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.
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RC Hall: Daniel Kingsbury Tribute Concert
Join us for a magical musical gathering featuring over 30 of the Sunshine Coast’s finest musicians performing the original songs of Daniel Kingsbury, in support of two meaningful causes that are also his legacy: The Daniel Kingsbury Music for Youth Endowment (DKMFY), and the Jellyfish Project (JFP). Funds raised will support aspiring young local musicians in financial need with grants to pursue their musical dreams, and innovative youth environmental education programs.
Performers include: Mindil Beach, Definitely Diva, the Choralations Children’s Choir and many more! Two shows to choose from: 1:30 pm or 7:30 pm. Doors open at 1 pm and 7 pm respectively.
Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Kids 12 and under: $10
All proceeds will be split evenly between DKMFY and JFP.
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!
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.
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: An Evening of Climate Change Theatre Action
Free, Max 50, Registration required (a few tickets will be held at the door)
We invite you to an evening of short play readings. The collection of plays explores stories about climate, ecology, and the environment, told through the perspectives of animals in our midst, as they contemplate the impact of pollution, climate change, and human ignorance on their habitat and the ecosystem.
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.
GPAG: Opening Reception | Niina Chebry, Andrea Pratt, & Denise Allen
Join us for the opening receptions of our newest exhibitions, A Change of Climate by Niina Chebry in the Main Gallery, Ecotherapy by Andrea Pratt in the Eve Smart Gallery, and Listed by Denise Allen in Joe’s Lounge on Sat. September 20th 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
In Niina Chebry’s A Change of Climate, paintings of the iceberg in various forms of existence are imbued with their majestic beauty along with their peril in the face of climate change. Reflecting the spiritual power of the forest and its crucial connection to us, Andrea Pratt’s Ecotherapy features abstract oil paintings exploring and reflecting on the sacred, healing, and intangible aspects of our local forest ecosystem. Denise Allen’s Listed features Lino-cut prints drawing attention to our local at risk species.
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!
Opportunity: Volunteers for Trash to Treasure Community Art Event
Deadline to apply July 25th. Are you passionate about re-purposing??? Are you a creative????
Opportunities available to volunteer for the Trash to Treasure Community Art Event in Pender Harbour on Sunday August 17th 2025.
Seeking 6 people to assist at one of our 4 Creative Stations + a Communal Orca Whale piece, during the event. Your role will be guiding attendees with various creative projects.
We will have 1 Live and 1 Zoom meeting to discuss project details and event set up prior to date.
Each volunteer will receive a “Re-Think & Re-Use” T-shirt and a free meal from the Aqui Es Mexico Food Truck during the event.
Time commitment on event day is from 10am-4pm
Please contact Joanna directly at 604.989.7369 or 604.861.9944 j.c.cooke@outlook.com
Forest Therapy Experience – Public Event
Join us to destress, rejuvenate, reconnect and refresh the heart, mind and spirit. Whatever “medicine” you need in the moment, the forest has that “gift” to give to you. This group experience is open to the public welcoming everyone just as they are…and where they are…
Empowering Empaths and Introverts – Forest Therapy Retreat
If you are an empath or an introvert seeking to further empower your voice and purpose in this world, I invite you to join our small group guided forest therapy retreat on the Sunshine Coast designed specifically for empaths and introverts. This retreat will get you deeply rooted in the practice with support, information and techniques that will motivate you to keep on your own forest therapy journey. Group experiences have the added benefit of meaningful, authentic connection with other people who are wired the same way as you and meandering a similar journey too. Limited to 5 participants for a more meaningful experience. This retreat includes six home cooked meals, a gift, and free camping if you choose.
Trash to Treasure Community Art Event
Do you re-purpose your daily trash in any way?
Come experience our creative workstations and make your own practical or decorative pieces to take home.
And/or take part in the communal art piece of an Orca whale to be displayed locally, throughout the year.
Learn and share information about reducing landfill use and saving money in our households through practicing ‘re-think and re-use’ strategies.
All are welcome for this free event and light refreshments.
Aqui Es Mexico Food Truck will also be on site.
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