Sept-October 2010 - Preview

goods and people aimed for by corporateglobalization strategies, what isthe relationship between our identityand the places we inhabit?Kamloops Arts CouncilMain Gallery7 Seymour St W ✆250-372-7323www.kamloopsarts.catues-fri 10am-5pm sat 10am-4pm.MAIN GALLERY Sep 2-11 CourthouseGallery Artists, “Featuring...”, multimedia;Sep 13-18 Arnica Artist RunCentre, “Produce/Produce: examiningurban sustainability”, food installationproject; THE WILSON HOUSE GALLERY,115 Tranquille Rd, Kamloops, B.C.mon-thurs 10am-5pm Sep 7-29Alysia Waters, abstract paintings.KASLOLangham CulturalCentre Gallery447 A Ave ✆250-353-2661www.thelangham.cathurs-sun 1-4pm. Admission bydonation. Thru Sep 4 Tajai Alexev,“Essence”, botanical images in pasteresist and natural dyes reminiscent ofAfrican bark cloth; Sep 10-Oct 31Willow Yamauchi, “Apocalious”, newpaintings address the ongoing strugglebetween man and nature that arereminiscent of a cross between modernFirst Nations art and Japanesemanga.KELOWNA★ Alternator Centre forContemporary Art103-421 Cawston AveRotary Centre for the Arts✆250-868-2298www.alternatorgallery.comtues, wed, sat 11am-5pm thurs & fri1-9pm. Sep 10-Oct 22 Tracey KimBonneau, Mariel Belanger and RojaAslani, “Women in the Okanagan”,histories of women in the Okanaganare presented via personal stories andpublic collections by emerging newmedia and installation artists.Geert Maas SculptureGardens and Gallery250 Reynolds Rd ✆250-860-7012www.geertmaas.orgirregular hours. Acclaimed internationally,artist Geert Maas invites the public tovisit his exceptional sculpture gardensand indoor gallery with one of the largestcollections of bronze sculpture in Canada;changing exhibitions. Maas createsdistinctive, rounded, semi-abstract figures,architectural structures as well asinstallations in a wide variety of materialsincluding bronze, stainless steel, aluminum,wood, stoneware and multimedia.The great diversity of outdoor art iscomplemented in the gallery by an overwhelmingnumber of paintings, serigraphs,medals, reliefs and sculpture invarious media.★ Kelowna Art Gallery1315 Water St ✆250-762-2226www.kelownaartgallery.comdaily 10am-5pm. Thru Sep 18 TheTree: From the Sublime to the Social,large, thematic exhibition circulated bythe Vancouver Art Gallery and containsworks from its permanent collection;Thru Sep 26 Dysfunctional Chairs:Trevor Mahovsky & Rhonda Weppler:The Searchers, this Vancouver-basedartist-duo work features the notableabsence of chairs in which their seatedfigures are perched on the gallery roof;Oct 9-Dec 12 Constructions of Identity,28 PREVIEW ■ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS