On January 17th, in collaboration with the Blood of Life Collective we launched Not Extinct - A Sinixt Virtual Exhibit, an interactive website based on the book Not Extinct: Keeping the Sinixt Way by Marilyn James and Taress Alexis. This virtual experience will share...

                                     Tell us a little about yourself, your work and your art practice. I grew up in Saskatchewan and then moved to Vancouver when I was 18 to begin a BFA program at Emily Carr University. I then moved to the east side of the country,...

Catching up with Graham about his current work, and asking questions about how 2020 has been for him, he thought it would be best to keep it very simple... The text as he describes is a dialogue between two people, or perhaps him talking to himself. He said, “You are...

Wishing all our SVCAC members and valley residents a happy and prosperous New Year ahead! With each new year comes the potential of new possibilities, and this year perhaps a pivot towards new creative directions for many. We recognize that 2020 was challenging on...

  Tell us a little about yourself, your work and your art practice. Born and raised in the Slocan Valley, I love and appreciate the beauty of the West Kootenays. Every since I was a little boy hiking with my dad, I have felt the desire to capture and share the...

Tell us a little about yourself, your work and your art practice. I am a lifelong artist and Kootenay resident for 25 years. I’ve studied several art disciplines; performance art, fine art and functional art. In 1999 I was introduced to world dance practices. I fell...

Tell us a little about yourself, your work and your art practice. My name is Cameron Stewart, I am a potter and a residential masonry contractor living in Passmore and working throughout the West Kootenay. I moved to the Slocan Valley from Vancouver Island via...

Peter Vogelaar is well known in the Slocan Valley. He and his partner Lesley Mayfield have championed the arts for nearly 30 years in the Slocan, and they have been at it as artists for even longer. We are sad to say goodbye to Peter this year, as he will be stepping...

Tell us a little about yourself, your work and your art practice. My name is Lou Lynn. I’m a sculptor, working in glass and bronze. My studio is located on our property in Winlaw. My work has an implied reference to once-familiar tools or functional objects, and are...

Tell us a little about yourself, your work and your art practice. I am a ceramic artist, kiln builder and educator. My studio practice in the Slocan valley involves firing multiple atmospheric kilns to high temperatures in order to achieve unique surfaces on the work....

Tell us a little about yourself, your work and your art practice. My name is Leesa Dean and I am a writer living in Krestova with my artist husband, Matty Kakes, and our daughter. My first book, Waiting for the Cyclone, was published in 2016 and my poetry chapbook The...

Tell us a little about yourself, your work and your art practice. I'm an artist that works with elements of the non-human world, like landscape and ancestors, to create experimental music. I use trance practices, ritual, and ceremony, as part of my process. I moved to...

Tell us a little about yourself, your work and your art practice. My name is Matty Kakes. I’m a visual artist living with my family in Pass Creek. I mostly paint murals and street art, but occasionally I’ll play around with canvases, found objects, doodling and...

Try for a minute to imagine the Slocan Valley without its rich artisan culture. What would our colourful, eclectic valley community be without house concerts, murals, ice sculptures, not to mention studio tours, literary readings, theatre productions. A horrible...

Don't delay! Renew your annual Slocan Valley Community Arts Council membership today. We now have an easy form on our website: https://slocanvalleyarts.ca/membership/ and you can now pay through e-transfer! With member grant opportunities just around the corner, we...

2020 Membership in the Slocan Valley Community Arts Council is now open to any individual or organization that supports the mandate of the council, specifically: “To increase and broaden the opportunities for residents of the Slocan Valley and area to enjoy and...

Columbia Basin– Want to learn more about how to apply for arts and culture grants delivered by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance? Attend a free workshop with Krista Patterson, who will share how to apply and what to expect from the application process....