Cranbrook resident Joel Harding’s debut solo exhibition explores the oppositional characteristics that define a mountain
Joel Harding’s “Alpine Forces”
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2026
Career Tips for Rural and Remote (Dance) Artists
A summary of the items discussed during the online Topography of Dance conversation, featuring Sophie Dow
Carol Gordon (1946–2025): Artist, Activist, Mentor
A reflection on the life and career of Carol Gordon and her immense contribution to the Kootenays and to Canada
Michael Hepher: The Informal Path
Even the most intuitive self-taught artists sometimes need to shore up their efforts with knowledge to maximize their natural talent.
Golden’s EmberFest
EmberFest is a grassroots, volunteer-powered celebration of low-tech magic and high-spirited creativity. Everyone is invited to step through the portal!
The Nelson Civic Theatre’s Long Intermission
The hardest part isn’t the renovation itself. It’s holding everything else together in the meantime.
How Many Ways?
This exhibition put a question mark on the head of humanism and pressure on the hierarchies inherent to it: mind over matter, man over nature, human over animal, certain humans over other humans. . .
Community and Creativity
When I asked whether remoteness and DIY culture create challenges, Marnie admitted that Empire of Dirt’s subtle presence in the forest can make it hard for outsiders to grasp.
Backcountry Inspiration
Four days secluded in the mountains gave retreat participants the ability to connect and unwind.
Metal Arts Guild of the Slocan Valley
Now that Selkirk College has announced the closure of the Nelson KSA campus at the end of the 2026 school year, the need for space and support for students and artisans has only grown more critical.
Field Notes from the Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness
Finished artwork will be exhibited at the Grand Forks Art Gallery in fall 2027, and will include sound composition and field recording, analogue film, narrative graphic comic strips, poetry, installation, large-scale immersive drawing and more.
The Art of Safe Keeping
‘The Art of Safe Keeping,’ it occurs to me, is not only safekeeping possessions, people, memories, but in a broader sense the stories of a community.
Sophie Barbarics and Acacia Schachte
Canada’s Acacia Schachte and Hungary’s Sophie Barbarics are bringing the skills they’ve honed in multiple countries to local audiences and, especially, to students eager to learn.
Faces of Pride
Key City Theatre colleagues Brenda Burley and Galen Olstead were at a conference in Calgary during Pride Week in 2022 and happened upon a display of photographs that captured members of the pride community and their stories. Burley remembers being electrified. “I immediately thought, ‘We have to do this in Cranbrook.
Footlighters Theatre
“It’s the greatest experience in your life to put yourself out there and take a chance,” says Smith. “It’s a unique risk, unlike any other you’ll ever take.”
Windows to the Past
“Upon first viewing the exhibit, Jim immediately recognized the name of his elementary school teacher and told those of us in the vicinity that she was his teacher. That was the first time I witnessed a former internee discover a personal connection to their past through our exhibit, and it was very moving.”
New & Noteworthy
Local album and book releases, reviewed.
Kootenay Children’s Festival Celebrates 40 Years
Families travel to the event from throughout the region, with 4,500 people in attendance at Rotary Park in 2025.
Exploring Underground Art in the Kootenays
Zines are meant to be hidden between shelves in the library, exchanged or shared in a variety of other ways. They’re raw, genuine, unpolished and are fairly accessible to make.
Sketchers in the Wild
The campers are outdoors from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for five days, rain or shine. “We hit the trails on foot in the morning with lots of breaks for observing, sketching, nature journalling and play. We can hike ten kilometres on an average day,” says Russell.
First Word: Editorial
Interestingly, many of the stories that we have chosen for this issue of Articulate focus on relationships with the natural world.
Small Town Synchronicity
Despite living in a small town, both Clague and Ida have been able to create and take advantage of opportunities that might not have been available to them in urban centres.
Why Pottery Matters More Than Ever
The news of KSA’s closure has come as a shock to the students, teachers and arts community in this region, particularly as just this year the ceramics program was expanded, due to strong demand.
USCC Ladies Cultural Interpretive Society
In both small and larger ways, helping others and responding to community needs is a key aspect of Doukhobor history and culture.