If you have an appreciation for the art world, you'll want to check out this upcoming event in Kelowna. 

The Kelowna Art Gallery will be hosting a special visitor next week in connection with a recently opened exhibition.

Photo Credit: Kenjo Nagai
 
Susan Point, a widely acclaimed and accomplished Coast Salish (Musqueam) artist will be in Kelowna for one evening to host a free tour and walk through her exhibition.
 
Entitled Susan Point: Spindle Whorl, this will be the first solo exhibition of her work in the Okanagan. The tour will take place at the Kelowna Art Gallery on June 13, 2019, at 6 p.m.

Photo Credit: Kelowna Art Gallery
 
Susan Point, born in 1952, is a self-taught artist who began making limited edition prints on her kitchen table in 1981 while working as a legal secretary. 
 
Three and a half decades later, Point is one of Canada’s most prolific public artists. She has produced more than 85 public art works that are currently displayed across Canada, the United States, and Europe. 

Photo Credit: Kelowna Art Gallery

Her works range from the massive carved cedar pieces at the Vancouver International Airport entitled Musqueam Welcome Figures (1996) and Flight (1995)—the world's largest Coast Salish Spindle Whorl—to the humble utility covers that can be found on downtown Vancouver streets. Point has also produced etched-glass sculptures, prints, and jewelry. 

Susan Point: Spindle Whorl is a touring exhibition from the Vancouver Art Gallery that showcases 40 works, which are accompanied by a special selection of 14 works borrowed directly from the artists’ studio for the Kelowna Art Gallery.

The exhibition is on view from May 18 to August 18, 2019 at the Kelowna Art Gallery, located at 1315 Water Street.