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Art Exhibition: GPAG – Yeonmi Kim | Sai
to Nov 22nd. Sai is a Korean word that describes a state of being existing between time, space, and relationships. It encompasses coexistence, interconnections, process, and the present as a constantly moving energy. This series documents Kim’s journey as an immigrant, reflecting the sense of disconnection experienced as a stranger in an unfamiliar place, cultural transition, and inner reflection.
Created with limited colours and simple lines, Kim’s illustrated diary distills her thoughts, emotions, and everyday experiences into a form of visual poetry. Presented for the first time in this exhibition, the diary series is reinterpreted through different materials, including paper, wood, and fabric. By translating the same images into these distinct mediums, Kim explores how their inherent material qualities and characteristics transform the images, opening up new visual possibilities and interpretations. While rooted in her own personal experiences, Sai touches on feelings and struggles that many of us share. Uncertainty, loneliness, impermanence, and the longing to belong are part of the human experience, especially in a world that is constantly changing. Through these works, viewers are invited to pause and reflect on their own sense of identity, their capacity to find their way through difficult times, and their search for belonging.
An exhibition on display in the Main Gallery Oct. 29th – Nov. 22nd. Join us for an Opening Reception on Saturday, October. 31st, 2pm – 4pm; and for a free workshop on Nov. 14th, 2pm – 3pm. Find more info and register for the workshop online. All are welcome!
Art Exhibition: GPAG – Deb Willis | Khutzeymateen Shoreline Inhabitants
to Nov 22nd. The Khutzeymateen Valley is Canada’s only grizzly bear sanctuary and the home of one of British Columbia’s most important populations of grizzly bears. Located on the northwest coast of BC, the Khutzeymateen is a stunning land of dense Sitka spruce rainforest, fjords, and high, rugged mountains. Created in 1992 after threats of logging and subsequent lobbying by environmentalists, the Khutzeymateen Park is a pristine wilderness that is home to a minimum of sixty grizzlies, perhaps the largest concentration of grizzlies on the entire BC coast; as well as to black bears, wolverines, wolves, mountain goats, otters, whales, and more. In 2024 Deb Willis travelled by float plane, and then by boat, to the Khutzeymateen Park, approximately 45km northeast of Prince Rupert. She then travelled on a small inflatable boat with seven other passengers and their guide into the southeastern end of the Khutzeymateen inlet to observe grizzlies on the shore as they moved through their daily lives eating, playing, sleeping, and mating at close range.
Grizzly bears are often portrayed in the media as aggressive, man-hunting, fear inspiring animals; these bears, however, present a completely different view. There are only two commercial operators allowed into the sanctuary, and visitation is strictly regulated in order to protect the park and its wildlife. The grizzlies in the Khutzeymateen Sanctuary have never had a negative interaction with a human, and they ignored the visitors’ presence completely, focusing instead on their usual daily activities. Through her artwork, Willis portrays these majestic animals in a new light, and raises awareness of how important it is to set aside lands where these animals can live without human conflict.
An exhibition on display in Joe’s Lounge Oct. 29th – Nov. 22nd. Join us for an Opening Reception on Saturday, October. 31st, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
GPAG Opening Reception | Yeonmi Kim, Charles Keillor, Deb Willis
Join us at the Opening Reception of our newest exhibitions by Yeonmi Kim, Charles Keillor, and Deb Willis on Saturday, October 31st, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
In the Main Gallery, Yeonmi Kim’s illustrated diary is transformed into an exhibition grappling with personal identity, reflecting on the sense of disconnection experienced as a stranger in an unfamiliar place, cultural transition, and inner reflection.
In the Eve Smart Gallery, Charles Keillor’s monochromatic graphite drawings explore the relationship between human habitats and the immediate natural world; as well as the connections between modes of transportation and infrastructure, architecture, lifestyle, the economy, and the environment.
In Joe’s Lounge, Deb Willis shares her experience travelling deep inside Canada’s only grizzly bear sanctuary, the Khutzeymateen Park north of Prince Rupert. Often portrayed as aggressive man-hunting animals, Willis sheds a new light, raising awareness of how important it is to set aside lands where these animals can live without human conflict.
GPAG: Oil & Cold Wax Workshop | Kathy McKnight
Curious about how to use cold wax medium with oil paint? Join us on Tues. Oct. 6th, 10AM – 4PM, with exhibiting artist Kathy McKnight! There is a limit of 12 participants, so register now to save your seat!
Kathy’s style is abstract impressionism using oil mixed with cold wax medium for the unique effects it creates. She develops her paintings intuitively, with multiple layers utilizing the translucency of the oil & wax mixture. This style of painting brings complexity and depth to the work with visual and physical textures that she finds reminiscent of the natural world. In this one-day hands-on class Kathy will demonstrate the tools, and various techniques including solvent reduction and glazing, while you work along throughout the day in stages using the same materials and tools. You’ll leave the day with your own painting and an understanding of why cold wax medium is popular with so many artists. Painters of all levels, from beginners to advanced welcome! Find more information and register online via EventBrite.
GPAG: Oil & Cold Wax Workshop | Sandy Kay
Curious about how to use cold wax medium with oil paint? Join us on Tues. Oct. 13th, 10AM – 4PM, with exhibiting artist Sandy Kay! If you missed our last workshop with Sandy Kay, here’s another chance to experience this amazing way to paint with minimum commitment and maximum fun. There is a limit of 12 participants, so register now to save your seat!
Sandy’s paintings are informed by her emotional response to the natural world of forest and sea. She strives to create a feeling rather than a picture, to evoke a deeper emotional response in the viewer. In this one-day hands-on class artist Sandy Kay will demonstrate using the tools, how to blend, mix and layer the paints using cold wax medium, and why it’s a most intriguing, joyful (and easy) way to paint! Sandy will demonstrate in stages while you try this method throughout the day using the same materials and tools. You will leave with your own original fall-themed painting and confidence creating your artwork. This workshop will introduce her latest techniques in tools, glazing, solvent reduction, lifework, and working in a limited palette, and is for painters of all levels, from beginners to advanced. Find more information and register online via EventBrite.
Art Exhibition: GPAG – NADINA TANDY | Monopoly
to Oct 25th. In fragments of memories, curiosities and dreams, Nadina Tandy’s new work “Monopoly” invites us to travel into new worlds. Worlds made of mythologies and maps, and specimens and memories, gathered joyfully together on paper and sculpture. Collage becomes storytelling – disorienting stories, humorous ones, strange collections – wunderkammer – a glimpse into wonder. An exhibition on display in Joe’s Lounge from September 18th – October 25th, 2026.
Vancouver-born Nadina Tandy (1962) has extensive experience in varied aspects of art and culture, since 1988. She earned a Fine Arts diploma from Langara College (Vancouver) and studied drawing and painting at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (Vancouver). She also completed photography certificate studies at Concordia University (Montreal). Tandy has a broad exhibition history and her works are part of private and public collections throughout North America and Europe. Her work has been featured in print and on television and radio and she has also produced artwork for several book covers. She has produced and hosted cable TV shows and various info spots for CBC Television. She lives and works on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, September 26th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
GPAG: ART FOR ALL | Pro-D Day Creation Stations
Join us on Tuesday, September 8th, 10am – 2pm for drop in creation stations with a variety of activities for kids of all ages! Plus, from 12pm – 2pm, we’ll be hosting a special checkerboard cedar mat weaving station with Red Cedar Woman. Try out some new crafts, including cedar weaving, beading, origami, collage, and more.
Entrance by donation, young children must be accompanied by an adult. No pre-registration required for this event. We hope you will join us!
Art Exhibition: GPAG – MINDY HEMSTALK | The Impossibility of Beauty
to Sept 27th. In The Impossibility of Beauty, Mindy Hemstalk gathers driftwood, broken ceramic fragments, and unaltered natural materials from the traditional, unceded, and ancestral territories of the shíshálh Nation, assembling them into shrine‑like forms that honour the wild intelligence of the land. These works emerge from an intense personal journey of rupture and rebirth, shaped by the realization that the dominant cultural definitions of beauty rooted in colonial and patriarchal paradoxes are impossible by design; demanding women be sovereign yet caged, expressive yet silent, sensual yet contained.
An exhibition on display in Joe’s Lounge. Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, August 29th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
GPAG: FIGUEIRA, CHATAIN, HEMSTALK | Opening Receptions
Join us for the Opening Reception of our three newest exhibitions by Filipe Figueira, Solène Chatain, and Mindy Hemstalk on Saturday August 29th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
In the Main Gallery, Filipe Figueira’s exhibition In Positive Space features abstract landscapes celebrating the wild beauty, joy, and passion of the Pacific coast. In the Eve Smart Gallery, Solène Chatain’s exhibition Abandoned Hands features ceramic sculptures speaking to the complex relationships between human ingenuity, industry, technology, and the natural world. In Joe’s Lounge, Mindy Hemstalk’s mixed media sculptures honour the wild intelligence of the land, reassembling broken objects into new forms.
All three exhibitions are on display August 27th – September 20th. Join Filipe Figueira for an Artist Demo on Aug. 27th, 2pm – 4pm, and join Solène Chatain for an Artist Demo on Sept. 20th, 2pm – 3pm.
Art Exhibition: GPAG – SOLÈNE CHATAIN | Abandoned Hands
Exploring what we make by hand, what we build through technology, and what we leave behind, Solène Chatain’s ceramic sculptures reflect on the complex relationships between human ingenuity, industry, technology, and the natural world. Handbuilt and carved ceramic forms are combined with discarded fragments of rusted machinery gathered from beaches, forests, and industrial sites, transforming remnants of human industry into objects of contemplation. Through these sculptures, Chatain explores the tension between holding on and letting go, between progress and consequence, between the handmade and the technological.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Sat. Aug. 29th, 2pm – 4pm; and for an Artist Demo on Sun. Sept. 20th, 2pm – 3pm. All are welcome!
SC Arts Centre: Stash Swap!
Too many art supplies? Bring your extras to Stash Swap!
REDUCE WASTE * MAKE SPACE * BUILD COMMUNITY
If you’re a maker, you’ve got art supply Stash. Some of it you’re definitely going to use, and some of it just takes up space while taunting you and your best, inspired intentions.
Bring that Stash you’ll never use, and give it a new life
Discover new-to-you Stash for free or affordable prices
Make space in your studio
Foster a circular economy and our creative community
All are welcome to attend.
Please register to reserve table space for your Stash.
GPAG: OPENING RECEPTION | Jeannette Sirois, Kamala Todd et al., Coralie Swaney
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.
Davis Bay Hall: Kiddo Club Family Rave with Karl Kirk
A high-energy daytime dance party for kids and their grownups. This interactive show takes classic nursery rhymes and turns them into fun, family-friendly EDM tracks made for dancing, clapping, jumping, and singing along.
This is a party for the whole family, with simple dance moves, crowd chants, glow moments, and big joyful energy from start to finish.
Perfect for kids ages and parents who want something fun, active, and a little different.
Doors open: 2:00 PM
Show: 2:30–3:30 PM
Tickets: Kids $12 • Adults $10
Show: 2:30–3:30 PM
Tickets: Kids $12 • Adults $10