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Legacy of Hope – Traveling Exhibit
The Greater Vernon Museum and Archives is honoured to partner with School District 22 to bring a Legacy of Hope traveling exhibit to Vernon.
The exhibit is titled "Remembering, Honouring, & The Way Forward: 10 Years After the Residential School Apology." It was created to remember the Survivors who made it out of the schools, to honour those who did not, and to provide all Canadians with a unique opportunity to reflect on what Reconciliation means to them.
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Beairsto Anti-Racism Project
As a peaceful protest against the racist propaganda which was distributed around schools in the community in the fall of 2020, École Beairsto and the Vernon Public Art Gallery are excited to present a collaborative social justice project as a way to speak up against hate. Students created 715 self-portraits that form a rainbow mosaic of diversity that highlights the differences that make each one of us special.
Exhibition runs from July 29 – Oct 19, 2021. Click on event for more details.
Chromatopia
Gallery Vertigo is proud to present Chromatopia by the Fibre Art Network (FAN), a co-operative of Western Canadian artists committed to promoting fibre as an art form and each other as artists. The exhibit runs from August 10 – September 4, 2021. An open house will be held Saturday, August 14 from noon to 4:00 p.m.
Chromatopia is inspired by Picasso’s monochromatic works in his blue period. Each artist was challenged to explore their own individual theme through the creation of two monochromatic textile artworks using two assigned colour hues.
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Fall Art Classes
The Vernon Community Arts Centre offers a variety of art classes and workshops for beginner, intermediate and professional artists. Mediums include pottery, painting, drawing, fibre arts, printmaking, glass arts, bookbinding, mixed media, music and so much more! Check out all the class listings on their website or click on the event to download the Fall Class Brochure.
Youth Art Through the Pandemic
The Vernon Community Arts Centre is proud to present the work of 3 Youth Artists in Residence: Chantelle Jobagy, David Barns, and Jessica Moir. These three local high school students have been given studio space and mentorship for the summer, to support them in creating their own bodies of work. More details of the exhibit will be forthcoming as the artists gain clearer direction during their residencies.
The show will run August 27 to September 6, in conjunction with the 5 to 25 exhibit, which showcases artwork from local youth between the ages of 5 to 25.
5 to 25: A Showcase of Young Artists
The Vernon Community Arts Centre is proud to showcase an array of amazing artwork from artists age 5 to 25. Subjects and mediums are the artist's choice! Come and be inspired by this fabulous work, and give these youth a round of applause! Exhibit runs from August 27 to September 6, and will run in conjunction with the Youth Artist in Residence Exhibit which features the work of 3 high school students. There is no cost for admission. Donations welcomed.
Pocket Orchestras
Pocket Orchestras
The Okanagan Symphony presents a series of Pocket Orchestras over the summer. Featuring smaller ensembles of talented musicians, this series of concerts will be presented mainly at outdoor locations throughout the valley, including BX Press Cidery, the Caetani Cultural Centre, Allan Brooks Nature Centre, and 3 backyard concerts in collaboration with Chamber Music Kelowna. Presenting music from throughout the ages, OSO's Pocket Orchestra concerts are sure to bring a smile to your face, and even a tap of your toes. Click on event for dates, times and venues.
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Historic Downtown Mural Tour
Join knowledgeable and entertaining guides and storytellers for a walk around downtown Vernon and a chance to find out some of the stories, history – and mysteries! – behind the city's many murals.
Tours are offered Tuesdays and Fridays, and last for about one and a half hours. Click on event for more details.
Pocket Orchestras
Pocket Orchestras
The Okanagan Symphony presents a series of Pocket Orchestras over the summer. Featuring smaller ensembles of talented musicians, this series of concerts will be presented mainly at outdoor locations throughout the valley, including BX Press Cidery, the Caetani Cultural Centre, Allan Brooks Nature Centre, and 3 backyard concerts in collaboration with Chamber Music Kelowna. Presenting music from throughout the ages, OSO's Pocket Orchestra concerts are sure to bring a smile to your face, and even a tap of your toes. Click on event for dates, times and venues.
7 events,
Okanagan Landing Stationhouse Museum
Okanagan Landing Stationhouse Museum
Travel back in time to when sternwheelers plied the waters of Okanagan Lake with the Okanagan Landing Stationhouse Museum!
This satellite of the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives celebrates the history of the area, and houses an amazing 21'x4' scale model depicting the Okanagan Landing in 1914, when sternwheelers provided the only transportation from Vernon to Penticton.
The museum at Paddlewheel Park is open for the summer Fridays to Sundays from 11 am to 3 pm. Admission is by donation. For off season or out-of-hours guided group tours, please call 250-542-2500.
7 events,
Okanagan Landing Stationhouse Museum
Okanagan Landing Stationhouse Museum
Travel back in time to when sternwheelers plied the waters of Okanagan Lake with the Okanagan Landing Stationhouse Museum!
This satellite of the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives celebrates the history of the area, and houses an amazing 21'x4' scale model depicting the Okanagan Landing in 1914, when sternwheelers provided the only transportation from Vernon to Penticton.
The museum at Paddlewheel Park is open for the summer Fridays to Sundays from 11 am to 3 pm. Admission is by donation. For off season or out-of-hours guided group tours, please call 250-542-2500.
6 events,
Okanagan Landing Stationhouse Museum
Okanagan Landing Stationhouse Museum
Travel back in time to when sternwheelers plied the waters of Okanagan Lake with the Okanagan Landing Stationhouse Museum!
This satellite of the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives celebrates the history of the area, and houses an amazing 21'x4' scale model depicting the Okanagan Landing in 1914, when sternwheelers provided the only transportation from Vernon to Penticton.
The museum at Paddlewheel Park is open for the summer Fridays to Sundays from 11 am to 3 pm. Admission is by donation. For off season or out-of-hours guided group tours, please call 250-542-2500.
4 events,
BODIES OF WATER by Emerald Holt and Sam Neal
BODIES OF WATER is a 2-dimensional installation that uses a series of cyanotypes, an alternative process in photography, that are displayed with multi-channel sound to create a collective audio ambiance in the gallery. The show runs from September 7 to October 2, with an opening reception to be held on September 9th from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4:00pm.
5 events,
BODIES OF WATER – Opening Reception
BODIES OF WATER – Opening Reception
BODIES OF WATER is a 2-dimensional installation that uses a series of cyanotypes, an alternative process in photography, that are displayed with multi-channel sound to create a collective audio ambiance in the gallery. The show runs from September 7 to October 2, with an opening reception to be held on September 9th from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4:00pm.
7 events,
CMHA Awakening the Spirit Art Show & Sale
The Vernon Community Arts Centre presents "Awakening the Spirit Art Show and Sale:". Organized by the Canadian Mental Health Association, this exhibit is a celebration of the creative talents of people living with mental illness. It is a place for artists with lived experience with mental illness to showcase their work and it is a significant opportunity to educate the public about the lives, creativity, and abilities of individuals in our community who are affected by this often-stigmatized illness. There is no cost for admission. Donations welcomed. Click on event for more details.
Music at Mackie
Music at Mackie
Enjoy live music and great company in one of the most beautiful outdoor concert settings the Okanagan has to offer. Pack up your favorite picnic supper and a lawn chair to enjoy live music while you dine al fresco on the lawns overlooking Kalamalka Lake at historic Mackie Lake House or if you prefer, just come listen to the music—the choice is yours! Beer and wine are available at our cash bar. You’ll love this event for a summertime date night
Event line-up includes: Amy Bishop (July 9th), Kailee McGuire Music (July 23rd), Andrew Allen (Aug 6th) ,Cabaret on the Lake (Aug 20th), Legendary Lake Monsters (Sept 10th).
Get your tickets now at www.ticketseller.ca before they are gone!
Clay & Cabernet
Clay & Cabernet
Head over to the Vernon Community Arts Centre on the second or fourth Friday of each month to learn some basic clay hand-building skills, enjoy a glass of wine and have a few laughs. Each week, the instructor teaches a different project to keep the class interesting for those that wish to attend more than once. No experience necessary. Projects will be glazed and fired and ready for you to pick up a few weeks after class.
Cost: Members $50 - includes all materials and your beverage. Click on event for more details.
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Paint and a Pint
Paint and a Pint
Head over to the Vernon Community Arts Centre Friday night for Paint and a Pint and celebrate making art while having a few laughs! Ideal for beginners, students will learn the basics of acrylic painting, but all levels are welcome. This is the perfect way to spend some time with friends and learn step-by-step how to to complete an 11×14” painting in one evening. Bring your paint clothes or an apron and have fun! Participants must be 19 years or older.
Cost: $40 - includes all materials and your beverage
Call 250-542-6243 or drop by the Arts Centre to register today!
Justin Glibbery @ Vernon Jazz Club
Justin Glibbery @ Vernon Jazz Club
Join the Vernon Jazz Club for their first performance of the season - Justin Glibbery! Glibbery, a professional pianist, composer, and music educator, has been a part of the Okanagan Valley music scene for 25 years. His sound encompasses many influences: Lyle Mayes (Pat Metheny Group), Oscar Peterson, Bruce Hornsby, Keith Jarrett, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie. Glibbery’s music always has a very lyrical melody with a solid harmonic and rhythmic foundation and contains some twists and turns along the way. Click on event for ticket info and more details.
6 events,
Harvest Tea
Celebrate the changing of the seasons with a very special Harvest Tea. Autumn flavours like apple and pumpkin will be noticed in the dainty tea sandwiches, delicious flaky scones, and delicate desserts. Served outdoors on our screened in verandah and in the lovely gardens, this is a new addition to our traditional teas.
Two seatings at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. up quickly so book your seats now by calling 250-550-5432. $40 per person
6 events,
Kalamalka Weavers and Spinners – General Meeting
Kalamalka Weavers and Spinners – General Meeting
Join the Kalamalka Weavers and Spinners Guild for a general meeting. Monthly meetings comprise of a show and tell and discussions regarding weaving, spinning and fibre related activities. New members welcome to attend.
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Mike Delamont’s Socially Distanced Stand Up Comedy Tour- RETURNS!
The Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society proudly presents Mike Delamont’s Socially Distanced Stand Up Comedy Tour- RETURNS! for two shows at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre (VDPAC) on Friday, September 17th at 5:30pm and 8:00pm. Award-winning stand-up comedian Mike Delamont returns with his acclaimed, family-friendly comedy to the Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre for two back-to-back shows and talks about everything from marriage to foreign travel and confronting bidets in a hilarious evening of comedy you won't ever forget! Tickets for Mike Delamont’s Socially Distanced Stand Up Comedy Tour- RETURNS! are $25 for all seats, (sold by tables of 2, 4 and 6 persons). Call the Ticket Seller Box Office TODAY at 250-549-SHOW (7469). OR book your tickets & beverage pre-orders online at www.ticketseller.ca and for more show & safety information. Click on event for more details.
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Culture Days – 30 Day Celebration of Arts & Culture
Take part in Culture Days, a national celebration of Arts and Culture that runs September 24 to October 24th. The Arts Council of the North Okanagan has set up a local Hub to help you find events near you.
Participate in art workshops, attend demonstrations, explore art exhibits, exchange works of art, and make your mark on a community art project. Learn about Vernon's history and local culture through heritage exhibits, film, and workshops and engage in activities that support truth and reconciliation.
Activities and events take place at various locations over 30 days. All events are free, or pay as you may. ACNO's Cultural hub partners include the Vernon Community Arts Centre, the Greater Vernon Museum & Archives, Gallery Vertigo, the Vernon Public Art Gallery, and the Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre.
This year's theme is Re-Imagine. With a global pandemic impacting our creative community, we're grateful that people recognize how important the arts are to them. The arts connect us, strengthen our community, and support our overall wellbeing. Our Arts in Action hub is a way to reconnect, re-engage and continue dialogue within a larger community on the importance of arts and culture.
To learn about events happening in our area, visit our Hub.
The World is Our Stage
Celebrate Armstrong's iconic Caravan Farm Theatre, one of the world’s most esteemed outdoor theatre companies. The opening of the exhibit will happen September 28th from 6:30-8:30 Greater Vernon Museum where you will find hand-crafted masks and other set pieces. During the opening you will be able to watch a special viewing of Niall McNeil’s documentary film "The Originals" which was filmed on location at the Caravan Farm Theatre in 2021.
The exhibit will be on display throughout all of Culture Days, September 24 to October 24, 2021.
Jodie B. SPOTLIGHT’s FOCUS OnSTAGE Concert Series
Jodie B. SPOTLIGHT’s FOCUS OnSTAGE Concert Series
The Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society (VDPAC) introduces a special edition of the Society’s SPOTLIGHT OnSTAGE Concert series, proudly presenting Jodie B. as the inaugural performer in VDPAC’s brand new FOCUS OnSTAGE Concert Series on Friday, September 24th at 7:30pm. Jodie B is a live loop performer, multi-instrumentalist and producer, performing as both a solo artist and as a duo with her sister, Nique. Her original craft is “a seamless blend of electro-soul, inspired by FKJ, Atmosphere, Rufus Du Sol, NomBe and DubFx”. Jodie B performs with her guitar, violin, bass, harmonicas, synths, vocals and electronic drums, while her sister Nique Blue. specializes in saxophone, mandolin and harmonizing vocals. Tickets for Jodie B. are $25 all seats (sold by tables of 2, 4 and 6 persons -- No Minors) and can be purchased now through the Ticket Seller Box Office by calling 549-SHOW (7469) OR book your tickets online at www.ticketseller.ca and for more show & safety information. Click on event for more details.
Clay & Cabernet
Clay & Cabernet
Head over to the Vernon Community Arts Centre on the second or fourth Friday of each month to learn some basic clay hand-building skills, enjoy a glass of wine and have a few laughs. Each week, the instructor teaches a different project to keep the class interesting for those that wish to attend more than once. No experience necessary. Projects will be glazed and fired and ready for you to pick up a few weeks after class.
Cost: Members $50 - includes all materials and your beverage. Click on event for more details.
8 events,
Artist Talk – Shawn Serfas
Artist Talk – Shawn Serfas
Join us during CULTURE DAYS at the Vernon Public Art Gallery on Saturday, September 25th for an in-person artist talk with current exhibiting artist, Shawn Serfas.
Shawn Serfas recently returned to the Okanagan Valley and accepted a position at the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus. As a full-time Artists and Educator, Serfas has created a new large-scale body of work for this exhibition: This Kind of Wilderness, featuring abstract paintings.
Serfas speaks about the relationships between environmental sciences, the landscape and issues bordering abstraction and representation as the foundation of his art practice. Serfas pushes the edge of abstraction by asking the question whether there is an unknown language in painting to yet be discovered. The surfaces of his paintings are textured and hence they speak of materiality of paint, but Serfas added additional 3D elements built from pigmented polymer resin. To hear more about This Kind of Wilderness and Serfas’ work join us for his artist talk at 1:00 PM on Saturday, September 25th.
This Kind of Wilderness is currently on view at the VPAG until Sept 29th.
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Mini Artists – Culture Days
Mini Artists – Culture Days
Vernon Public Art Gallery invites you to bring your little ones under the age of 5 to explore art making on the last Monday of every month. This month we are celebrating CULTURE DAYS and will start our session off by engaging with artworks in Shawn Serfas' exhibition titled This Kind of Wilderness. Inspired by his interesting approach to art-making, we will head to the classroom and play with different techniques and materials to create our own abstract paintings. Pre-register by emailing [email protected]
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7 events,
The World is Our Stage: Exhibit Opening
The World is Our Stage: Exhibit Opening
Celebrate Armstrong's iconic Caravan Farm Theatre, one of the world’s most esteemed outdoor theatre companies. View the opening of an exhibit at the Vernon Museum of original, hand-crafted masks and other set pieces. Then watch a special viewing of Niall McNeil’s documentary film "The Originals." Filmed on location at the Caravan Farm Theatre in 2021, and featuring interviews from Caravan Farm Theatre alumni spanning four decades, "The Originals" is an artist’s ode to his creative home.
The exhibit will be on display throughout all of Culture Days, September 24 to October 24, 2021.
6 events,
With Every Fibre of My Being
The Vernon Community Arts Centre presents, “With Every Fibre of My Being”, an exhibit that explores the use of fibrous materials to express one’s passions and deeply felt emotions. Paper, wool, silk, bark, bamboo and other fibers are the ground of this collection of work and have been used to create two and three dimensional forms. Admission is free. Donations are welcomed and support community arts programing. Click on event for more details.
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Youth Focus – SPOTLIGHT’s FOCUS OnSTAGE Concert Series
Youth Focus – SPOTLIGHT’s FOCUS OnSTAGE Concert Series
The FOCUS Youth OnSTAGE Concert features three acts from VDPACS inaugural FOCUS Online Series on Saturday, October 2nd, 2021, at 7:30pm. Featuring internet sensation and singer- songwriter Justin Moore, funk-blues duo Jake O’Brien and Sedonia Borden and three piece rockabilly band the Dixie Fried Hep Katz. “We are building on the great connections made with emerging artists during the FOCUS Online Series. This performance is a first step in offering platforms to young local artists throughout the season,” says Artistic Director, Erin Kennedy. Click on event for more details.