Young artists up to 18 are invited to submit up to two pieces of art reflecting this year’s theme, Colours on the Coast, for a show, Shout Out!, at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery.
Submissions can be created in any medium including drawing, painting, prints, mixed media, photography, video, fibre arts and sculpture. Applications, along with art work, must be dropped off at the gallery between Sunday, Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. and by the deadline of Sunday, March 1 by 3:30 p.m. (Gallery is closed Monday and Tuesday.) Applications are at GPAG, Gibsons Library and local schools. For more information or to download an application, see www.gpag.ca/submissions.
The exhibition will be on display March 5 to 29, Thursday through Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone is invited to the opening reception on Friday, March 6 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Voice workshop
Viviane Houle and Lotfive Sound invite you to an intro voice workshop at the Arts Building in Gibsons, this Saturday, Feb. 21 from 2 to 5 p.m. See: http://artsbuilding.org/voice-workshop-with-viviane-houle/ for more details.
Houle is a voice teacher offering private lessons, integrative voice work sessions and workshops. For more information contact Viviane by email: viviane@kenaxis.com or see www.vivianehoule.ca
Conservation celebration
The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association is hosting its annual Celebration of Conservation this Saturday, Feb. 21 starting at 7 p.m.
Enjoy the music of Brothers in Farms, Sweet Cascadia and the Fireside Philosophers at Persephone in Gibsons. Tickets are $20, available at Gaia’s in Gibsons, the Sechelt Visitor Centre or from Melissa at: melissajeanrayfield@hotmail.com
Jazz group
Sunshine Coast Music Society presents A Century of Jazz by The Jazz Group of Seven with special guest Karen Graves at 7:30 p.m., this Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall.
Tickets are at Laedeli in Gibsons and Strait Music in Sechelt for adults $15, students $5. This will be an entertaining evening of jazz from the early 1900s in New Orleans through Dixie, swing (1920s) and bebop (1940s), along with more recent fusion and funk with music composed by Count Basie, Harry James and Duke Ellington, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk.
Laughter time
Jill Conway is offering a laughter improv class to help bring more fun and joy to your life on Thursdays, Feb. 26 through April 23 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Roberts Creek. The format is mostly playing improv games, as in the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?
These classes are small, about eight to 15 adults, and designed for all types of folks, from the petrified of public speaking to the experienced actor. Contact Conway at 778-462-2172 or email havinfun@telus.net for more details.
Freedom to Read
Freedom to Read, an open mike session, can be heard at the Gibsons Public Library on Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Artist, event organizer and dog-lover Junco Jan is your host. Phone the library at 604-886-2130 for more details.
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.
