Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre celebrates last exhibition opening of 2022

July 7 – July 29, 2022

July’s exhibition opening celebration saw a large turn out for artists Turbo Bambi (Claudia Simon) from Revelstoke, Benjamin Arcega from Kelowna, Nicole LeBoutillier & Heather Yip from Salmon Arm, and Maxim B. Vidricaire from Revelstoke. The event attracted many with its diverse displays and underlying skateboard and street art themes.

Bambi’s exhibit, Let the good times roll featured digital & traditional artwork fuelled by her adventures on snow, land & water. Arcega’s gallery All we ever wanted was everything is a new body of work described as a glimpse into who and what inspires his unique approach to painting, skating and self-expression. Nicole LeBoutillier & Heather Yip explores how human, animal and plant relationships are often woven together through materials that will never decompose in Love Letter to the Landfill. In gallery three, Vidricaire’s exhibit Timeless featured a collection of 120 format film images that aim to convey the underlying character, charm, and feel of Revelstoke. “These are the moments that we can’t quite put our finger on when describing Revelstoke to friends and family around the world,” he says.

View our coverage of July’s exhibition opening celebration:

Big turnout for RVAC skateboard-themed July exhibit opening

August 11th – September 4th

In August, the main gallery featured artist Janna Yotte from Montreal, Quebec. Her exhibit Exuvie, comes from a French word evoking the skins left behind by certain animals following a physical metamorphosis, commonly known as moulting. Galleries one, two and three hosted the Member’s Show, an open invitation for members to showcase art with the theme ‘Very Peri’ incorporated into their creation. “This periwinkle blue didn’t have to be the main colour in the piece, but it did have to appear somewhere,” writes gallery staff.

Member’s artwork from the Members show at the RVAC in August incorporated the theme ‘Very Peri,’ challenging artists to use periwinkle blue in some aspects of their artwork. Photo: RVAC

September 15th – October 9th

The fall months are a time for the arts. In September and early October, local artist Brett Mallon debuted his art series titled Desire Lines in the main gallery. “My work has always, in some way, been a way to express how I interact with the world around me,” he says in the exhibits bio. In gallery one, Keely Halward from Roberts Creek, B.C., observes how nature behaves in When we realize we’ve been distracted. Darian Goldin Stahl from Kelowna, B.C., presented Medical Mythos gallery two. An exhibit that explores our complex stories of healthcare and illness in ways that are estranging, surreal, and enchanting. Gallery three hosted Delree Dumont’s show Manachihta. Delree Dumont (Wâpiski Kihéw Esquao – White Eagle Woman) is an internationally recognized Cree artist from British Columbia whose recent works feature pointillism, beadwork, leatherwork, and occasionally smudge fans.

Artwork by Brett Mallon. Photo: RVAC

Looking ahead

This last celebration does not mean the RVAC is closing up shop for the winter. Keep an eye on their social media and website for details about the highly anticipated Winter Art Market in the gallery.