[Bcma-l] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday Feb. 20, 2008

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday Feb. 20, 2008
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    *Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art presents*
    *Mia Rushton and Abbie Kootchin*


KELOWNA (BC) – Kelowna based artist Mia Rushton has been invited to 
participate as artist-in-residence this March at the Alternator Gallery 
for Contemporary Art.

Rushton graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2003, 
where she studied printmaking and fibre art.

Drawing on a variety of art and craft techniques Rushton’s work explores 
diverse themes including; imperfect patterns, careful line drawings, 
architecture, doppelgangers and hysteria.

Abbie Kootchin is also a Kelowna based artist in her 4th year at UBC 
Okanagan. Responses to color, shape, and physical paint establish the 
direction of her abstract paintings, which explore landscape and human 
relationships.

The Alternator invites the public to visit Rushton in the Alternator 
Studio 111 located in the Rotary Centre for the Arts. Rushton will also 
be exhibiting this April in the Alternator Window Gallery, a glass 
enclosed exhibition space in the public area of the Rotary Centre. 
Kootchin will be exhibiting in the Alternator Window Gallery during the 
month of March.

The Alternator Gallery offers member artists the opportunity to 
participate in a one-month residency in Studio 111 in the Rotary Centre 
for the Arts, the facility that houses the Alternator Gallery in 
Kelowna's downtown cultural district located at 103-421 Cawston Avenue.

For more information on the Alternator’s activities, visit the gallery 
from 11 to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday or go to www.alternatorgallery.com.


EDITORS: For further information, please contact the director Jennifer 
Pickering at the Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art at (250) 
868-2298 or dir@alternatorgallery.com.



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Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art
#103-421 Cawston Ave.
Kelowna, BC
V1Y 6Z1
250-868-2298

www.alternatorgallery.com <http://www.alternatorgallery.com/>
info@alternatorgallery.com <mailto:info@alternatorgallery.com>


The Alternator Gallery is proud to present ON COMMON GROUND National 
Media Arts Festival & Conference, June 10-14 2008.

Exploring common visions while showcasing the history of Indigenous 
media art in the traditional territory of the Syilx Nation in beautiful 
Kelowna BC.
www.imaa.ca <http://www.imaa.ca/> or www.alternatorgallery.com 
<http://www.alternatorgallery.com/>