Art Off the Wall Exhibition and Extravaganza will be held Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Summerland Art Gallery. You acquire a work of art for the price of admission and meet the artists.  Free entry for your accompanying guest. Complimentary glass of champagne and a variety of hors d’oeuvres. Special music by Winden Harp — Debi Johnson. Phone 250-494-4494 or e-mail slandarts@telus.net.

Art exhibit

An Exhibition by Artist Friends of George L. Traicheff opens tonight, Thursday, Sept. 17 with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Enjoy a night of friends, artwork, stories, and the chance to meet this great group of artists in one setting! Show continues until October at Leir House Cultural Centre, 220 Manor Park Ave, Penticton.

For information call 250-492-7997 or e-mail arts_council@shawcable.com.

Artists include: George Traicheff, Barbara Younger, Bruce Crawford, Jack Deppisch, Mike Sime, Dale Matthews, Endrene Shepherd and more.

Nominations

The B.C. Interior Awards are coming up and nominations are now being received. Recently Tracy Fehr of Summerland (www.tracyfehr.com) had a CD nominated for the Gospel Music Association of Canada’s Covenant Award for Classical/Traditional Album of the year and one of the songs, Silenced Voices was nominated for Classical/Traditional Song of the Year. If you like her album or a particular song on it you can nominate it for the B.C. Interior Awards at www.bcima.org/2009/index.php/nom2009

History book 

Our Fair, 1909 to 2009 written by David Gregory and Sherrill Foster, briefly outlines the history of the fair and features photos from the museum’s archives is available at the museum. 

Jam nights

Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Summerland Asset Development Initiative’s new youth coffeehouse will host Jam Nights providing youth 16 to 24 the opportunity to share their talents and learn some new skills.  SADI will also be offering pottery lessons with local potter Wendy Ferlin. For information call 250-494-9722. 

Street art

Re-imagine street art. Visit downtown Penticton for this festival and convention and view street artists in action as they create works of art. Businesses in the downtown core will be donating walls in the back alleys of the 200 block of Main Street, in the heart of downtown Penticton, for the creation of murals. They’ll have DJs, a merchant area, artist talks and more. The event runs Saturday, Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone 250-493-8540 or e-mail christina@downtownpenticton.org to register or for more information.

If you know of an event you feel should be included in the Palette please e-mail dfinnis@telus.net or call 250-494-8994.

David Finnis is vice president of the Summerland Community Arts Council.