SHATFORD
CHRONICLES
Autumn 2015 Edition
Okanagan School of the Arts’ Creativity Courses Inside!
Snx̌ astwilxtn Centre:
A Healing Place, Pg 13
Swami Jyotihananda,
1st Annual InSpirit,
Celebrating Spirituality
in the Arts, Pg 12
First Day of the Dead Celebration
at the Shatford, Oct 31, Pg 11
6 long form documentaries
Community Food
Culinary Arts, Pg 6
Welcome to the Autumn Edition of the
Shatford Chronicles.
There are stories to be told and moments
in time to be captured. The Shatford
Chronicles provides an ideal opportunity to
weave our collective stories together. In this
autumn edition, we are pleased to feature
community food and the launch of autumn’s
culinary arts classes; a map with sculptures
in the City of Penticton and Penticton Indian
Band land and an interview with Okanagan
Symphony Orchestra Conductor, Rosemary
Thomson by our summer student, Alison
Braid. Alison also wrote an article about
Paul Seesequasis, the Editor-in-Chief of
Theytus Books and we also have a special
story about the beautiful healing place on
Penticton Indian Band land!
We are very pleased to have businesses
and organizations advertising in this full
colour newspaper. It is through their support
that we are able to print this publication.
If you have stories about creative community
events, individuals or organizations in the
RDOS region that you would like to share
in future editions, please send suggestions
to [email protected]. Photos and
images appreciated.
We hope that you enjoy this edition with its
stories, photos and sense of community!
Thank you from the newspaper team, the
board of directors, members, staff, and
volunteers who make us this creative
community organization!
SHATFORD
CENTRE
Where History
Meets
Innovation
It has been over five
years since we began
Phase I, construction
of the Shatford Centre,
the renovation that
allowed it to open.
Phase II has been the updating and enhancement of the studios, classrooms, auditorium
and offices, which continues to be a work in progress. Phase III is the Rotary Community
Learning Kitchen, which has completed its construction phase. The kitchen will be a
crown jewel in a community treasure of a building.
We look forward to serving our region, students and clients with this community
resource. The kitchen has been a lengthy process and yet it is unfolding at exactly the
right time! We appreciate the Rotary Club of Penticton for their efforts to raise money
to bring this to fruition.
Special Thanks
to
Our Supporters
The Shatford Chronicles is a
publication of the Shatford Centre ~
Okanagan School of the Arts, 760 Main
Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5E2
Drop in for a personal tour to check
out the possibilities, or phone us at
250.770.7668 for information.
Contributors: Allison Braid, Ana Oomen,
Dawn Renaud, Jane Shaak, Larry Hunter,
Lesley Buxton, Lorna Hancock, Milton
Orris, Paul Seesequasis, Prema Harris,
Yasodhara Ashram
Membership in OSA will
provide you with savings on
drop-ins, events and courses; voting
privileges at general meetings; advance
notice of upcoming events; opportunities to
volunteer & have fun; plus support the
good works. Drop in at 760 Main Street
or visit www.shatfordcentre.com. $25
Design: Alison Braid, Dawn Renaud, Jane
Shaak, Larry Hunter
Graphics: Jane Shaak, Larry Hunter,
Samarpan Faasse
Photography: Florian Mauer, Iredale Group
Architecture, Jane Shaak, Larry Hunter,
Lesley Buxton, Yasodhara Ashram
OSA Board of Directors:
2
We offer a wide range of facilities,
expertise and resources to host your
fundraisers, meetings, celebrations,
reunions, conferences, weddings and
more. The Shatford Centre is earning its
title as a celebration centre with all the
amenities you will need for outrageously
successful events.
With the addition of the new kitchen, there
is a wealth of opportunities to explore!
Email:[email protected]
Phone: 250.770.7668
www.shatfordcentre.com; www.osarts.com
President Randy Manuel, Vice-President
Georgia Krebs, Treasurer
Jennifer Mlazgar, Secretary Judi Ritcey,
Kate Durisek, Milton Orris, Paul Crawford,
Walter Meyer
Executive Director: Jane Shaak
Facility Rentals
Area E - RDOS
Greater Naramata
OKANAGAN
SCHOOL
OF THE ARTS
Where Creativity
Flowers
SHATFORD CENTRE/OKANAGAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ~ 760 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, BC ~ 250 770 7668 ~ www.shatfordcentre.com
People & Place
Canada Summer Job students, Alison Braid
and Crystal-Anne Howell, were great to
have with us this summer.
Alison’s love of creative writing was a real
asset through planning of our first Okanagan
Valley Writers Festival being planned for
April 8, 2016. Besides many other tasks,
Alison also worked on two editions of the
Shatford Chronicles and did some excellent
interviews.
Crystal-Anne was with us for a second year and
this year once again she headed up Creativity
Camp besides many other tasks needed
throughout the summer. Crystal-Anne’s love
of music made her invaluable with Strings the
Thing and our other music programs.
These two bright and talented women are
living the creative life and we hope that we
have helped support them on their journey.
Best wishes to them both as they return to
their studies.
Irwin Hobden has
carefully preserved
a collection of Irwin
Crosthwait’s paintings
over the years and now
there is this international
connection. Through a
life long friendship with a
neighbour next door, this
renowned artist’s work has been in storage
with Irwin Hobden for such a long time.
Google to learn more about this story with a
local connection.
Pen Hi Graduate, Marlane
M c M a s t e r, h a s r e c e n t l y
become interested in helping
with the Shatford Costume
Collection. We have the
costume studio coming alive
with vintage clothing and
accessories. If you have
costumes, vintage clothing or patterns,
please consider donating to this community
collection.
Conversations and lunch at the Shatford
Centre. From left: Milton Orris, Jane Shaak,
Angie McIntosh, Margaret Wright and Margie
Colecolough, met to discuss the idea of
offering a lifestyle medicine program within
the scope of Interior Health to those patients
who wish to reverse or prevent degenerative
disease. Renowned author Brenda Davis
attended the meeting by skype.
Congratulations to
Colin Evans and
Kathleen Murphy
on their marriage.
Kathleen moved
to Penticton
and we are very
appreciative!
Kathleen has become
a valued member of
our team, providing
pottery classes for all
ages and skill levels.
Kathleen loves gardening
and harvesting fruits and
vegetables. She even
loves chickens, which
she has nurtured since
they were little chicks. Colin built a beautiful
chicken coop too!
Colin is an accomplished cook and baker. He
made fancy desserts for Kathleen’s shower!
Colin owns Kellco Custom Painting. He
donated his time and arranged to have paint
donated by Cloverdale Paints for the new
learning kitchen!
K n o w n
as
the
Shatford’s
‘ M a n
Friday’,
Peter Spek
earned his
motorcycle
license this
summer. Peter has been with the Shatford
Centre for over four years and he provides
expertise and support to maintain and
enhance the building.
Brett Cizmar recently
joined the Okanagan
School of the Arts,
Shatford Centre Team
as a Community
Access Program
Youth Intern, which is funded through the
Government of Canada.
Brett graduated with a software engineering
certificate through Sheridan College, and
previously attended Confederation College
to take film production.
Brett enjoys tennis, hockey and cross
country skiing. He is a musician, who plays
the guitar and sings too!
The 11th JazzCool Music Program was
a tremendous success under the artistic
direction of Will Schlackl and faculty
of Bernie Addington, Craig Thomson,
Mike Treadway and Stan Sabourin. This
intergenerational music program brings
together musicians of all ages who love
improvisation and jazz!
Carol Perry brought in
a delicious veggie slice
and the recipe. Carol is a
volunteer extraordinaire
and much appreciated.
We will be testing many
new food options and will
have a learning curve in
the coming years with the
new learning kitchen.
SHATFORD CENTRE/OKANAGAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ~ 760 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, BC ~ 250 770 7668 ~ www.shatfordcentre.com
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Sculpting Legacies
Mother Earth,
2004
1
marble,
58” x 50” x 30”
(h x w x d)
Public Sculpture Lands Firmly at the Shatford
In July the Shatford Centre and the Okanagan
School of Arts welcomed an experiment in
public sculpture on its front grounds. On loan
from professional local artist Petronella van
den Berg, two large-scale stone sculptures
now flank the main entrance.
Mother Earth, the larger of the two sculptures, is a
monolithic beacon of light, owing to its sumptuous
white marble, extracted from Vancouver Island.
The rotund female figure placidly sits in a Buddhalike pose, calmly and quietly greeting guests and
imbuing the Centre with her aura. Having taken
over 700 hours to create, Mother Earth was first
started at a month-long symposium in Westbank
where van den Berg studied with five other artists
including its founder, artist Jock Hildebrand. She
was the only woman invited to the symposium
and later completed the sculpture in 2004 at her
studio in Naramata.
Although the artist does not refer to influences
directly, the link to art historical references is
evident in Mother Earth as it evokes the semiabstracted figure in sculpture by British artist
Henry Moore (1898-1986). The work is also
reminiscent of one of the earliest statuettes of the
female form, Venus of Willendorf (28,000-25,000
BCE) discovered by archaeologists in present
day Austria. As an artist from the Netherlands,
immigrating to Canada in 2002, Petronella van
den Berg was trained in the Dutch school of
thought and was aware of her native 16th and
17th century masters: Brueghel, Vermeer, and
Rembrandt and their tendency to depict the
human form in a dramatically dominant way.
Yet as a classic sculptress, the artist allows the
material to lead her to its eventual outcome.
“I saw her directly in this thick piece of stone,”
recalls van den Berg when asked about Mother
Earth’s evolution. “I follow the shape of the
stone; the stone is at that moment, my guide.”
The essence of the work is monumental, both
in subject matter and in its formal quality: its
mass, curvature and resounding presence.
Completed in 2015, the mid-sized granite
sculpture Day Leaning
into
Night
depicts
diametrically opposed
faces on a single
head. According to
the artist, Day is a
female face who looks
south signifying a new
beginning while Night is
a male face who looks
north, contemplating
the passage of day
into night and experiencing the setting solitude
brought on by darkness. Yet the imminent
message in Day Leaning into Night, along with
most of van den Berg’s oeuvre (including her
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acrylic painting) is the rebirth of a new day and
the renewal process.
Day Leaning into Night was made from the
granite remains of The Journey of Life, a
sculpture the artist had donated celebrating
Naramata’s centenary in Wharf Park. Architect,
Robert Mackenzie spearheaded the event in
2007, with van den Berg being one of the first
artists to donate work, an example of creative
convergence in the community, not dissimilar
from her loan to the Shatford Centre.
Van den Berg is hopeful about the impact this
public sculpture will have on the community. “I
hope they (the public) see it and love it directly.
I hope they feel some emotion or feel attached
to the sculpture and they come back with
friends…I think that the sculpture brings good
energy here.”
For over a decade van den Berg has painted
and sculpted at her studio exhibiting her work
in the region and more recently, the U.S.
(Laguna Beach, Santa Fe, and Scottsdale).
She arrived in Naramata 13 years ago with her
husband Johannes from Holland. In Europe,
van den Berg studied painting and sculpture
at the Academy of Arts in Zutphen for 5 years,
prompted by a series of tragic events involving
the death of several loved ones. This life shift
allowed her to find her passion as an artist.
Jane Shaak, Executive Director of the Shatford
Centre, was pleasantly surprised to hear from
her personal friends, Petronella van den Berg
and Johannes van der Wardt in June regarding
the need to find a temporary home for the two
sculptures. After selling their home, the couple
felt a deadline looming to relocate the outdoor
sculptures.
“The Okanagan School of the Arts’ Board of
Directors was pleased to invite Petronella to
install them on the grounds of the Shatford
Centre, on the south and north side of the front
doors. It has always been part of the plan to have
sculptures in the future ‘Shatford Commons’,
which is the two-acre parcel where the Shatford
Centre is located. I believe that Petronella has
begun a legacy for future generations and I
appreciate her creativity and community spirit
very much,” shared Jane Shaak.
The public sculpture could not have arrived
at a more timely moment in the organization’s
history. As the Shatford Centre and the
Okanagan School of the Arts continue to develop
after five years of visioning, programming and
renovating, Petronella van den Berg hopes the
sculpture will generate public attention and
spark artistic dialogue.
-Kayleigh Hall
Okanagan Thompson International
Sculpture Symposium (OTISS), 2002
OTISS was one of North America’s largest
sculpture extravaganzas at that time,
with the longest continual art festival
consisting of 100 days of sculpture over
200 kilometres.
There were a total of 20 OTISS sculptors
who were commissioned to sculpt their
creations in 20 communities in the region:
Kamloops, Kelowna, Lake Country,
Osoyoos, Penticton, Summerland, Vernon
and Westbank. Penticton installed the
following four sculptures.
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‘Romp’
Fahcheong
Chong
Merritt, BC
Bronze
Okanagan Lake
Fahcheong.com
‘Kokanee/En-tee-tuek’
Jon Barlow-Hudson,
USA
Granite
Westminster
at Penticton Creek
Hudsonsculpture.com
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‘Perform, Play and Picnic’
Lorna Green, England
Earthwork
Lakawana Park
Lornagreen.com
Photo shows
remnants of the
original sculpture at right, which has
been dismantled.
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‘Growing Stone’
Yoshio Yagi,
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Japan
Black Granite
Penticton Trade &
Convention Centre
“The concept of the sculpture symposium
began in 1957 with the Austrian sculptor
Karl Prantl and friends. The idea being that
sculptors come together for a period of time
to make sculpture, exchange ideas, and
share stories, knowledge and techniques.
They often come from various countries, so
they may not share a language.” Google
Penticton is very fortunate to have been
part of this innovative and enriching
project. The sculptures are a legacy for our
community and future generations.
Kayleigh Hall, Johannes van der Wardt &
Sculptor Petronella van den Berg
Left, Day Leaning into Night, 2015 2
granite, 32” x 27” x 12”
Special thanks to Jock HIldebrand for his vision
and determination, bringing together this team
of talented people. Locally, Edd Anderson, Doris
Marshall, Dorothy Tinning and Don Forsyth
were just a few of the many people who helped
this legacy come into reality.
SHATFORD CENTRE/OKANAGAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ~ 760 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, BC ~ 250 770 7668 ~ www.shatfordcentre.com
Centennial Fountain, 1967,
Penticton Museum & Archives,
Penticton Library
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7
13
3
21
11
9
15
23
22
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Fisherman Spear
Fishing,
Clint George, 2014
Syilx Fish Hachery
8
6
16
20
7
10 4
2
1
12
17 18 19
Four Food Chiefs
Sweat House
8
Clint George, 2014
Metal, concrete, water and
volcanic rock
Snx̌ astwilxtn Centre
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Penticton Ancestors
Michael Dennis,
Denman Island, Douglas Fir
Okanagan Lake Park
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Sculpture Map designed by Larry Hunter
14 Skaha Solar Time Piece, 1984
Gwen Boyle, Skaha Lake Beach
9
Maggie Mustangs
Princess Margaret School,
Gerhard
18
17
Moser
Sculpture
Lawrence Cormier
Metal and Concrete
Japanese Gardens
Mocking Bird in an Orange
Bush, Michael Hermesh,
10 Lloyd Gallery, Owner
15 Breakthrough 1979 - Welded Steel
Sculpture - Leta
Shores
19
Sharks
Skaha Lake Middle School,
Gerhard Moser
The Peach, Unknown Artist
Okanagan Lake
21
22
Cenotaph
Veterans Memorial Park
23
Naramata May Day Sculpture
Vancouver Hill Roundabout
for temporary sculptures
11 Kokanee River Rock Fountain,
Tribute to the 1955 World
Who’s in Charge? 2004
Okanagan School of the Arts
20
Champions,
Penticton Vees
Pat Fields - Commissioned by
& Public Works,
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Gerhard Moser
Penticton Lakeside Resort
3rd & Nanaimo
The City of Penticton’s Arts,
Creative and Culture Innovations
Committee is considering new
opportunities to celebrate sculpture
in our city. Recently there was
a temporary sculpture installed
featuring work by Pat Fields.
SHATFORD CENTRE/OKANAGAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ~ 760 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, BC ~ 250 770 7668 ~ www.shatfordcentre.com
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Community Food &Culinary Arts
Let’s Get
Cooking!
PENTICTON FARMERS
WINTER MARKETS
KIDS
IN THE
KITCHEN
CREATIVE
COOKING
WITH
STEPHANO
WITH
CHANDRA
Grab your aprons and prepare to
make a meal and make a mess!
HISTORY IN THE MAKING!
One of the first nutrition classes
was arranged by the Okanagan
Hockey School, which brought
in a nutritionist from Vancouver,
who instructed the athletes in
cooking delicious, wholesome
foods.
LEARNING GARDEN ON MARTIN
There is an exceptional community
garden on Martin Street with land and
water donated by Donna Benson, the
owner of the business that operates
there. Barbara Stewart, above,
Program Coordinator for the Salvation
Army and Hilma LaBelle from the
Incredible Edibles Project, are guiding
lights for this community project.
“The main aim is better
nourishment for food bank clients,”
said Stewart. “It’s long been in
people’s mind that they donate
nonperishable, canned goods. We
just want to educate people that
we are equipped to handle fresh
local stuff. As soon as it comes in
the back door it goes out the front
door. It just happens that quickly.
The beauty of the Martin Street
community garden is that we are
using it as a teaching place.”
Stewart said their aim is mainly
to educate, which is why they
rec e i v e d f u n d i n g f r o m t h e
Vancouver Foundation.
There is an Incredible Edible (IE)
Network around the world. Local
IE driver is Hilma LaBelle, centre
above, with Incredible Edible
volunteers from Salford, England.
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Drop in to the Shatford Centre
Saturdays 9 am to 1 pm
Nov 7, 20, Dec 5, 19
Let’s Support the Farmers!
Penticton has one of the best
farmers markets in Western
Canada.
From The Province Newspaper,
‘Farmers markets cultivating good
communities’ article, Aug 9, 2015.
There are 125 farmers markets in
BC, more than ever before, says the
BC Association of Farmers Markets.
BC had an economic benefit of $170
million in 2012. Over a thousand
producers sell at Farmers Markets
and over 3,500 families are helped
with the nutrition coupon program,
which gives low income families,
pregnant women and seniors
$15 per week for 4 months to buy
healthy, nutritious foods at their
markets.
Phyllis
Jmaeff’s
garden at
the Mountain
Springs Retreat
on 340 acres
Bringing the kids to cook with
you in the kitchen can seem a
little intimidating but the benefits
quickly outweigh the challenges
to a young child’s development.
In each class, you and your
child will prepare a meal that
can be shared. Adults will learn
how to prepare your kitchen
environment to support your
child’s development, and how
to safely teach skills like using a
peeler, and cutting with a knife.
Children will build their independence and self-confidence, try
some new foods, gain mastery of
fine motor skills, and do something
fun and enjoyable with an important
adult in their life.
10 am to 12 pm - Sundays, Sept
20, Oct 18, Nov. 22
Cost $25 for parent & child;
$5 discount with OSA family
membership. Register for all
three sessions and receive a
10% discount per session.
SHARING
FALL
FLAVOURS
IN THE
KITCHEN
An Asian Affair
Chef Stephano will guide participants in a culinary journey
through Southeast Asia. Authentic Indian, Burmese, Thai and
Indonesian dishes. Expect some
of the dishes to be spicy, and all
of them to be aromatic and delicious with fresh local produce
chosen by Stephano. Upon completion of the meal’s preparation,
the class will dine together and
enjoy the food! Complete recipes
of all three courses will be provided to all participants. $60
2:30 to 6:30 pm, Sunday, Nov
15
Getting Fresh with French!
Chef Stephano will instruct
and mentor participants in the
cooking of an authentic French
dinner, featuring the classic “Coq
au Vin” as the main course. Cook
at least three courses together,
get the recipes and savour dinner
together too!, $60
2:30 to 6:30 pm, Sunday, Nov 29.
GLOBAL
FUSION
WITH HONG
LAC
WITH AJA
For almost 25 years, Phyllis
Jmaeff has owned the 340 acre
Mountain Springs Retreat southeast of Penticton. Phyllis brings
her organic farm produce to
the Penticton Farmers Market
through the spring, summer and
autumn season.
Phyllis has had Wwoofers (not a
spelling mistake) help her, from
time to time, through the years.
“World Wide Opportunities on
Organic Farms, (WWOOF), has
been around for 30 years. Since
1985 they have been connecting
sustainable farmers and growers
with willing volunteers in a help
exchange of education, culture,
and sweat to help create wholesome food & other organic
agriculture products from Canadian farms & small-holdings.
A help exchange with endless
possibilities where you can make
a difference!” wwoof.ca
While living on a tiny coral island
in Tonga, Aja developed her
cooking skills by creating dishes
using only in season tropical
treasures. Breadfruit coconut
curry with a squirt of lime!
“Experiment and have fun in the
kitchen. It’s all about fresh herbs,
spices, textures and colours!”
In the Okanagan Aja grows a
bountiful organic garden full of
beans! As a vegan cook for 25
years she loves to share her
passion for discovering new taste
sensations. Aja will showcase her
fall favorites: squash soup, maple
beet salad, kale pesto and apple
oat bars.
10 am to 1 pm, Wednesday, Oct
21 and Nov 18
$35 includes lunch and
recipes.
Hong will instruct his students on
using local foods and creating
meals with spices and ingredients
from around the world.
The Wild Scallion Restaurant is
one of Penticton’s most popular
especially with the vegetarian
community. Hong says “We opened
the restaurant with very little capital
but we had good hearts, good
friends who helped and we had
very good intentions.
Hong’s background includes
massage therapy, spiritual
nutrition and culinary arts. He
took culinary arts at Vancouver
Island College and apprenticed
at restaurants, hotels and
catering businesses gaining great
experience.
Participants will prepare a delicious
meal together with Hong and then
dine together.
Tuesdays, Oct 20, Nov 17,Dec
15; $65 for cooking class and
dinner
SHATFORD CENTRE/OKANAGAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ~ 760 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, BC ~ 250 770 7668 ~ www.shatfordcentre.com
Okanagan School of the Arts Programs
WRITERS’ OPEN HOUSE
September 10, 2015
Interested in courses for writers? Drop
by Thursday, September 10th anytime
between 3PM and 7:30PM. Meet some of
the instructors, see what we have to offer,
and tell us what kinds of writing courses
you’re looking for.
Q&A WITH OUR INSTRUCTORS
A: Three books on your bedside table.
B: Two books every writer must read.
C: A book you read regularly, like a comfort
item.
Michelle Barker
A. What We Knew: Terror, Mass Murder and
Everyday Life in Nazi Germany, A Visit from
the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, A Year
with Rilke.
B. On Writing by Stephen King and Bird by
Bird by Anne Lamott.
C. The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas
Merton and A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula
le Guin.
Jodie Renner
A. Books on my Kindle: 27 Fiction Writing
Blunders—And How Not to Make Them by
James Scott Bell, My Sister’s Grave by Robert
Dugoni, Business for Authors by Joanna
Penn.
B. James Scott Bell’s Revision and SelfEditing for Publication and Jack M. Bickham’s
38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes
(And How to Avoid Them.)
Dawn Renaud
A. All Day Breakfast by Adam Lewis
Schroeder, Consider the Sunflowers by Elma
Schemenauer, The Whirling Girl by Barbara
Lambert.
B. On Writing by Stephen King and The
Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
by Carol Fisher Saller.
C. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson
Burnett.
Lesley Buxton
A. The Empathy Letters by Leslie Jamison, In
the Slender Margin by Eve Joseph, Everything
Rustles by Jane Silcott.
B. Fred Stenson’s Things Feigned or Imagined
and Negotiating a Book Contract by Mark L.
Levine.
C. I reread Alice Munro stories over and over.
She’s my heroine.
OCTOBER SATURDAYS WITH MICHELLE BARKER
Each session costs $30.
Preparing for NaNoWriMo: Join us for three Saturday afternoons of novel-writing
prep so that you can hit the ground running in November for NaNoWriMo.
Session One, October 17, 1-3PM: Plot versus situation, the age-old question:
to outline or not to outline, and how to structure a novel: the three-act structure
and the Hero’s Journey, as well as the seven basic plots.
Session Two, October 24, 1-3PM: We’ll look at the four building blocks of fiction, how to
structure both chapters and scenes, and how to handle subplots. We’ll talk about protagonists
and antagonists, and discuss point of view and who should tell your story. The opening of your
novel is a promise to the reader. What are you promising?
Session Three, October 31, 1–3PM: We’ll tackle the psychology of writing a novel. What do you
do if you get stuck? How do you maintain forward momentum? How do you handle pitfalls when
they arrive (because they will)? We’ll also discuss themes and endings.
All levels of experience are welcome. Ideally, participants should have some idea of what they
want to write about. Please bring pen and paper, or laptop, to write in class.
FALL SATURDAYS WITH JODIE RENNER
Each session costs $30.
Essential Techniques for Switching from Nonfiction to Fiction Writing,
September 12, 1–3PM: Jodie will discuss critical elements for writing or
editing fiction as opposed to non-fiction. She’ll talk about effective point of
view, showing instead of telling, relaxing the language, avoiding info dumps,
conflict and tension, writing snappy dialogue, and avoiding neutral narration.
Feel free to bring a short piece of writing to share for feedback.
35 Tips for Writing a Winning Short Story, September 19, 1–3PM: Jodie discusses nine
compelling reasons to hone your skills at writing short stories and flash fiction, then offers 35
concrete tips for creating a captivating short story worthy of submitting to anthologies and contests.
Bring a few ideas for possible short stories and the first page or two of any you’ve written.
Spark Up Your Story, October 3, 1–3PM: Jodie offers concrete tips for hooking the readers on
your first page, bonding them to your characters, keeping them emotionally engaged, maintaining
forward momentum, amping up your style, and adding tension, suspense, and intrigue throughout,
to keep readers turning the pages.
WEDNESDAY WRITERS’ CAFES WITH DAWN RENAUD
Once a month: September 30, October 30, November 25, 11:30AM–1PM:
Informal, open house-style drop-in sessions for writers. Bring a lunch.
$10 each session.
AUTUMN SATURDAYS WITH DAWN RENAUD
Each session costs $30.
Finding Your Voice, September 26, 1–4PM: Let go of what you think “proper”
writing looks like, and find the best written voice for you.
Designing Your Book with MS Word, November 14, 1–3PM: Design your book’s interior layout with
MS Word. Learn to set up the pages, apply styles, divide your book into sections, design headers and
footers, place images, and create a table of contents.
Publishing: An Overview November 21, 10AM–12:30PM: Find out how the publishing industry
works; get an overview of best practices and common pitfalls; and learn how to find the right kind of
professional help. Speaking of professional help:
Working with Contractors, November 21, 1–3:30PM: It’s easier and more affordable than ever to
create our own books. While we can do most (if not all) of the work ourselves, we often need some
help from editors, book designers, illustrators, or publishing consultants. Working efficiently with these
contractors can save you a great deal of time, money, and frustration.
Print on Demand, November 28, 10AM–12:30PM: Learn how to set up a free account on Amazon’s
CreateSpace, upload your book’s interior PDF file, create a cover, check your book files online, and
order a printed proof and sales copies.
Join us in beautiful Penticton for a stimulating
weekend for writers and aspiring authors.
This is your opportunity to meet, engage with,
learn from—and be inspired by!—writers,
publishers, and agents. Each 60-minute time
slot will offer an engaging panel discussion
or your choice of workshops, all aimed at
helping you achieve your writing goals. Meet
familiar local faces, discover new talent from
outside the Okanagan Valley, and most of
all, build a new community of individuals who
share your passion for books.
Ebooks, November 28, 1–3:30PM: Learn how to set up a free account on Amazon’s Kindle Direct or
Kobo’s Writing Life; turn your manuscript into a mobi or epub file; create a cover; upload your files;
check them online; and make your finished ebook available for sale.
YOUNG WRITER’S STUDIO WITH LESLEY BUXTON, Tuesdays, September
22 to November 10, 7–8:30 PM
Designed for young writers of all genres and experience, workshops consist
of improvisational writing exercises, ongoing projects, and a look at the five
essential elements of writing: voice, plot, setting, character and dialogue. The
last workshop will be celebrated with a reading for friends and family.
Ages 12 to 16. Eight sessions $200. Bursaries are available.
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Okanagan School of the Arts ~ Where C
Theat re for Youth!
AFTER SCHOOL
DRAMA FOR YOUNG
ACTORS WITH
LESLEY BUXTON
All levels of actors
welcome. Each program
ends with a presentation for family and friends.
$250 for each 8 week series.
Lesley is an arts educator in drama and creative
writing. She is a graduate of Mountview
Theatre School in London, England where
she specialized in theatre and education,
improvisation, scene study, movement, and
voice.
She has performed in a variety of productions,
including A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Blood Wedding, and Spring Awakening. Her
first play, Of Grace, was workshopped and
produced by Ottawa’s Year 1 Theatre.
PLAY for Ages 8-10
Tuesdays, Sept 22 to Nov 10, 4PM-6PM
Play is designed to create a love of drama
using movement, voice, storytelling, and theatre games. It’s designed to foster confidence,
imagination, and the creative spirit. There is a
strong emphasis on ensemble work and teamwork.
All the World’s a Stage, Ages 11-13
Wednesdays, Sept 23 to Nov 11, 4PM-6PM
Take a character from the
printed page and put him or
her on stage. Learn the craft
of acting through theatre
games, voice and movement
exercises, and by working
on a production. Students are encouraged
to experiment with dialogue, character
creations and interaction, as well as to try
out directing scenes in a safe space.
The Young Actor’s Toolbox, Ages 14-17
Thursdays, Sept 24 to Nov 12; 4PM-6PM
The actor’s toolbox refers to the small tricks
and talents an actor gathers in his career.
Students will focus on building and refining
their gifts. Focus will be placed on teamwork
and group acting skills through improvisation
and script work. Emphasis will be placed on
creating distinctive characters and the use of
voice and movement.
SLAM: Evening Sessions, Ages 14-17
Wednesdays, Sept 24 to Nov 11, 7PM-9PM
Introduction to slam, a dynamic art form that
combines spoken word poetry with many of
the key elements of theatre. This empowering
medium allows youth the opportunity to speak
up about a wide range of issues as well as
develop their writing and public speaking skills.
It has been proven to increase confidence,
community engagement, teamwork, and
academic performance.
This program will end
with an open-mic coffee
house.
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Visual Arts...watercolour, acr ylic and more!
A DAY OF WATERCOLOUR
WITH NEL WITTEMAN
Sept 16, 9:30AM-4:30PM
Join one of our foremost
watercolour artists as she shares
her techniques, philosophy,
and love of watercolour. Most
supplies will be available,
however, if you have favourite brushes and
materials, please bring them along. Includes
a delicious plant-based lunch, materials, and
supplies. $95; $85 for members.
RELIEF PRINTMAKING: LINOCUT
WITH LAURA WIDMER
Relief printmaking is the
oldest form of printmaking
still used by artists around
the globe. This class is
an introduction to relief
printing and the basics of
planning, cutting
and printing a
relief print from
a linoleum block.
Participants will
create a singlelayer print and explore several additional
techniques that can be combined with this
simple process in order to create images
that encompass a surprising range of
complexity. We will print on a press as
well as by hand and discuss practical
strategies for printing at home.
Mondays, Nov 9-30, 6-9pm
$200 plus material costs of $28
MONDAY VISUAL ARTS STUDIO
you are invited to drop in and paint in the Visual
Arts Studio on Monday afternoons! We have
easels and tables and you only need to bring
your own materials. $10 drop-in fee; $5 for
members. 1-5PM.
WEdnesdaY Life drawing SESSIONS
Bring the medium of your choice to explore life
drawing in the Visual Arts Studio. Beginners
and experienced artists are welcome to
attend. Ages 16 & up. Wednesdays at 7:00
pm; $10 drop in.
THURSDAY PLEIN AIR OPEN STUDIO
This free group meets Tuedays mornings
until October 13th at Starbucks, Riverside
Drive. Artists leave at 7 am, so if you want
coffee come early. Every Thursday until
September 24, the group will meet at 2:45PM.
From Thursday October 1, they will meet at
11:45AM. This group is open to artists of all
media and all levels. Please come with your
necessary materials and be prepared for all
weather. If the weather is miserable we will
move to the Shatford Centre studio, which
will involve a small fee. For more information,
please check out our Facebook page at www.
facebook.com/groups/PentictonPleinAir.
ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS
WITH ANGIE MCINTOSH:
BASICS OF PAINTING—
WHAT YOU SEE IN OIL
AND ACRYLICS
Sept 25-27
Come learn some of the key elements and
techniques for painting in oils or acrylics. This
introductory course is suitable for those wanting
to learn a standard method of painting, using
the important basics like tonal value, colour use
and design. Students will get ideas and tips that
will make painting a joy whether working from
life or a photo.
Friday evening, 6:30-9:30PM; Saturday and
Sunday, 9AM-4PM. $275; $250 for members
BILL MITCHELL VISUAL ARTS BURSARY
The Okanagan School of the Arts is pleased to
offer the Bill Mitchell Visual Arts Bursary, which
began in 2013. Special thanks go to the South
Okanagan Pool League for organizing
Bill Mitchell’s Memorial Pool Tournament
annually!
To apply for a bursary to attend OSA courses,
drop in at 760 Main Street or call 250.770.7668
for the application form to be sent to you.
ABSTRACT
PORTRAITS IN
ACRYLICS
with Jenny Long
Thursdays, Oct 1, 8,
15; 6:30-8:30PM.
Attendees will be
introduced to the tools
and techniques Long
uses as they watch the entire journey the
painting of a portrait takes from beginning to
finished state, as well as create paintings of
their own. $145; $135 for members.
FREE THE ARTIST IN YOU: ABSTRACT
ACRYLICS WITH JENNY LONG
Thursdays, Oct 22, 29, and Nov. 5; 6:308:30PM.
Enhance your intuitive artistic voice through the
fun and exciting world of abstract painting. The
focus of these classes is on the way in which
one handles paint, rather than on creating
specific imagery. $145; $135 for members.
Composition of
outdoor painting
with Bill Hibberd
Oct 17 & 18, 9AM-4PM
Studying the teachings
of Edgar Payne and applying them to our own
process. We will consider three topics: the
approach to art; selection of composition; and
types of composition. Participants should be
comfortable with their equipment and materials.
Bill would like to spend one day indoors and
one day outdoors, depending on weather. $275;
$250 for members.
“the goal in painting should never be the picture
but the means which produce it.” —E. Payne
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Creativity Flowers ~ www.osarts.com
Explorations in Culture
Fall POTTERY
& Art
classes
WITH
KATHLEEN
MURPHY
EVENING POTTERY FOR TEENS & ADULTS
Ages 13 & up; Sept 14-Dec 10; Mondays or
Thursdays 6-9PM
Hand building techniques learn how to build
mugs, platters, vases, lidded jars, and teapots,
as well as wheel throwing.
SATURDAY MORNING FOR AGES 5 & UP
Sept 19-Dec 12; 10AM-1PM
Structured to accommodate all ages and
abilities, weekly demos of new projects.
Students will come home with a variety of
exciting projects—mugs, bowls, handprint
tiles, picture frames, and more!
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
For children aged 6 to 12
Functional Art: 3-5 pm Mondays; After School
Pottery: 3-5 pm Tuesdays & Thursdays and
Globe Trotters: 3-5 pm, Wednesdays.
CREATIVE FOR LIFE - SENIORS POTTERY
Mondays 10 am to 12 pm!
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ADULTS
Ages 13 & up; Sept 16-Dec.9; Wednesdays
12 noon to 3PM
Wheel throwing and hand-building techniques
to create one of a kind pieces.
For prices & registration, go to osarts.com for
all classes or phone 250.770.7668 for more
information. OSA members receive a $10
discount.
WEAVING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: SAORI
FREESTYLE WEAVING WITH TERRI BIBBY
Oct 15 & 16 or 17 & 18, 9AM-4PM
Discover weaving the SAORI way­—an award
winning weaving style that originated in Japan.
This unique workshop will allow you to enjoy
the freedom of expression through weaving
where there are no rules and no mistakes. This
workshop is for anyone—whether you have never
woven before or are an experienced weaver.
The SAORI philosophy
invites you to “look out
with eyes that shine” and
see beauty in new ways.
Immerse yourself in colour
and texture while creating
your own unique cloth!
$195; $175 for members.
Come
and
immerse yourself
in the colour and
creativity of the
SAORI way...with
Terri Bibby
ANA OOMEN’S MEXICAN TRADITIONS
The Shatford Centre is happy to introduce Ana Oomen, who will be leading
classes in Mexican traditional culture. She is a prolific artist and craftsperson,
drawing upon her roots growing up in Mexico City in a family that carefully
observe all of the old customs and traditions of Mexico. Ana has a background
in graphic arts and a Bachelor of Design degree with a specialization in Textile
Design from the LaSalle University in Mexico City. Ana is keen to share her
design sense and passion for colour and vibrant motifs.
After school programs for children 8 years and older
MEXICAN PAPER FLOWERS, Sept 23 & 30; $40 & $12 materials; Decorative
paper flowers made out of crepe and tissue paper represent the region of
the artists who make them. In Mexican culture, paper flowers are used as
decorations for parties, weddings, and religious festivities.
DAY OF THE DEAD SUGAR SKULLS, Oct 7 & 14; $40
& $20 materials; The Day of the Dead has been celebrated in Mexico since
pre-Columbian times. This is a very special ritual, as it is the day in which the
living lovingly remember their departed relatives. For centuries, the people
of Mexico have created fascinating folk art to commemorate: decorated
skulls, Catrinas, candelabra, and trees of life.
PIERCED PAPER, Oct 21 & 28; $40 & $15 materials; A decorative
craft made out of paper cut into elaborate designs. They are used in
every major holiday in the form of brightly coloured strings of cut tissue
banners strung under the portals of homes and across the narrow streets
of colonial towns.
COLOURFUL HAND-PAINTED TILES, Nov. 4 & 18; $40 & $15; This craft is perfect
for creating little mosaic tiles or ceramic coasters. Create a feature tile! Great for
designing gifts for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, or any special occasion.
PINATAS, Nov 25 & Dec 2; $40 plus $35 materials; Decorative
containers filled with small toys and candy and broken as part of a ceremony
or celebration. The Spanish brought this European tradition to Mexico, although
there were similar traditions in Mesoamerica.
PINATAS, 12 years and older, 1 pm-4pm, Nov 7 & Nov 14; $50 plus $35 materials
The adult version of the above children’s class. Take home a beautiful piece of Mexico for your
special celebration.
TIN ORNAMENTS - 12 and older
1 pm to 4 pm, Nov 21 and 28; $50 plus $15 in materials
Mexican artisans and craftsmen craft inexpensive, readily available tin into
elegant, delicate works of art. Candelabras, jewelry boxes or nativity scenes
are some of the objects Mexican craftsmen fashion out of tin.
Ana’s Students will be invited to participate in the Day of the Dead Celebration on October 31st
by contributing their art work for display. See page 11 for the info on this Mexican tradition.
Music Arts!
Over the years, the Okanagan School of the Arts has been renowned for its music programs. We
are very pleased to have spacious classrooms, the auditorium and our faculty! The heritage auditorium is great for concerts, orchestras and recitals. See page 16 for summer music programs!
GUITar skills
IN OUR notes
An educational workshop on
music theory. Topics covered:
Intervals, Chromatic Scale,
Major Scale and Key Signatures,
Triads, 6 Chords, Extensions and
Modes.
While playing by ear is wonderful,
many players could benefit from
some understanding of how
the notes actually work. As the
saying goes, “How do you get a
guitar player to turn down? Put a
sheet of music in front of them!”
These sessions will focus on
basic techniques for guitar with
an understanding of music theory.
Moveable patterns, improvisation
and reading will be addressed.
Tuesdays, Sept 15 - Oct 20
Tuesdays, Oct 27 - Dec 1
$165 Non-members
$165 Non-members
Contact Will for
the details:
$150 OSA members
$150 OSA members
250-488-2214
Filling in the wholeS
Will Schlackl
Monday Night
Jazz Jamming
$100 per month
for 10 months
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Creative For Life Programming
You are invited!
Thursday, Oct. 1
from 1 to 4PM
Mark your calendar for a fun open house to
learn about our fall semester of Creative for
Life. Below is a sneak peak of a few offerings.
In the meantime, if you would like to be a
mentor or instructor, please let us know by
email at [email protected], or phone
250.770.7668.
Pioneers & Places
with randy manuel
Begins October 22
1:30–3:00PM
Hear the history of Penticton
as well as Southern British
Columbia. You will be encouraged to tell your own story!
Photo Memories
with Barb Lewis
Barb shares her
love of photography
and helping others
to capture and preserve life’s wonderful
moments. Beautiful
keepsakes and gifts.
Basketry Finger Weaving
with Monique Wyse
Monique had classes last semester and each
time was a
joy for the
students.
Monique
is a very
skilled artist
and weaver
who now resides in Penticton. You will want
to sign up for Monique’s classes for sure.
Pottery Open Studio, MonDAYS
10-12 pm with Kathleen Murphy
Kathleen Murphy, Instructor for the Okanagan
School of the Arts helps you get your hands
dirty with clay in the Shatford’s Pottery Open
Studio. Starts Sept 14th at 10 am!
Writing Recollections
with Dawn Renaud
These mini-workshops help you get started
writing your memories—the ones you want to
preserve and share with family and friends,
and those you want to explore for yourself,
perhaps gaining a new perspective.
We Love Documentary
with Bob Nicholson
Former CBC journalist,
radio morning show host
and tv news anchor Bob
Nicholson will host this
informative series with
the assistance of Director Pepita Ferrari, who will
provide guidance on the
documentaries.
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Keeping Your Creativity Quotient going . . .
One of the creative things we experience in
our lives is adventure – perhaps a holiday
to a place you have never been before, or
something that happens just where you are
that has never happened to you until now. We
often look at adventure as a significant oneof-a-kind happening that we have planned,
or even a major life-changing occurrence that
was totally unexpected
What we don’t often realize – or believe –
is that every day, when you wake up in the
morning and get out of bed, you are starting
on another potential adventure. Now some
of you may be saying “wait a minute, I get up,
make the coffee, have breakfast, drive to work
(or start cleaning the house), put in my eight
or ten hours, come home, have supper, watch
TV, brush my teeth and go to bed. What’s
adventurous about that?”
That you are not paying attention is the challenge, or not challenging yourself. I remember
a former student of mine in a class where I
was talking about this – and challenging them
to look at their everyday lives – and put some
adventure in them. He decided that wasn’t a
bad idea – so he broke his routine – got up
an hour earlier, went for a half-hour walk and
looked for something different in the park, had
a different breakfast every morning that he
had planned on Sunday for the week, drove
to work taking a different route every morning
and saw things he didn’t know existed in his
neighborhood and city, set time aside each
day to meet with someone new, often over
lunch at a different restaurant, after work put
in half an hour of exercise, washed the dishes
and pots after dinner, then read with his children, flossed and brushed his teeth, read an
inspiring book for half an hour and then off to
bed. When he reported this to me he said he
couldn’t believe how each day had turned into
a wonderful adventure – or sometimes more
than one.
So how about your life – does it have enough
adventure in it? Some of the best adventure
comes from trying new things in your life, or
revitalizing ones you used to do and loved,
however stopped doing. Many small adventures – doing something new – can so enrich
your day and energize your life. It awakens
your creative inner self/spirit and keeps it
working day-in and day-out.
One place to think about looking for that new
adventure is the Shatford Centre. Always
wanted to sing or play in an orchestra? Join
the Tuneagers at their practices twice a week.
You have always wanted to write stories – the
Centre has a course for you this fall. Think of
how wonderful and rewarding it would be to
write your own family history – we can help
you with that! You know you have a creative
artist inside you – wanting to paint, or weave
or create sculpture or pottery or woodcarvings,
or learn to be a gourmet cook – all wonderful
adventures you can create for yourself. Shatford is ready to help you awaken that creative
spirit to get you involved in these life-enriching
adventures.
And there is more – concerts and speakers
and special events and programs are con-
stantly happening at the Shatford – both
affordable and creative – and adventures of
the mind and spirit. Want to have even more
adventure – come and join us as a volunteer – we have many creative things you can
help with. Perhaps even more adventurous
– is there a passion you have you would like
to share through teaching a course, or presenting something for an evening, or helping
organize a creative activity such as the Inspire
Program coming in October.
And even more – you can create YOUR
ADVENTURE at the Shatford. For instance
suggest a creative course or event you would
like us to develop. How about creating a LIFE
CELEBRATION for yourself or a loved one
now – and provide an opportunity to celebrate
your life or your loved one’s life while they are
still able to be part of it!
For those of us most alive – our true belief
is – every day is an adventure for me. Agreed
– some of those adventures you might rather
avoid. However with a positive, learning and
sharing approach, a positive attitude and
open mind – the daily life of adventure can
be created for each of the 24 hours we have
before us.
You can even do it at night. A friend of mine
decided one evening she wanted to create
an adventure for her and her two granddaughters. So she took them out to the large
trampoline where she had already put three
sleeping bags – and told them that was where
they were going to sleep that night. “What a
night it was” they told me after. “You should
have all the stars there are in the sky at night.
It was fun having a little bouncing every time
you turned over. And so
many birds singing to us
in the morning. Let’s do it
again tonight grandma!”
Bored with life? A little
depressed? Don’t know
what to do with your life
these days? Then embrace
an available creative
adventure – or create your own adventure –
and come to the Shatford and we will help you
make it happen.
Have to close off now – an adventure is
calling.
Submitted by Milton Orris
OSA Director Milton Orris is dynamic and
enthusiastically engaged with community. He
chairs OSA’s Program Committee.
Honouring Our Elders and
Community Leaders on Oct 1, 2015
So many elders in our communities have given
so much to make our lives more pleasurable,
safer, better in so many ways, through their
careers, their volunteering, coaching - doing so
many things on our behalf.
On October 1, make a promise to yourself think of an elder in your community - a former
teacher, volunteer, co-worker, leader of a social
support program - and take time to call them,
e-mail them or visit them and express your
gratitude for all they have given to our lives and
our community.
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Happenings
Shatford Centre Organizations:
Penticton Photography Club - 4th Tues 7 pm.
E-mail: [email protected]
South Okanagan Orchid Society - 3rd Mon
Sept to May, 7 pm. E-mail: [email protected]
Grandmothers for Africa - 2nd
Weds each month Sept to Nov, Jan
to May. E-mail: [email protected].
We are pleased to present our 5th annual
fundraiser, A Taste For The Arts, on Sept
26th! If you love the arts, plan to attend, bring
friends and family to this fun and engaging
creative community event.
OSA Members Early Bird til Sept 18, $35
Early Bird by Sept 18 $40
After Sept 18, $45!
Penticton Tune-Agers, rehearse weekly Sept to
early Dec, Jan to Apr. Choir Tues at 9 am, Orchestra - Thurs 10 am. E-mail: [email protected],
phone 250-492-9844 or [email protected]
Penticton Toastmasters Club - Tuesdays,
6 pm: www.2392.toastmastersclubs.org
Naramata Scottish Country Dancers, every
Wednesday at 6.30 pm, Sept to Dec, Jan to Apr.
Life Drawing, every Wed 7 to 9.30 pm, Cash $10.
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Plein Air Painting Group meets at Shatford Centre on poor weather days, Thurs
1 pm. $5 for OSA members, $10 non
members. E-mail: alphonsandnel@shaw.
ca or [email protected]
Saturday
September 26
Spend an evening at
the Shatford Centre
with people who love
and support the arts.
Enjoy delicious &
abundant food,
wine, beer,
entertainment
& a silent auction!
1st Day of the Dead Celebration
at the Shatford Centre - Oct 31st
The Day of the Dead is
a Mexican celebration
and can be seen as
an alternative version
of Halloween. It is
also a celebration
of art, with roots
in ancient beliefs
and practices. Artistic elements can
be seen as part of the Altar of the Dead as
well as in the distinctive “Catrina” or Sugarskull face-painting
and make-up that
people can adopt.
We are very
pleased to have
Ana Oomen help
with our 1st Day of the Dead event and also
to present her new classes: Ana Oomen’s
Mexican Traditions. See class info on page
9 or go to www.osarts.com for the details.
If you are interested in being part of this
event, please contact us at 250-770-7668 or
e-mail [email protected].
Joe Trio
Ken
Lavigne
Foothills
Brass
Cleland Theatre
7:30 PM
Penticton Community Concerts’
2015–2016 season includes Joe Trio,
October 23; Foothills Brass, December 4;
Ken Lavigne, March 7; and local talent on
April 7, 2016.
Pick up your season’s tickets for $90 at the
Shatford Centre, 760 Main Street and support
world class music with your membership!
www.PentictonCommunityConcerts.com.
The Wise Women’s Festival has moved to the
Shatford Centre after 17 years at Naramata
Centre. This special networking event offers
much comraderie and friendship with likeminded souls. Both mornings we have the
Planetary Gongs, a rare opportunity to
experience vibrational therapy at its finest.
There are 30 workshops to choose from,
a festival store and a Healing Oasis with
over 40 readers and bodyworkers that offer
sessions at a reduced rate of $40 per hour.
Festivals allow us time to grow and heal
ourselves as we understand some of the
new/ancient modalities that are becoming
available. Pick up a copy of Issues magazine
or phone Marion 250-497-6861 with your
questions.
Plan to attend the 1st InSpirit Festival on
October 23, 24 and 25! For updates and
information, call 250-770-7668 or go to:
www.inspiritfestival.com
6 documentaries
Pepita Ferrari, Executive Director of the
Documentary Organization of Canada, has
selected the six documentaries for us and
will give us an update on the documentary
industry in Canada.
OCT 1-22: ROBYN LAKE - The Beauty
of it All: Our Beautiful Okanagan
NOV 5 - 25: SHANNON FORD - Our
Enriching Bond with Animals
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A Celebration of Living & Possibility
Ann Mortifee and Sherrill Miller, friends of many years, will
present a full-day workshop together - “A Celebration of Living
and Possibility.” The workshop runs from 9 am to 4 pm, on
Friday, October 23rd, 2015. Bring your journal, comfortable
clothing and water container. Ann will later give a keynote
address at the opening reception of InSpirit: Celebrating
Spirituality in the Arts, that begins at 7 pm that evening.
Ann Mortifee
The workshop cost is $90, which includes a delicious lunch.
Bursaries and financial assistance are available.
Ann Mortifee spent years as a theatre and
concert artist. She has sung, given workshops
and keynote addresses throughout North
America and Europe. She has written ballet
and film scores, musicals, one-woman shows,
inspirational books and CDs. She has received
the prestigious Order of Canada, and the
YWCA Woman of Distinction Award, for her
outstanding contribution to the performing
and healing arts.
Sherrill Miller
Sherrill Miller uses symbolic, artistic, psychological
and spiritual concepts to assist others in
discovering deeper ways of understanding
their lives. Working with the mystical images
portrayed by her late husband, renowned
Canadian photographer Courtney Milne, she
guides participants to move from knowledge to
wisdom, using an “inner landscapes” process
evolved through years of creative exploration and
photography of sacred places around the world.
To register for this workshop, go to www.osarts.com or drop in at 760 Main Street, Penticton. You can register by phone at 250-770-7668 or e-mail [email protected].
ANN
MORTIFEE
will give a
Keynote
Talk Friday,
October 23rd
at Inspirit
Ann is a passionate environmentalist and
advocate for healing and change. She has
helped to create two Foundations: The
Somerset Foundation (with her brother,
Peter Mortifee) and The Trust for Sustainable
Forestry.
As a dynamic and creative keynote speaker,
she has led workshops throughout North
America and Europe alone, or with such
visionaries as Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Marion
Woodman, Bernie Seigel, John Robbins,
Jean Houston, and David Feinstein, among
others.
Plan to attend the 1st InSpirit
Art & Spirituality Festival!
SWAMI JYOTIHANANDA
Yasodhara Ashram
Swami Jyotihananda has always been a
creative thinker and intent observer, curious
about understanding the world around her.
From a young age, she was fascinated by the
way that space is created and divided, and
she expressed her interest through art.
After cancer surgery when she was twentyfive years old, she questioned the purpose of
her life. Intuitively she decided to enroll in the
Kootenay School of Art in Nelson where she
discovered the power of the creative process
to heal her body, mind and emotions.
At a noon lecture at art school, she heard a
speaker describe the spiritual practices at
nearby Yasodhara Ashram. Intrigued, she
visited the Ashram and began her life-long
study of yoga.
For information on this engaging weekend,
the program, workshops and events, go to:
www.inspiritfestival.com
Immediately she could see the relationship
between pottery, which she loved, and
creating form with the body in Hatha Yoga.
She discovered the power of meditation
practices to still the mind and take her to a
place of lightness and joy.
Her study of yoga at Yasodhara Ashram led
her to become first a teacher and then, years
later, a swami (renunciate—similar to a monk
in Christian tradition). She has spent the last
30 years deepening her practice and offering
yoga to students in Canada and Europe.
For Swami Jyotihananda, awareness is the
key to yoga and the creative process. “Yoga is
art and art is yoga; they dance together. Both
offer an opportunity to channel the highest
and bring beauty into the world.”
Swami Jyotihananda will give a
presentation on Friday evening, October
23rd.
The Shatford Centre, in partnership with
the Yasodhara Ashram of the Kootenays is
bringing together InSpirit for the first time. It
will be a weekend of immersion in forms of
expressive arts with a focus on experiencing
the very source of our need and desire to
create: our innate spirituality.
This celebration of spirituality in the arts
will have several components, at the heart
of which will be art workshops that will
showcase the heritage of selected cultural
traditions, with emphasis on the methods
used by these cultures to access one’s
Creative Interior Space. It is the hope of the
organizers that participants can discover
and experience how the process of artmaking, in and of itself, simply and naturally
leads us to the fountainhead of insight and
inspiration.
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Inspirit was inspired by individuals who wanted
to bring awareness and raise funds for the
new Temple of Light at the Yasodhara Ashram.
Just over a year after a fire destroyed the
original temple, new plans designed by Patkau
Architects, include eight sides, the many
doors and windows and the dome shape.
To learn more, go to www.yasodhara.org.
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Snx̌ astwilxtn Centre: A Healing Place
Shy-Anne Kruger,
Coordinator of the
Food & Healthy
Harvest Box Program
with Lynn Kruger,
Health Programs
Manager, Penticton
Indian Band,
Snx̌ astwilxtn Centre
stand beside the
sculpture created by
Clint George.
It has been a year since the Healing Centre
opened in August of 2014. Lynn Kruger has been
involved with the visioning and building process
for over a decade. Former healing facilities used
to be located in several buildings throughout
the band land and now they are together in this
modern, efficient and elegant healing centre.
The elongated, single story centre is community
based and holistic in nature. It has a series of
rooms in two main sections, physical-medical
health and mental health-social development.
The doors have signage indicating a wide range
of staff and visiting health professionals, such
as pre & post natal care, examination rooms, an
office for dentistry, laundry, elder’s coordinator,
nurses, counselors and more.
Lynn has been involved with the interior and
exterior design of the healing centre. As we walk
around the grounds, Lynn explains many low
maintenance landscaping & building features.
The Penticton Indian Band has its own aggregate
company so they received rocks and landscaping
materials. Youth helped with the landscaping
and Toni Boots of Grassland Nursery helped
with indigenous, xeriscape plantings. There are
planting boxes and fencing along the south edge,
creating a safe play and gathering area with
low maintenance lawns and outstanding views.
There is a concrete base with wiring and water
for a metal sculpture that Clint George is creating
on the south side of the building. This sculpture
is one of reconciliation and it is one of several
sculptures being built for the Okanagan Nation
Alliance. To the north of the sculpture, there is a
gazebo resting area. The sculpture will include
four metal figures of children and a water feature.
Lynn explains that people will be invited to bring
their own rocks or prayer rocks with inspiring
words painted on
them, to place in
the water and be
part of this work
of art. Lynn has
been working on
the whole project
for many years
and she looks forward to the sculpture and
grounds being completed. The unveiling of the
sculpture being planned for September 28 will
mark completion of the construction phase of the
building and grounds for her.
The project cost was 4 million dollars and the
contractor was Greyback Construction. Peter
Hildebrand, Lead Design Architect for the project,
is a Partner of Iredale Group. Peter is the same
architect who built the beautiful Outma School
which neighbours this property. Peter says
“Following the vision of the Penticton Indian
Band, the building is designed to be a harmonious
part of the natural environment, embracing
the undulating landscape while keeping a low
profile that blends into the surrounding hills.
I was honoured to work on this facility, which
enables band members to receive a wide range
of dental and medical services right in the heart
of their community.” This building has geothermal
heating, slanted wood slats for shade, triple
Theytus Books
Paul Seesequasis is a writer and journalist.
He was the founding
editor of the awardwinning
Aboriginal
Voices magazine, and the
recipient of a MacLeanHunter journalist award.
He is currently the EditorIn-Chief of Theytus Books
in Penticton.
This spring, I spoke with Paul about water,
writing, and Theytus Books.
What kinds of projects have you been working
on outside of Theytus?
I do a lot of archival photographs that I’ve been
working on over Twitter for a year now, and a few
people have suggested doing a book out of it. I
think that’s one direction I’d like to take my writing.
What are the photographs of?
The photographs are mostly indigenous
photographs from the 1890’s up to the 1930’s
that I’m aware of. From the prairies and northern
States and Great Lake regions of Ontario. They’re
stories that to me relate the strength and resilience
of the people who came before us.
Where are they all from?
I find the photographs through constant
browsing of the Internet and museums, state
and provincial archives, Smithsonian. I try to
use the photographs to challenge perceptions.
Do you have a routine when you write?
Being in motion. I usually try to walk around
or go into nature, hike, ride the bike, walk
downtown even. Just be in my own thoughts
and write it down in a journal. The art of
pressing pen or pencil to paper stimulates the
approach of what we’re thinking about.
Alison Braid is a summer student at the
Shatford Centre, and will be going into her final
year at UBC studying creative writing.
glazed windows and it is disaster proof. It even
has its own generator that will operate at 70% in
the event of power failure.
Lynn talks about chronic disease management,
such as diabetes, opportunities to improve life
styles and food security. From the vantage point of
the healing centre, we can see a large community
garden below, coordinated by Charlie Kruger. There
was over 17,000 pounds of produce harvested
last year and this year there will be more. Food is
distributed to families. Shy-Anne coordinates the
food program which includes the kitchen located in
the healing centre. Lynn talks about vegetables that
are being rediscovered, for example squash. About
four years ago, they introduced squash and there
was reluctance at first, however this summer they
cannot get enough of it. There is also a program for
community fish that is distributed through the seven
bands of the Okanagan Native Alliance. Together the
fish are preserved by freezing, drying and canning for
the community. Shy-Anne teaches a Summer Food
Preserving Workshop that has been held for over
10 years and recently located at the healing centre.
Canning and freezing local fruits and vegetables from
Covert Farms and from a Naramata orchard where
they recently received 240 pounds of peaches. ShyAnne talked about the important of meeting local
farmers. “We live in the Okanagan with a beautiful
climate. It’s nice to look at the faces of the farmers
who grow our food and make that connection.”
On the north side of the building, there is a
sculpture by Colin George called the ‘Four Food
Chiefs Sweat House’. It is made of concrete,
metal, volcanic rock and it has water that
trickles gently. There are two large, rounded and
flattened lava rocks in the centre of the sculpture
Theytus Books’ Gatherings: Water project aims
to reflect a “new level of engagement between
publishing house and community, between
established writers and emerging voices,
and finally a testament to the connection of
indigenous youth with the life-sustaining power
of water.” —www.theytus.com.
In Salish, “theytus” means “preserving for the
sake of handing down.” The name of the First
Nations-owned and operated press informs the
theme of a returning anthology project called
Gatherings: Water. In the face of environmental
crisis, the theme of water is timely, and much
needed. Editor-In-Chief Paul Seesequasis
hopes that perspectives on indigenous knowledge
will come through in the anthology, documenting
ways our environment needs protecting and
preserving for generations to come.
“I’ve always liked being by water. Whether it’s
rivers, oceans, lakes, streams,” Seesequasis
says. “It’s a very critical issue. For salmon, it’s
the long journey for them to spawn­—and we
haven’t always made it easy for them.” The
anthology will feature the work of B.C.-based
indigenous youth. Seesequasis hopes that
youths will share what they hear and learn
from their Elders, and that the anthology will
give voice to issues particular to individual
communities, such as damming and mining.
Momentum is already building for the 2015
anthology, which is set to come out in November.
Theytus Books is calling for submissions from
B.C.-based indigenous youth on the theme of
water. Those writings chosen will be featured
in the book, and the author will receive an
honorarium and complementary copy.
For future anthologies, Seesequasis lists
numerous possible themes, from focusing in
“on the reserve or the city,” to “the theme of
reconciliation, women’s rights, education.”
that was donated by Annie and Steven Kruger,
who have since passed away. Levi Bent, who is a
language teacher and a dancer, explained some of
the symbolism and traditions from his understanding.
“The door to the sweat house is to the east. The water
is healing and represents the earth. The four food
chiefs represent characteristics of individuals and
the community, such as the bitterroot being the earth
– the land, motherly, nurturing energy, like the elders
with traditions; the bear, which is the stabilizing, male,
protective energy which gave all that he had – his
body for his people; salmon as young active – doer
energy and then the
Saskatoon berries with
their seeds, potential
and innovation.” ShyAnne and Levi talked
about how we all have
individual characteristics
and that being with people who are like us is so easy.
Shy-Anne identified with the Saskatoon berries and
when Levi had his picture taken, he immediately
stood on the round concrete rim of the sculpture,
close to the bear and on the side of the salmon.
This alone is such an engaging activity, taking time
to understand the importance of the food chiefs and
then identifying how they are part of our own lives.
There is a feeling of healing throughout the
property and sense of community spirit. Lynn
and Shy-Anne are part of the nurturing and care
that is expressed here through the landscape,
the building, the people, the food, the art, the
services and the facilities. It is heart-warming
to be with them as they share their journey
as a community to create this healing place
together.
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Music & Arts in the Okanagan: A Legacy in Community Building
Mother of two young musicians, Music
Director for the Okanagan Symphony
Orchestra, Co-Conductor of the Okanagan
Symphony Youth Orchestra, Conductor of
the Okanagan Symphony Youth Chorus,
and Instructor at Strings the Thing summer
camp, Rosemary Thomson lives a busy
and musical life.
This summer, she graciously took time out of
OSA’s Strings the Thing Music Program at the
Shatford Centre to speak with Alison Braid.
I read that your parents met singing in a choir.
How do music and family interact in your life?
I was one of seven kids. We all sang in a choir
together, and had a big old station wagon
with no radio. We sang everywhere—we
went youngest to oldest choosing a song and
that’s how we spent time in the car. There
was always music going on, and I’m trying to
recreate that for my own kids. My husband is
also very much a music lover, a great guitar
lover, and knows how important music is in a
life.
What compels you to work with children, in
the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra and at
Strings the Thing?
I’ve always worked with kids, and I think it’s
a hugely important part of any institution to
have a youth program. What I love about
the Okanagan School of the Arts’ Strings the
Thing Music Program is the intergenerational
quality to mix adults, and juniors, and seniors.
I think that they really grow from each other,
with a lot of variety in experiences. I also get
to play more with my kids.
What do you think music gives children?
I think it connects the spirit and the intellect
and physicality. So the brain development is
extraordinary. They can see that when you’re
playing an instrument, it lights up the connectivity.
It just lights up the brain. Music creates a place
for you in the world that connects to other
people. It gives them really good confidence,
the opportunity to present themselves to the
world. The music itself is such a wonderful form
of creative expression.
What do you want children to know about music?
I think you have to both work hard, and have
fun. Challenge yourself to be the best you can
be. Working in music teaches you about who
you are. It gives you great discipline, as well as
great joy. Think about your life as a musician
as a marathon, not a sprint. Immerse yourself
in the many aspects of a musical life.
Thank you for taking the time to talk with me
today.
You’re so welcome. I’m never too busy to talk
about music.
Strings the Thing is an annual program
hosted by the Shatford Centre that draws
in talented students and faculty of all ages
from all over British Columbia.
R o s e m a r y
Thomson
was
delightful playing
the typewriter in
‘The Typewriter’,
composed
by
Leroy Anderson.
This fun music was played at the Strings the
Thing Faculty Concert in 2013.
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Presentation of flowers at a concert (1960):
Linn Henry, William Bertson, Eva Cleland.
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BUILDING COMMUNITY
Eva and Hugh Cleland left behind a legacy
of arts and music in the Okanagan with their
tremendous involvement in the founding
or development of numerous community
resources including the Okanagan Symphony
Orchestra, the Okanagan Summer School of
the Arts, the Okanagan Valley Music Festival,
the Penticton and District Community Arts
Council, the Okanagan Mainline Regional Arts
Council, the Okanagan Arm of the Community
Concert Society, and Okanagan Image. In
1988, Eva received the Diplome d’honneur,
Canada’s most prestigious art award for her
exceptional encouragement of the arts.
Eva and Hugh’s daughter, Marilyn Barnay,
remembers her parents as “smart, energetic,
and gentle.” Speaking of her mother’s ability
to gain momentum and support for all of her
projects, Marilyn says, “I wouldn’t say she was
persuasive, but just a dear, sweet lady. You
wouldn’t even know what was happening—
she just drew you in.”
Fellow OSO founders, George and Beverly
Gay, received honorary memberships to the
OSO. Their son, Errol, and daughter-in-law Ann,
would later draft current OSO conductor and
music director, Rosemary Thomson, to first try
her hand at conducting in a choir in Toronto.
The Orchestra began modestly as a small
group meeting in Penticton, and has grown
to be the third largest professional Symphony
Orchestra in British Columbia.
1961 Okanagan
Music Festival
with George
Gay (right)
serving adjudicators.
OSO’s 2015/16 Upcoming Season
When putting together a season, OSO Music
Director Rosemary Thomson thinks about
“variety and balance; balance of German,
and Russian, and North American; of intense,
more in-depth symphonic works with lighter
programming.” She’s excited about the
upcoming season, with “spectacular guest artists
on the world stage, [while also] showcasing the
incredible local talent.”
The season opens in October with Dvorak’s
famous Symphony from the New World. Martin
Beaver is the extraordinary solo violinist, who will
be performing Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, Op. 47 in
D Minor in celebration of the 150th anniversary
of the composer’s birth. Principal cellist of the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Ariel Barnes,
will be featured in November for Tchaikovsky’s
Variation on a Rococo Theme Op. 33. January
(Kelowna) is an all-French program featuring
Angela Cheng on piano, with the music of
Debussy, Faure Ravel, and Bizet.
For information on the Okanagan Symphony
Orchestra and their full season, go to okanagansymphony.com. There is a pricing and tickets section with a range of options: full season
with 5 masterworks, plus Christmas & Pops for
$331 for adult; $287 senior and $158 for youth.
A new option is to Build Your Own Four at $204!
Single tickets are available too at $56.25 for
adults, $49 for seniors and $26.75 for youth.
Let’s support the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra!
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Come to Beautiful Penticton!
Come for an intensive cultural experience in beautiful Penticton at the Shatford Centre.
One keepsake you will want is our Complete Guide to Penticton, which includes a poster map by graphic
artist Larry Hunter. This informative and playful publication is one of our innovative fundraisers.
Awaken and Express Your Unique Creativity... and Have Fun!
Soak in the inspirational
surroundings during your
visit to the Okanagan
School of the Arts. Enjoy
this world class destination
with a wonderful climate and
spacious facilities. Being here
will assist you to awaken and
express your creative spirit.
Come to the Okanagan for outstanding Summer Music Programs!
Come to the Okanagan for outstanding Textile & Design Programs!
SAORI
Weaving
Terri Bibby
Oct 15/16 &
Oct 17/18.
Learn about
“weaving
from the heart
and look out
with eyes that
shine” founded by Misao Jo of Japan.
Fiona Duthie and Katia Mokeyeva will return with an expanded program /conference in
feltmaking and design in the Fall of 2016.