[BCMA] [MEDIA RELEASE] Celebrate Canada Day at the Kelowna Art Gallery

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For Immediate Release


Celebrate Canada Day at the Kelowna Art Gallery

June 22, 2018 - Kelowna, BC: Whether you choose to create a chalk art masterpiece, paint at an easel en plein air, make your own canvas flag to wave proudly, or simply explore the exhibitions on view, the Kelowna Art Gallery has you covered this Canada Day.

On Sunday, July 1, from 10 am to 4 pm, the gallery will be open to the public for a full day of special hands-on art activities and visual art exploration. This includes free access to the exhibition spaces in the gallery. A must-see on your tour through the spaces is A Cultivating Journey: The Herman H. Levy Legacy, which presents more than sixty paintings, drawings, and etchings that span over five hundred years of visual art. It includes works by well-known artists such as Gustave Courbet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Peter Paul Rubens, Vincent van Gogh, and many others.

"Canada Day is such a huge celebration in our community," says Nataley Nagy, Executive Director at the Kelowna Art Gallery, "This year we decided to organize a bigger, more art-filled event than ever before, so that every child, teen, adult, and senior who stops by the Gallery can take part and celebrate Canada Day creatively."

The celebration of Canada Day at the KAG extends beyond the gallery walls. >From 10 am to 4 pm, the public is invited to get creative with their choice of painting at an easel, creating chalk art, drawing, or fashioning their very own canvas flag that they can take home. The activities will be set up on the patio and grassy areas surrounding the gallery for children, families, and members of the public.

Canada Day at the Kelowna Art Gallery is free and open to the public, but those interested in painting their own canvas flag are encouraged to come by earlier in the day, as supplies are limited.

The Gallery asks the public to please consider bringing a non-perishable food item with them to donate to the Kelowna Food Bank for those in need. These donations will be collected at the event.

The Gallery would like to thank Benjamin Moore Kelowna for generously donating all of the paint for this event, and Opus Art Supplies for donating the canvas that will be used for the flags.

For more information about this event, please visit www.kelownaartgallery.com or call 250-762-2226. The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street in the heart of the Cultural District in downtown Kelowna.

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For more information, to schedule an interview, or for high resolution images, please contact:

Media Inquiries

Joshua Desnoyers | Marketing and Events Coordinator

Kelowna Art Gallery
1315 Water Street | Kelowna, B.C. | V1Y 9R3
250-762-2226 ext. 305
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