Saturdays to June 24. Join exhibiting artist:
June 10 – 1pm; Cindy Riach for a portrait demo in oils. There will be a live model and Cindy will be taking questions.
June 18 – 2pm; Meet Brian Baxter to learn more about his artwork and ask questions.
June 24 – 12pm – Join exhibiting artist troch for a one-hour talk on current alternative darkroom techniques, including lumen printing, lith printing and the chromoskedasic sabattier process. There will be time for questions too!
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.
Saturdays to June 24. Join exhibiting artist:
June 10 – 1pm; Cindy Riach for a portrait demo in oils. There will be a live model and Cindy will be taking questions.
June 18 – 2pm; Meet Brian Baxter to learn more about his artwork and ask questions.
June 24 – 12pm – Join exhibiting artist troch for a one-hour talk on current alternative darkroom techniques, including lumen printing, lith printing and the chromoskedasic sabattier process. There will be time for questions too!
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.
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’.
Time to start getting your Present Tense submission ready! Our popular annual members’ exhibition, previously held in December, will be June 27th – July 28th in 2024. Drop off your artwork June 20th – 23rd, 11am – 4pm.
All GPAG members are invited to submit one piece of artwork in any medium for display in Present Tense. This year we have moved the exhibition to our busiest season in order to generate more exposure and sales opportunities for our participating artists. We are also partnering with Gibsons OceanFest to introduce an optional theme of celebrating the sea, and with Coast Cultural Alliance’s Purple Banner Tour to highlight participating artists. Find all necessary information, guidelines, and entry forms 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.
In her 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. Rogers has lived on Pender Island, part of the traditional lands of the Tsawout First Nation, since 1999. In her practice she draws on past academic studies as well as on new research into related contemporary issues. Rogers holds a B.A. in Anthropology from Trent University and an A.F.A in Textile Arts from Capilano University. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions in British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Washington, and in travelling exhibitions across Canada.
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, May 4th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
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.
In her exhibition in the Main Gallery Ines Tancré uses photography to question the reality and truth of what we see. Born and raised in Germany, Tancré now lives and works on the Sunshine Coast. After gaining a PhD in Linguistics and Philosophy Tancré worked in a variety of fields during postings in Iran, Sierra Leone, Canada, Norway, Egypt, Germany, Italy, USA and Austria. As co-founder of the German American Artists she represented the group in Europe until coming to Canada in 2010. She has exhibited her work in solo exhibitions in Canada, Monaco, Germany, and America and has participated in group exhibitions in Canada, America, and Germany.
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, May 4th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
to May 26. This exhibition by Ines Tancré in the Main Gallery uses photography to question the reality and truth of what we see. Tancré’s work communicates the link between thinking and feeling, between knowing and guessing, between appearance and the beyond. Some of the images deal with change and fleetingness, others aim at interpreting a story behind the surface. Adding or eliminating features to or from the original images in Tancré’s photographs creates multiple layers of meaning and includes the viewer in a process meant to challenge the habitual. The repetitive filtering to allow for minimalist artistic representation on the one hand and allowing for the creation of a bridge for storytelling on the other represents a duality in Tancré’s work that is and has been an ongoing challenge.
to Apr 28. “Seeing the Unseen” in Joe’s Lounge merges the elements often overlooked in nature with the artist’s imaginative faculties to create vivid storytelling. Sirota’s work begins with a thorough combing of the beaches of Gibsons, searching for the perfect surface to use as a guide. Using the naturally occurring patterns and markings on rocks and driftwood, the concepts of external objects not present to the senses are dictated. Sirota’s work is equal parts nature and artistic intervention, combining the natural with the surreal without taking away from the beauty of natural objects. “Seeing the Unseen” urges the viewer to look closer, allowing themselves to fall deep into a dream-like world.
to Apr 28. Reflections by Sibeal Foyle weaves together storytelling, memory, and reflection through line, colour, and movement, navigating the figurative and abstract. Her paintings in the Main Gallery convey to the viewer our own memories and experiences of nature. Foyle’s artworks act as a bridge between our tangible reality and the intangible realm of emotions, leaving room for the viewer to interpret their own layers of meaning. Abstract expressions transcend literal representation, tapping into universal human connections to nature and creating a symphony of sensations and reflections. The timeless celebration of both shared human experience and nature’s enduring beauty is captured in Foyle’s work.
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, April 6th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Join us for the opening reception of Reflections by Sibeal Foyle on Saturday, April 6th, 2pm – 4pm.
Reflections by Sibeal Foyle weaves together storytelling, memory, and reflection through line, colour, and movement, navigating the figurative and abstract. Sibeal Foyle is an artist from Salt Spring Island. She holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of Ulster, Belfast, Ireland, and a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Calgary. Foyle was a senior instructor and Chair of the Fine Arts Faculty at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and has served on the jury or board of several arts organizations in the Lower Mainland. She has participated in solo exhibitions across the Lower Mainland and in group exhibitions in BC, Alberta, Ireland, and the United States.
to Apr 28. “Seeing the Unseen” in Joe’s Lounge merges the elements often overlooked in nature with the artist’s imaginative faculties to create vivid storytelling. Sirota’s work begins with a thorough combing of the beaches of Gibsons, searching for the perfect surface to use as a guide. Using the naturally occurring patterns and markings on rocks and driftwood, the concepts of external objects not present to the senses are dictated. Sirota’s work is equal parts nature and artistic intervention, combining the natural with the surreal without taking away from the beauty of natural objects. “Seeing the Unseen” urges the viewer to look closer, allowing themselves to fall deep into a dream-like world.
to Apr 28. Two textile artists and two poets come together in an exhibition based on mutual appreciation, one medium sparking the other to bring about a confluence of ideas and inspiration. Stories from Skins and Skirts in the Main Gallery demonstrates the myriad ways in which the artist and writer work together. Never simply a straightforward illustration where the writer writes and the artist uses their skills to respond, this collaboration takes many subtle and unexpected forms that exemplify our interpolations of each other’s creative geographies while negotiating our current time. Through mythology, narrative, figurative exploration, and abstract expression, they find themselves revisiting themes of autonomy.
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, April 6th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
