Kamloops Art Gallery
465, Victoria Street V2C2A9 Kamloops, BC, Canada

The cover of the current issue of Canadian Art magazine was particularly exciting for the team at the Gallery. Kite, the composer and artist whose work is featured, is participating in the Gallery’s upcoming exhibition Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts, opening later this month. An interview between Kite and poet and performer Riel Bellow is included in this issue and explores Indigenous dream-world data, temporal spirals, and technologies to come. Canadian Art is a key... publication for anyone interested in art and in supporting the work of artists. Like so many during this time, they have been challenged in continuing their important work. We encourage you to subscribe to Canadian Art or donate in support of their efforts. Please stay tuned as we share updates about Soundings and the work of the participating artists. Image Credit: Canadian Art cover featuring Kite and Devin Ronneberg nyan lyé (Telling Rock) (detail), 2019. Immersive installation with song, power, sound, processors, machine-learning, decision, handmade circuitry, gold, silver, copper, aluminum, silicon, and fiberglass. Dimensions variable Photo: Colin Conces Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha. #KamloopsArtGallery

We are so excited to announce we are carrying Kirsten Crisostomo Ceramics. Kirsten Crisostomo is a Filipina-Canadian ceramicist based in Coast Salish territories (Vancouver, BC). All these pieces are hand thrown and all glazes and coloured clay bodies are handmade. There are slight variations in size, shape, and colour; no two pieces are exactly the same. All are dishwasher and microwave safe. These ceramics are super fun, playful, and each has their own personality! Visit... us in-store or ONLINE. The Gallery Store is open Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 5 pm with online shopping now available - https://www.thegallerystore.ca/ Image Credit: Marisa Drayton [Image Description: Various mugs, vases, soap dish, and candles holders are displayed on a wooden shelve. There are two types of mugs, the Bola mug (pink and brown), and the Galaxy mug. The Bola mug’s shape is of two bubbles stacked on top of each other with a thin oval handle. The Galaxy mug is a white large mug with a flat half oval shaped handle. Both mugs are made with speckled coloured clay. There are two Dada donuts vases. The donut-shaped is made of white clay with purple brush strokes of glaze. The flower is meant to sit through the middle hole. There are two small honey comb shapes of candle holders in pink and brown. A tricoloured soap sits on a white circular soap dish.]

Mudding, painting, prepping! Installation continues this week as we prepare for the opening of Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts later this month. The Gallery Store is open along with The Cube featuring The Sense Economy by The Laboratory of Spatial Bemusement. Stop by! Image Credit: Installation Assistant Hailey Godfriod preps the Central Gallery for upcoming exhibition. Photo: Frank Luca

April continues at the Gallery //New Exhibition // We Are Hiring // AGM and more - https://mailchi.mp/kag/april_at_the_gallery-465

Join our team! We are looking to hire an energetic person to fill the role of Visitor Services Manager. In our efforts to foster community engagement with art through exhibitions and programs, this is a key role for connecting audiences with the Gallery’s many activities. Check out the Job Posting here: https://kag.bc.ca/employment We look forward to hearing from you!... Image Credit: Frank Luca #kamloopsartgallery #wearehiring

The Sense Economy featuring work by The Laboratory of Spatial Bemusement is now open! This exhibition invites viewers to engage in a tactile and movement-based consideration of luxury and hybridized domestic objects while being encouraged to think about our own relationship to these objects. Through Megan Dyck and Tia Halliday’s collaborative practice, The Laboratory of Spatial Bemusement, the artists present a series of kinetic sculptures and dance-based performances. For th...is project in The Cube, they have created a video reminiscent of 1960s performance art along with sculptural work which sets up conditions for thinking about our cultural associations with objects in relation to gender and capital conditions. This exhibition continues with the Gallery through to June. Watch for more news soon on talks and workshops offered by the artists in May. The Cube is open to the public Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 5 pm. We look forward to seeing you here. Image Credit: The Laboratory of Spatial Bemusement, Tia Halliday + Megan Dyck, An Operational Gaze, 2020, video still. #KamloopsArtGallery #ContemporaryArt

November continues at the Gallery // Art on 5th (for Youth) // Art Magazines and more - https://mailchi.mp/kag/nov_at_the_gallery-411108

Next’s week’s Art on 5th activity is happening November 25, with artist Robin Hodgson! Each Art on 5th activity is held Wednesday afternoons on Zoom! Participants have the opportunity to learn from local and visiting artists about new mediums and techniques for art making. Folks of all levels of ability and experience are encouraged to join. Art on 5th welcomes EVERYONE aged 13 to 21! On Wednesday, November 25, Robin Hodgson will provide a studio tour, a talk about his art ...making process, and a tutorial on how to make one of his abstract portraits with mixed media materials. Participants for this week will pick up their free box of materials at the Gallery, and take part in the workshop virtually! To register, please visit: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZcoceyorzkqGtDMX4Tf-c5gwjZvRrkpl For more information about Art on 5th and upcoming dates, you can check out kag.bc.ca/programs Image Credit: 1. Robin Hodgson, Riding A Pillar Of Fire, 2020, 120x120cm, acrylic, latex, oil bar. 2. Robin Hodgson in his studio. Photos courtesy of the artist. [Image Description: 1. A painting depicting a person with a bare torso and blade prostheses running towards the left of the frame. In front of them, there is a large white vessel with pink flowers coming up to about elbow height. The background of the painting is pink with green and yellow geometric shapes. To the right of the image, there is a dark grey car appearing to drive into the background, away from the viewer. 2. Robin Hodgson sits with his chin resting on his close hand. He is looking up at the camera and smiling softly. Behind him, a white wall is painted with pale blues, pinks and yellows, depicting geometric and naturalistic forms. There are tall plants on either side of him, and a hanging plant suspended above him.]

Next Thursday, November 19, Esker Foundation presents: Samuel Roy-Bois In Conversation with Charo Neville. Samuel Roy-Bois’ practice is concerned with the conceptual and material definition of space and the ways the built environment and manufactured things contribute to our understanding of the world. Through sculpture, site-specific installation, and photography, Roy-Bois examines relational networks of objects and their complex philosophical considerations. For this new b...ody of work, Presences, Roy-Bois has created an ensemble of constructed and found objects that consider our contemporary material knowledge and a series of photographs of momentary, precariously composed sculptures that exist only long enough to document. The relationship between sculpture and photography is at the core of Roy-Bois’ inquiry. In conversation with Kamloops Art Gallery Curator Charo Neville, Roy-Bois will talk about Presences and the ongoing preoccupations in his work. Samuel Roy-Bois: Presences is organized and circulated by the Kamloops Art Gallery. The exhibition is curated by Charo Neville, Curator, Kamloops Art Gallery. Support for the development and production of new works for the exhibition provided by Esker Foundation. This talk will happen on Zoom, November 19 from 6:00-7:00 pm MST Image of Charo Neville. Go to the link in our bio to register! Image Credit: 1. Charo Neville, photo by Kim Anderson. 2. Samuel Roy-Bois, photo by Blaine Campbell. [Image Description: A collage image of separate portraits of Charo Neville and Samuel Roy-Bois. On the left, Neville stands looking and smiling at the camera, wearing golden earrings and a thin golden chain with a triangular pendant. On the right, Roy-Bois stands looking at the camera with a neutral expression, wearing a pale grey, buttoned collared shirt.]

As our final exhibition of the year, Ambiguous Parts presents work by Mark Soo and Lisa Klapstock opening November 21 in The Cube, curated by KAG Assistant Curator, Craig Willms. Both artists offer new ways of looking through their approach to representation and by provoking questions about what we think we see. This exhibition continues to January 16, 2021. We look forward to seeing you at the Gallery. Read more about the exhibition here: https://kag.bc.ca/exhibitions/upcomi...ng/ Image Credit: Mark Soo, Indeterminate Parts, 2009, installation view. Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, gift of the artist. [Image Description: In a gallery space with white walls and concrete floors, a person stands looking at an artwork. The work is a large-scale photograph separated asymmetrically into two white frames. The framed work stands taller and much wider than the person, and is not mounted on the wall, but is leaning against the wall. The photo in the frames depicts a blue Plymouth Duster in a garage with its hood up, partially obscured by a white support beam, in the right side of the photo. To the left of the car in the image, and in the background, there are several tool racks with boxes and parts, and more car parts, boxes, and tools strewn around the floor of the garage. The image has a warm, grainy quality to it.]

Today as we pause to honour and remember those who have served, and continue to serve Canada during times of war, conflict, and peace, we share the work of John Scott Watch the War Watching from the Gallery’s collection. For the last 50 years, Scott has created these signature raw-edge works that act as social commentary on the dark side of politics, war, and human nature. We take time today to reflect on the history and impacts of war and conflict, and on the learning ...and unlearning we need to undertake toward a civil and equitable society. Image credit: John Scott, Watch the War Watching, 1995, acrylic and latex on paper, Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, gift of Laurie Pudas. Photo by Cory Hope. [Image Description: This image is of a painting. It has heavy black marks on both sides and black marks in the centre that resemble human or animal figures. The work includes red lines in the shape of the letter I down both sides and an x in the middle. Two eyes painted in black and overlaid with red are included as well as the words WATCH THE WAR WATCHING.]

Did you know that the Gallery Store now carries art magazines? These publications are a fantastic way to learn more about contemporary art and practices across Turtle Island. To learn more and browse the Gallery Store, you can pop by the Gallery anytime, Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Image Credit: Clockwise from top right-- canadianart, Prefix Photo, C Mag, Bordercrossings magazines displayed at the Gallery Store. Photo by Frank Luca .... [Image Description: A close up of a clear magazine stand shows canadianart Prefix Photo, C Mag, Bordercrossings magazines’ fall issues. They are staggered on the stand so parts of each cover are visible. The magazine stand rests on a matte, navy blue table surface, with Kevin Schmidt’s publication partially visible in the right of the frame.]

Given new provincial health orders as of November 19, 2020, we have all been asked to significantly reduce our social interactions and to wear masks in public spaces. The Kamloops Art Gallery remains open to the public and our Covid Safety Plan is in place to ensure the public is safe when visiting. We look forward to seeing you at the Gallery.... Image Credit: Donald Lawrence, One Eye Folly, 2008, installation view. Photo by Kim Anderson. [Image Description: An image of a person in an art gallery, taking a photograph of a work of art. The art work is a wooden vessel with an oar on one side on a wooden pallet.]

As we re-open our doors, here are some things to know before you visit the Gallery: ~ Our new hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm ~ Please stay home if you are not feeling well ~ There will be a limited maximum capacity in all of our spaces ~ All guest from different households must stay 2m apart... ~ Children must stay with an adult at all times ~ Masks are welcome but not mandatory ~ Hand sanitizing stations are available throughout the Gallery ~ A video tour of Donald Lawrence: Casting the Eye Adrift is coming soon, for those who remain at home For full details, visit https://kag.bc.ca/?p=0&action=events#event-127

Can you guess which of Donald Lawrence’s works is in this photo (without taking a peek at the image credit!)? If you haven’t yet stopped by to see Donald Lawrence: Casting the Eye Adrift, you can see this exhibition for free today and every Thursday for the rest of the year! Offering insight into almost four decades of Donald Lawrence’s practice, this retrospective exhibition Casting the Eye Adrift brings together major sculptural works, videos, photographs, drawings, prepara...tory models and ephemeral works that represent Lawrence’s longstanding interest in the intersections between art, science and technology, and concepts of wilderness. Lawrence’s artistic practice translates the natural world and everyday objects into multifaceted installations that reveal their hand-built construction and his resourceful use of materials. If you want to know more about the health and safety precautions in place before you visit, you can read more at kag.bc.ca/news. Free admission Thursdays are sponsored by BCLC. Image Credit: Donald Lawrence, One Eye Folly, 2008, detail. Photo by SITE Photography. [Image Description: An interior shot of Donald Lawrence’s work, One Eye Folly, shows the interior walls and bottom of the canoe that compose the work. The walls, floor, and oars (poking into the interior, just above the rim of the canoe, from the outside) are all painted white. The walls are composed of metal panels that hold a triangle tile embossed pattern, with several items suspended on it, including a red gas lamp, and a partially visible red life vest. There is a brown, wooden seat visible between the two oars, near the bottom of the image. Two square openings on both the left and right side of the frame provide a partial view of the gallery space the work sits in.]

Listen to artist Samuel Roy-Bois talk in-depth about his practice, his work, and the exhibition Presences, currently on view at Esker Foundation in Calgary until December 19. Hear from the artist directly! Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/eskerfoundation/sets/roybois... You can also take a virtual tour of the exhibition at Esker Foundation! Watch here: www.vimeo.com/esker/presences Samuel Roy-Bois’ practice is concerned with the conceptual and material definition of space and the ways the built environment and manufactured things contribute to our understanding of the world. Through sculpture, site-specific installation, and photography, Roy-Bois examines relational networks of objects and their complex philosophical considerations: How do we define ourselves through the creation of structures? Is it possible to conceive of one’s existence outside any material linkage? We make things, but are things also making us? This exhibition, on view until December 19, is organized and circulated by the Kamloops Art Gallery. The exhibition is curated by Charo Neville, Curator, Kamloops Art Gallery. Support for the development and production of new works for the exhibition was provided by Esker Foundation. Image Credit: Installation view of Samuel Roy-Bois: Presences at Esker Foundation. [Image Description: In the centre of a gallery space, there is a large sculpture on a long, white plinth. The sculpture is composed of natural wood pieces assembled in a vertical asymmetrical, grid-like pattern. In three different quadrants of the grid structure, there are three bath towels: one orange, one yellow, and one blue. On the white walls behind this sculpture, there are several framed, large-scale photographs of various sculptures in a grassy clearing.]

This past week and each day until Luminocity begins October 23, we are sharing a glimpse from the work of each participating artist with a short write up. Please give the KAG Luminocity Facebook page a look to take in the artists showcased this past week Sandeep Johal, Sky Hopinka, Adad Hannah, Levi Glass, Shirley Bruno and Bertille Bak. Next week, more to come! Please also visit the KAG Luminocity web site for full details about the exhibition, artists, tours and artist ...talks - https://www.luminocity.ca/ Image credit: For Jyoti, 2019, animation, installation view, Vancouver Art Gallery, courtesy of Burrard Arts Foundation Image credit: Sky Hopinka, Dislocation Blues, 2017, HD video, stereo, color, courtesy of the Artist. Image credit: Levi Glass, Cineorama (Baptizo video), 2019, new media. Image credit: Shirley Bruno, An Excavation of Us (Le Déterrement de Nous), 2017, single-channel video (2D and 3D compositing animation), courtesy of the Artist. Image credit: Bertille Bak, Transports à dos d’hommes, 2012, single-channel video co-production: Bertille Bak / Paris-Musées; Courtesy of the artist and XIPPAS [Image Descriptions for each of these works are found on the KAG Luminocity Facebook page. We regret not having the space to fit the descriptions here.]

There is just a little over ONE week left to see Anyssa Fortie: Pleasant Field! On view until November 14, this exhibition presents a multiplicity of works which immerse viewers in a landscape of memories creating an alternate reality of Fortie’s making. This exhibition is an extension of Fortie’s undergraduate project, developed while completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Thompson Rivers University in 2017 that focused on experiences of coming of age and the tension ...between childhood and adulthood. Anyssa Fortie: Pleasant Field is a colourful, highly sensory exhibition that you don’t want to miss! Image Credit: Anyssa Fortie: Pleasant Field, detail. Photo by Frank Luca. [Image Description: In the corner of a gallery space with pale pink walls, many colourful papier-mâché sculptures are visible. In the top left of the image, the edge of a painting with a pale purple background is visible. Below, the sculptures rest on the ground and against the wall. The sculptures visible resemble various things including a palm tree, grass, a stone, a branch, and a body of water.]

Have you popped into the Gallery Store recently? The Gallery Store carries many fantastic objects, including these sets of earrings by Wasted Effort! The pairs pictured here are based on Maggie Boyd’s watercolour paintings, and translated onto lucite resulting in a relatively lightweight, translucent, wearable artwork. Stop by the Gallery Store to say hello and see what other wonderful things you might find and #supportlocal.... [Image Description: Hanging from a clear plastic arch, on a white background, are two sets of earrings. Both pairs are made of voluptuous figures cut out in blue lucite, with golden circles at the top attached to the posts that hold the earring in place. On the pair on the left, each of the two figures is crouched in a different position, with their arms curled above and around their bodies. The pair on the right has the two figures stretching, with their toes pointed and arms outstretched.]

These works, included in Donald Lawrence: Casting the Eye Adrift, are examples of Lawrence’s research and preparatory drawings that are a key part of his practice, evident in most of his major works and displayed in vitrines throughout the exhibition. Here, through a view into two journals and a layered velum drawing, we get a sense of Lawrence's process in creating the Underwater Pinhole Photography Project (2000), which can be seen in in detail in yesterday’s post. Image ...Credit: Donald Lawrence, Underwater Pinhole Photography Project, 2000, detail. Photo by SITE photography. #kamloops #tkemlups #kamloopsartgallery #downtownkamloops #explorekamloops #contemporaryart #DonaldLawrence #CastingtheEyeAdrift [Image Description: 1. A bound sketchbook with a red and black cover, open flat and mounted vertically onto a white wall. Extending from the inside of the notebook, upwards, are many pages of pencil notes and black and white images of rocks on a shore. 2. A spiral-spine sketchbook with a black cover is splayed open and mounted on a white wall. Above it, many pages of paper with drawings and writing are tacked onto the wall with push pins.] See more

Underwater Pinhole Photography Project , 2000, is a major body of work by Donald Lawrence in our current exhibition Casting the Eye Adrift. It brings together Donald Lawrence’s combined interest in the landscape of the ocean’s inter-tidal and sub-tidal zones and historical optical and photographic forms, in this case pinhole photography. Indicative of the way that each of Lawrence’s major bodies of work contain the elements of making and the resulting imagery, this project in...cludes black and white, and polaroid photographs, the hand-built cameras used to take the photographs, a video, a journal, a kayak repurposed into a floating darkroom and DIY (do-it-yourself) equipment. A key aspect of Lawrence’s practice is his enduring interest in museum display, presenting objects such as equipment (innovatively adapted by Lawrence) and photographs as equally integral to the work, to be viewed together in the gallery context. Unlike photographic technology that uses a complex configuration of lenses, shutters and, more recently, microchips, the pinhole camera can be as simple as a cardboard box that admits light through a small opening to capture an inverted image on the opposite side of the box. This invention is based on a principle observed by Aristotle in 350 BCE and developed during the Renaissance period into the camera obscura, another photographic form that comprises much of Lawrence’s work. In tomorrow’s post, you can take a closer look at the preparatory drawings that show Lawrence’s process and serve as a key part of this body of work. Today, you can visit the Gallery with free admission, thanks to sponsorship by BCLC. Image Credit: Donald Lawrence, Underwater Pinhole Photography Project, 2000, detail. Photo by SITE photography. [Image Description: 1. In the centre of the image, Donald Lawrence’s Underwater Pinhole Camera sits on a white plinth against a white wall. To its right, there are two photographs with white borders in wooden frames mounted on a wall (one is of an anemone and the other of a starfish). To the left of the Underwater Pinhole Camera, there is an open journal with many black and white photos accompanied by writing, with many pages expanding out from the journal, all mounted on the wall. Further left, there is a composition of three photos in one wooden frame. 2. On the left of the image, four colourful watercolour paintings in wooden frames depict kayaks and travel supplies. On the right, a spiral-bound sketchbook and a collection of papers are mounted on the wall. On the pages, there are many drawings with notes in pencil.]

The world has drastically changed since the Kamloops Art Gallery presented Luminocity in 2018. This year’s program responds to this unprecedented moment in history, where the world is collectively experiencing the upheaval of economic and political systems, mass uprisings against endemic power structures amidst climate crisis and overpopulation, along with personal loss and isolation. Humanity as we know it is in question. Projects this year touch on themes of power and resis...tance, strength and fragility, public and private, connection and isolation. Offered through the shared curatorial perspective of Kamloops Art Gallery Curator Charo Neville and Guest Curator Zoë Chan, the participating artists impart diverse experiences through projects that provide insight into histories and futures. This selection of videos, nightly tours and accompanied virtual programs offer a portal to urban transformation and insightful encounters. To learn more about all Luminocity events and the artists, please follow @ kagluminocity on Instagram and visit the KAG Luminocity website: https://www.luminocity.ca/ Image credit: Installation view of Luminocity 2018, showing Allison Hrabluik, The Splits, 2015, HD video, 15:00 min. Photo: Devon Lindsay [Image Description: Inside a dark square tent, a video projected on a horizontal screen shows four young people in a room with large windows in the background. One person is in the background, looking forward, while two people on the right watch the movements of the person in the foreground on the left. An opening in the projection tent looks out to a grass field with two video projection tents in the distance and lights of the city behind. A bench covered in fur and decorated with blue and purple surveyors tape is in the middle of the field, between the two projection tents.]

Friends. It’s happening! Mark your calendars.

Luminocity is less than one month away! Luminocity 2020 will run October 23 to 31. Presented every two years, this FREE, week-long, new media art exhibition showcases video projects by local, national and international artists in unexpected public spaces throughout the downtown core of Kamloops and in Riverside Park. As an off-site Kamloops Art Gallery initiative, Luminocity embraces new creative concepts and modes of expression in the media arts field and brings recent vid...eo projects previously shown primarily in gallery settings to the outdoors. Inspired by popular public art exhibitions such as Nuit Blanche that take over major cities like Toronto and Montréal, Luminocity transforms Kamloops’ urban environment with projections on the façades of buildings and from windows, and in site-specific installations at Riverside Park. Luminocity is a unique offering to see video art projects from a diversity of artists and to explore the city of Kamloops in a new way. Also an opportunity to take in artwork in a safe open air setting, the Gallery has taken great care to ensure COVID safety protocols. Our new Luminocity website is now live! Go to luminocity.ca to see the Planning Your Visit page for information on safety and accessibility. Follow the Luminocity Instagram account (@kagluminocity) and look for the launch of this year’s full program of artists and events, available October 5. Image Credit: Jeneen Frei Njootli, Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, Chandra Melting Tallow, Tania Willard, Coney Island Baby, 2018. Digital video. Luminocity 2018, Riverside Park. Photo by Devon Lindsay. [Image Description: In the centre of a large field surrounded by trees, there is a large box tent with a glowing screen playing a video, on the side of the tent facing the camera. In front of the screen, there are two people sitting on a bench, watching the work. It’s night time, and the sky is dark with visible stars. Around the trees in the background, there are bright lights creating glows and shadows between the leaves. Behind the tent, there is a flag pole with the Canadian flag.]

Learn more about current events at the Gallery and Curator Charo Neville, through her entry on the Tourism Kamloops blog!

October at the Gallery // Luminocity // Young Interpreters and more - https://mailchi.mp/kag/oct_at_the_gallery-101465

Tomorrow, September 30, is Orange Shirt Day. Inspired by the experience of Phyllis Webstad from the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation (Canoe Creek Indian Band), and continuing as a way to bring awareness to Residential Schools and their ongoing effects, Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity for folks to honour survivors and as a first step in reconciliation. To learn more about Orange Shirt Day and ongoing reconciliation efforts, you can visit these resources: https://indigenou...sfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/un_declaration_o/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjx2zDvyzsU&feature=youtu.be https://www.orangeshirtday.org/about-us.html Image Credit: Obtained from orangeshirtday.org/photos [Image Description: In front of a partially visible low-rise building, on a bright sunny day, there is a small tipi. The tipi is formed by orange fabric and has long orange ribbons hanging from the wooden poles at the top of the structure. Behind the tipi, there are three tall flagpoles with orange flags at half mast. Around the tipi and flagpoles are concrete paths surrounded by grass and mulch, and in the background there are dozens of trees.]

Happy Monday, folks. Last week, we asked KAG Staff member Krystyna Halliwell to share some more information about her role at the Gallery, and how the pandemic has shifted it. Here’s what she had to say: I am the Collections Manager/Registrar, which means I get to work with artists and be surrounded by art all day, every day. I work behind the scenes to ensure the continued safety of all the art that comes in and out of the Gallery (acquisitions, exhibitions, loans), and I... facilitate access to the KAG’s collection. Working through this pandemic has pushed me to explore new ways to safely share the collection with the community and has created new connections with artists and colleagues across the country. I work closely with Curator, Charo Neville, and School Programs Coordinator, Finn Modder, to find new ways to bring collection works into our exhibitions and online programming so we can continue to make art accessible to everyone! If you would like to know more about Krystyna’s career and background, you can check out her feature in Issuu here: https://issuu.com//do/278-spring-2020_web_final/s/10607828 Image Credit: Photo by Frank Luca. [Image Description: Krystyna stands at a large table, smiling and looking at the camera. Krystyna is wearing a black shirt and sweater, with a large black flower pendant on her necklace. She has curly brown hair, tied back, and is wearing brown metal glasses. She is wearing gloves and measuring an artwork in front of her. Behind her, there are many racks and shelves holding cardboard boxes, tubes, and plastic binders. In the corner, there is a desk with a computer on it, and the monitor is large and brightly lit.]

Anyssa Fortie: Pleasant Field explores how memories warp and change over time. Using bright acrylic paints and papier-mâché sculpture, Fortie finds herself questioning her own memory, asking herself: What did I actually see, smell, hear? She observes that over time memories tend to shift, evoking new emotions, resulting in the simplification or complication of a memory, so that it becomes an abstracted version of what really happened. Visitors can view this exhibition and enj...oy free admission today and every Thursday, thanks to sponsorship from BCLC. Image Credit: Anyssa Fortie, Pleasant Field, 2020, detail. Photo by Frank Luca. [Image Description: On a pale pink wall, there is a large painting. The painting has images of many objects, including a butterfly in the centre, a wave, a moon, a tennis ball and many other plants and objects. The subjects in the painting are layered on top of a pale purple gradient.]

Yesterday, thanks to the GK Sound team, the west facade of the Kamloops Art Gallery was lit up in red. Along with dozens of institutions and venues around the country, the Gallery took part in a Day of Visibility for the Live Event Community. Thank you to everyone that took part or stopped by to see the KAG #LightUpLive. Image Credit: Kamloops Art Gallery exterior. Photo by Charo Neville. [Image Description: A wide shot of the west facade of the Kamloops Art Gallery at dusk. In the left of the frame, there is a wall with a black and one sign reading ART with an arrow pointing towards the Gallery, with bright, red lights shining on it. On the right of the frame, there is a larger wall with a projection reading #LightUpLive and an illustration of a red maple leaf.]

Tomorrow, we are lighting up the west facade of the Kamloops Art Gallery as part of Day of Visibility for the Live Event Community. In collaboration with GK Sound, the Gallery stands with members of the Arts and Culture sector, bringing visibility to the effects the global pandemic has had on the industry. While the pandemic has had many effects that span far beyond art institutions and live events, we wanted to take tonight to bring visibility to causes that affect performers of live events directly. Stay tuned for a photo of the Gallery when we #LightUpLive. Image Credit: Obtained from @liveeventcomm on Twitter. [Image Description: A digital image with glowing text in the style of neon signs. In the centre, blue text reads #WeMakeEvents. Red text in a ring around the central text reads Red Alert, repeated three times.]