobic male archetypes that surrounded her during her upbringing, Larry helps her compassionately and hilariously examine the limitations of the gender binary, and the complexity of what it means to be human.
(Rated “A” for some swearing and non-sexualized nudity)

Larry: Candice Roberts
2023-02-03 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | The Bailey Theatre, 1501 Cedar Ave., Trail
Trail & District Arts Council brings you LARRY by award-winning Canadian Clown Artist Candice Roberts on February 3 at The Bailey Theatre.LARRY sees Candice Roberts assume her alter ego, Larry, in a complex, fearless, and very funny portrait of a small-town Canadian dude on a path of self-discovery. Larry tries to be a woke feminist without compromising his masculinity, so that he can prove that he’s worthy of a good woman, can quit drinkin’ and even take up “medertation”. Bold, smart and outrageously funny, it turns out that LARRY’s journey into his own psyche uncovers more than he expected.
Roberts uses LARRY to explore her experiences growing up as a female in rural BC, Canada in the 1980s. Culled from the socially dominant, homophobic male archetypes that surrounded her during her upbringing, Larry helps her compassionately and hilariously examine the limitations of the gender binary, and the complexity of what it means to be human.Trailer https://youtu.be/dagelL_AMdQ.Created and performed by: Candice RobertsDramaturg, Direction and Clown Coaching by: Sonia Norris and Deanna FleysherRated: 18+ Nudity, Course Language, StrobeWINNER: Critic’s Pick for Outstanding New Work Orlando Winter Fest 2020WINNER: Edmonton’s Artist’s Pick of the Fringe 2019WINNER: Artistic Risk Award Vancouver Fringe 2019WINNER: Pick of the Fringe Vancouver 2019WINNER: Best of the Fests FRINGE ENCORE SERIES 2019 – Soho New York“A masterful, weird, poignant, gut-busting, vulnerable, and thought-provoking tour de force from Candy Bones Theatre”- Cincinnati Fringe“A bare-bones, outrageously funny send-up and exploration of gender, gender roles, masculinity, stereotypes and affirmation”– René Grayre, Show-score, NYC“This is a daring, weird, hilarious show with head banging, so basically everything you could want.” —the Georgia Straight“A fearless performer”– CBCWith funding support from the BC Arts Council, the Government of British Columbia, and the BC Touring Council. This series is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada. / Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.Individual Adult Ticket: $25, or 4 tickets for 20% off!Individual Ticket 30 years old and under (with ID) $102 for 1 for hospital / medical employees.New attendees 2 for 1: Bring someone who hasn’t been to the theatre before and get 2 for 1 tickets to the show. New patron must not already be in our database and must join our email list.All tickets are assigned seating. Show length: 60 minutes.All tickets available online at thebailey.ca, by phone at 250-368-9669, and in person at the Bailey Box Office at 1501 Cedar Ave., Trail, except 20% off which is only available by phone or in person.

Grant-writing workshop
2023-02-01 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Kimberly Olson: Peace Prevails
REGISTER NOW!
Do you have an idea for a project that focuses on arts and culture? Grants from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) could help.
These grants—funded by Columbia Basin Trust and overseen by the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council—are available for all art disciplines, for both individuals and arts and culture organizations in the Columbia Basin.
To learn more about these grants and how to apply, attend this FREE grant-writing workshop.
This session is primarily for questions and discussion. Before you attend the session, WATCH THIS VIDEO, as the information in it will only be covered briefly during the session. Then come to the session with your questions.

Wednesday, February 1, 2023: Zoom, at noon Pacific / 1 p.m. Mountain.

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"Kootenay (Ktunaxa*) Culture" Open Art Exhibition
2023-02-01 - 2023-02-25 | Art Gallery Kimberley at “The Laundromat”, 167 Deer Park Avenue, Kimberley
February 1-25, 2023Art Gallery Kimberley, 167 Deer Park Avenue, Kimberley, BCIn the heart of Kimberley’s PlatzlOpening hours: Wed-Fri. 11-6, Sat. 11-5, Sun. noon-4Open art exhibition celebrating Visual Art and The Kootenays:– 22 artists– 25 artworks on display and for sale in the gallery– Shortlist of 10 artworks– Kootenay Art Prize– 38 artworks on display and for sale online– Inspiration Award– Exhibition opening reception: Friday, February 10, 2023 | 7-9 pm*We acknowledge that Kimberley (k̓ukamaʔnam) is within Ktunaxa ?amak?is, the traditional homelands of the Ktunaxa Nation.The word “Ktunaxa” in the title of this exhibition is used as the translation of the word “Kootenay” (or Kutenai) as found on the First Voices website: https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/Workspaces/Data/Ktunaxa/Ktunaxa/Ktunaxa/learn.As aboriginal languages are a fundamental and valued element of Canadian culture and society, we are making an effort to learn more about and be more aware of the Ktunaxa language.

Getting Grounded - Online Workshop
2023-01-31 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Using acrylics, we will explore traditional methods for using grounds and underpaintings by painting the same mini landscape with a different process each time. There is no right or wrong way to start a painting, but you will uncover which techniques work best for your own artistic process.
-Suitable for beginners and experienced artists
-Artists should be comfortable with using Zoom as a meeting participant
-Participants will get a summary sheet after the workshop as well as access to the recording for 30 days.

Sense of Place
2023-01-31 - 2023-03-31 | Key City Theatre, 20 14th Avenue North, Cranbrook, BC, V1C 6H4, Canada
Sense Of Place” is photographer Neal Panton’s 17th solo exhibit and 76th including group shows. He has exhibited here in Canada, Europe the USA and South America.
This exhibit features large scale metal landscape prints of the East Kootenays. Neal Panton writes “How do we experience and make meaning of a particular place? For me I use my camera lens to create connections to a place. Photography nurtures my feeling of belonging in this world. It is this deeper emotional connection that makes these places worth caring about, and that encourages my ongoing stewardship to my natural surroundings. This collection represents my own sense of place.”
Neal is an Award Winning Internationally Recognized Fine Art Photographer. He has been published in more than 25 countries worldwide, has 9 self-published books & catalogues.Opening Reception February 9th from 7pm to 9pm with special musical guest Tyrel Hawke. This is a free licensed event.

Ideas Bobert
2023-01-29 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | Capitol Theatre Nelson, 421 Victoria Street, Nelson
IDEAS BOBERT! FINDS HOPE IN THE FACE OF FAILURE THROUGH CLASSIC CLOWNING.Vintage music, tap dance, preposterous situations and dreamy surrealism… A heart fluttering comedy for all ages. Award-winning Vancouver-based clown artist Candice Roberts presents her clown tour de force IDEAS BOBERT at the Regina Fringe Festival.
Bobert is a silent character a la Charlie Chaplin who has a little red bird for a heart. His story asks us, what happens if we are to deny our deepest dreams and desires? Teetering on the brink of absolute failure, love-sick Bobert discovers his heart to be more important than he knew.With vintage silent film styling, shadow puppetry, stop motion animation projections, dance, and live music, the world of Ideas Bobert is rich with magic and creativity.
Like Ginger Rogers meets Mr. Bean on the Muppet show, Ideas Bobert dances with the hilarious and the absurd.

Auditions - The Addams Family: A New Musical
2023-01-28 - 2023-01-29 | 820 10th St Nelson (Selkirk College 10th St Campus Music Building), 820 10th St, Nelson
Black Productions is proud to present “THE ADDAMS FAMILY: A New Musical” (Book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice and Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa) in Nelson BC and will be holding open auditions for adults, 18 and over.AUDITIONS:WHEN: Saturday, January 28th and Sunday, January 29th, 2023WHERE: Selkirk College, 820 10th St Campus, Music Building, Room 103TIME: 11am-8pmBOOKING LINK: https://calendly.com/blackproductions/addams-family-a-new-musical-auditionsCALLBACKS:WHEN: Monday, January 30th, 2023WHERE: Selkirk College, 820 10th St Campus, Music Building, Room 103TIME: 7:15pm-9:30pmSYNOPSIS:THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every parent’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family– a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before– keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.REHEARSAL/PERFORMANCE INFO:Rehearsals start March 8th & will be Wednesdays (6:30-10pm) and Sundays (1pm-5pm).Production week is May 21th-28th with up to 6 showsAUDITION PREPARATION:Auditions will be approximately 10 minutes in length. Please prepare two portions of vocal selections, one of your choosing and one from the show. You may be asked to only sing one, or both songs. You may sing your selection acapella or with a backing track that you provide. You do NOT have to prepare full songs, a verse and chorus is great. There will be a brief reading from the show that we will provide you with at the audition. There will also be a dance component that our choreographer will walk you through during your audition. There is no need to prepare a monologue or dance number in advance.Any questions? Please contact addamsfamilynelson@gmail.comCREATIVE TEAM:Lindsay Clague – DirectorMackenzie Hope – ChoreographerMalaika Horswill – Musical DirectorSage Cowan/Kyla Hurst – Stage ManagerasEric Galbraith – Set DesignerSydney Black – Production Manager

Online Portrait Painting Workshop with Kristy Gordon
2023-01-27 - 2023-01-28 | Online
Kristy Gordon online Portrait Painting Workshop – via Zoom, January 27 – 28, 10:00 – 4:00Cost: $215.00Hello fellow painters!Register soon if you are interested in participating in Kristy Gordon’s online portrait painting workshop, to be offered January 27 and 28 from 10:00 – 4:00. Registration closes this Friday January 20. Kristy is an internationally renowned artist who divides her time between Nelson and New York. To hold your place in the workshop please contact Ilse Murray at murray.ilse@gmail.com.Below is Kristy’s description for the workshop:“This online workshop will guide students of all levels through the creation of a well-structured alla prima portrait painting with convincing flesh tones. We will begin by discussing comparative measuring, to get accurate proportions in the underpainting. Then we will move to colour and concentrate on how to render form and construct the features. Participants can use any medium they like in this course. Kristy will be doing the demo in oils and will provide a suggested supplies list for those interested in using oils. By the end of the course students will have a painting that they’re proud of as well as a solid understanding of how to mix colours. The class will include demonstrations, discussions and individual instruction and feedback. The beginner will learn fundamental principles such as how to mix colours and render form modelling. The more advanced student will discover how to take their work to the next level and achieve the finish that they desire.”This workshop is partially funded by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance.For further information check out the Events and Workshops page on the West Kootenay chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artist website at http://www.wkcfca.com/events-and-workshops/

Grant-writing workshop
2023-01-26 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Kimberly Olson: Peace Prevails
REGISTER NOW!
Do you have an idea for a project that focuses on arts and culture? Grants from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) could help.
These grants—funded by Columbia Basin Trust and overseen by the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council—are available for all art disciplines, for both individuals and arts and culture organizations in the Columbia Basin.
To learn more about these grants and how to apply, attend this FREE grant-writing workshop.
This session is primarily for questions and discussion. Before you attend the session, WATCH THIS VIDEO, as the information in it will only be covered briefly during the session. Then come to the session with your questions.

Thursday, January 26, 2023: Zoom, at noon Pacific / 1 p.m. Mountain.

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Cabaret
2023-01-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-01-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-01-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-01-15 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-01-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-01-13 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Key City Theatre, 20 14th Avenue North, Cranbrook, BC, V1C 6H4, Canada
Nothing feels quite so good as the return of the January musical production to Key City Theatre. Featuring the best of the best of our homegrown talent, the January musicals have become a core, beloved part of our season. This year will take things to a whole new level, with the production of Cabaret.Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of Bohemian Berlin as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.Featuring a timeless musical score with songs such as Wilkommen, Don’t Tell Mama and of course, Cabaret, audiences will enjoy a multi layered story packed full of allure, seduction, romance, hope and heartbreak as the characters come together in the last golden hours before the devastating dawn of a new world war.Ring in the New year with the Cast and Crew of Cabaret during our New Year’s Eve Gala on December 31st at 7:30 PM with a catered reception and lots of fun activities and door prizes!
Regular show dates: January 13, 14, 19-21 at 7:30 PM MST, Matinee show on January 15 at 3:00 pm MST.

The Fretless
2023-01-21 19:30 (America/Vancouver) | The Capitol Theatre, 421 Victoria Street, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 5R2, Canada
Four ferocious players, masterful composition, and a genre-bending sound—Juno award-winning The Fretless is a Canadian quartet that has firmly taken its place on the map to a progressive form of “trad”.A supergroup of celebrated solo artists, The Fretless has been creating a singular and signature sound that dares to expand the idea of what a string music quartet can be—transforming fiddle tunes and folk melodies into intricate, beautiful, high-energy arrangements that have quickly gained a dedicated following and accolades from around the world. Within what appears to be a simple construct — two fiddles, a viola, and a cello — The Fretless has created a sound that is distinctly rich, multi-layered, and uniquely percussive. This tonal quality is pushing traditional music to new heights, producing a completely fresh approach to Folk music.
By putting fiddle tunes and folk melodies from the traditions of Irish, Scottish, Celtic, bluegrass and old-timey American and Canadian music into a classical format, these musicians have created unique music that is complex, multi-layered, and passionately expressive.Vocalist Madeline Roger will be singing many of the songs from “Open House”.Also! For the show at the Capitol, The Fretless will be joined by Emily Millard to guest on a couple songs. Emily just moved to Nelson in the fall to begin teaching voice at Selkirk.

Grant-writing workshop
2023-01-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Kimberly Olson: Peace Prevails
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Do you have an idea for a project that focuses on arts and culture? Grants from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) could help.
These grants—funded by Columbia Basin Trust and overseen by the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council—are available for all art disciplines, for both individuals and arts and culture organizations in the Columbia Basin.
To learn more about these grants and how to apply, attend this FREE grant-writing workshop.
This session is primarily for questions and discussion. Before you attend the session, WATCH THIS VIDEO, as the information in it will only be covered briefly during the session. Then come to the session with your questions.

Wednesday, January 18, 2023: Zoom, at noon Pacific / 1 p.m. Mountain.

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Group Critique for Kootenay Landscape Artists
2023-01-17 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
This is a group critique session for Kootenay landscape artists. The intention of these sessions is to build community with local artists, so that we may get to know each other better and have more opportunities to collaborate in the future.-Suitable for emerging and experienced artists.-Artists should be comfortable with using Zoom as a meeting participant-Each participant is invited to submit one painting for group feedback ahead of the session. Participants will introduce themselves and their work, and share any struggles or successes in the painting they have submitted. Participants are also expected to provide constructive feedback to other artists.-Abby will facilitate the session and provide a framework for critiquing work, as well as help ensure a safe space for constructive feedback.-Minimum 4 participants, maximum 10 participants.

Grant-writing workshop
2023-01-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Kimberly Olson: Peace Prevails
REGISTER NOW!
Do you have an idea for a project that focuses on arts and culture? Grants from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) could help.
These grants—funded by Columbia Basin Trust and overseen by the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council—are available for all art disciplines, for both individuals and arts and culture organizations in the Columbia Basin.
To learn more about these grants and how to apply, attend this FREE grant-writing workshop.
This session is primarily for questions and discussion. Before you attend the session, WATCH THIS VIDEO, as the information in it will only be covered briefly during the session. Then come to the session with your questions.

Thursday, January 12, 2023: Zoom, at noon Pacific / 1 p.m. Mountain.

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If you have questions about your specific project, rather than the programs themselves, contact us directly instead of asking them during a session.

Exhibition Opening Celebration | RVAC
2023-01-05 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre, 320 Wilson Street, Revelstoke, V0E 2S0
Start your year with art and friendly faces! The first exhibition for 2023 opens Thursday, January the 5th at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre. Join us in the gallery, 5pm – 8pm as we celebrate the five incredibly talented artists who have worked so hard to bring brand new exhibitions to Revelstoke. Historically the gallery has been closed during the winter months so this will be a big first for the centre, why not come and celebrate with us!Daniel Stewart | InfraRAD@danielstewart_photoJamie Kroeger | A Part of Place@oldsoulrevolutionSab Curtis | Rewired@sabcurtisJenny Liski & Susie Kathol | Echo Lake@scoutpaper @susiekatholceramicsJanuary 5th, 5pm – 8pm320 Wilson St$5 Admission at the door, or free entry to our membersCash and card accepted at the barExhibition runs January 5th – 29thAbsolutely everyone is welcome to this public opening. There will be reasonably priced refreshments, live music, and of course, four brand new solo exhibitions.Photo by Daniel Stewart

Grant-writing workshop
2023-01-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Kimberly Olson: Peace Prevails
REGISTER NOW!
Do you have an idea for a project that focuses on arts and culture? Grants from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) could help.
These grants—funded by Columbia Basin Trust and overseen by the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council—are available for all art disciplines, for both individuals and arts and culture organizations in the Columbia Basin.
To learn more about these grants and how to apply, attend this FREE grant-writing workshop.
This session will include an explanation of all CKCA programs, plus a short period for questions and answers:

Wednesday, January 4, 2023: Zoom, at noon Pacific / 1 p.m. Mountain.

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Shifting Design
2023-01-03 11:00 - 2023-01-10 15:00 (America/Vancouver) | The Capitol Theatre, 421 Victoria Street, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 5R2, Canada
JAN 7Shifting Design…Tickets for Gala Evening: $10The Capitol Theatre is transformed into an art gallery!Designer, David Dobie, has amassed his career’s work and created an art exhibition which will be open to the public daily from Jan. 3 – 10 between 11 am and 3pm. Admission is by donation.The Gala Evening on Saturday, January 7th will include a time to wander through the exhibition, an artist’s talk, and a performance by Juno Award nominated vocalist, Melody Diachun; bassist, Doug Stephenson; and Juno Award winnng guitarist, Mike Rud.About the exhibition –David Dobie’s design career started in 1980 as a designer-builder in a small office in Nelson. His practice spanned the range of commercial buildings, retreat centres, restaurants, stores, and professional offices, but private residences were at the core of his practice until retirement in 2021.This installation is not about the many hundreds of his built projects that grace this region. Rather, it is a celebration and acknowledgement of all of the hard work and inspiration that went into these projects. Not just hard work, but work with a high purpose, done with pen and pencil on paper.Architectural drawing of this sort is a vanishing art. The design profession has embraced the (sometimes-illusory) promise of technology, and few people still draw by hand. In David’s practice, ideas emerge and are recorded in drawing, then are refined in a process where a new sheet of translucent paper is laid on the old, and the better ideas are brought to the fore to form the starting point for the new drawing. Layer after layer, trying new things, honing, refining, eliminating the extraneous, tightening the precision, conforming to the known qualities of materials, giving form to the ideas, and creating instructions for others to make them real.Building is a collaborative act; there are many pitfalls on the road to getting a project built, many opportunities for the original intentions to be lost. The design sketches represent the purest essence of the project, the least compromise, the greatest potential for integrity and harmony.Thus, the years passed and the drawings of each year accumulated, became substantial in their abundance, were absorbed into the body of work. Forty years, hundreds of homes and buildings, countless thousands of decisions, millions of lines.Such architectural lines convey many meanings, and are part of a symbolic language that spans from dreams and the most subtle of gestures to the definitive solidity of stone, wood and steel. Lines represent surfaces, the boundaries of spaces, the edges of solids, openings for movement and light, structure, the earth.This exhibition is an act of letting go, of letting the ideas that were brought to an acute focus and coherence on the drafting board and in the built projects dissolve back into the place they came from. Separated from the projects that they were created for and shifted, rotated or reversed, layered with other unrelated drawings, only their lines are recognizable, but as pure shapes, no longer visible as design ideas.We are accustomed to thinking about architecture as buildings, as shelter or as art. This installation invites us to go behind the façade and encounter the visions, the false starts, the trial and error, the calculations, the intentions, the intricately rendered details that, given skill and care, might have ended up in someone’s house, but also might not. It is a celebration of process rather than product. It seeks to embody in physical form that which is ephemeral and insubstantial, but without which great buildings are not possible.– John Gower, Designer
