Marcia Braundy has been keeping an archive of photos of the Vallican Whole– the building and the people in and around it– since 1973.  She and curator Helen Sibelius have drawn from Marcia’s 900 slides to create Building the Building–Building Community, a photo exhibition at the Kootenay Gallery in Castlegar until September 10. Marcia Braundy joins [...]

The Nelson artist Ian Johnston has been spending his time well this summer, as we can see in these two videos. The first is a fascinating look at Sometimes, Things are Exactly as they Appear, an installation that Ian built in Nelson, transported in pieces to Edmonton, then reassembled at the Works International Art and [...]

Guest blogger Moe Lyons reports from Vallican… On Friday, August 26 at 7:30pm at the Vallican Whole Community Centre,  an exciting cultural icon will be brought back to life for the last time. The evening starts at 6pm with wine and cheese, priming the crowd for Cafe Voltaire. This is the opening event of the Whole’s [...]

Community forums around the province this month will hear public opinion on gaming grants to community groups. Premier Christy Clark recently announced the Community Gaming Grant Review, to look at how much money community groups should get and how the allocation process should work. This followed Premier Campbell’s cuts to community gaming grants in 2009. [...]

The Columbia Basin Culture Tour takes place in 89 venues throughout the Columbia Basin on August 13 and 14. Explore artists’ studios, museums, art galleries and heritage sites during this free, self-guided event. Travel to studios and archives that aren’t normally open, see demonstrations, new exhibitions and collections or meet people behind the scenes. To [...]

If you are an artist (painter, dancer, filmmaker, musician, etc.) and you want to win $250 and support people with HIV/AIDS,  Ankors’ 72-Hour Art Slam is for you. This article is slightly adapted from a notice we received from Carmen Petrick, the summer student at ANKORS (West Kootenay and Boundary AIDS Network, Outreach and Support [...]

We recently received this news release from Joy Barrett, Nelson’s Cultural Development Officer: As part of the City’s Art and Infrastructure program, the City of Nelson is calling for artists to put forward a proposal to design and build the artistic components (infills) for two railings for the Cottonwood Creek Bridge. The total project budget [...]

Six high school art students get a chance to show their art in a real gallery in an actual gallery exhibit this summer, and earn high school credit for it from SelfDesign High in Nelson. One of the things they will learn is how to design, curate, and mount a gallery show. The Self-Design Summer Art [...]

Nelson’s annual Artwalk opens Friday, July 22 from 6-9 pm. “On top of all the fabulous art that will be showcased by emerging and professional local artists,” says Nelson’s Cultural Development Officer Joy Barrett, “there will be sand sculpting by Denis Kleine, Peter Vogelaar and David Nichol-Ducharme, chalk art outside each venue, and the fabulous [...]