Deer Crossing the Art Farm is hosting their sixth annual Spring Break Children’s Art & Nature Workshop on March 13-17 at the Arts Building, Gibsons. This year’s theme is Spring Awakening and will feature five mornings of jam-packed fun, exploring art and nature. Working with professional artists and youth leaders, children will explore storytelling through movement, paint, sculpture, video and sound. For ages seven to 10 (Mixed Media Arts) and ages 11 to 13 (Creative Filmmaking).
“We all have a story to tell,” says Sandy Buck, community engaged arts coordinator. “We used to gather around the fire in the days of old to hear the elders retell the stories that were told to them – enhanced, as they were, with the storyteller’s personal tales intertwined. Over time, the storytelling method has shifted, left to the professionals through the mediums of modern technology – YouTube, TV and Netflix.” The facilitators include Buck, Joah Lui, Pan Willson, Ecko Aleck, Joanna Strzelecki and Daniel Nakasone. Learn more at www.deercrossingtheartfarm.org/springbreak
This Weekend
• The Burying Ground goes live at the Gumboot Café on March 11 at 7 p.m. (1053 Roberts Creek Road). Joshua Doherty will be joining the group on the harmonica with sweet vocal harmonies. The band moves effortlessly between toe-tapping dance music, the yearning of country blues and the embellishments and energy of ragtime and jazz. A suggested donation is $10-20 with tickets at the door.
• Life Skills (Advanced) An Instructional Comedy by playwright David King has its opening weekend tonight (Friday) and Saturday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons. Tickets are $20 online at share-there.com or at Laedeli Gifts and the Sechelt Visitor Centre.
• The Young People’s Art Show is now at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery and all participants, families and friends are invited to attend the opening party at GPAG this Saturday, March 11 from 2 p.m. to 4. Dominique’s School of Dance will be performing. For further information: Michael Aze at 604-886-0531.
Greetings
Butler in the Hey will be at the Gibsons Legion this Saturday, March 11 where they will be performing from their CD, Greetings Earthling, as one of the sets. A preview may be heard online at www.butlerinthehey.com. Showtime is 8 to midnight. Members pay $5; guests $10.
Secret Garden
Art for the Inner I: Cultivating the Inner Garden takes place at the Arts Building in Gibsons on Sunday, March 12 from 2-5 p.m. Join art therapist Rose Clarke in a creative journey to the Secret Garden within. What seeds do you need to plant this year? What weeds to pull? What to prune? What to nurture? Let your intuitive faculties guide you towards artistic expression for your heart and soul, through simple powerful techniques from the rich world of therapeutic art. Painting, drawing and mixed media materials are provided for you. For all artistic levels, this non-judgemental art-making process is relaxing and reflective. Register at www.artsbuilding.org. For more information see www.roseclarke.com
Amazonia
The Amazonia exhibition at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver opened on March 9 and will continue until next January. Sunshine Coast artist Diego Samper is showing Amazon Cosmos, a collection of films and soundworks. Amazonia: The Rights of Nature explores the creative ideas that inspire Indigenous resistance to threats facing the world’s largest rainforest.
Hedda Gabbler
On Sunday, March 12 at 2 p.m. the latest National Theatre production screens at the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt via HD satellite from London. Hedda Gabbler, recently married, is bored already. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel. Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove returns to National Theatre Live with this modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece. For info call the Raven’s Cry at 604-885-4597.
Wilder Film
Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a New Zealand adventure film to be screened by the SC Film Society on Monday, March 13 at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons. This magical Sundance favourite drops an unloved, chubby, bad-ass kid into the New Zealand wilderness with his latest unlucky foster parents. Film is at 7:30; doors open at 7. Tickets are $5 members, $9 single event.
Pottery on the Wheel
The students who took a pottery class with Pat Forst are now glazing their pots ready for the firing. Lots of laughs and many pots have been made. Forst is offering her new class where students will learn how to centre clay and make bowls, mugs with handles and small baking dishes. Those who have taken previous classes will explore making lids and serving dishes with handles. There are two classes to choose from, Monday, March 13 – April 24, 10 a.m.-12 noon or 5:30-7:30 p.m. for $225. For information and to register, email [email protected] .
101 Art
Lynne Dickson writes that her paintings are hanging at 101 Office Supply on Cowrie Street in Sechelt for the month of March and possibly April. Stop by and take a look.
Film Society
The Sunshine Coast Film Society (SCFS) has openings for new board members who meet monthly to plan the Film Society program and keep the society running. For more information, email [email protected]. They also have an immediate opening for a volunteer coordinator to help recruit and train key volunteers, mostly in the Gibsons area. Find out more by emailing: [email protected]. The SCFS has been screening films on the Sunshine Coast since 2001. In 2016 they held 26 film screenings in Gibsons and Sechelt, with a total attendance of over 3,000. Success is made possible by approximately 40 awesome volunteers and the support of sponsors.
St. Pat’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, at Gramma’s Pub in Gibsons features Bad to the Bow, the local fiddlers, who will be performing from 6-8 p.m.
Boom Booms Return
The Boom Booms make danceable music at the Pender Harbour Community Hall on Saturday, March 25 as a fundraiser for the Pender Harbour Blues Society, the folks who bring you the Blues Festival. It’s tight, smooth, sexy soul and funk. Doors at 8, dance at 8:30. Tickets for $28 are available now online at www.penderharbourbluesfestival.com and at Java Docks and Strait Music.
Culture Ambassadors
BC Culture Days invites B.C. artists to apply for the 2017 Ambassador and Awards Program. Winners will receive $1,000 towards their role as a BC Culture Days ambassador in their community. The Culture Days weekend is not until Sept. 29-Oct. 1, but deadline for application is this March 31. Culture Days is a national celebration of arts, culture, and heritage, inviting the public behind the scenes to discover creative people in their community. Applicants must be individual artists residing in B.C. (amateur or professional), available to act as a spokesperson in their community during August and September 2017, and able to present an activity over the Culture Days weekend. Visit www.CultureDays.ca for the online application form. Submissions will be juried by members of the BC Culture Days Steering Committee.
Noon Deadline
Send your notice of arts events by Tuesday at noon for Friday’s newspaper to [email protected] or phone 604-886-4692. Please include a contact person’s phone number or e-mail in your notice.
