The Doucetrio, a fresh group of young, enthusiastic people, will appear at the Gumboot Café on Saturday, June 27, at 7:30 p.m. Local artists, Stramash, will open the night. Stramash features Emily Wood on piano and bass, Henry Wood on saxophone and fiddle and Graeme McGillivray on guitar.
Based out of Edmonton, Doucetrio is intent on exploring music in all its forms. The trio of Yannick Doucet, James Law (Coast String Fiddler alumnus) and Mike McCormick met while attending Grant MacEwan College's music program and soon discovered each other's passion for music. Coming from three completely different backgrounds, they each bring their own experiences and tastes to their performances, drawing from the realms of jazz, funk, avant-garde and world music. Donations at the door.
Youth Idol
Sunshine Coast Youth Idol heads toward its finale at Sailor Dan's in Gibsons on Tuesday, June 30. You are encouraged to arrive close to 5 p.m. and pick up a number to ensure a seat when the doors open at 6. Show begins at 6:30. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth (age 15 and under).
Pottery lessons
Join Pat Forst for a week long pottery on the wheel workshop at her studio in Gibsons. It's suitable for beginner and intermediate potters; the workshop will include mugs, bowls, plates, handles and lids. Decorate using texture and coloured slips. It runs June 29 to July 3 from 9 to 3. Fee is $350 plus materials.
There are also a few spaces left for her Making Pots on the Wheel for children ages eight to 12. Children have a wonderful time creating pots on the wheel and decorating them with coloured slips and underglaze. It runs July 4 and from 1 to 3 p.m. Fee is $44 including materials.
Contact Forst at 604-886-2543 for more details.
United Artists
The St. John's United Artists present a two-day art show of their recent works at St. John's United Church June 26 and 27. Artists will be in attendance from 1 to 7 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday with a formal opening reception from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday.
On display and for sale will be mostly original watercolours, acrylics and oil paintings, and also prints and greeting cards by the artists. The group represents about 20 hobby artists who support and encourage each other and have been painting at St. John's for about 10 years. For more details, call Isobel Gibson at 604-740-8028.
Pottery lessons
Join Pat Forst for a week long Pottery on the Wheel workshop at her studio in Gibsons. It's suitable for beginner and intermediate potters; the workshop will include mugs, bowls, plates, handles and lids. Decorate using texture and coloured slips. It runs June 29 to July 3 from 9 to 3. Fee is $350 plus materials. There are also a few spaces left for her Making Pots on the Wheel for children ages eight to 12. Children have a wonderful time creating pots on the wheel and decorating them with coloured slips and underglaze. It runs July 4 and from 1 to 3 p.m. Fee is $44 including materials.
Contact Forst at 604-886-2543 for more details.
Metal artists
Sechelt artist Tam Harrington is one of 11 women who are showcasing their work at the first Rare Birds Art Exhibition on display from June 22 to July 4 at the Pendulum Gallery in the HSBC Building at 885 West Georgia Street in Vancouver. Open daily (except Sundays), the art show is free to the public. Never before in B.C.'s history has a group of women metal workers come together for such a show. For more information on the exhibit and the artists visit www.rarebirds.ca.
Music in the Landing
Music in the Landing is back for its seventh season. This popular live music series is sponsored by the Town of Gibsons and presents music, free, with donations gratefully accepted, in different outdoor venues in Gibson's Landing. The first show is this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Pioneer Square (by the info centre) with The Copper Stills, a folk-fusion trio of Grant Olsen, Ray McNally and Todd Thompson. Then from 1:30 to 3:30 on Gower Point in front of the Pink House singer/songwriter Troy Mathews will be busking.
On Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., next to the Sunday Market, the uplifting sounds of the popular marimba group, The Knotty Dotters, will be heard. The following weekend starts on Friday with the amazing sound of solo harp by Diana Halter in the Gazebo at the end of the wharf from 7 to 8 p.m.
Just Jen
Pender Harbour Jazz Festival fans will remember volunteer Jenny Rucker who used to knit a sweater of distinctive design every year to be raffled as a fundraiser and who organized various artisans' shows in Madeira Park. Rucker (now Jenny Cooke) writes from her grand isolation of Minstrel Island where she works as a lodge-keeper, postmaster and baker, among other jobs. The tourist season is short there, she writes, since the island does not offer deep water moorage. She's still being creative, however, and though her 18-year career as a knitter is over, she has found a new passion. Just Jen Originals has produced a number of hand-bound Perpetual Flowers calendar books. Since she has no e-mail (no TV or fax either) you can drop her a line at Box 1, Cooke Landing, Minstrel Island, B.C. V0P 1L0.
Abstract Show
From July 1 to 31 artist Ian MacLeod presents his new abstract paintings at theGumboot Restaurant. See http://ianmacleodpaintings.blogspot.com for more on this local artist.
Soul Collage
Heather Conn, a Soul Collage facilitator, wants you to discover the fun and insights of the Soul Collage process. She is holding a workshop using group exercises and visualization to explore the symbolic power of archetypes at Yoga by the Sea in Roberts Creek on Saturday, July 4 from 1 to 6 p.m. No art experience is necessary.For more information and to register, call 604-886-6520.
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