It all started with a question, four words that changed my thinking and ultimately my life: ‘HAVE YOU MET GRACE?’ Many years back in Germany (where I grew up) I struggled with feeling like what I was doing, giving and who I was, was not good enough- always lacking something  and consequently I was very self-critical and hard on myself. As I was beating myself up about something, this still small voice in my heart whispered to me ‘Have you  met grace?’. What followed was a journey of discovery- digging deep into the meaning of grace and experiencing its liberating effects. Out of that question a song was born, entitled – you guessed right- ‘Have you met Grace?’ In it, I explore the idea that grace is not just a word, a concept, a theory, but what if it was as personal as a person itself, what if it could be experienced like meeting and interacting with a human being?

That notion really birthed the idea of the ‘Grace Experience’. To make a ‘word’ a ‘theory’ and a ‘theology’ into something tangible and I knew the arts were key to that. I am not interested in talking somebody into my beliefs, into what I have found to be true about God. But if I can have the opportunity to invite somebody into tasting a bit of what I’ve found to be the greatest love there is, I’m all for it. For me experiencing grace, has changed me from the inside out- it’s not only become the reality of God’s full acceptance and forgiveness of me, but also the power that lets me change, lets me turn from things that hurt me and others around me.

After carrying this idea in my heart for about eight years or so, sharing it here and there with trusted friends and pondering on how it could be put into reality it seemed that finally the time had come to take some steps in the direction to actually make it happen. Through the generous support from the Tribehouse community and friends, we set 5/5 to be the date for the Grace Experience. A very symbolic date, being that 5 is actually thought of as the number of grace. 25 artists signed up to be a part of the event, some of them I didn’t even know before and have become friends with through the joint venture.

We had sounds of grace (live music), words of grace (poetry), movements of grace (dance), shapes of grace (pottery), colors of grace (live painting & art gallery), snapshots of grace (photography), scenes of grace (video) and several interactive ‘stations’ like a chalk wall to write on how we define grace or a collaborative painting table. The event itself really exceeded my expectations – the incredible art pieces created and presented, the enthusiastic buy-in from the artists involved and the kind reception of this somehow new concept of an exhibit by the people that came was amazing. Together I believe we were able to create an environment where grace could be explored and experienced.

I want to thank all the artists that were involved in making this dream a reality: the Tribehouse community, the Kryskos/Bo.ttega and New Horizon Productions and my friends that encouraged me to dream.

Dörte Meyer is a freelance graphic designer, musician, photographer and educator originally from Germany and now based in Kelowna, BC Canada. Her company is called Flying Graphics Multimedia Services

Link to “Have you met Grace” – the song that inspired the event:

Link to the Grace Experience video recap:

Links to articles on the Grace Experience:

By Graham Ord

By Dave MacLean

Everyone is welcome to what we are convinced will be a very inspiring evening with one of Kelowna’s finest young artists.

Dylan’s Bio

The youngest of four boys, Dylan was born in West Vancouver and began creating with his hands at a young age. Accrediting the likes of his mother, older brother Lucas, and the ‘inventing room’ at Science World, Dylan feels he has “always been an artist.” A family migration in 1998 brought Dylan to Kelowna, where for the past four years he has been a contributing artist in the Okanagan. With the combined mentorship of painter Shawn Serfas and local sculptor Byron Johnston, Dylan has found a voice in both mediums and enjoys inventing new ways to engage people with them. He has exhibited several shows in various Okanagan galleries including the Vertigo Gallery, the UBCO FINA Gallery, Bottega House, and a solo painting exhibition at the Alternator Center for Contemporary Art. Dylan has been commissioned for several paintings, and took part in the Mad Hatterinstallation project under Byron Johnston, He also paints public murals as a collaborative duo with local artist Liz Dumontet.

Currently, Dylan volunteers as a part time child-care attendant and program coordinator for Thrive Afterschool Club, with seven years prior experience working with kids at summer camps and mentoring programs. Dylan is interested in “studying the social environment kids are subject to in modern (western) society”, addressing topics such as consumerism, religion, addiction, and child psychology. Regarding his move for ‘social justice’, Kelowna art journal oook.caquoted Dylan: “I want art that counters the autopilot.”

Dylan recently displayed work at the “Exhibition from the In-Between World” held at the Okanagan French Cultural Centre, and also at this years Ecotone festival held at the Rotary Centre for the Arts. Currently, Dylan Ranney is exhibiting paintings at the Streaming Cafe on Leon Ave. in Kelowna until the end of March, 2013.  Ranney is also active in the Kelowna music scene as drummer with ambient rock band, ‘Oceans Apart’.  Look for ‘Oceans Apart’ this coming summer at ‘Parks Alive’.

In Studio, 2012

The Festival begins in the grounds of Bottega with our hugely successful Ten Ten Ten  - ‘Under the stars’ evening on Friday 28th and then continues with two full days of amazing Music and Arts through till late Sunday afternoon.  What an amazing way to spend the Canada Day weekend!

The 4th annual Lille Gard Festival is a family-friendly Music and Arts festival organized by TribeHouse Artist Collective which will feature visual arts, dance, speakers, spoken word, and of course all the music your ears can handle.  This year we are pleased to be donating all profits from the festival to two charities  ‘Hands in Service” a local charity and the International Najenga Congo Project.

Fore More info including info on the many artists participating go to the Lille Gard Festival website

ADVANCED TICKET PRICES

• $30 – Full Weekend pass which includes ten ten ten – under the stars on friday night 
• $10 – Ten Ten Ten under the stars (Friday evening ) only 
• $15 – Saturday or Sunday General Admission (16+)
• FREE for kids and youth 16 and under

Contributors include: Jimmy and Nikki Balfour, Carrie Harper, Wendy McAlpine, Graham Ord, Jan Vozenilek, Marijanel Knight, Dorte Meyer and others.

Tickets are free and can be obtained here:

Bo.ttega Farm Inn

4485 Sallows Road.

S.E. Kelowna

V1W 4C2

Event hosted by Flying Graphics Multimedia Services and TribeHouse Artist Collective  - Celebrating collaboration rather than competition

10am -4pm

$65 pre-register

Venue:

TribeHouse Center
4485 Sallows Road.
S.E. Kelowna V1W 4C2
Canada

Tickets from:

Event management for Pottery Workshop

More info from:  marijanel.knight@gmail.com

Facebook event

Performers at the event include: Jimmy & Nikki Balfour – painting and live music, Johanna & Scott -vocalist with an upright bass, Bethany Petch – singer songwriter, Graham & Aaron Ord -guitar and Celtic Harp.

For more information visit http://www.thebowlofhope.com/

Katalyst Artist Gathering is an initiative of the Tribehouse Artist collective.  Katalyst has been running for over two years as a monthly contact point for artistically minded people in the Kelowna Area.  Each month we invite a different speaker who shares about their unique experiences as an artist in their given discipline. We find that by sharing our stories together we are encouraged to continue in our art, buoyed by the fact that we often share very similar experiences as Artists.

All are welcome. 7pm is hang out time and the talk begins at 7.30pm. See you there.

Here’s a more detailed Bio for Bob Oldfield

Bob was born and raised in Liverpool, England and although too young to be
admitted, he would hang around outside the Cavern Club during the heady days
of ‘Beatlemania’. The Fab Four gave Bob his love of music, a passion in which
he has indulged in one form or another for the past 40 years. It was a British
musician, Tommy Steele, who gave Bob his love of theatre, when, at the age of
5 Bob saw him perform in pantomime. At 14, Bob saw a professional production
of ‘The Crucible’ and it impacted him so much that he subsequently auditioned
for all his high school plays with roles as diverse as ‘Gus’ in Harold Pinter’s ‘The
Dumb Waiter’ to several Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and many in between.
Over the next twenty years, however, despite the occasional show in local
community theatre in the UK, music was Bob’s main focus. After emigrating to
Canada in 1992, Bob inadvertently stumbled into an audition at the Powerhouse
Theatre in Vernon and was given the role of Bob Cratchit in ‘A Christmas Carol’.
This role re-ignited the desire to tread the boards a bit more and Bob has since
recently played a hit man in ‘What’s Cooking’, played in the
musicals ‘Oliver’, ‘Annie’ and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’,
as well as playing Rudy in Norm Foster’s ‘Wrong For Each Other’, a role that
required him to be on stage for the whole show and to memorize over 100 pages
of script. Alongside his many roles on stage, Bob has been involved in as many
productions as sound designer or music director. This past summer Bob won
a ‘Thespian’ – a provincial award from Theatre BC for best sound design for the
play ‘Woman In Black’, a ghost story. Both music and theatre and the occasional
foraging into movie making and video production continue to be abiding passions.
Bob has relentlessly promoted the arts in the local community. His profession as
an educator has given him the opportunity to impact elementary school students
with a love for theatre and creative expression. He has recorded CDs, made
full length movies and directed stage musicals all with students. Outside of
school he started and ran the successful ‘VCafe’ event for 8 years, giving lots of
opportunities for emerging talent to have both a stage and audience. Bringing live
music to the community and seeing others flourish has always been driving force.
He is married to the lovely Linda who has recently found her own artistic outlet as
a painter and author of books for young children. He has three children and four
grandchildren.

. Love Dance . from Isabelle Neill on Vimeo.

Katie Hall and Samantha Jennings co-directing Love Dance a cross generational arts and movement workshop held at Woodlands in Bristol UK on February 16th 2013. A workshop exploring dance and visual arts accompanied by live musicians in a community setting.
Video is used by permission.

This evening will feature:

• 10 different artists
• 10 minutes each
• 10 bucks (+hst)

ARTIST LINEUP (others pending confirmation)

Diverse|Eclectic|Inspiring

• Graham Ord – Lap steel
• Jonathan Heaven - Hanghang / Handpan player
• Russ Rosen – Vancouver based Singer songwriter
• Jordan Leibel – Piano
• Dennis Weber – Métis Visual Artist
• Shamma Sabir - Fiddle
• Raelynn Heppell and Ciara Petkau – Dance
• Alex Fong – Visual Artist
• Matt Brown – Poetry/Spoken Word (Winner of the 2013 Okanagan Arts Award for Theatre)
• Bonnie McShannon – Slam Poet

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LOCATION:

Bo.ttega Farm Inn
4485 Sallows Rd.
Kelowna, BC
http://bo.ttega.com

Did you know that Ten Ten Ten was recently featured in the top ten Art’s events in Kelowna by ‘The Daily Courier’?  (How many more Ten’s can we get?)

We caught up with her at her home in Peachland BC to chat with her about her latest work.

Interview with Marijanel about the making of ‘Making a Masterpiece’

 Making A Masterpiece Video:

Download song here:

Links for Marijanel Knight

lifeofclay.com

Bowl of Hope

Photography website