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BEPPLE – Boards need more diversity to reflect the many faces of Kamloops

June 17, 2020 // 3 Comments

PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU stated this week that systemic racism will be eliminated from federal government institutions and agencies. The question is how? What I [Continue]

COVID-19 – Kamloops Art Gallery is now ‘temporarily closed’

March 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

Statement from Kamloops Art Gallery: Upon the advice of the BC Public Health Officer, the Kamloops Art Gallery has now closed as of 5:00 pm, March 16, 2020. Exhibitions will [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Pornographic or not, there’s lots to argue about with art

January 27, 2017 // 8 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FOR SOMETHING that’s supposed to enrich our lives, art can sure be a divisive thing. Call something art, and someone will [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Call it art if you like, but this stuff is still pornography

January 25, 2017 // 15 Comments

THE KAMLOOPS ART Gallery has always liked to challenge us on the question of what’s art, and what’s not. Among my favourite exhibits in this vein have been the one that [Continue]

PD Day Art Camp

April 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

PD Day Art Camps Monday, April 20, 2015 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 4 to 6 9 to 12 p.m. $16 members / $20 public 7 to 12 9 to 3 p.m. $30 members / $36 public Kamloops Art Gallery [Continue]

Baby & Me Art Exploration

April 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

Baby & Me Art Exploration Thursday, April 16 at 11 a.m. Join the Kamloops Art Gallery for 45 minutes of fun, mess and exploration with baby-friendly edible art materials. [Continue]

The shape of things to come

March 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Shape of Things to Come Wednesday, April 8, 22, May 6, 20, June 3 3 to 5 p.m. 16+ $80 members / $120 public (for all sessions) Led by KAG Community Engagement Coordinator [Continue]

Exhibition closes with screening

March 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

Markowsky Draws in a Fighter Plane Film Premier and Closing Party Thursday, March 19, 2015 7 p.m. Michael Markowsky is a Vancouver-based artist who has occupied The Cube at [Continue]

Family Art Saturday free

March 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

Family Art Saturday Saturday, March 7, 2015 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Drop into Family Art Saturday, a free family event that includes tours and activities in the Kamloops Art Gallery [Continue]

Home-Work: doing the math

January 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

HOME-WORK: doing the math A performance by Pam Hall Monday, Jan. 19 10 a.m to 12 pm All ages, Free The home remains a site for many kinds of labour that is most often [Continue]

Brews and Blues Night for art

October 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

ARTS AND CULTURE — The Noble Pig Brewhouse will host a fundraiser for the Kamloops Art Gallery on Wedenesday, Nov. 12 from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Called Brews and Blues Night, the [Continue]

Shunt exhibit focuses on trains

October 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

Khan Lee: Shunt Oct. 18 to Dec. 31 Khan Lee’s video Shunt focuses on the iconic image and sound of a freight train — a feature of the local landscape that is steeped in [Continue]

Baby & Me Art Exploration

September 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

This fall, join the Kamloops Art Gallery for 45 minutes of fun, mess and exploration with plant and vegetable pigment markers, crayons and paints. Baby & Me Art [Continue]

Artist’s Talk with Stephanie Patsula

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

ARTS — Saturday, Sept. 6, 1 p.m., free artist’s talk with this year’s Curator’s Choice artist, Stephanie Patsula. Her installation, Vessel, is the 10h annual [Continue]