NEWS & EVENTS
Annual General Meeting
2008/10/21 7pm
The AGM will be held Tuesday, October 21, 7pm at the Courthouse Art Gallery, 1840 Nicola Ave. Members, prospective members and anyone interested in the arts in the Nicola Valley are invited to attend.
2008/10/14
An ‘arts & culture’ look at our community
It has been four and a half months since this project has started at
the Courthouse Art Gallery, we have an abundance of artists and art
makers who have come out of the woodwork to let us know what they are
up to, and we hope that the list will keep growing. We have been able
put together a pamphlet of artists working in the Nicola Valley, and
will continue to update it.
A beautiful art book
This project is a wonderful opportunity to recognize the visual artists
of the Nicola Valley, who are working either professionally or for
personal fulfillment. Throughout the process, we have discovered a
diversity of artists and media. And we hope that artists who haven’t
contacted us yet will, so that they can become part of the this
initiative and our future endeavours.
For now, we’ve selected the first 25 artists who will be featured in
our first volume. And we are even now hoping to be able to produce a
second volume and continue to celebrate the Nicola Valley artist
community.
1000 Pictures
Throughout the summer, the gallery’s research coordinator, Leonard
George, has been keeping up with events and taking photos for the “1000
Photos” project, that will help us to discover who we are as a community, and increase our pride.
This will be an ongoing project, and we invite the public to submit
their photos to our ollection that will. The collection of digital
photos — of people, ommunities, places, resources, history, and
cultural occasions & celebrations — will be an invaluable resource, for
future art exhibitions & promotional material, as an art bank & digital
archive.
2008/06/10
Visual Artists of the Nicola Valley, an ‘arts & culture’ look at our
community.
Over the next six months, the Nicola Valley Community Arts Council will
conduct a survey of and gather information on artists and art-makers
working and residing in the Nicola Valley. We will examine our cultural
diversity as it affects the arts, and hope to capture the unique
flavour of the Nicola Valley.
We welcome Leonard George as the Research Coordinator for the
six-month project. Leonardis a talented painter, sculptor and
illustrator. If you see him out with his camera, be sure to stop and
say ‘hello’. Leonard is based out of the Courthouse Art Gallery, 1840
Nicola Ave., please stop in if you see the sandwich board sign out, or
call 378-6515.
