For West Kootenays artist Joie Pare art has always been a part of her life, drawing and sketching since she was virtually a toddler. But in all the intervening years she never pursued the full potential her artistic talent, that was at least until she moved to the Kootenays.
The 2026 Oliver Sunshine Festival is set to return June 12–21, offering 10 days of events and activities for all ages in the annual celebration of the best of life in the Oliver & District.
When Osoyoos-based Gift of Dance Canada opened its doors three seasons ago, owner and instructor Amanda Klotz surely could not have imagined how fast the small start-up dance studio would grow.
A year on from graduating from Osoyoos Secondary School, 19-year-old artist Nakisa Sanai is returning home for the summer with a body of work that’s anything but typical, even for the substantial and diverse spectrum of local artistry.
The Art Gallery Osoyoos (TAGO) is featuring two Keremeos-based artists – Wendy Provins and Myra Hammond – to the gallery this month, kicking off the First Friday Art Walk with an opening reception.
If you haven’t been to The Art Gallery Osoyoos in some time, now is the time to make your foray back into the wonderful world of local art.
More than four dozen vendors will squeeze themselves into the Oliver Community Hall on Saturday, March 28 for the 32nd WOW Trade Show which celebrates community and the renewal of spring.
On the surface, it’s a party. A winter-is-fading, spring-is-nigh international bash where food and stories and performances from across the globe merge into one big harmonious ball of joy.
February’s First Friday Art Walk in downtown Osoyoos will see two artists grace the walls of the C21 Pop-Up Gallery.
The First Friday Art Walk in downtown Osoyoos returns this coming Friday, February 6 from 4-7 p.m. with events at The Osoyoos Art Gallery, Osoyoos Museum, Wayside Select Books and Art, C21 Pop-Up Art Gallery and the Okanagan Art Gallery.
A new mural by South Okanagan Secondary School students will be coming to the building that houses the Oliver and District Heritage Society (ODHS).
For hybrid woodturner Dave Brewin art should be both functional and aesthetically pleasing. And judging from his stunning bowls and plates, he’s hit the sweet spot in functionality meets objet d’art.
Fans of performing arts are sinking their teeth into the latest theatre performance being put on by the South Okanagan Amateur Players (SOAP).
When it comes to a sales pitch, it’s surely impossible to beat a teaser that contains the line describing something as “the lovechild of Mel Brooks and Monty Python”.
It was a double celebration for the Osoyoos Indian Band on Monday as the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre held the grand opening of its new “Whispers of the Trickster” Immersive Theatre and also unveiled a recently gifted Francis Baptiste painting not seen for nearly a century.
For local artist Jacqui Keseluk painting is her passion and while she does it for herself, she’s seeing more of her paintings being purchased and that just brings a whole new thrill she says.
Osoyoos has another stunning piece of public art with Mavik Robinson (who simply goes by “Mavik”) once again wielding his spray cans to create a scene from a picturesque Greek village on the Diamond Steak & Seafood House at 8903 Main St.
Covering pretty much the breadth and width of the Columbia Valley, the Purcell Mountain Painters (PMP) have taken a bit of “walkabout” with their art, venturing to the Okanagan Valley.
One of the world’s most famous classical ballets – Sleeping Beauty – is coming to Venables Theatre on Feb. 19.
For artist Fern Spackman the agreement, after many conversations with Dan Williams of Wayside Books & Select Art, to do her first-ever art exhibition gave her what she describes as a “nerve attack”.
Osoyoos Council discussed proposed changes to the town’s Special Event Policy which is getting an overhaul to streamline and make procedures simpler and more transparent, during its Committee of the Whole meeting on Feb. 11.
This year’s winner of The Art Gallery Osoyoos’ (TAGO) annual Poster Contest is “Aurora Chief” by photographer Greg Reely.
By his own estimation, Francis Baptiste is in a good place. He’s already preparing to head into the studio in December as his next album comes together, and the Vancouver-based musician and Osoyoos Indian Band member is busy playing gigs focused on his second album – Sənk̓lip, the Trickster – which came out in early August.