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Preserving the Arts in the 90s
THE PAST IS PROLOGUE: PART 3
» Thursday 25 September 2008 | 5 pm
» The Bohemian Café, 524 Bernard Avenue
An informal afternoon hour showcasing people and ideas featured in Okanagan ARTS. Join us as George Traicheff of Penticton, Eileen Robinson of Kelowna, and Susan Brandoli of Vernon discuss the challenges of the arts in the Okanagan during the 1990s.
» This is a free event. Refreshments will be available at a modest cost.
» Seating is limited, please reserve yours HERE
Arts Volunteers: A Sustainable Resource
The 1990s was a rough road for the Okanagan's artistic community. The province was just climbing out of a long-held recession and everyone was feeling the pinch. For those with art in their souls, preserving the arts became paramount. They worked selflessly to explore new alternatives to establish an artistic foundation that could be depended on. New programs, facilities and administrative directions emerged but a changing economy and women's roles impacted the resource of volunteers that had nurtured the arts in Canada. Still passion is a vital, renewable resource and times have changed.
This coming Thursday, September 25, the Okanagan Institute Express continues its The Past is Prologue series with Preserving the Arts in the 90s, hosted by Karen Close at 5 pm at the Bohemian Café in Kelowna. This thought-provoking series investigates the history and development of the arts in this region, and provides opportunities for Okanagan residents to reflect on where we've come from and where we want to go.
This week's examination features key players from throughout the Okanagan speaking on the financial struggles of the well-established Okanagan Summer School of the Arts in Penticton, the vision for an arts centre in Kelowna, and the development of cultural programs in Vernon.
George Traicheff is a professional Okanagan artist who played a critical role in the development of the Okanagan Summer School of the Arts in Penticton in the 1990s. Traicheff spent the 1990s as executive director helping the school work its way through a maze of grant applications, fund raising and anything else he could think of to keep the school alive. He's served a number of terms on the boards of the Penticton & District Community Arts Council, Penticton Art Gallery, Federation of Canadian Artists South Okanagan Chapter, Western Heritage Artists, (Montana). Today Traicheff continues to work as principle for the school, which is now in its 48th year of operation.
Eileen Robinson was the president of the Kelowna and District Arts Council from the late 1980s and into the 1990s. A recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal for activism in the arts and social justice, Robinson was actively involved in developing a Kelowna arts centre, which has since become the Rotary Centre for the Arts. She also served as director and business manager for the Theatre Kelowna Society.
Susan Brandoli served as the Executive Director and Curator of the Vernon Public Art Gallery Society from 1989 until 2001. A graduate of the University of Regina with a BA (History), and a BFA (Distinction, Visual Arts), Brandoli has extensive experience in arts and community arts organizations, including the Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization, the Canadian Association of Cultural Executives, the Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce, and Vernon Women in Business. In 2001, Brandoli returned to art making. Currently she is completing an Interdisciplinary Master of Fine Arts degree in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, at UBC Okanagan. Her thesis graduating exhibitions, featuring video, installation and performance, Counterv(e)il: Desire and Counterv(e)il: Conceal, are currently being shown at the Alternator Project Gallery until October 3, and at the FINA Gallery at UBC Okanagan until September 25.
The Past is Prologue: Preserving the Arts in the 90s is a free event, and takes place at the Bohemian Café. This marks the 59th event the Okanagan Institute has held since the Express series got underway in July 2007. Since that time, the series has played host to many Okanagan luminaries, including former deputy secretary general of Amnesty International Derek Evans, artists Lee Claremont and Gary Pearson, BC Book Award nominee Don Gayton, CBC Literary prize winner poet Harold Rhenisch, distinguished editor and author Jim Taylor, animator and filmmaker Jim Cliffe, architect Jim Meiklejohn, and others from a variety of creative fields.
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Where Enquiring Minds Gather. Okanagan Institute at the Bohemian Café A hearty feast of lectures, presentations, workshops and showcases celebrating our culture and community. Produced by the Okanagan Institute in association with Wheat King Publishing magazines: Okanagan Arts and Okanagan Home. Express is sponsored in part by the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, Wood Lake Publishing, UBCO-FCCS, and in support of Project Literacy Kelowna.
The Okanagan Institute is a group of creative professionals that have gathered around the goal of providing events, publications and services of interest to enquiring minds in the Okanagan. We partner with individuals, organizations, institutions and businesses to achieve optimal creative and social impact.
Our mission is to ignite cultural transformation, catalyze collaborative action, build networks and foster sustainable creative enterprises. We invite the participation by all members of the creative community.
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