to Mar 31. Artists and Writers needed to collaborate together for Art & Words Festival 2025 at Gibsons Public Market, August 22-24. Visual artists, such as painters and photographers will be paired with writers to create original works of art and literature. They will be displayed together in the Atrium of the Market. The teams will do a brief interview in the Coastal Room about their cooperative process, and do a few hours of volunteer work during the Festival.
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Suncoast Woodcrafters Guild November Program and Meeting
WOOD FROM A CABINETMAKER’S PERSPECTIVE
Presented by Frank Rodgers
In his 60-minute presentation, Frank will discuss cell types, wood and water, drying, hardwoods and softwoods, and dimensional change.
A break to social with Guild members and a monthly business meeting will follow the program.
Guests are welcome.
RC Community Hall: 55th Annual Christmas Craft Fair
It’s that time of year again to come out and check out local wares and get your holiday shopping done early at the Coast’s BIGGEST Christmas Craft Fair! Something for everyone!
30+ vendors with handmade crafts, wares and treats!
Hot food from Mamma Musey Pierogies and Semir’s Hot Dog Cart plus bake sale!
November 22-24
Friday 4-8pm
Saturday/Sunday 10am-4pm
Roberts Creek Community Hall
$2 admission
Door Prizes
Volunteers needed! Sign up at volunteersignup.org/LBHCK
Bake sale donations welcome!
Please contact hallmanager@robertscreekcommunity.ca if interested!
Happy Holidays!
We are no longer accepting vendor applications so please do not send in vendor fees to anyone offering! Sorry for any spam inconvenience!
Suncoast Woodcrafters Guild October Program and Meeting
This month’s program is ‘The Table Saw: Most Dangerous Tool in the Workshop’. The program will give a full overview of setting up a table saw properly, and cover dozens of details about operating this machine correctly and safely to help you learn and obey safe practices that will stay with you forever and help protect you from harm. Guests are welcome.
GPAG: Meet the Artist | DAVID MARTINELLO
Join us for the Opening Reception of David Martinello’s exhibition Conversing Gestures on Saturday, Sept. 28th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
Featuring abstract wood sculptures and prints combined with gestural markings, David Martinello’s exhibition in the Main Gallery highlights the beauty of wood, its intrinsic characteristics, and its role as a connective node to the environment. David Martinello is an artist from Mill Bay, Vancouver Island, who works with a variety of different techniques and mediums. Working with a multi-disciplinary approach along with conventional manipulations of wood Martinello discerns insights into the essence of the material. He explores its intrinsic properties, highlighting aspects of the medium that are often taken for granted or overlooked.
GPAG: Art Exhibition – DAVID MARTINELLO | Conversing Gestures
to Oct 27th. Featuring abstract wood sculptures and prints combined with gestural markings, this exhibition by David Martinello in the Main Gallery highlights the beauty of wood, its intrinsic characteristics, and its role as a connective node to the environment. The contemplation of wood as an artistic material, and the engagement with the unique and whimsical aspects of its character, allows us to naturally develop an increased appreciation for the world around us and for what it provides.
If you would like to learn more about Martinello’s woodblock printing process, join us on September 26th for a hands-on workshop from 2pm – 3pm. Entry by donation, no preregistration required.
Join us for the Opening Reception of this exhibition on Saturday, September 28th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome!
GPAG: Natural Woodblock Printing Workshop with David Martinello
Entry to this event is by donation and it is open to all, no preregistration required. Join us for this fun, hands on workshop with exhibiting artist David Martinello!
Inspired by the prints in his exhibition Conversing Gestures, participants will make rubbings of a woodblock with raised grain, which will be the foundation for a gestural response. The exercise will be framed with an assessment of the cedar, to discuss its importance to Indigenous peoples and ask participants to consider the legacy of the wood by describing the path taken for the woodblock to be in their hands. We’ll engage with the nature of wood to create art and connections to the landscape.
Present Tense 2024 | Opening Reception
Join us for the opening reception of Present Tense on Saturday, June 29th, 2pm – 4pm. All are welcome to attend to help us celebrate the participating artists and the creativity in our community!
Present Tense is a popular annual exhibition running June 27th – July 28th. All GPAG members have been invited to submit one piece of art in any medium or theme, including paintings, photographs, drawings, prints, mixed media, sculpture, fibre arts, wood work, and more! In addition to Present Tense in the Main Gallery and Eve Smart Gallery, artists have also been invited to submit up to six pieces of artwork to our Members’ Tiny Exhibition in Joe’s Lounge. Come check out both Present Tense and the Members’ Tiny Exhibition during the opening reception on the 29th!
Suncoast Woodcrafters Guild September Program and Meeting: Boxes, Bowls and Plates
Four Guild members will present some of the projects they’ve been working on this summer. The story of each project will reveal how they enjoy the process of producing artful, functional objects.
If you have a passion for woodworking or wood crafting, regardless of skill level, check us out. New and prospective members are welcome and encouraged.
Printmaking Workshop with Brigitte Potter-Mael
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
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