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Even kids caught the art bug. Here they wait to
contribute their own artistic touches to Wendy
Wall’s progressive art painting.
One of the festival’s
many workshops:
creating mosaics.
Enjoying the exhibit
in the renovated
Town Hall
Family friendly hands-on artfest!
Arts festival invigorates the community
One of the most ambitious community
arts events on the peninsula...comes
from one of its smallest and most remote
communities. As you can see from the
photos, everyone gets involved in the fun!
The Colville Arts Festival is an 8-day
interactive event around Easter break
with workshops scheduled every day, and
entertainment in the evenings. Not just
music, stand up comics too. And who
doesn’t love an outdoor projected movie,
complete with popcorn. And don’t forget
the community BBQ!
There were arts and crafts workshops for
all ages and other activities held under
canvas outside the Community Hall.
Workshops included flax weaving, felting,
creative cardboard capers, beadwork,
fabric dying, making a bow and arrow from
bush materials, mosaic tiles, silkscreening,
salsa music jam, and more.
The official art exhibit included work from
over 30 local artists and held inside the
Colville Hall, which which had its floors
and walls newly refurbished just before the
festival. Colville Bay School, Pre-school
and Kennedy Bay School also contributed
to the exhibition by each creating an artistic
piece as they do every year.
See
Budding Artists show
off their
Cardboard Caper
Creations
People’s Choice Award winner
Ginney Deavoll talks to visitors in
her Hahei art studio
Whether observing or participating,
all ages enjoyed the festival.
Most artists are open for visitors any time of
year by appt. Find artists’ contact info
at
Visit MBAE’s FB page to view many photos of
artists in their studios.
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