2022

2021

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Congratulations Gayle! 

Gayle Bouvier has been serving on the Sioux Narrows Arts Council for a remarkable 43 years, including nine years as President. On August 13th, Gayle was recognized for her dedication and volunteerism at the opening of Sharing Our Story, the 60th Anniversary Exhibit of the Arts Festival history and its local artists at the Sioux Narrows Community Hall. 
Please take time to congratulate Gayle on her dedication to the Sioux Narrows Arts Council and to thank her for the impact she has had on bringing the arts to the forefront of our community. Thanks go out to Woody Linton and Shawna Archibald for being a part of the presentation to Gayle.
Let It Snow!
Congratulations everyone on your entries. The winners of Let It Snow! are the Sioux Narrows Public School students.
Sioux Narrows Provincial Park 
​Artists in the Park
Saturday September 12, 2022
10 am to 3 pm 
​Rain Date September 13th​
Artist Registration Opens in August 
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ART AT THE LAKE.  DOUGLAS FAMILY ART CENTRE ​IN KENORA BESIDE THE MUSEUM
 July 24 to August 8 

The Summer Begins
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​DUE TO COVID-19 INDOOR CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS, SOME SUMMER EVENTS AND DATES HAVE BEEN POSTPONED OR CHANGED.  FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR 60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION UPDATES ALL SUMMER LONG.
July 23, 2021 


ART EXHIBITIONS and SALES
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ART SHOW And SALE
Saturday August 14, 2021 
10 am to 4 pm
Sioux Narrows Culring Rink
​An indoor juried art sale by local and regional artists. Social distancing and masks. Walk up from downtown. 

ART AT THE LAKE
60 YEARS OF SIOUX NARROWS FESTIVAL ARTISTS.                     A collection of Sioux Narrows artists of various works from past and present arts festivals.                                                    Douglas Family Art Centre
July 24 to August 7    Kenora Museum Hours 10 to 5 

NATURE- THE WELLSPRING OF LIFE
Located on the grounds of the Iron and Clay coffee shop in Sioux Narrows,  Nature - the Wellspring of Life is an outdoor art exhibition organized by a group of artists hailing from Kenora, Dryden, Sioux Narrows and Nestor Falls.​ The exhibition focuses on the diversity of nature as well as its continued ability to regenerate and nourish the earth.                                                                                    July 15 to August 30       Iron and Clay

SHARING OUR STORIES
Friday August 13th 12 noon to 5 PM
Saturday August 14 10 am to 4 pm  
Sioux Narrows Community Hall
A collection of news reports, art, photos and art from the past 60 years of the arts festival. Everyone is encouraged to add their Arts Festival stories and purchases to the display. 

 ART FOR THE FUN OF IT 
A short film release about the spirit of the Sioux Narrows Arts Festival and its 60 years of history.
Upriver Media  
​ July 24 to August 8  Kenora Douglas Family Art Centre
August 13 and  14 Sioux Narrows​ Community Hall 

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LURED IN
​LOCAL ARTIST EXHIBIT 
The Northern Ontario Sportfishing Centre                                      
​ ​July 21 to August 1,  9 to 4 pm
​closed Mondays 
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​Music Events Sponsored by the Kenora and Lake of the Woods Community Foundation and the Sioux Narrows Arts Council ​
Saturday July 31st  Free Music Events 
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​4PM  July 31
​Jake Chenier Concert for Children 
Outdoors at the Northern Ontario Sportfishing Centre Park 
Bring masks and a family blanket

August 14th 
Bagpipes will be playing Downtown in the afternoon.
Lucy Mallick, Sioux Narrows
JULY 23 - AUGUST 9  in KENORA 
Art at the Lake features works by Sioux Narrows residents since the inception of the first August long weekend Arts Festival in 1961.
​SHOWDOWN AT SUNDOWN POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE DUE TO COVID-19 REGULATIONS.
​30 minute painting by Kristin Moen     SHOWDOWN AT SUNDOWN, 2019
 On loan from artists and cabins along the shores of Lake of the Woods, the exhibit includes works by past and present artists who contributed to the Sioux Narrows Arts Festival,  including Dr. John Perl, Dorothy Johnston, Aneita Atwood Gates, Edythe Holden and Brock and Karen Blosser. 
Art at the Lake is being held at the Douglas Family Art Centre and is part of this summer's 60th Anniversary celebrations. ​​
JULY 2021 EVENTS 



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​The Sioux Narrows Arts Council, by volunteer co-operative  effort, commits to supporting and promoting area art and artists via an arts festival and art education within our community.