Local Arts

This week, I had the good fortune to speak with the talented minds behind She Said, He Said, She Said, a group show on display at Peace Gallery North featuring works by Sandy Troudt, Miep Burgerjon, and Volker, or Mike, Kroecher.

Hello, dear reader, and welcome to part two in this series where I will be sharing some handy tips that will help take your painting practice to the next level. You can find part one of this series here .

This week I will be sharing some exciting opportunities for local artists that you won’t want to miss.

Hello dear reader, in this series I will be offering some handy tidbits that will help take your painting practice to the next level. Some points may seem obvious, while others might surprise you.

One of the perks of having an arts column is the ability to occasionally share the news about your own work. Recently, Haley Bassett created an installation out of blackberry cane titled Snare for the Burrard Art Foundation in Vancouver.

For this week’s article, I spoke with renowned Canadian filmmaker Charles Wilkinson about his latest project, investigating the relationship between post-secondary education and the oil and gas industry in the Dawson Creek area.

After 35 years, The Exploring Art Group in Dawson Creek is going strong, with members meeting every week to paint and socialize.

Nettie Wild is one of Canada’s leading documentary filmmakers. She said it was the people that were the genesis of Round-Up = a new National Film Board short film.

For this week’s edition I had a chat with local writer Mina Ambrose, author of the Shadows of the Sun series, the first volume of which, Moonchild Rising , is available now on Amazon and the Full Quiver Publishing website.

Kids and youth under 16, have a colour of Safety Sally and walk it into the Mirror office, or email us at editor@dcdn.ca to be featured in the paper, and pick up a cool prize for our favorite work!