September 20 – November 9, 2013

Invested: 10,000 Hours – an exhibition of contemporary craft
Various craft media by Columbia Basin artists
Curated by Helen Sebelius

10,000 hours Poster_Page_1On Friday, September 20th the Kootenay Gallery will be joining in the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Craft Council of British Columbia with an exhibition of contemporary craft.  The eleven artists chosen to participate in this exhibition live and work in the Columbia Basin and represent the practices of woodworking, jewelry, metalwork, glass and ceramics.

The exhibition is titled Invested: 10,000 Hours as this concept is seen as a marker for attaining expertise or mastery in a particular practice.  Curator Helen Sebelius has built an exhibition that will celebrate and demonstrate the artists’ dedication to their creative process, their approach to their chosen medium and the wide range of traditional and non- traditional uses of these mediums.

At the opening reception on September 20th at 7pm, Sebelius will engage in a discussion with the participating artists and the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions.  The Gallery would like to thank the Columbia Basin Trust and the Columbia Power Corporation for their support through the exhibition sponsorship program.  Funding was also received from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance.

This exhibit will run from September 20th to November 9th. The Gallery is located across from the Castlegar Region Airport adjacent to the Doukhobor Discovery Centre and is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10-5pm.  For more information visit the Gallery facebook page or phone 250-365-3337.

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