Create your own unique holiday cards in this fun, beginner-friendly block printing workshop! Using simple designs and ink pads, you’ll learn the basics of carving and printing to make festive, hand-crafted cards.
Perfect for those looking to explore their creativity this holiday season—no experience necessary! For participants (16+), but 13+ can attend with a parent or guardian.
Free/$30 (Member/Non-member), Registration Required, Max 12 students.
to Oct 5th. The exhibition “No” is an experimental commentary on work and what it means in our society, using a slow-paced video of a woman typing, as well as displaying props from the video, to invite viewers to reflect on their own relationship with work.
to Oct 5th. The exhibition “Carefully Gathered” brings together artists on the Sunshine Coast and asks them to respond to the themes of gathering and care with their work. This work is then combined with mixed media fieldnotes and academic research, and aims to share knowledge in untraditional ways.
Nurturing Growth is pod and cocoon inspired artwork that celebrates the intricate and fascinating structures that nature creates to protect and nourish life within them. From the hard shells of seed pods, acorns, and pine cones to the soft and silky cocoons of insects, these structures are not only functional, but also beautiful and inspirational.
“I essentially draw and paint with thread, using the needle as my pencil, and the fabric as my canvas. My artwork has always had sculptural elements, using fabrics and stabilizers to create 3D art. Currently I employ techniques to sculpt using only stitched thread.”
The Hackett Park Artisan Fair is an annual gathering of local and regional vendors. The Fair has been an annual tradition on the Coast for 35 years, and attracts close to 5000 visitors seeking to discover the creations of artisans who are jury selected based on craftsmanship, originality, and the unique items they have to offer for sale. In keeping with our ongoing tradition, the fair will coincide with the popular Festival of the Written Arts. We will have a large variety of artisans, artists, and food vendors!
This year will also feature live music in Hackett Park’s amphitheatre, hosted in conjunction with Rogue Fest!
The entrances to the Fair are located at the corner of Trail Ave. and Medusa as well as Trail Ave. and Dolphin St. in Sechelt. Admission is by donation.
June 22 – August 18, 2024
Marney-Rose Edge
Strength & Fragility
Reception + Artist Talk: SATURDAY, June 22nd at 5pm
This exhibition explores the fragility found in nature specifically represented by the nests of birds, captured in charcoal and cold wax. Nests are built to house the most precious and fragile objects, their eggs. There is nothing more fragile than new life and time is short for the birth to happen and the survival of their young for the species to continue. Some nests are extreme in the lack of materials used. Possibly a few strands of grass or sticks that defy the very word of protection for the egg laid.
July 16–19, 2024 | Tuesday – Friday | 10AM – 3PM
Cost: $200/$250 (Member/Non-Member)
Ages: 8-13, Max 12 participants
Instructor: Linda May Henri
In this camp, kids will experiment with papermaking, printing, collage and other fun techniques, and work towards a completed book project. Participants will learn and make art in our beautiful studio for most of the day, with breaks outdoors exploring the natural spaces near the Arts Centre. Camp runs 10:00 – 3:00 each day, with a break provided for lunch. Participants must bring their own lunch and a water bottle!
Sunday June 9th, 2024 1PM – 4PM
With Barbara Adler
Maximum 15 participants
*Pre-registration helps us plan and secures your spot, but it is NOT required.
Sunday June 16th, 2024 1PM – 4PM
With Jenna Vallee
Maximum 12 participants
*Pre-registration helps us plan and secures your spot, but it is NOT required.
“Brown uses her base figure to consider individual expressions of cultural forces. Brown’s work is an inside look at how children born twenty years apart collectively remember their mother. It demonstrates how we construct stories about each other, focused on one of the most critical relationships in our lives, our relationship with our mothers.”
In the visual artworks, Brown takes a very different approach to memory, focusing on the richness of texture and colour of some experiences seen in the rearview mirror of memory.
July 23– 26, 2024 | Monday – Thursday | 10AM – 3PM
Cost: $200/$250 (Member/Non-Member)
Ages: 8-13, Max 12 participants
Instructor: Ali Casey
In this camp, participants will have a chance to explore different materials and creative processes. From collage and sculpture to working with fibre and other materials, youth will play, experiment and learn. Participants will learn and make art in our beautiful studio for most of the day, with breaks outdoors exploring the natural spaces near the Arts Centre. Camp runs 10:00 – 3:00 each day, with a break provided for lunch. Participants must bring their own lunch and a water bottle!
Woodcut-Intaglio Printmaking Workshop with Brigitte Potter-Mael
Dates: October 8/9, 2022
Time: Saturday/Sunday10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $200/$240 (Members/Non-Members)
Max 6 students
In a two-day intensive workshop, Brigitte will guide participants through each and every step of her unique process. Beginning with preparing the wooden matrix, to applying inks in an intaglio fashion, to pulling prints, participants must have some printmaking experience, and must bring their own carving/wood-cutting tools.
If you have any questions please call us at 604-885-5412 or email us at info@sunshinecoastartscouncil.com
September 18; October 16; November 27
Sundays, 1-4pm, in the gallery
FREE
Join us for this monthly drop-in session, exploring visible mending techniques with instructor Catherine Nicholls.
Mending can be so much more than just patching a hole! Mending Matters will introduce participants to the simple, practical skills required to repair textiles and how to turn those simple stitches into an art form that is both decorative and functional. Participants are encouraged to bring along a favourite clean piece of clothing or household textile they would like to mend.
September 18; October 16; November 27
Sundays, 1-4pm, in the gallery
FREE
Join us for this monthly drop-in session, exploring visible mending techniques with instructor Catherine Nicholls.
Mending can be so much more than just patching a hole! Mending Matters will introduce participants to the simple, practical skills required to repair textiles and how to turn those simple stitches into an art form that is both decorative and functional. Participants are encouraged to bring along a favourite clean piece of clothing or household textile they would like to mend.
The Hackett Park Artisan Fair is an annual gathering of local and regional vendors. The Fair has been an annual tradition on the Coast for 34 years, and attracts close to 5000 visitors seeking to discover the creations of artisans who are jury selected based on talent, originality, and the unique items they have to offer for sale. In keeping with our ongoing tradition, the fair will coincide with the popular Festival of the Written Arts (August 11th-14th, 2022, celebrating 40 years!)
This year’s Fair will take place in the lower field of Hackett Park and at the Arts Centre.
We will have live musicians in Hackett Park’s new amphitheatre and fun activities at the Arts Centre. There will be a large variety of artisans, artists, entertainers, and food vendors!
Entrance by donation!
July 6– 8, 2022 | Wednesday – Friday; 10 – 3pm
Ages: 8-13, Max 12 participants
Cost: $140/$180 (Member/Non-Member)
Instructor: Bruce Edwards
This year we are delighted to offer 3 kid’s summer workshops, each combining art making with outdoor exploration. In the morning participants learn to weave, collage or paint led by a senior artist/teacher. In the afternoon, walks and discussions take over as we explore natural spaces near the Art Centre. Workshops run 10:00 – 3:00 each day, with a break provided for lunch. Participants must bring their own lunch, a water bottle and a mask if needed for any indoor activities.
July 6– 8, 2022 | Wednesday – Friday; 10 – 3pm
Ages: 8-13, Max 12 participants
Cost: $140/$180 (Member/Non-Member)
Instructor: Bruce Edwards
This year we are delighted to offer 3 kid’s summer workshops, each combining art making with outdoor exploration. In the morning participants learn to weave, collage or paint led by a senior artist/teacher. In the afternoon, walks and discussions take over as we explore natural spaces near the Art Centre. Workshops run 10:00 – 3:00 each day, with a break provided for lunch. Participants must bring their own lunch, a water bottle and a mask if needed for any indoor activities.
July 13– 15, 2022 | Wednesday – Friday; 10 – 3pm
Ages: 8-13, Max 12 participants
Cost: $140/$180 (Member/Non-Member)
Instructor: Ali Casey
This year we are delighted to offer 3 kid’s summer workshops, each combining art making with outdoor exploration. In the morning participants learn to weave, collage or paint led by a senior artist/teacher. In the afternoon, walks and discussions take over as we explore natural spaces near the Art Centre. Workshops run 10:00 – 3:00 each day, with a break provided for lunch. Participants must bring their own lunch, a water bottle and a mask if needed for any indoor activities.
