Headbones Gallery is again mounting an exhibition with an overview of works born and bred in the Okanagan Valley.

Titled CORrE, the new exhibition offers a chance to see a selection of works produced by committed artists, some who have had solo or group shows during the Headbones season. The public is invited to celebrate in the company of the artists at the opening of CORrE with a royal high tea on Sunday, Dec. 2 from 2-5 p.m. at Headbones Gallery, 6700 Old Kamloops Road.

Okanagan is the featured place and from Penticton to Salmon Arm, the artists assembled for this exhibition live and work in the extended valley framework. The artists are: Doug Alcock, David T. Alexander, Glenn Clark, Briar Craig, Jen Dyck, Robert Dmytruk, Diane Feught, Johann Feught, John Hall, Joice Hall, Fern Helfand, Reg Kienast, Ann Kipling, Wanda Lock, Mary McCulloch, Steve Mennie, Amy Modahl, Ronda Neufeld, Herald Nix, Destanne Norris, Julie Oakes, Gary Pearson, Amber Powell, Heidi Thompson, David Wilson and Deborah Wilson.

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CORrE represents several ideals, explained by Oakes:

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sa国际传媒淩ank-and-File is membership in a club and the visual arts is a sa国际传媒榗lubsa国际传媒� where the stylistic variables are tied together by an unavoidable belief in the importance of art. The artists in CORrE are committed adherents to practices of image making for the purpose of furthering visual communication. There is no official roster, the sa国际传媒榞roupsa国际传媒� is not so much organized through art as immersed in art. As in any engagement, there is a language that can be acquired to enhance articulation, a visual language that can cross national language barriers and even-out cultural and political differences. Art can also advocate - for identity, social consciousness, morality and philosophy. Or art may disassociate from idea to relate to the pure physicality of the medium as in McLewansa国际传媒檚 famous phrase sa国际传媒� sa国际传媒渢he medium is the message.sa国际传媒�

sa国际传媒淭here is a small r word, registered, after the capitalized Rank-and-file of our title which indicates Headbones Gallerysa国际传媒檚 ongoing commitment to cataloguing each exhibition. The mounting and viewing of an exhibition are temporal. The catalogue documents the works within an iteration of exposure. The exhibition catalogue for CORrE, as all catalogues from Headbonessa国际传媒� exhibitions, will be registered with the National Archives and therefore enter the annals of art history, taking a step further towards extending the sa国际传媒榣ifesa国际传媒� and reach of the works.

sa国际传媒淓xhibiting the work especially in the context of a yearly show has a long history in the visual arts from famous salon shows of Royal Academies to the historic public and private investments made to establish galleries and museums in which art is made accessible to a greater audience.sa国际传媒�

The word sa国际传媒榗oresa国际传媒� meaning centre or that around which a larger entity grows is also pertinent to Headbones Gallery.

sa国际传媒淲ith a mandate to expose contemporary art that has been filtered through an informed perspective our purpose has been to spread what we see as a significant channel for cultural insights through the visual arts,sa国际传媒� Oakes concludes.

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