Osoyoos Persists

For the first time in Osoyoos, photographers and painters have teamed up to do a joint gallery show, “Pixels & Paint,” which runs from Saturday, March 30 to Saturday, April 27, 2024.

Due to the temporary closure of The Art Gallery Osoyoos for asbestos remediation, this show is being hosted at the Okanagan Art Gallery at 8302 Main Street in Osoyoos, between La Marqueza and Shoe Biz.

The show features work by members of the Osoyoos Photography Club and Artists on Main. The painters selected photographs as inspirations for their own interpretations, and the photographs and paintings are displayed next to each other. Some of the photographs are not accompanied by paintings.

Numerous works by members of the Okanagan Art Gallery cooperative remain on display at the same time.

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The South Okanagan-Similkameen Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists opens their exhibition of paintings on Saturday, March 2 at The Art Gallery Osoyoos. The juried show, “Beauty Is In…,” was scheduled to run until March 24, 2024, but will be closing early on Saturday, March 16, due to remediation work at the gallery.

There’s an awards presentation at 1 p.m. on opening day, Saturday, March 2.

The group consists of painters from Osoyoos and Oliver as well as those as far north as Summerland, as well as the Similkameen. Continue reading “Local Federation of Canadian Artists chapter holds show at Gallery”

Two artists, both inspired by trees and wood in different ways, appear in a show titled Deep Roots at The Art Gallery Osoyoos (TAGO). The show runs from Saturday, Feb. 3 to Saturday, Feb. 24.

Ann Willsie does large oil paintings on canvas often showing huge gnarly trees and dramatic light. She is a Senior member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. She lives and works in Lake Country, B.C.

Mike Voros carves wood and bark to make fantasy scenes of people, strange creatures, and twisted vertical cities and towns. He lives near Jackfish Lake, north of North Battleford, Sask., and spends winters as an Osoyoos snowbird.

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Trista Bassett, of Summerland, is the first-place winner of the 2024 Poster Contest at The Art Gallery Osoyoos. The announcement was made Saturday, January 6.

The image was selected by a panel of outside judges, who also considered other submissions by local artists. The judges did not know the identities of the artists when they made their decision. An exhibition of the entries opens Saturday, January 6 at the gallery and runs until Saturday, January 27, 2024.

Local artists were invited to submit artworks on the theme of, “A recognizable image of the Osoyoos area.”

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The annual Christmas Artisan Market, “Unique Treasures” opened Saturday, November 4 at The Art Gallery Osoyoos and runs until Friday, December 22.

The market features the work of Osoyoos artists and artisans and includes affordable pieces from painters, potters, photographers, quilters and others. It is geared to local shoppers and browsers, and tourists, but the focus is on items that make great holiday gifts.

Throughout the exhibition, some artists may change their exhibit space, so it’s worth checking back again during the next month and a half to see what is new.

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Two area women launched an exhibition of paintings and fabric sculptures on Saturday, Oct. 7 at The Art Gallery Osoyoos (TAGO) titled Wings & Whimsical Things. The show runs until Oct. 28.

Maureen Walker, a Keremeos-area artist who has displayed at TAGO in the past, does fabric sculpture figures, some of them life sized.

Kathryn Ross, who retired to Coldstream near Vernon, paints birds and animals, usually in oils, but sometimes acrylics, when she is not riding her horses.

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Artists On Main Osoyoos opened their annual show at The Art Gallery Osoyoos on Saturday, Sept. 9. “Through the Artists’ Eye” runs until Saturday, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.

The show presents a representative sampling of paintings by the Osoyoos-based group, and includes acrylics, watercolours, oils and mixed media.

Artists on Main Osoyoos welcomes both accomplished artists and those who are newer to painting and wish to improve. They meet at Studio 89 above the gallery and have about 70 members. Continue reading “Virtual Gallery: Artists on Main open annual show at TAGO”

The annual Summer Artisan Market opened Saturday, June 17, 2023 at The Art Gallery Osoyoos and runs until Labour Day, Monday, Sept. 4.

The market features the work of Osoyoos artists and artisans and includes affordable pieces from painters, potters, photographers, quilters and others. It is geared both to local shoppers and browsers and tourists.

During the summer, some artists may change their exhibit space, so it’s worth checking back again throughout the summer to see what is new.

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Penticton painter Lyse Deselliers has returned to The Art Gallery Osoyoos with a new solo show, The Food We Grow.” The show opened Wednesday, May 24, 2023 and it runs until June 14.

Deselliers, who was born in Quebec City, last had a solo exhibition at TAGO in April 2021, when the theme was water. She takes the themes seriously, and for this show about growing food, she interviews local farmers or prints accounts by them. It’s a feast for the mind as well as the eye. Continue reading “Lyse Deselliers solo exhibit features ‘The Food We Grow’”