Local Arts

The painter-and-quilter duo of Marleen Vermeulen and Nancy McMurdo earned the audience choice award in the first-ever cross-disciplinary challenge during the 14th biennial Sunshine Coast Quilters’ Guild show last weekend.

A new exhibition embracing relationships and renewal echoes the debut of the Gibsons Public Art Gallery at its present location more than two decades ago. 

The complicated sinews of home, identity and family run through a series of new pieces unveiled at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre by U.K.-based artist Samantha Willes.

Nearly 50 people gathered for a night of English country dances in Davis Bay last weekend, during the first of two homegrown opportunities to learn and enjoy traditional folk dancing.

The festival weekend — June 13 to 15 — is preceded by a week of local artists in performance at venues ranging from Sunnycrest Mall to the Gumboot Cafe. The annual celebration of music is organized by the non-profit Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertainment Society.

On a sun-drenched June day three years ago, eight artists walked from Vancouver’s Spanish Banks to the secluded southern shores of Point Grey. There, on Wreck Beach, the women — accomplished painters, performers, and poets in their 60s, 70s and 80s  — triumphed over at least two taboos. 

The Sunshine Coast Ocean Festival will return for its sixth year next week, taking a deep dive into events honouring World Oceans Day.

Organizers of upcoming Pride Month events have chosen an iconic Sunshine Coast inhabitant as its 2025 role model: the salmon.

Biennial quilt show runs May 30 and 31 at Gibsons and Area Community Centre

A performance by singer-songwriter Kym Gouchie at High Beam Dreams early next month will represent a full circle for the artist, who is a member of the Lheidli T’enneh Nation (historically known as the Fort George Indian Band).