Join us with exhibiting artist Janine Dunn on Saturday, August 8th, 2pm – 3pm. Free and all are welcome to attend!
Illustrating symbolic dimensions of celebration, abundance, and scarcity, Janine Dunn’s exhibition we mark the seasons in love features landscapes and human figures appearing in nebulous pastoral space, with a felt sense of emotion and relationship between the characters. Janine Dunn is an artist and farmer living in Gibsons, BC, who shares stories of daily life on her farm and brings forward topics resonating within the current moment through her artistic practice. She draws on personal impressions of motherhood, animal husbandry, degradation and repair, shared labour and hospitality, and isolation and solitude. Working with industrial, agricultural, and domestic materials, she collaborates with the weather and elements to develop her canvases. Dunn has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions on the Sunshine Coast and throughout Vancouver, and was commissioned to create The Landing Eye, a permanent public art installation in Gibsons Landing.
Join us for an Artist Talk with Lisa Blackwell on Saturday, August 15th, 2pm – 3pm. Free to attend and all are welcome!
Informed and inspired by the practice of observing the living world and the forces of nature, Lisa Blackwell’s exhibition Earthly Emergence features handbuilt sculptures created from clay. Lisa Blackwell grew up in Sechelt, on the unceded territory of the shíshálh Nation, and is now living on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen people in Saanich BC. Considering an Indigenous perspective is integral to her work, as an act of decolonization and reciprocity. She was taught handbuilding by Sto:lo ceramics artist and cultural caretaker, Laura Wee Láy Láq, and has been working in clay for the past thirty years. Blackwell attended Alberta University of the Arts and in 2023 earned a BFA, Majoring in Ceramics with Distinction, and also won the Board of Governors Award for top ceramics student. She has taught, sold, and exhibited her pottery in California, Alberta, and British Columbia. At the heart of everything she makes is her growing understanding of ecology in all of its complexity.
to Aug 18. Informed and inspired by the practice of observing the living world and the forces of nature, Lisa Blackwell’s exhibition Earthly Emergence features hand built sculptures created from clay. Blackwell views the biological imperative of growth and the mutual symbiotic relationships between flora, fauna, and fungi as sources of hopefulness and optimism; these primordial connections, represented by Blackwell’s biomorphic sculptures, have much to teach us about cooperation, altruism, and collaboration. An exhibition on display in the Main and Eve Smart Galleries July 23rd – August 18th.
Join us for the opening reception of this exhibition on Saturday, July 25th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
to Aug 18. Illustrating symbolic dimensions of celebration, abundance, and scarcity, Janine Dunn’s exhibition we mark the seasons in love features landscapes and human figures appearing in nebulous pastoral space, with a felt sense of emotion and relationship between the characters. Looking at themes of Fasting and Feasting, ancient practices in many faiths, and at our modern condition of food insecurity, inflation, and nutritional deficit, Dunn uses paintings and monoprints to translate these themes into images of the modern agrarian. An exhibition on display in the Main and Eve Smart Galleries July 23rd – August 18th.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday July 25th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
to Aug 18. An offering of confrontation, emotion, and dialogue on the seemingly inherent conflicting aspects, both internal and external, of the human persona. gsindlinger’s exhibition Untitled features mixed media pieces reflecting a fundamental process of resolution; a centralized need to complete or validate a significant emotional, psychological, or perceptive experience by creating a physical facsimile. These works represent an honest and vulnerable expression of difficult subjects, some reflecting less desirable elements of humanity and the human experience. An exhibition in Joe’s Lounge on display July 23rd – August 18th, 2026.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday July 25th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Join us for the Opening Reception of our newest exhibitions on Saturday, July 25th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
In the Main and Eve Smart Galleries, Janine Dunn’s exhibition let us mark the seasons in love features paintings illustrating the symbolic dimensions of celebration, abundance, and scarcity. Lisa Blackwell’s exhibition Earthly Emergence features ceramic sculptures informed and inspired by the practice of observing the living world and the forces of nature. In Joe’s Lounge, gsindlinger’s mixed media pieces are an offering of confrontation, emotion, and dialogue on the seemingly inherent conflicting aspects, both internal and external, of the human persona.
to July 19th. Join us to celebrate the creativity of our community during Present Tense, our annual exhibition featuring the work of GPAG members in all different mediums and styles. Present Tense began with GPAG’s inception in 2003 and it’s still growing. Twenty-three years later we continue to invite all member artists, makers, and creatives to exhibit their work as a fundraiser for local artists and for GPAG. You will find works in all different mediums and styles, including paintings, drawings, prints, pottery, photography, textiles, sculpture, wood working, and much more. There is truly something for everyone! Plus, in Joe’s Lounge, find our Members’ Tiny Exhibition featuring artworks under 6in x 6in at a set price of $40 each!
Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, June 27th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Join us for the Opening Reception of our Members’ Exhibition Present Tense! All are welcome to join us on Saturday June 27th, 2pm – 4pm, to celebrate the contributing artists.
Present Tense began with GPAG’s inception in 2003 and it’s still growing. Twenty-three years later we continue to invite all member artists, makers, and creatives to exhibit their work as a fundraiser for local artists and for GPAG. You will find works in all different mediums and styles, including paintings, drawings, prints, pottery, photography, textiles, sculpture, wood working, and much more. There is truly something for everyone!
Join us for an Artist Talk with Jeannette Sirois on Saturday, June 20th, 2pm – 3pm. Free to attend, no registration required. All are welcome!
Jeannette Sirois is a queer visual artist based on Salt Spring Island whose work focuses on representation, identity, and visibility. Sirois has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions across Vancouver Island and on the Lower Mainland. She holds a diploma in Design, a Bachelors of Fine Arts, and a Masters of Education in Visual Arts. Beyond her own individual artistic practice, Sirois also mentors visual arts students and collaborates with emerging artists and curators on exhibitions intended to foster dialogue and connection. At the Table | The Architecture of Control is a portrait-based exhibition highlighting the lived experiences, identities, and truths of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, and examining the structures and systems that have regulated and defined trans and queer lives.
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to rehome one of Evelyn’s luscious landscapes or charismatic creatures.
Opening Reception June 5 – 5pm-8pm. Show runs to July 4
to June 17th. Inspired by the people who have said to Coralie Swaney “I’d love to see inside your head”, Thinking Out Loud melds portraiture with still life painting and explores the notion of the observer being able to look inside the mind of the subject. Whether illuminating simple thoughts, memories, fleeting notions, or a full-blown obsession, all portraits represent a reprieve from a world fraught with angst and tribulation. Also included are a family of sculpted characters, members of a fictional book club, with the interactions between these characters exposed and explored. An exhibition in Joe’s Lounge, on display May 28 – June 17th. Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 30, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
to June 21st. A multi-media exhibition curated by Kamala Todd that opens space for the in-between, sharing expansive cosmologies that blur binaries, uphold radical kinship, and question the idea of what a monster truly is. With works expressing cultural knowledge and practices that are rooted in the interconnected world, featured artists include Senaqwila Wyss (Squamish Nation), Siobhan Joseph (Squamish Nation), Bracken Hanuse Corlett (Wuikinuxv and Klahoose Nations), Savanna Todd (Métis-Cree), and Candace Campo (Sechelt Nation). An exhibition on display in the Eve Smart Gallery May 28th – June 21st, 2026. Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday May 30th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
to June 21st. At the Table | The Architecture of Control is a portrait-based exhibition highlighting the lived experiences, identities, and truths of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals. Large scale hyperrealistic drawings offer complete transparency, with differing conceptions of identity, vulnerability, and strength put prominently on display. Jeannette Sirois invites viewers to step closer, engage deeply, and contemplate the importance of being seen. While each subject’s story is distinct, together they convey a shared truth, asserting that what 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals bring to the table is the same as anyone else; the right to exist authentically and without fear. In an era of increasing hostility toward 2SLGBTQ+ communities, this project provides a vital space for visibility, dialogue, and empathy, and encourages reflection on the systems that determine who is seen, heard, and valued. An exhibition on display in the Main Gallery May 28 – June 21. Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 30, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 30th, 2pm – 4pm for the Opening Reception of our newest exhibitions. All are welcome!
In the Main Gallery, Jeannette Sirois’ At the Table | The Architecture of Control highlights the lived experiences, identities, and truths of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals. In the Eve Smart Gallery, kin-between: monsters/beasts/relations opens space for the in-between, sharing expansive cosmologies that blur binaries, uphold radical kinship, and question the idea of what a monster truly is. Curated by Kamala Todd, kin-between: monsters/beasts/relations features the work of Senaqwila Wyss (Squamish Nation), Siobhan Joseph (Squamish Nation), Bracken Hanuse Corlett (Wuikinuxv and Klahoose Nations), Savanna Todd (Métis-Cree), and Candace Campo (Sechelt Nation). In Joe’s Lounge, Thinking Out Loud by Coralie Swaney melds portraiture with still life painting and explores the notion of the observer being able to look inside the mind of the subject.
