Registration Deadline June 20 – Event August 24

Cranbrook and District Arts Council have announced their creative community project – the ‘Urban Artsy Deer Quest and Competition.’ Don’t hate, decorate!

The Cranbrook and District Art Council welcome you to decorate your very own Urban Artsy Deer.

Participants can buy a wooden buck or doe, available now at the CDAC office on 10th Avenue South, and decorate them anyway they choose.

The registration categories are business, child under 14 years, single adult, family and group. Business entrants are to register their deer by June 20 and hide them in their businesses by July 1 for questers to find.

Visitors to the Artrageous Art Gallery will be able to collect a Quest Form and are challenged to locate all the deer in Cranbrook. This event promises to give a lot of exposure to small downtown businesses and large business alike, and could act as a promotional tool for other local community programs looking to raise awareness for their group or organization.

Jenny Humphrey, organizer of the Urban Artsy Deer project and director-at-large for the CDAC says, “Cranbrook has long been known for urban deer, it’s time to be proud of our urban deer and this project takes the creatures and shows them in a new, fun light.”

“The first thing I heard about when I moved to Cranbrook was their deer, the fact that the art council is taking them as the subject matter for a project which, promotes local business, whilst strengthening the presence of art in the community, is really something rather special,” said CDAC administrator Helen Duckworth.

The grand finale for this event will take place on August 24 at Rotary Park. Here, all deer from businesses, groups and individuals alike, will be judged with prizes awarded.

Any donated deer will then be auctioned to raise funds for the CDAC alongside the Lion’s Club ‘Twice Loved Art’ fundraiser.

All details, rules and sign up information can be found at the CDAC office on 10th Avenue South, via email at [email protected] or phone 250-426-4223.

Donations for the Lion’s Club fundraiser of ‘Twice Loved Art’ are also being taken at the CDAC office on 10th Avenue South now, accepting all forms of art from paintings, collage, to sculpture and three dimensional pieces.

Please contact 250-426-4223 and speak to Helen Duckworth for information.

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We support development of the visual, literary and performing arts in the Cranbrook & District area, and work to increase public awareness and opportunities for participation in arts and cultural events in the community.

Cranbrook and District Arts Council

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