CURRENT EVENTS:

"HAPPY ART OPEN STUDIO TOUR" full details here
Sept 29 from 12-4pm  & Oct 11, 12 & 14,  from 12-4pm
NANCY VINCE

Take a drive out to the country and discover this artist in her “happy place”. This is a full working studio with 3 rooms and a hallway gallery of whimsical and inspirational art. See where this artist creates her illustrations which then become cards, coloring books, mugs, metal prints, puzzles and more. Check out another room where she frames her work, creates mugs, coasters, metal prints, puzzles, and any other products she can add her art to. The third room and the hallway gallery showcase the finished artwork and art pieces that have all been created in her studio. This artist loves to share what she does and would be happy to have you visit.
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Happy Art Studio, Nancy Vince

"FURRY & FEATHERED FRIENDS" Art Show & Sale 
July 3 to Sept 30, 2023 - Whitevale Vet Clinic, Lumby, 9 to 5 Monday to Friday
WENDY HART PENNER

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"Matilda" 8x6" oil ©WMHartPenner $325

"THE BEGINNING, THE END & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN" Art Show & Sale 
Opening Reception Sept 28, 6 to 8pm 
Sept 28 - Oct 23, 2023 - Armstrong Spallumsheen Art Gallery
KRISTIE MOORE

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"Shifting Reality" 16x20” acrylic ©KristieMoore

"SOLO SHOW" Art Show & Sale
Oct 1 - 31, 2023 - Marmalade Cat Cafe, 2903 Pandosy St, Kelowna
MARY STEBBINS

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"Garner" 20x20" acrylic ©Mary Stebbins

"CULTURE DAYS" VCAC Screen Printing Demo
Oct 2 - 31, 2023 - 11 am to 2pm- Vernon Community Arts Centre
CHRISTINE KASHUBA

​Screenprinting demo at the Vernon Community Arts Centre. We'll be featuring the Sundog logo for our design. Bring a t-shirt, tote bag or bandana you can imprint the design and make your own Sundog Festival creation!
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"Prickly Pear" 8x10" Cyanotype framed ©Christine Kashuba $150

"FORM & FIGURE - A HUMAN VIEW" Art Show & Sale 
Oct 5 - Oct 31, 2023 - Vernon Community Arts Centre
VCAC Members

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"Undecided" life drawing, charcoal on paper ©WMHartPenner

"ART IN THE MALL" Art Show & Sale
Oct 6 - 26, 2023 - Village Green Mall
​OACS MEMBERS​

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Please click to download poster

"FIRST FRIDAY STUDIO STROLL" 
Oct 6 - 4 to 8 pm - 7371 McKoryk Road
Christine Kashuba

Christine Kashuba will be initiating her own version of First Friday that she learned in Amarillo TX. Join in the fun and visit her studio as part of the inaugural "First Friday Studio Stroll" Check out the work she produced while away in TX and what she's been doing since she's been back in Vernon.

"WINGS & WHIMSICAL THINGS" Art Show & Sale 
Oct 7 - Oct 28, 2023 - Osoyoos Art Gallery
KATHRYN ROSS co-hosted with sculptor Maureen Walker

SHANNON WYLIE - ON GOING SHOW AT THE FIG BISTRO
3407 30th Ave, Vernon, BC
8 to 3 Monday to Friday

EILEEN SAWRACKI - SOLO GALLERY
Sterling Centre - Easthill Physio, #401-3210 25th Ave, Vernon

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"Okanagan View" 20x26" acrylic $400 ©Eileen Sawracki

MARGARET McSWEENEY - SOLO GALLERY
​Paradigm Naturopathic Medicine Clinic, 104-2802 30 Street, Vernon​

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"Convict Tang" 24 X 36" oil on canvas ©Margaret McSweeney
Margaret McSweeney's painting "Convict Tang" has taken third place in the Central Chapter of the FCA spring show "Ode to Spring" 

YOUTH ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - 2023
​OACS Sponsors Three Youth Artists in Residence at VCAC

​The OACS celebrates the motto “Artists Helping Artists” and we are proud to present $250 each to these deserving students - a bursary for art supplies. Photo From left to right:  Nancy Vince (OACS club member), Emma Fellenz (student), Ella Rivard (student), Kris Fuller (OACS president), Svetlana Shkuratova (VCAC)

"FALL for ART" OACS ANNUAL SHOW - PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD 
📣 BARBARA FRESZ ; "BLUE SHADES"

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"Blue Shades" 30x40" acrylic ©Barbara Fresz $1200

PREVIOUS NEWS & EVENTS:

OACS YOUTH ARTS

SORRENTO RETREAT

IN THE NEWS 

VERNON & DISTRICT PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

PADDLEWHEEL SHOW AND SALE

VIRTUAL ART SHOW AND SALE - ​Nov 7th, 2020  to Jan 7th , 2021 - no fee to enter nor sales commissions. It was a great success with  46 artists participating and 195 paintings entered.

Header art:  "Music Magic" by  Kris Fuller