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CKCA Announces 2019-20 Funded Projects

2019-20 CKCA Funded Brochure FINAL CKCA Media Release 2019-20 Funded Brochure FINAL

Arts and Culture
2019-2020 Grant Recipients
PROGRAM 1 – Funding Support to Communities through Community Arts Councils
Arrow Lakes
Puppetry Intensive Training, Nicole Weimer $2,275
Creative Writing Workshops, Corinne Tessier (Scribbletastics) $2,000
Castlegar and Area
Kootenay Fest. Sand Sculpture, Castlegar Sculpturewalk Soc. $2,500
Prekarious Players: Community Theatre Dev., Kari Burk $500
Building the Dream – Body of Work, Celeste Rode $1,750
Columbia Valley
Steamboat Mtn. Fest. Porch Parties, Steam. Mtn. Music Soc. $1,000
Art with Friends, Friends of Kootenay National Park $1,500
Kooltural Market, Cranbrook Farmer’s Market Society $1,720
E. Kootenay Quilt Conf, Jennifer Rea, Cranbrook Quilters’ Guild $1,500
Stem to Steam, The Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library $1,780
Creston and Area
Cyril’s Story – Manuscript, Tammy Bradford $850
Produce CD, Devon Moore $600
Two True Musical Tales of Choice, Eleanor Reynolds $2,800
Fernie and Area
Fernie ArtExpo & WonderWalk, Samantha Sedlowsky $1,000
Weekend Workshops with David Langevin, Melanie MacVoy $500
Mozart & More, Carolyn Cameron (La Cafamore) $500
Artist Impact Round Table & Seminar, SQx Dance Co. $1,250
Golden
MasqueParade-Golden Arts Council /Kickinghorse Culture $2,470
Kimberley
Songwriting Workshop, Kimberley Arts Council / Centre 64 Soc. $360
Classical Music Concert: Kimberley Arts Council / Centre 64 Soc. $800
Carly’s Angels Drag Show, Kimberley Arts Council / Ctr. 64 Soc. $520
Weaving Workshop, Marie Wright: Kimberley Guild of Fibre Art $1,400
Butterfly II, Trina Rasmuson $1,670
N Kootenay Lake
Transcribing and Arranging Workshop, Kaslo GuitarFest Society $800
Kaslo: Then and Now Part II, Miriam Elissa Halliday $1,185
“Smoked” – Photo Documentation, Sarah Lawless $700
Building Kaslo Piece By Piece, Yvonne Alexandra Halliday $1,200
Songs for Seniors, Nancy Liknes $2,500
Nelson
Reading Series: Words from Here & Away, Oxygen Art Centre $2,300
David Restivo Quartet, Selkirk Concert Society $2,000
Murals, Mentors & Me, ANKORS West $3,600
Poetry Anthology, Carol Moore $1,000
Chamber Concerto Camp, Jeff Faragher (Mtn. Chamber Music) $1,000
Global Rhythms Showcase, Marilyn Hatfield $1,000
Summer Youth Theatre, Nelson History Theatre Society $3,000
Marty’s Place: Creative Non-fiction Book, Mary Cunningham $2,120
It Will Come To You: A Novel, Avi Silberstein $2,500
Art Exhibition, Robert Jackson $2,500
Cave Palace EP, David Rees $2,500
Revelstoke
The Frog Prince, Anna Fin $2,500
Soul Quench: Solo Exhibition at RVAC, Hayley Jean Stewart $2,500
Threadscapes, Jacqueline Anne Pendergast $1,500
Rossland
Celebrating Creative Comm., Ross. Council for Arts & Culture $1,000
Culture Days, Rossland Hist. Museum & Archives Assoc. $1,000
Rossland Mtn. Film Festival, Rossland Mtn. Film Fest. Soc. $1,000
Water Light Sculpture, Antoine Marcheterre $1,000
Portrait of an Artist, Carmen Adams $2,500
Artist Impact Round Table & Seminar, SQx Dance Co. $1,250
Salmo
Art Workshops, Salmo Public Library Association $760
Heartstrings – Things That Make Your Heart Sing, Robyn Gold $800
Life Cycles, Tia Kirsten Reyden $3,190
Slocan Lake
Convergence Writers Weekend, Anne Champagne (C.W.W C.) $500
Stone Carving Workshops, Ragnhild Jurgensen (Roni) $1,600
Making Valhalla Comm. Choir More Inclusive (V. Choral Soc.) $900
Summer Breeze Music and Art Party, Marilyn Hatfield $1,500
Artist Impact Round Table & Seminar, SQx Dance Co. $1,250
Slocan Valley
Reflections of a Dream Thief, Judy Lamb-Richardson $700
TreeVor’s Film Club for Kids, Trevor Mason $1,000
Ceramics – Unexpected, Robin Dupont $2,000
Cradle – 5 song album, Sally Titasey $2,500
Summer Breeze Music and Art Party, Marilyn Hatfield $2,500
Art Embracing Awareness, Art Book, Frantisek Strouhal $2,120
Crescent Valley Beach Place Cell, Natasha Elaine Smith $1,000
Sparwood
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Soc. for Arts-Elk Valley $2,000
Post Office Mural, Lynda Lindley (Canada Post Sparwood) $2,500
Trail
Fibre as Medium, Sheryl Caldwell $890
Mozart and More, C. Cameron La Cafamore String Quartet $500
Accessible Art Workshops for Seniors, VISAC Gallery $725
Tribal Style Workshop, Lisa Keech (Mystic Dreams) $1,000
Artist Impact Round Table & Seminar, SQx Dance Co. $1,250
Valemount
Artist Impact Round Table & Seminar, SQx Dance Co. $1,250
Every year the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) delivers funding on behalf of the
Columbia Basin Trust to the cultural community. For more information about arts and cultural
funding from the Trust through CKCA, please contact CKCA at 1-877-505-7355 or
1-250-505-5505 or e-mail: wkracassistant@telus.net or visit www.basinculture.com. For more
information about the work the Trust is doing around the Basin contact: 1-800-505-8998 or
www.ourtrust.org.
Minor Capital Arts
Purchase of Comp/Software, East Shore Circle of Friends Soc. $1,200
Revitalization, Nelson and District Arts Council $10,000
Piano Dolly, Kaslo Concert Society $1,176
Lighting & Fixtures, Koot. Gallery of Art, Hist. and Science Soc. $2,280
Langham Upgrades & Equipment, Langham Cultural Society $5,690
New Wheel for Pottery Studio, VISAC Gallery – Trail $1,250
Joining the Electronic Age, Rossland Light Opera Players $5,330
Take a Seat, Kimberley Arts Council / Centre 64 Society $10,000
Musical Equip. Purchase, Golden and District Pipe Band Soc. $5,409
Signage and Shade Structure, Trail and District Arts Council $1,385
Capital Improvement Project, Oxygen Art Centre. $8,800
Theatre Floor Upgrade, Fernie and District Arts Council $10,000
CV Arts Drum Storage Boxes, Columbia Valley Arts Council $2,250
Beaverhead Sundance, Beaverhead Cultural Society $10,000
Floating Stage Truss & Canopy, Kaslo Jazz Etc. Society $10,000
Art Hanging System, Rossland Council for Arts and Culture $1,720
Sound and Security Upgrade, Nelson Civic Theatre Soc. $9,510
Event Equipment, Kimberley Arts Council / Centre 64 Soc. $1,308
Tilted Brick Gallery Equipment, Empire of Dirt Res. Assoc. $3,950
Community Engagement & Int. Tech, Nelson & Dist. Museum $10,000
Touring
On the Other Hand…, Eleanor Reynolds $5,000
Puppet Tour in the Basin, Nicole Weimer $3,750
The Happy Ending Tour, Tenise Trueman $5,000
What Forever Feels Like, Ellen Burt $2,150
Piano Quartets, Carolyn Cameron (La Cafamore) $5,000
Wide Open Author Tour, Dauna Ditson $4,000
Copper Etching Workshop, Martha Ryan $2,540
Wild Heart Album Release, Holly Hyatt $5,000
CD Release Music Tour, William Lynch $5,000
The Mechanics of Dreaming, Trisha Nichol $5,000
Say It – CD Release Tour, Judy Brown $5,000
Moontricks Winter Tour, Sean Rodman $4,000
Diemm Trio Tour, Dawna McLennan $4,640
Arts & Culture Mentoring / Master Classes
Watercolour/Pastel Workshop, Ellen Chase (We Paint) $1,500
Mentor/Master Classes, Alison Graeme, WK Fed. of Cdn. Artists$2,500
Developing Successful Exhibition Proposals, Kootenay Gallery $1,050
Cultural and Artistic Mentoring Master Class, Oxygen Art Ctr. $4,700
Web Series: From Concept to Pitch, Nelson Civic Theatre Soc. $5,000
Life Drawing: Samonte Cruz, Bent on Art, Queer/Trans Art Fest. $5,000
Kaslo GuitarFest Mentoring, Kaslo GuitarFest Society $4,000
Exhibits 101, Fernie Museum $4,000
Masterclasses, Starbelly Jam Music Festival Society $5,000
 

View the quilt at View Point Art Gallery               Viewpointartgallery.com
 

-In support of the Canadian Red Cross with all
proceeds going to victims of BC Wildfires in the
Kootenay Region.
– TICKET PRICES
1 for $2, 3 for $5, or 10 for $10
Draw Date: August 16 at 6:00 pm
 
Karen Thatcher, accomplished master art quilter
from Rossland, member of CQA/ACC. Piece by
piece she has created herself a name in the local
community and has stitched her way into the
National quilting world.

It was not an easy road for Karen, her quilting
journey began over twenty-five years ago when
Karen was a paramedic. While working in the
back of a BC Ambulance during the transfer of
a patient over the Paulson Summit from Grand
Forks to Trail a violent head-on collision occurred.
Karen suffered a serious brain injury, which altered
her life dramatically. She had severe problems
concentrating, forming short-term memories and
organizing thoughts. To help with her rehabilitation
process her family encouraged her to take up
quilting. The quilting enabled her to move her
injury forward. Karen was able to regain her eye hand coordination, balance and focus.

However because of her brain injury she couldn’t
grasp the repetitive designs, be precise or follow
someone else’s patterns so she created her own
style, which evolved into innovative techniques.
As Karen began piecing her life back together she
began to create the most beautiful exquisite quilts;
creating scenes from memories, or piecing together
pictures of her favorite places resulting in quilts
like no other.
Karen’s quilts have won numerous awards nationally
and internationally, have been in many publications
and are hung everywhere from government
buildings, businesses and hospitals to private
collections.
Karen says that “The challenge was to build quilts
that include the non-tangible, important things of
life: finding serenity, finding peace, finding space,
finding perspective. Those are all things that we
look for in life but are hard to place in a two dimensional quilt.”
The beauty of her quilts is no matter your age, or
background you can look at her work and be drawn
into a place that reminds you of somewhere you
have been or takes you to a place of serenity. As
Karen says, “everyone needs a place to go to find
peace.”
Karen is an amazing selfless individual with a big
heart, for years she has donated her prize winning
quilts to various organizations, in order to fundraise
for many causes. She has continuously donated
to the BC Children’s Hospitals and the Teck Acute
Care Centre. She has even made beautiful quilts for
the children at the hospital just to wrap themselves
up in to make themselves feel good.
One of her donated quilts is currently at ViewPoint
Art Gallery (in a raffle) in efforts to raise money
for the Red Cross Wildfires with 100% of the funds
going to victims of wildfires in the Kootenay region.
This is an opportunity for a chance to win one of
her fabulous pieces.
If you haven’t seen Karen Thatcher’s amazing quilts
at the Gallery, please come in and check them out,
they are truly beautiful and one of a kind –much like
the person who created them.

Columbia Basin Culture Tour – August 10 & 11, 2019
a project of the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance
Columbia Basin: Get a fresh perspective on the local arts and heritage scene!
The eleventh annual Columbia Basin Culture Tour is a fun weekend that combines a road trip with a customized cultural experience
like no other. Visit artists’ studios, museums, art galleries and heritage sites at your own pace. With venues, exhibitions, artwork and
performances changing every year, there is always something new to experience.
Visit the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre for some family friendly fun, learn about mining and social history of the area. Also in
Rossland are the Rossland Light Opera Players as well as local artist TR By Hand and Polly Esther the Clown. Visit the Trail Museum &
Archives at Riverfront Centre, the Salmo & Area Museum in Salmo as well as the Salmo Arts Council that will be set up with various
artists at the Ymir Schoolhouse.
This year there are a number of new artists’ studios including Canada Photographic Arts Society and Bee Glade Farm & Fibre in
Glade. In Nelson, the Nelson & District Chamber of Commerce has joined us this year as well as Hall Printing and ViewPoint Gallery
on the lake which is an exciting new venue carrying the work of various local artists. Kootenay Studio Arts at Selkirk College will be
hosting several artists doing demonstrations in the jewellery studio such as local jeweler Lily Andersen who will also be selling her
work there.
Don’t forget to check out your favorite artists from past years too – the images of their new works are incredible! Take a sneak peek
of the Artist/Venue Profile pages at www.cbculturetour.com, with additional images on Facebook: fb.me/cbculturetour and
Instagram: #cbculturetour.
This free, self-guided tour happens August 10 & 11, from 10 am to 5 pm. Grab a map, your Culture Tour Directory, and go! Look for
directories at tourist info centres now or order one online.
For more information, visit the website at www.cbculturetour.com or call 250-505-5505, toll free 1-877-505-7355. The Columbia
Basin Culture Tour is a project of the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and The Columbia Basin Culture Tour is generously
supported by funding from the Columbia Basin Trust.
PSA
Columbia Basin Culture Tour
August 10 & 11, 2019 10 am – 5 pm
Explore artists’ studios, museums, art galleries, and heritage sites through this free, self-guided tour within the Columbia Basin.
Meet the artists, shop for fine art and craft, view demonstrations, special exhibitions, interpretive displays or chat with local
historians during this two day cultural celebration.
More Information: www.cbculturetour.com, 250-505-5505, toll free: 1-877-505-7355
Photo Cutline: Nelson & District Chamber of Commerce – Image: Nelson Road Kings 2016.
Columbia Basin Culture Tour August 10 &
11, 2019 10am – 5pm.
For further information contact:
Lily Andersen
Assistant – Projects and Communications
wkracprojects@telus.net
Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance 1-250-505-5505 1-877-505-7355