Local Arts

Gibsons Public Library, the Arts Building, Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives and the Art Garden have gotten together once again to present what sounds like a party overflowing with seasonal treats.

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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)

Jan Zwicky and Robert Bringhurst, two of the most celebrated Canadian writers, will be reading at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre on Saturday, Nov. 2. Zwicky is a poet, philosopher and essayist.

Annelies Ravensbergen poses with her oil on canvas, Healing Waters, at the Oct. 12 opening reception for the Gibsons Public Art Gallery members’ exhibit, Present Tense. The show, which runs to Nov.

A whole new area is coming aboard as the Sunshine Coast’s 10th annual and bigger-than-ever Art Crawl gets underway starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, with 186 venues featuring more than 360 artists.

Sechelt Arts Festival presented its premier performance Becoming on Saturday, Oct. 5.

What do you have when you combine the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl, the Sechelt Arts Festival, and too many other noteworthy events to fit into one Art Beat column? You have this weekend, an overflowing bounty of local arts and entertainment: Art Crawl I

The Silver Moon Art Gallery celebrates its official opening on Friday, Oct. 18, and will be open for the 2019 Art Crawl, Venue #30. There will be a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. with live music and refreshments.

The best ideas can seem so obvious in retrospect, like this: We live in one of the most intensely artistic regions in B.C.