The PCAC newsletter is published and emailed to members on a Monday every two weeks starting September to the end of May with a break during the Christmas season. It is normally published here on the weekend following its being emailed. NOTE: A reminder that you must be in HTML mode to have the underlined links work in this email. In Outlook under Format Text Monday, April 29, 2024
Dear members: It’s not quite May 1 (Labour Day in Russia) but have you heard the one about the Czar and the yak?.....Not surprised!.....Just yoking!!!.....Terrible, I know! Please forgive me, I’m a little lightheaded today and I made it up. It’s all related to what happened on April 1. It’s called first of the month phobia. I’ll get over it! Promise!!! A slide show of the current exhibition, Interpretations, now showing at the Peachland Art Gallery and on Facebook featuring some of the works of local artists Elaine Hatch, Lisa Hewitt, Audrey Krol, Debby Merkel, and Allanah Weston can be viewed by clicking the underlined links. We hope to expand the slideshow shortly to view ALL the paintings (the ones hanging). Naturally, we hope you’ll have already visited the exhibition itself by then! These artists will also be at the exhibition themselves to answer questions and demonstrate their works on the following days: you may have missed Elaine Hatch on April 24 but there will be Allanah Weston and Lisa Hewitt on May 4 from 1 to 4 pm and Debby Merkel and Audrey Krol on May 11 from 10 am to 4 pm. Debby Merkel and Allanah Weston are also generously offering a draw for one of their fabulous paintings. The exhibition runs Wednesdays to Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm until May 20. Sales for the String Ensemble Concert at the Peachland Art Gallery involving students from the Kelowna Community Music School and their instructors Sandra Wilmot, Ashley Kroecher, and Martin Kratky who are players for the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra have gone very well indeed. Seating has been limited to fifty and there are only fifteen $20 tickets left for purchase and so if you wish to attend this highly popular event you will need to act fast. Twenty-one tickets have been purchased for the following $40 dinner (including tip and taxes) at the Gasthaus at 6 pm. The dinner menu is attached above. Prior to the Pens in Peachland meetings on Wednesdays, group leader Wayne Power sends members a little exercise to get their imaginations working. One such was titled “Exercise with a Clause.” They were asked to write a sentence such as “All the trees were golden” using a relative clause. Now how about some of you readers dropping in on a Wednesday morning and being prepared to work on exercises of this nature and then writing your own poems or short stories? If you have any questions, just contact Wayne at w.power3@icloud.com. He’ll be happy to welcome you! Local artist Terry Moore’s weekly drop-in sketching classes will not be held this coming Wednesday but will be on again as usual the next Wednesday, May 8 from 1 to 3 pm in the board room of the Peachland Historical School. If you’d like to join in the fun of learning to sketch with Moore, just drop in with a sketch pad and your favourite photographs at that time. The drop-in fee is $5. If you have any questions, you can email Moore at bullfroginn@icloud.com. A group of fine art photographers who showed their work recently in the Captured Images exhibition are currently presenting in the Alex Fong Gallery on the main level of the Rotary Centre for the Arts. They are Martin Marchyshyn, Dave Currier, Ron Mullins, Stu Dale and Ron Peace - all Captured Images alumni! There will be an artist's reception on June 14 from 5 pm to 9 pm and the exhibition runs until September 13. Since the 2024 Canadian Photography Conference is being held in Kelowna this year from June 25 to 27 you might like to drop in as well. Great timing! “Watch the birdie!” Artists in the Gallery. the current exhibition at the Summerland Art Gallery, has been running since April 23 with Carollyne Sinclair, Kona Sankey, and Barb Etter creating and displaying their work last week. At least one of our members is presenting. This week Barb Hofer, Trista Bassett, and Stevo Prowse are following with their work and next week Vic Jensen, Lois Yeast, and Jenny Lewis (one of our members) will be creating and displaying as well until May 11 every Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. Several of our members have “responded with insight, a critical eye, humour and deep exploration” to an exhibition titled MORAL PANIC WHISPER CAMPAIGNS WICKED PROBLEMS currently running at the Lake Country Art Gallery Tuesdays to Sundays from 9 am to 3 pm until Saturday, May 11. If you’re in the vicinity, be sure to take a moment to drop in. The New Vintage Theatre is staging the musical Freaky Friday for two nights only this Wednesday April 30 and Thursday, May 1 from 7 to 9:30 pm at the Mary Irwin Theatre on Cawston Avenue in Kelowna. Based on the novel by Mary Rodgers and the Disney film, the musical follows a day in which mother and daughter magically switch roles and arrive at a mutual respect as they personally experience the struggles the other must cope with each day. Entertainment for the entire family! There is currently a position open at the Alternator Centre for the Arts for a community outreach assistant. It s a government-funded employment opportunity through the CANADA SUMMER JOBS program and as such, all applicants must meet eligibility requirements for the CANADA SUMMER JOBS program. The preferred applicant should have experience in visual and/or media arts and a familiarity with artist-run centers. The remuneration is $17.40 and hour. If you are interested and feel you have the qualifications, go for it, the application deadline is midnight May 13. For more information click on the underlined link. This Wednesday’s Kelowna Film Society Film at the Landmark Cinema Grand 10 on McCurdy Road in Kelowna at 6:30 pm is SOLD OUT!!!! It is The Monk and the Gun with English, Dzongkha (English subtitles). Set in the year 2006 the Kingdom of Bhutan high in the Himalayas is on the verge of becoming a democracy by way of their upcoming mock elections. The satirical plot involves the elections and the contrast of cultures that occurs between a young monk sent on a hunt for a priceless Civil War rifle by his lama master and an American also on the hunt for the relic. It is so important to book early on the Thursday prior to the screening, which is why I’m so disappointed not to be able to see this film, especially because “….. the beauty of Bhutan and its people is central to a film that is funny, irreverent, smart and often ribald.” Seagrass is the following week’s film on Wednesday, May 8 at 6:30 pm and it’s Canadian, filmed on the BC coast. It won the International Critics’ Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023. It’s “a powerful drama about marriage, childhood, parenting and family dynamics…..The parents and children of an interracial marriage struggle with personal and social pressures, leading to a climax which changes the family forever.” Remember, book this Thursday at 8 am to ensure you have seats. Rain at last! But it’s never enough, is it? Let it pour…..let it pour…..let it pour!!! Okay! That’s enough rain!!! Chris Christopher Byrd PCAC Director / Peachland Art Gallery Facebook Photographer: Fine Arts America NB: Should you wish to unsubscribe from the newsletter and bulletins please send an email to cjbyrd@telus.net |