• Savary Island • Art Exhibition: La Hacienda – 3 Artists

3 local female artists: Corine Salvail, Mixed media Wood Art Furniture; Teresa Selbee Baker, Oil paints; Eileen Flett, Watercolour and ink.

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La Hacienda, 2778 Vancouver Blvd, Savary Island.
• Garden Bay • Art Exhibition: Motoko’s Fine Art Gallery

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).

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Motoko Fine Art Studio & Gallery, 4590 Sinclair Bay Rd, Garden Bay.
• Gibsons • GPAG: Michael Gurney Interviews Authors & Artists Free

Michael Gurney interviews Author and Artist teams from the 5th Annual Art & Words Festival, at Gibsons Public Art Gallery, including: Karen Webb, Artist & Paula Shadel Marion Crook, Author & Michelle Nielsen, Artist Margot Hallman, Artist & Peter Toews, Author Serena J. Trinder, Artist & Rose Clarke, Artist & Author M.J. Milne, Author & […]

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Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Dr, Gibsons.
• Gibsons • GPAG: Why Do We Write: A Conversation with Elizabeth Rains & Jessica Raya Free

Is it nature or nurture, the promise of fame and fortune, or just a pathological compulsion to see our names in print? Could it be the hope to leave the legacy of our life’s story for our grandchildren? Maybe it’s a struggle we can’t abandon, or maybe we’re doing it for fun. Join author Elizabeth […]

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Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Dr, Gibsons.
• Gibsons • GPAG: Karen Webb Interviews Artists & Authors at Art & Words Festival Free

Karen Webb, Author, Artist, Actor, and Educator interviews Artist and Author teams of the 5th Annual Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, including: Elaine Seepish & Michael Healey Robin Lamarche & Paddy Meade David Kipling & Landyn Funk Lynda Manson & Kathleen Vance Joan Fletcher & Lorraine Gallant Del Lobo & […]

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Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Dr, Gibsons.
• • Coopers Green Park: Halfmoon Bay Lazy Daze

Live music by Blue Western and Brothers in Farms. Three food vendors. Beer, wine and cider. Laid back atmosphere - bring a deck chair or blanket, meet friends and neighbours. We love visitors! Free to Community Association members

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Coopers Green Park, .
• Gibsons • Sunday Cider: Fridays Live on the Grass – Hershel Free

Enjoy the musical vibe. Support your local Coaster artists (along with some fabulous travelling Canadian musical gems). Always no cover. Great food & treats. Pets on leash & kiddos welcome.

Sunday Cider, 1632 SC Hwy, Gibsons.
• Gibsons • GPAG: Marion Crook Interviews Artists and Authors at Art & Words Festival Free

Marion Crook, Award-winning Author, interviews Artist and Author teams at the 5th Annual Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, including: Andrea Coates, Author & Ann-Marie Brown, Artist Isabella Mori, Author & Hilary Moses, Artist Emily Jew, Artist & Jean Stewart, Author Rosa Reid, Author & Erika Mastig, Artist Joyce Gwilliam, Author […]

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Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Dr, Gibsons.
• Madeira Park • Mad Park Arts: Watercolour Workshop $50

With Megan Danielle. Learn the basics of watercolours and create your own 5" x 7" watercolour floral bouquet painting. All materials included. Ages 16+ Register on our events page at madparkart.com

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Mad Park Art, 12902 Madeira Park Rd, Madeira Park.
• Sechelt • Sechelt Farmers & Artisans Market Free

Saturdays to Oct 31st 9am-2pm. Enjoy strolling through over 60 vendors offering fresh produce, baked goods, delicious treats, pottery, artwork, jewllery, entertainment, and MORE!

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End of Cowrie Street, 5800 Cowrie St., Sechelt.
• Sechelt • Sechelt Library: Beyond the Harvest Fall Fair Free

* How to preserve your summer harvest. * How to save seeds for microgreens, sprouts and/or next years garden. * Get your seeds that you saved clean. Seed cleaning equipment available to use. * What vegetables can survive our winters, bring some starts or seeds home. * How to grow microgreens and sprouts. Kids Zucchini […]

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Sechelt Public Library, 5797 Cowrie St, Sechelt.
• Gibsons • GPAG: Intro to Glosa Poetry $25.00

Explore how to write a glosa, a courtly form that steals a quatrail from another poet's work to structure a poem of your own, in the course of which you create a glosa - or gloss on that poet's work. Tangling with your chosen poet may allow her or his subtle influence to inform your […]

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Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Dr, Gibsons.
• Gibsons • Intro to Glosa Poetry with Bonnie Quan Symons $25

Explore how to write a glosa, a courtly form that steals a quatrain from another poet's work to structure a poem of your own, in the course of which you create a glosa - or gloss on that poet's work. Tangling with your chosen poet may allow her or his subtle influence to inform your […]

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Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Dr, Gibsons.
• Gibsons • GPAG: Keep It Simple and Loose – Urban/Travel Sketching for Beginners Pluse $25

Plein Air Workshop at Art & Words Festival. Keep it Simple and Loose - Urban / travel sketching for beginners plus with Paddy Meade Enjoy a 2 hour plein air sketching in the core of lower Gibsons. Pencil, markers, crayons, watercolour - bring what you have. Paint in sketchbook or on paper. Instructor will supply […]

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Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Dr, Gibsons.
• Gibsons • Far From Home – Book Launch with Ruth Rodgers Free

Join author and artist, Ruth Rodgers, for the launch of her latest historical fiction novel at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery as she presents this latest story about the thousands of ‘home children’ sent out from England to Canada to fulfill agricultural and domestic service roles in the 1870s to the 1930s. Joseph and Lucy, […]

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Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Dr, Gibsons.
• • Gambier Island Farmers Market

to Oct 10th. Takes shape as a market crawl, as vendors set up at the end of their driveways along Vanguard Ave, Gambier Rd, Dulcie Rd, and Shawanabe Rd. Pick up island-grown and -made products such as freshly picked flowers, eggs, local produce, pastries, and more. This is a true community event where you'll get […]

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Gambier Island, .
• Roberts Creek • Beth Hawthorn Ceramics Open Studio

Aug 22 & 23. Features minimalist, wheel-thrown ceramics in a neutral palette. She creates small batches of functional pieces.

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Beth Hawthorn Ceramics, 1117 Roberts Creek Rd, Roberts Creek.
• Garden Bay • Art Exhibition: Motoko’s Fine Art Gallery

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).

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Motoko Fine Art Studio & Gallery, 4590 Sinclair Bay Rd, Garden Bay.
• Gibsons • GPAG: AI is Here, Are We Ready: A Panel Discussion Free

AI Awareness for Bloggers, Artists, Authors & Others with panelists: Doris Good, CPA and Author, Hilary Moses, Artist, Educator, and Animator, Ruth Rodgers, Artist and Author, Stephen Murphy, Artist, Author, and Bookbinder, and Stephen Smith, Blogger, and AI programmer.

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Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Dr, Gibsons.
• Sechelt • Hackett Park: Sechelt Summer Music Series Free

Saturdays to Aug 22 @ noon - except Aug 15th plus a special evening performance at 7PM on Sat Aug 29th. World Music - Djambouti - a 6 piece band playing all original music. Together for the last 2 years the members are all Sunshine Coasters. Playing a diverse mix of soul,funk,R&B and even some rap ,its […]

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Hackett Park amphitheatre, 5765 Dolphin St, Sechelt.