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 15, 2024
Dear members: My apologies to those who were affected by my April fools’ joke in the last newsletter and took it seriously. It seems I chose the wrong subject to use for my prank - a subject too close to the heart of some to be treated disrespectfully. I can assure them that the Gallery is just as close to myself as well, since I was one of the ones who first dreamt of and helped instigate its implementation. However, I respect their sensitivity (as volunteers or lovers of the arts) and I’m sorry. We can be proud that there are so many sensitive and dedicated individuals in the Okanagan who respect the arts to such a degree they will do everything they can to preserve them. It’s unlikely that another bi-weekly newsletter will ever be sent out on April 1 in the near future and so they can rest easy. The Captured Images exhibition closed yesterday after a very successful showing with five sales and photographic presentations by photographers Alexandra Morrison, Martha McKenzie, and Madelyn Hamilton. As always, the success of the show rests largely on the shoulders of our volunteers who put themselves out in so many ways to ensure the public in our Valley can appreciate all available art forms. We owe them – big time!!! By the way, local photographic artists will be interested to learn that the Canadian Association for Photographic Art (CAPA) will be holding their 2024 Canadian Photography Conference in Kelowna this year from June 25 to 27. It’s been five years since they’ve had such a meeting. The theme is Elevating Art in Photography. Registration has been going well. Top national and international photographers such as Bruce Barnbaum, Nik Rav, Benedict Brain, Viktoria Haack, Lee Nordbye, and Bill Prat will be here. Don’t wait to register! There’s a great lineup of programmes for personal learning and lots of moments to meet and greet. Opening next at the Peachland Art Gallery on Saturday, April 20 from 10 am to 4 pm is Interpretations an exhibition of “urban, organic, moody, and bodacious memories of local artists Elaine Hatch, Lisa Hewitt, Audrey Krol, Debby Merkel, and Allanah Weston who’ve been chomping at the bit waiting to present their works! Come one, come all to see the explorative works of these lively, imaginative artists. The exhibition runs until May 20. Last Thursday’s Open MIC was a sell out with 17 performers and a wide variety of acts including piano, vocals, guitar, ukulele, comedy, and spoken word. Paula Mclaughlin who emceed and organized the concert reports that the younger students performing on the piano have gained confidence, the more advanced playing Bach, Chopin, jazz and pop tunes. One young lady named Bella will be taking her vocal talents to a national competition in Toronto next month. There was a cowgirl poet telling tales of her life on the ranch. There were some beautiful folk songs of John Denver, Carole King, Gordon Lightfoot - and there was Tony who whistled like a bird and played uke. Derek shared his tongue-in-cheek comedy, and our mayor sang songs in Flemish and French with empathetic sensitivity! You can watch the mayor’s performance on Facebook if you have access. By June there’s the possibility of expanding the audience into the larger capacity of Our SPACE. They will also need to start limiting performances to two songs or a maximum of ten minutes to keep within a two-hour programme. So that the number of guests can be recorded, performers are reminded to please pick up their free tickets online peachlandarts.ca. Open MIC would like to send out a request through the Peachland Community Arts Council (PCAC). They are asking if anyone has an acoustic baby grand piano in good repair and would be willing to donate it to Our SPACE for future high calibre concerts. The PCAC will offer a tax receipt and their unending gratitude! Please spread the word to those you know who have pianos sitting unplayed, untuned, and unappreciated! And, yes, we’ll put a little brass plaque on it saying, “Donated by ___”! A reminder that literary creativity is back in action at the board room of the Peachland Historical Schoolhouse on Wednesdays with Pens in Peachland meeting at 9 am to practice their writing skills under Wayne Power’s guidance (w.power3@icloud.com). Also, the drop-in sketching classes run by artist Terry Moore (bullfroginn@icloud.com) follow from 1 to 3 pm. If you would like to hone your skills at either writing or sketching or simply try them out as a beginner, now’s your opportunity. Don’t be shy!..... Oh! Go on!!! Here are some more details about the OSO concert at the Peachland Art Gallery on Saturday, May 11 at 4:30 pm. The concert and meal tickets will be sold separately through our website. 50 concert tickets will be sold at $20 each and the meal tickets at the Gasthaus restaurant that follows at 6 pm are $40 including tip and taxes. The Gasthaus three choice menu is attached above. The concert itself will feature works for strings by Mendelssohn, Schubert, Rossini, and a Suite of pieces from 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' It will include a violin trio, a viola quartet (yes, 4 violas!), a cello and double bass duo, as well as string quartets. $20? Wow!! What a steal!!! We’re aiming for a sellout. PCAC member Nancy Dearborn invites you to join her for a glass of wine along with some cheese as she guides you through her latest show, The Shattered Glass, (see poster attached) next Saturday, April 20 from 7 to 8:30 pm. While you sip a glass of wine and nibble on cheese, you’ll learn about the inspiration behind Dearborn’s glassmaking and unique sculptures. Her love of texture and colour as a painter and photographer eventually turned her towards glass where she found her unique niche noted “for a vibrant palette and highly textured surfaces.” Tickets are $10. If you have the opportunity, be sure to visit this event at the Leir House Cultural Centre on Manor Park Avenue in Penticton. In the Members Gallery of the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Mohsen Khalili is presenting his exhibition, Study After the Little Prince and His Little Planet. His three-dimensional installation “interacts with ambient light to create a dynamic and layered experience for the viewer.” Inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s celebrated novella, The Little Prince, Khalili’s work “deals with themes of loneliness, the joy and burden of creativity, and the longing for understanding and connection.” The exhibition runs until May 4. Circumstances have changed for viewing the next films at the Kelowna Film Society. They will be screened in future (until further notice) at 6:30 pm at the Landmark Grand 10 Cinemas on McCurdy Road in Kelowna and NOT at the Orchard Plaza Cinema. The first is The Taste of Things on Wednesday, April 24, a French film with English sub-titles. Set predominantly in the locale of a late 19th century French restaurant, the film blends romance with gastronomy making full use of cinematic subtlety to convey its message as Eugenie and her partner Dodin prepare meals for their customers in the restaurant’s kitchen each day. A beautiful film you’re encouraged to view. Wonderful to welcome once more those golden balsam arrowrleaf “fluttering and dancing in the breeze” on the banks of Drought Hill - don’t you think? 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 |