BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vernon Public Art Gallery - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Vernon Public Art Gallery REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250712T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20250502T201606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T184737Z UID:10000164-1747994400-1752339600@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Emergence DESCRIPTION:Amy Bugera\, Brenna Lam Kennedy\, Ella Cottier\, Faith Bye\, Fredrik Thacker\, & Kate Nicholson\n\n\n\nTopham Brown Memorial GalleryMay 23 – July 12\, 2025 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: Thursday\, May 22\, from 6-8 PM \n\n\n\n\n \n Exhibition Publication \n\n\n\nEmergence is an annual group exhibition showcasing the work of graduating students from the University of British Columbia Okanagan’s Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Media Studies programs. This year’s exhibition features six emerging artists working across painting\, photography\, sculpture\, installation\, assemblage\, and digital media. \n\n\n\nEach artist draws from personal experience\, critical theory\, or cultural observation to create work that engages with pressing contemporary themes. From interrogations of consumerism and environmental degradation to explorations of memory\, grief\, sexuality\, and identity; Emergence presents a deeply considered and diverse body of work. These practices traverse the boundaries between tradition and experimentation—some manipulating family archives and found materials\, others working with digital manipulation or painterly abstraction. \n\n\n\nSince 2009\, the Vernon Public Art Gallery has proudly supported the final exhibitions of BFA/BMS graduates from UBC Okanagan. This annual showcase continues to serve as a platform for emerging artists to present ambitious work to new audiences and step into the next phase of their creative journeys. Emergence invites viewers into intimate\, challenging\, and thoughtful visual worlds shaped by a generation of artists who are attuned to the complexities of the present moment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy BugeraAmy Bugera critiques the spectacle of consumer culture through print-based installation. Drawing influence from Guy Debord’s theories on media\, advertising\, and capitalist disillusionment\, Bugera examines the ways in which platforms like Amazon mediate our experiences through reductive\, persuasive design. Her work manipulates familiar digital commands such as “Add to cart” or “Buy now\,” transforming them through encaustic print processes to highlight their absurdity and ubiquity. By repeating and distorting these icons\, Bugera reveals how advertising functions as a tool of disconnection—encouraging consumption while suppressing reflection. Her practice is both satirical and sincere\, inviting viewers to pause and reconsider the systems we navigate daily. \n\n\n\nBrenna Lam KennedyBrenna Lam Kennedy is a multimedia artist and photographer whose work reflects on intimacy\, time\, and digital mediation. In her photographic series Proximity\, Kennedy captures tender moments between subjects\, where these images exist outside linear time\, imbued with warmth and a quiet sense of longing. Subtle digital interventions and filmic colour grading collapse the distance between viewer and subject\, heightening the emotional resonance of touch and gesture. Kennedy’s interest in the temporality of relationships is central to her practice: how we mark moments of closeness\, how we remember them\, and how digital technologies alter our perception of time itself. \n\n\n\nElla CottierElla Cottier’s sculptural installation Cans investigates the ecological\, archaeological\, and philosophical implications of what we leave behind. Working with slip-cast ceramic forms derived from discarded aluminum cans\, Cottier explores the tension between the “natural” and “unnatural” in the Anthropocene. Her practice considers trash as artifact\, reframing the overlooked or unwanted as future remnants of our current civilization. While the work is rooted in environmental concern\, it also evokes a meditative sensibility—drawing attention to our embeddedness in ecological systems. By casting everyday waste in fragile ceramic\, Cottier prompts viewers to reflect on legacy\, permanence\, and the quiet material traces of human activity. \n\n\n\nFaith ByeFaith Bye’s mixed-media paintings explore the emotional weight of everyday objects through acts of memorialization. Created in the aftermath of her grandmother’s sudden passing\, Bye’s assemblages incorporate inherited domestic items—band-aids\, sheets\, household ephemera—embedded into sculptural grounds of modeling paste\, gesso\, and acrylic medium. These physical materials are then overlaid with painted still-life scenes\, allowing the boundary between the real and the represented to blur. Her work speaks to the quiet rituals of grief and remembrance\, and how material things—once ordinary—become saturated with memory. Through painterly layering\, Bye constructs intimate dialogues between loss\, family\, and the texture of daily life. \n\n\n\nFredrik ThackerFredrik Thacker’s expressive paintings are visceral interrogations of queer desire\, sexual consumption\, and the politics of visibility. Drawing on pornography as both subject and conceptual framework\, Thacker collapses bodies into abstracted forms that pulse with intensity and urgency. Influenced by theorists like Linda Williams\, his work probes the ways pornographic images are consumed\, fragmented\, and fetishized—particularly in relation to queer and trans identity. Through rapid paint application\, mixed media layering\, and disrupted figuration\, Thacker recreates a “frenzy of the visible\,” evoking what he describes as visual “regurgitation” of desire and disgust. His paintings simultaneously seduce and resist\, offering no stable ground for interpretation. \n\n\n\nKate NicholsonKate Nicholson’s paintings reflect on the instability of memory\, the complexities of growing up\, and the disorientation of nostalgia. Using family photographs as source material\, Nicholson reinterprets childhood scenes through a mix of figuration and gestural abstraction. Her works disrupt the original images with energetic markings and overlays\, creating a sense of interference—like a corrupted digital file or fleeting mental image. The result is a visual language that is both deeply personal and broadly relatable\, capturing the tension between sentimentality and unease. Nicholson’s practice sits at the intersection of memory and media\, probing how we reconstruct the past and contend with its emotional residues. \n\n\n\nIn Conclusion \n\n\n\nTogether\, the works in this years Emergence exhibition reflect a generation of artists attuned to the social\, environmental\, and emotional contours of contemporary life. With practices grounded in research\, lived experience\, and material experimentation\, these artists offer not only a snapshot of where they are now\, but a glimpse of where they are headed. The Vernon Public Art Gallery is proud to support these emerging voices at a pivotal moment in their creative evolution\, and we look forward to seeing how their practices continue to develop and resonate beyond this exhibition. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Description: Brenna Lam Kennedy URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/ubco-emergence CATEGORIES:2025,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ProximityRight.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250712T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20250502T202210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T184758Z UID:10000165-1747994400-1752339600@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Smoky Summers DESCRIPTION:Nicola Tibbetts\n\n\n\nCaroline Galbraith GalleryMay 23 – July 12\, 2025 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: Thursday\, May 22\, from 6-8 PM \n\n\n\n\n \n Exhibition Publication \n\n\n\nIn Nicola Tibbetts’ Smoky Summers\, the landscapes we think we know are rendered through the soft veil of smoke – a filter that is no longer temporary\, but emblematic of a broader ecological shift. These quiet\, expansive oil paintings speak to the visceral and visual impact of climate change on the West Coast of Canada. They are not overtly didactic or alarmist; rather\, they are quietly devastating in their familiarity. The scenes Tibbetts depicts – recreational lakes\, basketball courts\, mountain ranges – are recognizable to many who live in British Columbia. But beneath their calm surfaces lies a shared\, unsettling truth: summer is not what it used to be. \n\n\n\nThe title of the exhibition\, Smoky Summers\, evokes both nostalgia and disruption. Where summer once meant blue skies\, carefree days\, and a reliable rhythm of warmth and recreation\, it now increasingly signals evacuation alerts\, smoke advisories\, and the dread of escalating wildfire conditions. In her artist statement\, Tibbetts reflects on the changing character of summer: “Wildfires\, a new summer reality\, and the smoke that envelops the landscape in inescapable.” The work emerges from lived experience – both personal and collective – offering a visual archive of summers marked by crisis yet tinged with beauty and resilience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Description: Nicola Tibbetts\, Airplane with Pink\, 2024\, Oil on Panel URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/nicola-tibbetts-smokey-summers LOCATION:Vernon Public Art Gallery\, 3228 31st Ave\, Vernon\, British Columbia\, V1T2H3\, Canada CATEGORIES:2025,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/08-Birkenhead-Pink-Smoke-Plane.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250626T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250715T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20250516T195834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T183455Z UID:10000169-1750932000-1752598800@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Auction Preview DESCRIPTION:Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts\n\n\n\nCommunity GalleryJune 26 – July 15\, 2025 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: Thursday\, July 3\, from 6–8 PM \n\n\n\nThe MEA Auction Preview offers a first look at the full collection of artworks generously donated by local and regional artists in support of the Vernon Public Art Gallery’s annual MEA fundraising auction. \n\n\n\nInstalled in the gallery throughout the month leading up to the event\, this exhibition invites visitors to experience the artworks in person\, explore a wide range of creative practices\, and learn more about the participating artists. Whether you’re a seasoned collector or a first-time bidder\, the preview provides the perfect opportunity to plan your bids in advance and support the arts in your community. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss this chance to discover new artists\, connect with the gallery\, and help ensure the continued success of one of VPAG’s most important fundraising events of the year! URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/midsummers-eve-of-the-arts-auction-preview-2 LOCATION:Vernon Public Art Gallery\, 3228 31st Ave\, Vernon\, V1T2H3\, Canada CATEGORIES:2025,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_9762.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Vernon Public Art Gallery":MAILTO:marketing@vernonpublicartgallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250725T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250924T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20250627T202845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T174736Z UID:10000178-1753437600-1758733200@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Leaving Home DESCRIPTION:Rhonda Neufeld\n\n\n\nTopham Brown Memorial GalleryJuly 25 to September 24\, 2025 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: July 24 from 6-8 PMArtist Demo: September 5 from 1-3 PM (part of First Friday’s Art Trail)Artist Talk: September 11 from 6-7 PM \n\n\n\n\n \n Exhibition Publication \n\n\n\nIn Leaving Home\, artist Rhonda Neufeld shares a deeply personal body of work that reflects on her connection to the landscape she called home for over 40 years. Through walking\, touching\, and closely observing the natural world around her\, Neufeld captures the details of place—tree bark\, stone surfaces\, shifting light—and translates them into prints that hold both memory and presence. \n\n\n\nUsing traditional printmaking techniques\, Neufeld makes rubbings directly from trees and rocks\, transferring those impressions onto copper plates\, wood blocks\, and lithographic stones. The result is a series of works that feel both grounded and poetic\, inviting viewers to slow down and experience the land in a more intimate way. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition is a quiet celebration of place\, a reflection on the joy of being close to nature\, and a way of saying goodbye to a landscape that shaped a lifetime of artmaking. \n\n\n\nPhotography: Digital Perfections \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n Current Exhibitions\n \n \n \n \n any\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 26\, 2026 \n \n MEA Auction Preview\n \n The full 2026 collection of artworks generously donated by local… \n \n Read More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 29\, 2026 \n \n Through Our Eyes\n \n Teen Junction \n \n Read More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 29\, 2026 \n \n Emergence\n \n Select graduating students from the University of British Columbia Okanagan’s… \n \n Read More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 29\, 2026 \n \n Fireline Kinship\n \n Taylor Baptiste \n \n Read More URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/rhonda-neufeld-leaving-home CATEGORIES:2025,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/01.-R.-Neufeld-Shrine-hi-res-3-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250725T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250924T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20250627T214447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T183408Z UID:10000180-1753437600-1758733200@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:HOT OFF THE PRESS DESCRIPTION:UBCO Printmaking\n\n\n\nCommunity GalleryJuly 25 – September 24\, 2025 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: Thursday\, July 24\, from 6–8 PM \n\n\n\nHOT OFF THE PRESS showcases a diverse selection of new work created by students in the printmaking program at UBC Okanagan. Ranging from traditional techniques such as intaglio and relief printing to experimental\, mixed-media approaches\, the exhibition offers a vibrant cross-section of contemporary student print practices. \n\n\n\nSelected with the guidance of UBCO professor Briar Craig and sessional lecturer Dr. Darian Goldin Stahl—who also led the courses from which these works emerged—the exhibition reflects the rigour\, play\, and conceptual inquiry fostered in the studio. With students at different stages in their academic and artistic journeys\, the exhibition highlights both those just beginning to explore the fundamentals of printmaking and those using the medium to push the boundaries of process and form. \n\n\n\nTogether\, these prints speak to the evolving possibilities of printmaking as both a technical and expressive medium. HOT OFF THE PRESS celebrates the creative voices of a new generation of artists\, offering insight into the thoughtful\, hands-on\, and critically engaged work being produced in UBCO’s dynamic printmaking studios. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/ubco-printmaking-hot-off-the-press LOCATION:Vernon Public Art Gallery\, 3228 31st Ave\, Vernon\, V1T2H3\, Canada CATEGORIES:2025,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_9729-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250725T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251008T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20250627T212557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T183413Z UID:10000179-1753437600-1759942800@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Soft Architectures DESCRIPTION:Sylvan Hamburger\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Galbraith GalleryJuly 25 – October 8\, 2025 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: Thursday\, July 24\, from 6–8 PM \n\n\n\n\n \n Exhibition Publication \n\n\n\nIn Soft Architectures\, Vancouver-based artist Sylvan Hamburger transforms everyday materials—bedsheets\, plywood\, floral fabrics—into large-scale installations that reflect on the changing face of our cities. Using printmaking\, sculpture\, and found objects\, Hamburger captures the textures of demolished homes and disappearing buildings\, turning them into poetic imprints of memory\, loss\, and resilience. \n\n\n\nHis prints don’t just depict buildings—they are made from them. By pressing fabrics against salvaged wood and walls\, Hamburger gathers physical traces of the spaces we live in\, and the ones we’ve lost. These haunting\, delicate works explore how the surfaces around us—like the grain of old floorboards or the floral pattern of a bedsheet—can hold personal and collective histories. \n\n\n\nSoft Architectures brings together work from the past five years\, documenting not only physical spaces\, but the emotional and cultural imprints they leave behind. At a time of intense change in our communities\, Hamburger’s work offers a thoughtful reminder to look closely at the surfaces around us\, noticing the textures and traces that are often erased in the rush of redevelopment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Description: Sylvan Hamburger\, Open House Press (detail)\, 2020\, relief print on bedsheet\, wooden dowels\, shiplap boards. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/sylvan-hamburger-soft-architectures LOCATION:Vernon Public Art Gallery\, 3228 31st Ave\, Vernon\, V1T2H3\, Canada CATEGORIES:2025,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Open-house-install08-scaled-e1751059525101.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250725T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251008T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20250627T220207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T183220Z UID:10000181-1753437600-1759942800@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Through Our Eyes DESCRIPTION:Teen Junction\n\n\n\nUp-Front GalleryJuly 25 – September 24\, 2025 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception:Thursday\, July 24\, from 6–8 PM \n\n\n\nThrough Our Eyes is a community-based exhibition created by youth from the Teen Junction Youth Centre in partnership with the Vernon Public Art Gallery. This ongoing project gives voice to the lived experiences of Vernon’s youth\, offering a platform for expression\, representation\, and connection through the arts. Teen Junction provides a safe\, supportive after-school space for youth to connect\, learn\, and access resources when needed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Description: Chloe Zimmerman\, Untitled\, lino-prints\, 2025. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/teen-junction-through-our-eyes LOCATION:Vernon Public Art Gallery\, 3228 31st Ave\, Vernon\, V1T2H3\, Canada CATEGORIES:2025,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Print-Chloe-Zimmerman-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251003T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251224T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20250918T185244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T183108Z UID:10000187-1759485600-1766592000@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Populated DESCRIPTION:Mark Thibeault\n\n\n\nTopham Brown Memorial GalleryOctober 3 – December 24\, 2025Opening Reception: Thursday\, October 2\, from 6–8 PMArtist Talk:Thursday\, November 27\, at 6 PM \n\n\n\n\n \n Exhibition Publication \n\n\n\nPopulated by northern B.C.–based artist Mark Thibeault features large-scale abstract paintings exploring the shifting connections between people and the natural world. Initiated during the pandemic and continuing today\, the series embraces intuition and improvisation\, drawing on the biodiversity of northwest British Columbia. Thibeault’s multidisciplinary practice spans painting\, music\, and lutherie\, with his work reflecting both the fragility of ecosystems and our shared responsibility to them. \n\n\n\n\nThe Quickening\n\n\n\nWe Were Not Alone In The Garden\n\n\n\nBacchus URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/mark-thibeault-populated CATEGORIES:2025,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/We-Were-Not-Al-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251017T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251220T190000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20250918T190518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T182929Z UID:10000188-1760695200-1766257200@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Exposed! DESCRIPTION:Members’ Exhibition\n\n\n\nCaroline Galbraith Gallery\, & Up-Front GalleryOctober 17 – December 20\, 2025Opening Reception: Thursday\, October 16\, from 6–8 PM \n\n\n\nOur annual Members Exhibition\, Exposed!\, provides a unique opportunity to showcase the breadth of talent within our local art community. This exhibition offers the public a chance to appreciate the diverse approaches and styles embraced by our members\, reflecting a deep engagement with artistic practice. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/exposed CATEGORIES:2025,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Exposed-Featured-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251017T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251224T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20250918T193634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T182707Z UID:10000189-1760695200-1766595600@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Whispers of Home DESCRIPTION:Marzieh Homayoun\n\n\n\nCommunity GalleryOctober 17 – December 24\, 2025Opening Reception: Thursday\, October 16\, from 6–8 PMArtist Talk: Saturday\, November 15\, at 6 PM \n\n\n\nMarzieh Homayoun\, an immigrant artist from Iran whose practice draws on the delicacy of Persian miniature painting. Her work blends natural imagery with surrealist elements\, offering a unique lens on the world around her. We look forward to featuring her work in the Community Gallery this October as part of our ongoing collaboration with Mackie Lake House. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarzieh Homayoun\, Traces of a Life\, 2025\, ink on paper URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/mackie-lake-house-air-marzieh-homayoun CATEGORIES:2025,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Marzieh-Homayoun-Whispers-of-Home-Featured-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260109T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260311T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20251121T172330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T181926Z UID:10000212-1767949200-1773248400@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Kitchen Corner DESCRIPTION:Samuel Roy-Bois\n\n\n\nTopham Brown Memorial GalleryJanuary 8\, 2026 to March 11\, 2026 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: Thursday\, January 8\, from 6–8 PMArtist Talk: Saturday\, January 24\, from 1-2 PM \n\n\n\n\n \n Exhibition Publication \n\n\n\nKitchen Corner is the title of a Depression-era photograph by Walker Evans. While not adirect source for the works assembled here\, its rediscovery during the preparation of thisexhibition proved resonant. Evans’s image operates as a portrait of a context articulatedthrough objects. Documentary in nature\, it renders a modest interior where things—a frayedrag\, a slanted broom\, a patinated chair—assume the status of characters seemingly asking tobe observed\, “objects in a moment of pause between use.”1 What is striking\, however\, isthat Kitchen Corner withholds the very signifiers conventionally associated with a kitchen(no sink\, no stove). In this disjunction between title and referent\, the photograph underscoresthe complexity of representation and the capacity of objects to exceed their functionalidentity. \n\n\n\nThe works in this exhibition similarly dwell in thresholds of recognition. They positionobjects\, sculptures\, and bodies in states of indeterminacy: what reads as structure functions assupport; what appears fragmentary gestures toward wholeness; what suggests immediacyproves resistant\, even opaque. Produced over the course of eighteen months\, these workswere not initially conceived as a unified installation. Their subsequent convergence\, however\,revealed affinities of form and sensibility\, generating conditions for thought and affect thatexceed the sum of individual pieces. \n\n\n\nThe works composing this exhibition invite tension into the domain of the built environment.Each references architecture obliquely: through the evocation of house foundations\, theabstracted language of the maquette\, or vestiges of timber-frame construction. Despite theirvaried scales and spatial logics\, they converge around a shared problematic: the negotiationbetween the self and the possible. In their oscillation between recognition and estrangement\,they foreground the contingencies of agency and the fragility of ideals. Failure\, unfulfillment\,and speculation emerge not as deficiencies but as constitutive modes of experience\, openingonto a broader meditation on how subjectivity is continually shaped\, unsettled\, and redefinedthrough material encounter. \n\n\n\n1 Richon\, Olivier. Walker Evans: Kitchen Corner. MIT Press\, 2019. \n\n\n\nKitchen Corner\, 2026. (install image)\n\n\n\n\n\nBalloon (Vent)\, 2025. \n\n\n\n\n\nUnit (Arts and Gun Club)\, 2025. \n\n\n\n\n\nBalloon (Schematic)\, 2025. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/kitchen-corner CATEGORIES:2026,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Website-Featured-Image.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260109T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260207T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20251211T202234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T182450Z UID:10000215-1767952800-1770480000@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Art from the Heart DESCRIPTION:SD#22 Elementary Students\n\n\n\nCaroline Galbraith Gallery\, Up-Front Gallery\, and Community GalleryJanuary 9 – Febuary 7\, 2026 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: Saturday\, January 10\, from 1–4 PM \n\n\n\nThe Vernon Public Art Gallery is delighted to welcome back Art from the Heart\, our annual exhibition showcasing the creativity and imagination of elementary students from School District No. 22. This community favourite celebrates the joy\, curiosity\, and honesty found in children’s art\, offering a vibrant snapshot of how young learners see and interpret the world around them. \n\n\n\nFeaturing a wide range of mediums and subjects\, Art from the Heart fills the gallery with colour\, energy\, and excitement. We invite families\, teachers\, and community members to join us in supporting these emerging young artists and celebrating the value of arts education in our schools. \n\n\n\nThe Vernon Public Art Gallery extends its deepest gratitude to the dedicated art educators across School District No. 22. Their unwavering commitment to nurturing creativity in the classroom makes this exhibition possible each year and plays a vital role in fostering the next generation of artists and community leaders. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/art-from-the-heart-3 CATEGORIES:2026,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Art-From-the-Heart-Cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260311T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20260109T223430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T182330Z UID:10000220-1770973200-1773248400@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Art & Soul DESCRIPTION:SD#22 High School Students \n\n\n\nCaroline Galbraith Gallery\, Up-Front Gallery\, and Community GalleryFebuary 13 – March 11\, 2026 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: Thursday\, Febuary 12\, from 6–8 PM \n\n\n\nThis exhibition offers a sophisticated look at how emerging artists navigate their world through visual media. Featuring a diverse range of mediums\, from traditional painting and drawing to modern digital works and sculpture\, Art & Soul fills the gallery with the energy of a new generation. These works reflect not only technical growth but also the deep personal expression and critical thinking developed in the secondary art classroom. \n\n\n\nWe invite families\, teachers\, and the community to join us in celebrating these talented students. This exhibition is a testament to the power of arts education in our schools and its role in helping young people find their voice. \n\n\n\nThe Vernon Public Art Gallery extends its deepest gratitude to the dedicated art educators across School District No. 22. Their unwavering commitment to nurturing creativity and technical skill makes this exhibition possible each year\, fostering the next generation of artists and community leaders. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/art-soul-3 CATEGORIES:2026,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Website-Featured-Image-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260516T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20260210T232858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T185746Z UID:10000231-1774000800-1778947200@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Blooming Together DESCRIPTION:Cool Arts Society\n\n\n\n\n\nCommunity GalleryMarch 20 – May 16\, 2026Opening Reception: March 19 from 6 to 8 pm \n\n\n\nBlooming Together is a collaborative exhibition that explores themes of community\, diversity\, and collective growth. Created by the artists of Cool Arts Society\, the exhibition highlights how individual voices come together to form a vibrant\, colourful\, and ever-evolving whole. \n\n\n\nAt the centre of the exhibition is a large collaborative artwork representing community as a shared landscape. It is built through layers\, colours\, and connections. Alongside this work\, the artists present a series of clay masks\, each one unique\, illustrating the diversity of identities\, expressions\, and perspectives within the group. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition unfolds through three closely connected themes: Dream\, Birth\, and Growth. Lush jungle scenes inspired by the world of Henri Rousseau evoke imagination and a dreamlike atmosphere. Raised floral elements symbolize the birth of a growing community\, while the collective compositions emphasize the strength that emerges through collaboration\, inclusion\, and shared creation. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/blooming-together CATEGORIES:2026,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Website-Featured-Image1774037553.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260520T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20260204T210549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T185753Z UID:10000227-1774000800-1779296400@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Portals to Elsewhere DESCRIPTION:Amy J. Dyck\n\n\n\n\n\nTopham Brown Memorial GalleryMarch 20 – May 20\, 2026Opening Reception: March 19 from 6 to 8 pmArtist Talk: April 18 from 1 PM \n\n\n\n\n \n Exhibition Publication \n\n\n\nPortals to Elsewhere invites viewers into a dreamlike\, psychological landscape populated by strange\, shifting\, and resilient beings. Drawing from her lived experience with disability and chronic illness\, Amy J. Dyck creates hybrid figures that are continuously evolving\, layered with elements of human\, animal\, and mechanical forms. These creatures act as visual metaphors for imagination\, memory\, instinct\, resistance\, and self-protection—reflecting the complexity of what it means to endure and adapt. \n\n\n\nAt the heart of the exhibition is a large circular installation that transforms the gallery into a contemplative\, immersive environment. Seven evolving figures suggest movement through time\, even as they were created during a period when the artist’s body was in collapse. Windows appear throughout the work as a central metaphor—portals to other spaces and possibilities\, offering escape\, reflection\, and the hope of becoming something different. The exhibition ultimately becomes a wild\, otherworldly place where both artist and viewer are invited to imagine new ways of belonging\, resilience\, and home. \n\n\n\nAmy J. Dyck is a contemporary multimedia figurative artist and writer based in Langley\, British Columbia. After a sudden and severe illness in her early twenties left her using a wheelchair\, Dyck turned to art as a way to process and survive her changing reality. Her practice draws on classical approaches to anatomy and figurative painting\, combined with experimental mixed media processes that explore the body as a vessel for memory\, emotion\, and lived experience. Dyck exhibits widely\, with work held in private collections internationally. She has received multiple international awards\, was granted a Canada Council for the Arts award in 2024\, and is a frequent podcast guest and speaker. She is currently working on a memoir exploring the intersection of art\, illness\, and resilience. \n\n\n\n\n\nTwist with Moons\n\n\n\n\n\nBed-Desk Series (detail)\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy J. Dyck with Portals to Elsewhere URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/portals-to-elsewhere CATEGORIES:2026,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Portals-to-Elsewhere.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260520T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20260204T212601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T185750Z UID:10000228-1774000800-1779296400@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:I'm in this World\, Doing DESCRIPTION:Vivian Smith\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Galbraith GalleryMarch 20 – May 20\, 2026Opening Reception: March 19 from 6 to 8 pm \n\n\n\n\n \n Exhibition Publication \n\n\n\nI’m in This World\, Doing is a body of work that explores the hidden systems of labour that quietly sustain our daily lives. Through mixed-media works and installations\, Vivian Smith examines how unpaid care work\, domestic labour\, and affective labour remain economically invisible despite their essential role in supporting society. The exhibition draws attention to the intersection of the gift economy and capitalism\, embedding images of unpaid work into objects that hold greater market value than the labour they depict. In doing so\, Smith challenges viewers to reconsider how we assign worth\, productivity\, and compensation in contemporary life.Rooted in personal documentation\, the works feature photographs of the artist performing everyday tasks—cleaning\, cooking\, and caregiving—printed onto domestic textiles such as chiffon\, satin\, silk\, and linen\, then coated in beeswax. These materials reference both gendered expectations of care and the natural labour of worker bees. By transforming these images through hand-stitching\, quilting\, and sculptural installation\, Smith reveals how women’s labour connects intimate home spaces to global economic systems. The exhibition ultimately advocates for recognition and systemic change\, including the need for Universal Basic Income as a way to value essential work that remains unseen.Vivian Smith is an artist based in Mohkinstsis (Calgary)\, Alberta. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction from the Alberta University of the Arts and has participated in numerous residencies\, including at the Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre and the Similkameen Artist Residency. Her work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Calgary Arts Development Authority\, and she has exhibited widely across Canada. Through her interdisciplinary practice\, Smith focuses on labour\, gender\, and economic systems\, creating work that encourages dialogue about how care\, value\, and community are interconnected. \n\n\n\n\n\nIn the Corners of the Eye\, 2024. \n\n\n\n\n\nA Place for Relaxation\, 2025.\n\n\n\n\n\nGlass Walls\, 2024. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/im-in-this-world-doing CATEGORIES:2026,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Im-in-this-World-Doing.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260529T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260729T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20260331T230829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T193550Z UID:10000248-1780041600-1785344400@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Fireline Kinship DESCRIPTION:Taylor Baptiste\n\n\n\nCaroline Galbraith GalleryMay 29 – July 29\, 2026 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: May 28 from 6 to 8 pm \n\n\n\nFireline Kinship is a multidisciplinary exhibition by Taylor Baptiste of the Osoyoos Indian Band and Syilx Okanagan Nation. Developed in response to intensifying climate realities in the Okanagan and the 2021 Nk’Mip wildfire\, the work examines the relationship between fire\, land stewardship\, and cultural continuity\, while reflecting on the processes of collective healing that follow environmental and community trauma. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition features a short film alongside sculptural regalia and sculptural works that engage fire as both a site of loss and a catalyst for renewal. Through material\, movement\, and image\, Baptiste reflects on kinship with the land\, the responsibilities carried within that relationship\, and the role of community in navigating loss\, resilience\, and renewal. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/fireline-kinship CATEGORIES:2026,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Website-Featured-Image-1-1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260529T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260725T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20260331T225808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T232529Z UID:10000247-1780048800-1784995200@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Emergence DESCRIPTION:Select graduating students from the University of British Columbia Okanagan’s Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Media Studies programs.\n\n\n\nTopham Brown GalleryMay 29 – July 25\, 2026 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: May 28 from 6 to 8 pm \n\n\n\nEmergence is an annual group exhibition showcasing the work of graduating students from the University of British Columbia Okanagan’s Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Media Studies programs. \n\n\n\nSince 2009\, the Vernon Public Art Gallery has proudly supported the final exhibitions of BFA/BMS graduates from UBC Okanagan. This annual showcase continues to serve as a platform for emerging artists to present ambitious work to new audiences and step into the next phase of their creative journeys. Emergence invites viewers into intimate\, challenging\, and thoughtful visual worlds shaped by a generation of artists who are attuned to the complexities of the present moment. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/emergence-3 CATEGORIES:2026,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Proximity-Right.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260529T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260729T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20260331T232201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T211905Z UID:10000249-1780048800-1785344400@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:Through Our Eyes DESCRIPTION:Teen Junction\n\n\n\nUp-front GalleryMay 29 – July 29\, 2026 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: May 28 from 6 to 8 pm \n\n\n\nThrough Our Eyes is a community-based exhibition created by youth from the Teen Junction Youth Centre in partnership with the Vernon Public Art Gallery. This ongoing project gives voice to the lived experiences of Vernon’s youth\, offering a platform for expression\, representation\, and connection through the arts. Teen Junction provides a safe\, supportive after-school space for youth to connect\, learn\, and access resources when needed. URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/through-our-eyes-2 CATEGORIES:2026,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Print-Chloe-Zimmerman-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260626T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260711T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140228 CREATED:20260331T234308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T184356Z UID:10000251-1782468000-1783785600@vernonpublicartgallery.com SUMMARY:MEA Auction Preview DESCRIPTION:Community GalleryJune 25 – July 11\, 2026 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: June 25 from 6 to 8 pm \n\n\n\nThe MEA Auction Preview offers a first look at the full collection of artworks generously donated by local and regional artists in support of the Vernon Public Art Gallery’s annual MEA fundraising auction. \n\n\n\nInstalled in the gallery throughout the month leading up to the event\, this exhibition invites visitors to experience the artworks in person\, explore a wide range of creative practices\, and learn more about the participating artists. Whether you’re a seasoned collector or a first-time bidder\, the preview provides the perfect opportunity to plan your bids in advance and support the arts in your community. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss this chance to discover new artists\, connect with the gallery\, and help ensure the continued success of one of VPAG’s most important fundraising events of the year! URL:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/event/mea-auction-preview CATEGORIES:2026,Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://vernonpublicartgallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/MEA-Exhibition-Website-Featured-Image-1.webp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR