[BCMA] [public service announcement] The Arts Council of Central Okanagan’s (ARTSCO) Artscape program refreshed with exciting new exhibitions

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

For Immediate Release: Kelowna, BC -- December 3rd, 2016



The Arts Council of Central Okanagan’s (ARTSCO) Artscape program refreshed
with exciting new exhibitions


The Artscape program provides local professional and emerging artists with
special exhibitions, high profile showcase locations, and marketing
opportunities. Established in 1995, Artscape also provides opportunities
for the public to experience visual artwork in accessible community
settings.

Showcase Venues are open year-round, and participants include families,
students, art supporters, and artists. There are currently five venues that
feature a different artist every two months, including: the downtown
Kelowna and Mission Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library, the
Kelowna Community Theatre, Cottonwoods Extended Care Centre, and Okanagan
College Kelowna Campus Library, with 3 more locations coming online in the
new year.

In November and December Artscape has opened three new exhibitions: The
Mission Painters at the Kelowna Community Theatre, the Kelowna Watercolour
Guild at Cottonwoods Extended Care Center and Bonnie Weber and Colleen
Dyson at the Okanagan College Kelowna Campus Library.

The Mission Painters are a community of artists who meet and paint together
regularly at the Okanagan Mission Activity Centre.  The paintings range in
subject from still life to Okanagan landscapes, demonstrating true
community spirit, as well as a chance to see the artwork of many artists
from of Kelowna and the Central Okanagan.

The Mission Painters include Marie Baigent, Jaine Buse, Jenny Brownjohn, Al
Davis, Michelle Droettboom, Joyce Findlay, Lorraine Hodges, Bernice James,
Minnie Klashinsky, Walter Maier, Myrna Nelson, Val Newth, Wendy Paterson,
Linda Percival, Harjit Sahota, Wilma Schellenberger, Janice Schwartz,
Victoria Shipowick, Lizzie Sutcliffe, Ron Tuchsen, Alena Tuma, Jiri Tuma,
Diane Upsdell-Witherly and Ken Veale.

The exhibition of the Watercolour Guild at Cottonwoods Extended Care
includes a concurrent solo show of work by Helen Fosbery, who is a
long-standing member of the Guild.  The show is a chance to celebrate her
excellent watercolour skills and her contribution to the Guild, with ten of
her prolific works on display.  Other Watercolour Guild artists exhibiting
are Alice Anderson, Karin Arkinstall, Lally Grauer, Marlene Hamilton, Joyce
Philpott, Kathleen Reece and Joan Needham. The exhibition will run to
January 6th.

Colleen Dyson  and Bonnie Weber have their work on display at the Okanagan
College Kelowna Campus Library from December 3rd to February 1st . Both
Weber and Dyson come from the Kelowna Painters’ Studio Society and paint in
a richly coloured representational style.

ARTSCO is thrilled to be featuring these outstanding artists in public
spaces for everyone to enjoy.


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Media Contact

Katie Brennan - Executive Director

250-861-4123 // director at artsco.ca

Arts Council of the Central Okanagan (ARTSCO)
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