These colourful faces and masks were done by students from pre-kindergarten to Grade 3. They greet visitors at the gallery entrance.
A new exhibition, Young at Art, features dozens of artworks by local students of all ages. The show officially opens Friday, June 6 at The Art Gallery Osoyoos (TAGO) and it wraps up on Saturday, June 21.
There was a soft launch on Thursday, June 5.
The official opening coincides with the First Friday Art Walk event when local galleries invite the community to meet some of their artists on the first Friday of the Month between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Other locations holding events as part of First Friday are The Okanagan Art Gallery, Wayside Books & Art, and the Osoyoos Museum. Admission is free.
The idea for Young at Art came about after Roberta Nott, a TAGO board member, was looking at gallery documents of past shows and learned that previous shows featuring the work of young people had been successful.
A committee was formed, and Karen Lundin, a TAGO volunteer and retired art teacher, contacted local schools. Other organizations such as the Elks Lodge and Osoyoos Credit Union pitched in.
During Young at Art, with cooperation of the Osoyoos and District Arts Council (ODAC) is collaborating in a Kids’ Day Festival on June 14, with events at Town Hall Park coinciding with the Osoyoos Farmers’ Market and with support from the Osoyoos Museum. The market is extending its hours during this event.
Aside from First Friday, TAGO is open non-summer hours, Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.
It is located at 8713 Main St. in Osoyoos, B.C., just west of Town Hall.
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A self portrait using collage and acrylic paint by Phoenix Batyka-Michas, Grade 10, is surrounded by black and white prints by Grade 5 students.The middle picture by Nakisa Sanal, Grade 12, is an acrylic painting, posterization portrait. On the left is a collage and acrylic self portrait by Audrey Flowers in Grade 10 and on the right is self portrait by Izzy Conner, Grade 10, also using collage and acrylic.These students from Grades 10 and 11 did self portraits using collage (newspapers) and acrylic paint. Clockwise from left are Alexis Dortman, Riya Brar, John Castro and Manmeet Kang.The south wall of the front room is decorated with colourful pictures by students of many ages from Grade 1 to 12.This wall in the front room includes still life pencil drawings and a couple of ink drawings.These colourful faces and masks were done by students from pre-kindergarten to Grade 3. They greet visitors at the gallery entrance.Colour and monochrome pictures cover a corner in the back room.This collection of monochrome and coloured pictures covers the west wall of the back room.The pictures on the sides of these plinths are by Grades 1 & 2 students. Older students did the smaller peices sitting on top.Paintings and drawings fill this little nook in the back room. They were done by children from Grade 1 to Grade 8.Students ranging from Grade 5 to Grade 12 did this assortment of drawings and photographs.These two pieces were done by Khloe P (top), Grade 6 and Clover G, Grade 1.These colour and monochrome drawings were done by students of different ages from Grade 2 to Grade 12.These colourful drawings are mostly by Grade 4 students, with one Grade 3.Thiese two pieces are 15-minute symbolic self portraits by Jude Dragseth (Grade 12) top and Cheyenne Voth, Grade 10.The four pieces left of the door are by Vienna Hale, Grade 10, top two; and Ruth Ngatsele, and Jasmin Singh, both in Grade 12. The three pieces on the door are by Grade 7 and 4 students.The two middle pictures that are framed and glass covered are mixed media “15-minute symbolic self portraits” by high school students Riya Brar and Carlee Wilson. Beside and below them are drawings by Grades 3 & 4 students.The line drawings at left were done by Grade 4 students, while the colourful trees were done by Grade 3s.Pictures of flowers and insects in a long row are fitted into the space above the back room window.Pictures of flowers and insects in a long row are fitted into the space above the back room window.You might spot insect-like creatures on these colourful pieces just below the back room window.
