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Current
Exhibitions: Until Sunday August 17th at 2pm (open for viewing from 1 to 2pm) |
Gallery#1
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Imagine owning an "almost" famous work of art! A live auction of all the works in the current exhibition is slated for Sunday, August 17th at 2pm. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to take home a Jean-Paul Lemieux or a Lawren Harris, to savour the dark forests of Emily Carr, to admire the intricacies of a Beardsley or Escher, be inspired every day by the joyful colours of Henri Matisse or the spiritual imaginings of Vassily Kandinsky. Take a bath with Miro, sleep under a Georgia O'Keefe or hang a Picasso over your couch. Attend the auction to bid on clever and inspired interpretations produced by the accomplished artists in your midst and to support the North Okanagan's only artist-run centre: Gallery Vertigo. Members of the North Okanagan Artists Alternative and other local and regional artists have taken up their brushes, pencils, cameras and computers in order to raise funds for education and programming at Gallery Vertigo. The Almost Famous Exhibition and Auction boasts a total of 50 works and consists of copies, variations and works done "in the style of" famous masterpieces. All of the works are expertly produced by well-known artists from throughout the region. Gallery Vertigo is very fortunate and grateful to enjoy overwhelming support from the artistic community. Artists who have donated artworks for the Almost Famous Art Auction include: Robin McDonald, Helen Valk, Mary Jenkins, Julia Trops, Carol Gibson, Shirley Mikailson, Maureen Long, Jean MacDougall, Karyn Arkell, Colleen Couves, Nadine Wilson, Sylvia Vandekerkhove, Kati Gardiner, Justin Pasieka, Frances Hatfield, Hanny Kooyman, Christine Pilgrim, Devon Muhlert, Jenann Giffen, Cynthia Desnoyer, Tatiana O'Donnell, Jim Elderton, Cherie Hanson, Marie Buchecker, Elinor Bergunder, Michael Anderson, Cory Dixon, Terry Loewen and Barbara Rety to name just a few. All of the works in the Almost Famous exhibition will be auctioned on the afternoon of Sunday, August 17th. Viewing on the afternoon of the auction will begin at 1pm with the auction getting underway promptly at 2pm. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy this gala event featuring two celebrity auctioneers, Christine Pilgrim and Gabriel Newman (info follows), complimentary refreshments and canapes, beautiful harp music by Holly and the opportunity to purchase an Almost Famous painting. Guests are encouraged to "dress" for the occasion. Taking our inspiration from the many elegant works in the exhibition, we have opted to make this a tongue-in-cheek formal. This is your chance to show off those rhinestone cowboy boots, those tiaras and those fluffy feather boas. Time to spiff yourself up to the max! We challenge you to wear your most over-the-top outrageously formal attire. Admission is by donation. Suggested minimum is $5.00. Terms of Sale |
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Christine Pilgrim Christine Pilgrim studied Method Acting with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in the East End of London, England. After three years' training, she went straight into London's West End with an awful play called THE OVERDOG, and soon came out again!Her TV claim to fame is in THE BENNY HILL SHOW.She's made several films, including THE FOOL which is available on dvd here in Canada. Always, having an eye and an ear for comedy, she specialised in British Music Hall and eventually became a stand-up comic, both on the international and British stage and was also featured on British TV. Pilgrim immigrated to Canada in 1992, when her stepfather died, to look after her mother. Tel/Fax: 1 877 767 7622 (Toll free)
Gabriel Newman has worked in theatre for the past fourteen years. For the past three years his Ghost Tours of Vernon has combined his love of the dramatic with personal stories from the past. Gabriel also enjoys mining his own life as well as the lives of others for comedic and touching stories about raising a family and trying to remain sane. Regardless the topic or what persona Gabriel may take on, it is sure to be entertaining.
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| Gallery#2 Joanne Sale-Hook: Introduced Species |
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The installation in Gallery Two by local artist Joanne Sale-Hook is the result of a two-month residency at Gallery Vertigo this Spring. The subject of sale-Hook's investigation during the is time was the introduction of species into North America (starlings and shrimp in particular). The resulting work from the residency consists of modified books and as well as found materials in the form of cultural detritius such as illustrations, wallpapers and art. This combining of materials has allowed the artist to distort or disrupt the cultural images in the same way that these foreign species have disrupted nature on this continent. The artist has moved these materials into the realm of the absurd, mirroring the foolishness of introducing species into a non-native habitat. "I am interested in human intervention in nature. I believe that through some notion of humanity's moral superiority over nature, we have come to feel that we have been granted some sort of permission to impose ourselves on natural order." (Sale-Hook) "I have chosen two examples: the Opossum Shrimp, which was introduced to Okanagan Lake in 1966 with the thought that Kokanee Salmon would feed on them. However, it was later discovered that the shrimp competes with the young salmon for the zooplankton on which both populations feed..Another species that effects us locally is the European Starling, who out-competes native species, such as the Western Bluebird, for nesting cavities. The starling was introduced in 1890 in Central Park, New York, reputedly in an effort to introduce to North America all of the birds mentioned in Shakespeare's works." (Sale-Hook) |
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NOAA Members Wall - featured artist: Eric Draht |
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Eric Draht is a poet/singer/songwriter//artist living in Vernon. His obsessions include alternative photography and esoteric collages, some of which are on exhibition on the featured members wall of the North Okanagan Artists Alternative. "I have been writing since I could eat, and according to Brittany, I hum as I sleep. I have wild aspirations, but at the same time I hope that if I am not meant for more than this, that I do it with humility and without false airs." (Draht)
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| Vertigo Window Display - Betty L. Fahlman | |
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Nakusp artist Betty Fahlman has several large paintings on display in the window gallery on 30th Avenue. Stop by to see what this new North Okanagan Artists Alternative member has to add to the the townscape. The artist constructs painting supports with a palster skin which adds dimension to these works. The pieces are thenn worked into usinng acrylics, watercolours and graphite. What results is a voluptuous surface that addresses the tactile qualities of nature. "I feel the subject matter and mood dictates the medium. The subject matter of my paintings is taken from my surroundings. The beauty of the surrounding landscape informs my work although the underlying political effects also influence what I choose to paint." (Fahlman)
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