This Alternator/Ullus collaboration builds on existing partnerships with an eye to communicating local Indigenous stories and knowledge with the non-Indigenous community through innovative technologies and contemporary approaches. This exhibit will feature screenings of new films combined with audio and visual archives of the En'owkin Centre in the main gallery and a photography exhibit of portraits of Okanagan women by Bert Crowfoot in the window space. The work will focus on endangered species in the Okanagan, in particular, the Yellow Breasted Chat (Spirit Song Keeper story). This is an important opportunity for cross-cultural exchange and provides support for the careers of regional and Indigenous female artists.

Ullus artists: The Ullus Collective is a regional group of independent aboriginal artists who have been working together on numerous project-based activities and screening events since 1996. They began formally meeting in 1995 with the intent to pool together talents and resources to enable themselves to produce media art works and to learn more about the art form.

Tracey Kim Bonneau is an independent media artist and storyteller. She is a member of the Syilx Nation from the Okanagan; born and raised on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia. Bonneau is currently on faculty at the En'owkin Centre in Penticton, and is coordinator for the National Aboriginal Professional Artist Program and chair of the Ullus Collective.

Mariel Belanger was raised as a member on the Okanagan Indian Reserve and is Okanagan and French Canadian decent. She is a writer, performer, model and an emerging filmmaker and photographer. She graduated from Media and Communications General Arts and Sciences in Ottawa. As a member of the Ullus collective since 2004 she has produced award winning short films such as Wayward Soul and Mothers Milk.

Alternator artist: Roja Aslani (1978) is a Persian Canadian artist currently living and working between her hometown of Kelowna and Edinburgh. In her practice she explores different forms of nostalgia. Her current work explores nostalgia towards past film and fiction. Roja has a Psychology degree from the University of Alberta, a BFA from The University of British Columbia - Okanagan and an MFA in Sculpture from The Edinburgh College of Art. Her work has shown in Kelowna, Vernon, Vancouver, Toronto, Edinburgh, Berlin and London.

The annual members' show allows local artists to exhibit their work in a professional space, creating a dialogue about current artistic production in the community. The exhibition, held in conjunction with the annual membership drive, is a fundraising event for the gallery.