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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.

FALL FOR ART WORKSHOP | Oil and Cold Wax with Sandy Kay

Curious about how to use cold wax medium with oil paint? Join us on Thurs. Oct. 23 during our Fall for Art Workshop Series with Sandy Kay!

There is a limit of 10 participants, so register now to save your seat! You will leave with your very own painting of a snowy winter forest and confidence in the techniques. This workshop will introduce techniques in tools, glazing, solvent reduction, lifework, and working in a limited palette, and is for painters of all levels, from beginners to advanced. Cost: $165, 10% discount for GPAG Members. Find more info and register online via EventBrite.

GPAG: FALL FOR ART | Watercolour & Ink with Bruce Edwards

As part of our Fall for Art Workshop Series, join us on Sunday Oct. 26 for a one-day intensive watercolour & ink workshop with experienced artist and educator Bruce Edwards.

An exploration of colour and design, this one-day intensive workshop will employ the use of watercolour and ink pen to develop strong images, suitable for journal entries, card design and framable art. There is a maxiumin of 15 participants, so register soon! Cost: $165, 10% discount for GPAG Members. Find more info and register online via EventBrite.

GPAG: ART FOR ALL Pro-D Day

Looking for something to do on the Oct. 24th Pro-D Day? Join us for drop in creation stations with a variety of activities for kids of all ages to enjoy. We’ll be offering collage, origami, weaving, drawing, and more. Come try out a new craft with all the supplies you need already provided; and with no mess in your own home!

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is not required and entrance is by donation.

Art Exhibition: SC Arts Centre – Lori Goldberg

to Nov 8th. The exhibition “Poetics of the Discarded” is a series of paintings and multi-media installations that explore the relationship between material consumption and natural existence, breathing new life into abandoned objects and daily waste by intertwining them with natural elements like forests, rivers, mountains, and oceans.

Art Exhibition: SC Arts Centre – Eldon Underhill

to Nov 8th. The exhibition “Unseen Forces” is a series of paintings that reflect the idea of the unseen forces that often serve as unconscious catalysts to the creative process when working in the abstract, using a mix of standard, non-standard, and recycled substrates including canvas, upholstery fabric, burlap and construction building paper, as a reflection of the artist’s anxieties about the non-sustainable practices involved in the fine art industry.

GPAG: Artist Talk with Tiko Kerr

Join exhibiting artist Tiko Kerr to learn more about his passionate creative process and practice. This very special event is free but seating is limited; please RSVP online via EventBrite to reserve your spot.

Art Exhibition: GPAG – When it Breaks, Let it Shatter | Megan Dewar

to Sept 14th in Joe’s Lounge. Megan Dewar (she/her) is a disabled mosaic artist and settler living on Shíshálh territory. The practice of mosaic allows Dewar to sit with broken things and consider how she relates to them, and how they are related to the transformation she dreams about embedded in disability justice. She is continually grateful for the lessons the practice of mosaic holds about expression, identity, subversion, and interdependence. When it Breaks, Let it Shatter engages in the idea of breakage as a catalyst for acceptance, growth, authenticity; and away from the ideas of breakage requiring fixing or disposing.

When it is the barriers, systems of oppression, and stigmas that break, let them shatter.

Opening Reception | Tiko Kerr

Join us for the Opening Reception of Motion Pictures by Tiko Kerr in the Main Gallery!

Tiko Kerr is a Vancouver based artist who has been developing his artistic process since the early 1980s. His work invites the viewer to engage, interpret, and find resonance within their own subjective experiences. Kerr’s exhibition Motion Pictures features collaged hybrids of painting, relief, and sculpture. Mirroring the way in which we view the veracity of socio-political issues and the accuracy of what we see or hear, what we believe becomes the product of our viewing position.

All are welcome.

GPAG: Opening Reception | Myron Jones

Join us for the Opening Reception of Toward the Light by Myron Jones on Saturday August 23rd 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!

Myron Jones is a local artist who grew up in rural southern Ontario, where he developed a natural connection to the landscapes around him, an impression and influence that has remained an integral part of his practice throughout his career as an artist. In his work Myron Jones distills the core elements of the countryside or seaside around him, carefully constructing landscapes with an emphasis on form, simplicity, minimalism occasionally bordering on abstraction, and the visual effects of light and weather.

Art Exhibition: GPAG – MYRON JONES | Toward the Light

Minimalist and representational landscapes in the Eve Smart Gallery based on the local coastline and other areas abroad span a period of years, highlighting the development of a style and a variety of interpretations of place and the coastal landscape. Watercolours, fine lines, and carefully chosen colours lend themselves to the visual effects of light and weather on the landscapes captured.

Join us for the Opening Reception on Sat. Aug. 23rd, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!

Art Exhibition: GPAG – TIKO KERR | Motion Pictures

Kerr’s work is concerned with perception; how we individually interpret the world that we see, and how the relations between space, colour, form, and line can give us insight into the psychological landscape of the 21st Century Western World. Kerr incises paper with scissors before applying colours, abstract shapes, and expressionistic action, creating compositions layered into successive sheets of plexiglass; these improvisational hybrids of painting, relief, and sculpture act as windows into our contemporary moment activated by movement into ever-changing systems where some shapes appear while others vanish, or are hidden by limitations, obstacles, and shadows. An exhibition in the Main Gallery.

Join us for the Opening Reception on Sat. Aug 23rd, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!

Art Exhibition: GPAG – BILL LOWE | Formations of Thought (mixed media)

to Aug 17th. Bill Lowe’s work celebrates the bold interplay of color and form, inviting viewers into a vibrant visual experience. His paintings range from expressive compositions filled with energetic marks and movement to more structured pieces where outlined geometric shapes emerge over dynamic, textured backgrounds. Lowe’s work is a celebration of vivid colours and dynamic forms, expressed in a rich tapestry of circles, arcs, and lines. In his abstract paintings, these elements intersect and overlap, creating an infusion of motion and depth that invites the viewer to explore a world beyond concrete imagery. His approach is intuitive and spontaneous, allowing colour and form to guide the creative process. An exhibition in Joe’s Lounge on display until August 17th.

GPAG: FREE ART DEMO | Teryl Mullock

Teryl Mullock will demonstrate an innovative method of making mixed media art that is informed by process and discovery. He will demonstrate techniques, explore the properties of materials that he normally uses, and will quickly touch on how and why he developed this way of working. All are welcome to join us!

Art Exhibition: GPAG Eve Smart Gallery – THE ARTISTS OF CHRISTENSON VILLAGE

to Aug 17th. This exhibition in the Eve Smart Gallery features the work of Annette Bob, Irene Brougham, Shirley Fortin, Sheila Graham, Ann Helfer, Janet Irwin, Robert MacDonald, and Helene McIntosh. The artists of Christenson Village are a group of creative Gibsons residents living at Good Samaritan Christenson Village which offers seniors multiple levels of support based on their unique abilities and needs. Art instruction for residents is offered by volunteers and staff, including the curators of this unique exhibition, Makiko Kitama and Bruce Devereau.

Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday July 26th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!

Art Exhibition: GPAG – TERYL MULLOCK | Transformed By Water

An essential element for life, exerting an unavoidable pull on our consciousness, this exhibition in the Main Gallery explores the transformative power of water. Following years of process based experimentation on themes of fluidity, lightness and transparency, Mullock has learned to use water as the defining element in his work; delivering pigment and colour, depositing traces, marks, textures, and manifesting the physical properties of the various surfaces which it touches. Through abstraction, the resulting work recalls imagery found in the natural world. Impressions of landscape, ocean, organisms and minerals, all in the process of becoming, combine with sensations of being suspended, floating, and in motion.

Join us at the Opening Reception on Sat July 26, 2 – 4. All are welcome!

GPAG: Exploring Layering in Abstract Acrylic Painting with Artist Sheri Peters

Experiment with creating layers, collage, and a variety of mixed media in a process of adding and subtracting while following your intuitive voice and nurturing creative freedom in this two-session workshop on Sept. 24th and Oct. 1st, 1pm – 4pm both days.

Practice a variety of techniques, such as making tissue papers with acrylic ink and paint; working in layers with pastel, pencil, collage and paint to create depth; using glazing gloss medium to create translucent layers; the process of adding and subtracting; working with under paintings, light, focal point and intuition to create something unique; and gaining confidence using stencils and working in layers. Tickets: $110, with a 10% discount for GPAG Members; plus supply fee payable to instructor. Max capacity: 12 people.

PRESENT TENSE 2025 | GPAG Members’ Exhibition

to July 20th. Our annual Members’ Exhibition, Present Tense, is on display June 26 – July 20! Present Tense first began with GPAG’s inception in 2003, and twenty-two years later we continue to invite all member artists, makers, and creatives to exhibit their work here as a fundraiser for local artists and for GPAG. This year we have over 140 submissions in all different styles and mediums, meaning there truly is something for everyone! Featuring paintings, drawings, prints, pottery, photography, textiles, sculpture, wood working, multi-media works, and much more, Present Tense highlights the creativity, originality, and vibrancy of our local arts community. And, keep an eye out for Purple Banner Studio Tour participants!

Join us for the Opening Reception on Sat. June 28th 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!

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