Paradigm, an exhibit by Liz, Jan and Hanelize de Beer, opens at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery on Thursday, Sept. 17 and runs to Sunday, Oct. 11. In parallel, in the Eve Smart Gallery, Gina Miller will be exhibiting paintings in a show titled Interior Geography. Both shows invite you to an opening reception on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. The de Beer collaboration and exhibit involves all three artists from one family. Altered landscapes were developed in back country locations, using the talent of each collaborator to its fullest extent. These altered landscapes are exposed to the elements and to the surprise of whoever finds them.
Interior Geography draws from a body of work that the Vancouver artist Gina Miller has produced since completing her BFA degree at Emily Carr University in 2012. Inspired by the BC landscape and the urban geography that surrounds Miller’s East Vancouver studio, these works feature organic shapes and nature-derived palettes from her sojourns in the Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast. For further information, contact Michael Aze at 604-886-0531.
Wood Expo
The Sunshine Coast Community Forest is hosting a Wood Expo on Saturday, Sept. 19 at the Seaside Centre, Sechelt, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This free event is a combination trade show and art exhibit featuring local manufacturers, artists and craftspeople whose primary medium is wood. The theme is Celebrating Our Natural Resource. There will be furniture makers, bowl turners, carvers, cabinet makers and much more. Sechelt Rotary will also be on site with their BBQ concession.
Kishkan book launch
Patrin Szkandery, a young woman living in Victoria in the 1970s, restores an ancient quilt and travels to Czechoslovakia to trace her Roma history over the unsettling terrain of central Europe in the years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The pieced cloth proves to be both coded map and palimpsest (patrin) of her extended family’s nomadic wandering through Moravia. It’s the subject of the latest book by award-winning Pender Harbour author Theresa Kishkan, who will launch her book at the Arts Centre in Sechelt on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. All are welcome.
Writing class
Writing Your Self, a writing class at the Arts Building in Gibsons with local poet and published author Marion Quednau starts on Tuesday, Sept. 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. and runs for six weeks. The award-winning writer/editor has something to share in a workshop for writers of all genres: fiction, creative non-fiction, children’s writing or poetry. See www.artsbuilding.org for more.
Arts Building
The Arts Building returns! There will be an Open House on Friday, Sept. 25 from 1 to 5 p.m. Everyone is invited to drop in and check out the new array of programs for adults and children. Bring the family, enjoy creative activities and a chance to win a gift basket. It’s located next to the Gibsons Library on South Fletcher. For more information, call 604-740-7790 or see www.artsbuilding.org
Taylor in the Creek
The Sunshine Coast’s own multi-talented David J. Taylor is returning to the Little Legion in Roberts Creek on Friday, Sept. 25, along with local songwriter extraordinaire Robin Atchison. After a successful performance opening for Northern Pikes founder Jay Semko last February, this time Taylor will be live looping: capturing rhythm tracks with live beat boxing, bass lines, guitar riffs, and vocal harmonies as he builds and layers complete one-man-band live sound mixes. He will be dusting off his Line6 DL-4 pedal, adding electric guitar, Rhodes keyboard and acoustic guitar. Tickets are at the door: members $6, guests with members $12. Doors at 7:30 p.m., show time at 8:30.
Pottery class
Fall pottery classes begin Saturday, Sept. 26 for eight weeks with four classes to choose from: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday evenings or Saturday mornings. The classes will be taught by Ray and Bev Niebergall and their son Tim Niebergall and will cover basic wheel throwing techniques suitable for all levels of pottery experience. If interested, call 604-885-3174 or email [email protected] and indicate which time works best for you.
Culture Days
Culture Days is coming up Sept. 26 with several Coast events, including a ceramics class with Liz DeBeer that requires preregistration. She will give hands-on guidance for a small group of eight to 10 year olds. Maximum group size is 12 and registration is through the gallery. That’s on Sept. 26 from 11 a.m. to noon.
Other Culture Days events include an exhibit at the Sunshine Coast Museum titled The Past is Present on Sept. 26 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Miyuki Shinkai gives a free Japanese calligraphy class on Friday, Sept. 25, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Gibsons Public Market. No registration is necessary. See more on the many events in next week’s issue.
Correction
My apologies to Bill Terry, author of The Care-free Garden, Letting Nature Play Her Part, for muddling information in my review of this interesting book. Terry knows better than I do which plants can be found in the wild on the Sunshine Coast and which can be planted from seed to flourish in our growing conditions and he has documented it thoroughly in his book.
New deadline
Send your notice of arts events by Tuesday noon for Friday’s newspaper to [email protected] or phone 604-886-4692. Art Beat covers events one day to one week ahead.
