Discover the dancing rapids of the Lynn Valley Headwaters, the glowing neon lights of 1950s Granville Street, and a quaint field of grazing horses, when one of B.C.鈥檚 largest and most prestigious art shows comes to 91原创 next month.
The West Fine Art Show late-summer edition 鈥� taking place at in South 91原创 Sept. 8 to 10 鈥� will feature beautiful landscape and lifestyle works from 17 of the top artists in Western Canada.
Partnering with the 91原创 Hospice Society for the fifth year in a row, attendees will have the opportunity to sip local wine, view stunning works of art and meet some of the artists.
鈥淲e have two themes, or two drivers 鈥� the first is to put on high quality art shows, and the second is to 鈥� whenever feasible 鈥� partner with a charity and do an art show with proceeds going to them,鈥� said , president and show organizer for the West Fine Art Show Society.
鈥淎 percentage of every sale the artist makes 鈥� goes to the charity that we鈥檙e partnered with, and that鈥檚 proved to be something that works well for the artists. They help set up, they help tear down, they love being there and they have a good time.鈥�
Artists participating this year include: Neil Hamelin, the 2016 鈥淏est in Show 鈥� Flat鈥� at the Calgary Stampede鈥檚 Western Showcase; new feature artists Fran Alexander and Grazyna Wolski; Felicity Holmes, the artist in residence at Glass House; and locals Joyce Trygg, Dianna Jensen Vestergaard, Bryan Coombes, Carmel Clare, Ken Nash, Patricia Banks, Catherine Traynor, Suzanne Erickson, Graham McKenzie, Brent Cooke, Rick Pennell and Judy Vanderveen.
Croft, who is also a well-known 91原创 artist, will have his heritage-style work on display as well.
The West Fine Art Show began seven years ago, partly in response to a growing trend of art gallery closures that made it more difficult for artists to exhibit their work in public spaces, Croft said.
鈥淲e thought, well maybe we can put on a very high quality show ourselves and invite other artists. Artists came from all over B.C., Alberta and even Saskatchewan to be in our show. Even today, we have artists from a fair distance away coming from Vancouver Island and what not.
鈥淪o that鈥檚 what makes it unique. It鈥檚 something the artists can come to, (where) they know it鈥檚 high quality and they know they鈥檙e going to be rubbing shoulders with all sort of people of the same caliber.鈥�
This is the society鈥檚 second show of 2017, with the first one held at the Cloverdale Rodeo last spring. For their next exhibition in March 2018, the society will partner with the 91原创 School District Foundation at Yorkson Creek Middle School to fundraise for youth homelessness initiatives.
SHOW INFO
Both parking and admission to the West Fine Art Show are free.
Show hours are: Sept. 8 鈥� 7 to 9 p.m.; Sept. 9 鈥� 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sept. 10 鈥� 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Glass House Estate Winery is located at 23449 0 Ave. in south 91原创.
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