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FCA-COC

FCA-COC is a community of over 150 artists from the central Okanagan area, that includes emerging artists through to highly proficient professional artists. Through peer support and mutual encouragement our aim is to promote the artistic development and professional advancement of our members.

Member benefits include opportunities to participate in:

Regional and international art competitions
Workshops
Monthly meetings including talks and demonstrations by guest artists
the FCA-COC Mentorship Program
Promoting your artwork through our website and art shows

2026 OASIS Regional Show

This is a juried regional FCA exhibition. It is a qualifying exhibition for Signature Status.

LOCATION: Peachland Art Gallery, 5684 Beach Avenue, Peachland, BC

DATES: June 27 - Aug 3, 2026

ENTRY DEADLINE: May 6, 2026

PARTICIPANTS: Open to all Exhibiting, AFCA and SFCA Members of the following chapters of the FCA:

Central Okanagan
South Okanagan and Similkameen
North Okanagan
Thompson Nicola Shuswap

OPENING RECEPTION AND AWARDS CEREMONY: Friday, June 26, 2026

ENTRY FEE: $20 for the first image, and $15 for each additional image for maximum of 5 images. Submit entries on-line only.

RESTRICTIONS: Artwork should be no larger than 40 x 40 including frame. Only work that is new to the Peachland Art Gallery may be submitted.

Note: all artists with accepted work must be members of the Peachland Community Arts Council. Membership is $25.

For more information or to enter, Click Here.

FCA-COC Monthly Meetings

Our next meeting is on Saturday, April 4th at 1:30 pm at the Rotary Centre for the Arts in the Salloum Room.

We are hoping that a daytime meeting will be easier for members to attend than an evening meeting. We recommend parking in the Library Parkade.

After a short business meeting Marlene G. McPherson will be giving us a presentation.

“I’m looking forward seeing you at our April Meeting and I hope that you will find my presentation both informative and encouraging.

I plan to speak on the many benefits of keeping good records of our individual artworks, and the exhibitions they’ve been included in. I will also share the method I use for planning and organizing my artworks for various exhibitions and keeping track of them as they’re exhibited in various exhibitions.

Also, if you haven’t done this already, I will discuss the importance of creating an inventory of all our completed artworks.

And for our creativity and fun; I will also share simple but significant ways to become more productive in your art-making, causing your creativity to flow more easily and naturally while increasing your volume of artworks, helping you to make the most of your precious studio time.

Looking forward to seeing you.”

Marlene G. McPherson

https://marlenemcpherson.weebly.com/

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