Brindle & Glass Publishing and Talewind Booksinvite the publicto the launch of Roberts Creek writer Rebecca Hendry's first novel, Grace River, on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.
Hendry's fiction work has appeared in the Windsor Review, Dalhousie Review, Wascana Review, Event and Room of One's Own. Her short story, Jesse Beautiful, was nominated for the 2003 Journey Prize. Grace River is told from the perspectives of four friends in a tight knit B.C. smelter town. It explores why people continue to stay in harmful situations and asks us to think about the damage we do not only to the environment but to the ones we love.
Mind Full
On Saturday The Jordao PhotoGraphic Studio Gallery presents an art gala opening for the exhibition Mind Full by local mural painter and public artist Dean Schutz. Live music will be performed by gypsy-ska-bluegrass band, The Tequila Mocking Bird Orchestra. Doors at 8 p.m. with a $12 cover. Gallery's location is at 626 Shaw Road, Gibsons. Info: 604-740-2380.
Arts for Africa
Sunshine Coast Grandmothers & GrandOthers are pleased to announce a benefit concert, Arts for Africa, on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Hilda's Churchin Sechelt. The line-up includes well-known local talents such as the Knotty Dotters, Trudy Diening and Ken Dalgleish, Sweet Cascadia, Jean Pierre Makosso and special guest Celso Machado, a virtuoso singer, guitarist and percussionist. All profits from the concert will go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers to GrandOthers Campaign launched in 2006 in recognition of the incredible role grandmothers play in sub-Saharan Africa in holding their communities together against the ravaging HIV/AIDS pandemic, extreme poverty, and gender inequality. Tickets are at Gaia's Fair Trade in Gibsons, MELOmania in Roberts Creek and WindSong in Sechelt, as well as at the door for $15.
Art show
For the month of May, One-O-One on Cowrie Street in Sechelt is featuring works by Wes Lowe. Skilled in a variety of media, the artist earns his living designing and painting images for book covers. The current display features romance novels and children's literature.
Ferry craft fair
Travelling on the long weekend? Check out the art and craft market at the Langdale Ferry Terminal now open selected days through the summer. The art and craft booths alongside the terminal feature handmade items from over 30 local artisans: woodworking, soaps, jewellery, pottery and photography, to name a few. This holiday weekend the market will be open Sunday and Monday, and will continue on Sundays throughout May and June.
From the Same Earth
A family of Coast potters, Ray and Bev Niebergall, Carlie Sanford and Tim Niebergall will be showing their collective work at the Ferry Building Gallery in West Vancouver (1414 Argyle) from May 19 to June 7. The show entitled From the Same Earth opens along with painters Jane Armstrong and Liz Chrzan. The public is invited to an artists' reception on May 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. and the artists will also be on hand May 23 from 2 to 3 p.m. to talk about their work.
Janyk and Davis
Opening Wednesday, May 20, and running through Sunday, June 14, the Doris Crowston Gallery at the SC Arts Centre presents recent work by Katie Janyk entitled Marking Time and by John Davis of recent photographs of firefighters and their work. Ceramic artist Janyk operates Salamander Studio at her home in Gibsons. She has created delicate porcelain vessels and plates, stoneware sculpture, burnished vessels in the Nigerian and early American traditions, raku and smoke-fired masks, and colourful earthenware tiles. Marking Time examines connections between past and present, and the nature of time's passing.
Davis's photographic exhibition of firefighters arises from his hope that they will increase public awareness of the important work our local volunteer firefighters do to protect us. Canvas prints of photos for sale will benefit the Sechelt volunteer fire department. The artist has worked in many media in the visual arts but in the last eight years he has turned his passion to photography, his favourite, and the most fun form of art he's ever known. The opening reception is on Wednesday, May 20, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Arts Centre.
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