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This lecture and discussion considers how artists and curators are thinking with a rapidly changing climate. How can art provide a space for more than contemplation and awareness, towards the possibility of transformation? What creative forms and material responses invite us to consider art as a site for urgent action?
A mixed media artist working primarily on acrylic paintings on canvas and wooden cradle panels inspired by local forests, cottages, birds, boats & ocean views with bold colours & simplified shapes to evoke a sense of joy & nostalgia.
The Wood Expo showcases the Sunshine Coast's talented wood users. Learn about their craft, view their creations, and take-home unique pieces available for purchase. Our local Woodcrafters Guild will be attendance with a wealth of talent and knowledge. If you are interested in joining Wood Expo as a local wood craft artist, please sign up […]
A creative based right here in Gibsons, Matt brings together his love of illustration, watercolour, sketching, and animation-inspired visual storytelling. Matt has been contributing to the Vancouver animation industry since 2012, specializing in Visual Development and Art Direction. When he’s not working in animation, you’ll find him sketching local characters and scenes or painting urban […]
Exploring what we make by hand, what we build through technology, and what we leave behind, Solène Chatain’s ceramic sculptures reflect on the complex relationships between human ingenuity, industry, technology, and the natural world. Handbuilt and carved ceramic forms are combined with discarded fragments of rusted machinery gathered from beaches, forests, and industrial sites, transforming […]
to Sept 27th. In The Impossibility of Beauty, Mindy Hemstalk gathers driftwood, broken ceramic fragments, and unaltered natural materials from the traditional, unceded, and ancestral territories of the shíshálh Nation, assembling them into shrine‑like forms that honour the wild intelligence of the land. These works emerge from an intense personal journey of rupture and rebirth, […]
Combining bold, simple shapes with organic textures, Figueira pushes the abstraction of the subject while maintaining a sense of scene that is both familiar and challenging to the viewer, conveying the joy and passion found in coastal landscapes. Mountains and rock formations that move across millenia, trees shaped by decades of growth, and the split […]
to Sept 27th. Fri - Sat - Sun, 11am-5:00pm or by appointment during the rest of the week. To schedule a visit, please text or call 604-989-6686 (mobile) or call 604-883-9472 (landline).
For this particular and peculiar collection, Charlotte used the stark contrast of black thread against white fabric to create the shadows, fine details, and textures from Richard Breton’s 1565 publication Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel (The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel). These hand embroidered pieces feature detailed images that are at once haunting and mesmerizing.
Tam Harrington is a multidisciplinary artist with an ideology in Renaissance sensibilities. Many of her projects (metal sculpture/drawing/painting/print making) focus on recycling and refurbishing discarded materials sourced from nature and urban decay. Nell Burns is a textile artist who’s primary focus is mostly on free motion embroidery and incorporating it with other textile mediums to create […]
to Sept 20th. Featuring Sunshine Coast Artists: Marlene Lowden, Charly Mithrush, Jennifer Love & Chris Ainslie. Sun, Wed & Thurs 12 - 4pm; Fri & Sat 11am - 5pm.
to Oct 16th. Up and down the pacific northwest coast there are stories shared of the great flood. They speak about the rising waters, the urgency to escape to higher ground and coming down to start over again after the water recedes. In my home community, Wuikinuxv, it is said the People who survived the […]
When the Tla’amin Nation asks its neighbouring city to reconsider its name, a community confronts history, identity, and the meaning of reconciliation in everyday life.
Up and down the pacific northwest coast there are stories shared of the great flood. They speak about the rising waters, the urgency to escape to higher ground and coming down to start over again after the water recedes. In my home community, Wuikinuxv, it is said the People who survived the flood climbed the […]
A mixed media artist working primarily on acrylic paintings on canvas and wooden cradle panels inspired by local forests, cottages, birds, boats & ocean views with bold colours & simplified shapes to evoke a sense of joy & nostalgia.
A creative based right here in Gibsons, Matt brings together his love of illustration, watercolour, sketching, and animation-inspired visual storytelling. Matt has been contributing to the Vancouver animation industry since 2012, specializing in Visual Development and Art Direction. When he’s not working in animation, you’ll find him sketching local characters and scenes or painting urban […]
Exploring what we make by hand, what we build through technology, and what we leave behind, Solène Chatain’s ceramic sculptures reflect on the complex relationships between human ingenuity, industry, technology, and the natural world. Handbuilt and carved ceramic forms are combined with discarded fragments of rusted machinery gathered from beaches, forests, and industrial sites, transforming […]
to Sept 27th. In The Impossibility of Beauty, Mindy Hemstalk gathers driftwood, broken ceramic fragments, and unaltered natural materials from the traditional, unceded, and ancestral territories of the shíshálh Nation, assembling them into shrine‑like forms that honour the wild intelligence of the land. These works emerge from an intense personal journey of rupture and rebirth, […]
Combining bold, simple shapes with organic textures, Figueira pushes the abstraction of the subject while maintaining a sense of scene that is both familiar and challenging to the viewer, conveying the joy and passion found in coastal landscapes. Mountains and rock formations that move across millenia, trees shaped by decades of growth, and the split […]
to Sept 27th. Fri - Sat - Sun, 11am-5:00pm or by appointment during the rest of the week. To schedule a visit, please text or call 604-989-6686 (mobile) or call 604-883-9472 (landline).
For this particular and peculiar collection, Charlotte used the stark contrast of black thread against white fabric to create the shadows, fine details, and textures from Richard Breton’s 1565 publication Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel (The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel). These hand embroidered pieces feature detailed images that are at once haunting and mesmerizing.
to Sept 20th. Featuring Sunshine Coast Artists: Marlene Lowden, Charly Mithrush, Jennifer Love & Chris Ainslie. Sun, Wed & Thurs 12 - 4pm; Fri & Sat 11am - 5pm.
to Oct 16th. Up and down the pacific northwest coast there are stories shared of the great flood. They speak about the rising waters, the urgency to escape to higher ground and coming down to start over again after the water recedes. In my home community, Wuikinuxv, it is said the People who survived the […]
Join us for an Artist Demo with Solène Chatain on Sunday, September 20th, 2pm - 3pm. All are welcome! Based in Powell River (qathet), Solène Chatain is a mainly self-taught ceramic sculptor focusing on handbuilding techniques including slab building and carving. Chatain has exhibited her work in several group exhibitions in Powell River (qathet) as […]
Join us for an activation and discussion of Laiwan’s How Water Remembers, a multi-part artistic project that aims to build awareness and cultural value in developing sustainable ecologies for humans and biodiversity. By increasing ecological biodiversity, scientists believe we can slow down global warming and also increase protections against future pandemics. How Water Remembers encourages […]
