AGM Notice

Join us for our 2022 Annual General Meeting! Find out more about SVCAC projects and plans. To attend please RSVP at svcarts@gmail.com Organizational documents and the Zoom link will then be shared.

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Notice of AGM

Notice of AGM

Join us for our 2022 Annual General Meeting! Find out more about SVCAC projects and plans. To attend please RSVP at svcarts@gmail.com Organizational documents and the Zoom link will then be shared.  

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We are looking for youth artists to join our community! Become a member and have your art featured with us by clicking the link below! MEMBERSHIP | Slocan Valley Arts Art by Shaela

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Member Grants Now Open for Submission

Member Grants Now Open for Submission

The Slocan Valley Community Arts Council (SVCAC) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Member Grants cycle.  Note the granting process has changed recently. Please read the Project Guidelines carefully before applying. Submission deadline: March 31, 2022

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Not Extinct

Not Extinct

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...

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The Shed

The Shed

Transmitting from the Slocan Valley, British Columbia, The Shed features a one-night, online extravaganza of live music and poetry fandangadoccio. Marking the (perhaps) end of COVID-19 as we know it, "The Shed" takes flight 30 July 2021 at 7 PM with the indomitable...

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2020 AGM Minutes

2020 AGM Minutes

Slocan Valley Community Arts Council Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of September 14, 2020 7pm Held remotely via Zoom Present: Board members - Peter Vogelaar, Eden DuPont, Natasha Smith, Lisa Heisler, Fletcher Fitzgibbons Other members – Seathra Bell, Isabell...

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Super 8 Youth Film Challenge

Super 8 Youth Film Challenge

Delivered in a Covid-safe manner, Jason Asbell (Filmmaker/Programming Director for The Civic Theatre) will team up with a youth mentor, to be online teaching guides through the wonderful world of shooting analogue Super 8 film. Following the online workshop, each...

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2021 Annual General Meeting

2021 Annual General Meeting

We invite you to join us for our 2021 SVCAC Annual General Meeting. This year’s meeting will be via ZOOM, June 15th, 2021 at 7:00 pm. 1.  Welcome and call to order 2.  Agenda review and approval 3.  Minutes of the 2020 AGM 4.  Treasurer’s Report – 2020 Financial...

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We’re Hiring!

We’re Hiring!

Job Posting The Slocan Valley Community Arts Council is looking to hire a part-time contract Administrator (4-6 hours per week). Working under the direction of the SVCAC Board, the Administrator will provide administrative and clerical support with respect to...

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Member Grant Deadline extension!

Member Grant Deadline extension!

2021 Member Grant Deadline Extension NEW deadline: April 15th, 2021 We know you are busy. We have been too! That's why we've decided to extend our Member Grant application deadline a couple weeks. The new deadline is now April 15th, 2021. Current individual and group...

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Art Ski at Whitewater

Art Ski at Whitewater

The melt is on here in the river valley, and we've rounded up the signs from the rail trail this week. But the Art on the Rails exhibition lives on!!! Whitewater Ski Resort is hosting its first-ever Art Ski March 15th-19th. They will be featuring a collection of local...

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Thanks for your feedback!

Thanks for your feedback!

So far, our Art on the Rails outdoor exhibition seems to be a success! We've been getting lots of feedback, and have spoken to many folks on the trail while out checking the signs. Yet we've heard from some friends and followers how it could be even better!  So we...

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Sculptor Lou Lynn wins Governor General’s Award

Sculptor Lou Lynn wins Governor General’s Award

The Canada Council for the Arts announced this week that Lou Lynn, Winlaw visual artist and long time Slocan Valley Community Arts Council member, has won the Saidye Bronfman Award, which is the highest distinction handed out in Canada to an artist working in fine...

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Art on the Rails Exhibition!

Art on the Rails Exhibition!

It's here! Art on the Rails, our outdoor art exhibition is now on display for the month of February at four locations along the Slocan Valley Rail Trail. Kicking it off with the beautiful snow sculpture of swans at Crescent Valley, you can now view  a series of...

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‘Winter Guests’ have arrived

‘Winter Guests’ have arrived

If you haven't been out to the valley to see the Trumpeter swans yet, now is the time! A pair of masterfully crafted swans is now on display at the Crescent Valley trailhead opposite Frog Peak Cafe. The large snow sculpture is part of a month-long outdoor Art on the...

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Patterns in Nature with Natasha Bogdasavich

Patterns in Nature with Natasha Bogdasavich

                                     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,...

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Call for Entry: Art on the Rails

Call for Entry: Art on the Rails

Do you miss art like we do? The Slocan Valley Community Arts Council is teaming up with the Slocan Valley Heritage Trail Society this winter to mount an outdoor art exhibition along the rail trail. Designed to showcase our fabulous valley artists, allow for social...

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Catching Up With Graham Gillmore

Catching Up With Graham Gillmore

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...

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Author reading  – November 18th

Author reading – November 18th

AUTHOR READING SERIES Home & Away Featuring local and visiting B.C. writers at Oxygen Art Centre Co-presented with Elephant Mountain Literary Festival Author Reading Series Timothy Taylor & Fletcher FitzGibbon Wednesday, November 18, 2020 7:00 PM Zoom Free/ by...

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Discovering Soulful Motion with Shauna Robertson

Discovering Soulful Motion with Shauna Robertson

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...

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Cam Stewart’s Handbuilt Ceramics

Cam Stewart’s Handbuilt Ceramics

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...

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Thank you Peter Vogelaar!

Thank you Peter Vogelaar!

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...

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Work cycles with sculptor Lou Lynn

Work cycles with sculptor Lou Lynn

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...

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2020 Annual General Meeting

2020 Annual General Meeting

We invite you to join us for our 2020 SVCAC Annual General Meeting. This year's meeting will be via ZOOM, September 14th, 7:00 pm. 1.  Welcome and call to order 2.  Agenda review and approval 3.  Minutes of the 2019 AGM 4.  Treasurer’s Report – 2019 Financial...

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Maker & Educator Robin DuPont

Maker & Educator Robin DuPont

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....

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Mosaics and more with Rabi’a!

Mosaics and more with Rabi’a!

Tell us a little about yourself, your work and your art practice. "I started late in life  (60) as and artist then doors open end..tools were introduced and I haven’t slowed down yet..started with mosaics, then I carved rocks for a while..played with mirror...started...

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Meet Visual Artist Matty Kakes

Meet Visual Artist Matty Kakes

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...

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Creativity Continues!

Creativity Continues!

We are amongst the many small non-profit organizations that have been impacted by COVID-19, and have spent the last few months monitoring and wondering how to move forward through these dynamic and unprecedented times. The pandemic has had a sudden and substantial...

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SVCAC Announcement & Invitation

SVCAC Announcement & Invitation

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...

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Renew your membership today!

Renew your membership today!

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...

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CKCA and the Trust announce 2020-21 programs

CKCA and the Trust announce 2020-21 programs

ARTS AND CULTURE GRANTS NOW AVAILABLE Columbia Basin – Artists in all disciplines—as well as arts and culture organizations—are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), which delivers the Arts and Culture Program on behalf...

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2020 Memberships now available!

2020 Memberships now available!

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...

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Vallican Whole Community Choir Seasonal Sing-along

Vallican Whole Community Choir Seasonal Sing-along

The Vallican Whole Community Choir is hosting their annual Seasonal Sing-along & Concert with special guests: The Family of Friends Choir and some members of the RhythmDance Drum Orchestra. Sunday, December 15th 3:00 pm Vallican Whole Community Centre (3762 Little...

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Free Grant Writing Workshops

Free Grant Writing Workshops

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....

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Member Grant Update

Member Grant Update

The Slocan Valley Community Arts Council is currently in the process of re-vamping and improving our member grants program. We anticipate that the 2020 application forms will be available in March of 2020, with cheques for successful applicants being presented at the...

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Acrylic Pouring Workshop

Acrylic Pouring Workshop

Slocan Valley Recreation Commission presents: Come and Pour your heart out! with Sherry Heyliger November 14th, 6 - 9 pm Vallican Whole Community Centre "Acrylic Pouring is a simple and fun way to create beautiful art." For more information or to register: rdck.ca or...

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Call for Submissions: Life in the Kootenays

Call for Submissions: Life in the Kootenays

The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) will be presenting a juried visual art exhibition entitled, Life in the Kootenays.Submissions to the exhibition should be an artist’s representation of living and working in the Kootenays. The juried exhibition will be...

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