Agnes Sutherland left a legacy of love and commitment to our community. She also left a large amount of artwork when she passed away earlier this year. Agnes worked in oils, pastels, acrylic and collage. Her family are offering her works for sale to raise funds for the Agnes Sutherland Memorial. The goal is to raise $16,000.00 towards the purchase of a grand piano for the lobby area of the Frank Venables Theatre. To date the fund has collected over ¼ of that goal.
A grand piano to grace the lobby area of our beautiful landmark theatre opens up so many more opportunities for the space. Already accommodating receptions, recitals and small social events, the piano will allow an additional variety of musical programs to enhance our community life.
“For the Sound of Colour” takes place Thanksgiving weekend. Hours are Saturday, Oct.8, 3pm to 9pm and Sunday, Oct. 9, 12pm – 5pm. An opening reception will be held on Saturday from 7pm to 9pm during which time former piano students of Agnes will provide music. Besides artwork, published books of Agnes’s poetry will be on sale. Since the event is Thanksgiving weekend, a table of canning and baking will also be offered. Everyone is invited to enjoy the memory of Agnes through her art and add her art to your collection.
The event takes place at the Quail’s Nest Arts Centre at 5840 Airport Road in Oliver. Thanks go to the Oliver Community Arts Council for generously enabling this fundraiser to take place through their Contracted Service Agreement program.
If you can’t make it to the event but wish to make a donation to the memorial, you can do so either by mail: cheque made out to “Agnes Sutherland Memorial” c/o M. Trimble, 967 Panorama Cres,,. Oliver V0H 1T6 or deposit to any branch of Valley First Credit Union, Account #2826758, Transit #16650, Institute #809.
November 11th classically trained musicians come together to explore their passion for tango on piano, violin, double bass and bandoneon. Accompanied by two tango dancers, Quartango, (pictured above) has charmed audiences around the world. 7:30 p.m. If you act now, tickets to this first concert may be purchased for only $16.25 until November 10. That’s a savings of $6.25 off the regular price of $22.50
The Museum of Unknown Civilizations is a project started in Oliver BC by transplanted artist Kurt Hutterli (left). The museum follows a childhood dream of the artist to explore the unknown in objects encountered in museums as a child. Years later, myth comes to life through recycled materials creating mysterious and invented artifacts. These works are designed to make the viewer ask questions ordinarily overlooked, to prod the viewer to seek answers to the unknown. The work seems to probe an uncertain, uncomfortable future.
Kurt Hutterli emigrated to Oliver, Canada with his wife Marianne in 1996 from Bern, Switzerland leaving behind a stable and successful career as a school teacher, artist and writer. Kurt is a multi-faceted artist; a builder, a painter and a writer, often combining some combination of his tool box when working on a new piece of work, all traits of a Dada artist, which Hutterli is foremost. As a form of inspiration, it is important to note Dada was an artistic and literary movement that began in Switzerland as a reaction to the First World War and the ridiculous state of affairs by creating equally nonsensical work as a form of protest. While art forms come and go, Dada appears to be an art form with no end in sight, with Dada artists like Hutterli using its form to create discourse on subjects that are important to the time.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff and friends of the Penticton Art Gallery, I would like to thank Mr. Urs V. Strausak, Consul General of Switzerland, for his financial support enabling the publication of a catalogue to document this exhibition.
Marion Trimble and Tara Hovanes are shown ready to exhibit their art, Thursday to Saturday on Main Street.
Here is a photo of the RipOff artists with their creations just after the bell rang on Saturday signalling the end of this year’s challenge.