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Arts Letter Vol. XXXVI No. 6 November/December 2016
November/December 2016
Warren Roy, RCAF Station Cold Lake, 1961 linocut on paper
Vol. XXXVI No. 6
199 Marina Way
Penticton, B.C . V2A 1H5
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Arts Letter Vol. XXXVI No. 6 November/December 2016
Mission Statement
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The Penticton Art Gallery exists to exhibit, interpret, preserve and
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entertain while recognizing excellence in the visual arts.
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standards of operation.
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programs within the scope of the financial and human resources available.
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November 17 ~ Kitchen Stove Film
Our Little Sister
4 p.m. & 7 p.m. screenings
November 18 ~ Opening Reception
Members Night 10% off art sales & gift gallery
7 - 9 pm All are Welcome
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Nicholas Vincent
Secretary: Elizabeth Ganton
November 19 ~ Curatorial Talk
1:00 p.m. All are Welcome
Directors: Dr. Antonella De Michelis, Robert Doull, Kayleigh Hall,
Daniel Lo, Rene Mehrer, Rodney N. Penway, Jim Simpson, Ian
Sutherland, Valeria Tait, Tiffany Warkentin, Dr. Greg Younging
Board Email: [email protected]
November 30 ~ Topics & Tea
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Gary Doi & Ivan McLellan
The Hope Project
STAFF
December 2 ~ 32 Auctions Online Auction ends
www.32auctions.com/winter2016
Director/Curator: Paul Crawford
Email: [email protected]
Administrator: Brigitte Liapis
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December 2 ~ First Friday’s
Open Mic Night
Doors Open at 7:30 p.m.
Art Preparator: Glenn Clark
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December 21 ~ Topics & Tea
Curatorial Assistant: Brooke Nyhus
Email: [email protected]
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Jim Kalnin: Spirituality & Art
Weekend Reception: Jacinta Ferrari
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Summer Students: Sierra Hartmann, Shayla Ritchie,
Sasha Mandaione
Gallery Closed from December 25 - January 3
Happy Holidays from the staff and volunteers at the PAG
January 19 ~ Kitchen Stove Film
Marguerite
4 p.m. & 7 p.m. screenings
The gallery is wheelchair accessible.
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Director / Curator’s Report
As we approach the end of yet another year I would like to take a moment to reflect back and bring to your attention some of the incredible
outcomes that have resulted from our exhibitions over the past year
and into the year ahead. It’s always incredible when you are able to
host and organize an exhibition that not only resonates with your
community but also has legs and is able to tour to other communities
well beyond our own. I must confess I do a lousy job sharing these
successes back here at home as I tend to focus my time and energy
promoting what’s going on currently and what’s looming next on the
horizon. That being said I am going to try going against the grain and
take a moment to toot our own horn and share with you the breadth of
our reach beyond our community over the last 18 months and into the
foreseeable future.
Going back 18 months we were honored to be the first public gallery
to be invited to take part in a new initiative undertaken by Government House in Victoria, where public galleries from across the province would curate temporary yearlong exhibitions featuring the art
and artists from their region. For this opportunity we chose to highlight the work of the late Summerland artist, Irvine Clinton Adams
(1902-1992) whose work was well received and well attended over
the fourteen months it hung in Victoria. The exhibition was opened by
The Honourable Judith Guichon the 29th Lieutenant Governor of
British Columbia and served as the backdrop to numerous government functions, international dignitaries, tours and so much more. As
part of this program the folks at the Government House Foundation
created a virtual exhibition to ensure that this exhibition can live on in
perpetuity. You can find a link to the exhibition here:
www.ltgov.bc.ca/gov-house/gh-artcollection/default.html#../../govhouse/gh-artcollection/exhibit2/default.html
Another incredible success we have seen has been the amazing impact that our revisiting of Robert Keziere’s wonderful photo essay and
book, The Days of Augusta, published in 1973, has had not only had
here in Penticton but also across the province. Since organizing this
exhibition it has toured to Grand Forks, Wells, Quesnel, Williams
Lake and in the coming year 100 Mile House and potential venues in
Vancouver and Vancouver Island are still in the works. The timing of
this exhibition couldn’t have been better with the release of the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission of Canada report. It’s been amazing
to hear how this exhibition has been received and how it has impacted
the communities in which it has been displayed and I hope that in
some small way it helps with the healing.
Then there was this past summer’s exhibitions featuring contemporary art from Syria and the work of Judith Foster whish she created in
the mid 1950’s as a result of seeing by Gian Carlo Menotti’s his first
full-length opera the Consul and the winner of the 1950 Pulitzer Prize
for Music. The Syrian exhibition gained national media attention and
soon after we started to receive inquiries about touring it to other venues and on the last day of the exhibition we had a visitor from Vancouver who mentioned that UBC in Vancouver was not only mounting the Consul they were also hosting a symposium on the Syrian
Refugee Crisis the first week of November. I couldn’t believe the
synchronicity of our planning and I was thrilled that we were invited
down to participate on this event including the re-mounting of Judith
Foster’s exhibition in the Old Auditorium, plus the hanging of a selection of works from the Syrian Exhibition and the opportunity to address the conference and share the stories of the art and the artists.
This was an imposing task as I was asked to talk following a panel
discussion which included: Moura Quayle, Professor, Strategic De-
sign; Director, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC; Catherine Dauvergne, Dean, Peter A. Allard School of Law; Robbie Waisman, Holocaust survivor speaker; Chris Friesen, Director of Settlement Services,
Immigrant Services Society of BC and Tima Kurdi, a refugee advocate
and Aunt of Alan Kurdi the three-year-old Syrian boy whose lifeless
image made global headlines after he drowned on 2 September 2015
trying to reach Canada with his family. His death and the wider refugee
crisis immediately became an issue in the 2015 Canadian federal election. It was a humbling experience to be invited to be a part of this program and I was thrilled to learn that a large number of Judith’s works
were projected as part of the backdrop during the performance adding to
the impact of the production. I was further moved to learn that there were
people who travelled to Vancouver specifically to see the opera and participate in the symposium in part as a result of their hosting of our two
exhibitions. These two exhibitions will be also touring over the next year
with confirmed dates for the Syrian shows coming up at: The Yukon
Arts Center in Whitehorse December 2016 – March 2017, Duncan,
Brentwood Bay, Nanaimo, Victoria and possibly Courtney on Vancouver Island late November 2016 – March 2017, The Grand Forks Art
Gallery, May – July 2017 and exhibition dates are still being confirmed
for Langley Museum and the Calgary War Museum amongst others.
Judith Foster’s exhibition has also be requested by the Grand Forks Art
Gallery for the fall of 2017 and I am also fielding additional requests to
tour this exhibition ensuring that these two shows will be on the road for
the next two years as least.
One couldn’t have known at the time of planning just how relevant, timely and important these exhibitions would become and I can’t express
how blessed and lucky I feel to be able to be a part of bringing these to
life and seeing them now go out into the greater community. These successes are certainly not mine alone and they could not have happened
without the incredible support of my incredible staff, our board, the artists
and all those who have come to see and help promote these exhibitions
and many others to a wider audience. Our success is their success, which
is in turn your success and should be something you are equally proud of.
I value our ability to be nimble as an organization so we are able to take
on and address issues that are current and relevant to our community
both locally, nationally and when possible internationally. We also need
to do a better job when if comes to celebrating and promoting our gallery
as we are constantly punching above our weight and I will add it to my
list of new years resolutions as I hope you will too.
Sadly all of the above does come at a cost and while I pride our ability to
stretch a dollar the reality it is costing us more to do the work we do
while our funding levels have remained flat and in some cases decreased
over the past few years. We have tried to bolster our existing fundraisers
and have seen some modest gains and we have developed new partnerships with the Okanagan Symphony in September and we will be hosting our first New Years party in the gallery in partnership with Penticton
and District Community Arts Council. These partnerships are invaluable
and will serve to expand our audience and community presence and will
add to our earned revenues. In addition we are once again hosting our
11th annual Christmas Exhibition and sale which this year will feature our
Continued Page Six ...
largest offering ever with close to 300 works on display and available for
purchase, priced at $500 and under. We will also be offering our final
online Auction of the year featuring works and a wide range of objets
d'art all of which have been donated to the gallery over the past few years
specifically for fundraising purposes.
Fundraising has always played a big part in every non-profit annual program and this year the Penticton Art Gallery is in particular need of your
financial support and I am personally asking that you consider the gallery
as the year comes to a close. You can help us by purchasing works from
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THE MAIN GALLERY ~ NOVEMBER 18 - JANUARY 15TH, 2017
Toni Onley | A Landscape Defined
Works from the Permanent Collection of the Penticton Art Gallery
Exhibition Opening Friday November 18th 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Curator Talk Saturday November 19th ~ 1:00 p.m.
artists chosen to represent Canada at the Paris biennial exhibition. In the years that followed he returned to objective basic
shapes from nature giving full play to design with delicate colouring.
Onley spent a year in London returning to Canada in 1965,
where he gradually returned to landscape painting. Onley took
up flying in the late 1960s, a passion which enabled him to
travel to various remote locations, often sketched from the air
before landing to continue work on a painting. By the early
1970s, flying became his sole obsession resulting in a prodigious output of new work ranging from watercolours, oils, lithographs, and etchings. These works were highly abstract at
first, but as his landscapes evolved over the years, they were to
become increasingly figurative while simultaneously retaining
impressionistic and abstract qualities. In 1978, the Vancouver
Art Gallery held a huge retrospective of his work, comprising
both his purely abstract works of the 1960s and his new evolving landscape works.
In 1980, Onley shot to national prominence when a realtor
known only as the Fraser Valley Phantom bought 800 of Onley’s works for $930,000. At the time, it was the largest purchase of works by a living Canadian artist. With the publication of Toni Onley: A Silent Thunder, in 1981, secured his reputation as one of Canada’s leading landscape artists.
In the early 1990s, Onley returned to pure abstract form, producing small paper collages in parallel with his watercolour
landscape work. Flying remained an integral part of Onley’s
professional life as a painter; it was how he reached the British
Columbia landscapes that he painted. He also travelled widely
by conventional means, painting in such diverse places as Japan, China, Switzerland, England, Spain, Arabia and India.
Onley's life ended tragically on February 29, 2004 at the age of
75 when a massive heart attack caused him to lose consciousness and his airplane crashed into the Fraser River.
The Penticton Art Gallery holds the largest public collection of
Toni’s work, but we sadly lack examples of his works from the
1960’s and the early 70’s and this hole will impact the future
study and understanding of his life and work. If you have a
work or works from this period and would be willing to consider donating them the gallery please contact Paul Crawford
at: (250) 493-2928 or by e-mail:
[email protected]
Onley was born in 1928 on the Isle of Man, just off the west
coast of Britain. His father was an English actor. Toni attended
St. Mary's primary school and Ingleby Secondary School, Isle
of Man, then studied under a local landscape water colourist
John Nicholson where he began his formal education in drawing, watercolour painting, and etching at the Douglas School
of Art. (1942-46).
After World War II, difficult times forced Onley to immigrate
to Canada in 1948 where he settled for a time at Brantford,
Ontario. He took further study at the Doon School of Fine Art
in 1951 under Carl Schaefer and it was here he also discovered
the watercolours of David Milne. In his early work Onley was
influenced by British painters John Cotman and Peter DeWint
and did traditional landscapes. He married Brantford art critic
and amateur painter Mary Burrows in 1950 and they had two
daughters Jennifer and Lynn. He worked at a variety of jobs in
order to support his family. Exhibiting in the Western Ontario
Annual show of artists under 27 he won an award in 1955.
Following the death of his wife Mary, Onley moved with his
children to Penticton, B.C., where his parents had retired.
There he conducted classes for children Saturday mornings
and taught adults nights at Penticton High School. He worked
as a surveyor, draftsman for Meiklejohn Architects, commercial artist and continued with his own painting when time permitted.
In 1957 he won a scholarship offered by the Institute Allende,
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he took his two daughters. In order to pay for his trip Toni rented the Knights of
Pythias Hall in Penticton where he hired an Okanagan cattle
auctioneer who auctioned off and sold 250 works with many
selling for $5 raising $1,300. Many of the works that make up
our collection were donated to the gallery by the families who
purchased them at this sale.
The proceeds afforded him the financial freedom to take his
two daughters on Mexican sojourn where Toni found new inspiration in the vibrant arts community of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico where his work became freer and expressionistic. It is said that after a frustrating night he began tearing up
paintings leaving them strewn across his studio floor and when
he returned that the next day he saw in these fragments new
relationships which he began to reform into new dynamic
compositions comprising of irregularly shaped pieces of painted paper or canvas pasted to a backing or canvas.
Retuning to Canada his work quickly caught the attention
of the arts community and he quickly found himself thrust to
the forefront of the contemporary art scene with a quick succession of exhibitions at the Coste House (Calgary, 1958),
Vancouver Art Gallery (1958) and the New Design Gallery,
Van. (1959). In 1961, Onley did a 90-square-metre mural for
Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre and was one of seven
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FOYER GALLERY ~ NOVEMBER 18 - JANUARY 15TH, 2017
Warren Roy (1929 - 2009)
A Life Story: Christmas Cards 1945 - 2003
Exhibition Opening Friday November 18th 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Curator Talk Saturday November 19th ~ 1:00 p.m.
was donated to the Summerland Hospital Auxiliary Thrift
Store this past summer. Always excite to take up a challenge
we said we would try and identify the artist behind the work
and after a few weeks trying to decode the signature I was able
to identify the name which led me to Warren’s Obituary and a
reference to his book. Through a further twist of events we
were contacted by Danny Evanishen, manager of the tasting
room at Summerland’s Thornhaven Winery who was student
and friend who had helped publish Warren’s book and ultimately closed the loop by putting us in touch with Heidi Roy
and as they say the rest is history.
I love discovering new artists and it never ceases to amaze me
just how many stories there are like Warren’s except he had
the foresight to document his life’s work, making certain that
his incredible body of work would not be lost to history and
acting as the catalyst behind this exhibition.
A Life Story: In 50 Christmas Cards 1945-2003, features fifty
original Christmas cards designed and printed by Warren Roy
over a period of nearly six decades. The graphic arts employed
to produce the original cards varied over the years. The first
eleven cards were linocuts, an art described briefly in the book.
The next twenty-five were serigraphs this graphic a process he
describes in some detail. Nine were not produced as graphics,
but were simply reproductions of the author’s paintings or
drawings. The last five were done as computer graphics in
which the author explored the advantages and limitations of
this new medium. The cards, together with the author’s succinct notes on each, present a vivid insight into the life of a
family and the changing shape of society over the years. Subjects portrayed are greatly varied, ranging from the aurora borealis to world religions! A broad range of ordinary human
interest subjects rounds out the overall appeal of this book.
Warren Roy was fortunate to have received a broad education
in the visual arts and did manage to make use of his training
for a number of years as an art teacher and supervisor. However, like many others, his special interest in art became an avocation rather than a vocation. Warren’s painting hobby and his
annual designing of a Christmas card helped to keep his artistic
interests alive.
Warren and Heidi have four children and following Heidi’s
retirement they moved to Calgary in 1994 where Warren
passed away in 2009.
Warren grew up on a grain farm near Tullis in southern Saskatchewan. He took his senior high school at the Technical
Collegiate in Saskatoon where, with the benefit of the mentorship of Ernest Lindner (1897 – 1988), his artistic talents began
to bloom. In the evenings he took life drawing classes with
George Swinton (1917 - 2002) a noted artist and the first curator of the Saskatoon Art Center.
After graduation Warren attended Teachers' College in Saskatoon where he came under the influence of the landscapist,
Wynona Croft Mulcaster (1915 – 2016). Later he majored in
fine arts, taking various practical and theoretical classes at the
universities of Saskatchewan, Toronto and Alberta. While attending the University of Saskatchewan he was greatly influenced by the work of E. E. Norwicki a visiting professor from
the University of Wisconsin, and Dr. Gordon Snelgrove (1898
– 1966) the Dean of Fine Arts at the University of Saskatchewan.
Warren began his teaching career in 1948 finding employment
at Aiktow School near Grainland, Saskatchewan. The following year was spent in Vancouver returning to teach at the
Aiktow School for one more year in 1950. In 1951 he moved
to Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, where he taught English and
art, and later became art supervisor for the school district. In
1958, he returned to the University of Saskatchewan for a year
before making the final move of his teaching career working
Canadian Forces Base in Cold Lake, Alberta. On July 4, 1959,
Warren married Heidi Schweiger in the Roman Catholic Chapel at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta. Warren would spend the next
twenty-five years of his teaching career on the military base
teaching English and art, serving one year as vice-principal
and twenty years as principal of Ecole Athabasca School, retiring in 1984.
Although Warren's greatest love was his family, his avid interest in art was very important throughout his life. He worked in
oil, acrylics, tempera and watercolour but he was particularly
attracted to graphics, an interest which was first stimulated by
Ernest Lindner. He began with linocuts before moving to serigraphs, a form which he explored in larger formats and increasingly complex designs. Warren valued lifelong learning
and kept abreast of technological advances, and towards the
end of his life he focused his efforts on exploring the infinite
possibilities offered him through the use of computer graphics
In 2006 Bayeux Arts, Inc., Calgary, published, A Life Story:
In 50 Christmas Cards 1945-2003, which documents Warren
Roy’s life and art. It’s an amazing book and tribute to the work
of a man who never experienced commercial success and
whose work was mostly shared amongst family and friends
which is documented through this incredible collection of
Christmas Cards designed and printed over the past 50 years.
Warren’s work came to light through a silkscreen print that
.
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Director/Curator’s Report Continued ...
Project Room ~ November 18 - December 24
11th Annual Christmas Exhibition and Sale
All Works Priced Under $500
Exhibition Opening Friday November 10th
Special Members Night ~ Friday November 18th 7:00 - 9:00
our Annual Christmas sale, bidding on our online auction and through
a cash donation to benefit our immediate and current needs as we approach our year end. We are also looking for develop a new and expanded sponsorship program for the coming year and I would welcome you to contact me if you would be interested in sponsoring an
individual exhibition, program, event or possibly the annual naming
rights of one of our exhibition spaces. These are exciting times and I
am inviting you to take a bigger role in our future and development
and I can assure you that it’s not only an investment in your public
gallery, but also our community and all those living here today and
well into the future. The arts are vital to a healthy community and I am
asking that you please consider investing in our future and every dollar
will help ensure that we can continue to bring you the level of programming you have come to expect well into the future.
Thank you all for your continued faith and support of not only myself
over these past ten years but also for your gallery. I would like to express my gratitude to our board for all the work you do and to my colleagues whom I have the great pleasure to work with and learn from
each and every day. I am truly blessed and will forever be faithful for
having been given this incredible opportunity to work for you and this
community and I wish you all the very best of the season and I hope
and trust the coming year will bring us everything we hope and wish
for. ~ Best of the Season, Paul Crawford, Director/Curator
Every October the gallery puts a call out to artists of all kinds to submit
three artworks all priced at $500 or under and each year this exhibition
receives more and more interest from artisans, crafters and visual artists
working in all media from across British Columbia. This year we had
over 250 artworks submitted! Amazing!
Some of you keeners may already be underway in your holiday purchases while others leave their
shopping until last minute. Regardless, this annual show is
always something to check out,
whether it be a gift for a friend,
loved one, or that perfect little
something for yourself.
This exhibition is open to any
artist who wants to submit. It
not only provides us with some
tempting, unique and wonderful gifts, but an excellent crosssection of the talent and artistic happenings in our community. The mixture of artists range from professional, exhibiting artists to teenagers
showing their work for the first time and everything in between.
It is always amazing to see the support and turn out we get for this sale.
It’s even more intriguing to see the artwork that people carefully choose
to take home with them. It sure makes a one of a kind gift!
We would like to thank everyone who has submitted works to this
year’s show. Whether you’re a first timer or have been submitting since
the beginning, we appreciate your hard work and support of your gallery. So get into the festive spirit and come on down to view these amazing artworks and potentially make one of them your own.
We here at the gallery get an early Christmas this year with unwrapping
roughly 250 works and hanging them up for display. We make sure the
show is hung for our Soup Bowls Project which is running in its 20th
year on November 10th and 12th. Roughly 300 people are in the gallery
each night and it’s a great kick-off to the sale. The official opening of the
Christmas Sale will be November 18st from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Gallery members get 10% off that night on items in the Gift Shop & the
Christmas Sale. The show runs until December 24th, 2016.
Thank you to all those who attended and
supported our new fundraising event
Music and Art and All That Jazz
on September 24th
in partnership with the
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra
@ the Penticton Art Gallery
& Ikeda Japanese Garden
Seeking Volunteers for the Front Desk
We are currently looking for a number of volunteer receptionists to work at the front desk on Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday and we would love you to join our team. If
you are interested and have 4 - 7 hours a week you can offer
up we have a great opportunity for you.
For more info please drop by the gallery
Or call us at: (250) 493-2928
Online at: http://pentictonartgallery.com/volunteer/
Thanks also to the Participating Artists: Peg
Barcelo, Tovie Green, Michael Hermesh,
Heather Dawn Kemp, Jenny Long, Anthony
Masuskapoe, Leta Heiberg-Bak, Charlaine
Samson, Endrené Shepherd, Tera Tessier,
Barb Younger AFCA
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Online Art and Collectibles Fundraising Auction
Friday November 18th - Sunday December 4th
To preview the items and to place your bids:
www.32auctions.com/winter2016
CURRENTLY FEATURED AT OTHER
GALLERIES IN THE INTERIOR...
Alternator Gallery, Kelowna
www.alternatorgallery.com
Please contact the gallery for exhibit information
Gallery Vertigo, Vernon
www.galleryvertigo.com
Please contact the gallery for exhibit information
*Grand Forks Art Gallery
www.gallery2grandforks.ca
Please contact the gallery for exhibit information
* Kamloops Art Gallery
www.kag.bc.ca
Please contact the gallery for exhibit information
* Kelowna Art Gallery
www.kelownaartgallery.com
November 5—January 22
Drawing from Life
Oct 22—Jan 29
Germaine Koh: Home Made Home
Over the past number of years the Penticton Art Gallery has received a
large number of generous donations to be used in support of our annual
fundraising activities and the number of donated items has outpaced our
ability to sell them off. In an effort to free up some storage space and to
raise some much needed funds we are holding an online auction just in
time for Christmas. Up for bid is a wide array of collectible artworks and
other unique items of interest. This is a great and affordable opportunity
for you to start and build your collection or get a jump start on filling out
your Christmas gift list.
Over the past year the gallery has experienced an increase in expenses as
a result of taking on more ambitious exhibitions and the increased costs
associated with their production, shipping and installation. As we move
towards our year end I hope you will not only find items to bid on, you
can also help us by circulating information about this fundraiser to all
you know may be interested. Good luck and thank you for your support
of the Penticton Art Gallery.
* Kootenay Gallery of Art, Castlegar
www.kootenaygallery.com
November 13—December 24
Christmas at the Gallery
Osoyoos Art Gallery
www.osoyoosarts.com
November 12—December 22
Christmas Artisan Market
Peachland Art Gallery
www.peachlandarts.ca/peachland-art-gallery/
November 5—December 23
Artists of the Okanagan
Salmon Arm Art Gallery
www.salmonarmartscentre.ca/visit/
December 3—17
Craig Pulsifer ~ Heroes & Rogues
Summerland Art Gallery
www.summerlandarts.com
Hold on we have another internet bidder ….
Please contact the gallery for exhibit information
Don’t miss this unique
opportunity to build
your Canadian art
collection with
all proceeds going to
support the Penticton
Art Gallery!
*Touchstones nelson
www.touchstonesnelson.ca
Please contact the gallery for exhibit information
*Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George
www.tworiversartgallery.com
October 21 - January 8
Allyson Glenn - Catalyst
Various Artists - Change
* Vernon Art Gallery
www.vernonpublicartgallery.com
October 13—December 21
Lyndal Osborne ~ Coevolution
* Indicates Reciprocal Membership
Wilf Perreault RCA (1947 - )
Sunrise Penticton, 2016
Hand pulled silkscreen on paper, edition: 50
Retail Value: $600 unframed
First 10 ~ $400 framed ~ Second 10 ~ $500 framed
Third 10 ~ $600 framed ~ Remainder of the edition ~ $600 unframed
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Tickets will be sold at the Penticton Art Gallery -and The Book Shop – 242 Main Street (250-492-6661) All movies are screened at the
Landmark 7 Cinema, 250 Winnipeg Street, Penticton
*Limited single tickets $15 may be available at the door. No refunds or exchanges.*
Series Tickets: $38 Members & Students/$44 Non-members Pre-purchased Single Tickets: $13 each
November 17, 2016
4PM & 7PM
our little sister
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda Cast: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho Genre: Drama
(JPN, subtitled, NR)
Running Time: 128 minutes
Three sisters - Sachi, Yoshino and Chika - live together in a large house in the city of Kamakura. When their father absent from the family home for the last 15 years - dies, they travel to the countryside for his funeral, and meet their
shy teenage half-sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu, they invite her to live with them. Suzu eagerly agrees,
and a new life of joyful discovery begins for the four siblings… Our Little Sister is a film that captures the everyday
pleasures and anguishes of family life. It is a movie that encourages viewers to slow down and take stock of their lives’
defining little moments
January 19, 2017
4PM & 7PM
marguerite
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performance, Marguerite starts to believe even further in her talent. This gives her the courage she needs to follow
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FIRST
Open Mic • All Ages Welcome • Free Admission
• Exhibitions Open Late •
Refreshments by Donation
Proudly sponsored by
November 4
The Road Less Travelled
Come explore the current exhibitions & enjoy a cup of
tea and baked goods compliments of
The Bench Artisan Food Market
Wednesday November 30th, 2016 2-3 pm
Gary doi: in the moment
December 2
Into the Depths
February 3
Twenty-six writers contributed to Gary Doi’s fourth anthology, In the Moment. Their stories are deeply personal and
insightful, probing the eternal question: What gives a person hope? One of the featured authors, Ivan McLelland,
recounts the unlikely journey that led the Penticton Vees to
win the International Ice Hockey Championships in 1955.
Both Gary and Ivan will share their experiences at Topics &
Tea, and the book will be available for purchase, with all
proceeds going to the Children’s Wish Foundation.
THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
SEPT 22 - DEC 15
Gary Doi was one of the longest serving School Superintendents
in BC, which included 3 school districts (Kimberley, Vancouver
Island North & Penticton). Previous to that, he was a teacher, consultant, school administrator and university lecturer. In retirement,
Gary created the “Inspiring Hope Book Series” as a way of
spreading hope and raising funds for charity. “In the Moment” is
his fourth and latest release.
Glenn, Dorothy & Brooke are
back in session. This drop-in
program is open to teenagers ages 11 to 14 on Thursday
afternoons from 3:15 – 4:45 p.m. Students draw, paint and
focus on projects of particular interest to them.
Admission is free but pre-registration is required!! Please call
the gallery at 250-493-2928.
Wednesday December 14th, 2016 2-3 pm
Jim Kalnin:
Looking for Wisdom in a tube of paint
In this power point discussion Jim will look at various definitions of spirituality and how they might apply to personal
forms of art. A range of art images and participants’ responses will hopefully help us wring some meaning from
the incredible on-going array of human visual creativity in
existence.
Jim Kalnin retired from teaching art in 2009, after 22 years at
Okanagan College, Okanagan University College and UBC Okanagan. He has exhibited his art extensively, and authored two
books, “The Spirituality of Art “(co-authored with his wife Lois
Huey-Heck) and “The Spirituality of Nature.”
New Years Eve Tickets
$35 Per-Person / $30 for Members
Includes: Hors D’Oeuvres + Appetizers ~ Cash Bar
Tickets and Info:
www.pentictonartgallery.com / www.pentictonartscouncil.com
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Thanks to our 2015 Supporters
Foundational Donors
Yvonne Adams (d.)
George & Kay Angliss (d.);
Thayre, Kim & Gina Angliss
Marion Armstrong (d.)
Bob & Naomi Birtch
Alan & Laila Campbell
Jan Crawford
Robert Doull & Leanne Nash
Estate of Bill Featherston; Gail Featherston
Estate of Judith Foster; Anna Vakar
Estate of Ethel Joslin
Lawrie & Linda Lock
Toni Onley (d.)
Laurie Papou & Iain Ross
Estate of Kathleen Daly Pepper
Joseph Plaskett
Fred & Percival (d.) Ritchie;
Jane Ritchie
Derek (d.) & Jill Leir Salter
Estate of Doris Shadbolt;
Simon Fraser University
Southern Mechanical Services Inc.
Estate of Doreen Tait
Takao Tanabe
Vancouver Foundation
Donations of $10,000 plus
Yvonne Adams
GIFTS IN KIND
The Bench Artisan Food Market
Kemp Harvey Kemp Inc.
Milchard Design, Summerland
Naramata Bench Winery Association
Cannery Brewing Co.
MEDIA
Penticton Western News
Sun FM / EZ Rock
ANNUAL ART AUCTION
Classic Gallery Frames Inc.
Milchard Design, Summerland
Naramata Bench
Winery Association
SOUP BOWLS PROJECT
Hillside Winery
Cannery Brewing Co.
Penticton Potters’ Guild
Summerland Potters’ Guild
Therapy Vineyards
Donations of $500 plus
Anonymous Donor
Robert Doull & Leanne Nash
Elizabeth Ganton
Gill Holland & Hugh Richter
Brian & Lynn Jackson
Thomas & Kathleen Jasper
Bonnie & Sandy Ross
Linda Ward
Donations of $100 plus
Anonymous Donor
Robert & Margaret Abbey
Susan Austen
Michael Biggs
Natalie Biggs
Richard & Kathleen Chapman
James Corbett
Alice Cumming
Lee Davison
Maria Diakanow
James & Joanne Forsyth
Jim & Anne Ginns
Marilyn Hansen
Kurt & Marianne Hutterli
Ernie Ingles
Robert Jenkins
Gisela Kieswetter
Georgia & Andreas Krebs
Michael Leger
Dave, Viv & Heather Lieskovsky
Ian & Joan Luckhart
Carol Meiklejohn
Margaret Neuhaus
Harvey & Sonya Quamme
Kirsten Robertson & Simon Wells
Zulmira Santos
Jim & Donna Simpson
Donations of $200 plus
June Argyle
Velma Bateman & Dennis Halfhide
John Beardsley & Donna Lomas
Judy Brock
Cheryl Calloway
Lee Davison
Rosemary Edge
Hazel Fry & Hal Whyte
Claire Hawrys
Jill Johns
Gerald & Carol Kenyon
Robert Keziere
Cornelia King
Audrey Lawrie
John Lewall
Lynne & Peter Lighthall
Stan & Helen McPherson
Wilfred & Sally Mennell
Patricia Mulvey
Shirley Myers
Donna Schellenberg
CORPORATE SPONSOR
Innov8 Digital Solutions Inc.
GIFTS TO THE
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Patricia Ainslie
Dorthea Atwater & Peter Hay
Susan Austen
Gus & Sigrid Boersma
Alan & Laila Campbell
Dr. Maxine Charlesworth & Derek Reimer
Tara Devaux
James Emery & Rob McCallister
Gail Featherston
Hazel Fry & Hal Whyte
Barbara Hartley
Carol Henderson
Eric & Nancy Hillmer-Mann
Ernie Ingles
Thomas & Susan Kelly
Lindsay Laidlaw
Les & Sandy McKinnon
Stan McPherson
Paul Mann
Wilfred & Sally Mennell
Clodagh O’Connell
Josephine Patterson
Dorothy Redivo
Jean Sherwood
Sharon & Richard Tallon
Jacquie Thurston
Joe & Marge Trosky
Deborah Zbarsky
HONOURARTY LIFETIME
MEMBERS
June Argyle
Yvonne Adams
Marion Armstrong
Jim Brittain
Alan and Laila Campbell
Betty Clark
Gayle Cornish
Robert Doull
Candy Foran
Rosemarie Fulbrook
Vickie Garrett
Rob Hill
Janice Taaffe
Paul Wickland
Richard Williams
Donations of $50 plus
Ellie Ainsworth
Katie Apgar-Knezacek
Cindi Lou Baker
Sonni Bone
Antonina Cattani
Mary Chapman
Bob & Joan Dingham
Bethany Handfield
Jack & Norma Howard
Shelley Lippert
Les & Sandy McKinnon
Lester & Phyllis McKinnon
Shirley Malakoff
Liz Marshall
PJ Mohr
Martha Neufeld
Doreen Olson
Kristos Raftopoulos
Penny Santosham
Ursula Todd
Anna Vakar
Sandra Henderson
Virginia Jewell
Jeanne Lamb
Audrey Lawrie
Natalie Minunzie
Evan Mitchell
Dennis Nielsen
Stan & Elizabeth Pringle
Marge Punnett
Sophie Rankin
Jill Leir Salter
Ruth Schiller
Ret Tinning
Roy & Olga Tomlinson
Lillian Vander Zalm
Barbara Watson
Hazel Fry & Hal Whyte
Alphons & Nel Witteman
The Penticton Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges all donations to, and supporters of our income development events
including the Annual Art Auction, Kitchen Stove Film Series, Soup Bowls Project and In the Eye of the Beholder.
Charitable Organization # 11879 0419 RR0001
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Foundational Donors
End Notes ...
Thank you ~ Virginia Jewell, Cheryl Filipenko, Cornelia King, Marie Levesque & Leslie for reception assistance.
~ Thank you Norberto Rodriguez de la Vega and Marie Levesque with Arts Letter mail out
~ Thank you to Dorothy Tinning & Molly Wells for assisting with the Young@Art Program
~ Thank you Martin Bouchard and Connor Kenney with exhibition installation
With thanks to our individual donors from January 1, 2016 - July 31, 2016:
Joan Anderson, Marylin & John Barnay, Frances Bjerkan, Kathleen Chapman, James Corbett, Anne, Gail &
Joan Cossentine, Rosemary Edge, Norman & Cheryl Filipenko, Jim & Carol French, Joanne Forsyth, Elizabeth Ganton, Marilyn Hansen, Claire Hawrys, Carole Henderson, Dawn Hoffert, Kurt & Marianne Hutterli,
Robert & Mary Jenkins, Jill Johns, Zuzana Kaufrinder, Tammy Kay, Kettle River Stockmen’s Assoc., Ann
Kiefer, Gisela Kiesewetter, Cornelia King, Andreas & Georgia Krebs, Jukka Laurio, Diane Lawrence, John
M. Lewall, Viv Lieskovsky, Lynne & Peter Lighthall, Joan L. Luckhart, Alix MacDonald, Les & Sandy
McKinnon, Vivienne Madsen, Sharon Weiner & Ben Manea, Carol Meiklejohn, Carol & Don Munro, Robert
Muraschuk, Loraine Stephanson & Denis O’Gorman, Martha Neufeld, Gail & Alan Nixon, Maria Nordlund
Design, Judy Pratt, Jack & Jennie Prowse, Sandra & Chris Purton, Harvey & Sonya Quamme, Robin Robertson, Sandy & Bonnie Ross, Anne Hargrave & Scott Smith, Tracy St. Clare & David Spear, Sharon & Richard
Tallon, Kit Tate, Ursula Todd, Hazel Fry & Hal Whyte, Waldie Resources ~ In memory of Janice Taaffe,
Wesplan Building Design Inc., Paul Wickland, Richard Williams
The Penticton Art Gallery is grateful for all donations in any amount. Donations over $10 are acknowledged
when received by a letter of thanks, a tax receipt and publication in the next edition of the Arts Letter. Financial
contributions of $50 or more, In-kind donations valued over $200 and donations to the Permanent Collection
receive annually updated recognition on the Sustaining Supporters page in the Arts Letter and the Annual Report and are featured on the donor wall located in the foyer of the gallery. Thank you for your support of the
Penticton Art Gallery; it is greatly appreciated.
Honorary Life Members
Honorary Life Memberships are given to individuals who have rendered extraordinary service to the
gallery: June Argyle, Yvonne Adams, Marion Armstrong, Jim Brittain, Alan and Laila Campbell, Betty
Clark, Gayle Cornish, Robert Doull, Candy Foran, Rosemarie Fulbrook, Vickie Garrett, Rob Hill, Sandra
Henderson, Virginia Jewell, Jeanne Lamb, Audrey Lawrie, Natalie Minunzie, Evan Mitchell, Dennis Nielsen,
Stan & Elizabeth Pringle, Marge Punnett, Sophie Rankin, Jill Leir Salter, Ruth Schiller, Ret Tinning, Roy &
Olga Tomlinson, Lillian Vander Zalm, Barbara Watson, Hazel Fry & Hal Whyte, Alphons & Nel Witteman.
The Penticton Art Gallery has over 400 members
We welcome the following new and renewing members from
August 4 , 2016 - October 27, 2016
Corinne Durston
& Patrick Dunn
Dick Cannings &
Margaret Holm
Joan & Bob Dingman
Maggie Riccardi
Gerona Hanze
Brian & Lynne
Jackson
David & Karen
Fort
Roseanne Bennett & Larry Van
Kampen
Greg Marshall
Norberto Rodriguez de la Vega
Michelle Dunn
Allan Clarke
Hanne Stanfield
Michael & Judy
Healey
Tanya Luszcz
David & Beverley
Hogg
John & Lynn
Greene
Kirsten Robertson
& Molly Wells
John Archer
Susan Lopatecki
Terry Wolfinger
Carole Punt
George Owens
Marie D. Lévesque
Roger & Sandi
Cormier
Robert Dmytruk
& Sandra Bassett
Gerald & Carol
Kenyon
Doug & Dawn
Slater
Diane BresserBrown
Sharon Kurtz
Judy Millar
Carolyn Jager
Vida Herman
Evelyn & John
Briscall
Jake Kimberley
Elaine Begley
Cheryl Galloway
Jane Bruff & Family
Gregory Younging
Marlene & Robert Aikins
Lawrence & Kena
Cormier
MarK Peeren
Petra Holler
Dan & Veronica
Dimich
Mary Kiviste
Dorothy R. Redivo
Bev & Peter
Krieger
Elaine Begley
Lonna & Gerry
Peters
Tony Ferguson
Enid Baker
Mary Ferguson
P.J. Mohr
Natalie & Michael
Biggs
Christie McRobb
John & Norma
Howard
Marlene Cox
Bishop
Anne & Jim Ginns
Jill Shelley
John & Janet
Thomas
Charles & Barbara Peeren
Linda Ward
The Penticton Art Gallery recognizes those donors
who have made a significant financial contribution
to the gallery ($20,000+) through either a onetime gift, or cumulative support over several
years. The following categories are considered:
permanent collection donations, cash donations,
gifts-in-kind and gallery support. The following
supporters have contributed at the foundational
level from the gallery’s inception to Dec/13:
Yvonne Adams (d.)
George & Kay Angliss (d.);
Thayre, Kim & Gina Angliss
Marion Armstrong (d.)
Bob & Naomi Birtch
Alan & Laila Campbell
Jan Crawford
Robert Doull & Leanne Nash
Estate of Bill Featherston; Gail Featherston
Estate of Judith Foster; Anna Vakar
Estate of Ethel Joslin
Lawrie & Linda Lock
Toni Onley (d.)
Laurie Papou & Iain Ross
Estate of Kathleen Daly Pepper
Joseph Plaskett
Fred & Percival (d.) Ritchie;
Jane Ritchie
Derek (d.) & Jill Leir Salter
Estate of Doris Shadbolt;
Simon Fraser University
Southern Mechanical Services Inc.
Estate of Doreen Tait
Takao Tanabe
Vancouver Foundation
Reciprocal Membership
The Penticton Art Gallery has collaborated
with several cultural organizations to establish a reciprocal membership program. Upon
presentation of your current membership
card, you will receive benefits such as free or
discounted admission, gift shop discounts
and more at the following institutions:
Barkerville Historic Town, Grand Forks Art Gallery,
Island Mountain Art Gallery (Wells, BC), Kamloops
Art Gallery, Kootenay Art Gallery (Castlegar, BC),
McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinberg,
ON), Nickle Arts Museum (Calgary, AB), Northwest
Museum of Art & Culture (Spokane, WA), Old Log
Church Museum (Whitehorse, YK), Touchstones
Nelson: Museum of Art and History (Nelson, BC),
Two Rivers Art Gallery (Prince George, BC), S.S.
Sicamous (Penticton, BC), Vernon Public Art Gallery, Whatcom Museum of History & Art
(Bellingham, WA), Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (Banff, AB).
All Canadian Museums Association members receive free admission and gift gallery discounts at
the Penticton Art Gallery.
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