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GPAG: Opening Reception | Carlyn Yandle, Marianne Hansen, Holly Lowe
Join us for the Opening Reception of exhibitions by Carlyn Yandle, Marianne Hansen, and Holly Lowe on Saturday, April 4th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
In the Main Gallery, Carlyn Yandle’s 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. Grappling with critical environmental, political, and social issues, and offering possibilities for different futures, Yandle creates her pieces over the course of months or years with materials that are thrown away but never gone.
Dedicated to the birds of prey on the Sunshine Coast, Marianne Hansen’s Birds of Prey in the Eve Smart Gallery features fibre sculpted birds alongside their prey in natural settings. Highlighting their delicate forms and powerful presences, Marianne Hansen’s fibre sculptures reflect these animal’s grace, power, and perception; and encourage the viewer to reflect on the raptors of the Sunshine Coast, our coexistence with them, and the impact that we have on their environments.
In Joe’s Lounge, Holly Lowe’s Inkscapes explores the fluidity and flow of colour and texture using alcohol ink. Colour itself serves as the primary inspiration; the way that hues blend, contrast, and transform drives each composition. The medium of alcohol ink on synthetic paper enhances the vividness and transparency of the colours, contributing to the flowing aesthetic of the works and demonstrating a spectrum of expression, from recognizable landscapes interpreted through an abstract lens to completely non-representational forms.
Art Exhibition: GPAG: MARIANNE HANSEN | Birds of Prey
Dedicated to the birds of prey on the Sunshine Coast, this exhibition in the Eve Smart Gallery features fibre sculpted birds alongside their prey in natural settings. Highlighting their delicate forms and powerful presences, Marianne Hansen’s fibre sculptures reflect these animal’s grace, power, and perception; and encourage the viewer to reflect on the raptors of the Sunshine Coast, our coexistence with them, and the impact that we have on their environments. The intention is to raise the level of awareness about how many different raptors live on our beautiful coast, what habitats they choose to live in, and what types of prey they seek out. Many of these birds have adapted to living within the human habitat. How do we consciously ensure the continuation of these natural wonders?
Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday April. 4th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Gibsons Public Art Gallery: Free Community Stitch Session with Carlyn Yandle
Join exhibiting artist Carlyn Yandle for a free Community Stitch Session. Drawing on the scrap-quilt tradition of making something out of nothing, each participant is invited to hand stitch an improvisational 12 in. quilt block; a literal building block that can then be used as a personal artwork, use/gift object, or as a contribution to the ongoing ‘Hearth’ social engagement art project. All materials required are supplied, although participants are welcome to bring their own old clothes or fabrics to incorporate into their block if they wish. Learn a new life skill, create with other makers in our community, learn more from Carlyn Yandle about her artwork and her creative process, and find new ways to recycle old clothing and fabrics.
This event is free to attend and registration is not required. Find more information about Carlyn Yandle, her exhibition Joyful Making in Perilous Times, and her ongoing social-engagement art project ‘Hearth” online at www.gpag.ca.
Gibsons Public Art Gallery: Artist Talk with Carlyn Yandle and CBC’s Stephen Quinn
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.
Gibsons Public Art Gallery: Spring Hare Felting Workshop with Marianne Hansen
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.
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.
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.