OPEN CALL TO ARTISTS FOR 'NOIRE' EXHIBITION AT BREW GALLERY DOWNTOWN VERNON

August 16, 2011

ARTIST OPPORTUNITY AND OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Exhibit: "Noire" at the Brew Gallery from September 12 to October 14 2011

The Brew Gallery is the North Okanagan's newest art space in Downtown Vernon BC and is pleased to announce this opportunity for artists to participate in it's 5th show 'Noire'.

Deadline Monday September 5 Open Call to Artists for the upcoming exhibition 'Noire' at the Brew Gallery Downtown Vernon. Please submit 1-3 photos of your dark(noire) images with hidden or emerging subject matter suitable for an all ages audience. Suitable media includes 2-dimensional works in photography, digital art, drawing, painting, mixed media.

* Electronic submissions may be emailed to brewgallery@gmail.com

* Posted or drop off submissions on CD or photoprint may be delivered to
Brew Gallery c/o Bean to Brew Coffee House
3202 31st Avenue
Vernon BC V1T2H3

* Submissions should include:
- Artist Name,
- Bio and/or CV and/or Artist Statement,
- Your images in .jpg format no larger than 1024 pixels wide per image,
- Title/Medium/Year/ for each image,
- Return SASE if requesting your submission material to be returned,

The exhibit of selected work will run from Monday September 12 to Friday October 14. Opening reception will be from 11:00am to 1:00pm Saturday September 17. The Brew Gallery is located in Downtown Vernon inside the Bean To Brew Coffee House, next door to the Vernon Public Art Gallery.

'MOVING FORWARD' Photographs by Jackie Lowrie Opens July 26

Travel, movement, complexity of nature have been captured through the lens and depicted in Jackie Lowrie's present work. Photography became a part of Jackie's life when she was given a brownie camera at age ten. Currently on exhibit are 26 captivating images including architectural and natural subjects.


The exhibition runs from July 26 to September 2, 2011. Brew Gallery is located inside the Bean to Brew Coffee House at 3202 - 31st Avenue, next door to the Vernon Public Art Gallery. Open Monday - Friday 7:00am to 4:00pm and Saturdays 9:00am to 3:00pm.

Brew Gallery New Hours - Open Saturday

Owners Franz and Margot are pleased to have the restaurant and gallery open now on Saturdays! Come have lunch, coffee, ice cream, and enjoy the fabulous art all around Downtown Vernon!

Artworks Flirt With Dream Theme of "Parallel Existence" June 16 - July 22 @ Brew Gallery

'Don't Crop My Dream', a mixed media work on paper by Halifax artist Mitchell Wiebe, is shown alongside a series of acrylic paintings by Siva Pillay of Calgary.

'Divine Nuance' by Mithcell Wiebe

'A Man With Great Insects Has Great Insight' by Mitchell Wiebe sums up unusual association in the subconscious and entices viewers to ponder the significance of dreams.

'Tranquility' by River Lewis of Vernon BC is a recollection of peaceful states dreaming and waking, where light seems to be sourced from all things.

'One For The Ladies' by River Lewis

'The Wish' by River Lewis

'PARALLEL EXISTENCE' New Artworks About Dreaming Opens June 16

Some cultures believe the dream world is just as real as the waking world. With a creative departure beginning from this viewpoint, Halifax artist Mitchell Wiebe, Calgary artist Siva Pillay, and Vernon artist River Lewis have bridged the two worlds in mixed media drawings and paintings. Fantastical characters emerge with unpredictable storylines and the stage is set for transporting the viewer through visual art experience.


The exhibition runs from June 16 to July 22, 2011. Brew Gallery is located inside the Bean to Brew Coffee House at 3202 - 31st Avenue, next door to the Vernon Public Art Gallery.

The Journey Continues, With Wild Boys Characters

Drawing from local history in the Okanagan Valley, River Lewis creates a storyline based on the 'wild boys' who had run away from California one summer and played unsocialized characters living wild in the North Okanagan area. This ink drawing entitled 'Looking Glass', featured in Lewis' solo show 'BLACK AND WHITE' at the Brew Gallery, has incorporated additional ambiguous parts where a third character (after Constable Henry Proce) has grown into the conglomerated figures. The story and images are an artistic and mathematical play by the Okanagan artist on how complex first impressions and relationships can be. 'Looking Glass' asks the viewer to consider what it would be like to be one or all of the characters.

In a moment of reaction, perceptions and subsequent outcomes can change significantly. The ancient medium of brush and ink drawing parallels the balance required in personal relations. The series of drawings by River Lewis is an hommage to how the North Okanagan community cared for and embraced the 'wild boys'.

Other drawings in the show include:

'Wild Boys Make Shelter'

'Sky Scene'

'The Journey Begins'

'Building Support'

and 'Come Together'.

The Okanagan Artist's show runs at the Brew Gallery until June 10th.

"BLACK AND WHITE" Exhibit Opens Featuring Brush and Ink Drawings by River Lewis

Referencing the local history of the 'wild boys' who appeared in the Coldstream and Vernon area some years ago, the exhibition is suggestive of the complexity of interpersonal relationships. Silhouetted black and white imagery gives a general first impression of shapes familiar and unfamiliar. As when trying to view in bright light or dim light, information comes gradually allowing us to compare with the knowledge we bring to a new setting or event.

It is a play on the theme of 'BLACK AND WHITE' and how we perceive. The exhibition runs from May 10 to June 10, 2011. Brew Gallery is located inside the Bean to Brew Coffee House, next door to the Vernon Public Art Gallery.