Art Exhibition: SC Arts Centre: Friends of the Gallery

The Friends of the Gallery (FOG) is our annual celebration of the creativity of our membership. This wonderful exhibition launches our new year, and features the work of members of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council.

The exhibition is a long-standing community event that has spanned more than 30 years. Its’ aim is to involve the broadest range of local artists, to acknowledge the role of the arts in our community, and to celebrate the extraordinary diversity in materials, forms and approach. Artists are invited to submit one piece of art they have completed in the previous year to be shown in this group exhibition. Last year we had 111 artists, making it the largest FOG exhibition yet!

Friends of the Gallery: Art Drop Off

The Friends of the Gallery (FOG) is our annual celebration of the creativity of our membership. This wonderful exhibition launches our new year, and features the work of members of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council.

The exhibition is a long-standing community event that has spanned more than 30 years. Its’ aim is to involve the broadest range of local artists, to acknowledge the role of the arts in our community, and to celebrate the extraordinary diversity in materials, forms and approach. 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!

Sunshine Coast Arts Council Annual General Meeting

It’s been such an amazing year! We invite all of our Members (current and future) to join us, come meet our Board and Staff, learn of our achievements from the past year, and discover our plans for the year ahead. Food will be provided, come see our current exhibitions.

Financial Statements and a Report will be emailed to anyone who is registered.

Fibre Farm: Ground Breaking Ceremony

Ground Breaking Ceremony led by Cease Wyss will honour the beginning of the Fibre Farm project.The Fibre Farm is an indigenous led and disability justice centered project located on Squamish territory. This project is motivated by closer relationship to the land. Building an accessible gathering space for community to participate in remediating a wetland ecosystem, dynamic workshops and teachings, processing natural plant material, the Fibre Farm will be a space to create community around culture and fibre artistry. You are invited to witness and participate in this ceremony which will involve inoculating the wetland and pond with native rhysomes and seeds.

art.site Lab open studio

art.site Lab open studio selling Geoff Rees original works on paper
open every Saturday 2-5 from November 8 to December 13 and by appointment

Stained Glass Mosaic Workshop with Caroline Farley

Join for a creative weekend making your own glass on glass mosaic. Course fee includes project supplies. Event will run over a weekend Sat/Sun 10 to 4 each day at Eric Cardinal Hall in Gibsons! Look forward to seeing you there!

Stone Sculpting Workshop

Learn how to sculpt your very own piece of soft stone from established, international artist Don Watson in this fun weekend workshop! If you’d like to meet Don, visit us during the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl, Oct. 17-19 from 10am – 5 pm:
Venue #60 at 127 Clark Rd, Gibsons!
We are happy to recommend accommodations for out-of-town participants!
*Weekend Workshop Fee $325 – materials & tools are supplied*
Register now at birgitbreuer2312@gmail.com or call 604-740-2306 to reserve your spot!

Sculpted Sips: A Mulled Wine Affair

Sip mulled wine with us to celebrate Don Watson’s fine art & designs at our Pre Art Crawl Party on Friday, October 17th! Dress up or down and bring your +1!

No plans for this weekend?
Pop in at our Art Crawl venue #60, 127 Clark Rd, Gibsons, October 17-19 from 10am-5pm!
Hope to see y’all!

Art Exhibition: SC Arts Centre – Lori Goldberg

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.

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 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!

PR – Expressive Florals in Oil, with Ursula Medley

Oct 11-12. This fun 2-day intensive workshop is suitable for the enthusiastic beginner painter as well as those with some previous painting experience. Participants will learn or recall basic oil painting techniques including value, composition, colour mixing and basic colour theory.

Get all the info here.

PR – WORKSHOP: Block Printing Repeat Patterns

Take your block printing skills to the next level in this workshop focused on creating repeating patterns. You’ll design, carve, and print your own seamless motifs on paper or fabric.

Some experience with block printing is recommended. All materials included.

PR-WORKSHOP: Mixed Media Mmmagic

A Playful Art Workshop with Lisa Hau. Do you have a bunch of art supplies that you just don’t know what to do with? Have we got the workshop for you!