July 10, 3-8pm; July 11, 10am-5pm. Nature Inspired Art for Home and Garden
A two-day exhibition of exceptional art in an expansive garden and intimate gallery.
Kate von Riesen and fellow guest artists, Marlene Lowden and David Evanson welcome you to
KvR Art’s Garden and Gallery
June 1-5. A Creative BC and BC Arts Council funded project experimenting and exploring the interface of art and technology. It is an interactive public sound experience intended to bridge the gap between spectator and participant. During exhibition hours, 1:1 Artists Project Feedback & Mentorship available with Donna Lytle.
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, or join one of our online information sessions, before submitting a proposal.
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!
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 us for a free Artist Talk with exhibiting artist Carlyn Yandle and CBC’s Early Edition host Stephen Quinn. Yandle and Quinn will be discussing a variety of topics relating to Yandle’s exhibition Joyful Making in Perilous Times, including how making is connecting — a form of resistance to forces of individualism.
Carlyn Yandle is a Vancouver-based artist whose art practice interweaves a childhood steeped in West Coast counter-culture, a range of skills in traditional craft methods, and her previous profession as a city newspaper journalist. Her exhibition in the Main Gallery Joyful Making in Perilous Times features large scale fibre art pieces that connect domestic rote hand-making methods with abject materials, issues of personal wellness, and social engagement.
Stephen Quinn is the host of CBC Radio One’s popular morning show The Early Edition. Previously, he was the long-time host of afternoon radio show On The Coast, he spent eight-years as CBC’s civic affairs reporter, he guest-hosted several CBC shows, news specials and a series on the media for network radio, and he is also the creator and host of the very popular Quinn’s Quiz on CBC Radio One. A multiple RTNDA (The Radio Television Digital News Association) award winner, Quinn has covered a multitude of stories that affects British Columbians, in addition to interviewing prolific individuals.
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.
Helena Wadsley and Carolina Franzen, both Sunshine Coast residents, have adopted a diverse tradition of Walking Art into their practices. Engaged with the challenges posed by land use, and in order to find alternative relations to the land, their inspiration for drawings, sculptures, and video comes through periods of intense physical contact to the environment; be it that objects found in the landscape may be contextually sculpted so that their meaning and history remains connected with the land, be it that a slow pace allows them to witness and to create through acts of acknowledgment and connectivity. Both artists’ drawings tread the lines of the land between natural and human-made, and yet, their sculptures, found objects, and video works have a second threshold in common: to record the walking experience while enabling the visitor to traverse with them.
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.
Deadline Mar 31st. Artists working in any style and medium are invited to apply to our Open Call! Proposals for solo and group exhibitions in the Main and Eve Smart Gallery by artists and curators will be accepted January 15th, 2026 to March 31st, 2026 for exhibitions in 2027.
The application is free and must be submitted digitally. If digital submissions are prohibitive, please contact us at info@gpag.ca. Please note that we will not accept applications made by email or applications that do not follow our Submission Guidelines.
For more information and before applying, please carefully read our Submission Guidelines and our Exhibition Policy and view our floor plan, all available along with our online application form here.
We look forward to seeing your applications!
Celebrate Printmaking on The Coast! The exhibition launched our new print media studio at the Arts Centre, and celebrates the rich community of practice that thrives locally. Come celebrate with us this new offering as we close out this exhibition!
The exhibition shares the breadth of approaches to printmaking, with a focus on storytelling the materials and processes involved. We have invited artists to share work that expresses the diversity of print forms, and included here are woodblocks, lithography, etchings, gel printing, textile printing and so many others.
Come celebrate with us!
Deadline Mar 31st. Artists working in any style and medium are invited to apply to our Open Call! Proposals for solo and group exhibitions in the Main and Eve Smart Gallery by artists and curators will be accepted January 15th, 2026 to March 31st, 2026 for exhibitions in 2027.
The application is free and must be submitted digitally. If digital submissions are prohibitive, please contact us at info@gpag.ca. Please note that we will not accept applications made by email or applications that do not follow our Submission Guidelines.
For more information and before applying, please carefully read our Submission Guidelines and our Exhibition Policy and view our floor plan, all available along with our online application form here.
We look forward to seeing your applications!
to Nov 8th. The exhibition “Poetics of the Discarded” is a series of paintings and multi-media installations that explore the relationship between material consumption and natural existence, breathing new life into abandoned objects and daily waste by intertwining them with natural elements like forests, rivers, mountains, and oceans.
Robin Ripley and Ilze Bebris create a conversation through their works in the Eve Smart Gallery – Ilze’s mixed media collage panels and Robin’s wall and suspended assemblages. They exemplify how makers speak through the objects and images created, and often in the making, the work shifts direction. Though their collaborative approach and by close listening to the visual vocabulary of each other they have created an unfolding and fluid conversation of intimate sculptures and collages.
Robin Ripley and Ilze Bebris create a conversation through their works in the Eve Smart Gallery – Ilze’s mixed media collage panels and Robin’s wall and suspended assemblages. They exemplify how makers speak through the objects and images created, and often in the making, the work shifts direction. Though their collaborative approach and by close listening to the visual vocabulary of each other they have created an unfolding and fluid conversation of intimate sculptures and collages.
Robin Ripley and Ilze Bebris create a conversation through their works in the Eve Smart Gallery – Ilze’s mixed media collage panels and Robin’s wall and suspended assemblages. They exemplify how makers speak through the objects and images created, and often in the making, the work shifts direction. Though their collaborative approach and by close listening to the visual vocabulary of each other they have created an unfolding and fluid conversation of intimate sculptures and collages.
Robin Ripley and Ilze Bebris create a conversation through their works in the Eve Smart Gallery – Ilze’s mixed media collage panels and Robin’s wall and suspended assemblages. They exemplify how makers speak through the objects and images created, and often in the making, the work shifts direction. Though their collaborative approach and by close listening to the visual vocabulary of each other they have created an unfolding and fluid conversation of intimate sculptures and collages.
Robin Ripley and Ilze Bebris create a conversation through their works in the Eve Smart Gallery – Ilze’s mixed media collage panels and Robin’s wall and suspended assemblages. They exemplify how makers speak through the objects and images created, and often in the making, the work shifts direction. Though their collaborative approach and by close listening to the visual vocabulary of each other they have created an unfolding and fluid conversation of intimate sculptures and collages.
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