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New Single Colours from SHAPES & SHADOWS
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/shapesandshadows/colours-2 SHAPES & SHADOWS are arriving in the picturesque Okanagan Valley, offering their unique blend of soaring vocals, catchy melodies and driving rhythms in their debut EP, Ghost Songs. While the name SHAPES & SHADOWS may be new to the musical community, Chris (Vocals: Stutterfly, Oceans Apart, Snowdrifts, Last Mountain), Steve (Keys/Vocals: Oceans Apart, Last […]
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Illegal: Let Us Live performance at Kelowna Art Gallery
A performance by Vernon-based artist Mariel Belanger of Illegal: Let us Live will be held at the Kelowna Art Gallery on Thursday, July 25, 2019, at 6 pm. The piece is written by Greg Younging. Illegal: Let us Live is a multimedia performance with audio, visual, and performative elements that explores issues related to Indigenous laws about the […]
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Art camps return for summer at Kelowna Art Gallery
It’s summer break from school and the kids are already getting restless. You still have work to go to… so what to do? Don’t worry, the Kelowna Art Gallery has you covered. Registration is underway for the Gallery’s popular summer art camps for children and youth. Art Adventures camps are organized for children ages 3 to 12. […]
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Her Body Will Remember opens at Kelowna Art Gallery
Her Body Will Remember is a contemporary art exhibition that features the works of three female indigenous artists who explore ways of remembering and reinterpreting their ancestor’s culture and practices. It includes work by artists Mariel Belanger, Tsēmā Igharas, and Tiffany Shaw-Collinge. It was guest curated by Erin Sutherland. Each of the three artists were asked to consider the […]
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Canada Day festivities at the Kelowna Art Gallery
The Kelowna Art Gallery invites you to make your Canada Day a creative one. On Monday, July 1, from 10 am to 4 pm, the gallery will be free and open to the public for a full day of hands-on art activities and visual art exploration—both inside and outside the building. Choose from painting at an easel en […]
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Widely acclaimed artist Susan Point to host tour at Kelowna Art Gallery
The Kelowna Art Gallery will be hosting a special visitor next week in connection with a recently opened exhibition. Widely acclaimed and accomplished Coast Salish (Musqueam) artist Susan Point will be in Kelowna for one evening to host a free tour and walk through her exhibition entitled Susan Point: Spindle Whorl. This marks the first solo […]
Art exhibition by local students celebrates community
Visitors to the Kelowna Art Gallery will get a glimpse of just how much artistic talent resides in youth in the Okanagan through a new exhibition on view. Art in Action: Community celebrates the creativity of 180 middle- and high-school students from the Central Okanagan region and features a diverse selection of works of art created […]
Susan Point: Spindle Whorl opens at Kelowna Art Gallery
A new exhibition by Musqueam artist Susan Point opens at the Kelowna Art Gallery this weekend. This marks the first solo exhibition of her work in the Okanagan. Over the past three and a half decades, Point has received wide acclaim for her accomplished and remarkably wide-ranging compositions that forcefully assert the vitality of Coast […]
Vernon’s ROYAL Releases New Music Video “Vessel”
Canadian independent pop artist and Vernon-raised ROYAL is thrilled to share the release of her new music video, “Vessel”, which is now available on YouTube. The lead single from ROYAL’s winter album release, Heart of Shadows, “Vessel” has earned over 100,000 plays on Spotify and is a haunting journey of heartbreak and emotional isolation. In keeping […]
Online Art Auction for Gallery Fundraiser now open
Starting today you can preview and bid on the twenty-two works of art that will be available for purchase at the Kelowna Art Gallery’s annual Appetite for Art Fundraiser. The works of art range greatly—including everything from painted Okanagan landscapes to sculptures to abstract works that make use of bold, bright colours. The artists have created these […]
Appetite for Art Fundraiser: A Night in Casablanca
The idea to celebrate local artistic talent and fresh fine cuisine has been a successful one for the Kelowna Art Gallery—and it’s back! On Saturday, May 11, 2019, Johnson Legacy Wealth Management – Raymond James presents the Appetite for Art Fundraiser at the Kelowna Art Gallery. Proceeds from this important evening support children’s and educational programming at […]
