Shh! Good Art Up & Down The
Okanagan Valley
Headbones Gallery
July 22 - September 10, 2016
Samuel Adhi
Doug Alcock
David T. Alexander
Glenn Clark
Carin Covin
Briar Craig
Robert Dmytruk
Jen
Dyck
Leonard Epp
Diane Feught
Johann Feught
John
Hall
Joice M. Hall
Fern Helfand
Angelika Jaeger
Byron Johnston
Ann
Kipling
Patricia Kushner
Mary Smith McCulloch
Steve
Mennie
Amy Modahl
R. Nuefeld & R. Konopaki
Herald Nix
Julie Oakes
Gary Pearson
Stephen Lee Scott
Heidi Thompson
David Wilson
Up Next
Landon Mackenzie
Paul Mathieu
Headbones Gallery
September 16 - October 16
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David Wilson |
Steve Mennie |
Julie Oakes |
Stephen Lee Scott |
Crystal Przybille |
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Herald Nix |
Samuel Adhi |
John Hall |
Amy Modahl |
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Jen Dyck |
Carin Covin |
Robert Dmytruk |
David T. Alexander |
Byron Johnston |
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Patricia Kushner |
Heidi Thompson |
Johann Feught |
Diane Feught |
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Rhonda Nuefeld & Rodney Konopaki |
Angelika Jaeger |
Mary Smith McCulloch |
Gary Pearson |
Doug Alcock |
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Joice M. Hall |
Glenn Clark |
Ann Kipling |
Diane Feught |
Leonard Epp |
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Fern Helfand
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Shh! Good Art Up And Down The Okanagan Valley -A group exhibition with works by:
Samuel Adhi, Doug Alcock, David Alexander, Glenn
Clark, Carin Covin, Briar Craig, Robert Dmytruk, Jen
Dyck, Leonard Epp, Johann Feught, Diane Feught, John
Hall, Joice M. Hall, Fern Helfand, Angelika Jaeger,
Byron Johnston, Ann Kipling, Patricia Kushner, Mary
Smith McCulloch, Steve Mennie, Amy Modahl, Rhonda
Neufeld and Rodney Konopaki, Herald Nix, Julie Oakes,
Gary Pearson, Crystal Przybille, Stephen Lee Scott,
Heidi Thompson and David Wilson
Artists
historically have gravitated towards grand cities in
order to have the excitement of a burgeoning creativity
within the scope of conversation - Paris, London, New
York, Madrid, Berlin and lately Beijing, Barcelona, New
Delhi. In Canada it has been no different so that the
art scene was most potent in the eastern cities -
Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa (The National Gallery) and
then Vancouver came into eminence with a wave of artists
who came to international significance – Jeff Wall,
Douglas Copeland, Rodney Graham. In Winnipeg, Border
Crossings magazine, Marcel Dzama and The Royal Art Lodge
pulled in profile. In Canada, historically artists have
stepped outside of the cities, some right into the
wilderness like The Group of Seven or Emily Carr but it
soon re-assembled in the eastern city centres with the
Automatistes and abstract artists like the “Painters
Eleven”. “The Regina Five” opened an awareness on the
prairies and Alberta came into focus when the wealthy
oil industry enabled collectors in that frontier land so
that artists and galleries flourished.
This
valley is rich but it is not necessary to keep it under
wraps for art itself is generous – it’s made to be
shared. Up and Down the Okanagan Valley there is a
cultural treasure and we don’t have to go to New York to
see it - though in the end it may be where it is
eventually exhibited. Rather than going away to find art
we can use it to bring people here. Destination museums,
galleries and residencies have become a viable option
when real estate values soar. Larger spaces can be had
that show the work to better advantage. The viewing
audience brings people, often internationals to
locations outside of the big city centers and they come
because the word has spread that there is something to
see that makes it worth taking the trip.
The
opening reception of the Headbones’ Okanagan show is an
exhibition when works are brought forth from the
seclusion of studios and presented to the community, an
important connection made from the roots. Shh! Good
Art Up and Down the Okanagan Valley cautions that there
is something to sneak up upon, something cool to
see.
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