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6 events,
How Turtle Set the Animals Free
Vernon Museum and Archives presents "How Turtle Set the Animals"
MAV’s large foyer display case features original costumes and set-pieces from Sen’Klip Native Theatre Company’s production of How Turtle Set the Animals Free. The costumes were designed by syilx artist and knowledge keeper, Barbara Marchand, and made by members of Sen’Klip Theatre using traditional syilx methods.
Sen’klip Native Theatre Company led the way in Indigenous theatre in Western Canada from 1988 to 2001. MAV is entering into a partnership with the company to display some of the costumes, masks, set pieces and backdrops used in their touring theatre productions.
Costumes, masks, and set-pieces representing traditional syilx captikʷł will be on rotating display through 2022 and 2023.
How Turtle Set the Animals Free
Vernon Museum and Archives presents "How Turtle Set the Animals"
MAV’s large foyer display case features original costumes and set-pieces from Sen’Klip Native Theatre Company’s production of How Turtle Set the Animals Free. The costumes were designed by syilx artist and knowledge keeper, Barbara Marchand, and made by members of Sen’Klip Theatre using traditional syilx methods.
Sen’klip Native Theatre Company led the way in Indigenous theatre in Western Canada from 1988 to 2001. MAV is entering into a partnership with the company to display some of the costumes, masks, set pieces and backdrops used in their touring theatre productions.
Costumes, masks, and set-pieces representing traditional syilx captikʷł will be on rotating display through 2022 and 2023.
Not the Indian Princess You Expected
Not The Indian Princess You Expected exhibits parts of interdisciplinary artist, Mariel Belanger’s private collection of original artwork and display items.
Belanger is a syilx interdisciplinary performance artist who has devised a life “of the land” with self-directed digital performance art as a way to revise history. A 2022 SSHRC doctoral scholarship recipient, Belanger’s lived experience impacts her studies as a student at Queen’s University. Following in her syilx grandmother’s footprints, Belanger weaves community-driven, land-based artistic knowledge and practice into projects and stories of caring for the land and maintaining matrilineal relationships.
The Gallery exhibit will shift and change with the seasons throughout 2022 and 2023.
Not the Indian Princess You Expected
Not The Indian Princess You Expected exhibits parts of interdisciplinary artist, Mariel Belanger’s private collection of original artwork and display items.
Belanger is a syilx interdisciplinary performance artist who has devised a life “of the land” with self-directed digital performance art as a way to revise history. A 2022 SSHRC doctoral scholarship recipient, Belanger’s lived experience impacts her studies as a student at Queen’s University. Following in her syilx grandmother’s footprints, Belanger weaves community-driven, land-based artistic knowledge and practice into projects and stories of caring for the land and maintaining matrilineal relationships.
The Gallery exhibit will shift and change with the seasons throughout 2022 and 2023.
Miracle on 34th Street – The Musical
When a department store Santa claims he’s the real Kris Kringle, a wave of love spreads across New York City that melts even the most cynical hearts. A holiday classic based on the movie of the same name, Miracle on 34th Street is a joyous, heartwarming musical for the whole family.
Miracle on 34th Street – The Musical
When a department store Santa claims he’s the real Kris Kringle, a wave of love spreads across New York City that melts even the most cynical hearts. A holiday classic based on the movie of the same name, Miracle on 34th Street is a joyous, heartwarming musical for the whole family.
10 events,
Artsolutely – Local Artisan Sale and Fundraiser
You are invited to the 17th Annual Artsolutely sale and fundraiser, at the Vernon Community Art Centre!
It is an annual artisans show known for being a shopping extravaganza with quality hand-made gifts that can’t be found anywhere else! With works from over 35 local artisans, it’s a one-stop-shop offering something for everyone: pottery, paintings, glass art, jewelry, metal and wood work, fabric arts, natural products, and so much more! Artsolutely invites visitors into a warm and relaxed atmosphere where they can leisurely take in the beauty of local art and shop for those they love. New products arrive daily so you’ll want to check back often.
Artsolutely – Local Artisan Sale and Fundraiser
You are invited to the 17th Annual Artsolutely sale and fundraiser, at the Vernon Community Art Centre!
It is an annual artisans show known for being a shopping extravaganza with quality hand-made gifts that can’t be found anywhere else! With works from over 35 local artisans, it’s a one-stop-shop offering something for everyone: pottery, paintings, glass art, jewelry, metal and wood work, fabric arts, natural products, and so much more! Artsolutely invites visitors into a warm and relaxed atmosphere where they can leisurely take in the beauty of local art and shop for those they love. New products arrive daily so you’ll want to check back often.
Gallery Vertigo December Featured Artist
Anastasia Anikeychik's training in minimalist architecture at Moscow College of Architecture and Building Arts has informed her artistic practice, which has taken on new meaning since the birth of her son. Since moving to Vernon, she has dedicated time to painting watercolor portraits of people close to her.
Inspired by watercolour's unique spontaneity and endless possibility she aims to capture "not only physical appearance but to study the essential truths about a person within."
While her commissioned work is mainly realistic, she also enjoys experimenting with abstraction in her art practice – "To challenge myself, I try different pigments, techniques, and surfaces, such as Aquaboard, watercolor grounds, Yupo paper, etc. These investigations into abstraction inspire my capacity to follow the material flow and formal possibilities.“
Gallery Vertigo December Featured Artist
Anastasia Anikeychik's training in minimalist architecture at Moscow College of Architecture and Building Arts has informed her artistic practice, which has taken on new meaning since the birth of her son. Since moving to Vernon, she has dedicated time to painting watercolor portraits of people close to her.
Inspired by watercolour's unique spontaneity and endless possibility she aims to capture "not only physical appearance but to study the essential truths about a person within."
While her commissioned work is mainly realistic, she also enjoys experimenting with abstraction in her art practice – "To challenge myself, I try different pigments, techniques, and surfaces, such as Aquaboard, watercolor grounds, Yupo paper, etc. These investigations into abstraction inspire my capacity to follow the material flow and formal possibilities.“
12 events,
Michael Kaeshammer
Michael Kaeshammer
Michael Kaeshammer’s loyal legions of fans around the globe have come to expect the unexpected from the BC-based pianist, singer/songwriter and producer. His fiery style blends jazz, boogie-woogie and blues together with passion and consummate showmanship for an unforgettable experience.
Friday, December 2, 2022 at 7:30pm
Tickets: $45 Adult | $42 Senior | $40 Student | Available at www.ticketseller.ca
Michael Kaeshammer
Michael Kaeshammer
Michael Kaeshammer’s loyal legions of fans around the globe have come to expect the unexpected from the BC-based pianist, singer/songwriter and producer. His fiery style blends jazz, boogie-woogie and blues together with passion and consummate showmanship for an unforgettable experience.
Friday, December 2, 2022 at 7:30pm
Tickets: $45 Adult | $42 Senior | $40 Student | Available at www.ticketseller.ca
14 events,
Noels Anciens et Nouveaux
Noels Anciens et Nouveaux
Under the direction of conductor Dr. Terry Pitt-Brooke, Aura Chamber Choir presents its fall 2022 program. The program of seasonal music features French composers Cesar Franck, Francis Poulenc and Guillaume Costeley along with Bright Angels Sing by Ukrainian composer Kyrylo Stetsenko. The wonderful harmony of Hector Berlioz’s Shepeherd’s Farewell will bring a great smile to your face.
Don’t forget to bring your sing-along voice to enjoy four carols with the choir!
Noels Anciens et Nouveaux
Noels Anciens et Nouveaux
Under the direction of conductor Dr. Terry Pitt-Brooke, Aura Chamber Choir presents its fall 2022 program. The program of seasonal music features French composers Cesar Franck, Francis Poulenc and Guillaume Costeley along with Bright Angels Sing by Ukrainian composer Kyrylo Stetsenko. The wonderful harmony of Hector Berlioz’s Shepeherd’s Farewell will bring a great smile to your face.
Don’t forget to bring your sing-along voice to enjoy four carols with the choir!
Kinga Quintet
Kinga Quintet
Kelowna based singer, Kinga Hemming brings an all star band to the Vernon Jazz Club. This is the best December gift, with a stage full of your favorite musicians: Justin Glibbery on piano, Loni Moger on guitar, Bernie Addington on bass, and Scott Gamble on drums. Kinga will bring her warm, smooth and clear voice to the stage and sing original and standard jazz from the heart.
10 events,
Christmas at Caetani
Celebrate the Season!
Join Caetani House for some Christmas cheer by taking a self-guided tour in December and support their Bringing Sveva Home Art Sale Fundraiser.
Caetani Hosue has decked the halls for the holidays and are ready to welcome you!
Enjoy their new interpretive signage to help guide you through their 126-year-old heritage home-museum.
Learn more about the fascinating Caetani story while looking at the collection of haute couture fashions, family heirlooms, and home movies.
Christmas at Caetani
Celebrate the Season!
Join Caetani House for some Christmas cheer by taking a self-guided tour in December and support their Bringing Sveva Home Art Sale Fundraiser.
Caetani Hosue has decked the halls for the holidays and are ready to welcome you!
Enjoy their new interpretive signage to help guide you through their 126-year-old heritage home-museum.
Learn more about the fascinating Caetani story while looking at the collection of haute couture fashions, family heirlooms, and home movies.
12 events,
The Randomness and Order of Nature
The Randomness and Order of Nature
The Randomness and Order of Nature is a synergy of two North Okanagan artists, Debbie Dell and Svetlana Shkuratova. Both artists have a similar interest in natures' colour palette and boundless textures which make this exhibition a well suited collaboration. With Nature being their inspiration, they create an intriguing world of sculpture and photography. Glass Fusion allows Debbie Dell to expand her creativity with color and texture while Svetlana Shkuratova explores the visual and tactile expression of colors through her photography and ceramics.
The Randomness and Order of Nature
The Randomness and Order of Nature
The Randomness and Order of Nature is a synergy of two North Okanagan artists, Debbie Dell and Svetlana Shkuratova. Both artists have a similar interest in natures' colour palette and boundless textures which make this exhibition a well suited collaboration. With Nature being their inspiration, they create an intriguing world of sculpture and photography. Glass Fusion allows Debbie Dell to expand her creativity with color and texture while Svetlana Shkuratova explores the visual and tactile expression of colors through her photography and ceramics.
12 events,
Sip Into the Season at Mackie Lake House
Sip Into the Season at Mackie Lake House
Enjoy a glass of wine, delicious charcuterie boards and sweets, and make a delightful Christmas craft to take home (or to gift!) using a teacup from our events collection.
Sip Into the Season at Mackie Lake House
Sip Into the Season at Mackie Lake House
Enjoy a glass of wine, delicious charcuterie boards and sweets, and make a delightful Christmas craft to take home (or to gift!) using a teacup from our events collection.
14 events,
Artsolutley Customer Appreciation Day!
Artsolutley Customer Appreciation Day!
Join the Vernon Community Arts Centre for an afternoon of celebration, and appreciation of YOU, our incredible community.
From Noon-5pm on Saturday, December 17, 2022, we will have fun activities for all ages to enjoy, including:
Food Trucks
Live Musical Entertainment
Kid’s Activities
Live Art Demonstrations (Raku, Chainsaw, Painting)
Free hot chocolate bar
Access to Artsolutely’s annual sale with over 10,000 handcrafted items by North Okanagan Artisans
Prize Draw
FREE TO ALL!! All ages welcome!
Artsolutley Customer Appreciation Day!
Artsolutley Customer Appreciation Day!
Join the Vernon Community Arts Centre for an afternoon of celebration, and appreciation of YOU, our incredible community.
From Noon-5pm on Saturday, December 17, 2022, we will have fun activities for all ages to enjoy, including:
Food Trucks
Live Musical Entertainment
Kid’s Activities
Live Art Demonstrations (Raku, Chainsaw, Painting)
Free hot chocolate bar
Access to Artsolutely’s annual sale with over 10,000 handcrafted items by North Okanagan Artisans
Prize Draw
FREE TO ALL!! All ages welcome!
Sean Bray’s Peach Band
Sean Bray’s Peach Band
Kelowna based guitarist, Sean Bray brings his Peach Band to the Vernon Jazz Club. The band includes some of the Okanagan Valley's best jazz musicians: Loni Moger on guitar, David Mihal on drums and Bernie Addington on bass.
According to an American music publication review of the bands recent CD, the band is, “ A real honest hybrid of instrumental Americana roots with a jazz improv sensibility. Memorable, accessible melodies with beautiful harmony complete with twist and turns in the road.“
12 events,
Comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy
Bring the whole family to celebrate the festive season with music of comfort and joy! The consummate entertainer, Ken Lavigne will charm his way into your hearts with his lyric tenor voice, bringing warmth and life to favourite seasonal selections. Augmented by special appearances by local childrens' choirs, this will be the perfect way to enjoy the holiday season.
Comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy
Bring the whole family to celebrate the festive season with music of comfort and joy! The consummate entertainer, Ken Lavigne will charm his way into your hearts with his lyric tenor voice, bringing warmth and life to favourite seasonal selections. Augmented by special appearances by local childrens' choirs, this will be the perfect way to enjoy the holiday season.
8 events,
Sherman Doucette’s Blues Quartet: New Year’s Eve
Sherman Doucette’s Blues Quartet: New Year’s Eve
The Vernon Jazz Club is ready to ring in the New Year, once again, with blues musician, Sherman Doucette. There is only one Tank in the blues world – the real deal and has the scars and badges to prove it. A former thirty year veteran of the Vancouver music scene – Yale Hotel host & house band for several years a very colorful past sharing the stage with blues legends such as John Lee Hooker / Albert Collins / Long John Baldry & many more. A soulful singer – harmonica virtuoso – with a hot new band and a tank full of energy mixing blues classics and original songs with the passion and conviction few can deliver – any one who has seen him perform will agree he puts on an unforgettable show.
Sherman Doucette’s Blues Quartet: New Year’s Eve
Sherman Doucette’s Blues Quartet: New Year’s Eve
The Vernon Jazz Club is ready to ring in the New Year, once again, with blues musician, Sherman Doucette. There is only one Tank in the blues world – the real deal and has the scars and badges to prove it. A former thirty year veteran of the Vancouver music scene – Yale Hotel host & house band for several years a very colorful past sharing the stage with blues legends such as John Lee Hooker / Albert Collins / Long John Baldry & many more. A soulful singer – harmonica virtuoso – with a hot new band and a tank full of energy mixing blues classics and original songs with the passion and conviction few can deliver – any one who has seen him perform will agree he puts on an unforgettable show.