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The Premiere Wildlife Art
Show in the Country is in Buckhorn. It's the "little
art show that grew"
What began in 1978 as a way to pay the mortgage on the Buckhorn
Community Centre, has evolved into an annual
three-day event in mid-August that attracts over 100 artists
from across Canada and the United States and visitors
from around the world.
In recent years the community centre has welcomed artists from
as far away as Kenya, Japan and New Zealand and in 1998 attendance
topped 20,000. Visitors continue to be enthralled by the unparalleled
combination of wildlife, nature and native art displayed in a natural
setting. The Amateur Art and Carving contests, a highlight of the
Festival, are growing in popularity and participants. Patrons have
a chance to view today's early works by potential masters of tomorrow.
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