Upcoming Events

Scroll down for the Sherven-Smith Gallery Exhibits.  For more information, contact Leah Terry, Program Coordinator at 306-752-4177 or l.terry@cityofmelfort.ca.

2010 Events   

1st Annual Melfort Folkfest
Saturday, October 16, 2010 
Kerry Vickar Centre
Celebrating our Culturally diverse community through song, dance, food, displays, showcases, friendship & fun!  Call for groups to host a Pavilion:  the Melfort & District Chamber of Commerce invites organizations, businesses, schools, churches and cultural groups to be part of this very exciting event!  Showcase your Heritage!  Book a Pavilion!  Contact the Melfort Chamber at 752-4636 for a "host package".

Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 7:30 pm
Northern Lights Palace
Tickets on sale now at the Kerry Vickar Centre Box Office:  $49.50 for adults, $44.50 for students/ seniors.  Groups of 20 or more also receive $5.00 off each ticket.
When you mention the name Virsky, everyone in the Ukrainian community gets excited at the news that they are coming for a fall tour across Canada.  Virsky goes back to 1937 when two well known Ukrainian ballet masters, Pavlo Virsky and Mykola Bolotov first brought a group of folk dancers together.  From 1955 to 1975 the group was lead by virsky who exciting and passionate choreography has amazed the dance world for years.  It was under the guidance of Virsky that the company matured into the professional dance ensemble that the world enjoys today.  In 1980, Myroslav Vantukh, Virsky's disciple and an expert in folk traditions and ethnogrphy took over from Virsky and continued the creative genius, preservation and development of folk choreographic art.

The foreign press has been unanimous about the high quality and professionalism displayed by the Virsky National Dance Company of Ukraine over the years. Virsky continues to grow under the direction of Vantukh as he takes the dancers to new heights of accomplishment through his ever expanding repertoire of new dances and continues to entertain and educate the world about the talents of the Ukraine.  They have travelled the world, to over sixty countries, performing for audiences in Mexico, the United States, Cuba, Venezuela, more than ten European countries, Vietnam, India, China, Brazil, and Korea. With their first class performances they have surprised and delighted audiences while teaching the world about the wonderful land of Ukraine.  Boen Arts is pleased to announce the first ever all Canadian Tour of Virsky, the National Dance Company of Ukraine.  Starting on October 7, 2010, they will begin their spectacular cross Canada tour in Vancouver, BC.  They tour then travels across the country from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec and ends in Ontario.  Please visit www.boenarts.com for performance places and dates.

 
Sherven-Smith Gallery - Visual Art Shows

Visit our Virtual Galleries of the Sherven-Smith Collection and the City Hall Art Collection

Gallery Hours:
1:00 - 3:00 pm - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday
1:00 - 5:00 pm - Tuesday

Phyllis Dickie:  Nature's Artistry
July, 2010

Melfort Quilters
August, 2010

Calligraphy Guild:  Wheatland Calligraphy Galleria
September 1 - 30, 2010
Reception - September 17, 2010

Plains of Abstraction
Showing in the Display Cases
September 1 - 23, 2010

Twyla Exner:  Entangled
October 1 - 23, 2010

Gordon Bland:  Saskatchewan Landscapes
November 5-27, 2010

Brandan Doty & Sarah Jane Holtom:  Blind Contour Drawings
December 1 - 20, 2010

Motion Captured, Motion Denied
January 1 - 23, 2011

Carrie McKinnon:  Illuminated Spaces
February 1 - 23, 2011

David Garneau:  Road Kill
March 1 - 23, 2011

Terry Fenton:  A Wide Horizon
February 1 - 23, 2012

Holly Hildebrand:  Mixed Messages, Fragmented Stories
June 1 - 23, 2012

The Sherven-Smith Art Gallery is currently looking for artists who would like to hold an exhibit of their work.  Exhibits run from the 1st to the 23rd of each month.  The Kerry Vickar Centre has five display cases, which we are also looking to fill.  Please contact Leah Terry, Program Coordinator, at 306-752-4177 or e-mail l.terry@cityofmelfort.ca.