Kelowna Art Gallery
1315 Water Street V1Y 9R3 Kelowna, BC, Canada

This Sunday we incorporate both collage and printmaking into our art project. Participants can use monochromatic text to create a story interspersed behind an image. Follow along with Abi as she leads young artists through the activity in this video. What you'll need: light-coloured paint, a paint brush, a styrofoam plate (or styrofoam from your take-out leftovers), a pencil, a black marker, printer paper, and some art you want to print on top of. ... Feel like showing off? We'd love to see what you made. Post a photo in the comments below (or tag us @kelownaartgallery)

Family Sundays at Home are back baby. Be sure to join us on Facebook, Instagram, or Youtube for our weekly video post (available Sundays anytime after 8 am) and follow along with your host Abi . THIS WEEK: Monochromatic Printmaking... Get a jump start by gathering your materials today. What you'll need: light-coloured paint, a paint brush, a styrofoam plate (or styrofoam from your take-out leftovers), a pencil, a black marker, printer paper, and some art you want to print on top of.

Education Coordinator: Children’s and Family Programs ------------------------ Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Education Coordinator: Children’s and Family Programs assumes a lead role in researching, planning, developing, promoting, implementing, and overseeing programs related to on-going exhibitions, children’s and family programs, school tour programs, and community events. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Please email a resume and cover letter to HR [at] kelown...Continue reading

Introducing The Glass Gallery exhibition space. The Glass Gallery is a new space that celebrates the work of local emerging artists. In 2021, three artists have been selected to present art installations. Between You and Me... Pip Dryden April 12 to July 11, 2021 Pip Dryden is an installation artist and recent graduate (2021) of the Visual Arts (BFA) program at UBC Okanagan. Her work is rooted in personal experiences and memories and highlights domestic scenes that discuss anxieties related to eating disorders, body image, and diet culture. Read more: https://kelownaartgallery.com/between-you-and-me

Join Victoria Verge, Education Coordinator, as she takes you inside the exhibition BOMBHEAD. BOMBHEAD explores the emergence and impact of the nuclear age through the work of 28 artists. It is divided into four thematic sections: The Bomb, Protest, Documents, and Fear. BOMBHEAD is organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and is guest curated by John O’Brian. It runs until July 18, 2021.... The presentation at the Kelowna Art Gallery is generously supported by IG Wealth Management.

CONGRATULATIONS Dianne LeDuc and @kitvoth You are taking home a lovely prize package that was inspired by 'From Geisha to Diva: The Kimono of Ichimaru'. Please contact us to make arrangements to pick up your gift. Thank you to everyone who liked, commented, or shared our post. We had an influx of visitors this weekend... and you helped!... NEXT UP: Northern Pine: Watercolours and Drawings by the Group of Seven from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. It opens on October 24, 2020.

Don't miss out. Registration is open. Capacity is limited!

SHARE & WIN: To help spread the word that THIS WEEKEND is your last chance to view 'From Geisha to Diva: The Kimono of Ichimaru' we thought we should probably give some great gifts away! Like and share this post (or tag someone below in the comments) to be entered. This lovely prize package includes: Two (2) Ceramic Tea Cups, Koi Wind Sock, 80-Page Hardcover Exhibition Catalogue, and Geisha Tote Bag (value: $85). [Money tree not included...]... Winner(s) will be announced on Tuesday, October 13. 'From Geisha to Diva: The Kimono of Ichimaru' closes on October 11, 2020.

Still time to join us for this fascinating conversation with Marion Radawetz tomorrow! Register below for this Virtual Lunchbox Lecture on Tuesday, September 15 @ Noon.

FINAL WEEK: Have you seen the disassembled kimono in 'From Geisha to Diva: The Kimono of Ichimaru'? Did you know... the unstitched kimono on display stretches out to 36 ft of material (typical adult-sized kimono) and is approximately 35 cm in width. AND... If you thought laundry day was difficult now... imagine having to take apart the seams of your clothing every time you wanted to hand wash it, and then drying it on bamboo stretchers, before re-sewing it back together (...x 100). This is all to preserve the beautiful bush clover pattern on soft blue silk crepe with gold embroidery. DON'T MISS your chance to see this exhibition before it is gone. 'From Geisha to Diva' ends this Sunday, October 11, 2020. Exhibition sponsor: Pushor Mitchell LLP

Thank you enRoute magazine and congratulations artist Sheldon Louis for 'puti kala we are still here' landing in a list of "The Best Art Found in Airports Around the World" Amsterdam, Atlanta, Singapore, Sacramento... Kelowna. "Brightly coloured canvases with images depicting people in artist Sheldon Pierre Louis’ syilx/Okanagan Nation community welcome, and inspire, travellers at the start of their journeys."... Read More: https://enroute.aircanada.com/en/article/airport-art 'puti kala we are still here' is on view at the Gallery's Satellite Space at the Kelowna International Airport until July 2021.

This fall KAG celebrates Asian Heritage in our community with a series of Family Sunday projects developed in collaboration with local cultural groups. This weekend we are featuring a Chinese Dragon Puppet from the Okanagan Chinese Canadian Association. Check out our story for more info and visit download the instructions here: https://kelownaartgallery.com//Chinese-Dragon-Puppet-Instr

Opening September 19th is an exhibition that features the art of University of British Columbia Okanagan alumni from the Bachelor of Fine Arts program. It is presented in celebration of the campus 15th anniversary in 2020. The exhibition includes work from thirteen artists, spanning from 2007 until now, and offers a unique look into how the artists, who all received formal training at the same institution, approach their environments and artistic styles differently. FIFTEEN... runs from September 19 to October 18, 2020. Stay tuned for more info.

Register for this fascinating one-day workshop with artist Brett Mallon. Inspired by the beautiful Japanese woodblock prints presented in the exhibition From Geisha to Diva: The Kimono of Ichimaru, participants will explore the fundamentals of this artistic medium. Attendees will explore the shapes, colour, and patterns of the exhibitions Kimono and historical woodblock prints and work on creating their own woodblock and print to take home. Perfect for the absolute begin...ner too! Date: Saturday, September 19, from 10 to 3 pm Cost: $105 ($84 for members) | Supplies not included To register: https://kelownaartgallery.com/art-classes/

One of the four exhibitions you can see right now at the Gallery is Art in Action: Colour. This annual exhibition features the artwork of nearly 200 students from schools throughout the Central Okanagan. Today, we thought wed share this lovely little watercolour and tempera painting on paper by Nya, a grade 9 student. ... There are so many wonderful pieces to discover. We invite you to come have a wander. Art in Action: Colour ends on Sunday, September 13.

Join us tomorrow (Thursday) @ 6 pm! Register today: https://bit.ly/2YZlLW2

Enjoy this behind-the-scenes look back at the installation of Jorden Doodys exhibition I Must Be Streaming. It took a team effort to create the mural entitled Networth that wraps completely around the walls in the space. Artist Jorden Doody, is joined by Mat Glenn, Clea Haugo, Dylan Ranney, and David Doody, who are using a projection to rough in the composition they are working on.... See the finished installation for yourself.... On view until November 1, 2020. More info: https://kelownaartgallery.com/i-must-be-streaming

Interview with Melany Nugent-Noble about her art installation Nothing to be done. The work takes inspiration from the minimal stage set of Samuel Becketts play, Waiting for Godot. First performed in Paris in 1953, the play is about two characters Vladimir and Estragon who wait beneath a tree by a country road for Godot (who never arrives). Nugent-Nobles atmospheric installation, which is staged in the Gallerys outdoor courtyard space, is complete with a large replica... moon hanging low in the sky next to a Burr Oak tree (albeit this one with roots encased in resin). The artist hopes that the installation will be a refuge for the imagination a focal point for contemplation, where one has permission to let their mind wander towards adventure, possibility, and the unknown. Nothing to be done is on view until August 6, 2021. More info: https://kelownaartgallery.com/nothing-to-be-done

Today marked the final Teen Art Friday of the summer and was also the last Art Adventures morning camp for the little tykes (ages 3-5). WOW! Has the summer flown by for anyone else? All things considered, we had a wonderful summer and hosted an amazing group of children and youth ages 3-18, who safely took part in our art camp offerings.... Plus, thats another year and milestone for instructor extraordinaire Jim Elwood marking 10 YEARS of art camps for teens here!

For everyone who hasnt made a recent trip through YLW, we thought we would share a look at the vibrant and colourful portraits by syilx artist Sheldon Louis on view. Entitled puti kala we are still here, this series of paintings spans the 40-foot-long satellite gallery space near the departure gates at Kelowna International Airport. The multi-layered paintings celebrate the beauty of the syilx/Okanagan Nations history and culture. In them, we see generational snapshots... a grandfather teaching his granddaughter how to plant seeds, a young man in full dance regalia, and two nieces posing for the camera. Tune in on Tues, Sept 1 @ Noon to hear Sheldon Louis speak about his artistic process. Register to attend the Lunchbox Lecture Series here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-lunchbox-lecture-puti-k @ Kelowna International Airport - YLW

What was the role of Geisha in Japanese society? Who was Ichimaru? Is that real gold embroidered in that kimono? Hear some of the stories behind the extraordinary exhibition From Geisha to Diva: The Kimono of Ichimaru. Join Curator Barry Till on Thursday, September 3rd @ 6:00 PM via Zoom for a fascinating discussion and slideshow.... FREE. Registration required. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/759022604873776/

Did you know that Charlie Chaplins and Ichimarus paths once crossed long ago on a fateful evening? Find out how she indirectly may have saved his life as part of your exploration of From Geisha to Diva: The Kimono of Ichimaru. You can find the answer in 1 of the 4 video features that can be accessed through the QR codes found in different locations throughout the exhibition. From Geisha to Diva is open daily (except Mondays) until October 11, 2020.... More info: https://kelownaartgallery.com/from-geisha-to-diva-the-kimo/

Plan to join Sheldon Louis online next Tuesday to hear about his artistic practice and current exhibition puti kala we are still here on at YLW. FREE... but registration required.

Visit fieldtrip.art to check out todays FIELD TRIP, a video interview with contemporary Canadian artist Jorden Doody. In the video Doody discusses the inspiration behind her new exhibition I Must Be Streaming, currently featured at the Kelowna Art Gallery. The exhibition explores how contemporary culture responds to notions of the body in a digital age where illusion, escape, and distraction are at the forefront of our collective consciousness. By utilizing new media technol...ogies in combination with traditional modes of craft, Doodys installations blur the boundaries between the real and the virtual, the tactile and the imaginary. Jorden Doody is an interdisciplinary artist who examines the transitional spaces between tangible material and digital media. She is based in Kelowna and is currently pursuing an MFA at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. @kelownaartgallery @jordenblue #artacrosscanada @ Kelowna Art Gallery

Cleaning out the kids craft bins before the end of summer? Check out our newest Family Sunday, Aquatic Sculptures, for a fun project to make with leftover supplies For more info take a look at our story.

Intervew with Jorden Doody about her art installation I Must Be Streaming, on view at the Kelowna Art Gallery. In I Must Be Streaming, visitors are invited to enter a world of larger-than-life icons that aims to have them question their notions of reality. Doody produces her creations by blending new media technologies with digital printing, and contemporary materials like faux fur and vinyl, while incorporating traditional modes of craft like quilting, felting, and pai...nting. The result is an environment that blurs the boundaries between the real and the virtual, the tactile and the imaginary. Jorden Doody is an interdisciplinary artist who examines the transitional spaces between tangible material and digital media. She is based in Kelowna and is currently pursuing an MFA at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. More info: https://kelownaartgallery.com/i-must-be-streaming/

SAVE THE DATE: Rawle James is the next to step up to the mic in the Lunchbox Lectures: Cultural Food for Thought. On Tuesday, August 18 @ Noon, tune in to hear him speak on the subject "Beyond the Discomfort Conversations that Matter". Rawle James is a community builder, cultural activist, poet, and all around inspirational force. You will not want to miss this...... Join this respectful conversation regarding racism and humanitys civil unrest. Rawle will share his thoughts on current events and open the floor for your thoughts and opinions. It is only through empathetic engagement where we can fully seek to understand other viewpoints, which in turn could assist us in defining what role the individual and community can play as effective change agents. This virtual lecture will be coming to you wherever you like to eat your lunch. FREE but registration required. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-lunchbox-lecture-beyond

Melany Nugent-Nobles new installation entitled Nothing to be done is now open! Find out more in this article from Kelowna Capital News and plan your visit. https://www.kelownacapnews.com//kelowna-artist-presents-n/

Meet the two superstar leaders behind the Gallerys awesome Art Adventure camps this summer - Senam and Abby! Senam Tsikata is currently a student in the Bachelor of Art program at UBC Okanagan with a major in economics and a minor in French. I am very delighted to work at the Kelowna Art Gallery and to showcase the beauty of arts and crafts to children of all ages. I love to teach them to express themselves with different forms of art as they escape from the real world th...rough artistry." Abigail Wiens is currently a student at UBC Okanagan and is majoring in English and minoring in Visual Art. I am happy to be back with the Kelowna Art Gallery for another summer. Im excited to once again be bringing knowledge of art to the kids of Kelowna and to help and inspire them in their creative journeys. If you see these two out and about with a small group of happy and energetic children be sure to say "hello!"

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the progress on artist Melany Nugent-Nobles installation entitled Nothing to be done. The Gallery team (Clea Haugo, Mat Glenn, and Dylan Ranney) assist with securing some of the larger components in the outdoor courtyard space. Nothing to be done takes reference from the stage set of Samuel Becketts play, Waiting for Godot. First performed in Paris in 1953, the play is about two charactersVladimir and Estragonwho wait beneath a tree ...by a country road for Godot (who never arrives). The artist intends for the space to provide a refuge for the imaginationa focal point for contemplation where one has permission to let their mind wander towards adventure, possibility, and the unknown. Nothing to be done opens August 8, 2020.

We have some openings for our amazing Art Adventures camps next week! Dont miss out... Four spaces have opened up for young artists ages 9-12 in the August 10-14 camp (9am-12pm daily). Each week participants will explore a different theme and try out a variety of art materials, techniques, and different approaches to making art. Class sizes are limited (to just eight!) so that children receive one-on-one instruction in a friendly, non-competitive environment. ... This in-person camp will adhere to current provincial health guidelines considering Covid-19, including increased cleaning, social distancing, and reduced capacity in the spaces. The cost is just $120 for the entire week. Register here: https://kelownaartgallery.square.site/child-class

TODAY @ NOON! Tune in to hear the goods on Coralee Millers superhero (supercultural) day and night gigs.

Today we received this snappy little exhibition catalogue hot off the press, which accompanies I Must Be Streaming. It is small but packs a punch! Inside youll find a super engaging essay by Julie Hollenbach, numerous installation photographs, and a selected biography for artist Jorden Doody. Paper OR Pixels... your call.... Pick one up on your next visit (paper)... or view a copy of it online (pixels) here: https://bit.ly/2XhlsoB I Must Be Streaming is on view until November 1, 2020.

FINAL WEEK: The Creative Growth Centre for Spiritual Nourishment is winding down here at the Kelowna Art Gallery. Born from the minds of interdisciplinary artists Mat Glenn and Lucas Glenn, this eco-utopian remote work space is available for the public (1 visitor at a time) to use as they would a scaled-down, shared office area. No appointment required. FCFS. Free and open to the public.... This installation references the dreams of startup and DIY (do it yourself) culture, the idea of greenwashing, and questions the actual sustainability of such ideas. Creative Growth Centre closes THIS SUNDAY, August 2, 2020.

How is everyone handling this heat? One beautiful thing about being a "Class A" Gallery Facility is that the exhibition spaces have some serious environmental controls inside to take care of the art.... (AKA: non-melty wonderfully cool temperatures that can also take care of a person). We invite you to take advantage of our cool space during the evenings on Tuesdays and Thursdays until 8 pm.... Visit us.

WOW! Take a quick virtual spin around Jorden Doodys new installation I Must Be Streaming. In it, visitors enter an immersive world of larger than life icons created by Doody, including Saturated (2020), a giant person-sized toilet paper roll that is made of quilted fabric with hand-painted symbols on each sheet; or Heartfelt (2019), a six-foot tall blood-red felted heart that is suspended from the ceiling by a thick gold chain. A hand-painted mural called Networth (...2020) that features organic web-like blue lines completely surrounds the viewer in the space. This exhibition featuring Doodys recent body of work really MUST be experienced in person. I Must Be Streaming is on view until November 1, 2020. More info: https://kelownaartgallery.com/i-must-be-streaming/

SAVE THE DATE: (Or better yet) Register today for our next Lunchbox Lecture. TALK: Museum Assistant By Day, Art Student By Night! TIME: Tuesday, August 4th @ Noon Free and Online (registration required)... Coralee Miller works as a museum assistant for the Sncwips Heritage Museum.. She also has a love for #art and is working towards her BFA at UBC Okanagan. For this Lunchtime Lecture she will share how her work #educating and preserving syilx/Okanagan history and culture has helped her to navigate her own identity as a #syilx / Okanagan woman and as an artist. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/3137443913000976/

Do you ever wish you could draw a little better so you could freely play with graphite or ink? How about finding your own flow in painting, so you can ride that brush-stroke barrel? Were looking at you Teens (ages 13 to 17) ... Join us for five afternoons August 10-14 for a week-long deep dive in with artist and educator-extraordinaire Jim Elwood. ... While working with a variety of materials on creative projects, youll learn new techniques and just plain have some good times while making ART! Watercolour, graphic novels, drawing, acrylic painting, and more. August 10 to August 14 | 1 to 4 pm Cost: $195 ($156 for members) *surfboard not included Register today! https://bit.ly/3hH9HQn

Heres a quick progress shotshowing Jorden Doody (and her teams) work on her new installation I Must Be Streaming. The exhibition features a mural of web-like blue lines that wrap around the gallery space, enclosing an assortment of over-sized objects Doody has fabricated. The result is an environment that blurs the boundaries between the real and the virtual, the tactile and the imaginary. I Must Be Streaming opens in the Reynolds gallery on Saturday, July 25..., for all to explore. More info: https://kelownaartgallery.com/i-must-be-streaming Jorden Doody is an interdisciplinary artist who examines the transitional spaces between tangible material and digital media. She is based in Kelowna, B.C. and is currently pursuing an MFA at the UBC Okanagan.

Take a moment (1:36 minutes) to watch this great interview with artist Sheldon Louis. His installation puti kala we are still here features six vibrant portraits that celebrate the beauty of the syilx/Okanagan Nations history and culture. They can be seen at the Gallerys satellite space at Kelowna International Airport (YLW). Watch Here: https://www.castanet.net//Local-artist-opens-new-exhibitio... Thanks to Laura Brookes at Castanet for covering this story.

Visit fieldtrip.art to check out todays FIELD TRIP a video tour of From Geisha to Diva: The Kimono of Ichimaru at the Kelowna Art Gallery. Dive into the world of geisha and their elaborate kimono with the Gallerys Education Coordinator, Victoria Verge. This exhibition explores the fascinating life of Ichimaru (1906-1997), one of the most famous geishas of the 20th Century. It features 34 of her beautiful kimono, along with 15 obi (long, broad sash), and includes a numbe...r of original woodblock prints and paintings. From Geisha to Diva helps to reveal the complexities of geisha and the depth of the role they played within Japanese society. Visit www.fieldtrip.art to check out todays FIELD TRIP Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Curated by Barry Till, Curator Emeritus of Asian Art. Exhibition sponsored by Oland Baxter. @kelownaartgallery #artacrosscanada

Tomorrow @ Noon.Tune in wherever you are. Artist Melany Nugent-Noble shares her thoughts on "Art, Problem Solving, and Creativity". Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-lunchbox-lectures-cultu

JUST ANNOUNCED: Join artist Melany Nugent-Noble for a compelling conversation about "Art, Problem Solving, and Creativity." Tuesday, July 21 @ 12 pm. Register here

Today was a busy day! Take a trip behind-the-scenes to see some of the action... This morning our curatorial team met artist Sheldon Pierre Louis for a full day of art installation at Kelowna International Airport (YLW). puti kala we are still here features six colourful multi-layered portraits that celebrate the beauty of the syilx/Okanagan Nations history and culture. ... Louis paintings are rich with intricate filigree patterns and incorporate a mix of traditional and contemporary imagery. But first...these six 48" x 48" canvases needed to be hung. The finished installation (which is stunning!) can be seen just before the security screening area near the departure gates at YLW. It opened today and will remain on view until July of 2021. More info: https://kelownaartgallery.com/we-are-still-here/