Art Exhibits
The Rotary Centre for the Arts offers individuals and community art groups the opportunity to display work in a variety of spaces throughout the centre. Those interested are encouraged to apply! Application to Exhibit
Angela Bonten
Alex Fong Galleria
February 6th - 29th
Bonten is known for her expressive and diverse style. "Being an artist defines who I am. The creative process is the essence of my life from viewing, studying and creating the work. I do not adhere to one particular style but alternate depending on the subject matter and my mood. I generally work in series and keep exploring an idea. I am spontaneous when I work. I love to respond to the accidents of the paint and try not to have a preconceived idea of what the painting will be. For me, painting is a time to explore and contemplate my environment"
Visit Studio 113 at the Rotary Centre for the Arts, where Angela is a resident artist. angelabonten.com
Bonnie Anderson
Alex Fong Galleria
February 6th - 29th
Bonnie Anderson, well known artist and owner of Potters Addict Ceramic Art Centre, studied at the University of Calgary where she tripled majored in painting, printmaking and ceramics. Using a variety of media including watercolour, oil, gouache, and acrylic, Bonnie creates striking pieces that showcase her extensive knowledge of painting techniques. "It is great having more than one medium to occupy the mind and body" says Bonnie "When I find myself at a low period in one medium, switching to another medium can be inspiring and uplifting". Bonnie is currently working on a series of landscapes using negative printing techniques on black canvas.
Bonnie's love of clay is most vividly shown in her hand-built clay creations which are finished in the ancient method of Raku. All of Bonnie's clay works, sculptures and paintings are manufactured and sold in her studio/gallery at Potters Addict on the main level of the Rotary Centre for the Arts.
www.bonnieandersonartist.com | www.pottersaddict.com
Christina Leinemann Knittel
The Tops of Trees
South Atrium
February 6th - 29th
Christina Leinemann Knittel lives and works in Kelowna, BC. Always a creative soul, she chose to further her education in visual arts after high school. She received her BFA at the University of British Columbia in 2006. Upon graduation Christina received a Campus Enhancement Award that purchased one of her paintings for the University's public collection.
After university she has "lived and breathed the paint" at Opus, created art and become involved in the Okanagan arts community. Always exploring and experimenting with techniques, Christina has developed a style that reflects her fun and quirky sensibility, creating artwork that brings a smile to those who view it.
She is currently a featured artist on liquitex.com, participates in numerous exhibitions and sells her artwork as an independent artist. You can view her work at clkstudio.com or read her blog at hangingonthewall.com.
About The Tops of Trees
The tree tops are reserved for the free spirit, the dreamer and the adventure seeker. When we are below the trees one cannot help looking up, and in doing so, hope surfaces, awakening our imagination to what could be. Far off places, childhood dreams and plans for the future stir in our mind. We can tie strings to those dreams and follow them to the skies if we choose to. The artwork in The Tops of Trees was created to celebrate the adventurous and romantic spirit, and those who take a moment to look up and wonder.
Faye Wolfenden
Display Cases
February 6th - 29th
Fay Wolfenden is a glass artist who began working with glass over 30 years ago. Fay specializes in the creation of beautiful glass beads and jewellery, glass fusing and the construction of one-of-a-kind glass panels and lamps. Learning her craft in Montreal and Toronto, her work often includes glass nuggets, roundels, sheet copper, wire, beads, crystals and re-purposed objects.
Now offering classes in:
JEWELRY… from wire to jewelry… learn the fundamentals of working with various types of wire… make a bracelet, earrings or necklace
Glass Fusing… create a pair of earrings & pendant
Flameworking… learn basic bead making using a single fuel torch.
Click on Activities -> Adult -> Jewelry for a complete list of classes and times.
Check out her work at Studio 203 where she works and teaches with two colleagues in the Rotary Centre for the Arts in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia.
Darrel Giesbrecht
Upper Mezzanine
February 6th - 29th
A resident of Lake Country, BC, Darrel looks for every opportunity to capture, or "be captured" by the Okanagan Valley's unique landscape and images. It may be a surprise to learn that his goal as a photographer is not just to take a pretty picture.
In Darrel's words, "I'm not a great believer in art strictly for art's sake. More importantly, my passion is to point the observer, perhaps invite the observer in some ways, to a personal "sacred" place – a place that evokes a sense of wonder and the awareness of a reality that is much bigger than ourselves, a reality rooted still in the wild and rarely touched regions of subconscious memory. I coincide with Marcel Proust's observation that " the real voyage of discovery consists not of seeking new landscape but in seeing with new eyes." In this sense, the recorded image often becomes metaphor."
With the exception of some custom work, Darrel prefers to print his images on canvas. He says, "As life is, canvas is often imperfect. Its rough warp and weave is an apt medium for portraying images of life and nature that are, in my view, far from being flawless and glossy – and therein lies their beauty". All of Darrel's work is numbered and signed and unless otherwise stated, the only editing he does is for occasional slight exposure and contrast adjustment.
MURALS
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Rotary Centre for the Arts
Image Gallery - Mural Projects Before & After
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Next time you're at the RCA, check out our colourful murals! Each was created by a different group of 12-18 year olds, led by talented artists David and Jorden Doody.
Time Lapse Video of the first mural being created.
Teen Mural Workshops are offered every summer.
Visit Activities --> Youth --> Visual Arts page to register! (or click here)
