THE ART EXPOSED - Kamloops Arts Council

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KAC Main Gallery | 7 Seymour St. W.
Temporarily closed for the month of January due to maintenance
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january 2016
February 5 - March 1 Tangie Genshorek and Cameron Macquarrie present Utopia
Book your exhibition by contacting [email protected]
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CALLS FOR ARTISTS/VENDORS
monthly kamloops arts events
250.372.7323
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kamloopsarts.ca
ART EXPOSED REGIONAL EXHIBITION -entry deadline feb 13, 2016
Now in its 6th year, the Kamloops Arts Council’s ART EXPOSED Regional Exhibition is a community-centred visual arts exhibit. Unique to the area, Art Exposed is open; all residents of the TNRD are
invited to submit artwork. New this year are two entry categories, Established and Emerging. 2D and
3D artworks accepted. Entry deadline is February 13, 2016. For more information and applications visit our website www.kamloopsarts.ca
enter today!
Event listings in The Art Scoop are FREE.
Please email your events to
[email protected]
ART
EXPOSED
REGIONAL EXHIBITION
ART IN THE PARK - July 1, at Riverside Park
march 11–19, 2016
Art in the Park is the largest arts
event in Kamloops and is organized
by the Kamloops Arts Council
as part of the City of Kamloops
Canada Day celebrations at Riverside Park. We’re now accepting
applications for Individual Artists,
Community Groups and new this
year Specialty Foods and Health &
Body Producers. Apply by Feb. 6
(early-bird rate) or March 26 (final) Notification will be provided by April 8, 2016. More information
and applications can be found by visiting our website www.kamloopsarts.ca
call for
artists
at the old courthouse
emerging to
established
Thank you to our core supporters:
2D & 3D artworks
accepted
entry deadline:
february 13, 2016
gold sponsor:
YOUR
ART
HERE
We acknowledge the support of the
Province of British Columbia.
core sponsors:
City of Kamloops
British Columbia Arts Council
kamloopsarts.ca
AROUND TOWN
january 7 - 24 | theatre
Cherry Docs
presented by The Other Theatre Company
www.kamloopslive.ca
january 15 -17 | music
The Magic of Vienna
presented by the Kamloops Symphony
Orchestra
www.kamloopsymphony.com
january 15 | literacy
Free Family Literacy Night
at Sahali Mall with Big Little Science Centre
www.blscs.org
january 16 - march 19 | exhibition
Midnight Sun Camera Obscura
presented by the Kamloops Art Gallery.
Camera obscura is Latin for “darkened
chamber” or “dark room.” It is a device that
admits light through a small opening (often
behind a glass lens) into a box or darkened
room to project an upside down image of
the outside world onto a surface opposite
www.kag.bc.ca
january 16 - march 19 | exhibition
Out of Sight
At the Kamloops Art Gallery. Out of Sight
features a selection of photographs recently
acquired by the Vancouver Art Gallery by
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) and Harold Edgerton (1903-1990)
www.kag.bc.ca
january 16 - march 12 | exhibition
Live Stream: Optical Rendering
Running parallel with Midnight Sun Camera
Obscura in the Central Gallery, Live Stream:
Optical Rendering features a new project
by Kamloops-based artists who took part
in the exhibition Strange Things Done at
the Yukon School of Visual Arts’ Confluence
Gallery during the Midnight Sun Camera
Obscura Festival in Dawson City,Yukon in
the summer of 2015.
www.kag.bc.ca
january 30 | fundraiser
Mayor’s Gala for the Arts
www.kamloopslive.ca
february 6 | workshop
Free Fiddle Workshop
Presented by the Old Time Fiddlers and
KISSM. Registration required
www.kissm.ca
ONGOING
Mondays & Tuesdays | ukulele
The Ukulele Orchestra of Kamloops
Intermediate & experienced players Mondays, 6:45pm. Beginner players Tuesdays,
1:30pm
www.ukuleleorchestraofkamloops.com
Wednesdays (Sept - June) | photography
Kamloops Photo Arts Club
Meetings for learning and sharing. Henry
Grube Education Centre, 245 Kitchener
Cresc. Rm 1B. FMI phone: 250-372-1778
www.kamloopsphotoarts.ca
Wednesdays | singing
Kamloops Power Choir
A no-audition, drop-in choir that covers
your favourite songs - $5 drop-in (cash
only), 7pm.
www.kamloopspowerchoir.com
Old Courthouse Closed
To March 26, 2016
Front and Centre
Western Canada Theatre at 40
presented by the Kamloops Museum
All year long
TNRD Library
author talks, events + more
www.tnrdlib.ca
CLASSES
• 4Cats Kamloops
www.4cats.com/kamloops
• City of Kamloops
www.city.kamloops.bc.ca/activityguide
• Debbie Milner Lively www.debbiemilnerlively.com
• Jandana Ranch
www.jandanaranch.com
• Kamloops Art Gallery www.kag.bc.ca
• Kamloops Symphony Music
School
• www.kamloopssymphony.com
• Karla Pearce Studio www.karlapearcegallery.com/
• Shahrahzad Belly Dance www.shahrahzad.com
• Western Canada Theatre www.wctlive.ca
The Kamloops Arts Council office will be
temporarily relocated to the Customer
Care & Patrol Visitor Centre located at #103 - 340 Victoria Street
(next to Boston Pizza).
The KAC Main Gallery will be closed.
During this time our friends at Arnica
Artist Run Centre, the Gallery Gift
Shop and Theatre BC will be closed.
All of our organizations will be back at the
Old Courthouse (7 Seymour St. W) February
2, 2016