SUNDAY, November 24, 2024
2 pm, Silverton Gallery
Book Presentation & illustrating workshop: Further in the Alpine
by Petra Hekkenberg
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Location: Slocan Lake Arts Centre (aka Silverton Gallery)
Time: 2 PM Book Presentation, 3 PM optional illustrating workshop
Entry: By donation, cash only
Merchandise: Books and cards will be for sale at event. Cash and credit card accepted!
Illustrating Workshop (optional): $20 per adult, $10 per child up to 16 yrs old. Register here
New Denver artist and Kokanee Glacier hut keeper Petra Hekkenberg presents her new book Further in the Alpine - the second illustrated journal of Kokanee Park, with stories, visuals, a short film, Q&A, book signing and an optional 1hr illustrating workshop at the end.
About the book
Petra shared her deep love for mountains in her first illustrated journal, In the Alpine (2022), recording daily observations while working as a park operator at Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. No two seasons are the same, of course: Further in the Alpine is a continuation of this backcountry hut-keeper’s impressions as she engages with the park’s wild residents, its visitors, and her own human vulnerability through words and drawings that offer an intimate glimpse of life in the Alpine.
Short Film "In your Mind's Eye"
In 2022 Petra created this 20 minute short film with the subtitle Moods of Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park and it won the first price at the North Valley Mountain Film Festival! Come enjoy this film on a big screen during her book launch. The film was co-created with Whitney Taylor (film) and Sam Harrisson (soundscape & audio)
Illustrating Workshop (optional)
Everyone can draw! For those interested, Petra offers a 1 hr illustrating workshop following her book presentation. She will go over the basics that she applies in her own pen drawings, and you will be going home with your own illustration on paper or (Holiday) card! Some of the principles she will address are: ratio's (getting them right), shading, textures, adding character, and optionally adding colour.
Materials are provided, but you are welcome to bring your own if you have favourites
This workshop is suitable for adults ($20) and children ($10). Depending on the age of the children that may join, Petra will have some separate exercises!
If wished, you are welcome to stay more than an hour and Petra will stick around for that! It's much fun after all. :)
The workshop starts just after 3PM, after the book presentation and a short intermission.
Max 12 participants.
Sign up with this registration form
About Petra Hekkenberg:
Petra Hekkenberg graduated at the age of twenty from the bachelor Industrial Product Design in The Netherlands and began working as an Industrial Designer. Not long after, she started a second study at Design Academy Eindhoven specializing in Public Space Design. With her graduation she received the Connection Award for excellent interpersonal skills. Her freelance projects can be described as social design, often involving community and project management. In love with nature, Petra moved to BC and since 2019 Petra is a proud Permanent Resident of Canada. She currently works locally as a freelance designer & artist, part-time at Kokanee Glacier Cabin as a hut keeper and part time as a cycling trip leader in Europe. For her a perfect mix of nature, people and art. Petra is based out of the small community New Denver, BC, which serves as her biggest inspiration ever since she first set foot there.
Petra's Instagram: www.instagram.com/petrahekkenberg
Petra's Facebook: www.facebook.com/petrahekkenberg
Visit www.petrahekkenberg.com to see more of Petra's design work.
"Further in the Alpine" was published with the support of a Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) grant of the West Kootenay Arts Council and the support of the Slocan Lake Arts Council.
Photo credit: Whitney Taylor, New Denver BC
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