[BCMA] Osoyoos Museum receives Plaskett landscapes

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Hi Gayle,
Congratulations!  Hope to see you at the BCMA conference this week.   
If you can't make it, drop in on me next time you are in Vancouver.

All the best,

David


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On 25-Oct-10, at 3:58 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. wrote:

> OMG. Congratulations Osoyoos and Gayle Cornish. What a lovely gift.  
> Sharon Blythe Past Vice President and  Acting President of the YDHS  
> Yale BC
>
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> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 11:21 PM
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> Subject: [BCMA] Osoyoos Museum receives Plaskett landscapes
>
> The Osoyoos Museum has received a major gift of landscape drawings,  
> donated by celebrated  Canadian artist and recipient of the Order of  
> Canada , Joseph Plaskett.
>
>  Joe spent many childood summers in Osoyoos with his parents to  
> visit family and friends.  He frequently returned, and on his most  
> recent trip here in September, presented the Osoyoos Museum Society  
> with a body of  25 pastel landscape drawings, created between 1956  
> and 1988.
>
> Gayle Cornish, Executive Director of the Osoyoos Museum, accepted  
> the works and was ecstatic.  "This  is a thrilling development, not  
> only for our community and our museum, but for the arts community at  
> large. These drawings are an historic and faithful record of the  
> landscape as it was, and are  a testament to his love of the area.   
> They are a source of great community pride! Most residents in  
> Osoyoos know Joe Plaskett. He is well repected and well loved in  
> this community."
>
>  In a recent letter, Plaskett said,  " I wish I had stayed at least  
> a couple more days in the Okanagan, EVEN TO DO A FEW NEW PASTELS!  
> But the joy of being once again in that much loved landscape with so  
> many rich friendships and past memories fill me with joy."
>
> Plans are already underway to exhibit the Osoyoos pastels by Joe  
> Plaskett at galleries throughout the province in 2011 and 2012.
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