[BCMA] [public service announcement] Only 2 weeks left to see the Art in Empty Spaces exhibitions in Rutland

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 12th, 2015 - Kelowna, BC.


Only 2 weeks left to see the Art in Empty Spaces exhibitions in Rutland


Since April, Rutland has been the home to a project called Art in Empty
Spaces. It consists of a rotating group of exhibitions featuring art in
unexpected spots.


Modeled after similar projects in places like Portland, Oregon, Art in
Empty Spaces is a collaborative project between the Uptown Rutland Business
Association and the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan. It activates
unused storefront spaces by turning them into temporary gallery exhibitions.


Since beginning in three locations in April, including the Willow Park
Shopping Centre, Rutland Plaza and the 2nd floor of the Valley First
building, the Art in Empty Spaces program has offered 13 exhibitions and
showcased the work of 18 local artists, including:


Cyndee Bannister, Mark Beaulieau, Shannon Breadner, Jason Chan, Sea Dean,
Daniel Dearborn, Colleen Dyson, Elsie Fellows, Cherie Hanson,Caley Krantz,
Tina Knooihuizen, Maureen Lejbak, Sheldon Louis, Jolene Mackie, Gillian
Rau, Marcela Valania and Bobby Vandenhoorn.


For this project, each artist involved was asked to reflect on the heritage
of Rutland and feature what makes Rutland unique and beautiful to them.


Artist Cherie Hanson, was particularly taken with the St. Aidan's Anglican
Church located at 365 Rutland Road North.


“My association with the church was established when I taught acting at
Rutland Junior Secondary. My students wrote and performed versions   of
fairy tales that they made their own. The light coming through the windows,
of what was at that time a day care centre, was magical for the sharing of
joy between teenagers and young children”, she ruminates.


For the Uptown Rutland Business Association, bringing art up and into
Rutland has excited the local business community to look for further
opportunities to engage with art. In fact, Nick Aubin of Aubin & Associates
- Notaries Public’s office is already keen to become a permanent venue for
ARTSCO’s longstanding Artscape program.


“We’re very pleased on the uptake on this project in the business community
in Rutland”, says ARTSCO’s Executive Director Katie Brennan. “For me this
is just the beginning of where I’d like to see art placed in the
community”.


The Art in Empty Spaces program runs until November 25th, when all the work
is put up for auction for placement in local businesses, homes and offices.


To catch these community exhibitions, stop by any of these locations before
November 25th:

 - Mark Beaulieau, Maureen Lejbak and Colleen Dyson - Amir Market

- Shannon Breadner - Raz D Salon

- Marcela Valania - Benson Law LLP

- Daniel Dearborn - Norm Letnick, MLA office

- Elsie Fellows, Cherie Hanson, Jolene Mackie - Uptown Rutland Business
Association

- Caley Krantz, Bobby Vandenhoorn & Jolene Mackie at Aubin & Associates -
Notaries Public

- Bobby Vandenhoorn also at Forsythe Chiropractic

- Sea Dean and Cyndee Bannister - Rutland Plaza

- Jason Chan at the Okanagan Regional Library - Rutland Branch

- Tina Knooihuizen, Shannon Breadner and Sheldon Pierre Louis - Valley
First Credit Union

- Gillian Rau - Aphrodite In Me Spa


For more information on the work of these artists, photos and more, visit
the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan’s website, artsco.ca
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media contact Katie Brennan 250-861-4123 / director at artsco.ca

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