[BCMA] RELEASE: New exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery is a "shout out" to Saturday Morning Cartoons

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From: Joshua Desnoyers [mailto:josh at kelownaartgallery.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 12:14 PM
Subject: RELEASE: New exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery is a "shout out"
to Saturday Morning Cartoons 

 

For Immediate Release 

 

 

New exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery is a "shout out" to Saturday
Morning Cartoons 

Saturday Morning Cartoons

September 28 to November 24, 2013

 

September 26, 2013 - Kelowna, BC: The Kelowna Art Gallery and local artists'
group Art Brew have partnered to present Saturday Morning Cartoons, an
exhibition that takes a nostalgic look at the bygone era of old-school
television cartoons.

 

Do you remember waking up early on Saturday mornings, quietly preparing a
bowl of sugar-laced cereal, and sitting in front of the television for hours
upon end of back-to-back cartoons? Thirty-two local artists do .

 

Saturday Morning Cartoons presents work that ranges from classical animation
drawing to digital media to sculpture. These works explore the weird and
wonderful subculture surrounding their favorite Saturday-morning cartoons
and cartoon characters.

 

Jessika von Innerebner, a member of Art Brew and part of the team behind
last year's Pixel Culture, which featured art inspired by retro video games,
says, "We are so excited to have this exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery.
The work in this show is just so fun. Visitors will love it. Plus, it gives
Kelowna's vibrant tech/digital art community an important opportunity to
share their work with Kelowna audiences."

 

"With works that reference Charlie Brown to Scooby-doo and everything in
between, the kids visiting the Gallery this fall as part of our school tours
program are going to have so much fun looking at and talking about his
exhibition," says Renee Burgess, Head of Public Programming at the Gallery.

 

An opening reception to celebrate this exhibition will be held on Friday,
October 4, 2013, from 7 to 9 pm, at the Kelowna Art Gallery. This will be a
free event, open to members and guests, by invitation. 

 

An evening of Quick Talks on Thursday, October 17, 2013, at 7 pm, will be
held at the Kelowna Art Gallery. Augusto Kapronczai, Director at Bardell
Studios, and Charity Gerbrandt, Principal Creative of Club Penguin, are two
of four guests who will each speak for ten minutes on the intersection of
art and technology in their practices, and the future of art in a digital
world. This event is free and open to the public.

 

On Friday, October 25, 2013, join us for a Halloween GO Party! entitled
ALIENS and '80s, presented in partnership with Disney Interactive. This
fundraiser's theme has been inspired in part by Saturday Morning Cartoons,
which will be on view for guests attending. ALIENS and '80s is a ticketed
event for ages 19+.

 

The Kelowna Art Gallery would like to acknowledge the generous support of
Yeti Farm Creative, Central Okanagan Foundation, and Disney Interactive for
Saturday Morning Cartoons.

 

Saturday Morning Cartoons will be on view from September 28 to November 24,
2013.

 

The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street in downtown Kelowna.
For more information about current exhibitions, public programming or
special events, please visit the Kelowna Art Gallery online at
www.kelownaartgallery.com <http://www.kelownaartgallery.com> .

 

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John van der Woude

Cinnamon Toast Crunch, digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Corn Flakes, digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Corn Pops, digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Froot Loops (Green), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Froot Loops (Orange), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Froot Loops (Purple), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Froot Loops (Red), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Froot Loops (Yellow), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Honey Nut Cheerios, digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Lucky Charms (Blue Moon), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Lucky Charms (Green Hat), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Lucky Charms (Pink Heart), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Lucky Charms (Purple Horseshoe), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Lucky Charms (Rainbow), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Lucky Charms (Red Balloon), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Lucky Charms (Shooting Star), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Lucky Charms (Yellow Hourglass), digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

Mini-Wheats, digital print, 12 x 12 in. 

 

 

Saturday Morning Cartoons include works by:

 

 

 

Cale Atkinson

Rachel Boyes

Nick Clements

Erin Cinkant

Kristen Amy Cresswell

Constance Crompton

Jaz Doullard

Carmen Durand

Ashley Erickson

Cynthia Gusinger 

Sarah Hargreaves

Chris Hendricks

Amanda Kadatz

Augusto Kapronczai

Jamie Langevin

Vanju Lavadinovic

Christina Leinemann

Wanda Lock

Morgan Long

Logan McMillan

Amy Modahl

Emily Mullock

Emily Myatt

Joseph Pauls

Andrew Pearson-Roach

Rose Poon

Tamara Robinson

Adam Semeniuk

Jenna Stillwell 

John Van der Woude

Jessika von Innerebner

Heather Yip




 

 

For more media information, images, or to arrange an interview please
contact: 

Joshua Desnoyers, Marketing and Events Coordinator
Kelowna Art Gallery
250-762-2226 x 305
joshua at kelownaartgallery.com <mailto:joshua at kelownaartgallery.com> 

 

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