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.
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Art Exhibition: SC Arts Centre – Eldon Underhill
to Nov 8th. The exhibition “Unseen Forces” is a series of paintings that reflect the idea of the unseen forces that often serve as unconscious catalysts to the creative process when working in the abstract, using a mix of standard, non-standard, and recycled substrates including canvas, upholstery fabric, burlap and construction building paper, as a reflection of the artist’s anxieties about the non-sustainable practices involved in the fine art industry.
The Kube’s Live Art Battle Volume 6
Sunshine Coast Art Crawl Kickoff Party! Watch as talented artists go head-to-head to create incredible works of art within an hour. Don’t miss out on this unique event where you can witness the creative process up close through two action-packed rounds of battle.
Featuring Taka Sudo / Gidget / Matt Boismier / Ben Tour / Zac Harding
Music by Amir Aziz // The ten finished pieces will by auctioned off throughout the weekend online and at The Kube // Doors @ 6:30pm
Admission: $15, includes beverage
Sponsored by The Painted Lady Art Supplies & Framing
Art & Mushroom Walk at Rockwood Centre Grounds and Lodge
Join Mycologist & artist Willoughby Arévalo and interdisciplinary artist Isabelle Kirouac for an Art and Fungi Walk in the ornamental gardens of Rockwood Lodge and nearby surroundings.Through this interactive walk, participants will engage with local fungi and plants and learn how they interact with other members of their ecosystems, including humans. Drawing from scientific and embodied knowledge alike, the walk will include simple art activities and sensory meditations inspired by fungi and the myceliated world underneath our feet.
Additionally, they will offer a free drop in activity inspired by mushroom scents inside the Rockwood Lodge, alongside The Only Animal’s exhibition at the Art Crawl. Participants will be invited to interpret a diversity of smells found in fungi!
Gallery at the HAB
Habitat for Humanity is hosting 2 (new to the Coast) artists at the Re-store. Saturday, October 18th and a special Sunday opening on October 19th.
SC Art Centre: Sechelt Arts Festival: Art Exhibition – Valerie Durant: The Understory: Hidden Connections
to Oct 4th. Find ‘The Understory: Hidden Connections’ in the large gallery where artist Valerie Durant invites viewers to reflect on the interconnectedness and interdependence of humans and their environment through a range of media including silk tapestries, photography, sound, video, ceramics and sculpture made from repurposed materials.
The Sunshine Coast Arts Council and Valerie Durant acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
The Only Animal’s Slow Social Club: Earth Pigments with Annie Simms
The Only Animal hosts relaxed meet-ups to share methods for slow, process-led art making using seasonal plants and other local materials. In September we will meet and work with guest artist Annie Simms.
Join Annie Simms underground as she contemplates the unseen life pulsing beneath our feet. In this workshop, we will explore the animate density of soil—networks just inches wide yet stretching miles deep. Through speculative visualizations and grounded observation, participants are invited to begin where they are and dig deep: examining microscopic symbioses, as well as the historical and ongoing impacts of colonialism and industry on the earth’s soil. Together, we’ll work and experiment with earth pigments and soil-collected objects.
SC Arts Centre: Friends of the Gallery Drop Off
Artists are invited to submit one piece of art they have completed in the previous year to be shown in this group exhibition. Open to anyone 14+; we offer free youth memberships (14-18). New members welcome!
GPAG: Denise Allen | Listed
LISTED is an artivism project using limited edition hand-printed linocut nature illustrations to build awareness of flora and fauna species of concern local to the Sunshine Coast. Each print is produced using a two-pass run; a linocut illustration is printed in black, overlaid on a base print colour indicating the species’ British Columbia Conservation Status Rank, with the Red List being at greatest risk of being lost, the Blue List being of special concern, and the Yellow List being apparently secure. denise allen is a Belfast-born, west coast raised emerging illustrator and artivist with a home-based studio practice in kalpilin on the shíshálh swiya | Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast.
Join us for the Opening Reception of this exhibition on Sat. Sept. 20, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Sechelt Arts Festival: Festival Procession: Equinox Raven
In collaboration with Rogue Arts Society, the Sechelt Arts Festival invites you to a celebration of Sinku, the deep waters of the Salish Sea, its ocean inhabitants, its underwater currents, its stories of travel and exchange, and its vitalness to our communities. Sechelt, as the land between two waters, has been shaped by the Salish Sea.
To honour of this magical moment, we will gather at 5:30pm on Ocean Ave for a procession along the waterfront guided by musicians, drummers, dancers and puppets – all celebrating the creatures of the sea. Weaving shíshálh drumming, song and storytelling, with the power of taiko and the beauty of the shakuhachi flute, the procession unfolds stories of the sea on the Fall Equinox.
SC Arts Centre: Sechelt Arts Festival: Writing Theatre in Response to the Climate Crisis with Elaine Ávila
Max 10 Registration required.
In this fun, interactive, hands-on workshop, you will write a short play in response to the climate crisis, by identifying issues that are essential to write about now, as well as exploring and expanding your sense of the possible. Playwriting has much to offer writers in other genres, such as developing your skills with dialogue, structure, story, vivid details and experimentation. Playwriting gives theatre artists unparalleled agency and an opportunity to identify the core of what they want to make work about.
We will explore a variety of approaches to making plays that have relevance for communities and connection to the natural world. You will learn what a theatre action is, how to workshop your short play, and explore where to go next. If you ar
SC Arts Centre:Sechelt Arts Festival: Closing Celebration: Nature Girl Screening
Max 50, Registration required (a few tickets will be held at the door)
Celebrate the closing of the Festival with Candace Campo and Trent Maynard as they present their film Nature Girl. After the screening, Candace and Trent will engage in a discussion.
Filmmaking duo Trent Maynard and Candace Campo spent five years documenting the surprising species living in a small wetland in the shíshálh Nation swiya. Using poetry and motion sensor cameras, this short film documents the intergenerational bear families using a multi-species scratching post and watering hole, alongside newts, frogs, elk, owls and bats.
GPAG: Artist in Residence | Andrea Pratt
On Saturday, September 27th, 1pm – 3pm, exhibiting artist Andrea Pratt will be here at GPAG to paint and to answer questions about her work. Stop by for a chat, learn more about her process, and see her techniques at work.
Reflecting the spiritual power of the forest and its crucial connection to us, Andrea Pratt’s exhibition Ecotherapy in the Eve Smart Gallery features abstract oil paintings exploring and reflecting on the sacred and intangible aspects of our local forest ecosystem. This exhibition includes Pratt’s signature work, best described as a fusion of abstraction, folk art, and landscape, as well as a new series moving towards pure abstraction in her landscapes.
GPAG: Artist Talk with Niina Chebry
Join us for an Artist Talk with exhibiting artist Niina Chebry on Saturday, October 11th, 1pm – 2pm. All are welcome to join us for this free event!
Niina Chebry’s exhibition A Change of Climate uses the iceberg as a main subject representing a range of sentiments, particularly towards climate change. As we experience more climate disruptors such as droughts, floods, fires, and extreme weather patterns, feelings of anxiety, depression, and hopelessness related to eco-anxiety rise. Through her sweeping moody compositions, capturing of weather and time changes, and variously angled micro and macro visions of icebergs, Chebry aims to generate awareness and discussion and to inspire and stir the viewer.
An Afternoon with Bob McDonald – Host of CBC’s Quirks and Quarks
We’re thrilled to welcome Bob McDonald—acclaimed author, CBC broadcaster, and longtime host of Quirks & Quarks—to the Raven’s Cry Theatre for a very special fundraising event.
With over 800,000 weekly listeners across Canada, Bob is one of the country’s most trusted voices in science communication. He’s just released his memoir “Just Say Yes” and has generously offered his time to support this cause.
This event will benefit the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, now in its 43rd year. The Festival continues to enrich our community through storytelling, author events, and literacy initiatives—like the much-loved Literacy Week in local elementary schools.
Click on the link below for ticket options.
https://writersfestival.ca/2025/an-afternoon-with-bob-mcdonald/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMsMj
GPAG: Artist Talk with Tiko Kerr
Join exhibiting artist Tiko Kerr to learn more about his passionate creative process and practice. This very special event is free but seating is limited; please RSVP online via EventBrite to reserve your spot.
Art Exhibition: GPAG – NIINA CHEBRY | A Change of Climate
to Oct 14th. Niina Chebry’s exhibition A Change of Climate in the Main Gallery uses the iceberg as a main subject representing a range of sentiments, particularly towards climate change. Paintings of the iceberg in various forms of existence are imbued with their majestic beauty along with their peril. As we experience more climate disruptors such as droughts, floods, fires, and extreme weather patterns, feelings of anxiety, depression, and hopelessness related to eco-anxiety rise. Through her sweeping moody compositions, capturing of weather and time changes, and variously angled micro and macro visions of icebergs, Chebry aims to generate awareness and discussion and to inspire and stir the viewer.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Sat. Sept 20th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Art Exhibition: GPAG – ANDREA PRATT | Ecotherapy – A Change of Climate
Oct 14th. Reflecting the spiritual power of the forest and its crucial connection to us, Andrea Pratt’s exhibition Ecotherapy in the Eve Smart Gallery features abstract oil paintings exploring and reflecting on the sacred and intangible aspects of our local forest ecosystem. Drawing from personal experience, Pratt emphasizes how healing a connection to our local environment can be and how essential it is to our wellbeing. At a time when reflecting on the value of our connection to the earth is more important than ever, Pratt illustrates the intersections between our own very human health and the health of our ecosystem.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Sat. September 20th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!