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Dear Members: The 10th Annual Captured Images exhibition opened a week ago Saturday at the Peachland Art Gallery as if it was a photography dark room from the past. But there were no developing and fixing trays, no enlargers – even a red safelight seemed to be lit - the exit sign running on its battery! People were walking around viewing photographs with their cell flashlights! Unhappily, a local power outage had put the exhibition in the dark!!! However, everything is back in action! Photographer Alexander Morrison held the first artist demonstration this past Saturday by taking a “deep dive into” showing the “ins and outs” of her photography “from initial capture to final print.” Two other artists will likewise be holding Saturday sessions – Martha McKenzie on Saturday, March 23 from 11 am to 2 pm and Madelyn Hamilton on Saturday March 30 from 11 am to 1 pm. If you have not yet had the opportunity to view the show, you can get an excellent preview from the slideshow on our website or on our Facebook page where it’s getting very favourable reactions. That’s of course before you see the actual exhibition itself – which is a MUST! The show ends April 14. The International Women’s Day Celebration on Friday, March 8 in the Peachland Art Gallery was a sell-out and went extremely well. That it was held among the Captured Images presentation made it even more receptive and compelling. The celebrations opened with messages from Mayor van Minsel and Councillor Alena Glasman followed by introductions from Deb Livingstone, president of the Peachland Community Arts Council (PCAC) and Paula McLaughlin, vice president and MC for the presentation. Evening entertainment (which included girls and women of all ages from age 5 to 65) comprised the spoken word and poetry, guitar, piano, vocals, and duets on ukulele and on piano. Music styles went from ragtime, to jazz, contemporary, and folk. The audience was extremely appreciative some participating by reading quotes of “wise women” provided to everyone on small scrolls as “gems”. McLaughlin quoted Eleanor Roosevelt’s “Women are like teabags. We don’t know how strong we are until we’re in hot water.” The evening included “mocktails” as well as wine, delicious appetizers, and dessert. The PCAC would like to thank all who helped to organize and host this special evening! I‘ve heard from Judy Wyper, a member of the writing group, Pens in Peachland, that their first meeting got off to a good start in the board room of the Peachland Historical School at 9 am on Wednesday, March 6. Wayne Power, who is mentoring the group, had set them up with a ‘flash fiction’ challenge that limited them to only 100 words. He joined them later at 9:30 am to find whether they had succeeded or succumbed. Apparently, the group are having a great deal of fun. If you would like to join this writing group that meets on Wednesdays at 9 am simply email Wayne Power at w.power3@icloud.com. You needn’t be experienced - merely have some imagination and a yen to put words on paper! Art in Action: Inspiring Awe, an exhibition of young artists from across the Central Okanagan School District, opened on Saturday at the Kelowna Art Gallery. The theme, as the title suggests, is for student artists to inspire others through their artistic works by reflecting on the world as they see it from their personal perspective. Please drop in to learn how their energy and passion has enabled these young people to get their point of view across. The exhibition is free on Thursdays from 10 am to 8 pm and carries on until Saturday, May 5. If you visit the current Lake Country Art Gallery Members Exhibition, Moral Panic, Whisper Campaigns, Wicked Problems, you’ll find quite a number of our own PCAC members’ work on display. Each artist explores the theme with their own sense of humour or moral purpose. If you’re in the area be sure to visit this charming gallery. The exhibition runs until Saturday, May 11. Three PCAC members are announcing gallery openings at both ends of the Valley. The first is glass artist Nancy Dearborn’s solo exhibition, The Shattered Canvas: Fragments of Beauty in Unexpected Places presented by the Penticton & District Community Arts Council at the Leir House Cultural Centre in Penticton. As Dearborn’s notes “We sometimes find ourselves on an unexpected journey, unsure of where it may lead. In the uncertainty there are fragments of beauty to discover. As we focus on the beauty around us, we just may find ourselves sowing seeds of joy along the way.” There will be an opening reception this coming Saturday, March 23 from 1 to 3 pm. Dearborn will welcome guests for a personalized tour of her new collection dedicated in honour of her father Norman Beer. You may be familiar with the artist’s exquisite glass sculptures created through her unique textures and colours achieved over time through experimentation – some delicate, some bold! The exhibition will run every Wednesday to Saturday from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm until May 17. At the north end of the Valley on Saturday, March 30 from 2 to 5 pm at the Headbones Gallery in Vernon, there will be an open reception of Fantasy, Monsters and the Female To the power of seven (see attached poster), the works of PCAC members Lynden Beesley and Wendy Anderson. Beesley’s work is based on the medal which she considers a small sculpture with imagery on both sides that can convey “political, personal, celebratory or abstract” content. A medal can be held manually, worn as a necklace, or simply displayed in a cabinet. In this exhibition she has diverged from her common use of bronze to using other materials. There are forty-nine medals in the exhibition: seven groups of seven medals. In addition to medals, bronze bells and prints are also on display. On the other hand, Wendy Anderson’s works embody the sense of play which is at the core of her practice. It is not ‘working’ but ‘playing’ with wool material and colour. “The narratives spill out in a natural and unbidden way…..Wendy is transported into another world with her characters, who have diverse voices, sometimes demure, sometimes nasty, sometimes wise, sometimes cheeky.” The exhibition runs until Saturday, April 27. Penticton’s Many Hats Theatre Company is setting up for its next comedy production, Jonas and Barry in the Home, starting on April 12. Also, the Kelowna Film Society’s next film, Solo, is not until Wednesday, April 10. Because of the length of this newsletter, I’ll write about both those items in the next. Meanwhile, enjoy the sunshine while it lasts – though we can do with rain as well to keep those ever-threatening summer flames at bay! Have fun on the long weekend and a very Happy Easter!!! Hasta la vista! 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 Comments are closed.
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