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PR – Art Exhibition: The Art of Roy Schneider: Life Cycles
On view to Feb 25th. Official opening POSTPONED (TBA) Vancouver Island University- Powell River Campus. Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm. CLOSED WEEKENDS. The paintings in this show cover a period of four years. They are the result of prolonged isolation in the deep wilderness and a lifelong study of Canadian landscape painting by qathet region artist Roy Schneider www.studioschneider.ca with 10 paintings for sale. Details here
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Botanical Gardens Winter Hours
Winter hours Fri-Mon, 11am-4pm. (Closed Tues, Wed, Thur) Covid-19 safety protocols in place. Check website for any changes. Admission is free for members; suggested $5 donation for non-members. Paths are for human walkers! Neither bicycles nor dogs are allowed. Service animals are always welcome
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Artist Exhibition: Dialogue with Jennifer Love & Kim LaFave
Jan 4-30. Both find much inspiration in the world of boats and harbours, as well as the use of text and numbers as design elements and as communication. Complex layers of paint, paper and fabric reorganize, magnify, fracture or obliterate shapes, words and numbers — creating and uncovering new meaning. The ordered worlds of boats and harbours, letterforms and numbers become unpredictable and surprising.
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Art Exhibition: Mieke Jay ‘The Fabric of Our Lives
to Feb 6. A site-specific install in the main and Eve Smart spaces fills the entire gallery with imagery that relates to community. Textures from the metaphorical fabric of our lives, include repeated hands holding and the organic and beautiful patterns that make up the natural world.
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Building Inclusive Communities
Join a panel of community members at a series of four online events to talk about multiculturalism, diversity and equity, immigration, and building a sense of belonging in our communities in the Sea to Sky and Sunshine Coast.
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Tapworks: Monday Night Trivia in the Taproom
4 categories of 9 questions, for a total of 36 mind testing trivial queries! You and your most knowledgeable friends can form a team of up to 6 players.
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Opportunity: Daniel Kingsbury Music For Youth Endowment Fund Grants
Deadline Feb 18. Applicants may request funding assistance for opportunities such as music lessons, musical instruments, software, and/or electronic production, e.g. studio time or studio mentoring. Several grants of up to and including $500 will be offered. Open to Sunshine Coast youth ages 13 - 19 as of Dec 31, 2021 looking for financial assistance. Those who applied in the past may apply again. Applications forms are availabe that may be completed by the youth themselves OR one to be completed by…
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Elder College Spring Courses 2022
Starting on various dates. Courses will be held at St. Hilda's Church, unless otherwise noted. Our age group, 55 and up, is particularly vulnerable to COVID 19 and all protocols will be followed. See details and complete list here.
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Pender Harbour Storybook Stroll
to January 31st. Stroll through Madeira Park and read a book at the same time. Look for pages at the various locations to follow along with "We All Play" by Julie Flett, a story that reminds us of the interconnectedness of nature and the wonder of play.
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Opportunity: Call for Artists – Tiny Art Gallery
This is a free exchange (much like a tiny library); you bring in a piece of art and exchange it for one of your choosing. Donations of tiny art (without exchanging) are also welcome. The size is limited to six inches maximum and can be either 2D or 3D. Previewing now in front west window of Gibsons Public Art Gallery and open for exchange from Jan 13, 2022 onward during gallery hours. In addition, GPAG will be featuring a ‘tiny’…
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Opportunity: Beachcombers 50th Anniversary Literary & Art Contest
Deadline – June 1st (Midnight). Presented by Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society (scwes.ca) On October 1st, 2022, The Beachcombers celebrates its golden jubilee. We’re hosting a literary, cover art and colouring contest for kids to honour the show that put us on the map. Submit your original short stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, scripts, and cover artwork, and colouring for our anthology and exhibit. Written entries must contain at least one of the following themes: The Beachcombers, the coast, or…
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Opportunity: Request for Expressions of Interest – Producer for the Sechelt Arts Festival
Deadline Feb 7, 2022. The District of Sechelt (the “District”) is requesting expressions of interest from interested parties to produce the annual Sechelt Arts Festival. Individuals, organizations, and/or businesses that are interested are asked to complete and submit the Respondent Submission Package. Find the package and details here.
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Opportunity: Call for Vendors
The Sechelt Farmers and Artisans Market is seeking vendor applications for the 2022 market season beginning April, 2022. The market runs each Saturday rain or shine on Cowrie Street in Sechelt and is the largest, most well attended and most diverse public market on the Sunshine Coast. To apply visit: http://secheltmarket.com/
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Opportunities: Request for Proposals – Food Truck or Mobile Vending
Deadline Feb 10, 2:00pm. The District of Sechelt is requesting proposals to provide services for the provision of food truck or mobile food vending services from March 1, 2022 ending not later than October 31, 2022 at any of three locations: 1. Davis Bay Pad, 2. Kinnikinnick Park 3. Friendship Park Pad More info here.
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Opportunity: Seedy Saturday Vendor Callout
Saturdays in March, 11am - 3pm. Over a month and three different communities... It's called THE SEEDS OF MARCH! Buy, connect and learn about growing, sustainability, seeds, and community. Partners Sunshine Coast Seed Saving Collective, Seeds of Diversity, Sechelt Farmers' Market, Quality Garden & Pet, and Roberts Creek Community Association, with Seed-Saving Workshops from BC Eco Seed Co-op. March 5 (Gibsons) - Ask an Expert: Gardening in Harmony with our Environment info-fair, hosted by Quality Garden & Pet March 12…
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Online Live: Local Musicians Jan 16 – 22nd
Check out some of the Coast’s musicians sharing their music online … Click on the name for the link – Paul Dwyer - vocals, guitar – ‘I’ll Fly Away’ from Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Soulstream - from a Jazz Fest fundraiser in 2020 - band in RC Hall with Karen Graves on Sax Soulstream – remember the days when we did 'this!' Joe Stanton - vocals, guitar – Tunesday Night Live Susanna Williams - vocals, percussion, band - ‘Meet Me…
Find out more »Online Live: Local Musicians Jan 9 – 15th
Check out some of the Coast’s musicians sharing their music online … Click on the name for the link – Jim Foster – guitar, vocals – ‘In Your Dreams’ Kaisha & Jaiden – vocals, guitar, drums – ‘Down in The Snow’ – Kaishan original) @ the Elphi Talent Show Don Jeevious - vocals, guitar and band - Joe Stanton - guitar, vocals – Tunesday Night live Phantom Limb Syndrome – ‘My 3rd Eye’ Grant Olsen – vocals, guitar – from…
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Nia with Jan on Zoom
Tue, Thu & Sat. Classes that you can enjoy from the safety and comfort of your own home. You can now get 24 hour access to any class I teach ‘live’ on Zoom! Not only can you do it at home, you can dance your way to feeling better any time you want. Get all the info here. To find out ever changing and possible dates for live Nia at the Aquatic Centre in Sechelt check here.
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Reading Walk
Jan 11-27. Celebrate Family Literacy Week with a reading walk! Read a picture book outside while enjoying the library grounds. All ages welcome.
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Knitting a Community
Tuesdays. Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Join our weekly knitting group on Tuesday mornings. Knitters from beginners to experts are welcome. Host: Lynne Dyment. Limited to 12 in-person participants, first-come first served. Per public health orders, masks are required for everyone ages 5 + in the library. Proof of vaccination is required for ages 12+ to attend.
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Knitting a Community
Tuesdays. Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Join our weekly knitting group on Tuesday mornings. Knitters from beginners to experts are welcome. Host: Lynne Dyment Limited to 12 in-person participants, first-come first served. Per public health orders, masks are required for everyone ages 5 + in the library. Proof of vaccination is required for ages 12+ to attend this library program.
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Art Exhibition: Olga Chnara and Allie Bartlett
to March 13. Olga Chnara's Abstract Art painting is distinguished for the shaping of the forms and the accentuated deformities, the dreamy atmosphere, the problematic area, the interior of the color and the completeness of the line. Despite her contacts with the achievements of several authors of Abstract Art, she manages to acquire a more personal expressive language. Allie Bartlett works as a curatorial assistant at a local museum. She started shooting film after moving to Boston to attend art…
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Karen’s Art Experience – SPARKLY ABSTRACT
$45 inclusive with beverage
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Karen’s Art Experience – SPARKLY ABSTRACT
$45 inclusive with beverage
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