A place to enjoy, experience, and exhibit the Arts in Salmon Arm, BC
April 6 — June 22, 2024
Tsrep is an exhibition about the displacement of Indigenous trees and shrubs in the Shuswap region. Meaning tree in Secwepemctsin, Tsrep examines species that are under threat by colonial land management practices, development, and the climate crisis through a wide variety of art forms.
The Arts Centre is pleased to offer a number of events in conjunction with this exhibition.
April 20th: The Earth Day Gathering will be held from 10am to 1pm at Ross Street Plaza, featuring sustainability booths, storytelling and participatory art.
May 4th: Tree Conversations will be held in the Gallery from 1pm to 4pm, a drop-in discussion time with tree experts/enthusiasts and storytellers offering insights.
May 16th: The Coffee Break and Artist Talk is at 2pm in the Gallery with many of the exhibiting artists sharing the story of their artwork.
What’s next?
Get ready for the next open exhibition Le7 en k tucw? The phrase means “How Are You?” in Secwepemctsin, and this open show invites artists of all ages and working in all media to create work that is 24”x24” and respond to that question. The exhibition opens on July 6, 2024, and delivery of artwork is on Saturday, June 29 between 10am and 4pm.
Up to 6 works per artist can be submitted. Artists are encouraged to use a Secwepemc word in their title, ie. piyéy (joyful), ts7ecw (happy), necwéyt (sad) or geyt (angry). This is an expressive opportunity as well as a way to learn new Secwepemc words.
Register your intent to participate at the Art Gallery, open Tues - Sat 11am to 4pm, or email info@ salmonarmartscentre.ca. Participating artists must be current members of the Arts Centre.
2023 Marie Manson Virtual Artist in Residence
Sergs Oriana
Shuswap District Arts Council is pleased to announce that Sergs Oriana has been selected for the 2023 Marie Manson Virtual Artist Residency. This 3-month residency is conducted in-person and online with the curatorial team at Salmon Arm Art Gallery, and features the artist's process and practices in preparation for the exhibition “Intersection” planned for September 2023.
Sergs is a grade 12 student at SAS Sullivan and will be graduating in June. He was interested in this residency because he wanted to share the story of his family’s immigration experience, especially the complexities of becoming a Canadian citizen.
Sergs participated in the 2022 exhibition “Achievement Unlocked” at Salmon Arm Art Gallery, and received the Curator’s Award. He works in a variety of media, exploring different surfaces for oil paint, and more recently, layering stamping and printing. He anticipates using these
same processes to build works for the paper-based exhibition this fall, and plans to use some of the mountains of immigration paperwork as his materials.
This virtual artist residency is in partnership with Secwepemc knowledge-sharer Louis Thomas. Louis is part of the curatorial team, and shares land-based knowledge with the artists as the residency progresses.
“This opportunity gives the artist a chance to work through experimental processes with the guidance of folks who have been in the cultural sector for many years,” says Curator Tracey Kutschker, "and gives the Art Gallery a chance to get to know and share the individual artists’ processes as they work through the development of their art forms. In this third year of the residency, it’s been a wonderful way to learn more about what happens in the artists' studios.”
Sergs’ artwork will be featured in the exhibition “Intersection” from September 23 to November 2, 2023. This paper-based exhibition will feature works by artists with intersectional identities telling their story of navigating barriers and discrimination, as well as highlighting progress and successes.
