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RipOffs opening reception Monday August 6 ~ 6 -8 p.m.
It’s the FASS — at LASST!
View many interpretations of the “Outside the Box” theme in eight artistic categories: photography, fibre arts, 3 -D, oils, acrylics, watercolours, other media, and a category for young “emerging artists”.
View the artwork, vote for your favourites, purchase artwork, bid in the silent auction, and tour fascinating non-competitive displays such as the RipOff Artists American Gothic and demonstrations. Visit the arts council information booth. In the evening, nibble at the reception, listen to live entertainment, and be present for the announcement of category winners and “Best Interpretation of the Theme”.
The Sunday entrance is free with your paid entrance to the Festival of the Grape. The exhibits and sale continue, as does the silent auction. Meet the artists. View the category winners and the overall “Best in Show”.
Watch for cute little wine glass tags commemorating poster art from the last four art shows. They make great souvenirs as well as being handy to wear on your Festival of the Grape glass on Sunday.
Bring your chequebook because, in addition to the great art, arts council memberships, souvenirs and gift items on sale, you will definitely want to enter the silent auction!
The silent auction has 50 amazing items for bid! The auction continues the “Outside the Box” theme. Bid on dozens of tempting hand-painted boxes laden with various themed goods. Each box is filled with items such as “a night at the theatre”, “home preserves”, “vacation”, “outdoor living”, “games night”, “school days”, “kitchenware”, “gardening”, “coffee bar” , “tea for two” or “bath and beauty”, just to name a few. Each filled box makes an attractive gift or keep it for yourself and display it at home. Expect the bidding to be exciting right to the last minute!
It's the FASS — at LASST!
View many interpretations of the “Outside the Box” theme in eight artistic categories: photography, fibre arts, 3 -D, oils, acrylics, watercolours, other media, and a category for young “emerging artists”.
View the artwork, vote for your favourites, purchase artwork, bid in the silent auction, and tour fascinating non-competitive displays such as the RipOff Artists American Gothic and demonstrations. Visit the arts council information booth. In the evening, nibble at the reception, listen to live entertainment, and be present for the announcement of category winners and “Best Interpretation of the Theme”.
The Sunday entrance is free with your paid entrance to the Festival of the Grape. The exhibits and sale continue, as does the silent auction. Meet the artists. View the category winners and the overall “Best in Show”.
Watch for cute little wine glass tags commemorating poster art from the last four art shows. They make great souvenirs as well as being handy to wear on your Festival of the Grape glass on Sunday.
Bring your chequebook because, in addition to the great art, arts council memberships, souvenirs and gift items on sale, you will definitely want to enter the silent auction!
The silent auction has 50 amazing items for bid! The auction continues the “Outside the Box” theme. Bid on dozens of tempting hand-painted boxes laden with various themed goods. Each box is filled with items such as “a night at the theatre”, “home preserves”, “vacation”, “outdoor living”, “games night”, “school days”, “kitchenware”, “gardening”, “coffee bar” , “tea for two” or “bath and beauty”, just to name a few. Each filled box makes an attractive gift or keep it for yourself and display it at home. Expect the bidding to be exciting right to the last minute!
Artists: Feeling stuck in a box?
RipOff Artists “Stick It” to American Gothic
“All the really good ideas I’d ever had came to me while I was milking a cow,” declared Grant Wood whose American Gothic painting of the dour-faced pitchfork wielding farmer and his sister is famous worldwide. Wood’s masterpiece became a national symbol; a vision of hope during the Depression that still resonates today. “Because American Gothic is so iconic, it was the perfect mark for this year’s RipOff challenge,” raves fiber artist, Terry Irvine.
This July the RipOff Artists stick it to American Gothic at the Quail’s Nest Arts Centre in Oliver, BC. This multi-media collective includes artists working in fibre (quilting, felting, weaving), photography, mixed media collage, oils and acrylics, 3-D installations, and encaustic (hot beeswax). For the fifth year in a row, this nefarious group has dared to take on the grand masters of art. To mark such an auspicious occasion, they added a twist to the proceedings. Each artist has chosen another artist through which to interpret American Gothic. It’s double the ripoff and double the fun!
The public is welcome to watch the RipOff Artists assume the styles of Picasso, Klimt, and Degas, along with seven other famous artists, and reinterpret Wood.
American Gothic Challenge Monday July 4 – Saturday July 9 Opening Reception: Monday July 4, 6 – 8 pm Daily Hours: Tuesday July 5 – Saturday July 9 9 am to 3 pmYou are encouraged to come frequently during the week to get a true sense of how their artwork progresses from rough idea to finished creation. Be sure to see the completed project on the Saturday! It will be left to you to decide: Is Wood’s masterpiece a celebration of America’s stoic determination during the Depression? Or is the finished product a critique of those same American values? Come view the action and decide for yourself.
Incidentally, the treasures from the four previous “RipOff raids” are currently on display at Leir House Cultural Centre in Penticton until June 23. You can view their “stolen” interpretations of Gustav Klimt’s Emilie Floge, Goergia O’Keeffe’s Pink Tulip, Van Gogh’s Wheatfield with Cypresses, and Lawren Harris’ Mount Lefroy in a variety of artistic media.
For more information about the RipOff Artists, click on their link under “Member Groups” in the column at right. Or use the search bar on our website (type in “RipOffs”) for photos and articles from their past shows.
RipOff Artists "Stick It" to American Gothic
“All the really good ideas I’d ever had came to me while I was milking a cow,” declared Grant Wood whose American Gothic painting of the dour-faced pitchfork wielding farmer and his sister is famous worldwide. Wood’s masterpiece became a national symbol; a vision of hope during the Depression that still resonates today. “Because American Gothic is so iconic, it was the perfect mark for this year’s RipOff challenge,” raves fiber artist, Terry Irvine.
This July the RipOff Artists stick it to American Gothic at the Quail’s Nest Arts Centre in Oliver, BC. This multi-media collective includes artists working in fibre (quilting, felting, weaving), photography, mixed media collage, oils and acrylics, 3-D installations, and encaustic (hot beeswax). For the fifth year in a row, this nefarious group has dared to take on the grand masters of art. To mark such an auspicious occasion, they added a twist to the proceedings. Each artist has chosen another artist through which to interpret American Gothic. It’s double the ripoff and double the fun!
The public is welcome to watch the RipOff Artists assume the styles of Picasso, Klimt, and Degas, along with seven other famous artists, and reinterpret Wood.
American Gothic Challenge Monday July 4 – Saturday July 9 Opening Reception: Monday July 4, 6 – 8 pm Daily Hours: Tuesday July 5 – Saturday July 9 9 am to 3 pmYou are encouraged to come frequently during the week to get a true sense of how their artwork progresses from rough idea to finished creation. Be sure to see the completed project on the Saturday! It will be left to you to decide: Is Wood’s masterpiece a celebration of America’s stoic determination during the Depression? Or is the finished product a critique of those same American values? Come view the action and decide for yourself.
Incidentally, the treasures from the four previous “RipOff raids” are currently on display at Leir House Cultural Centre in Penticton until June 23. You can view their “stolen” interpretations of Gustav Klimt’s Emilie Floge, Goergia O’Keeffe’s Pink Tulip, Van Gogh’s Wheatfield with Cypresses, and Lawren Harris’ Mount Lefroy in a variety of artistic media.
For more information about the RipOff Artists, click on their link under “Member Groups” in the column at right. Or use the search bar on our website (type in “RipOffs”) for photos and articles from their past shows.
Colour + Pattern + Texture + Creativity = WOW!
Photo 1: Visitors take a close look at the striking Memories of Carol by Enid Baker, a montage of log cabin design variations.
Note: All photos taken with express permission from the Double O Quilters Guild for OCAC use.
Photo credit: Penelope Johnson
RipOff Artists make it official
Nearly all its members have also been individual members of the council, with a few serving as executive officers of the OCAC over the years. All this had given the group a long and affectionate association with the council. Group status, however, confers added benefits to the collective. The group is now able to apply to the OCAC for financial aid (a “contracted service agreement”) for any public event such as a workshop, performance, class, or exhibit, which reflects the mandates of the arts council. The group also benefits from publicity (like this!).
Need to catch up on all four of the RipOff challenges over the years? Missed any of the following exhibits: Wheatfield with Cypresses by Vincent van Gogh (2007), Emilie Floge by Gustav Klimt (2008), Pink Tulip by Georgia O’Keeffe (2009), or Mount Lefroy by Lawren Harris (2010)? You can see them all at once at the
RipOff Retrospective May 12 – June 23, 2011 Leir House, Penticton, BC Opening reception: May 12, 7 – 9 p.m.The RipOffs have chosen their fifth annual challenge: American Gothic by Grant Wood. You know it: the dour looking farmer with a pitchfork and his spinster daughter in an apron (not a couple, as many assume). The title of the painting refers to the architecture of the farmhouse behind them: a gothic style window is visible in the second storey. The image is iconic, and much parodied, so it will indeed be a challenge for these nine creative people to really “stick it to Wood” as the RipOffs say on their website. watch them in action during the
Fifth RipOff Challenge! “American Gothic” by Grant Wood July 4 – July 9, 2011 Quail’s Nest Art Centre, Oliver, BC Opening reception: July 4, 6 – 8 PMTake a look at the wonderful retrospective of their art at their very own website: http://www.ripoffartists.ca/index.html
Something Under the Tree for You!
You sure don’t want to miss this popular kick-off to Christmas gift-giving. Expect quality hand-crafted items including clothing, linens, preserves, jewelry, leather goods, children’s toys, personal care items, home decor, artwork, and much more! You’ll have Christmas all wrapped up at this one-stop shopping event.
RipOff Artists' Mount Lefroy at Handworks Gallery
The multimedia collective has conquered another peak with their interpretation of Lawren Harris’ “Mount Lefroy”. The RipOff Artists reached their first summit after a week of intense creation, demonstration and exhibit during Summer at the Quail’s Nest. They reached another pinnacle with a feature on CHBC TV news. They attracted attention during their guest exhibit at the Oliver Community Arts Council’s Fall Art Show and Sale on the weekend of October 2 -3 . Now the RipOff Artists have set their flag atop Handworks Gallery for their latest show:
Handworks Gallery presents The RipOff Artists: Lawren Harris’ Mount LeFroy Opening Reception Wednesday October 6 2 – 4 p.m. Refreshments ~ Door Prize Continuing: October 5 – 29 9:30 – 5:00 Monday to Friday 10:00 – 4:00 Saturday Handworks Gallery 35648 – 97 St. Oliver 250-498-6388Oil painting, watercolours, photography, woodwork, 3-D, quilting, weaving, knitting, collage, encaustic (wax) — all media interpret this Group of Seven classic in their own way.
For more photographs and stories about the Mount Lefroy exhibit, see the July article on this website: http://oliverartscouncil.org/?p=1763
For a fantastic video of the RipOff Artists with Mike Roberts of CHBC, take a look at http://www.chbcnews.ca/video/index.html?releasePID=f5794obragGwCKDQACQpmpfwc7SlVcJm
RipOff Artists’ Mount Lefroy at Handworks Gallery
The multimedia collective has conquered another peak with their interpretation of Lawren Harris’ “Mount Lefroy”. The RipOff Artists reached their first summit after a week of intense creation, demonstration and exhibit during Summer at the Quail’s Nest. They reached another pinnacle with a feature on CHBC TV news. They attracted attention during their guest exhibit at the Oliver Community Arts Council’s Fall Art Show and Sale on the weekend of October 2 -3 . Now the RipOff Artists have set their flag atop Handworks Gallery for their latest show:
Handworks Gallery presents The RipOff Artists: Lawren Harris’ Mount LeFroy Opening Reception Wednesday October 6 2 – 4 p.m. Refreshments ~ Door Prize Continuing: October 5 – 29 9:30 – 5:00 Monday to Friday 10:00 – 4:00 Saturday Handworks Gallery 35648 – 97 St. Oliver 250-498-6388Oil painting, watercolours, photography, woodwork, 3-D, quilting, weaving, knitting, collage, encaustic (wax) — all media interpret this Group of Seven classic in their own way.
For more photographs and stories about the Mount Lefroy exhibit, see the July article on this website: http://oliverartscouncil.org/?p=1763
For a fantastic video of the RipOff Artists with Mike Roberts of CHBC, take a look at http://www.chbcnews.ca/video/index.html?releasePID=f5794obragGwCKDQACQpmpfwc7SlVcJm
Fall Art Show and Sale: A Winning Weekend
A two-day silent auction of antiques and collectables from the early to mid 20th century drew many bids. Pictured at right, a bakelite vanity set from the 1930s commanded some competitive bidding. The Jazz Out West trio entertained at the Saturday reception with classic standards by Gershwin, Berlin, Cole Porter and more.
Sue McCarrell’s two New Media entries, including best-in-show “Moment in Time”, attracted many questions about her transfer techniques. McCarrell combed the Oliver archives looking for old sepia photographs, letters and newspapers to create transfer images which, by means of a gel process, were then adhered to wood panelling.
A hushed audience gathered around Merle Somerville’s depiction of a snowy orchard in his giclee-on-canvas entry called “Days Gone By”. His photograph aquired a painterly quality by being reproduced on artists canvas with ink jet printing techniques (“giclee”) rather than on photo paper. It was easy to be drawn into the photograph by its skillful use of perspective and light.
The brash brushstrokes of Michael Randle’s primitive style abstracts reflected both his sense of humour and his love of bold colour. Wayne Borthwick’s “Home on the Range” got the most attention from children and the young at heart. The enormous model of a farmhouse, complete with walls that opened outward revealing furnished rooms within, was tempting to touch. Shirley Nilsson’s quilted hanging “School Days” glowed with fall colour; three-dimensional fabric leaves decorated the border. Emerging artist Megan Pedersen’s piece, “Ghost of a Memory” was a touching reminiscence about one of the most painful of memories, a lost love.
The Oliver Community Arts Council thanks all the entrants to the Fall Art Show and Sale. Together you have created an experience several hundred people will never forget! Here is the complete list of winners. Congratulations everyone!
List of 2010 Fall Art Show Winners
Best Interpretation of Theme Sue McCarrell: “Moment in Time” Painting (Representational) First: Eleanore Dempster ~ “The Way We Were” Second: Kerry Chung ~ “Past and Future” Third: Sandy Boblin ~ “The Coach” Painting (Abstract) First (tie): Tara Hovanes ~ “Untitled” First (tie): Michael Randle ~ Number 1 Project Third: Dona Smithson ~ “Last Tree Standing” Photography First: Merle Sommerville ~ “Days Gone By” Second: Val Friesen ~ “Oh yes, those were the days…” Third: Russell Work ~ “Oliver” Fibre Art: First: Shirley Nilsson ~ “School Days” Second (tie): A. Carole Grant ~ Relics Second (tie): Terry Irvine ~ The Past Revisited Three Dimensional First: Wayne Borthwick ~ “Home on the Range 1945” Second: Donna McLean ~ Beauty from the Forest Third: Donna McLean ~ A Look from the Past (3 pieces) New Media First: Sue McCarrell ~ “Moment in Time” Second: Marion Trimble ~ “Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow” Third: Sue McCarrell ~ “Vintage Pleasure” Emerging Artist (Under 19) Certificate of Merit: Megan Pedersen ~ “Ghost of a Memory”Do you have any comments on your Fall Art Show and Sale experience? Share them at olivercac@gmail.com and we’ll publish them.
Fall Art Show and Sale: Those Were the Days
The Fall Art Show and Sale is held on Saturday October 2 and Sunday October 3 at the Oliver Community Centre Hall. The Saturday event opens at 3 p.m. with an exhibit, sale, and public voting on the competitive entries. Free admission on Saturday from 3 – 9 p.m.
This year, 71 works of art will compete across seven categories: Painting – Representational, Painting – Abstract, Photography, Fibre Arts, Three – Dimensional, New Media, and Emerging Artists (under 19) . The winners are selected by public ballot. An overall best-in-show category requires the winning entry to reflect “Best Interpretation of the Theme”. The theme, “Those Were the Days”, is broad enough to allow artists a wide interpretation: last summer’s vacation to the last century’s pioneer culture.
In addition to the competitive entries, two non-competitive displays will also be on show. The Oliver and District Heritage Society exhibits a slice of Oliver’s history with their display of Oliver’s Museum and Archives treasures from the 1930’s. The popular RipOff Artists will present their latest multimedia interpretation of a famous artwork: Lawren Harris’ Mount Lefroy. The Group of Seven painting is recreated in wood, quilting, weaving, oils, watercolours, encaustic (wax), photography, and three-dimensional installations.
Mirroring the nostalgic theme, the Oliver Community Arts Council will run a silent auction of small antiques and collectables from the early to mid 20th century. Among the charming items for bid are a bakelite vanity set from the 1920s, Royal Winton chintzware, and several porcelain and silver items. The collectables silent auction will run across both Saturday and Sunday. An additional wine auction will run on the Saturday only.
Visit the information table both days for promotional items, OCAC memberships, publicity about upcoming arts events, and information about OCAC member groups and businesses. Learn about the work of the Oliver Community Arts Council by viewing their powerpoint presentation. Make an offer on two lovely works of art donated to the council for fund raising purposes.
On Saturday evening, a public reception begins at 7 p.m. with live entertainment, appetizers, and wine. At 8 p.m. voting on entries closes and the ballots are counted. Right before 9 p.m., winners in all categories will be announced. Silent auction winners can claim their wine prizes.
On Sunday, the Fall Art Show and Sale continues by admission through your Festival of the Grape ticket. The exhibit is open from 12:00 noon to 5:30 p.m. Although the competitive portion is over, the show and sale continues. View the winners across all categories. Wander through the Heritage Society and RipOff Artists’ exhibits. Meet the artists. Make a silent auction bid on “Those Were the Days” collectables before 5:00 p.m! Become a member of the Oliver Community Arts Council. Buy some OCAC promotional items. Wax nostalgic, fall in love with art, and purchase artwork at the sale. Bring your chequebook and plastic! Take a piece of Oliver home with you!
Poster artwork by Evie New Poster layout by Heather FinkRipOff Artists Reach the Peak with Mount Lefroy
During the last week of June, the South Okanagan’s RipOff Artists attracted media coverage and crowds of curious onlookers with their fourth annual exhibit, “ripping off” Group of Seven’s Lawren Harris and his iconic Mount Lefroy. During a weeklong demonstration and exhibit, each of the ten artists in the collective interpreted the famous painting in their own medium.
JoAnn Turner turns a CD cabinet into a work of art. Can you see the drawer knobs? Or are they surreal snowballs and mountain rocks?
Kurt Hutterli discusses his tongue-in-cheek demo piece with OCAC member Dot Cranston. Mount Lefroy is painted on the hood of a rusted car, cruched in the shape of a mountain peak. Hutterli wonders (with a twinkle in his eye, of course) if the car perhaps once belonged to Lawren Harris himself?
See a video of the “revolve” in action here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orECiugsq9Q&feature=player_embedded
Collage artist Marion Trimble painstakingly glues strips of fabric and paper onto her piece.
And now for the finished exhibit! Marion Trimble, Enid Baker, Barbara Levant, Russell Work, JoAnn Turner, Terry Irvine (knitter), Diane Birnie, Leo Pedersen, and Thea Haubrich. Missing from photo: Kurt Hutterli.
Photo credits: Russell Work, Thea Haubrich
For more photos, visit Thea Haubrich’s Encaustic Blog: http://encausticcanada.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/finale-ripoff-project-mount-lefroy/
For a fantastic video of the RipOff Artists with Mike Roberts of CHBC, take a look at
http://www.chbcnews.ca/video/index.html?releasePID=f5794obragGwCKDQACQpmpfwc7SlVcJm
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