Local Arts

It was a long journey to get the kind of mental health care that Jody Franklin needed. The artist, formerly from Victoria, spoke openly about his struggles to get support and how he found that help on the Sunshine Coast.

The Fibreworks Studio and Gallery held its season opening reception on March 30 with a new show of Sunshine Coast artist Jennifer Love's textile paintings titled Cuttings.

The Green Man (aka John Conway) has been invited to present his show proposal to the Dragon's Den show on CBC TV at the end of this month in Toronto.

For those who love the musical riches of the piano and string trio repertoire, performances by Trio Hochelaga are a rare treat. Residents of Montréal (called Hochelaga by the Iroquois before 16th. C.

This Sunday, April 7, The Sound Studio in Sechelt presents Resonance: Beings of Frequency, a powerful film about the potential damaging effects that WiFi culture and EMFs (electro-magnetic frequencies) have on our health and the environment.

Skye Wallace graduated from Elphinstone Secondary School in Gibsons in 2007 and has been a rising star ever since.

The Showcase of the Performing Arts (SOPA), two to three weeks of music, dance and theatre at the Gibsons' Heritage Playhouse, was traditionally performed in the summer heat of July. But no longer. Welcome to the new face of SOPA - in April.

FibreWorks Gallery and Studio in the yurts at Madeira Park is celebrating spring with the opening of their sixth season that features the work of Jennifer Love in a show titled Cuttings.

As part of the Sechelt Arts Festival's 10th anniversary celebrations, Oct. 17 to 27, a new direction for the visual art show will be presented in the exhibition Here and Now: Contemporary Art on the Sunshine Coast.

Artist James Miller is new to Sechelt, recently settling here after teaching art and math in various countries in the Middle East and Japan.