RITES of PASSAGE – Art Exhibition

December 3, 2015 – February 20, 2016

Featuring printmaker artist Laura Widmer and jewellery artist Emily E. Sterling, with a series of original artwork.  As well we are excited to present 12x12x12, a Group Exhibition in a small size format in different mediums.

Opening Reception: Thursday, December 3 – 5-8pm

Please kindly RSVP if you plan to attend at  – The artists represented and their artwork can be viewed at http://www.artefunktional.com

We hope you are free to join us to celebrate the year end for 2015, it should be a great evening

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The Factory is excited to announce that we have submitted our first bursary award for trade students at the Okanagan College Trade Division. We are all anxiously awaiting from The Okanagan College Selection Committee to announce who the first recipient will be.

The Factory Foundation Bursary was set up to pay for tuition and books for a 3rd or 4th year trade student. Each year, a different trade student in the area of study in carpentry, electrical, plumbing, or welding will receive this award. The Factory Foundation Bursary supports the future trades for renovation and new build projects in the Okanagan and beyond.

The Foundation Foundation participants at The Factory are:

Innotech Doors + Windows – Nicolay Kottke
Claymasters Studio – Gerry Monte
Logan Valley Forge – David Way
V6B design group – Laura Cruse
Scandinavian Hardwood Floors – Bo Snarski
Baths by Design – Mary Ann Gill
Pine Lighting – Kiersten Hincks
Arte funktional – Carolina de Bustamante

A presentation of the Factory Foundation award will be forthcoming with The Okanagan College Selection Committee decision and highlighted at The Factory’s Kelowna Downtown After 5 Event on June 25th, 2014.

Good luck to all the 3rd and 4th year students!

The Factory would like to extend our thanks to everyone who joined us last week for the educational seminars hosted by Al Jaugelis from RDH Building Engineering.

Innotech Windows + Doors invited Al to join us at The Factory in Kelowna to host two AIBC-accredited seminars about the new window and door building code, known as the North American Fenestration Standard/Specification (NAFS). The two seminars were sold out with many of the Okanagan’s leading architects, interior designers, builders, contractors and building inspectors joining us.

The valuable seminars provided an overview of NAFS, discussed its impact on the 2012 Building Code, and examined how it affects building professionals in the residential and commercial industries.

Thank you Al for coming to Kelowna and sharing your knowledge with us! We look forward to having you back.

+ For more info about NAFS, click here