Local Arts

A Beetlejuicy Halloween comes to Lower Gibsons Oct. 29

More than 60 people attended the Sunshine Coast’s inaugural Inclusion Fest at Roberts Creek Hall on Oct. 12, as presenters highlighted personal transformation powered by a network of community support. 

As the Art Crawl kicks into high gear this weekend literary events complement the visual riches of Sunshine Coast studio and galleries.

Ahead of the much-anticipated Art Crawl weekend, we meet just one of the artists part of the 169-venue event: sculptor Jack Gibson

The alluring landscapes by Gibsons-based painter Julia Dodge are rooted in real-life locales where brooding figures contemplate ethereal skies. Sechelt’s Jan Jensen creates ebullient abstracts in which filaments of energy dart and rebound while offering tantalizing allusions to the material world at Gibsons Public Market until Dec. 8

'The buffalo dreaming' features traditional Indian and Indigenous dances, teachings and myths within a hand-crafted setting made from repurposed materials enhanced by digital projections. The fusion of dance spectacular and healing journey will be performed in the shíshálh Nation Band Hall as part of the Sechelt Arts Festival on Oct. 22 and 23.

Sherry Yoon is the sole nominee from B.C. for the national Siminovitch Prize. The artistic director of Vancouver’s Boca Del Lupo theatre company has also worked as a freelance director with organizations like Bard on the Beach and National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

The Garibaldi Trio makes its Coast Recital Society debut this Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2:30 p.m. at the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt. The performers are Jose Franch-Ballester (clarinet), Marina Thibeault (viola) and David Fung (piano).

A newly-opened exhibition at The Kube gallery in Gibsons features a combination of earthy touchstones and shadowy portents, all rendered in a subtle palette that reveals while it restrains.

Caitlin Hicks audiobook honoured at NYC Book Awards