MAY-AUG 2015JOURNAL 47

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1315 Water Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 9R3t: 250.762.2226 f: 250.762.9875www.kelownaartgallery.com

HOURS: Tuesday to Saturday 10 am-5 pm Thursday until 9 pm FREE Sunday 1-4 pm Closed Mondays & Holidays

SUMMER HOURS: The gallery will be open Mondays 10 am-5 pm during July and August (excluding August 3).

ADMISSION: Members: FREE Individual (18-64): $5Student (13-17 or with student ID): $4Senior (65+): $4Family: $10Group of 10 people or more: $40 Children under 12: FREE

Executive Director’s Message

Cover image:Edwin Holgate, Fire Ranger, 1926. Oil on canvas, 73 x 64 cm. Hart House Art Collection, University of Toronto, Purchased by the Hart House Art Committee, 1925/26.

The challenge of strengthening and deepening the relevance of the Kelowna Art Gallery to our region and beyond continues to be an exciting task for those of us who work and volunteer on the Gallery’s behalf. An important part of this effort is exploring ways to better serve you, our members, and to reach out to new audiences who will increase our attendance, profile, and benefit to the community. I believe that the upcoming lineup of nationally recognized exhibitions, publications, educational programs, and community-based projects is an excellent demonstration of the strides we are making in fostering a deeper appreciation for the visual arts and providing opportunities for people to be inspired, to learn, to create, and sometimes, to debate. Of course, we could not fulfill our mission without you.

All of us, the Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers of the Kelowna Art Gallery, would like to thank you, our donors, members and friends, for your continued support of the Gallery.

We hope you will visit us often, as there is always something to see and do at the Kelowna Art Gallery. And as always, let me know about anything we can do to make your experience richer and more enjoyable. Your feedback is important to us.

All the best,Nataley Nagy (nataley@kelownaartgallery.com)

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Left to right: Clea Haugo, Joshua Desnoyers, Kyle L. Poirier, Renée Burgess, Nataley Nagy, Liz Wylie, Kelsie Balehowsky, Brenda Feist, Hanss Lujan.

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Lunch and Talk with David Silcox Saturday, May 9, 1 pmIn celebration of A Story of Canadian Art, please join us for a talk called Behind the Podium at Sotheby’s, accompanied by a buffet lunch. Silcox recently stepped down as President of Sotheby’s Canada after managing twelve of Sotheby’s best years. Previously he held posts in government, education, and the arts. He will deliver an engaging and amusing lecture about the adventures and peculiarities of the art auction world.Cost: $25.00 ($20.00 for members). Call in advance to register.

The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased and honoured to be a venue this summer for this important touring exhibition of historical Canadian art. The forty paintings in this show are all in the collection of the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at Hart House, University of Toronto. Independent curator Dr. Christine Boyanoski has structured the exhibition and has written the text in the beautiful catalogue that accompanies the show.

Kelowna audiences will have the rare opportunity to see paintings by nine members of the Group of Seven (who actually numbered ten artists before they expanded to form the Canadian Group of Painters in 1932), as well as by Tom Thomson, David Milne, and other artists active in the early to mid twentieth century. These include an impressive number of women artists, including Prudence Heward, Lilias Torrance Newton, Paraskeva Clark, Kathleen Morris, and Bess and Yvonne Housser. Works by these women painters have never previously been exhibited in Kelowna.

A Story of Canadian Art is organized and circulated by the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (Hart House, University of Toronto, Canada). The exhibition is financially supported by the Museums Assistance Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage.

A Story of Canadian Art: As Told by the Hart House Art CollectionMay 9 to July 19, 2015

Opening ReceptionFriday, May 8, 7 to 9 pmThis is a free event, open to members and guests by invitation.

Curator’s TalkFriday, May 8, 7 pm Dr. Christine Boyanoski, curator of A Story of Canadian Art, will give a talk about the history and importance of the Hart House art collection. Boyanoski is an independent curator, lecturer and writer based in Toronto and is currently working on a book about modern Canadian art in the context of British imperialism.

Charles Comfort, Young Canadian (detail), 1932. Watercolour on paper, 92 x 107.3 cm. Hart House Art Collection, University of Toronto, Purchased by the Hart House Sketch Committee, 1934/35.

Yvonne Houser, South Shore, Quebec, (detail), 1933. Oil on canvas, 82 x 97.5 cm. Hart House Art Collection, University of Toronto, Donated by the graduating year of 1934.

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WayfarerJuly 25 to October 18, 2015

The title of Victoria, BC-based artist Jeroen Witvliet’s solo exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery is taken from a painting he knows well, created in c. 1500 by Hieronymus Bosch that hangs in the Boijmans van Beuingen Museum in Witvliet’s “home town” of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Wayfarer is also the title given by the artist to his recent series of large, dark paintings that will be in the exhibition, along with his Day/Night/Day Stadium paintings, and small works depicting human hands at an enlarged scale.

The exhibition has been considered as a complete experience, an installation, rather than a gathering of discrete works. Witvliet is interested in activating the entire gallery space, and in visitors’ interactions once they are in this space. He is fascinated by the dynamic nature of political and social situations, and with ambiguity and memory. The Wayfarer paintings are dense and puzzling works, fascinating in their seemingly random detail – mounds of discarded stuff along with branches, as though the entire contents of each composition has been readied for a bonfire.

Witvliet completed his MFA from the University of Victoria in painting in 2014. He is currently living and working on Vancouver Island, outside of Victoria.

Jeroen Witvliet, The Tower (Wayfarer series) (detail), 2014, oil on canvas, 70 x 79 in. (180 x 200 cm).

Opening ReceptionFriday, July 24, 7 to 9 pmArtist’s talk at 7 pm.This is a free event, open to members and guests by invitation.

Quick Talks in Fall 2015Watch for details in our e-newsletter, and on our website and Facebook page about our upcoming Quick Talks in September, featuring Jeroen Witvliet.

Did you know?We have a monthly e-newsletter. Keep up to date on the latest news, events and exhibitions at the Kelowna Art Gallery. You can sign up to receive it at www.kelownaartgallery.com.

Jeroen Witvliet, Day to Night to Day, number 21 (detail), 2014, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 cm.

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Pieces of WhatMay 2015 to April 2016

Vernon-based artists Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante and her son Maxwell Sterry teamed up to create this year’s installation in our Artist’s Garden Project. Their piece will have an environmental theme and will feature translucent columns strung with spherical objects made from clean trash. Along the sides of the space will be vegetables and herbs growing in self-watering bins. The produce will be harvested in the fall by gallery visitors. Whether the columns are references to past civilizations or those of the future is up to one’s personal interpretation. Complete with seating and lighting, this installation promises to be an intriguing gallery experience.

Over the winter the artists have been amassing materials and planning their installation.

The Artist’s Garden Project

Opening ReceptionFriday, July 3, 7 to 9 pmThe artists will give a talk at 7 pm.This is a free event, open to members and guests by invitation.

The Kelowna Art Gallery’s One on One series is curated every spring by an emerging Canadian First Nations curator who selects an emerging Canadian First Nations artist to work with. Each exhibition will be accompanied by a web-based publication. This year the Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to be working with Saskatoon-based curator Felicia Gay, who has selected artist Wally Dion for the exhibition. He is also from Saskatoon but has recently been dividing his time between there and Binghamton, New York. Dion will be showing recent works, produced in 2013 and 2014, that are made up from a massing together of smaller, identical components and involve “tracks” that have been filled with paint. Dion likes to work with small units that he fits together like puzzle pieces to create his final works.

The One-on-One series is conceived of as an open-ended, collaborative project. It is intended that both the curator and artist be on hand for the opening of the exhibition.

Opening ReceptionFriday, July 3, 7 to 9 pmThe artist and curator will give a talk at 7 pm.This is a free event, open to members and guests by invitation.

Mapping Me In …July 4 to September 20, 2015

Wally Dion, Steppes (detail), 2014, acrylic and medium on plywood, 27½ x 27½ in. (69.8 x 69.8 cm).

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P O P: Pride of PlaceJuly 31 to September 13, 2015

Ever wanted to have your art shown at the Kelowna Art Gallery? This is your opportunity! The POP exhibition will be open to all Kelowna and area residents.

What fills you with pride about the Okanagan? What’s your favourite spot? How would you capture that in art?

Help us to fill the walls of The Front project space of the Gallery with your art this summer. You can create your work of art at home, or in our Art Lab when you visit the Gallery. Submit a drawing or painting of lush vineyards, local beaches, your favorite part of the Okanagan, or even the view from your kitchen window.

The medium is up to you – pencil crayon, collage, paint, etc. Works of art must be no larger than 9 x 12 inches in size, and can be created on the support of your choice: paper, canvas, metal etc.

Submit your registration form by July 1. This form can be picked up at the Gallery, or online at www.kelownaartgallery.com

Mail or drop off your masterpiece between July 1 and 24 during regular gallery hours.

The Front project space

Valerie Rogers is a highly-skilled wildlife artist who lives and works in Salmon Arm, BC. She has trained with several professional artists and has won numerous awards for her work. Her installation at the Kelowna International Airport will consist of seven panels painted with acrylic on canvas. They will depict a small flock of Canada Geese flying up from the water into the sky. The panels will be staggered in height to greater emphasize the notion of lift off. Rogers’ subject is one that is not exclusive to the Okanagan and is bound to find resonance with many people from other places in North America who are coming through the airport.

Lift Off and SoarMay 11 to November 9, 2015

Satellite space at the Kelowna International Airport

Detail of one portion of the installation of paintings being completed by artist Valerie Rogers for the Gallery’s satellite space at the Kelowna International Airport.

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On the first Thursday of each month participating galleries, theatres, cultural facilities, and businesses, along with artists and performers, will throw open their doors with special offerings for explorers, shoppers, and tasters in Kelowna’s Cultural District. The Kelowna Art Gallery will offer free tours of our current exhibitions at 2:30 and 7:00 pm. Discussions will focus on ideas and questions arising from the works of art on view.

Thursday, May 7, 2015: Mitch Mitchell: For Whom you Build. How does our experience as viewers shift when printmaking moves off the wall and into our space as a three-dimensional object? Mitchell is the winner of the 2012 Okanagan Print Triennial.

Thursday, June 4, 2015: A Story of Canadian Art: As Told by the Hart House Art Collection. Does the work of the Group of Seven still have something to say about the Canadian identity?

Thursday, July 2, 2015: Pieces of What? Another in the series of year-long Artist’s Garden Projects in the Gallery’s Rotary Courtyard by artists Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante and Maxwell Sterry. Is the overall statement of this installation a positive, hopeful one, or a concerned warning?

FIRSTthursdays!

FREE, FUN and OPEN to the public. Materials and activity suggestions are provided—just add your imagination! Come on in and MAKE something. Take it home or hang it in the Art Lab gallery for others to enjoy.

Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 1-5 pm Saturday, 10 am-4 pm Sunday, 1-4 pm

The Art Lab!

Children and parents creating their masterpieces in the Art Lab.

FREE with the cost of admission! Group rates! Specialized Seniors tours! Hands-on activities!

Admission for Individuals is $5.00, Seniors & Students, $4.00. Complementary hands-on activities are available for an additional $1.00.Group of 10 people or more $40.00.

To book your tour, call Brenda Feist, Education Coordinator, 762-2226 x 312, or email brenda@kelownaartgallery.com

TOURS! TOURS! TOURS!

TOURS

The first Thursday of each month, 2:30 and 7:00 pm.

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Family SundaysJoin us every Sunday between 1 and 4 pm for an exciting art-making experience.

Through hands-on activities, helpful instructions, and age-appropriate information and questions, Family Sundays opens up the world of art and artists for children and adults by providing opportunities to engage, discover, and create.

Cost: $4.00 per participant

The Kelowna Art Gallery acknowledges the generous support of Source Office Furnishings.

May 3 Asian Heritage Month May 10 The Painting ZoneMay 17 Asian Heritage MonthMay 24 Asian Heritage MonthMay 31 Keeping it RealJun 7 Paper BoxesJun 14 Still Life Oil Pastel Drawings Jun 21 Ecosystem PrintmakingJun 28 Landscape painting

Jul 5 Wet Wash Watercolour PaintingsJul 12 Painting the LandscapeJul 19 Subtractive PrintmakingJul 26 All About DrawingAug 2 Chalk DrawingsAug 9 Encaustic PaintingsAug 16 Printing CollographsAug 23 Mixed-Media MadnessAug 30 Moody Charcoal Drawings

Weeks highlighted in red will include family-friendly tours. Visit our website for more info on upcoming Family Sundays activities.

Wednesday, July 1 between 10 am and noon, the Canada Day tradition continues. Join us at the Kelowna Art Gallery for the popular Apple Bin Paint-In.

Twenty-five apple bins will be delivered to the Gallery by B.C. Tree Fruits, and then aspiring artists of all ages will be invited to paint their artistic visions on a side of a bin. These colourful apple bins will be kept on display until the end of August, when they will be picked up and delivered to the orchards to be filled with this year’s apple crop.

This event is free to the public, but pre-booking is required.

The Apple Bin Paint-In is always a popular event, so be sure to reserve your spot early by calling the Kelowna Art Gallery at 250-762-2226.

Apple Bin Paint-InWednesday, July 1, 2015, between 10 am and 12 pm

Apple Bin Paint-In 2014

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July 6-10 Circus CircusCome one, come all and enter our Big Top! Explore the fantastical elements of the circus. From clowns, to elephants, cotton candy, trapeze artists, circus trains and more! Children will get a chance to be their own circus ringmaster using mixed media to create bright and colourful projects. Each day brings something new!

August 4–7 Art Around the WorldPack your suitcase! We’re heading on an artistic journey around the world. Young artists will engage in the creation of works inspired by traditional practices from various countries. What multicultural fun!

Mini and Day Camps | Ages 6-8 July 20–24 Day Camp 9 am-3 pmJuly 27–31 Mini Camp 9 am-12 pmAugust 4–7 Mini Camp 9 am-12 pm 4-day mini camp $100.00 ($90.00 Members)August 10–14 Day Camp 9 am-3 pm

Preschool Camps Ages 3-5 | 9-11 am

Preschool Camp Costs: $90.00 ($75.00 for members)

Mini Camp Costs: $125.00 ($110.00 for members)Day Camp Costs: $160.00 ($145.00 for members)

Mini Camps | Ages 9-11 July 13–17 Mini Camp 9 am-12 pmAugust 17–21 Mini Camp 9 am-12 pm

During the months of July and August, the Kelowna Art Gallery will be offering a variety of half-day and full-day art camps for children ages 5 to 12. Camps will be taught by local artists, and classes will include trips to local studios within the cultural district, as well as special visits by guest artists. Each week will be different and will incorporate unique drawing, painting, and sculpture projects. Programs emphasize self expression, and allow young artists to discover and create in a lively studio environment complemented by outdoor fun with trips to places such as Waterfront Park and Kasugai Gardens.

Class size is limited so that children receive one-on-one instruction in a friendly, non-competitive environment. Call 250-762-2226 to register!

Join us for a creative adventure this summer! Make unique art, new friends, and create

memories that will last a lifetime.

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The Kelowna Art Gallery offers a variety of terrific spaces for you to hold your next company reception, AGM, lecture, presentation or meeting. Plus, facility rentals at the gallery help to support continued access to the visual arts in our community.

For more information enquire today at 250-762-2226 ext. 305.

Hold your event at the Kelowna Art Gallery

Join local art and antiques appraiser Peter Blundell, and learn the value of your treasures!

Fifteen-minute-long appointments will be held throughout the day during which Blundell will be giving opinions on values of antiques, collectibles, original art, and prints or reproductions. Each session allows for him to view up to three items, subject to the time constraint.

Cost per fifteen-minute session: $40 for members, and $50 for non-members. To make an appointment, please call the Kelowna Art Gallery at 250-762-2226.

Treasures from the AtticFriday, May 29, 2015, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Art and antiques appraiser Peter Blundell.

This summer the gallery is offering a series of six art workshops for teens each Friday from July 24 to August 28. Every week there will be a different theme and participants will have the opportunity to explore a wide variety of subjects and materials. Sign up for one class, or the whole series!

July 24 | Everything in InkLearn drawing and wash techniques in ink to add tone and expressive line to whatever you choose to draw: cartoons, portraits, wildlife, etc. Develop a full vocabulary of lines to create light and dark, patterns and textures.

July 31 | Block PrintingLearn the techniques and styles needed to carve blocks for printing. Use a variety of printing techniques to create beautiful and creative limited-edition prints.

August 7 | Wildlife DrawingLearn how to work from illustrations and photographs to create beautiful wildlife portraits. Whether it’s birds, wolves, dolphins or any other animal, learn how to draw them and add colour with watercolour or pencil crayon.

August 14 | It’s all About PaintIn this class we will be pushing paint with brushes, palette knives, and rollers. We will explore various acrylic painting techniques, as well as media that can be added to paint, such as gels and pastes.

August 21 | More than WatercolourLearn basic and more advanced watercolour techniques. There will be plenty of time for practice, and participant will get to choose their own individual subject to work on with the instructor. We will also explore combining watercolour with graphite and ink to create a mix of drawing and painting.

August 28 | People SkillsLearn the proportions for drawing people, tricks for handling various poses, and then apply that knowledge to whatever type of people drawing that you want to pursue, whether it is realistic, abstracted, or in animation.

FRIDAY FOR TEENS ART SERIESInstructor: Jim Elwood | Time: 9 am to 2 pm

Cost per class: $70.00 ($55.00 for members)Cost for the series: $350.00 ($275.00 for members)

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The Kelowna Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the City of Kelowna, The Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia, Central Okanagan School District #23, Regional District of Central Okanagan, Central Okanagan Foundation, and our members, donors and sponsors.

© Kelowna Art Gallery 2015 | Design by Kyle L. Poirier | Printed by

Dylana BloorClayton GallFern HelfandJoanne McKechniePaul Mitchell Marla O’Brien

Derek SandersStan SomervilleJoanna WrzesniewskiAmy ZurrerSandra Kochan, City Liaison

Nataley Nagy, Executive DirectorKelsie Balehowsky, Public Programming AssistantRenée Burgess, Head of Public ProgrammingJoshua Desnoyers, Marketing and Events Coordinator Brenda Feist, Education Coordinator Clea Haugo, RegistrarHanss Lujan, Membership CoordinatorMike O’Doherty, PreparatorKyle L. Poirier, Graphic DesignerLiz Wylie, Curator

Gallery AssistantsKelsie BalehowskySue CosmannAlyssa DollLindsey FarrHanss LujanVictoria MooreConnie QuaedvliegToby Wesenberg

Family Sundays AssistantsKelsie BalehowskyEmerald Holden

Chalk wall drawing by visitors to the Art Lab in the Kelowna Art Gallery’s Scotiabank studio, February 2015.

Board of Directors

Staff

Not yet a member of the Kelowna Art Gallery? Then it’s about time you joined! Your support plays an essential role in providing access to a wide variety of visual arts in our community.

Along with free admission to all exhibitions and discounts on a variety of classes, workshops, merchandise and special events, membership grants you access to our reciprocal membership agreements with twenty-five other museums and galleries across Canada. Your membership may entitle you to free admission and/or discounts at these locations.

Annual Membership Costs: (includes tax)Student $26.25 Senior $36.75Individual $42.00Family $63.00

Become a member today!Memberships are available at the gallery, by calling 250-762-2226, or online at kelownaartgallery.com.

Members enjoying the opening reception for Christos Dikeakos: Nature Morte at the Gallery last summer. Photograph by Yuri Akuney, Digital Perfections.

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