Dec 21 – 23rd. Come and enjoy various local hand crafted items and purchase any last minute gifts for the holidays. We will have everything from crochet dish clothes to large format paintings. While visiting, checkout our workshop where we teach and hold various events for all ages.
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RC Community Hall: 56th Annual Christmas Craft Fair
November 21-23. It’s that time of year again to come out and check out local wares and get your holiday shopping done early at the Coast’s longest running Christmas Craft Fair! Something for everyone!
30+ vendors with handmade crafts, wares and treats!
Hot food from the kitchen and Sundog Eatery Cart plus bake sale!
Friday 4-8pm
Saturday/Sunday 10am-4pm
xwesam-Roberts Creek Community Hall
$2 admission
Door Prizes and Raffle
Volunteers needed! Sign up at volunteersignup.org/DA7AB
Bake sale donations welcome!
Please contact hallmanager@robertscreekcommunity.ca if interested!
Happy Holidays!
We are no longer accepting vendor applications so please do not send in vendor fees to anyone offering! Sorry for any spam inconvenience!
Art Crawl at GPAG
Join us for the Art Crawl at GPAG! For the first time ever, we are excited to be showing the work of 12 GPAG Member Artists throughout the Crawl. Featuring paintings in a variety of styles, photography, mixed media pieces, textiles, sculptures, and more, plus a gift shop featuring over 60 local artists, our busy location in the heart of Lower Gibsons is the place to be!
This year we are featuring the work of Corinne Barber, Tara Barker, Rose Clarke, Jane Covernton, Brian Cullen, Janice Edmonds, Emily Jew, Myron Jones, Sheri Peters, Charlene Stallard, Alan Sirulnikoff, and Jennie Tschoban. All 12 artists will be in attendance throughout the Crawl to meet with visitors and discuss their work. Learn more about their work at www.gpag.ca.
GPAG: FALL FOR ART WORKSHOP | Felting with Marianne Hansen
On Sat. Oct 25th, dive into the magical world of felting with artist Marianne Hansen during our Fall for Art Workshop Series.
Learn to create your very own Aminita Muscaria mushrooms on a Mossy Base using wet felting and needle felting techniques on a wire armature. Dive into the dynamic world of 3D fiber sculpture through this hands-on felting course.
Designed for beginners and intermediate students alike, this class explores the process of bringing sculptural forms to life using wool, wire, and felting techniques. Students will learn how to construct wire armatures, needle felt forms using core wool, and apply both wet and needle felting methods using fine fibres to refine their sculptures. Cost: $150, 10% discount for GPAG Members. Find more info and register online via EventBrite.
Opportunity: CALLING ALL ARTISTS | Present Tense 2025
Time to get your Present Tense submissions ready! Drop off is June 19 – 22, 11AM – 4PM. The exhibition is on display June 26 – July 20.
Present Tense is an annual exhibition featuring the creative work of GPAG members. We are also partnering with the CCA’s Purple Banner Studio Program to highlight artists with studios available for visiting during the exhibition. We accept one artwork from every artist in any medium and style, as long as it adheres to our max. size restriction of 16″ x 20″. Find more info, guidelines, and entry forms online or in person at GPAG.
Interested in showing more of your work at GPAG? Members are also invited to submit up to six Tiny Artworks to our Members’ Tiny Exhibition on display in Joe’s Lounge during Present Tense.
PR – qathet Art Centre: Fibre Space
Thursdays Drop In. All are welcome, bring a project to work on, come to see, or stay for a chat. Coffee and tea available.
PR – FibreSpace Drop In
Thursdays to Jan 26. For Art and Activism is a drop in from 10-2pm at the qathet Art Centre. Free, by donations.
All skill levels.
Everyone is welcome!
Please come and check it out: sew, stitch, mend… and even help the planet! Tea and coffee available.
PR – FibreSpace Drop In
Thursdays to Jan 26. For Art and Activism is a drop in from 10-2pm at the qathet Art Centre. Free, by donations.
All skill levels.
Everyone is welcome!
Please come and check it out: sew, stitch, mend… and even help the planet! Tea and coffee available.
PR – FibreSpace Drop In
Thursdays to Jan 26. For Art and Activism is a drop in from 10-2pm at the qathet Art Centre. Free, by donations.
All skill levels.
Everyone is welcome!
Please come and check it out: sew, stitch, mend… and even help the planet! Tea and coffee available.
PR – FibreSpace Drop In
Thursdays to Jan 26. For Art and Activism is a drop in from 10-2pm at the qathet Art Centre. Free, by donations.
All skill levels.
Everyone is welcome!
Please come and check it out: sew, stitch, mend… and even help the planet! Tea and coffee available.
Mending Matters Drop-in Workshop with Catherine Nicholls
September 18; October 16; November 27
Sundays, 1-4pm, in the gallery
FREE
Join us for this monthly drop-in session, exploring visible mending techniques with instructor Catherine Nicholls.
Mending can be so much more than just patching a hole! Mending Matters will introduce participants to the simple, practical skills required to repair textiles and how to turn those simple stitches into an art form that is both decorative and functional. Participants are encouraged to bring along a favourite clean piece of clothing or household textile they would like to mend.
Mending Matters Drop-in Workshop with Catherine Nicholls
September 18; October 16; November 27
Sundays, 1-4pm, in the gallery
FREE
Join us for this monthly drop-in session, exploring visible mending techniques with instructor Catherine Nicholls.
Mending can be so much more than just patching a hole! Mending Matters will introduce participants to the simple, practical skills required to repair textiles and how to turn those simple stitches into an art form that is both decorative and functional. Participants are encouraged to bring along a favourite clean piece of clothing or household textile they would like to mend.
Opening Reception: this place
Plus Virtual Artist Talk Aug 13, 2-3pm on FB.
3 textile artists from 3 different corners of the world explore what “this place” means to them. They explore the unique characteristics of where they live and work and their connection to these distinctive settings. @hedges.madeleine from Australia @edwinamackinnon from the UK, and Catherine Nicolls @ravensthread from Gibsons, Canada, each look at what connects them to their individual places, how they perceive and experience their environment and the emotional attachments of belonging to “this place”.
Hackett Park Artisan Fair
The Hackett Park Artisan Fair is an annual gathering of local and regional vendors. The Fair has been an annual tradition on the Coast for 34 years, and attracts close to 5000 visitors seeking to discover the creations of artisans who are jury selected based on talent, originality, and the unique items they have to offer for sale. In keeping with our ongoing tradition, the fair will coincide with the popular Festival of the Written Arts (August 11th-14th, 2022, celebrating 40 years!)
This year’s Fair will take place in the lower field of Hackett Park and at the Arts Centre.
We will have live musicians in Hackett Park’s new amphitheatre and fun activities at the Arts Centre. There will be a large variety of artisans, artists, entertainers, and food vendors!
Entrance by donation!
Knitting a Community
Tuesdays. Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Join our weekly knitting group on Tuesday mornings. Knitters from beginners to experts are welcome.
Host: Lynne Dyment
Limited to 12 in-person participants, first-come first served.
Knitting a Community
Tuesdays. Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Join our weekly knitting group on Tuesday mornings. Knitters from beginners to experts are welcome.
Host: Lynne Dyment
Limited to 12 in-person participants, first-come first served.
Knitting a Community
Tuesdays. Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Join our weekly knitting group on Tuesday mornings. Knitters from beginners to experts are welcome.
Host: Lynne Dyment
Limited to 12 in-person participants, first-come first served.
Knitting a Community
Tuesdays. Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Join our weekly knitting group on Tuesday mornings. Knitters from beginners to experts are welcome.
Host: Lynne Dyment
Limited to 12 in-person participants, first-come first served.
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