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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Register for fall art classes at the Kelowna Art Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">August 29, 2018 – Kelowna, BC:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
September is back to school for artists too! Registration for the Kelowna Art Gallery’s fall art classes and workshops for youth and adults is now underway. Don’t miss your chance to take part in these professionally instructed classes that run from September
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Sign up for painting in acrylics or watercolours, drawing, printmaking, or even a class that will lead
participants through the process of creating a mandala using mixed media, acrylic paint, and gold leaf.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Local artists Lee Claremont, Brenda Dureault, Jim Elwood, Sharilyn Kuehnel, Sarah Lewke, Susan Burnham
Neilson, Sarah Parsons, Kyle L. Poirier, Heidi Thompson, and Rena Warren will lead the classes and workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">“Our aims are to help people to access and channel their creativity, as well as show them how rewarding
it can be to participate in the visual arts,” says Laura Wyllie, Education and Public Programming Coordinator at the Kelowna Art Gallery.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Most classes run for six weeks, and cater to absolute beginners, as well as those of intermediate skill
level. Beginners will learn the basic principles of their preferred medium, while also discussing, exploring, and expressing themselves through art. More advanced students will build on their existing skills through creative exercises to develop their abilities.
Instruction by the Gallery’s art teachers is supportive, motivating, and inspiring.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The cost for each six-week-long series of classes is $160.00, or $130.00 for Gallery members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The Gallery will also be hosting special workshops throughout the fall on Saturdays, from 10 am to 3 pm.
They offer participants the opportunity to immerse themselves in a particular project working alongside a skilled artist/instructor. Workshops include
<i>Finding the Abstraction in Nature</i>, <i>An Introduction to Life Drawing</i>,
<i>Introduction to Screen Painting</i>, <i>Knit Wire Jewelry</i>, among others. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Two new introductory classes will also be offered on Tuesdays in September and October–an after-school
drop-in class for youth ages 10 to 14 entitled <i>Let’s Create a Masterpiece</i>; and a class entitled
<i>Inspired by the Greats</i>, which is geared for both youth and adults. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">A full listing and description of available classes, along with costs can be found on the Gallery’s website
at www.kelownaartgallery.com.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street in the heart of the Cultural District in downtown
Kelowna. For hours of operation, or more information about programs available or current exhibitions, visit the Kelowna Art Gallery online at www.kelownaartgallery.com.
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