Kelowna arts and culture
Kelowna: Seeking entries from young Okanagan filmmakers
Kelowna Capital News, January 17, 2011 Summer Arts Scene For Youth in Central Okanagan Society presents Film Fever Fest this April. Youths up to the age of 25 from across the Okanagan Valley are invited to submit film, short clips, photo-essay, video or animation to the festival. This is a fundraiser for SASFY, creative workshops [...]
Kelowna: Focus on creative arts
Cheryl McLean, an independent scholar, publisher and educator advancing the field of creative arts, will speak at UBC’s Okanagan campus next Wednesday, Nov. 17. McLean’s talk, called The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice: Shaping Change, Transforming Communities, is from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the UBCO administration building lecture theatre. The presentation is sponsored by [...]
Kelowna: Funding for arts, culture and heritage up for grabs
Information, guidelines and application forms for the 2011 arts, culture and heritage operating grants and community public art grants are now available online at the city’s website, kelowna.ca/culture. Application forms for project grants are also available by contacting city cultural services staff at 250-469-8811. The deadline for submission of an application is 3 p.m. on [...]
Developer offers charitable donation to Kelowna ballet co
A generous donation from a philanthropic developer has administrators at Ballet Kelowna dancing in the aisles this week. On Thursday, Western Star Auctions will help the school auction off furnishings valued at over $48,000 after Derek Trethewey offered up the contents of two of his own homes he recently sold to help finance the young [...]
Kelowna: Performance art questions borders and boundaries
Fine arts graduate students from UBC-Okanagan are tackling the issues of borders and boundaries through interpretive art. Lara Haworth and Nicole Cormaci created the Woodhaven Customs and Border Patrol project at Woodhaven Conservancy in Kelowna. Any individual wishing to enter Woodhaven must fill out a visa application and carry that document with them at all [...]
A Nice, Nice, Very Nice night for B.C. artists at Western Canadian Music Awards
Vancouver singer-songwriter Dan Mangan was the big winner at the 2010 Western Canadian Music Awards, held Sunday night at the Kelowna Community Theatre. The bearded balladeer’s breakout CD Nice, Nice, Very Nice nabbed the awards for independent album of the year, roots solo recording of the year and songwriter of the year. Mangan follows up this [...]
Kelowna: Leading aboriginal artist coming
One of this country’s top contemporary aboriginal artists will be in town early next month after agreeing to work in one of the Alternator Gallery’s workshops. Lawrence Paul Yuxwelupten will join Meeka Morgan’s workshop for aboriginal youth, which uses collaborative art to explore how the future should look for rural and urban aboriginal communities. Yuxwelupten [...]
Got Music? Get Exposed!
The BC Interior Music Awards have moved their fall date to the new spring event to be held at Kelowna Community Theatre on Apr 23 2011. Nominations are being accepted until Jan 31 2011 at www.BCIMA.org for the 27 Awards categories being presented. It’s a great market for independent artists who have achieved excellence, and [...]
Kelowna: Canada celebrates its musicians with Western Music Awards
Forget the wine-ing. This weekend, Kelowna is going to be rocking. The Breakout West 2010 Festival and Western Canadian Music Awards (WCMA) blast into the Okanagan’s biggest burgh this weekend. Big-name acts from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Yukon showcase at nine city venues, plus there’s the big gala going down on Sunday [...]
Musicians set to converge on Kelowna for Breakout West festivities: Annual event includes concerts, workshops and the Western Canadian Music Awards
Forget the wine-ing. This weekend, Kelowna is going to be rocking. The Breakout West 2010 Festival and western Canadian Music Awards blast into the Okanagan’s biggest burgh this weekend. Big-name acts from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Yukon showcase at nine city venues, plus there’s the big gala going down on Sunday night [...]
Kelowna: Lesson in the art of giving art
There is an art to giving art and Sarah Parsons wants to show Kelowna some of the finer nuances of the trade. Over the course of the next two weekends she and her band of merry culture mongers will first exhibit, then distribute several hundred donated pieces of art—totally free of charge—in an event called [...]
Kelowna: Cultural plan workshop, performance
The City of Kelowna is developing a new strategic cultural plan and looking for public input on how to position Kelowna as a leader in arts and culture. To inspire creative thought, a unique public workshop, complete with cultural performances, will be held at the Kelowna Art Gallery on Wednesday September 22 from 4:30 to [...]
Kelowna will spotlight Western Canadian music artists
There are so many musicians scheduled to perform at the Western Canadian Music Awards next month, and its newly branded BreakOut West music festival, organizers could not even list them all at the official announcement of the lineup. Gathered in the Streaming Café on Leon Avenue Wednesday morning, the local organizing committee and a representatives [...]
Kelowna: Community Theatre re-opens Friday
After its most significant face lift in nearly 50 years, the Kelowna Community Theatre is set to re-open Friday. “On Friday, September 10 we look forward to reopening the theatre to the public,” says Randy Zahara, Kelowna Community Theatre Manager. “Our customers and outstanding fall performers are sure to be excited to spend memorable moments [...]
Kelowna: Centre for Arts and Technology Schools Implement over $100 000 Audio Studio Upgrades
The Centre for Arts and Technology, Kelowna and Fredericton Campuses, have committed funds to upgrade both Audio Engineering Studios in their respective provinces. These upgrades include a SSL (Solid State Logic) AWS 900+SE mixing console in both Kelowna’s Studio A and Fredericton’s campus Studio, accompanied by an upgraded ProTools software extension, taking the system to [...]
