Local Arts

Five visual artists are collaborating for the fifth installment of their annual Juxta Pose pop-up art show.

A group of teen technologists last week forecasted the increase of artificial intelligence in tech and science industries, as Elphinstone Secondary School hosted a regional speaking competition for the Skills Canada organization.

Three years after the body of a young fin whale was recovered by the shíshálh Nation in Pender Harbour (kalpilin), its carefully-preserved skeleton will be made visible to the public following a major renovation at the Nation’s tems swiya Museum.

Nearly 60 artists from the Gibsons Dance Centre provided a preview of the studio’s upcoming competitive season for a percipient audience on March 8.

Scottish pianist Steven Osborne will make a return engagement to the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt on Sunday, March 23 at 2:30 p.m. for the final concert of the regular season presented by the Coast Recital Society.

The colourful art installations are part of BC Hydro’s Decorative Wrap Program.

A showcase of dance performances primed for upcoming festivals and competitions exploded onstage at the Raven’s Cry Theatre last Saturday night, as more than 120 performers from the Coast Academy of Dance demonstrated momentum and mastery in a multiplicity of disciplines.

The deadline to submit writings to the 15th anniversary edition of Coastal Voices, an adjudicated anthology of writing by School District 46 students, is rapidly approaching.

An Indigenous design consultant whose input is shaping the future of the Gibsons Public Art Gallery last week issued a call for increased sensitivity to the practice of traditional West Coast art forms.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat continues with performances at Chatelech Secondary School on March 7 and 8 (at 7 p.m.) and March 9 (at 2 p.m.). Tickets are available at Sew Easy in Sechelt and One Flower One Leaf Gallery in Gibsons.