Video-Pictures by Ross Muirhead opened at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery (GPAG) on Nov. 13 and runs to Dec. 15 with an opening reception this Saturday, Nov. 15, 2 to 4 p.m.
Muirhead is a Roberts Creek multi-media artist who graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design and University of British Columbia.
“Video footage is edited and looped, several with audio. Scrolling text is added at the beginning of each scene to provide context. The text is part storytelling, part historical,” he said. “Several videos include interviews and background soundscapes.”
In the Eve Smart Gallery of GPAG, artist Kelly Findlay exhibits her photographs of nature, titled Coastal Silent Witness.
“I seek to convey the true beauty that I find in my surroundings through photographic expression,” Findlay said. “Capturing the beauty I find along beaches and forest trails is an extension of my silent witness. My main focus is nature and eagles.”
Creek Big Band
The Creek Big Band is playing an Election Day Dance at the Gibsons Legion at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15. Members cost $5, guests $10. Call 604-886-2411 for more.
Artisan Fair
The annual Sunnycrest Mall Artisan Fair runs this Saturday, Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s an early bird way to admire and purchase local art and crafts, including books by local writers. I’ll be there with authors Heather Conn and Ed Hill to chat with you about our books. Stop by and say hello.
Book launch
Centenarian Frank White along with son Howard White will be holding a book launch for Frank’s second book, That Went by Fast: My First Hundred Years, this Sunday, Nov. 16 at the Pender Harbour School of Music from 2 to 4 p.m. All are welcome to stop by and find out what White has written about his life in Pender Harbour.
Young Artist Awards
It’s time again for young artists to prepare their work for the Young Artists Awards. Every year, the Sunshine Coast Arts Council invites young people ages five to 18 who love to do art at home to submit three of their original works for exhibit in the Doris Crowston Gallery in Sechelt. All forms of visual arts are welcome, including constructions, sculptures, fibre arts, photography, videos and painting.
All entries submitted by 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23 will be exhibited from Dec. 3 to 19, with a reception for the artists and their parents being held at 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 14. Entry forms are available at your school office, the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, or on www.scartscouncil.com.
Christmas wreaths
Though the deadline for application is officially past, the Sunshine Coast Arts Council is still looking for wreath-makers to help decorate and fundraise for their annual arts and crafts fair Nov. 28 to 30. They’ve invited artists and the public to make and donate Christmas wreaths of all kinds, traditional or unconventional, and they will be silent auctioned off as a fundraiser. Get in touch with Sheenah Main at the Arts Centre at 604-885-5412 ASAP, if you’d like to participate.
Coffeehouse
Artesia coffeehouse presented by Coast Cultural Alliance is next Friday, Nov. 21 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt, an eclectic evening with two young sister vocal acts, Talia and Ashaya Walkey, plus Kiah and Faye Duffy accompanied by Axel Loitz on guitar. Loitz will also perform a solo act.
The seven-voice a cappella group Sokole will present village women’s music from the Balkans followed by the acoustic rock duo, Bold Yeller and the Dobrodawg, Mike Tandy and Dave Christensen. Come early to view the new gallery exhibition and a slide show of musicians and enjoy treats by Trish. Tickets are $10 at the door, opening at 7 p.m., show starts at 8. There will be no coffeehouse in December but it will be back Jan. 30.
Benefit concert
Local musicians Robotic Horse Mechanical Sun present the second annual Out of the Cold Benefit Concert on Nov. 22, a performance to raise funds for the Sunshine Coast emergency cold weather shelter.
Get ready for a warm evening of folk, roots and alt-country music with performances by RHMS, Keely Halward, Rob and Sing You Sinners.
The shelter opened on Nov. 1 with a mandate to operate until the end of March. More funding is needed to keep the doors open. It is operated by St. Hilda’s Anglican Church and the Sunshine Coast Home-lessness Advisory Committee.
This is a licensed event with light snacks available. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children under 12, available at Strait Music, MELOmania, SWISH and at the door.
Coming soon
Music Makers fall celebration concert takes place on Sunday, Nov. 23 in Davis Bay. Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic will be read aloud on Nov. 29 and 30 in Gibsons. On Nov. 29 Laura Crema (voice) and Steve Giltrow (guitars) will be performing at a House Concert in the Gibsons area. Contact sgiltrow@gmail.com for details. And Winter Harp returns to Sechelt on Sunday, Nov. 30.
More about these events next week.
Keep me posted
Send your notice of arts events by Tuesday at 5 p.m. for Friday’s newspaper to jandegrass@dccnet.com or phone 604-886-4692.
