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Arts - Visual

Skillful

10:00 am - Sat, Jun 13th, 2026 to Sun, Oct 25th, 2026
at Kelowna Art Gallery

Skillful highlights Governor General Award–winning artists Lou Lynn, Jane Kidd, and Greg Payce, whose masterful approaches to bronze, glass, tapestry, and ceramics merge tradition with contemporary ideas, affirming the value of hand-making as a vital expression of culture, history, and human experience. Read more

Wackem Sackem

10:00 am - Sat, Jun 27th, 2026 to Sun, Oct 25th, 2026
at Kelowna Art Gallery

Glenn Clark’s Wackem Sackem series explores Canada’s cultural connection to hockey through painting and kinetic installation. Read more

Hypernatural Architecture

10:00 am - Tue, Sep 15th, 2026 to Sun, Feb 21st, 2027
at Kelowna Art Gallery - Pushor Mitchell LLP Glass Gallery

This Fall visitors will see Hypernatural Architecture, a cave-like theatrical diorama created by artist Keith Langergraber, in the Glass Gallery. Read more

Robyn Jayne Miller // Grace With Holding

11:00 am - Fri, Sep 18th, 2026 to Fri, Oct 30th, 2026
at Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art

Grace With Holding brings together Gelatin, the rendered byproduct of industrialized meat production, and a Western colonial dining room. Read more

Reyhan Yazdani // Debris of a Mother Tongue

11:00 am - Fri, Sep 18th, 2026 to Fri, Oct 30th, 2026
at Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art

Reyhan Yazdani’s first solo exhibition in Kelowna, Debris of a Mother Tongue brings together handmade and painted paper, pastel sculptures, and digitally fabricated objects within an imaginary archaeological site to explore the ecology of language. Read more

Hana Hamaguchi // Reverie

11:00 am - Fri, Sep 18th, 2026 to Fri, Oct 9th, 2026
at Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art

Reverie is a small series of paintings that utilize the dreamy color palettes often seen in digital aesthetic themes like those of vapourwave or dreamcore. Read more

Triple Opening Reception // Robyn Jayne Miller, Reyhan Yazdani & Hana Hamaguchi

6:00 pm - Fri, Sep 18th, 2026
at Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art

Join us from 6 - 8pm on September 18th for our next opening reception! Read more

Kookum Lounge - Jaimie Isaac

10:00 am - Sat, Sep 19th, 2026 to Tue, Sep 21st, 2027
at Kelowna Art Gallery - The Courtyard

Kookum Lounge offers visitors an interactive space of light, sound, and comfort in our inner courtyard. Instead of using hide or canvas as a tipi covering, artist Jaimie Isaac upcycles water-resistant sails sewn together from sailboats. Read more

Sugar Rush Paper Squishy - Family Sundays

10:00 am - Sun, Sep 20th, 2026
at Kelowna Art Gallery

Looking for affordable family fun? Join Family Sundays at the Kelowna Art Gallery! Read more

Adventurers, Wanderers, & Explorers Film Festival

7:00 pm - Wed, Sep 23rd, 2026
at Rotary Centre for the Arts

The Adventurers, Wanderers, and Explorers Film Festival is a celebration of the true spirit of adventure, from mountain culture through to sea culture and beyond. Read more