Join us between September 22 and October 15 for Culture Days - a national celebration of arts, culture, and creative expression! We invite the community down to the Arts Centre to explore the visual arts through fun and interactive workshops and artist demos. All activities are FREE, ensuring everyone can participate. Click on event for more details...
Join the Vernon Community Arts Centre at the Sundog Festival and watch local artist Patricia Doyle, dance with the flame! Patricia will be using a torch to turn rods of Italian glass into glass beads and 'squiggles and wiggles'. If you've ever considered taking one of Patricia's classes, but haven't yet signed up, this demo will have you in the studio in no time!
Find us in Polson Park, Saturday September 23, 12:00-3:00
Join the Vernon Community Arts Centre and Riley Unrau at the Sundog Festival and make colourful paper lanterns. A fun and inclusive activity for everyone 5 years of age and over.
Find us in Polson Park, Saturday September 23, 12:00-3:00
Join us during BC Culture Days for a fun pottery demonstration!
See Sabrina Boulay, a visiting ceramic artist, while she works on a large scale coil pot. Coiling pottery was one of the primary potting methods prior to the development of pottery wheels. Coil pots are sturdy in large forms and have been used for thousands of years across the globe.
Demonstrations will be held at the Vernon Community Arts Centre on Sunday, September 24th between 12:30-1:30pm, and Monday, September 25th, 4:30-5:30pm.
Donations are welcomed and will support future community arts programming.
Join us during BC Culture Days for a fun pottery demonstration!
See Sabrina Boulay, a visiting ceramic artist, while she works on a large scale coil pot. Coiling pottery was one of the primary potting methods prior to the development of pottery wheels. Coil pots are sturdy in large forms and have been used for thousands of years across the globe.
Demonstrations will be held at the Vernon Community Arts Centre on Sunday, September 24th between 12:30-1:30pm, and Monday, September 25th, 4:30-5:30pm.
Donations are welcomed and will support future community arts programming.
Celebrate Culture Days and come for a FREE demonstration on how to create handbound books that can be used for journals, sketchbooks, or zines. Silmara will demonstrate the basics of bookbinding using tools and papers you already have around your home.
Demonstration will be held at the Vernon Community Arts Centre on Monday, September 25, between 6:30pm-8:30pm.
Join us during BC Culture Days and learn about the art of Japanese printmaking.
Adrian, a fan of woodblock printing, will share some of his favourite prints and some history during a 30 minute artist talk. Mainly focusing on works from Japan, he will touch on the well-known Ukiyo (which includes Hokusai and Hiroshige), but dive deeper into the 20th century Shin Hanga, Sosaku Hanga, & Meiji eras. Adrian will close the talk with a view of some of the woodblock prints from Vienna of the same time. What he lacks in academic art knowledge is made up in enthusiasm.
This fun and fact filled evening will be held at the Vernon Community Arts Centre on Wednesday, September 27th between 7:30-8:00pm, with time for questions afterwards.
Donations are welcomed and will support future community arts programming.
Join us for a fun & FREE printmaking activity.
Unleash your creativity and explore the world of screen printing. In celebration of Culture Days, and Vernon's new Sundog Festival, we'll be using the Sundog logo for our design. Please bring a cotton or cotton blend t-shirt, tote bag or bandana that you want to the imprint the design on. We will then guide you step by step through the screen-printing process. Be prepared to take your creation away wet. When it dries the next day, you can iron it to set the print and enjoy! No preregistration necessary.
Drop into the Vernon Community Arts Centre on Monday, October 2nd, between 11:00 and 2:00 to make your own Sundog Festival creation!
Donations are welcomed and will support future community arts programming.
We're celebrating the human form!
Featuring works from VCAC’s Life Drawing Classes and other members of the Arts Council, this exhibit seeks to offer a tasteful representation of the human figure and celebrate its beauty, diversity, and complexity.
From the realistic to the abstract, the human figure has intrigued and inspired artists throughout centuries and across cultures. It offers us insight into the range and intricacy of our emotions, and allows us to express beliefs, tell stories, and explore what it means to be human. Our aim with this show is to provide an opportunity for artists to find creative ways to portray the human figure and for viewers to engage with works of art in a meaningful way.
Exhibit runs daily, October 5 to 31 and admission is always free. For those that wish to make a donation, we will accept with gratitude and put funds back into our community arts programming.
Learn the fascinating art of working with fibre!
Come watch Emily Fraser as she creates beautiful and whimsical framed fibre art pieces using upcycled materials and fibres.
Drop into the Vernon Community Arts Centre on Tuesday, October 10th, from 6:30-8:30. No registration required
Donations are welcomed and will support future community arts programming.
View works from the late Axel Ebring, in a special exhibit entitled the Old Vernon Potter.
Ebring was born in Kalmar Sweden in 1874, and immigrated to Canada at the age of 12. After years of labouring in farming, prospecting, and mining, he established a pottery studio in Notch Hill, near Salmon Arm, in the 1920's. He later moved his operation to Vernon where he would remain until his passing in 1954. Ebring is one of Canada's pioneer potters, and is known primarily for his functional, wood-fired earthenware including bowls, vases and jugs.
Collections of Ebring's pottery have been preserved by Vernon Museum, Vernon Public Art Gallery, RJ Haney Heritage Museum, and can be found in several private collections. This exhibit showcases works from the private collection of Bob Kingsmill, another very prominent Vernon Potter.
Bob will be presenting the collection in an opening reception Thursday, November 2nd, from 6-8pm. Please join us in celebrating a local legend.
The OAC is back at the Vernon Arts Centre for their annual, Fall for Art Show and Sale! Hundreds of pieces of original art, along with some art cards.
Sat Nov 18, 9:30-4:30
Sun Nov 19, 9:30-4:00
The Okanagan Artists of Canada Society (OACS) is a non profit society art club whose membership is made up of talented and creative artists from the city of Vernon and surrounding areas. The OACS is one of the oldest art associations in BC and many of its' alumni have become well known Canadian artists.
It's FREE to attend so come out and support these talented artists!
Monday to Thursday
9:00am to 9:00pm
Fridays & Saturdays
9:00am to 5:00pm
Sundays
12:00pm to 4:00pm