Close to 7,000 people either participated as artists or attended the 24th annual Art Walk in Lake Country last weekend.
Sharon McCoubrey, chair of the Art Walk organizing committee, said the event was almost filled to capacity over Saturday and Sunday.
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McCoubrey said Art Walk is maturing as an event, achieving its objectives of promoting artists across the Okanagan Valley while drawing people from outside the valley to come check it out.
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McCoubrey said Art Walk will turn a profit again this year, as it has done for the last 19 years, with that money funnelled back in the Lake Country arts community such as supporting high school scholarships and Lake Country Art Gallery programs.
In becoming the largest annual art show in the province, McCoubrey says Art Walk has come to reflect a unique character trait of Lake Country, the arts community, and helps to improve the quality of life for district residents.
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As is tradition, the votes for the 2017 People香蕉视频直播檚 Choice of favourite artist have been tallied and this year香蕉视频直播檚 artist is Jolene Mackie whose painted works were featured in Memorial Hall.
The top 10 favourite artists selected by attendees of this year香蕉视频直播檚 ArtWalk include:
1. Jolene Mackie
2. Brandy Barry Wyatt
3. Anitia McComas
4. Alex Fong
5. Sara Gagnon
6. Bobby Vandenhoorn, Juve Furtado, Fiona Neal (a three way tie)
7. Will Enns
8. Ann Willsie
9. Dennis Weber
10. Bonny Roberts
