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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

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FCA-COC Monthly Meetings

Our next meeting will be on Monday January 8th, 2024 at 6:30 PM. It will be a Zoom meeting. Members will be sent a link. If you are a non-member and would like to check us out, please contact kitbell@shaw.ca for a link.

Note the new time - 6:30 PM

This month James Postill SFCA will be giving a presentation and demonstration on Fresco painting.

Fresco painting, method of painting water-based pigments on freshly applied plaster, usually on wall surfaces. The colours, which are made by grinding dry-powder pigments in pure water, dry and set with the plaster to become a permanent part of the wall. Fresco painting is ideal for making murals because it lends itself to a monumental style, is durable, and has a matte surface. A famous example is the Sistine Chapel.

Fresco is hardly seen in Canada, largely because of the unavailability of lime putty here, at least until now! It is James's passion to make fresco accessible to artists here and to pass along what he's learned, and iscontinuing to learn, about this wonderful medium.

For those unable to make the meetings, the presentations are available on the chapter's Youtube channel.

2023 Chapter Shows

The Central Okanagan Chapter had two shows happening this year!

Everything Under the Sun Chapter Show

This show hung at the Grizzli Winery, 2550 Boucherie Rd. West Kelowna, BC, V1Z 2E6 and in the on-line gallery, FCA-COC website.

Congratulations to the Award Winners! Click here to see the award winners for the Everything Under the Sun Chapter Show!

OASIS 2023 Regional Show

The OASIS 2023 Regional Show (which is also a Qualifying Show but is open to members of the Central Okanagan, South Okanagan, North Okanagan and the Thompson Nicola Shuswap Chapters) ran from July 1^st to July 30^st at the Peachland Art Gallery.

There are 71 paintings at the Peachland Art Gallery and a total of 92 painting in the Online Sales Gallery which can be viewed here.

Congratulations to the Award Winners.Click here to see the award winners for the OASIS 2023 Regional Show!

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