Grand Forks Gazette/West Kootenay Advertiser, June 16, 2016

PEOPLE AR TS HOMES FOOD CULTURE RECREATION HISTORY SUMMER 2016

Life in the West Kootenay/Boundary Region

KASLO JAZZ

Celebrating 25 years of lakeside music

LEARNING TO FLY

Sky’s the limit in Air Cadet gliding program

PEONY PASSION

Castlegar hosts second successful show

The heart of Christina Lake

Enjoy fun in the sun at the Castlegar Millennium Park Natural Swimming Ponds located at 101 5th Street and while downtown be sure to tour the award winning Castlegar Sculpture Walk.

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contents The Heart of the Lake

Kaslo Jazz turns 25 Story by Will Johnson page 12

Story by Erin Perkins page 5

Learning to fly Story by Jim Baily and Art Harrison page 8

Creating a connexion to art in Nakusp Story by Gillian Trainor page 16

Raising money and conquering goals

Passion for peonies

Story by Chelsea Novak page 10

Story by Betsy Kline page 20

COVER PHOTO Christina Lake Stewardship Society Coordinator/Project Manager Brenda LeCroix, left, Christina Lake Arts and Artisans Society (CLAAS) member Lucinda Dupee and CLAAS president Bob Dupee are pleased the past five years at the Christina Lake Welcome and Arts Centre have been so successful in connecting more than 115,000 visitors to the community. Photo by Erin Perkins

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Erin Perkins

Brenda LeCroix, Lucinda Dupee and Bob Dupee.

It’s a typical sunny summer day in the Boundary and the Christina Lake Welcome and Arts Centre is abuzz with activity.

Some sip their fresh cup of coffee while sitting at a well-appointed table in the window, others quietly browse through the local art collections in the Arts on 3 Gallery while a family learns about the local flora and fauna through interactive and hands-on displays in the Christina Lake Stewardship Society.

Snuggled amongst the lakeside habitat of the Christina Lake Community Nature Park along Highway 3, the beautifully designed building has grown from the dreams of a dedicated group of volunteers to being the community’s top tourist stop since it opened in 2011.

Five years and 115,525 visitors later, the multi-million dollar building features an environmentally friendly construction design and a unique “living machine” solar aquatics water treatment system.

It is the host site for many community fundraising events like the annual Easter Egg Hunt and is the spot to come to for live music.

It is also home to the Christina Lake Visitor Information Centre, the Christina Lake Arts and Artisans Society’s (CLAAS) Arts on 3 Gallery, the Christina Lake Stewardship Society and Lisa’s Bistro.

“The Welcome Centre itself is something we can feel proud of and showcase, being LEED developed, each part of the building resonates with environmental consciousness and is an inspiration for others,” said Cindy Alblas, Christina Lake Visitor Information Centre tourism manager. “From the living roofs, to the story pole, to the amazing 3-D Mural floor, to the solar aquatics centre, The Welcome Centre draws you in where you will discover new and historical information about this special community.”

“I think the Welcome Center showcases Christina Lake better than anything else has,” said Grace McGregor, Area C Director for the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. “When people walk through it, ➤ Photo by Erin Perkins

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COMMUNITY they tell me they feel so at peace.”

“There is always something happening there and we are trying to keep it upbeat,” said Bob Dupee, CLAAS president and the centre’s project manager.

“I love this place. It’s like a confluence for the community,” said Ted Harrison, Arts on 3 Gallery volunteer and a Christina Lake resident for more than 16 years.

Harrison loves how the space can incorporate so many groups. The space is also home to the weekly branch of the Grand Forks and District Public Library where Harrison comes to enjoy the monthly book club meetings.

“The advantages of [the Welcome Centre] are huge. People would drive right through [Christina Lake] without it. People stop because of the building.”

“This is really a wonderful space,” agrees Ruth Murphy, a resident of Christina Lake for the past 27 years, watercolour artist, art teacher and volunteer at the Arts on 3 Gallery.

“The building itself is awesome and has a particular awe to it – kind of spiritual. People that come here from all different walks of life come here and we get to hear their stories – it blows me away. If we didn’t have the building, there would be no contact between the wonderful people and the history of the lake.”

The early days Before the centre opened, the first impression tourists had of the lake were within the walls of a small blue shack on the side of the road.

The Christina Lake Stewardship Society was tucked in the back room of the community centre and the Arts on 3 Gallery was nothing more

Left to right: The original Christina Lake Tourist Centre. The carving of the totem pole for the new centre.

Photos courtesy of Bob Dupee than a dream for a small group of people in CLAAS. In the 1970s Christina Lake artists Richard and Beverly Reid had been working hard on getting the arts scene in Grand Forks rolling.

Dupee saw this, was inspired by their dedication and achievements in helping establish Gallery 2 and wanted to see the arts supported at the lake.

“Richard and Beverly (Reid) were the inspiration for this building,” said Dupee during a gallery opening for Richard at Arts on 3 in early June. Richard is the featured artist at the gallery this summer.

As a long-term supporter, grant-writer and member of CLAAS, Lucinda Dupee wanted education to be at the forefront. Every inch of the building speaks of the community’s heritage – the building design was inspired by the rail station, the mural by the local trellis and the totem pole for the local First Nation’s people. There are also handcrafted display cases for local artifacts and a handmade quilt hanging on the wall telling the local stories.

“The centre is a place where teaching is encouraged,” said Lucinda.

“It is not a sterile building. People can come here and see things, teach things and learn things.”

Then there is the ecological history.

The Stewardship Society went from 13 years in an out-of-the-way ➤ office at the community centre to being in the middle of it all.

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Summer 2016 Live Performances at the Christina Lake Welcome and Arts Centre:

Haley Seven Deers, a Christina Lake Visitor Information Centre Tourist Ambassador, helps two German tourists find their way around Christina Lake. Lisa Smith of Lisa’s Bistro serves up tasty homemade fare. Christina Lake Stewardship Society staff Heather Ling, left, and Brenda LeCroix, show off the native plants they are growing in a nursery behind the centre for local waterway restoration projects.

Photo by Erin Perkins

July 8 Alpha Yaya Diallo: a Juno award winning West African Band will be performing as part of the annual Homecoming celebrations, including a drumming and dancing workshop on Saturday.

“The centre really put us out in the public and enabled our displays to be out,” said Brenda LeCroix, Stewardship coordinator/project manager.

Due to the location, the Stewardship Society is a popular stop for both tourists and locals, said LeCroix. The displays on local flora and fauna educate people about the importation of invasive species, animal tracks to watch out for, local habitat rehabilitation projects and the aquatic species found in our local waterways.

Over the past year, the society has also started up a demonstration garden of deer-proof plants and, with the cooperation of the Granby Wilderness Society, they’ve constructed a nursery behind the centre to propagate native plants for waterway restoration projects.

So what’s in store for the next five years? Originally CLAAS had hoped to include an artist studio centre, with a glass studio, and an on-site amphitheater. While there are no definite plans for when or if those projects will move forward, the sky is the limit for the willing volunteers.

“I don’t know,” said Lucinda of what is to come over the next five years. “I would like to see the centre provide even more opportunities for people to become part of the arts and culture in Christina Lake.”

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Learning to fly THE SKY’S THE LIMIT IN AIR CADET GLIDING PROGRAM

STORY BY

Jim Bailey and Art Harrison Since the 1940s, the Royal Canadian Air Cadets have lived by the motto “To Learn – To Serve – To Advance.”

But for many young cadets, that motto could also include “To Soar.”

Twice a year the Trail Air Cadets, 531 Squadron hold its Gliding Day, an opportunity for the cadets to actually experience flight in two Cadet Air Operations gliders that have been towed over the mountains from the regional base in Oliver for the occasion.

Major Kevin DeBiasio of Trail, Area Cadet Instructor Cadre Officer for the Kootenay Wing, says the glider training is a highlight of the year for the 60 young air cadets.

“For the kids it’s awesome,” said DeBiasio.

“When a 17-year-old comes back to Grade 12 and says, ‘I don’t have a driver’s licence but hey I can fly an airplane,’ all of a sudden, that’s pretty cool.”

The two-seater, wide-winged gliders have controls in the front and back with a trained cadet pilot in one seat and a raw cadet in the other.

A beefed-up Cessna 182 tow plane pulls the glider to about 2,000-feet elevation before it is released, and soars quietly and swiftly through the ether for about 15 minutes before settling onto the airport tarmac.

“Once they are in the air, the pilot shows them the different attitudes and movements, explain up and down, left and right,” said DeBiasio.

“Then if the conditions are good they let the cadet fly it for a little bit, give them the experience of what it’s like.”

For many cadets, like 13-year-old Alexis Dyck, it’s her first time in a glider.

“It was really fun,” said Alexis. “It was really a neat experience. I like how smooth it was. I thought it would be more rough but it was really smooth.”

The Air Cadet Gliding Program makes stops in Salmon Arm, Trail, Cranbrook, and Grand Forks in the spring and fall under the supervision of Gliding Wing operations officers captains Tyler Willis and Fraser Neave.

“It’s a great time,” said Neave. “It’s always good taking kids up on their first glider flight, sometimes their first flight in an aircraft at all.”

While some first-time flyers do get nervous, says Neave, once they’re in the air the butterflies soon disappear.

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A cadet goes through some last-minute instructions before takeoff. Photo credit – Jim Bailey.

Previous page: A glance through the rearview mirror as the glider is towed to its release height. Photo credit – Jim Bailey. Cadets help stabilize the glider’s wings during takeoff while another cadet gives running hand signals to the tow plane pilot.

The journey starts with a Cessna 182 tow plane pulling the glider to about 2,000-feet elevation before it is released.

Photo credit – Art Harrison “Once we start moving they realize that it is smooth and it is an aircraft, so even though it doesn’t have an engine it is still able to fly no problem, and they get an opportunity in the air to do a little flying themselves, see how the aircraft responds and by the end of the flight, they always want to go again.”

Cadet Shael Huska, from Chase, was with the group in 2013, having just received his glider license that summer. He was working as part of the ground team responsible for briefing cadets before their flights and coordinating activities on the between takeoffs and landings, ensuring that each step in the day’s activities takes place by the numbers.

His eyes grew wider and a smile spread across his face as he tried to describe what it was that he liked about flying.

“It really challenges you, makes you better at decision making,” he said. “You’ve got the control over the glider and it makes you good at being able to think quickly.”

But in addition to the piloting skills learned, Major DeBiasio says there are other, more important benefits.

“The goal is not necessarily to produce pilots,” adds DeBiasio. “It’s to teach kids leadership, give them exposure to aviation, exposure to the military so they know what they are getting into in future life. Leadership is really good, we have 16-17 year olds that are flying the airplanes, that are leading the kids, or organizing everything here.”

The opportunity to become a pilot becomes closer to reality when cadets see former cadets like Captain Neave become a pilot, instructor, and operations officer at the youthful age of 25. DeBiasio also points out that with the air cadet program, the sky’s the limit.

“Two of the (Canadian Forces) Snowbirds this year are former cadet pilots, the F-18 demo pilot this year is a cadet pilot from B.C., Chris Hatfield the (Canadian) astronaut, he was a cadet. There’s lots of guys from Trail who got their licence in the program and are flying for Cathay Pacific, so there is opportunity.”

Cadets are qualified to carry passengers when they fly 10 hours in the air, and once they acquire 20 hours, they are eligible to become instructors. This summer, about 45 16-year-old Cadets will get their glider licences during a six-week training cycle in Comox, while 30 or more 17-year-olds will secure their power licences, which enable graduates to fly single-engine airplanes.

Trail airport’s important role “Beginning in the mid-1970s Trail Regional Airport has been a unique resource for the Air Cadet Flying Program.

Without it the Air Cadet pilots living in Trail and surrounding areas would not have the opportunities they require to advance their flying training skills in a safe and fun environment.” said Major Robert Allison the Deputy Commanding Officer of Regional Cadet Air Operations (RCAOps).

Trail Regional Airport welcomes the cadets and staff from the Cadet Gliding Program each spring and fall to conduct approximately 90 gliding flights for local cadets. The cadet pilots spend these weekends conducting familiarization flights for the Trail cadet Squadrons. Trail airport provides the Air Cadet Gliding Program with a central, safe, and reliable location to conduct operations.

“Many of the cadet pilots flying out of Trail Airport aspire to a military or civilian career in aviation. Having the opportunity to fly at Trail Airport in the spring and fall seasons is an important step in that direction,” says Captain Clark Davidsen, RCAOps Standards Officer.

“The cadet pilots make the choice to come to the airport every weekend in order to share flying with younger cadets and better themselves as pilots.”

Cadet Oscar Morrison, says “The chance to take cadets from my Squadron, as well as other Squadrons, gliding in the local area is just amazing. They get the chance to see the Trail area from above and I don’t have to travel far every weekend to keep up my flying skills.”

The BC Ministry of Education, Skills and Training recognizes the cadet program as a “ministry-accepted External Course” for which students may receive graduation credit.

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Raising money and conquering GOALS

Dear Park e top of th to n and raised sbey ra mber 2014 e c e Aaron Co D tion. in s 25 time rk Associa photo a in p ta te n a k u S o M nd Mike Kent the Rossla $530 for

STORY BY

Chelsea Novak No matter our best intentions, personal goals can always fall by the wayside as the demands of real life suck up our time and energy. But what if there was a way we could not only give ourselves incentive to meet our goals but help out the causes important to us? This is the concept behind Rossland-based website Yodel.org.

Andrea Winckers, CEO, and Mike Kent, COO, first conceived of Yodel.

“Yodel was an idea that came out of a conference we went to in 2012,” explained Kent. “The conference was the World Domination Summit.”

The annual summit explores the question, “How do we live a remarkable life in a conventional world?” At the end of the summit, host Chris Guillebeau announced that each attendee would have $100 of their registration fee returned to them, to invest in something worthwhile.

Winckers and Kent had already been working with non-profits and individuals to help them achieve their goals, and conceived of an idea to help people achieve the goals they’d been putting off.

“We thought, how can we encourage people to do the things they want to do, but do them now?” said Kent. “We thought tying those personal challenges to raising money for charity was a real win-win.”

Though it was beta tested months beforehand, Yodel’s first real test drive came about when Steve Cutt of the Nelson and District Credit Union (NDCU) found anonymous donors willing to match funds up to $20,000 for the Rossland Skatepark and the NDCU committed up to $10,000. The only catch was that the Rossland Skatepark Association would only have until Dec. 31 to raise the funds. Cutt had heard Kent give a presentation about Yodel during an evening about crowd funding at the Old Fire Hall and suggested to the association that they use Yodel to raise the money. Thus the skatepark’s 30 in 30 campaign was born.

Yodel launched in December 2014, six to eight weeks earlier than planned, hosting a number of personal challenges to benefit the skatepark. One local boy unicycled every day in December, a sevenyear-old girl created 30 acts of art in 30 days, and councillor Aaron Cosbey climbed Deer Park Mountain 25 times in December, yodelling at the top on his final ascent. These were just some of the challenges that contributed to the Rossland Skatepark Association surpassing Page 10 ROUTE 3 Summer 2016

its goal and raising $31,370.

The site has since become home to a variety of different causes supported by fun and unique challenges. Organizations interested in using Yodel to fundraise just have to set up an account on the website and then create their cause profile, which along with a description of the organization, can include a slogan, logo, and a feature image or video. Organizations can also keep track of their outside funding on the site. “Causes can consolidate their online fundraising with funds that they’ve raised elsewhere, and use Yodel as their all-in-one fundraising site,” said Winckers.

It’s just as easy for individuals to start a challenge. Anyone who wants to support their favourite local cause can create an account on Yodel, choose their cause and create a challenge with a set funding goal and timeline. Once the challenge has begun, the challenger can easily share their challenge page via social media and provide their supporters with updates via a blog on the page.

“Our site is always looking at ways that we can further support the challengers and the causes. We’re in the SMARTS program with Selkirk College and we’ll be creating further features that we’ll be launching in the fall,” said Winckers. If someone finds that their favourite cause isn’t on Yodel, Winckers and Kent can help. “We can connect with the cause and see if that would be something that they would be interested in doing,” said Winckers. “We’re willing to facilitate that for folks that are interested in doing something in their community to make a difference.”

Every cause that joins the site is reviewed before going live.

“It’s really important to us to ensure that when people are donating, they know that the organization has been verified,” said Kent.

Yodel uses PayPal to collect donations, which means that all donations are subject to PayPal’s standard 2.9 per cent fee, plus 30 cents per transaction. Yodel also collects five per cent of donations, which goes towards running the site, and providing support to causes and challengers. The near future will also see a different account option for organizations that plan to raise large amounts. The account will allow them to pay ➤

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While the causes on the site were initially all located in Rossland, Yodel is now being used elsewhere in BC and is set up to be used by any organization in Canada. Evans Lake, a youth camp north of Squamish, has invited its supporters to create outdoor challenges to help fundraise, and 350Vancouver used the site to raise money to send a delegation from BC to the Climate Welcome in Ottawa in November of last year.

The most recent cause to launch a major campaign on Yodel was Bike to Work Week Kootenays. Yodel took on planning Bike to Work week this year, which is an additional service that the company offers to help make fundraising events easier. “Part of what we do will event manage if that’s something that organization is interested in,” explained Kent. The Yodel team took on managing the Bike to Work Week website, and fundraising for the event’s charity of choice, the West and East Kootenay Brain Injury Association, was hosted on Yodel. They also found community sponsors to contribute prizes for the challengers. Participation for the event increased 295 per cent from 136 bikers last year to 393 this year, and it raised just under $2,500.

Challenges can be relatively simple and still raise a decent chunk of change. In April 2015, Kathleen Hill launched a challenge called Heels Over Head Over Farm Fresh Food to raise money for the Rossland Mountain Market Society. Hill took a picture of herself every day for 30 days standing on her head in a place where food is locally grown or raised. The challenge raised $693 for the market. Challenges can also be all about the time crunch.

Currently, local artist Andy Holmes has challenged himself to paint 100 paintings in 25 days. Anyone who donates $100 or more can choose one of the finished paintings.

The beauty of Yodel is that anyone can set and meet personal goals while contributing to a cause they believe in. It doesn’t have to be a huge gesture, and it can take as much time as someone needs or as little time as they have. Either way, as Kent said, it’s a win-win.

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turns 25 In his office, Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival founder Jimi Holland keeps a framed picture of himself with legendary musician Richie Havens standing on the shore of Kootenay Lake. You can see children playing in the sand as sailboats bob in the background. According to Holland, it “represents the vibe and intrinsic character” of the festival he founded a quarter century ago.

“It’s not that Richie Havens represents Kaslo or anything, it’s just the vibe of this photo. I’m standing arm in arm with a musician who opened up Woodstock, and he’s holding a sunflower someone in the audience gave him. He looks casual and relaxed, and we’re in the sand together,” Holland said, in the weeks leading up to the festival’s 25th anniversary.

“This is an experience you don’t get anywhere else. Many times at festivals the performers are isolated from the audience, they’re barred because of their status and the crush of the crowds. But here they find themselves walking across a sandy beach with everyone else, and a bunch of times divas have had to undo their high heels to get out to the stage.”

That means you can expect to get intimate with performers, some of them up-and-coming and others long-time mainstays. And ultimately, that’s the goal Holland has in mind: bringing people together.

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can remember, and has grown up surrounded by musicians like Long John Baldry, Michael Kaeshammer, Spyro Gyra and Blue Rodeo.

“First festival I attended, I was in the womb,” he said. “The festival is kind of like an older sibling for me. We lived in the office where it all took place for a long time, so it’s always kind of been there.”

He started working on the festival as a teenager, starting with managing the toilets and working his way up to a career in production. He runs the box office, the vendors and manages the site — as well as taking on whatever other roles come along.

“I’m just highly interested. I want to see what happens. I think we’re going to keep moving in the direction we’ve been headed, which is incorporating non-jazz acts, but it will be a balancing act going forward.”

He’s stoked for this summer’s lineup, which includes Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, Shred Kelly, Breakwater and Delhi to Dublin.

“It’s going to be big. We’ve had Michael Franti and Spearhead once before, which was the largest festival I can remember. We were a little unprepared for what was coming to town that time, but now we’re mega-excited because we know what’s coming.”

They’ve got three campgrounds now, which will address some issues they’ve had before.

“One of the main important things is getting the community involved. If you don’t have the community all-in, something like this just doesn’t happen.”

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Founder Jimi Holland and son Jasper reflect on ho w far the festival has come.

Photo by Will Johnson

Will Johnson Almost a religious experience When Jimi Holland’s mother passed away in Texas years ago, he travelled down for her funeral and took a lengthy swim in the ocean to process his feelings. It was during that evening the idea of Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival was born.

“I would call this almost a religious experience. As this warm water crashed over me, I had this amazing nostalgic experience,” he said. “It wasn’t sobbing, it wasn’t crying, it was a deep gut reaction. People must’ve thought I was having a nervous breakdown.”

He wandered out of the water in a daze and somehow ended up at a music festival further down the beach. He heard a jazz combo playing in a tent.

“I stood at the back of the tent and listened to these guys playing this great music. I wasn’t a jazz fan, but could appreciate good music when I heard it.”

It struck him that a room full of white people was applauding four black men.

“This was not something I was used to. Right around that same time a couple stood up and came walking down the aisle, and it was a black man and a white woman arm in arm.”

He was floored.

“In the Texas I grew up in, that would be impossible.”

He left that experience intent on recreating it for others, creating an inclusive musical environment.

“The fundamental premise of jazz is inclusivity, tolerance and the appreciation of others. I was watching people enjoy a show that was profound, intelligent and meaningful — all these things that were the antithesis of how I grew up.”

Fortuitous Full Moon According to Holland, the last 25 years have been full of magical moments — and a few stick out. He can clearly envision the moment jazz flautist Paul Horn turned his back to the audience.

“There was a light rain, and he was doing all these ethereal beautiful things with his flute, and suddenly the full moon was coming up over Mt. Loki. He looked up and played for it.”

These sorts of experiences helped the festival gain credibility and word-of-mouth. The first time they sold out was when they brought Maria Muldaur to town in 2001. Until that point they were losing money.

“At that point the debt on my shoulders was $17,000. We were finally making money but I was being crushed.”

That’s when they started a society, which took on his debt and hired him as the executive director.

“Then we really began to nail down what the festival was going to be about. For the years I was at the helm I wanted to maintain it as a niche event. Kaslo can’t support a 5,000-person event, so we wanted to keep it intimate.”

The struggle going forward, he believes, will be balancing the festival’s popularity with the capacity of the town. ➤ Summer 2016 ROUTE 3

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From Holland to Hinrichs The festival’s new executive director, Paul Hinrichs, has been brought on to help the festival recover from a multiple year slump.

It’s their goal to make the 25th anniversary the biggest, and least jazz-centric, they’ve ever had.

“We all really felt this was something we could rally around,” Hinrichs said, noting they’ve re-teamed with Nelson Brewing Company to celebrate. This summer he’s booked both familiar acts and new blood.

“I went back and booked a band that played the very first festival — Paul and Laura Landsberg, doing their Ray Charles thing. They met at the first festival and fell in love.”

This year will be the first time electronic music will be offered, as Moontricks will be playing, and festival-goers will see idiosyncratic acts such as the Circus Act Insomniacs.

“Paul Hinrichs and I have been sort of circling each other for a few years,” said Holland. “His work around Nelson, which I highly respect and value, showed he had an aptitude with the business side.”

He can’t think of a better person to take the helm, and can’t wait to see where Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival goes next.

“I think all of us want to keep this thing going for as long as we can, because there’s nothing else in the Kootenays that compares,” said Holland.

The festival take places from July 29 to 31. For more information see kaslojazzfest.com.

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STORY BY

Jillian Trainor Coming to Nakusp, a person can expect to find three major attractions: the hot springs, the beautiful view of the Arrow Lakes, and the various walking, biking, and ski trails around the area.

One thing they might not expect to find is an art gallery.

Nestled in on 5th Street NW is the Studio Connexion art gallery, owned and operated

by Anne Beliveau.

Beliveau arrived in Nakusp on Oct. 31, 1978, to become the French monitor for School District 10, as part of a program by the federal government where instructors could help with the French language program in smaller and more remote school districts.

After spending 20 years teaching in the school district, she decided she wanted to do something different.

“I needed to do something different, and something that maybe I had more than a passion for,” she said. “Not that I don’t like the French language, but after a while when you’ve been teaching and repeating yourself, the verb avoir is always going to be the verb avoir.”

Wanting more of a professional challenge, she opened a shop on Nakusp’s main street, selling antique reproduction furniture from Quebec. However, the business hit a slight snag.

“The population in Nakusp is not big enough to sustain a business like that. You have to have clients that come from elsewhere, or you have to have a bigger population.”

Beliveau had artwork on the walls of her shop, which complimented the furniture.

For her, it was a logical step to start an art gallery and continue to show. She figured a more cost effective method to having a gallery would be to base it out of her home, in an independent space.

It was decided the carport would be the gallery. Beliveau’s husband ➤

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Previous page: Anne Beliveau, owner and operator of Studio Connexion stands in front of one of her favourite pieces by artist Roni Jurgensen. At the time the article was written, Jurgensen’s work was being shown at Studio Connexion.

Clockwise from Left: Beliveau stands at the entrance to her gallery. Studio Connexion is open from mid-May to midOctober. A sampling of the works of Roni Jurgensen.

Photos by Jillian Trainor

is a contractor, and she enlisted him in helping to turn the space into what it is. It’s an intimate gallery. The walls are a shade of cream that is somewhat reminiscent of French vanilla ice cream, and there are beams painted dark brown overhead. About 15-20 people are able to comfortably fit inside the space at one time.

Studio Connexion first opened its doors in the spring of 2008. One of its first showings was for Mya DeRyan, an artist who specializes in Gyotaku. This is a traditional Japanese method of printing images of fish, which dates back to the mid-1800s.

Studio Connexion, now in its eighth season, is open from mid-May to mid-October. During that time seven three-week showings will take place. The end of October to the end of December is used to plan the showings for the coming year. Beliveau does have a showing in the winter, but because it’s a quiet time for the gallery, the showing is from November to March, and the gallery is open by appointment.

While the gallery is for the most part closed in April, that doesn’t mean Beliveau isn’t working. During this time, she’s getting ready for the upcoming season. Walls have to be fixed and painted, the electrical connections for the lights need to be checked, and publicity has to be done, sometimes by March 31.

Because it’s a commercial gallery and not a community gallery, Beliveau is able to show what she likes.

“I am not going to show something that I don’t like,” she said. “For me, art has to be pleasing to the eye, and it should be some kind of a pleasure that you get from looking at something that is making you happy. To me, that is art.”

She chooses to promote artists from around the region, such as

Denyse Marshall, Louise Ducharme, and Roni Jurgensen. While she loves running her own gallery, Beliveau said selling art can be very difficult.

“Art is not seen as a necessity, and I think it should,” she said. “I think if you fall in love with a piece, it does make you feel better. It makes you happy. It should be seen more as a need than a frivolity— something that is not necessary.”

The gallery could have a beautiful showing in the summer, but if no one buys anything, it doesn’t make any money. It’s hard to know when a person is going to walk in and fall in love with a piece. Sometimes many pieces are sold, but they don’t sell for a large amount of money, which means the gallery’s season isn’t as profitable. Other times, fewer pieces are sold, but they are more expensive.

Some of the more expensive works have sold for up to $5,000.

These are usually works by artists who are already established and have had their work shown in different galleries across the country.

Having well-known artists show at the gallery can mean a boost for Beliveau.

“Some artists, when they hear that, they come and approach you, and they come and say, ‘Are you looking for someone for 2017, or 2018? I would be interested in showing at your gallery.’”

Beliveau recognizes that being a gallery owner means being in a business where you’re not necessarily going to be rich. But for her it’s not about the money, it’s about something more personal.

“You’re going to meet a lot of very interesting people, artists and clients, and people from elsewhere who come back to the gallery, and that’s the exciting part.”

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The BC and Yukon branch of the Canadian Peony Society recently pulled off their second successful peony show in Castlegar.

The amateur show has attracted not just local entries, but entries from as far away as Vancouver and Saskatchewan. The show started in 2015 when after years of interest by the Canadian Peony Society in seeing a show in BC, a dedicated group of local flower-loving volunteers got together to make it happen. Columbia Basin Trust and local business then got on board to help with the funding.

The 2015 show was the first juried peony show ever held in BC, and this year’s show is again the only juried show to be held in the province. The shows take a lot of behind-the-scenes hard work and preparation that has culminated into the two spectacular events that have seen visitors from all across the region and as far away as California attend.

Because of variance in weather from season to season, the peony bloom can happen over a wide range of dates so most of the entrants have to prepare and refrigerate their buds and then bring them back to life at just the right time to coordinate with the judging of the show.

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It is a multi-step process, but organizers are more than happy to offer advice and coaching on how it is done.

Organizers encourage local gardeners to enter, hoping to discourage the idea that flower shows are just for people with special varieties or talents. “It’s for anybody with a peony,” said show organizer and former director of the BC/Yukon branch of the Canadian Peony Society Holly Pender-Love.

The first show had a goal of introducing people in the Kootenays to the idea of growing peonies not just in their gardens, but moving beyond their back yard to consider commercial opportunities as the area has a good climate for peonies. “The peony is still one of the most successful perennials that thrives on neglect, which suites so many of today’s busy gardeners,” said Pender-Love.

Organizers brought in Carol Adelman, a premier peony grower from Oregon who ships roots and about 20,000 buds a day during peak season. She acted as a judge and spoke at a luncheon where she shared many tips on planting, nurturing and even storing and preparing peonies for shows. ➤

Previous page: Darlene Kalawsky and Holly Pender Love – Current director of the BC/Yukon branch of the Canadian Peony Society Darlene Kalawsky (left) with the past director Holly Pender-Love at the 2015 show. Visitors to the peony show were thrilled with the beauty and splendor of so many blooms in Photo by Larry Doel one place.

The second show focused more on education with several lectures including Peonies 101, floral design using peonies, seven weeks of peony bloom and floral selections to compliment peonies.

The second show had more local entries than the first and showed that area residents were developing peony growing skills and learning the refrigeration techniques as the peony bloom happened early due to hot temperatures early in the season.

Most Canadian peony producers are in Ontario and Quebec. “There is a business opportunity that is being unrealized,” said Pender-Love.

“There is a very active niche market in different types of agriculture, one of which is flower production.” Because peonies are fairly easy and forgiving, they are an ideal crop to branch out into.

There is already one commercial grower in the area, Dutch Girl Peonies, located in Beasley. Owner Adrianna Work was one of the speakers at this year’s show.

According to the Canadian Peony Society, peonies are long-lived (up to 50 years) and very hardy (to USDA zone 2). They are drought tolerant, low maintenance and deer resistant. Peonies have been cultivated for more than 2000 years as medicinal and ornamental

plants. They have a wide range of colours including yellow, coral, peach, lavender, white, pink, magenta and red. Their blooms also are greatly varied and their scent can be classified as rose, lemon, honey or musk.

Another goal of the organizers is to promote agritourism and encourage people to include visiting places related to agriculture as part of their travel plans. Agritourism is a growing part of the tourism market and includes such things as visiting wineries, farmers markets, farm tours, dude ranches and petting zoos. It also includes u-pick visits to farms and buy direct farmgate sales.

Now the organizers have their sights set on the 2017 show, which will celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. The show promises to be bigger and better that the previous shows. “The organizing committee is absolutely thrilled with the local involvement, and is looking forward to even more so next year,” said Pender-Love. “The more blooms we can get, the better.”

It’s a great time for gardeners to start planning their peony submissions for next year. If you don’t have any peonies in your garden, buy some roots this fall and join in the Kootenay peony proliferation. ➤ Summer 2016 ROUTE 3

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