Local Arts

The music and cultural gathering that is the Rogue Arts Festival was among the many arts cancellations last summer, thanks to the pandemic.

The Sunshine Coast Arts Council’s annual Friends of the Gallery (FOG) exhibition is on at the Doris Crowston Gallery in Sechelt until Feb. 7.

An 80-year-old sketchbook has inspired a Sechelt artist to create a unique exhibition in memory of an uncle who was also an artist, killed in action during the Second World War.

Local filmmaker Dolf Vermeulen, known for the remarkable footage he collects by drone, has released a short film, A Tribute to the Sunshine Coast.

The COVID pandemic isn’t stopping the Driftwood Theatre School (DTS) from putting the fun back into the fundamentals of drama.

Sunshine Coast Community Services and Coast Cultural Alliance have announced that applications are now being accepted for this year’s Daniel Kingsbury Music for Youth (DKMFY) Endowment Grant.

A Gibsons-based animation studio is getting some international attention in the field of children’s cartoons. The Animation Playground (TAP) has a number of short, animated films in circulation.

The Doris Crowston Gallery in Sechelt is featuring its annual Friends of the Gallery (FOG) exhibit, which runs from Friday, Jan. 8 to Feb. 7. It’s the show where members of the Sunshine Coast Art Council get to strut their stuff.

Jasmyn Evered, a student of the Coast Academy of Dance (CAD) for 16 years, successfully passed her Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) associate teaching examination in late November.

Among recent releases by Sunshine Coast musicians are two works that offer up some interesting tunes from quite different musical traditions.