Local Arts

Coastal Voices, the School District No. 46 (SD46) writing anthology, has just published its 10th edition.

The Sunshine Coast’s Driftwood Players theatre troupe is Zoom-ing back onto our computer screens with a new online production, CatVids 17.

An increasing number of Sunshine Coast galleries and studios are reopening as B.C. tentatively steps out of this phase of the pandemic. The Coast Art Gallery in Trail Ball Mall in Sechelt is showing now from Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Like many of us, Sechelt musician, music teacher and producer Steve Wright has for the most part been isolating at home with his family for the past few months. But Wright’s not been idle.

Coast Cultural Alliance

The Sunshine Coast’s two major public art galleries – which recently reopened on a limited basis after two months of COVID-19 shutdown – have new exhibitions opening this week.

The Sunshine Coast Arts Council (SCAC) is putting out a call for proposals from creators who want to take on the role of resident artist in the council’s Artists in our Midst program. Based in a 1,500-sq.-ft.

The Jazz G6 ensemble has found a way of playing in rehearsal while maintaining safe distance, and incidentally providing a free early evening concert for the neighbours.

The Music in the Landing stint at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons has been extended for another two weeks.

The Sunshine Coast acting company Driftwood Players has helped extend the boundaries of art and technology with its successful online production of John Lazarus’s one-act play, Babel Rap.