Cool off in water throughout July

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by Sandra Albo

Water has been called ‘the essence of life’, ‘the staff of life’, and ‘the source of life’ itself. Science believes that life began in the oceans. Our salty blood, sweat and tears attest to that.

Water is what makes planet earth so virile amongst all other planets that we are known to man. The river Ganges is worshipped as a holy place.  The Bible tells that God created the oceans.
The Nile carried plagues and pestilence in bad times and life in its good times.  The Tigrus – Euphrates area is accredited with the beginnings of man.  Great civilizations began in river valleys and ocean coastlines.

Man since early times has subjected water to; worship, then agriculture, and later industry.  When man found time to become artistic he mixed water and minerals for his paints.  Today watercolors and acrylics are popular artists’ mediums .

The early Roman goddess Venus is born out of water in a clamshell in Renaissance art and Bill Reids Haida sculpture of man spilling from a clamshell  or arriving in canoes comes from early oral traditions that man is from the sea.

The first artists drew symbolic figures and  animals and graduated to realism in the Renaissance.  Water art didn’t ome to the forefront until the impressionists took their canvasses out of castles and hovels and set up in “en plein air” to catch sunlight on the water and boasts on the water and even people in the water.

There are awesome waterscapes such as Monet’s “Bathers at le Grenouillere” and his “Grand Canal” done in Venice and the well known “Parliament Sunset”. Renoir painted “Moulin Bay” and Cézanne’s painting,  “Bridge over a pond”, and Guillaumins  “Sunset near Ivry” is a beautiful painting. Capturing reflections in water with sunsets and sunrises became demanded subject matter.

Carmen Tome Hot Day at the Beach

Today some of the best artistic subjects are considered to be studies of waterfalls, waterways, or water in conjunction with landscape as they incorporate and bring better light into one’s paintings.  It is painted in liquid , solid, or vapor forms. (Pictured above: Carmen Tome’s A Hot Day at the Beach)

Come to the Oliver Art Gallery (pictured top) to see our artists’ interpretations of the waters of life.  Remember that each glass of H20 that we drink has thousands of molecules that have been used countless times
before. Each living organism is 80% water so water is worth celebrating in life and in art.

Quartette features Sylvia Tyson

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Medici’s is delighted to bring you another concert of the highest quality of musical excellence. Quartette will perform an acoustic concert on Saturday August 16th. These ladies are one of Canada’s most successful quartets, both as a group and as soloists as well. They are not only singers and entertainers, they are songwriters as well and perform to thousands of people across Canada, whether as in their group Quartette or as individual soloists or with other groups

Since their debut in 1993, the four members of Quartette have been both publicly and critically acclaimed for their lush harmonies and delightfully diverse repertoire. Cindy Church, Caitlin Hanford, Gwen Swick, and Sylvia Tyson are seasoned singer/songwriters whose influences range from blues and gospel to folk and country to jazz and pop.

Tickets are now on sale at $50 each and available at Medici’s Gelateria and Coffee House: 522 Fairview Road in Oliver..250-498-2228

Doors will open on concert night at 6:30 and the ladies will take to the stage at 7:30

Back for the boomers

Brian and KennyThey’re still old, still funny and they can still REALLY sing…and they are sooooo back Kenny Shaw and Brian Temple, Medici’s undisputed best sell-out show of the last two summers are back for another kick at your youthful, musical memories. These guys are a high-powered comedy duo aiming directly at the funny bone of baby boomer audiences. Both of these music veterans have been performing for decades and are celebrated entertainers in their home region of the Pacific Northwest. Their two are not only achingly funny, but they also deliver the goods with a calibre of musicality of serious concert music Their hilarious floorshow has brought standing ovations from sold out shows, and there are plenty more halls, country clubs, festivals and fairs on the horizon. The humour and parody of this musical comedy duo is outrageously funny, and wielded with great skill. Kenny and Brian deliver an act tailored for all occasions that will appeal to audiences from all walks of life. Although there are plenty of unexpected laughs waiting, one thing is sure. You’ll never remember the harmony duos of the Baby Boomer generation the same way again. They play Medici’s on Saturday, August 2nd of the long week-end the night before tenor Michael Burgess croons at our band-shell in the park. Doors open at 6:30 and Brian and Kenny open at 7:30. Tickets are $20 each and are literally flying out the door. Get one (or two) quick. You’ll remember the laughter and the joy long after the sombre memories of this summer have faded. Medici’s is at 522 Fairview Road in Oliver…250-498-2228

Calling all artists

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submitted by Marion Trimble, Fall Art Show and Sale committee

If you are an artist who finds inspiration in unexpected places and likes to represent the world creatively as you see it, then we want to see it, too.

“Dreams and Visions” is the theme of the 2014 Fall Art Show and Sale being held by the Oliver Community Arts Council. Entries from all artists are welcome, Deadline date is August 31, 2014. The 31st annual show is an excellent opportunity to participate and showcase the unique and diverse work of local artists to a large audience.

The competition awards winners across nine categories: Watercolour, Oil, Acrylic, Fibre Art, 3-Dimensional, Photography, Other Media, and two categories for junior artists (by age group). An overall award is also given to “Best in Show”.

Art delivery, competition, public voting, reception and awards ceremony is on Saturday, October 4.

The show continues on Sunday, October 5, with a “Festival of the Grape” admission ticket.

Admission into the Community Centre for the Art Show on both days is by donation in return for a chance on a prize draw.

A change to this year’s guidelines makes it possible for artists either to sell or only to display their entries. There are a few more changes to note in this year’s show. Check out everything you need to know by downloading the Guidelines and Entry Form from the OCAC website (under “Forms” on the top banner) or by requesting them from olivercac @ gmail.com.

It’s time to awaken your imagination and share your talent with the world by revealing your “Dreams and Visions” in the Oliver Fall Art Show and Sale.