The art show you should not miss features four local women artists, Carol Lafave, Charly Mithrush, Donna Stewart and Kasia Krolikowska, showing their love of playing with different media. You will see vibrant colours, texture and experimental approach to creativity.
The show takes place in The Warehouse at 1877 Field Rd. in Wilson Creek. Opening reception is this Friday, June 14, from 5 to 8 p.m. The show runs this weekend from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday.
Coffeehouse
The School of Music in Madeira Park is the venue for tonight's (June 14) coffeehouse featuring another exciting line-up of Coast artists: Bonar Harris on guitar and vocals from Gibsons, Joy McLeod of Pender Harbour on piano and Sh-Boom and Friends vocal jazz and pop tunes from Sechelt. Coffee and treats by the Pender Harbour Choir will be available. Doors open at 7, music starts at 7:30 p.m.
Walk On Dead
This Saturday, June 15, the Walk On Deadbring theirimprovisational roots rockand love of all things Grateful Dead tothe Roberts Creek Legion. Leaning heavily on Dead classics and the spiritthatinspires, the band promises to showcase their lovefor folk andAmericana as well - all delivered witha little attitude.Local duo, Broken Hearts Club,kick off the nightwith their ownstripped down rock'n' roll.
Tickets are $5 for members, $10 for guests with members. Show starts at 9 p.m.
Texture, fibre, paint
The Sunshine Coast Arts Council presents Texture: Fibre and Paint, from now until July 7 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. Sharon Rubuliak and Jane Richardson explore texture in their respective mediums. Rubuliak uses textiles to reveal personal experience, daily events and the natural environment. Richardson's work ranges from beach scenes to cityscapes, creating texture with palette knives, sponges and the flow of paint.
Summer choir
Sechelt summer choir invites adult singers to come and join them in their third summer season with practising and performing Vivaldi's Gloria and movements of Bach's Magnificat.
Rehearsals are Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Hilda's Anglican Church in Sechelt.
The performance will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10. Choir fee is $40, plus cost of music, should you wish to purchase your own. This is a very enthusiastic and fun group of singers directed by David Millard and Sara Douglas. Come prepared to sing glorious music and have a marvelous time. Call Sara Douglas for details at 604-885-3258.
Jazz and African
If you like jazz and North-African music, this evening is for you.The Coast's Anagram Trio is honoured to have been chosen by Vancouver's French Cultural Centre to do a residency with a North-African Trio from Montreal.They will be rehearsing for two days at Strait Sound Studio, melding and merging musical styles and compositions, and then performing on Wednesday, June 19, in a one-time performance on the Coast, followed by a CBC live performance/broadcast on June 20 in Vancouver and the Festival de la Musique in Gastown on June 21.You are invited to be part of this event. There are only 30 seats, so reservations are a must: 604-886-8129.The show starts at 7 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m.
Spinners and Weavers
The past year has been a busy one for the Sunshine Coast Spinners and Weavers as they celebrated their 25th anniversary.
A successful open house was held on June 1 last year, and that was followed with their annual Fibre Plus Sale in November and a wonderful trunk show.
From all that a special DVD has been created by Ron McInnis, husband of new Guild member Janice Tallbott. The work, entitled The Handmade Life, was just premiered to the Guild membership on June 3 and is now available for a wider audience. Check out this unique 42-minute feature at www.imaginaryimage.com/SWVideo/. A copy of the DVD will be available soon at both the Gibsons and Sechelt public libraries.
GPAG donations
The Gibsons Public Art Gallery now has an art library for the use of its members. GPAG is currently accepting donations of good art books about artists, movements and cultures in all medias -painting, sculpture, comics, animation, photography, ceramics and glass.
St. John's Artists
Once again the St. John's United Artists are pleased to present a show of their creative works. This group meets every Thursday afternoon at St. John's United Church in Davis Bay to share their ideas and techniques, learn from and support one another's efforts and practise their skills at painting and drawing. During summer months, various locations on the Coast are chosen for outdoor painting experiences "en plein air."
This year's show is Friday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with a reception from 4 to 7 p.m., and Saturday, June 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. John's Church, 5085 Davis Bay Rd.
The group will also be holding a garage sale of arts and crafts related items. Proceeds will go to St. John's United Church in thanks for generously letting the artists use the beautiful, bright space for their meetings and painting sessions.
Breathless and Rock Reject
Toronto filmmaker Kathleen Mullen and Halifax author Jim Williams come together at the GPAG on Sunday, June 23, at 7 p.m. for an evening of film and book reading. Both artists weave together personal stories with historical and present-day accounts of the dangers of asbestos.
In Breathless, Mullen takes on the asbestos industry through a moving and personal investigation into her father's death from an asbestos-related disease and the current use of asbestos in Canada and internationally. Banned in many countries due to its carcinogenic properties, asbestos is still mined and exported by Canada, along with Russia and several other countries.
Author Jim Williams worked in the Cassier asbestos mine in the early '70s; this experience forms the background and setting for his award-winning novel, Rock Reject. Williams' characters lead us through the corridors of union politics and management's denial of health risks to workers and residents of the nearby Native community.
Tuesday deadline
Let me know about your arts event by 5 p.m. Tuesday for Friday's paper. Email [email protected] or phone 604-886-4692. Keep it brief, please. Art Beat covers events one week ahead only.
