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10th Annual Arts on the Avenue – THURSDAY Edition
July 31, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
July 31, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Get ready to learn, create, and connect at the 10th annual Arts on the Avenue!
Join us for an evening of visual arts, hands-on creativity, and artistic learning in downtown Kelowna!
Thursday, July 31 
4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Bernard Avenue & Kerry Park
🎟️ Free | Family-friendly | Outdoor Event
This vibrant open-air celebration features:
- Curated visual art demonstrations
- Live improv and performances
- Artisan marketplace
- Creative learning stations and mini-workshops
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Creative Learning Opportunities (Kerry Park Workshops)
Sign up to take part in bite-sized art experiences led by passionate local artists and organizations:
- Flamenco Dance Workshop – Amira Brooks Flamenco
- Create Art in 3 Dimensions – the Okanagan Regional Library
- Practical Penmanship – Kelowna Calligraphers’ Guild
- Give Your Old Jeans New Life – Kelowna & District S.H.A.R.E Society
- Figurative Drawing Session – Livessence Society for Figurative Artists and Models
- Franco-Lino-Cut Printmaking – Le Centre Culturel Francophone de l’Okanagan
- Live Improv – New Vintage Theatre
Learn something new, take home your own creation, or just watch and be inspired.
Don’t Miss:
- Feature artist Aaron Mou creating on site
- Interactive hoop dancing tribute honoring Paisley Lezard
- Presentation stage talks and demos from artists and authors
- Handmade fans with AesthetiKs LAB
- “Mist” Opportunities with Freida Whales
- Local artisan vendors showcasing handmade work
- Live music by the Sails programmed by “Frantic” Travis Andrews
Kerry Park Stage Schedule:
| 4:45pm | Introduction to the Figure Drawing Workshop by Livessence Society |
| 5:00 | Reading by Author Jarrod Thalheimer |
| 5:15 | A Conversation between Feature Artist Aaron Mou and Candice Knight |
| 6:00 | Interactive Hoop Dancing Honoring the Late Paisley Lezard |
| 6:30 | PSOUNDS: What Does Change Sound Like? by Jessie Rivest |
| 7:00 | Upcycling Demonstration with SHARE Society’s Re:Up Studio |
| 7:30 | Journey to Yarnlandia with Cam Gelderman |
| 8:00 | Live Improv by New Vintage Theatre |
Live music schedule coming soon!
Shop our local visual arts market:
- Art of Bluebird Hollow – www.instagram.com/ArtofBluebirdHollow
- Barbara Bell Fine Art – www.impressiveart.ca
- Beyoustyles – https://beyoustyles.com
- Brenda Alguire – www.instagram.com/paintinggrace.art
- Christiane Slater Photography – http://christianeslater.ca
- Ebb + Flow Jewelry – www.ebbandflowjewelry.ca
- Estia Esthetics – www.estiaesthetics.ca
- The Feather on the Moon – www.thefeatheronthemoon.com
- The Frosty Pumpkin – www.instagram.com/thefrostypumpkin
- GreenBean.ReLoved – www.greenbeanreloved.com
- House of Flying Pencils – www.instagram.com/houseofflyingpencils
- Kelownafornia – www.kelownaforniaapparel.ca
- Legendary 3D – www.legendary3d.earth
- Lexy Maria Art – lexymaria.com
- Little Blue Truck Publishing – www.maggiedeacon.com
- Marmar art – www.instagram.com/Marmarart48
- Mod Ave. Art – www.instagram.com/mod.avedesign
- Nethy’s Creations
- Okana Handmade – www.instagram.com/okanahandmade
- Okanagan Body Art (The Henna Hut) – www.instagram.com/okanaganbodyart
- Playful Strings – www.instagram.com/Playful_strings
- STONEWALL COLLECTIONS – www.stonewallcollections.weebly.com
- Timmy Drift – www.instagram.com/timmydrift
- Tiny Rainbows – www.instagram.com/tiny_rainbows_studio
- Unbound Ink – http://www.rajjain.ca/
Thank you very much to our supporters who make this event possible:
