Protecting Heritage for the Future
Protecting Heritage for the Future
The Board and Staff of the Fernie Museum and Fernie & District Historical Society respectfully acknowledge that we live, work, and recreate on the homelands of the Ktunaxa People.
IN THIS TOGETHER
MICHAEL HEPHER
In the gallery | July 1 – Sep 4.
Using the catalyst of the Fernie based mural All Kinds of Beauty, Fernie-based artist Michael Hepher developed In This Together, a new collection of works distilling several communities of the Columbia Basin into an iconography similar to the Fernie mural. The 28 paintings and 8 prints are enriched with social media engagement pieces, photos, and historical information.
In This Together is an attempt to create a body of work that explores a new iconography—a visual vocabulary—of what ties us together as Canadian Columbia River Basin residents. We are truly in this together, and to move forward we must find ways to act in each others’ interests. We are colourful, we are imperfect, but we have each other and we have hope.
~ Michael Hepher, 2021
CHAUTAUQUA
SEPTEMBER 9 – 11, 2022
The annual fall festival returns to Fernie with heritage, culture, visual arts, music, entertainment, learning and food and drink.
COMING THIS FALL
WOMEN OF MICHEL | An art installation
This exhibit will feature paintings, drawings and fibre arts by four Michel-born artists: Michelle Kozler Loughery, Gayle Gaskell Vallance, Monica Paniec Beranek and Elaine Gaskell DeSpoelberch.
The exhibit will open the annual Chautauqua fall festival on September 9 and be on display until November 27.
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE!
In 2021, The Fernie and District Historical Society was the recipient of a $224,000 infrastructure grant from the Heritage BC CERIP program.
The construction project is now complete, and we extend our gratitude to all of the contractors and volunteers who worked diligently to complete this renovation as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Join us during Chautauqua on September 10th to check out the completed basement work!