Red Dog Glass Studio has a new location in Cherryville BC Helen Kovacs glass artist has been offering arts and culture in Cherryville for many years. Promoting local Okanagan Artists, educating by offering adult and children's glass art workshops and jewelry workshops and celebrating creativity with special events. The art studio and gallery is nestled in the Monashee mountains surrounded and inspired by the beauty of nature, where Helen creates one of a kind glass art; including glass bead making at the torch to glass fusing sun catchers, plates, jewelry, glass and steel sculptures,beautiful glass accent walls and murals and garden art. Art commissions, special orders, workshops and tours are welcome. Helen creates "Keepsake beads" or memorial glass art; a loved ones ashes are melted in between the layers of molten glass to create a design that might bring comfort to family members. Contact Helen anytime for a visit
250 547 0020 or www.reddogglassstudio.com
Capturing nature by creating Cyanotypes is the primary focus of Christine’s current artwork. A full spectrum of graphic blue and white works that contain botanicals, landscapes, found and drawn imagery. Art is imagination at work!
April 22: Earth Day CelebrationAnnual reopening,community and highway cleanup from 9:30am to 12:00 noonMay to October : Cherryville Farmers MarketSaturdays from 9:00am to 1:00pm SATURDAY,AUGUST 9 ROOTS & BEETS ART FESTIVAL 9:00am to 5:00pmA celebration of the harvest in creative ways, with artist demonstrations, workshops, kids crafts, entertainment, music and farmers market.December 6 Show in the SnowYuletide gathering & student glassart exhibition and sale from 1:00pm4:00pm & 10%discount in the shop all day! See belowGlass Fusing or Bead Making Workshopswith Helen KovacsGlassmaker, Helen Kovacs, is now offering glass fusing workshops to be held at Red Dog Glass Studio and at the shop, both beautifully situated in Cherryville.Lampworked Glass Beadmaking also available.A special type of glass is used for remelting using techniques that date back to 1500 BCE. The student will learn many techniques in hot glass using a torch or fusing in a kiln to melt specially formulated glass together in patterns to create suncatchers, jewellery, ornaments, etc.For Glass Fusing WorkshopDay 1: Create glass art, to be fired overnight.Day 2: Remove work from kiln.
The Art MachineGet inside. 'Prestige is the shadow of money and power.' ~C. Wright Mills In her cheekily titled book, ART AS AN INVESTMENT? Melanie Gerlis (Art Market Editor of The . Continue reading ?August 19, 2014Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures By Robert K. Wittman, John Shiffman Broadway Books, New York, 2010 Famous art detective Robert K Wittman's memoir, . Continue reading ?August 13, 2014 While reading yet another article bashing Jeff Koons, I decided it was time to out myself once and for all: I am a Jeff Koons nonhater. Lately the volume . Continue reading ?July 7, 2014 Sotheby's boasted a total of £121.9 million from their London Evening sale of Impressionist & Modern Art. Top lot, Claude Monet's Nymphéas (Water lilies) achieved £31.7 million and . Continue reading ?June 24, 2014One wonders if, instead of falling apart due to an imbalance cased by monied art fairs, perhaps the art market is adjusting itself by spawning a separate art fair culture .