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Call for 2017 BC Culture Days Ambassadors  Deadline: March 31, 2017 BC Culture Days invites all BC artists to apply to be a 2017 Culture Days Ambassador in their community. Winners will receive $1,000 towards community activation and production of a Culture Days activity! The Culture Days Ambassador acts as a spokesperson for BC Culture Days and … Read More

  All are welcome to the National Aboriginal Professional Artist Training Program (NAPAT) fair on March 23rd to view work from some very talented indigenous artists and hear them speak of their incredible work. More information in poster above.  About the National Aboriginal Professional Artist Training Program (NAPAT): This two year certificate program includes storytelling, performance arts, … Read More

Happy #MembershipMonday! We have the exciting opportunity for a giveaway of one free membership! If you are a Facebook user please go to our page and like and share our post with the above graphic displayed. After that you will be entered to win, and contest winner will be announced next Monday. Good luck! Link … Read More

Another beautiful #MembershipMonday is upon us. We here at the Shatford hope we have helped those that may not know about our memberships to understand the kind of benefits you will receive. As I have only been here at The Shatford for just over 2 months I didn’t know how many programs and courses and … Read More

Celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women because visibility and awareness help drive positive change.  Join the Grandmothers for Africa at the Shatford before a march to the Lakeside, and join the movement to accelerate gender parity across the world. More Details in Poster above. 

Exhibition running now until March 12th at the Penticton Art Gallery 199 Marina Way Re: Claiming the Taken is an exhibition co-curated by Paul Crawford, Phyllis Isaac, Dr. Michelle Jack, and Dr. Gregory Younging. This collaborative effort provided by the En’owkin Centre and the Penticton Art Gallery features artwork by National Aboriginal Professional Artist Training … Read More

  Children’s Showcase is pleased to announce the return of the “Nearly World-Famous” Dufflebag Theatre, spinning their own madcap version of Rumpelstilstkin. The Dufflebag players offer up fast-paced and hilarious improvisational theatre, and make the audience the stars of the show. Since 1992, this troupe has been traveling the world with their original adaptations of … Read More

As membership month begins its second week and first #membershipmonday, we at The Shatford feel it is important to supply the public with a clear understanding of the benefits. For only $20, a membership will pay for itself quickly and over and over again in savings. Okanagan School of the Arts members are offered discounts … Read More

Tuesday, March 7, noon – 1pm Reducing Reliance on Pesticides: Sterile Insect Release in the Okanagan Sterile insect technique (SIT) has been making news lately—now used against mosquitos to combat the emerging zika virus and against the nasty screwworm resurgence in the U.S.  Did you know we have a program of our own? The Okanagan … Read More

12 pm, March 14, 2017 Brown Bag Lecture Series Could They Make a Cheeseburger 100 Years Ago? Presented by Chris Mathieson What would it take to pull together all the individual ingredients and make one of our most-loved food item? More than you’d expect… in fact, it would’ve been almost impossible to make a humble … Read More