Paintings by artists Patsy Granberg, Kim Boyson, Penny Bailey

The statement “The Land Speaks” expresses the sense of insignificance we may find when in an all-encompassing landscape. When we intentionally explore the environment, there is an opportunity to expand our selves, allowing us to experience nature more deeply.

If the land could speak, what to it say to its inhabitants? This is a profound question, yet one that the Cariboo Artists’ Guild has taken on, in its 45th Annual Summer Show at Parkside Art Gallery, to take place between July 26th and September 6th .

Patsy Granberg (CAG President)

Participating artists: Lana Albertson, Penny Bailey, Kim Boyson, Bobbie Crane, Kathy Crawshay, Larry Davis, Anita Edwards, Shirley Gibson-Bull, Leslie Ginther, Patsy Granberg, Susan Kruse, Barb McClusky, Carol Munro, Neil Pinkett, Jess Thomas, Cindy Wickingstad

History of the Cariboo Artists’ Guild

The guild has been operating in the 100 Mile House area for 45 years.  We started out as the Federation of Canadian Artists, 100 Mile Chapter in 1980.  The members decided to dissolve this affiliation with the FCA in 1998, and our CAG Board of Directors created our new society in 1998.

The South Cariboo Arts & Culture Society that manages the Parkside Art Gallery was established in 2000. At that time, the Cariboo Artists’ Guild moved to the Parkside premises to use as our base of operations for meetings, workshops and Life Drawing.  In 2005, a group of members created the Emily Carr Mural on the front of the Parkside Gallery building, and this is also the year when we began staging our annual summer art shows at Parkside. To date, we’ve had 44 Annual Art Shows in 100 Mile House with 16+ artists presenting each year.  

Our Cariboo Artists’ Guild members are a group of artists, painters, and art lovers who support and encourage each other in the creation of art.  Our art community gives us a place to discuss the process of making art, to look at and critique art, and to weather the challenges of being an artist working primarily in solitude. We strive to inspire, delight and educate all who have an interest in the arts, culture and our shared heritage. 

The purpose of our society is to stimulate the creation of visual art among our members and to promote an interest and appreciation of the Arts in our community.  The Guild is devoted to bringing together artists for the encouragement, promotion and enhancement of the visual arts at the local community level.  We organize and manage the Showcase Gallery in the Business Centre with rotating Group and Featured Artists shows. As well our members have an opportunity to showcase their work in the Village Office and South Cariboo Visitors Centre. Many of our CAG members are also regular Parkside volunteers, who keep the gallery open on a year-round basis. 

Volunteering at the gallery provides an opportunity to network with other artists and with the visitors to Parkside Art Gallery.  The Cariboo Artists’ Guild and the South Cariboo Arts and Culture Society work together in association to support local arts.

The Guild meets the 1st Tuesday of the month, Mar-Jul and Sept-Nov at Parkside Art Gallery at 11 am, the annual cost of membership is $15.00.