Bob Evermon’s exhibition in the Main Gallery, We Are the Eyes of the Stars, speaks to what can be sensed beneath the layers of visual art; as well as to the little moments in life that catch one’s attention. Evermon’s work is anchored in natural forms, line, colour, structure, and beauty. He explores the depth and poetry of visual language, translating stories that we draw from nature into his works. We Are the Eyes of the Stars also explores the consciousness of the universe and our role as its timekeepers, as well as our attempts to make logical sense of our lives and our attempts to map or record them for posterity.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 2nd, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Exploring the intersections of material agency, natural cycles, and spatial fluidity, Yuan Wen’s exhibition Unbounding in the Main Gallery features organic forms reflecting the artist’s scientific interests and addressing environmental concerns. It challenges the boundaries between solidity and transience and examines the interactions and degradation of natural and synthetic materials within this evolving context. Wen combines printmaking methods with painting, utilizing lithography and hand-drawn elements to create networks of organic forms, suspended fragments, and flowing gestures; emphasizing the patterns that emerge in nature, from cellular formations to vast environmental landscapes. Inspired by 17th-century scientific illustrations, these pieces investigate the intersection of observation, documentation, and the evolving human relationship with the natural world. Ultimately, Unbounding encourages viewers to rethink their connection with materiality and the environment, prompting reflection on the unseen forces that influence personal and collective experiences.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 2nd, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Maureen Sugrue’s exhibition in the Eve Smart Gallery Pathways represents ideas that came from conversations about aging, paths taken or not taken, and the journey to “now” in our lives. These conversations led to seeing or imagining paths; not necessarily literal versions, but instead interpretative impressions of the mental pathways that intertwine throughout our lives. Each work begins with white cloth developed in stages through dyeing, stitching, painting, and printmaking techniques, with constant experimentation during the process; resulting in vibrant cloth banners that represent a diverse array of mediums and techniques. Sugrue’s creative process involves the full development of an idea to a resolution, a deeply satisfying process that is also inspired by both the nature and culture surrounding her.
Join us at the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 2nd, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
When the world starts to feel absurd, we have art to hold us. This exhibition by Rose Stardust in Joe’s Lounge moves through a familiar rhythm, from a symbolic morning of hope, to a night marked by doubt, and everything in between. It follows the ways we cope, make sense of things, and keep going, even when nothing quite adds up. Creativity runs through the work as both a lifeline and inquiry. Engaging with art – getting our hands dirty, our minds solving problems – is not just a way to get through. It’s a way of working with what’s unresolved, and looking a little closer, with intention. It’s therapy and escape, all at once. Stardust’s paintings carry a dream-like, contemporary relic quality. Strong shapes sit alongside distressed, shifting atmospheres, built layer upon layer, holding both clarity and erosion at once.
Join us at the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 2nd, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Dedicated to the birds of prey on the Sunshine Coast, this exhibition in the Eve Smart Gallery features fibre sculpted birds alongside their prey in natural settings. Highlighting their delicate forms and powerful presences, Marianne Hansen’s fibre sculptures reflect these animal’s grace, power, and perception; and encourage the viewer to reflect on the raptors of the Sunshine Coast, our coexistence with them, and the impact that we have on their environments. The intention is to raise the level of awareness about how many different raptors live on our beautiful coast, what habitats they choose to live in, and what types of prey they seek out. Many of these birds have adapted to living within the human habitat. How do we consciously ensure the continuation of these natural wonders?
Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday April. 4th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
This exhibition in Joe’s Lounge explores the fluidity and flow of colour and texture using alcohol ink. Colour itself serves as the primary inspiration; the way that hues blend, contrast, and transform drives each composition. The medium of alcohol ink on synthetic paper enhances the vividness and transparency of the colours, contributing to the flowing aesthetic of the works and demonstrating a spectrum of expression, from recognizable landscapes interpreted through an abstract lens to completely non-representational forms. Lowe’s works invite the viewer to experience the energy and movement that naturally arise from the interaction of the inks. Her spontaneous approach results in dynamic, organic forms and textures unique to each piece, reflecting the natural energy of the medium.
Join us at the Opening Reception on Saturday April. 4th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
In this exhibition in the Main Gallery, large scale fibre art pieces connect domestic rote hand-making methods with abject materials, issues of personal wellness, and social engagement. Grappling with critical environmental, political, and social issues, and offering possibilities for different futures, Yandle creates her pieces over the course of months or years, beginning as an impulse to engage the hands instead of wringing them and to gather up the lost and unwanted to achieve a new whole. Each project entangles traditional fibre art methods with stuff that is thrown away but is never gone. As each concept grows, connections are forged with others in the gathering of materials and often in the hand-making, making community engagement an essential part of Yandle’s art practice. It is there in the macramé tapestry composed of construction-site debris; in the sprawling, undulating field of braided throwaway jeans; in bound sculptures of plastic fragments plucked from foreshores and landfills; and in a crocheted mass of disintegrated tarp yarded out from a forest.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Sat. April 4th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Mia Dungeon lived on the road and made art out of her van for several years. Navigating the ever-changing landscape, her work is a sponge to the constant influx of vast visual stimuli innate to life on the road. The windshield of her 6’ x 12’ live/workspace on wheels served as a viewing portal that framed her transient experiences and challenges of life on the road that she translated into artwork.
Dungeon’s work grows out of the notions of housing instability, broken bones, grief, world conflict and the healing that can knit it all back together. Her belief that everyone deserves housing security, safety and stability is integral to Mia’s practice. The creation of make-shift dwellings and temporary living environments utilizing scrap material is explored through her work by repurposing used skateboards, motorcycle tanks, old cigar boxes and found objects as her canvases.
Mia’s solo time spent in the Mojave Desert between Joshua Tree and the West coastline of Southern California had a great impact on her work. Her paintings are infused with desert flora and fauna, dusty motorcycle/skateboard trips, and nights spent under the desert stars contemplating the complexities of the human experience.
As we transition from the year of the Wood Snake (2025) to the year of the Fire Horse (2026), this series titled “Barbed Wire Moon” also explores notions of shedding stagnant ideals and bursting forth with bold momentum toward social justice, truth and freedom.
Dungeon explores how we might remain collectively resilient, empathetic, and move forward with a unified confidence through times of fear, chaos and division.
to May 14th. Tues & Thurs noon – 5pm.
Featuring artwork with themes around nature and ecology, including human relationships to the “other than human” world and the impact of climate crises.
Reception Apr 23, 2-4pm
Join exhibiting artist Carlyn Yandle for a free Community Stitch Session. Drawing on the scrap-quilt tradition of making something out of nothing, each participant is invited to hand stitch an improvisational 12 in. quilt block; a literal building block that can then be used as a personal artwork, use/gift object, or as a contribution to the ongoing ‘Hearth’ social engagement art project. All materials required are supplied, although participants are welcome to bring their own old clothes or fabrics to incorporate into their block if they wish. Learn a new life skill, create with other makers in our community, learn more from Carlyn Yandle about her artwork and her creative process, and find new ways to recycle old clothing and fabrics.
This event is free to attend and registration is not required. Find more information about Carlyn Yandle, her exhibition Joyful Making in Perilous Times, and her ongoing social-engagement art project ‘Hearth” online at www.gpag.ca.
Join Marianne Hansen on Wed. April 8th, 1pm – 3pm, to learn needle felting and fibre sculpting techniques and to make a spring hare. Tickets are $65, with a 10% discount for GPAG members, and include a kit of the supplies needed to make one hare. There is a max of 15 participants, so register soon! Find more information and register online via EventBrite.
Join us for the opening reception of Twilight Zone, an annual exhibition by artists Brian Baxter, Kasia Krolikowska, Carol LaFave, Christina Symons, and Eldon Underhill. Entry is free and refreshments will be served.
to March 8th. Beyond an instant, very little if anything stays exactly the same. To be able to delve into a still image of a moment, isolated from all of time, is like the magic of peering through a microscope at a tiny fragment of the larger world. Jim Breukelman came across and photographed Sanson’s Diner in 1966; a place ordinary from the outside, but with a vibrant atmosphere inside filled with lively, open, and expressive people. Going back over a period of time to talk to, eat with, and photograph the people at Sanson’s Diner, this became Breukelman’s first major project photographing a group of people in order to get to know them and tell a small part of their story. An exhibition in the Main Gallery.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Sat., Feb. 14th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Join us for the Opening Reception of our three newest exhibitions on Saturday, February 14th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
In the Main Gallery, Jim Breukelman’s photographs capture a place called Sanson’s Diner in 1966; a place ordinary from the outside, but with a vibrant atmosphere inside filled with lively, open, and expressive people. In the Eve Smart Gallery, Nea Antoine’s Between Myth and Memory draws from the oral traditions of Dominica and the wider Caribbean, exploring Caribbean folklore as a living expression of Black identity, resilience, and creativity. In Joe’s Lounge, Jennifer Love’s Family Ties: Reframing Memory explores familial bonds through the medium of non-traditional printmaking, which often mirrors our sometimes complex family relationships.
CALLING ALL YOUTH ARTISTS; it’s time to start creating! Our annual youth exhibition SHOUT OUT is coming up in March. Drop off your artwork March 5th – 8th.
Sunshine Coast youth aged two to eighteen are invited to submit their artwork of any size or medium for display at the Gallery during our annual youth exhibition Shout Out, on display March 12th – 29th, 2026. In addition to offering an inspiring body of work that represents the creativity of our community’s youth, this exhibition is also an opportunity for young people to experience what it is like to be a professional exhibiting artist at GPAG. Class/group art projects are also welcome! Find more info and submit your work online at https://gpag.ca/shout-out-application-2026/. Please do not drop off artwork before March 5th.
