Co-Curators Candace Campo xets’emits’a, a shíshálh artist and founder of Talasay Tours, Sandy Buck, a Métis artist and co-founder of Deer Crossing The Art Farm, plus collaborating artists and friends present Preparing for the Potlach, an exhibition at GPAG from May 30th – June 23rd. Preparing for the Potlatch is about coming together to explore art as community. The growth, expression and sharing of art is communal and a collective representation that also honours the person practicing art. If we support and celebrate the creation, the work of the artist, it is a gift we all receive, and the art as visual story is our story.
Opening reception and community barbecue: Thursday, May 30th 5pm – 7pm
Join us for the opening reception of Preparing for the Potlatch on Thursday, May 30th, 5pm – 7pm!
Co-Curators Candace Campo xets’emits’a, a shíshálh artist and founder of Talasay Tours, Sandy Buck, a Métis artist and co-founder of Deer Crossing The Art Farm, plus collaborating artists and friends present Preparing for the Potlatch, an exhibition at GPAG May 30th-June 23rd. Preparing for the Potlatch is about coming together to explore art as community. The growth, expression and sharing of art is communal and a collective representation that also honours the person practicing art. If we support and celebrate the creation, the work of the artist, it is a gift we all receive, and the art as visual story is our story.
Ines Tancré challenges the notion that photography simply reflects reality. Through her art, she delves into new perspectives and emotions, inviting the audience to explore the nuances of perception. With some selected works in her exhibition In-Versions she’ll showcase her concept, offering viewers a journey into the realm of alternative interpretations and hidden depths. Carolina Franzen will give a talk on her present exhibition of sculpture, Timely Cloud in Joe’s Lounge. The event will offer insights into Franzen’s conceptual, feminine and humorist approach to garbage and sculpture. Assuming the format of a guided tour Carolina will contextualize her work by focusing on individual objects that are shown in the exhibition. Free and open to all, no preregistration required.
Exhibiting artist Joanna Rogers of Hanging By A Thread: The Illusion of Permanence (textiles) will be discussing the three separate but linked series of work in her exhibition; The Chorus (Morse code weavings), Still Fighting (Morse code war belts) and What Once Was (post apocalyptic shifts). Join us to learn more about the concepts behind each series and the techniques used to create the pieces in this exhibition. Free and open to all, no preregistration required.
Reception + Artist Talk: Friday, May 17th at 5pm
Exhibition dates: May 17 – June 15, 2024
We invite you to join us for the opening reception for Studies in Sentience, a multi-media exhibition by artists Biliana Velkova, Erika Mashig, and Sunshine Frère. Through feeling and sensing in her meditative print-making process, Erika Mashig makes visible the intangible. Through ancient folklore, Bilana Velkova invites us to delve into the past and connect with old creatures whose mythologies that once provided ancient communities with a way of understanding the world and their place within it. Sunshine Frère’s work exposes the impossibility of living in a bubble, and the challenges of understanding the interconnectivity of our world(s).
May 17 – June 15, 2024
Reception + Artist Talk: Friday, May 17th at 5pm
A multi-media art exhibition by Biliana Velkova, Erika Mashig, and Sunshine Frère. Through feeling and sensing in her meditative print-making process, Erika Mashig makes visible the intangible. Through ancient folklore, Bilana Velkova invites us to delve into the past and connect with old creatures whose mythologies that once provided ancient communities with a way of understanding the world and their place within it. Sunshine Frère’s work exposes the impossibility of living in a bubble, and the challenges of understanding the interconnectivity of our world(s).
During Present Tense, we will once again be hosting a Members’ Tiny Exhibition in Joe’s Lounge! All GPAG members may submit up to six pieces of artwork to our Members’ Tiny Exhibition. Artworks can be in any medium but they must be under 6″ x 6″ (5″ x 7″ is also acceptable), ready to hang or display, and they must be priced at $35. GPAG members may make submissions to both the Present Tense Members’ Exhibition and to the Tiny Exhibition. Drop off your Members’ Tiny Exhibition artworks June 20th – 23rd, 11am – 4pm.
Submission guidelines and entry form can be found on our website under ‘Submissions’.
to May 26. Timely Cloud is an exhibition in Joe’s Lounge of assemblages made out of materials that linger between recycling and garbage. Carolina Franzen combines objects of lost purpose by searching for a hidden cultural life in order to find new metaphors for it. Franzen achieves this through aesthetic play with various objects and through interpreting the historical, industrial, and ecological contexts. Working with femininity and humour Franzen’s sculptures are for all to enjoy, created with the aim of delighting the mind and spirit. Carolina Franzen, who also goes by the artist name aC Hömmken, is a conceptual and visual artist based on the Sunshine Coast.
to May 26. In this exhibition in the Main Gallery Joanna Rogers works with textiles, found objects and photographs and with traditional surface design techniques such as hand dying, shibori, and hand weaving. Playing with concepts of time, exploration, and experimentation, the pieces created often resemble recently unearthed artifacts from a possible future or an alternate past. Fascinated by non-verbal forms of communication Rogers often weaves stories into her work in the form of code, bringing new life and applications to those methods of communication that have fallen out of use today, such as Morse Code. Through three linked bodies of work Rogers speaks to themes of regional ecology, political inaction, and social unease, which are particularly pertinent in these times.
April 19 – May 11, 2024
Life Drawing
Group Exhibition
Artist Talk + Reception: Friday April 19 @ 5pm
This exhibition marks the 39th anniversary of the Tuesday Life Drawing Group and includes drawings completed between 2022 and 2024. Drawings include works in pencil, pen, conté, charcoal and digital drawings on iPad. Drawings untouched in the studio back home have a spontaneity, freshness and immediacy ordinarily not seen in art exhibitions where the usual criteria include polish and composition. Drawing times range from one to thirty minutes and range from fine portrait drawings to bold and brushy colourful works of full or partial nudes.
to April 13, 2024
Artwork Pickup + Reception: Saturday April 13, 2024 NOON – 2PM
We are delighted to support young artists in our community, and proud to continue the annual Young Artists Exhibition, which was initiated in 1988. Entries often include paintings, drawings, mixed-media, and 3-dimensional work. Over the years, we have seen participants in these exhibitions go on to higher education and careers in the arts. All artists receive a small gift encouraging their continued creativity, as well as feedback and encouragement from a panel of working artists on the Coast.
This year we are introducing a new theme to inspire our local youth: The Salish Sea.
What does the Salish Sea mean to you? How do we connect with the sea?
to Mar 28. Based on the saying “take only photographs, leave only footprints”, this exhibition in Joe’s Lounge aims to capture a sense of nostalgia and seeks to preserve fleeting moments. The sky, sea, and the land are in a constant state of change, and it is almost impossible to pin down a moment. The artist attempts to capture the specifics of a certain day; how the light looks, how each location is unique, and how different elements of the environment combine. Using a combination of analog photographic methods and collage, the combination of technique and motif, instant photography and memory, is grounded in the landscape of the Sunshine Coast.
Illustrating the complex relationship between fashion and women’s oppression, exploitation, and empowerment, local artist Tam Harrington uses recycled metal and plastics to create wearable metal art and sculptures. Each piece in this exhibition portrays a time period or a woman that influenced the artist and contributed to the empowerment of all women. All sculptures and wearable metal art are made from recycled or found metal or plastic items that are traditionally associated with the feminine.
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, Feb. 17th, 2pm – 4pm for conversation and light refreshments. All are welcome!
Fragile, intelligent and persistent, nature can teach us about survival as we look into deep time in both the past and future. With climate change and the global environmental crisis, Suffidy’s work is an expression of hope, illustrating the resiliency of ancient flora and fauna lineages. Sculptural carved paintings and the drawings derived from them represent these ancient species, which are simultaneously ancient fossils, contemporary objects, and artifacts for the future.
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, February 17th, 2 pm – 4 pm. All are welcome!
Deadline March 31, 2024.
We are now accepting applications for the Main Gallery and the Eve Smart Gallery. We accept submissions from both emerging and established artists working in all mediums and styles.
On our website under ‘Submissions’ you can find our exhibition policy, submission guidelines and entry form, and a sample artist-gallery contract; or you may stop by GPAG to pick up a paper copy. Before submitting your proposal please check the submission guidelines and requirements carefully. We accept digital submissions made via Google Drive, DropBox, or USB thumb drive. Please note that we do not accept submissions via email. We look forward to seeing your proposals!
February 9th – March 9th
Laurence Belzile
Through the Gardens
Reception + Artist Talk: Friday, February 9th at 5pm
Through the Gardens invites contemplation on the poetic act of wandering through nature by delving into the evocative possibilities of abstraction. Laurence Belzile explains that gardens, with their myriad interpretations, parallel the indistinct nature of abstraction within her artistic practice.
