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  • Life Drawing

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

    January 17 - February 14 6:30 - 8:30 pm Join George Koochin for 5 sessions of life drawing. All levels of experience welcome. Fee includes instruction, materials and live models. Cost: $150 for Gallery Members, $170 for non-members. Contact Kootenay

  • Soup for the Cultured Soul

    Banquet Room, Sandman Hotel 1944 Columbia Ave,, Castlegar,, BC, Canada

    This popular event is now sold out. If you want to put your name on the waiting list, contact the gallery.

    $45 – $55

  • Block Printing on Fabric

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

    Learn how to create designs for fabric, how to carve a block and the process of simple repeat patterns. Learn techniques like ombre-rolls, two-coloured printing and jigsaw prints. Ideal for textile artists.

    $130.00

  • Oil Painting Workshop

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

    The Uses of Underpainting Pre-register and pay online at www.karenrubkiewicz.com/workshops. Underpainting is a great way to start your painting off with some built in contrast and tonal value. Learn the basic uses of underpainting, choosing colours for various effects and

    $60.00

  • Kids’ Spring Art Camps Day 1

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

    Stick and Bead Art Create your own stick and hoop. Learn how to work with beads to personalize your own beaded bracelets or lizards to take home.

    $15

  • Kids’ Spring Art Camps Day 2

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

    Learn how to make felted flowers, fabric animals, monsters and puppets.

    $15

  • Kids’ Spring Art Camps Day 3

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

    Messy Madness Make your own slime and then paint like Jackson Pollack. Splat!

  • Kids’ Spring Art Camps Day 4

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

    Mask Making Magic Mold your unique face to create a personalized mask. Use paint, feathers and fabric to transform your mask into magic.

  • Kids’ Spring Art Camps Day 5

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

    Sculpt with Clay Get your hands dirty with clay and create your own work of art.

  • Kids’ Spring Art Camps Day 6

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

    Art by Nature Looking at art in nature and creatng our own temporary art installations outside.

  • Hildur Jonasson Artist Talk

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

    April 6 at 3:00 pm Artist Hildur Jonasson will talk about her residency aboard a tall ship in the International Territory of Svalbord in 2017. Jonasson will speak about the art she created subsequent to the excursion and the methods

    Free

  • Consumed by Clouds Opening Night

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, 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

    Free

  • I Love You – Opening Night

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, 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”.

    Free

  • Embroidered Specimens

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

    During this one day workshop, I will share the techniques I have developed to create ethereal sculptures. My work
    explores an often overlooked side of embroidery: the structural possibilities versus the inherent fragility of thread. This
    class will explore machine and hand embroidery to create botanical designs that explore texture and colour.

  • Copper Etching with Marty Ryan

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, 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

    $70 – $80

  • What the ^*(% do they want? Exhibition Proposals Pt 2

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, 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

    Free

  • Dinner for the Cultured Soul

    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

  • Paint Ourselves Visible

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, 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

  • Soup for the Cultured Soul 2020

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    Castlegar Recreation Complex 2101 6 Ave,, Castlegar, BC, 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

    $50 – $60

  • After Eden Opening

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, 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

    Free

  • Anima Opening

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, 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

    Free

  • Selkirk Creative Writing Student Reading

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, 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

    Free

  • Celebrate Poetry Month – Moved Online

    Kootenay Gallery of Art 120 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, 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

    By donation

  • Grief, Grit and Gratitude (Online)

    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

    $25