[BCMA] Media Release- Three Diverse Exhibitions Opening at VPAG

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MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Laura Ashton
laura at vernonpublicartgallery.com (mailto:vpag.ambassador at gmail.com)
May 13, 2015

Three Diverse Exhibitions by B.C. Artists at VPAG
The Board of Directors and Executive Director, Dauna Kennedy Grant, invite you and a guest to the opening reception of Heavens Above, Shelf Life, and The Longview. Enjoy an evening of contemporary art, locally crafted beer and wine, and appetizers at the Vernon Public Art Gallery.

UBCO BFA Graduation Exhibition: Shelf Life
The Vernon Public Art Gallery
Thursday, May 28, 2015, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

The Gallery annually hosts the UBC Okanagan BFA Graduation Exhibition, creating exhibition opportunities for a group of emerging artists. The artwork in the exhibition Shelf Life, reference tendencies, concepts, and strategies in contemporary art making.

"We look forward to presenting the very best from UBC Okanagan’s BFA graduating class and Mackie Lake House’s Artist in Residence, Jan Poynter for this next cycle of exhibitions.  Alongside these exhibitions we are also proud to present what is sure to be a sentimental favorite, a collection of works from former VPAG Curator Andrea MJ Toth who passed away in 2013 at the height of her career."

–Dauna Kennedy-Grant, VPAG Executive Director


Andrea MJ Toth: Heavens Above
The Vernon Public Art Gallery
Thursday, May 28, 2015, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

This posthumous exhibition brings back to Vernon the works of art created by Andrea Toth, a former Vernon resident and a past curator of the Vernon Public Art Gallery.  Despite her short life, Toth’s achievements as a professional artist and educator are significant. As an artist, Toth developed a particular style in painting over the duration of her career. First she produced modestly-sized detailed and realistic drawings and paintings which referenced nature and natural forms. Her awareness about environmental issues continued to influence her subject matter, and as the time progressed, the forms became more abstracted and dissolved. The works increased in size and created an environment for the viewer with encoded essences of different landscapes. After the inaugural MFA exhibition of paintings in Newcastle upon Tyne, Andrea’s works were exhibited at the Vernon Public Art Gallery in 2007. Following her graduation as a Master of Fine Arts, Andrea maintained her artistic
practice and taught art at the University of Newcastle.

Andrea Toth at the VPAG 2007 exhibition

Jan Poynter: The Longview  – a format | an aspect | a way of thinking
The Vernon Public Art Gallery
Thursday, May 28, 2015, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Artist Talk on Saturday May 30^th at 12:00 p.m

The Mackie Lake House Foundation (MLHF) and Vernon Public Art Gallery (VPAG) are pleased to announce the 2015 Mackie Lake House Artist-in-Residence Jan Poynter, a Sunshine Coast based artist, illustrator, and educator. Poynter works in a variety of genres which include landscapes, images of urban environments, flora, and figurative painting in addition to her drawings and illustrations.
Poynter’s exhibition at the Vernon Public Art Gallery will feature a selection of paintings, linocut prints, and sketches produced in her studio and during her residency at the Mackie Lake House where she will be creating from May 11 until May 31, 2015.
The Mackie Lake House Artist-in-Residence program started in 2010 and in 2012 the MLHF created a partnership with VPAG where the Mackie Lake house offers the artist the space and time to create, and the VPAG mounts an exhibition and provides a working space if needed. Since the Artist-in-Residence Program beginning in 2010, the participating artists have been Angie Francis, Edie McIntyre, Joyce Devlin, James Postill, Michael Markowsky, and Jan Poynter.

Jan Poynter, Clear Lake, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 36 in

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