Events
Our first Crit Night was a great success! Thanks to all those who came out for this stimulating evening. Our second edition will be June 24th. Please contact @marlenelowden if you’d like to be a presenting artist. We’ll be choosing three.
Be a part of the 45th annual Sunshine Music Festival! You need to have your application in to us by the following dates. Apply here. Crafts September 1st 2026 Food August 18th 2026
Deadline May 31st. Call for Interest to artists & FCA members in the SEA to SKY corridor to create a new Chapter / Affiliate - Federation of Canadian Artists. Our aim is to invite & include regional artists from : the Sunshine Coast - Langdale to Lund, Lions Bay to Squamish & Whistler to Pemberton […]
Deadline June 28th. We welcome proposals each year for exhibitions at the Arts Centre in Sechelt. The Arts Center includes three exhibition spaces, the Doris Crowston Gallery comprised of two spaces, and a Project Room for digital practices. As we have limits for what we can display, we encourage you to visit the Arts Centre, […]
New Market at Lions Park, Sundays 10am-2pm. Get all the info and apply here.
Drop off: June 18 - 21st, 11am-4pm. We invite all GPAG Members to submit one piece of artwork to our Members' Exhibition Present Tense. Featuring paintings, drawings, prints, pottery, photography, textiles, sculpture, wood working, multi-media works, and much more, Present Tense highlights the creativity, originality, and vibrancy of our local arts community. We accept work […]
A one-day outdoor art fair at the beautiful Coopers Green Hall in Halfmoon Bay on Sunday June 28th, 10 am-3 pm. We are currently seeking artists and artisans for this event. Pay $50 and supply your own tent, or $70 for a space within one of our larger pavilions. All profits remain with artists. Contact […]
Deadline July 1st. Preregister your vehicle for $15 by July 1st for the 5th Annual Showtime and Shine at the Historic Patricia Theatre in Townsite, Powell River. Car show: July 18th: 10:30am-1:30pm - Movie 1:30pm Contact Paul at 604-222-8558 or email reelcars@shaw.ca for further information or make a note in your calendar to attend a family event […]
to May 31st. A contemporary artist inspired by the landscapes and wildlife of the West Coast. Commissions available upon request. Learn more evataylorart.com.
Seven host gardeners are getting their gardens ready for you to visit on the Powell River Garden Tour Sunday May 31st. Tickets @$20 will be available at Springtime Garden Centre and Mother Nature Garden and Pet:
Sundays, 9-2pm. Inside & outside vendors. Live music. • local makers + handmade goods • fresh food + baked treats • live music + a little wander • a big playground for the kids
Last Sunday of the month. A laid-back, feel-good Make It · Bake It · Grow It market celebrating everything local. Handcrafted goods, fresh-baked breads, sweet treats, and just-picked produce… it’s all here, waiting to be discovered.
This 2-day watercolour workshop by Matt Boismier is designed to help you learn how to create expressive and energetic watercolour paintings. You'll learn... *Various brush strokes for different effects *Understanding paper wetness *Paint consistency *Creating drawings that suit energetic paintings *Compositional tricks *Painting Light *Including figures in your paintings *Speed + intention *Most importantly - […]
to June 7th. Annual fundraiser that helps raise vital funds for the aquarium education programs, animal care, and more. Each year a shape is chosen – sea star this year! – that we cut into 100 wooden blanks which are then turned into creative pieces of art and put up for auction. May 14 - […]
May 30-31. A fun-first, 7-aside soccer tournament at Shirley Macey Park -- all for a great cause! The SC Affordable Housing Society and Tapworks Brewing Co are teaming up to bring you an amazing 2 days of soccer, beer, food and fun! All proceeds go to the Sunshine Coast Affordable Housing Society and their quest […]
We welcome you to join us for the "Coast Hospice Day" community event at the Seaside Centre on Sunday, May 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop in to learn about Hospice's community work. There will be BBQ burgers from the Lions Club, baked goods, raffle tickets, door prizes and great conversations. We will […]
to June 21st. At the Table | The Architecture of Control is a portrait-based exhibition highlighting the lived experiences, identities, and truths of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals. Large scale hyperrealistic drawings offer complete transparency, with differing conceptions of identity, vulnerability, and strength put prominently on display. Jeannette Sirois invites viewers to step closer, engage deeply, and contemplate […]
to June 21st. A multi-media exhibition curated by Kamala Todd that opens space for the in-between, sharing expansive cosmologies that blur binaries, uphold radical kinship, and question the idea of what a monster truly is. With works expressing cultural knowledge and practices that are rooted in the interconnected world, featured artists include Senaqwila Wyss (Squamish […]
to June 17th. Inspired by the people who have said to Coralie Swaney “I’d love to see inside your head”, Thinking Out Loud melds portraiture with still life painting and explores the notion of the observer being able to look inside the mind of the subject. Whether illuminating simple thoughts, memories, fleeting notions, or a […]
to June 30. From early childhood Vikki has been exploring her creative side, opting for crayons and paints over dolls. As a teenager she mostly focussed on drawing skills. The art of shadowing and infusing light with a charcoal pencil formed the foundation for her future work.
Fresh locally grown produce and baked goods plus arts and crafts made by local artisans.
To June 13. Naguala is an immersive video and sound installation that explores the rich Mexican tradition of nagualismo—a spiritual and cultural worldview rooted in communication, transformation, and interconnection. The installation reimagines the boundaries between the human and non-human, inviting viewers into the realm of the Naguala, where animals, plants, earth, cosmos, and ancestral spirits […]
to June 13. Of Course This Hurts is a photography project that intimately documents the toxic drug supply crisis through the lives of people who are being impacted by this public health emergency. The images explore love, grief, bodily autonomy, trauma, and healing, as experienced by drug policy activists, frontline workers, people who use drugs, […]
