Arts & Life

You forget she can't see you as you get lost in the intensity of her emotions. She is mesmerizing.

Renowned local Indigenous artist Kym Gouchie woke up with a melody in her head recently and that's a great beginning for her next project.

As so many events have had to adapt to adhere to pandemic protocols so goes the Coldsnap Winter Musical Festival, presented by the Prince George Folkfest Society. There are 15 artists who will be performing during the event held Jan. 26 to Feb.

Despite all of the negatives the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the world and Prince George in 2020, there were still local highlights to celebrate and we shouldn’t lose sight of them.

A massive canvas canoe adorned with sweeping bold lines of red, black and royal blue swallows up the space around it.

When Prince George liquor baron Cameron Thun published a collection of real-life short stories that documented his time as co-owner of a strip club/brothel/car wash in the Dominican Republic, he had no idea his book was about to spark the interest of Hollywood film producers

The Russell family has made an impact in the arts and entertainment business in Prince George for decades.

The Prince George Symphony Orchestra is doing it. Theatre NorthWest and Gypsy Entertainment Group are doing it, too, while Judy Russell Presents had to take a different approach.

Editor’s Note: When The Citizen started asking around who the Prince George artist of the year for 2020 was, Christina Watts was at the top of the list.

Kim Gullion-Stewart, a former longtime local resident, will have her art in the collection at the Canadian Indigenous Art Centre in Gateneau Quebec, it was recently announced.