To the seasons of life
Look here’s someone’s creativity combined with ancient culture and offering Viking ruins and ancient tales to be told on a scroll for $45.
The Nicola Valley community Arts Council is a non-profit organization + that promotes arts and culture in Merritt, British Columbia. Through volunteers at the Arts center corner of Nicola and Voght.
The Nicola Valley Community Arts Council is having a fun show this month as submissions are anonymous and a raffle is in place. You validate it by guessing who did the pit the painting for prizes? The proceeds to this not-for-profit Society will be going to improve lighting in their facility.
The Art Gallery in Merritt is located on the Corner of Nicola and Voght across from the Petro Can.
The group had a great time on Friday at the artist reception, today the Arts Center is open at 10am to 5pm.
WHO calls cCovid-19 a pandemic…
A tough anniversary but at least you are here to observe it.
The local arts council is hosting a mayors gala for the arts on September 28th 2019. The event is having a big band presence with Playmor Junction and Michael Perkins. Dinner, Displays, Cash bar. The event is at the Merritt Civic Center 5- 11 PM and is an arts fundraiser.
Reserved seating one hundred dollars, early bird rate to August 20th, on line only. Ticket sales end September 21st.
Editors note: This newsworthy event is made more significant by the local projects of the society Ie a community theater facility in progress.
Gold and silver plates of Darius the 1st found.
Mitts by artists
Photo KDG
The local Arts Council Christmas show ends on the 23rd. The show features many items done by a collaboration of local artists. Mitts are one of the items presented in interesting and attractive format.
Jackie the Old Courthouse Gallery Director says that the council elected a new executive recently and a new president.
The Nicola Valley Community Theater Society expressed that part of their rational for a new 5 million dollar theater complex is to source a stable funding plan for the Arts Council.
The Christmas sale continues Thursday and Friday noon-6PM
On this Day: December 21st 1913
The first crossword puzzle is published in the New York World.
Local museum curator Jackie looks on at a Joel Reid work.
Photo KDG
The local Arts Council has its show on at the Old Courthouse Gallery, titled Fresh Paint, Joel Reid and Fresh Paint will be on until November 19th. Gallery times are Thursday through Saturday 12 -6 PM.
On this Day: November 9th 1620
The Pilgrim’s see Cape Cod from the ship Mayflower.
A Quilt hangs in City Hall in Merritt by Local Andrea Rogers.
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The Local Arts Council is presenting a local.s show in January, at the Old Court House Gallery,Nicola avenue Merritt BC. Kim Le Clair is a publisher of a local one sheet newsletter as well as holding a job at Merritt Printing. If shes not eclectic see is industrious. Here is a view of her abilities and the DAT of the presentation from the gallery director.
January’s artist is Kim LeClair. Her show: A World of Influence- A Worldview of Quilts From a Small Town will begin on January 15-30 with a reception on January 15 from 5pm to 7pm and the public is invited.
Also…There is a show within a show as Kim shares her textiles as, “A World of Fabrics Comes to Merritt.This promises to be a fantastic show and very different than what we have had in the past. Kim is a wonderful artist who has chosen textiles as her main medium. I hope you’ll all come to see this show.
On this Day: January 6th 1540
Henry the VIII th marries Anne of Cleves.
Diversity makes for a broader community.
File photo KDG
We have a password protected page that has some pictures of community activities from about 2012. We think that it demonstrates a bend toward theater so we are sharing the current password today for your enjoyment.
Merritt is in the process of building a 5 million dollar Community theater and we think the pictures build a context of a possible support for Community Theater.
https://kevingriffiths.wordpress.com/topical-images/z-series-community-pictures/ Password : Community Theater
On this day: November 10th 1983
Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0
Tom Sullivan (left) and Alan Burger ready for his presentation
Doctor Tom Sullivan presented at the Nicola Naturalists last week on the work he has done with wood debris from logging operations.The University of BC professor and resident of the interior Town of Summerland said that piles of wood waste can be habitat for weasels and small forest animals. The slide show gave images of wood debris used to in strategies to connect habitat to mandatory patch’s of left forest in clear-cut operations. He had brochures available taken from his published works in scientific journals.
Tom noted it is best used to do these piles in remote logged areas as human access lends its self to them being set on fire.
There was a class of natural resource teck students from the First Nations run community college NVIT in the audience and were introduced to the gathering by Nicola Naturalists President Alan Burger. They were said to be possible beneficiaries of the 600 dollar scholarship award just created by the group.
Pious Chong was also recognised by Burger for his award of “The best artist in Singapore” by the President of Singapore.
DR. Sullivan works through the Applied Mammal Research Institute In Summerland as well as UBC : http://www.appliedmammal.com
Today in history: November 25 th 1940
The De Havilland Mosquito Bomber has its first flight.
Simon Fraser University has a presence here today at the local community college. Their theme is Engaging the world and are specifically presenting to Academic criminology prospects for degrees.
SFU has a distinction of having won the world pipe band contests in Scotland. The school is named after the Explorer Simon Fraser who was the first to make it to the Pacific ocean by Land. He also relied on the most major river in British Columbia that bears his name today. The Fraser River empties into the Pacific ocean at Vancouver
Jack Lee, Pipe Sergeant of the multiple World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band warming up prior to the band’s performance at the 2005 Bellingham Highland Games. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in History: November 4 2008
The United States elects its first Black American President.
Scott Woods and his band are offering two hours of fiddle entertainment including harmony, step dancing, trick fiddling and hum our.
Saturday June 8th at the Merritt Civic Center,at 7:PM.
Today in history: May 30, 1832
The Rideau Canal opens in Ontario Canada.
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