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WEST KOOTENAY EVENTS

EAST KOOTENAY & NORTHERN BASIN EVENTS

Beginner-Intermediate Wheel Throwing Class with Sarah Barr

VISAC Gallery 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail

When: Mondays,  10:00am – 12:30pm  Duration: 6 weeks ( October 16 – November 20, 2023)  Class fee: $250 for VISAC members ($280 for non-members) plus $18 for clay  Join us in the pottery studio to begin, or further develop, your skills on the wheel. We will explore throwing, trimming, making handles and glazing. Enjoy a […]

$280

Weekly Tango Mini Lesson & Practice

Christie Lee’s Hall 807-703 Radio Ave, Nelson, BC, Canada

Want to learn and practice dancing Argentine Tango? We host a weekly mini-lesson and practica at Christie Lee’s Hall in Fairview. The guided portion from 7:30-8:15 has a different host and topic each week (check our Facebook page for host and topic announcements). We have an open practice after the lesson until 9:30pm. Dancers of […]

$5

Visual Exploration Club – Teen (15-18)

VISAC Gallery 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail

This bi-weekly club encourages creative growth and exploration, with supportive and themed topics that allow for participants to develop their own visual identity. Instructor, Erin Shuttleworth, focuses on a process-based practice, so she will help encourage members to experiment, research and make mistakes, leading to new and exciting outcomes as the year progresses.  When: Thursdays […]

$150

Exhibit Launch: Gifts of the Ancestors

Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre 1100 Hwy 3B | Junction of Hwys 3B & 22, Rossland, BC, Canada

Incorporating stories, crafts, and ancestral baskets entrusted to our care by Sinixt Elders, Matriarchs, and knowledge-keepers, this new exhibit represents another step towards our goal of decolonizing the Museum and supporting Sinixt cultural resurgence. Join us at the Rossland Museum on Thursday, November 16th from 5pm – 7pm for a Tobacco Offering Ceremony, a Blessing […]

by-donation

SURF HAT w/ HORSE BREAKER & MISERY MOUNTAIN BOYS

The Royal 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Surf Hat are an indie-surf rock group from Squamish, BC. They’ve onlybeen a band a short while, however their self-titled debut album (releasedJuly 29th, 2022) has already gathered tens of thousands of plays and a rapidlygrowing fan-base across BC and Canada.   Calgary’s Horsebreaker draws influence from spaghetti western themes, reverb-drenched 60s surf, cumbia rhythms, […]

$20

Kootenay Artisan Fair

Nelson Prestige Lakeside Resort Nelson

Over 50 Handmade, Local, Jurried Vendors for a three day shopping event to kick off the Holiday season.

Winter Artisan Market at the VISAC Gallery

VISAC Gallery 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail

Join the Trail Pottery Club and the VISAC Gallery for a Winter Market. Two delightful days to purchase creations from potters, artists and artisans. The VISAC Gallery will also have their own table offering workshop signups, upcoming exhibition information and mini prints from our brand new art vending machine! All you need is a toonie […]

Free

Winter Artisan Market at the VISAC Gallery

VISAC Gallery 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail

Join the Trail Pottery Club and the VISAC Gallery for a Winter Market. Two delightful days to purchase creations from potters, artists and artisans. The VISAC Gallery will also have their own table offering workshop signups, upcoming exhibition information and mini prints from our brand new art vending machine! All you need is a toonie […]

Free

Selkirk Weavers Fall Sale & Exhibit

Doukhobor Discovery Centre 112 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

The Selkirk Weavers & Spinners Guild Studio and Shop will be Open @ The Doukhobor Discovery Centre on Heritahe Way across from the Castlegar Airport. Friday Nov 17 4-7 pm and Saturday Nov 18 9am-4pm

Free

Winter Artisan Market at the VISAC Gallery

VISAC Gallery 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail

Join the Trail Pottery Club and the VISAC Gallery for a Winter Market. Two delightful days to purchase creations from potters, artists and artisans. The VISAC Gallery will also have their own table offering workshop signups, upcoming exhibition information and mini prints from our brand new art vending machine! All you need is a toonie […]

Free

Winter Artisan Market at the VISAC Gallery

VISAC Gallery 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail

Join the Trail Pottery Club and the VISAC Gallery for a Winter Market. Two delightful days to purchase creations from potters, artists and artisans. The VISAC Gallery will also have their own table offering workshop signups, upcoming exhibition information and mini prints from our brand new art vending machine! All you need is a toonie […]

Free

Carol Wallace: ‘Give or Take a Few Million Years’

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

“In retrospect, I feel like my work as a geologist was, in fact, my art education.” Give or Take a Few Million Years reflects Carol Wallace’s experience with the ridgelines and landscapes of her past life through drawings, paintings, and textiles that build a dreamlike, otherworldly exhibition worth delving into. Geologic imagery is stitched and inked […]

Free