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July 2020
PR – Artique New Hours
For the safety of our customers and staff we will be following the guidelines of the B.C. Centre of Disease Control. The guidelines include social distancing at all times in the store and a limit to the number of customers in the store at one time. We will also be frequently cleaning the touch points in Artique and have a hand sanitizing station upon entry. New Hours Monday through Saturday from 11 am to 4 pm. Come in to check…
Find out more »Coastal Art Gallery
in the Trail Bay Mall is now open with reduced hours (11am to 3 pm) and days, (Tuesday to Saturday) and with pandemic protocol in place. Come and see our artwork with radically low prices: watercolour, oil, acrylic, pastel paintings, dolls, carvings, pottery, metal works, and many art note-cards.
Find out more »PR – What the Plus (+)
JUNE 20-JULY 25, 2020. A Group Art Exhibition Showcasing LGBTQ2+ (and allied) Artists in the qathet Region Guest curator rabideye; Alfred Bolster - Amber Friedman - Andrea Bennett (guest speaker); Angelica Hamilton – Blossom/Maia Wade – Chris Roberts - Daniel Rajala; Earle Thompson - Fiona Tyler - Giovanni Spezzacatena/rabideye; Jazz Rico - John Hewson - Karin Birch - Kathryn Neun; Kevin Wilson - Prashant Miranda - Sophia Sanford; The Art Centre ~ Powell River Public Art Gallery Open Tues, Thurs,…
Find out more »Motoko Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Open by Appointment
starting July 1st and for the rest of the year. This is to ensure that safety protocols are observed for everyone's safety during the Covid-19 pandemic. Please call 604.883.9472 | text 604.989.6686 | info@motoko.ca
Find out more »Spin IN
last Thursday of the month to September 24 ~ no drop in fee requested this summer, as no tea or coffee will be provided this season for safety reasons ~ The Studio is home to the Sunshine Coast Spinners & Weaver’s Guild spin-ins on the . Spin Ins resume this month and continue through the summer, (September will be weather dependent). They will be held on the deck and/or in the Studio with doors/windows open to allow for social distancing…
Find out more »August 2020
Skills for Solitude Online Workshop with Lucas Kratochwil
Quick Sketching + Composition. Lucas Kratochwil be sharing with participants his personal method to easily and quickly sketch out our compositions on our canvas. Ideal for anyone who feels intimidated by drawing or wanting to learn easy geometry tricks to transfer their references onto their canvas and be ready to paint! A method that can be used both for studio as well as for Plein Air painting. More info here. Register here.
Find out more »Virtual ART ROAD TRIP with Marlene Lowden
We invite friends, colleagues or family members to join us for this three part video series. Use a long weekend road trip with your BFF as a metaphor for this online art adventure. There are 3 parts, each part invites companions to work together and support each other to create art studies. The exercises will push everyone a little out of their comfort zones and if they are practicing artists, out of their normal mediums. Don't worry if you're a…
Find out more »Art Exhibition: Helen Geddes – The Goldbird Variations
to August 2nd. Please visit us to view Vancouver-based Helen Gedde’s beautiful gold bird paintings (38 in total!). 'If the viewers find themselves able to connect with these new found feathery friends, that are usually so fleeting in their appearances, my job is done. Their momentary presence in body and song is a joy I don’t want to live without.'
Find out more »One day Garden Art Sale
Need new art? One day Garden Art Sale. Upper Roberts Creek. 3227 Crystal Road. Sunday, August 2, 2020. 11am-4pm. Weather permitting. Diverse styles. Original art by six local artists of the Edges group. Frank Coldicott, Judy McLarty, Diane Miles, Elaine Seepish, Alison Taylor, Odette Venuti. Social distancing. Follow the signs from Lockyear Road to Hanbury Road to Crystal Road, turn right to end of road.
Find out more »Slow Sundays — Knitting with Donna Goulette
Come at noon and take advantage of the opportunity to learn from a local expert in knitting, spinning, stitching & dyeing. From 12-1 each Sunday we will welcome a local artist to lead a drop in based learning opportunity for you to have the ability to ask questions and get hands on help in a particular skill… from 1- 4 the group will continue in a relaxed and social way for the rest of the afternoon. Participants coming from 12…
Find out more »Open Mic – Gibsons & District Public Library
The Gibsons & District Public Library is hosting an Open Mic night on Zoom on the first Wednesday of every month. Join us on August 5th, 7–8pm to listen to people share their original material. Even better, share your own material. It can be prose, poetry, spoken word, a song, a rap... any original material that is no longer than 5 minutes. Email us before July 29th to reserve your spot. stalbot@gibsons.bclibrary.ca Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83648459130?pwd=Y09hWkkyTkNpYUxLUndNZzB1c1QrZz09
Find out more »PR – Art Exhibition – Finding a Place
to Aug 6. A collab show by artist partners Joshua deGroot & Annie Robinson ... the work from our time doing an artist residency at Tidal Art Centre in Lund.
Find out more »Jack Gibson First Ever Fine Art Sale
A Portion of his collection including works by April White, Mike Svob and Salgado. View all works at jackgibsongallery.com or contact Jack Gibson for viewing in Garden Bay at 778.772.3036. Marta's jewelry also on sale.
Find out more »Opportunity: PR Call for Artists: Underbrush: Mycelium Rising’
Deadline October 22. Malaspina Art Society is happy to announce our autumn 2020 group art show titled ‘Underbrush: Mycelium Rising’ now set to open in early November either as a regular in-person exhibition at The Malaspina Exhibition Centre in Vancouver Island University’s Powell River, BC Campus’s foyer with an online gallery as well, OR if COVID-19 precautions prevent this, then as an online show only. More info from https://artpowellriver.com/
Find out more »Skills for Solitude Online Workshop with Veronica Trujillo
Tips for Painting Nature. Join artist Veronica Trujillo for an brief exercise in how she applies paint to canvas. The exercise will consist of painting with oil or acrylic and spatula on a small canvas (6×6 in). Based on a short video of a stump at the forest and a photograph detail that will be given. Each participant will receive a different picture. The objective will be the free and spontaneous construction of an image and the experience with the…
Find out more »Opening Reception: Theme & Variation – CANCELLED
A solo show by Jean Curry “Theme and Variation is a form of musical composition that begins with a main melody (theme) that is altered or changed in some way throughout the piece. These alterations are called ‘variations’. When working in a series, an artist can also take a theme (image/concept) and use variations of it throughout a body of work. Music and art are intertwined in my life. I am a choral singer. I am a fibre artist. Both…
Find out more »Art Exhibition: The Landing Artists
to August 16. Six local artists from the group on display (and for sale) in the Atrium and upstairs in the Coastal Room. Artists include: R. Rodgers, E.Seepish, C. Swaney T.Joel, E.Hill, C. Bayntun
Find out more »Art Exhibition: Joy: For the Joy of It
Daily from Jul 9 - Aug 9. 11am to 4pm. Five artists (Greta Guzek, Motoko, Jen Drysdale, Kirsten Guzek and Josefa Fritz Barham) explore the theme of Joy. "In the muddy waters of humanity, the arts often choose to express sorrow over joy, disaster over achievement, malice over goodwill. Though opposites amplify each other, we wonder if it is harder to find symbols or marks of joy. We have hope that at the core, whether quiet or radiant, life and…
Find out more »Art Exhibition: Harbour Gallery Summer Hours
Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 4, throughout July and August. Our artists have been busy creating during this unique time, so please stop in and check out our new work. Contact Donna 604-323-4929 or June 604-883-2807 for a private showing, if preferred.
Find out more »Art Exhibition: Coralie Swaney – ‘Mixed Masters’
to Aug 30. The paintings meld the old masters with popular culture, which hopefully will have the viewer reflect on the idiosyncrasies of modern life and definitely incite a smile or two!
Find out more »Art Exhibition: FibreWorks Studio & Gallery Re-Opens with ‘Connected’
The gallery plans to be open June 27th until October 31st this season. Wed - Sun, 12-4 PM and by appointment. First show: Connected - June 27-Aug 12, 2020 - No Opening Reception
Find out more »Art Exhibition: Veronica Trujilo, Forest Skin
July 17-August 16. Forest Skin is an exhibition of work by Squamish-based artist Veronica Trujillo. Forest Skin was born between thoughts and daily walks as an exercise in approaching the environment and its community where she currently lives. Starting from the notion of exploring the human-landscape interaction through painting. The landscape observes us with an external face that has been formed with the time. Not only naturally but also by the uninterrupted human persistence.
Find out more »Art Exhibition: Lucas Kratochwil, “Immersion in Nature”
July 17-August 16. The exhibition seeks to bring back the attention of the viewer toward nature and remind us we are here only as visitors and it is our responsibility to take care of this planet. These paintings aim to have viewers feel immersed in nature, struck, non-existing, in complete awe, and at peace.
Find out more »Slow Sundays — Stitching with Ursula Greiner
This season I invite you to come at noon and take advantage of the opportunity to learn from a local expert in knitting, spinning, stitching & dyeing. From 12-1 each Sunday we will welcome a local artist to lead a drop in help session for you to have the ability to ask questions and get hands on help in a particular skill… from 1- 4 the group will continue in a relaxed and social way for the rest of the…
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