Hinge, featuring abstract paintings by Katherine Pickering opens tonight Thursday, Sept. 29 at the Summerland Art Gallery.
There will be a reception from 7 to 9 p.m.
Pickering’s current work explores painting as a site-specific practice. Illuminated walks through the landscape at night constitute the research for paintings that explore the connection between darkness and abstraction.
The paintings she creates from these night walks reveal a process that embraces the mystery of place and the role of the imagination in our experience of darkness.
In the adjoining Adams Room there will be a Retrospective Celebration featuring works by various members of the Kelowna Watercolour Guild.
On stage
This is the final weekend for Many Hats Theatre Company’s Ravenscroft at the Cannery Stage. For tickets call250-493-4055.
Ravenscroft is a thinking person’s Gothic thriller, a dark comedy that is both funny and frightening.
Mural unveiled
The Summerland Museum, CCDC and the Faith Rebekah Lodge have jointly commissioned a Fur Brigade Trail mural that is being painted on the east wall of the IOOF/Rebekah Hall on Main Street.
The unveiling and dedication of this mural depicting the historic Fur Brigade Trail that went through Summerland will be on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7pm.
There will also be a discussion following on the importance of the trail to this area.
And there will be a guided tour of the Path of the Fur Traders on Sunday, Oct. 2 beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Geology study
On Saturday, October 8 there will be an opportunity to join knowledgeable and entertaining geologist Kathleen Jagger in a discovery of the varied and fascinating geological formations and rock types that are found in the Summerland area. To register call 250-494-9395.
Literary award
Saturday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. is the 8th Annual George Ryga Award Evening being held at Centre Stage Theatre.
The winner of the 2011 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature will be announced at this gala event.
And Dorian Kohl will be reprising Portrait of a Lady - A Tribute to Margaret Laurence, based on George Ryga’s seminal adaptation of The Stone Angel.
Tickets for this special evening are available at Martin’s Flowers. (250-494-5432)
If you know of an event you feel should be included in the Arts Palette or on the Arts Council’s online calendar, please e-mail dfinnis@telus.net or call: 250-494-4994. www.summerlandarts.com and http://twitter.com/artspalette
David Finnis is a member of the Summerland Community Arts Council.