Welcome

                 NOFCA
NOFCA is a community of over 75 artists from the north Okanagan area, that includes emerging artists through to highly proficient professional artists. The chapter meets every third Thursday of the month (accept for July & August) at the Vernon community Arts Centre. Through peer support and mutual encouragement our aim is to promote the artistic development and professional advancement of our members. Member benefits include opportunities to participate in:
  • Regional and international art competitions
  • Workshops
  • Monthly meetings including talks and demonstrations by guest artists
  • Drawing and painting as a group
  • Promoting your artwork through our website and art shows

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                     Membership Info

​  Our next chapter meeting is: 
  Thursday, June 20 
​ 7 - 9 pm

Where: The Vernon Cummunity Arts Centre
     2704A Hwy 6, Vernon

​Guests are welcome
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PAINTING OF THE MONTH







       







Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed
Oil, 12x12     

Congratulations to Kathryn Ross 
     winner of painting of the month for May.                                                                               
Thank you to all the entries and good luck with your entry in June.
 
You must be an 'Active' member to participate. Only one entry per month.

At the end of the year one painting will chosen as painting of the year and be awarded a prize.
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There will be a request the last week of each month to email your entries to Juve at juvefurtado@gmail.com. 
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​                     Thompson Nicola Shuswap Chapter Annual Open Show
                                                                      April 11 - 20, 2019

                     Congratulations to all NOC members who had work accepted into the
                               Kamloops Chapter's 13th Annual Open Show and Sale

Janice Cleland                                 Colleen Dyson                                  Juve Furtado         
Charlie Hampton                             Cynthia Langford                              Margaret McSweeney      Martha Moore                                  Margaret Robertson                         Kathryn Ross                    Dawn Scott                                      Holly Smith                                       Cheryl Turner                                                                             Doug Wasilieff

Special congratulations to the following award winners!
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​                                 Janice Cleland
                     2nd Place: "Old Homestead"
                                 Acrylic, 18x24
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​                                Juve Furtado
                 Honorable Mention: "Sunlit Snow"
​                            Watercolour 16x20
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​                               Colleen Dyson
                  Honorable Mention: "El Pueblo"
                                   ​Oil 20x24
Congratulations to the following artists whose artworks have been jury-ed into the ​FCA "Wildlife Exhibition" in Vancouver. The show runes April 16 - 28, 2019

Sally Tetlow-Kennedy: "American Kestrel & "Pygmy Nuthatch - Graphite on paper.
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Joan Rowan: "Who's There?" - Watercolour 15x22




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Pamela Furlong: "Wait For Me" - Acrylic 12x24



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​Congratulations to Martha Moore on receiving 3rd Place in the FCA 'Works On Paper' Exhibition in Vancouver for her mixed media painting 'Inside Passage', 15" x 11".