Consumed by Clouds Opening Night
2019-09-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
East Gallery
Consumed by Clouds
Amanda McCavour
September 6 – November 2
The site specific work created at the Kootenay Gallery of Art explores thread’s subtle quality versus it’s accumulative presence. This installation consists of multiple low hanging “clouds” or three dimensional scribbles that will be made entirely out of thread. Each cloud will consist of hundreds of sewn elements inspired by “spirographs” that will hang from the ceiling with individual threads. This dense collection of sewn lines is made of saturated thread colours like neon green, yellow, orange and pink. These bright hues colour the space, creating a vivid atmosphere filled with saturated lines. Viewers will move around the embroidered environment through paths and will be invited to lay underneath the installation. The pieces will move slightly with the movement of air, creating a surreal synthetic environment enveloping the viewer in line and colour.

I Love You - Opening Night
2019-09-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
West Gallery
I Love You
George Koochin
September 6 – November 2
Come in, relax and enjoy a moment of solitude as you ponder this “Kootenay love poem” – George Koochin’s monumental visual meditation on “why there is life”.

Embroidered Specimens
2019-09-07 10:00 - 16:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Embroidered Specimens
with artist Amanda McCavour
Create a small embroidered design inspired by the natural world
September 7
10 am – 4 pm
Kootenay Gallery of Art
Members: $65 + $20 material fee
Non-members: $75 + $20 material fee
Contact the Kootenay Gallery at 250 365 3337 for more info or to register.

Copper Etching with Marty Ryan
2019-09-21 10:00 - 16:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Learn the basics of copper etching with artist Marty Ryan. In this full day workshop Marty will guide you through creating a finished piece of your choice (ornament, bracelet, bookmark) from prepared copper plates.
Cost: $70 for gallery members and $80 for non-members.
All materials included. Bring a lunch.
For more information and to register, please contact Kootenay Gallery at 250 365-3337.

What the ^*(% do they want? Exhibition Proposals Pt 2
2019-10-19 09:30 - 16:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Free workshop for practicing artists
With Susan Andrews Grace and Maggie Shirley
Topics to be covered:
• what (not) to include
• what is expected for each item requested
• writing artist statements, cover letters & more
Have fun learning how to create your best proposal ever.
To register, please send a complete exhibition proposal to
kootenaygallery@telus.net by October 4.
Not sure what to include? See https://www.kootenaygallery.com/submissions/

Dinner for the Cultured Soul
2019-10-26 18:00 - 22:00 | The Nineteenth, 1602 Aaron Road, Ootishenia, BC, Canada
Dinner for the Cultured Soul
An Elegant Evening of Chance and Entertainment
Fundraiser for the Kootenay Gallery of Art
Saturday, October 26
at the Nineteenth
Doors open at 6:00 pm, dinner at 7:00 pm
For more information, check here.
Call the Gallery at 250 365 3337 or email us here with credit card information to reserve your spot. Guests will be charged $50 per person for last-minute cancellations or no-shows.
Are you feeling lucky? Take a chance at the Dinner for the Cultured Soul.

Paint Ourselves Visible
2020-02-14 15:30 - 17:30 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
LGBTQ2+ and Questioning Youth ! Make 2020 your year. Join other LGBTQ2+ youth and artists to explore different media, meet local artists and create a mural showing Castlegar who we are.
Second Friday of the month (Feb – Jun) 3:45pm-5:30pm
for more information or to sign up text Nicole 250.608.3565
This project is co-presented by Castlegar Pride and the Kootenay Gallery of Art with a grant from the Columbia Basin Trust – Community Development Program.

Soup for the Cultured Soul 2020
2020-02-22 18:30 - 21:00 | Castlegar Recreation Complex, 2101 6 Ave,, Castlegar, BC, V1N 3B2, Canada
Soup is on! We have eight (count them, eight!) restaurants/caterers competing this year for the title of People’s Favourite. This year, for the first time, the chefs and their assistants will vote for their favourite as well. Participating chefs are from The Black Rooster, Kim’s Creations, The Lion’s Head, The Wandering Greek Oven, Roots, The Grand Buddha Bistro, Maggie’s Mug and The Nineteenth.
The ticket includes:
A hand crafted pottery bowl, chosen by you
• A sampling of soups created by our local chefs and a chocolate for dessert
• Specialty breads to accompany your meal
• Two free drink tickets
• A recipe booklet of the soups sampled
• A chance to vote for your favorite soup of the evening
• An opportunity to buy ceramics from the participating potters
• A discount coupon for items available at the Kootenay Gallery Gift Shop
And more!
Because we are hosting it at the Rec Centre, ticket holders will be able to line up indoors. Also, we plan on having tables with seats for everyone.
Call 250 365 3337 with a credit card to buy your tickets or drop by the gallery (120 Heritage Way, Castlegar). At this point, about half the tickets are sold.

After Eden Opening
2020-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Stephanie Kellett and Robert Livingood
The artists will be in attendance. Everyone is welcome.
After Eden conjures spirits from a once whole and vital landscape, to remind us of what is leaving and what is left. After Eden uses beauty to afford viewers a space where they can feel, acknowledge, and mourn the massive ecological changes we are all experiencing on some level right now.
There will be a workshop faciliated by Jan Inglis on April 18 in conjunction with this show.

Anima Opening
2020-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Lydia Miller
The artist will be in attendance. Everyone is welcome.
In Anima, relationships are woven between the Ocean and the Mountains. Life is reflected through the remains of the animals and plants who once contributed to their environment. Every facet of our Earth has a soul, countless years of energy, which has amalgamated into physical beings.
The cycle of life is inescapable, once each organism has served and fulfilled its space on Earth, it must return to the dirt to make room for new blooms. May Anima help to ignite the importance of our cohesive ecosystems and remind us that there are superlative forces to us, forces we must once again respect if we so choose to survive.

Selkirk Creative Writing Student Reading
2020-03-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Selkirk College Creative Writing Program
Student Reading
Join Selkirk College students here at the Kootenay Gallery of Art for an evening of reading. Please come and support the young adults studying in our community.
Free event. Donations to the Gallery welcome.

Celebrate Poetry Month - Moved Online
2020-04-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
This event has moved online. Please check out the Federation of BC Writers’ Facebook page on and after April 15 (@bcwriters)
To celebrate Poetry Week, there will be a reading by three published poets; Castlegar’s own Linda Crosfield (left), Jane Byers from Nelson (middle) and Susan Andrews Grace, also from Nelson (right).

Grief, Grit and Gratitude (Online)
2020-04-18 13:00 - 16:00
Developing Resiliency in the Face of Pandemics and Climate Crises

Now online via Zoom

In the face of the growing social, political and ecological challenges of our era, it is important for us to have focused times and safe spaces to anchor our connection with what deeply matters within ourselves, our communities and the earth. This online workshop is based in part on the work of Joanna Macy. It will offer an opportunity for sharing the many emotions which arise: fear, grief, shock, anger, guilt, etc. as well as for grounding into gratitude, and finding new meaning and resiliency in order to move forward together in creating a world we want.
Facilitated by Jan Inglis
Offered by the Kootenay Gallery of Art in conjunction with the exhibition After Eden by Stephanie Kellett and Robert Livingood.
Tickets $25. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
Once you have purchased a ticket, contact the Kootenay Gallery at kootenaygallery@telus.net to receive Zoom info.

Macrame + Weaving = Macraweave!
2020-05-09 13:00 - 16:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
We will be reviewing the status of this event closer to the date. Please watch for updates.

with Sarah Elizabeth

May 9 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Cost: $55/$45 (members) plus $35 material fee
Create a beautiful mountain scene using basic macrame technique, knot work and weaving! Participants will learn in a cozy and relaxed environment and be provided with all required materials and tools including: soft and delightful recycled cotton rope, hand painted Corriedale roving, and a stylish copper bar for hanging.
To register, drop by, email or call the Kootenay Gallery at 250 365 3337.

Kootenay Gallery AGM
2020-09-23 17:00 - 17:30 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Annual General Meeting
The Kootenay Gallery of Art will host its Annual General Meeting on September 23 at 5:00 pm. Covid protocols will apply. Seating will be physically distanced. Everyone is welcome to attend and members are encouraged to come.
120 Heritage Way, Castlegar. Across from the airport, between the Doukhobor Discovery Centre and the West Kootenay SPCA

Domestic Fetishes Open House
2020-09-25 17:00 - 20:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Domestic Fetishes by Susan Andrews Grace
August 28 – October 31

Open House September 25
5pm – 8 pm
Come-and-go style
No formal speeches, COVID protocol in place

Ann Swanson Gross Open House
2020-09-25 17:00 - 20:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Reflections: An Ann Swanson Gross Retrospecive
August 28 – October 31, 2020
Open House on September 25 from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Come-and-go style
No formal speeches, COVID protocol in place

Susan Andrews Grace Artist Talk
2020-10-31 13:30 - 14:30 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Artist Talk
with Susan Andrews Grace
October 31 at 1:30 pm
Join Curator Maggie Shirley as she hosts a discussion with artist Susan Andrews Grace on her current exhibition, Domestic Fetishes. This will be an insightful way to finish the exhibition and deepen our understanding of Andrews Grace’s art and Tracy Valcourt’s essay on the art.
The event will be hosted within the exhibition space, with seats physically distanced apart.
Everyone is welcome to this free event.

Low Tech Printmaking
2020-11-07 10:00 - 14:30 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Low-tech Printmaking
with Artist Natasha Smith
November 7
10:00 am – 2:30 pm
$45 + $20 material fee (members)
$50 + $20 material fee (non-members)
Bring your own exacto/utility knife, scissors, apron/paint shirt and a bag lunch.
Contact Kootenay Gallery to register. Maximum 6 participants – register soon!
Read more information here.

Facebook Live Shopping Event
2020-11-21 19:00 - 20:00
November 21, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Grab a glass of wine and join Audrey Maxwell Polovnikoff and Judy Madelung from the comfort of your couch as they host a virtual tour of Christmas at the Gallery. See something you like? You can send us a message and we will set it aside for you. You can pay over the phone and pick it up later. For a small fee, we can even deliver the items to your home in Castlegar and surrounding area, If you live further away, we can mail them to you for the cost of shipping.

Sweetheart of a Deal
2021-02-11 10:00 - 2021-02-13 17:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Looking for something for the one you love? Or something to complete your new renos? We have a Sweetheart of a Deal for you.
Save 20% off of everything in the Gift Store and Galleries.*
The Gallery will be open until 8 pm on February 12 for late night shopping.

*In-store purchases only. Does not apply to online store.

Young Visions Open House
2021-04-24 10:00 - 16:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Join us for a come-and-go style Open House to celebrate Young Visions 2021.

Overburden at Oxygen
2021-06-01 10:00 - 17:00
Exhibition at Oxygen – June 1 – July 10
Overburden brings together a group of artists whose shared concerns address geology and its relationship to shifting climate patterns and resource extraction, in both a regional and global context. This collaborative exhibition features two unique live exhibitions in Oxygen Art Centre (Nelson) and Kootenay Gallery of Art (Castlegar).
Artists exhibiting at Oxygen:

Keith Langergraber
Asinnajaq
Tara Nicholson
Randy Lee Cutler

Overburden at Kootenay Gallery
2021-06-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
June 18 – August 21
Overburden brings together a group of artists whose shared concerns address geology and its relationship to shifting climate patterns and resource extraction, in both a regional and global context. This collaborative exhibition features two unique live exhibitions in Oxygen Art Centre (Nelson) and Kootenay Gallery of Art (Castlegar).
Artists exhibiting at Kootenay Gallery:

Gabriela Escobar Ari
Jim Holyoak and Darren Fleet
Randy Lee Cutler
Sarah Nance
Tsema Igharas
Carol Wallace
Tara Nicholson

Overburden Virtual Programming - June 19
2021-06-19 10:30 - 17:00
10:45 am Opening Words from Curators Genevieve Robertson and Maggie Shirley
11:00 am Keynote Address – Patti Bailey, qÊ·nÌ“qÊ·inÌ“xÌŒnÌ“ is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation snÌ“Ê•ayÌ“cÌŒkstx (Sinixt), in Inchelium, Washington and practices traditional and contemporary weaving. The last twenty years of her career were spent working as an Environmental Planner for the Colville Tribal government to develop and implement strategies and cooperative working relationships to deal with decades of impact to river communities, Tribal people, and natural resources from Columbia River pollution sources in Canada. Patti Bailey shares this story through a discussion of downstream toxicity, environmental advocacy through citizen science, and lack of corporate accountability.
Register to Participate
1:00 – 2:30 pm Panel Talk #1 / Documenting Change: Place-based knowledge, resource extraction and shifting climate patternsw/ artists Tara Nicholson, Carol Wallace, Sarah Nance, Gabriela Escobar Ari
Register to Participate
2:45 – 4:30 pm Panel Talk #2 / Imaginaries: Speculative and embodied ways of relating to rock, mineral and mountain w/ artists Jim Holyoak & Darren Fleet, Randy Lee Cutler, Asinnajaq, Keith Langergraber
Register to Participate
4:30 – 4:45 pm Closing Remarks

Christmas at the Gallery Opening
2021-11-12 16:00 - 20:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Join us to browse beautiful gift items and enjoy delicious treats between 4 pm and 8 pm at the Kootenay Gallery on November 12 as we celebrate the opening of Christmas at the Gallery.
Stop by the Doukhobor Discovery Centre to visit the Spinners and Weavers’ Guild Studio at the same time.
Masks are required.

Host Your Own Soup for the Cultured Soul
2022-03-26 08:00 - 17:00
One of Castlegar’s favourite social events is back – with a twist. Kootenay Gallery is on the move and now the soup event is too. The Kootenay Gallery is looking for people to host in your homes or wherever you prefer.
Organize a party of between 4 and 10 people. On the day of March 26, volunteers will deliver gourmet soups from each of the participating restaurants with heating and serving instructions, hand-crafted pottery bowls that each person can keep, buns donated by Castlegar Safeway, bottles of Hester Creek wine, and Doodle Bug Chocolates. The package will also contain recipe books, activity ideas, and coupons.
The chefs who are creating this year’s soups are from The Black Rooster, Chef’s Choice, The Grateful Table (formerly The Wandering Greek Oven), Kim’s Catering Creations and The Nineteenth.
Cost is $55 for Hosts and Gallery Members or $65 for guests who are not Gallery Members. This is a good value as the bowls alone often retail for $30 to $45, the soups are spectacular and we will be generous with the wine.
Funds raised through this fun event will go towards relocating the gallery downtown.
Please register to be a host by contacting the Kootenay Gallery at 250 365 3337 or email kootenaygallery@telus.net by March 12. The deadline for purchasing tickets is March 19

Young Visions '22 Opening Night
2022-04-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Young Visions 2022
Students & Staff of Stanley Humphries, Rossland Summit School and Kootenay Columbia Learning Centres
Opening Night Celebration – 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join us to celebrate the skill and talent of our local youth in a year-end showcase of art and more! Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.

Holyoak & Lee
2022-06-24 17:00 - 21:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
Live Music & Drawing Event
Jim Holyoak & Jesse Lee
June 24 | 5 pm – 9 pm
Entrance by donation. Snacks available.
Draw along or watch Jim draw with crayons, pencils, brooms and brushes as Jesse plays guitar, keyboard, loopers and percussion.
Funding gratefully received from the Canada Council for the Arts

Monster Drawing Workshop
2022-06-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Kootenay Gallery of Art, 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4M5, Canada
All Ages
Monster Drawing Workshop
with Jim Holyoak
June 25 from 1:00 – 3:00
Try a variety of monster-drawing exercises using pencils and wax crayons. Participants of all ages and skill levels are welcome.
To register, click the Eventbrite link below. Spaces are limited.
Entrance by donation. Funding gratefully received from the Canada Council for the Arts
