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Arts Council of the Central Okanagan is a resource centre and advocate for the arts in Kelowna and Central Okanagan. Find us at:
8-1304 Ellis Street
Kelowna BC V1Y 1Z8
Phone: 250.861.4123
Fax: 250.861.4155
Email: Click here
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Featured Artscape Artists:
» Helen Fosbery
» at Kelowna Public Library
» Millie V. Meerheimb
» at Kelowna Community Theatre
» Orchard Valley Quilters Guild
» at Westbank Public Library
» Angela Bonten
» at Cottonwoods
Join the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan today and you will:
» Meet people who are involved in our arts community, and stay informed.
» Receive our weekly email newsletter, The Junction.
» Become eligible for group member grants.
» Have a worthy advocate to protect your artistic and cultural rights.
» Be able to join ARTSCO's special projects.
Click here to apply.
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Programs:
Arts in Communities
Artscape at Kelowna Public Library
Okanagan Photographic Society at Kelowna Public Library
Cherie Hanson
"It was when I was in kindergarten that I first knew that I was seeing the world differently. We were to color Easter Rabbits that were memo graphed and handed out to the class. I worked diligently and when the finished products were hung around the room mine stood out. It was an Indian rabbit with long braids and buckskin dress. The colors were intense and I had done a great deal of detail work on the background and dress. The rest were all careful, in the lines and looked like ... rabbits. In high school my design was selected for the mosaic installed on the office counter and was still in place 20 years later. I won top art student at graduation from high school. I studied art as well as dance and poetry in university. Later I used my creative skills to choreograph in a dance company, write poetry and plays as a high school drama teacher and to construct costumes for plays. I have always written poetry and it is very much the idea of poetry that inspires my art. I try to recreate the feelings that surround an object when I photograph it.
The shifting planes and the sense of intensity and ambivalence that inform my poetry are an element of my digital art as well. The question I always address is the question of the nature of reality. Is there a "reality" or do we substantially shift or alter it through the process of perception. We each see only what it is we see and we can teach one another. I believe that there is an interplay between the subjective and the objective that lies finally in emotion. That is one of the reasons that I intensify the color and the use of color. I hope that each and every one of my works has a revelation. The more that the viewer looks at it, the more movement, shifting planes, and discovery there are presented for the viewer. These are not meant to be static pieces.
Mayumi Hatano
Born and raised in Japan, Mayumi Hatano immigrated to Canada in 1989, and has been a resident of Kelowna since 1993. Her painting pursuit started in Canada and in her relatively short professional painting career, she has been recognized for her diversity of painting styles and technical skills. Mayumi is a self-taught artist.
Mayumi was a professional resident artist in Kelowna of the Rotary Centre for the Arts from 2002-2005. Her clients include Orchard Park Shopping Mall (Kelowna), Jean Fournel Foundation (Montreal), McCain Foods Ltd (New Brunswick), North American Montessori Center (Surrey), Scherzinger Winery (Summerland), Kasugai Sister City Civic Association (Aichi, Japan) and she has just finished 300 exclusive limited edition prints for the Grand Okanagan Resort and Conference Centre (Kelowna).
She was also Chairperson of artist delegation for Aichi Expo 2005 in Japan, presenting her work to Kasugai Sister City Civic Association.
Sandra Kessler
Sandra Anne Kessler was born in Taber, Alberta and became interested in creating things in early childhood. She made dolls clothes and then went on to make clothes for herself, mother, sisters and aunts. She became interested in drawing and watercolours in Regina and took some courses from the University. She studied on her own and took further courses in Calgary and Kelowna. She moved to Ottawa in 1981 and studied art history at Ottawa U and Carleton. She was involved with the Ottawa Art Association and the Ottawa Women's Credit Union Art Committee and had several solo and group shows there.
She moved to Kelowna in 2001 and has had art in shows at the Kelowna Art Gallery, Alternator Gallery and the French Cultural Centre. Since moving to B.C. she has taken up collage technique and has studied workshops at Mt. Robson and Mountainhaven Arts in Mission. The icon became of interest to her and she developed an embellishment technique which enhances the images. She is currently working in varied forms of collage and does some teaching.
Ting Yuen
Born in Malaysia, Ting Yuen has lived in Singapore, England, Grand Cayman and Canada. Ting is a self taught artist with a background in fashion and jewelry design. Ting's life long love for creation, art and imagination motivated her to start painting twelve years ago. Once she has discovered the world of relating her thoughts through colors and brush strokes, her love for painting grew and so did the need to make it an integral part of her life. Ting's acrylic paintings and mixed media are vibrant in colors, whimsical in conceptions and contemporary in style. Ting's artwork takes on many different forms because of her imaginative strength, her love for life and nature. The component of her artwork is largely a poetic narrative of every day existence which engages the viewers to relate, to smile and to comprehend that life really is like a box of chocolates.
Ting has exhibited in Grand Cayman, Canada and the U.S. for over five years. Her paintings have attracted many fine art and corporate collectors from all over the world. Ting's artwork is also featured in Grand Cayman National Museum's "permanent collection".
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