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"There was a torment..." Ken Jeannotte

Dear Friends and Artists:

Gallery Vertigo announces the opening of two new exhibitions.

Opening Reception: Friday, August 10th from 7 to 9pm.

Please join us for an evening of celebration as we welcome these artists and their work. Hobnob with the Almost Famous while you enjoy the lively bass rhythms of Rod MacDonald. Complimentary appetizers and refreshments will be served. There will also be a brief talk by artist Ken Jeannotte at 8pm and a short presentation by Gabriel Newman, one of Vernon's Almost Famous, called "The day BC knew me".  There may be the odd rogue poet popping up when you least expect it. Aren't you glad we have air-conditioning? Admission is by donation and everyone is welcome!

In Gallery One:
Ken Jeannotte - The Half-life of Memory
Exhibition Run: July 31st to August 25th
Opening Reception: Friday, August 10th 7-9pm
Artist Talk: Friday, August 10th, 8pm
This exhibition presents the work of photo-based artist Ken Jeannotte.
Ken Jeannotte was born in Vancouver and grew up near Fort Saint John, BC. He studied painting and printmaking at the Kootenay School of Art in Nelson, BC from 1966 to 1969. The artist also studied painting and photography at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver. Jeannotte has exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions for over two decades. The artist resides in Vancouver, BC and also has a residence in Lumby.
The works of Jeannotte celebrate the Canadian landscape, the people who inhabit it and the interconnectedness of the two. Large photographic images are paired with text suggesting the didactics more commonly found in a museum setting. Jeannotte's narratives, however, are of a more personal nature. These works tend to awaken personal memories in the viewer producing varied and rich interpretations of the works.
This new body of work explores the idea of memory and its constructs. The notions of historical memory, cultural memory and personal memory overlap and form new constructs. Just as our personal memories are distorted by time and perception, these allusions to memory don't always take on the form of a linear narrative, but instead tend to be amorphous and illogical in nature. The artist finds that the images contained in the works invite narratives that often have little to do with the images they are paired with and that a duality between the actual event and the memory of the event exists. This duality is an area of exploration that the artist expects will be an ongoing subject for exploration.
"The unifying factor in this work is the investigation into the process of the construction of memory, of the phenomenon of decay/reclamation of memory and the role of narrative in these processes. I am also interested in the relationships between image and narrative, and the role that image and text, as memory aids or stimuli, play in the retention/reclamation of memory narratives...When memories are stirred by oral, textual or photographic evidence are we really remembering the events we think we are? It seems the subconscious sorts this evidence independent of the conscious stimulation and this construction/reclamation impulse is really beyond our control." (Jeannotte)
The artist will give a brief talk about his work at 8pm during the opening reception.
Gallery Vertigo wishes to thank EvEco Consultants for their kind sponsorship of this exhibition.

In Gallery Two:
The North Okanagan Artists Alternative
Almost Famous
Exhibition Run: July 31st to August 24th
Opening Reception: Friday, August 10th 7-9pm
Art Auction: Friday, August 24th, 8pm (Open for  viewing from 7 to 8pm)
The North Okanagan Artists Alternative presents Almost Famous. Members of the N. O. A. A. and other local and regional artists have taken up their brushes in order to raise funds for education and programming at Gallery Vertigo. Almost Famous boasts over 40 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 and are accompanied by short historical texts to further enhance your viewing experience. View the likes of Emily Carr, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Admire the clever and inspired interpretations by the accomplished artists in your midst. Thank you to all the contributing artists and volunteers for a fabulous exhibition!

And, you can do more than just look. You can actually own an "almost" famous work of art. A live auction of all the works in the exhibition is slated for Friday, August 24th at 8pm. Gallery will be open at 7pm for viewing, visiting and wine sipping. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to take home an "Andre Derain", to live with a "Vasiliy Kandinsky" or to sleep under a "Gustav Klimt". We even have a mini-version of the notorious "Voice of Fire" by Barnett Newman, a real conversation starter.

The Almost Famous  exhibition opened on Tuesday, July 31st and runs until Friday, August 24th. An opening reception for the exhibition is planned for Friday, August 10th at 7pm.

All of the works in the Almost Famous exhibition will be auctioned onthe evening of Friday, August 24th. Viewing on the evening of the auction will begin at 7pm with the auction getting underway promptly at 8pm. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy this gala event featuring a professional auctioneer, complimentary refreshments, beautiful harp music by Joan Levitt Badke and the opportunity to purchase an Almost Famous painting. (More details to follow closer to the date.)

Important Note:
A virtual gallery of the works is now available on-line.
Please go to www.galleryvertigo.com and follow the link on the lower right of the homepage.

Also at Gallery Vertigo:

Friday, August 17th @ 7pm

The Pine Beetle Review Presents:

"The Big BarkOff!"

You!
Yeah, you there!
Think you're a poet eh?
Think you got some guts eh?
Prove it then! Bring your poetry to the ring
and face off against three judges chosen from
the audience! The best poems will be awarded
fantastic prizes from the Pine Beetle staff.
The night begins August 17, 7:00 p.m at Gallery
Vertigo, 1-3001 31st St. Admission is $5
suggested donation. For details and updates,
contact Gallery Vertigo at (250) 503 2297, or
visit www.pinebeetlepress.com.

Prizes! Trophies! Glory!
Pine Beetle Press

Armstrong Art Gallery
One Figures
Barbara Rety, Katherine Upton, and Angelika Jaeger

We are currently showing "One Figures," paintings by Barbara Rety, Katherine Upton, and Angelika Jaeger. This show runs from July 26 to August 25 and is sponsored by Gordon & Lynn Niehaus.

Explore Downtown Vernon
Tuesdays in the Trees is now underway each Tuesday in Cenotaph Park from 11am to 1pm
Enjoy live music in the shade and for FREE.
For more information please contact Alicia Kay, Events Coordinator, Downtown Vernon Association (250)542-5851.

Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society
Bursaries Available for Performing Arts Students
Each year the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society awards bursaries to deserving students of the Performing Arts in Greater Vernon, and this year the Society is pleased to announce that bursary’s will once again be made available. The Bursaries are made possible by the generosity of the Performing Arts Centre patrons in the form of tips and gratuities at the coat check, bar, and concession. The Bursary program is open to students from Vernon, Coldstream, and Electoral  Areas B or C,  who are entering into or returning to full time studies majoring in the Performing Arts at a registered post-secondary institution or apprenticeship program.  Applicants must be on a career track for work in the field of Performing Arts.
This year the deadline for Bursary applications is August 10th. To apply, prospective recipients are asked to send a one page essay detailing their aspirations in the Performing Arts to: Michael Cade, Executive Director, Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre, 3800 – 33rd Street, Vernon, British Columbia, V1T 5T6.
Questions should be directed to the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre office at 542-9355

Call for Artists: International Exhibition of Digital Art
Lyceum Theatre, San Diego, CA USA United States of America
CALL FOR ENTRIES - Entry Deadline: August 15, 2007 - An international exhibition of digital art at the elegant Lyceum Theatre Gallery in San Diego's historic Gaslamp Quarter. Website: www.artofdigitalshow.com Promo Video: www.artofdigitalshow.com/trailer.html Exhibition: October 6 - November 11, 2007 Opening Reception: Saturday, October 6th Judge: Neal Benezra, Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Cherryville Arts Festival - August 11 & 12
Our Summer arts festival is back this year, with an expanded programme, making for a special weekend showcasing art & culture in Cherryville.
Venues include the Cherryville Artisans' Shop, Cherryville Museum, Higher Grounds Coffee House, Gary Whitley's Studio 6, Lodge Inn Retreat and Whitewood Gift Shop and Gallery.

The Cherryville Artisans' Shop will present an artisans' show & sale, live music, healing arts, etc., as usual at its quaint location on the highway.  Brian Farquhar is putting together the music programme featuring mostly local musicians including Harvey Bros. & Friends, The Mountain Mama Trio and Dominique Fraissard, who returns to Cherryville after touring Australia.  Lo-Fi Cowboy and others are also planning on coming out and playing for us.  Michelle will be on site giving healing massage.  Thimble Ranch will also be out with its beautiful ponies providing rides for the children.  Helen Kovacs and Shiel Mooney will be demonstrating their work, another attraction which is greatly appreciated showing the work involved in making glass beads and weaving.  Ron Jones will be back also with his lathe, demonstrating wood-turning. The Cherryville Museum will have extended hours for the weekend, making this fine establishment and exhibition of our history available to visitors.  The Historical Society's new book will be available in time for the festival, being published in July. Studio 6 will have a fine art exhibition, featuring Gary Whitley's paintings and beautiful working gallery, with his other showing artists on site for everyone to meet, including some of The Okanagan's most famous.
Clint & Debbie Whitecotton have opened their destination B & B on the Whitewood Driving Range property.  The new Whitewood Gift Shop & Gallery is planned to be open for the festival, featuring fine photography by Clint. Lodge Inn Retreat will be holding an open-house for the weekend, with a unique music programme planned.
And to kick things off, the Higher Grounds Coffee House will make a special presentation on the Friday night of the 10th.
So mark your calendar.  We hope to see you out and about enjoying an artful and culturally inspiring time for all.

For more information you can contact the Artisans' Shop at 547-0020. 

Vernon Public Art Gallery
Current Exhibitions
Marsha Kennedy - Mapping the Land
Federation of Canadian Artists - Okanagan Perspectives
Ann Nicholson - Dogs of War

Art Gallery of the South Okanagan

July 21 to September 16, 2007.

Julie Oakes 
presents A selection of paintings and drawings

The Buddha Disturbed & 100 Syllables

in conjunction with
Choegyal Rinpoche the 8th Dru-gu
and
Eleven Tibetan Monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery

Art Gallery of the South Okanagan
199 Marina Way, Penticton, BC
Phone: (250)493-2928

The Kelowna Art Gallery

The Kelowna Art Gallery is proud to present:

Uncorked International

Breathe It Taste It Live It

Thursday September 13 from 6 to 9pm
at the Kelowna Art Gallery, 1315 Water Street Kelowna BC


The Okanagan Valley has been hailed as the Napa Valley of Canada. It has
become a popular tourist destination and we are attracting visitors from
around the world. Not only are they coming for the beautiful scenery, but
also to try our wines. Our wineries have been entering international wine
competitions and we have been winning medals at many of these tastings.

There are very few opportunities where members of the local community have
the chance to taste international wines and to see what we are competing
against. Uncorked International will offer such an experience and we invite
you to come and enjoy a selection of wines from around the world.

Experience an unforgettable evening of wine and hors d'oeuvres, all the
while entertained by the distinctive sultry music of Olga Osipova; an award
winning pianist, singer, songwriter from Russia with a distinctive, smoky
voice that adds a touch of style and sophistication to her jazz/cabaret
compositions.

Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at the Kelowna Art Gallery.  For more
information or to purchase tickets, please call 762-2226.

Travel the world in our own beautiful Kelowna Art Gallery. Must be 19 years or older to attend.

SAGA Public Art Gallery

"Paint the Town"
on Hudson Avenue in Salmon Arm, BC
Saturday, August 11, 2007

For the third year, SAGA Public Art Gallery hosts "Paint the Town," where 25 local artists go out and paint on location in the downtown area. This year, artists will be located on Hudson Avenue, from Shuswap Theatre to McGuire Lake. Everyone is invited to experience art being created en plein aire, as the artists will be at their location from 10am to noon, possibly longer. Many of the artists will be using red umbrellas for shade, which will make them easy to spot along the avenue. Enjoy music from members of the Salmon Arm Community Band as they play in front of the art gallery during the morning.

At the end of the day, the artwork must be completed and delivered to SAGA, where it is hung and readied for exhibition. The reception begins at 7pm that same evening, and the exhibition and silent auction continue until Saturday, September 1, 2007. The proceeds of the silent auction are split 50/50 between SAGA and the artist, so high bidders are supporting the arts in many ways.

Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm. The gallery is air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible. SAGA thanks Shuswap District Arts Council for their sponsorship of this event. For information on this event, contact the gallery at 832-1170.

SAGA Public Art Gallery
70 Hudson Avenue, Salmon Arm, BC
(250) 832-1170

The Alternator  Gallery for Contemporary Art

The Alternator Media Arts Centre is offering introductory and intermediate level video workshops.

These workshops are designed for those wanting to learn the fundamentals of video production required to create their own projects and include instruction on how to use a video camera and editing software.
 The workshop fee of $99 includes four hours of instruction, a full year of access to the Media Arts Centre video equipment and editing suite as well as on call technical assistance.  Joanne Gervais, a graduate student in video arts at UBCO will be one of three instructors, “this is a great opportunity to learn basic technical skills with which to make something new and artistic or to simply learn how to edit those home videos, add digital photos and create a dvd to be proud of.” These one on one workshops are suitable for people of all ages.
All workshop participants are invited to screen their work in member’s screenings at the Alternator Gallery. The next screening is Friday, August 24 at 7pm and everyone is invited to attend.  For participants 19 years and under there is an opportunity to have their work shown in the Reel Youth film festival held in Kelowna Friday, October 19 2007.

To register or for more information call the Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art at (250) 868-2298 or e-mail us at info@alternatorgallery.com.

The workshops will take place at the Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, an artist-run centre located in the Rotary Centre for the Arts at 421 Cawston Ave. in Kelowna, BC.

Also at the Alternator:
Call for Submissions:
WAG - The Wearable Art Gala
Deadline is November 4th.
Please call the Alternator for details.

Take a moment for yourself and look at this...
Colleen Couves forwarded this to me the other day and I want to share it with all of you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs

"When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece."
(John Ruskin)

Gallery Vertigo is a non-profit artist-run centre founded in 2002.  The centre operates under the auspices of the North Okanagan Artist's Alternative, a registered non-profit society. We are located upstairs at Suite #1, 3001 31st Street, downtown Vernon, in the historical Winnipeg Union Bank building across from Nolan's Drugs. Please use the side entrance under Krause Jeweller's awning.  Hours of business are from 11:00am-4:00pm, Tuesday through Saturday.

Hours of Operation:  Tuesday – Saturday 11:00am to 4:00pm
Contact Gallery Vertigo at (250) 503-2297.
Email: info@galleryvertigo.com or check out our website at www.galleryvertigo.com

Vertigo Chronicle Editor:
Judith Jurica
(250)503-2297
judithjurica@shaw.ca

Disclaimer:
Please note: NOAA cannot be responsible for the accuracy of information received. Please check sources before making submissions to galleries or funding agencies, etc. Vertigo Chronicle content does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NOAA.
Exhibition announcements from member artists, arts info or opportunities may be emailed to: judithjurica@shaw.ca for possible inclusion in the Vertigo Chronicle.

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