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Sculpturewalk Gala People’s Choice Award winners James Karthein and Kevin Kratz (2nd and 4th from left) celebrate their victory with Joy Barrett, Sculpturewalk executive director, mayor Lawrence Chernoff, and Kirk Duff, Sculpturewalk vice-president.
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Despite the absence of performer Shane Koyczan, who’s flight from Vancouver was cancelled, the Castlegar Sculpturewalk Gala was another shining success. About a dozen of the 30 Sculpturewalk artists were in attendance Saturday night at the Element Club for the gala. Also at the event were dignitaries from the
city and other art fans from Castlegar and the region. The big People’s Choice Award winner was the heron piece Patient Hunter by Kevin Kratz and James Karthein of Krestova. The Artistic Merit award went to Kate Tupper of Argenta for Full Metal Jacket. “It’s the best year ever,” said Pat Field, former Sculpturewalk president and project manager who still helps out. “We have
30 sculptures and 30 artists and 7,800 happy people. It’s been pretty fantastic.” When Sculpturewalk began three years, Field and his group could only imagine the success the program would eventually become. “We knew it would take three to five years to do a culture change,” he said. “What I mean by culture change is where people’s values, attitudes and behaviours
change and they actually care about art - which they do now. They take their families down there, their kids down. It’s part of the fabric of the community now. That’s why we’re going to be able to make it sustainable because people are thinking about sculptures now. It’s a really neat transition.” Field was impressed with this year’s group of sculptures and thinks the talent grows each year.
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“We have such a variety of sculptures of different mediums,” he said. “We have stone, we have metal, we have ceramic, we have bronze, we have steel. So many different mediums and so many ideas. Some people are humorous, some people are joyous, some are very serious while others are ethereal. That’s what makes this a success. There’s something for everybody.” Without the head-
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