Culture Days at Caetani

The Caetani Centre will be a part of Culture Days and the inaugural Sundog Festival of Arts and Culture by offering free self-guided tours as well as a special literary event.

VERNON —The Caetani Centre is part of a national and local movement to bring arts and culture into the limelight.
The Vernon-based heritage museum and cultural centre, once home to celebrated artist Sveva Caetani, will host four days of free self-guided tours along with a special literary event as part of Vernon’s inaugural Sundog Festival of Arts and Culture and the nationwide Culture Days, taking place Sept. 22 to Oct. 15.

“It’s been a challenging last few years – and last few weeks in the Okanagan – for many of us. At the Caetani Centre, we really believe that participating in arts and culture events helps us to connect as individuals and, more importantly, to come together as a community, ” says Executive Director Laisha Rosnau. “Our namesake and benefactor, Sveva Caetani, used involvement in arts and culture as a way to navigate some of the challenges in her own life and to connect with our local community. We like to believe we’re following Sveva’s lead.”

The Centre’s self-guided tours for September are Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is at the door and is $10/adult and $6/youth 18 and under, except for the dates we are offering free self-guided tour during Culture Days: Sept. 28 and 29 and Oct. 5 and 6.

The Caetani Centre is also hosting a special literary event titled The Good Companions, Oct. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Sveva Caetani Gallery.
Named after one of Caetani’s paintings, To Ganesha: The Good Companions, from her heralded Recapitulation series, the event will feature readings/performances by local writers who have all published works influenced by the Caetani story.
Reading at the event will be poet Virginia Dansereau, who has written extensively on the family, Steven Lattey (author of Behind the Fence), Devon Muhlert (author of Cadence of Colour), and Laisha Rosnau (author of Little Fortress).