Join fellow authors for coffee and a quiet writing session in the B&K Garden and Landscape Supply new greenhouse surrounded by flowers, plants, art, and books. Bring your current work-in-progress.
Tag: Art Crawl
B&K: Ekphrastic Writing Workshop
What’s Ekphrastic Writing? Take this workshop and find out. Actually, it’s writing to visual art, like “The Ode to a Grecian Urn.” Write to art and photography by local artists at Art Crawl Venue #5 guided by writing instructors. Especially beneficial if you plan to participate in the Art & Words Festival 2027.
Writing Repair Cafe
Bring your writing that needs troubleshooting to our editors and writers for “fixing.” FCFS.
Heritage Playhouse: James Raffan, the Accidental Canadian
Explore over 50 years of Arctic adventures with James Raffan through pictures, stories and song.
A mesmerizing evening full of emotion, wit and inspiration.
Art Crawl at GPAG
Join us for our biggest Art Crawl yet! We have invited 8 artists working in a variety of mediums and styles to exhibit their work during the Art Crawl; plus, over 60 local artists and artisans represented in our Gift Shop. Also on display is a collection of artwork from our Artwork Sales/Donation Program, available to purchase as a fundraiser for GPAG. Don’t miss your chance to see this collection!
Featured artists exhibiting their work include: Saskia Jetten, Nadina Tandy, Manon Staiger, Laurie MacHale, Hilary Moses, Crystal Boeur, denise allen and Allie Bartlett. Artists represented in our collection include Todd Clark, Don Jarvis, Robert Bateman, Andrea Pratt, George Pennier, Henry Standing Alone Niitsitaipoiyi, Peggy Small, Gordon Kit Thorne, Donna Balma, Patricia Richardson Logie, and Ed Hill.
GPAG: Art Crawl Friday Night Reception
Join us for our Art Sales/Donations Program & Crawl Reception, Fri. Oct. 23 5pm – 7pm! See our collection of donated works for sale and learn more about the program, plus enjoy and celebrate the Art Crawl at GPAG, featuring 8 local artists. Refreshments provided and all are welcome to attend!
Pictured: new additions to our Art Sales/Donation Program collection, which will be on display at GPAG for the very first time!
B&K Garden Supply: Author Readings at the Art Crawl
Join us at the Art Crawl for readings by local authors.
B&K Garden Supply: Local Author Readings
Come join us for local author readings at the Art Crawl
B&K Garden Supply: Keeping It Real: Writing Memoirs
Get memoir writing tips from a panel of memoir authors at the Art Crawl with Heather Conn, “No Letter in Your Pocket,” Marion McKinnon Crook, award-winning book “Always Pack a Candle” and the sequel “Always On Call, and Rosa Reid.
Garden As Muse Writer’s Workshop
Engage with your senses while in writing amongst the fall colours of B&K landscapes to thoughtful prompts. All levels, genres, and types of writers welcome. Covered areas will be used in case of rain. Bring your usual writing tools, such as a journal, pen, or laptop. Facilitator: Cathalynn (Cindy) Labonte-Smith
Duo Book Launches with Michael Kluckner & Robin Lamarche
Join us during the Art Crawl in the new greenhouse at B&K Landscape for book launches with Michael Kluckner, Vancouver, author/illustrator of Winging It: Traveling With No Reservations & Robin Lamarche, Port Mellon, “Our Square of Sky”.
PR – qathet Studio Tour
The annual qathet Studio Tour is a free self-guided event that will be held the last weekend in August (Sat & Sun Aug 27 & 28), from 10am-4pm. With 28 venues and over 40 participating artists – some venues hosting multiple artists – it’s a great way for art-makers and art lovers to meet and exchange ideas, and of course sell some of the exciting new art produced on the upper Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Each year we welcome hundreds of eager visitors into our homes and studios to see where the magic happens.