All Entries in the "Visual Arts" Category
Studio Tour Featured Artist Rachel Vadeboncoeur
Rachel Vadeboncoeur (studio 29) has been an integral part of the Salt Spring Island Art Community for 20 years. She has studied art in many disciplines including batik, painting, and glasswork. Her art can be found in private collections both in Canada and abroad. Her work also enhances many book covers. Born in Montreal, Rachel was strongly [...]
List News: The Words of Our Community as Art
Wordles are a tool for generating “word clouds” from content within SaltSpringCommunity.com and from the SaltSpringCommunity.com List. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear most frequently. You can see some interesting rhythms in language that the community here on the island are using to describe what we’re interested in, what is happening, what [...]
Starfish Gallery And Studio Open House
Nov 27th – 28th Starfish Gallery & Studio, Salt Spring’s newest fine art gallery in Grace Point Square, opens on November 27th followed by an open house on Saturday November the 28th from 11- 4pm.
“We hope people will come out and help us celebrate our opening, and also meet the artists” says owner Andrea Collins who will be [...]
Judy Weeden Annual Christmas Show and Sale
November 28 – 29: Prize Winning potter Judy Weeden’s annual Christmas show and sale takes place at her studio.
“I have been holding this show for many years. It is my way of making my everyday functional work available to the local community. Some of my show pieces will also be on display. There is something [...]
Leather Mask Making Workshops
Halloween comes fast! Got your costume in mind? Come create something magical! Submitted by Andrea Russell
Oct 10- 3-6pm Leather Mask Making $75
Oct 17th 3-6pm Mask Decorating $30.
Together Cost Is $100.
In one class the participants will design and create a simple leather mask. It is easy and fun! I will teach how shape and water harden [...]
Children’s Clay Classes
October and November – Children’s Clay Classes for ages 6 to 14
Fridays from 10 am to 12 pm
(October 9, 23, 30 and November 6 & 20th)
Working with the themes of Halloween and Gift Giving children will have an opportunity to explore hand building, moulding, slumping and various texture techniques. The classes are geared to the [...]
Amy Melious Show at Salt Spring Coffee Co
September Exhibit – Photographic canvases by Amy Melious are showing this month at the Salt Spring Coffee Company. Amy describes the inspiration behind the exhibit:
“The show is called ‘Salt Spring, Real and Imagined.’ The images are about spirit of place. The series has been, and continues to be, inspired by a photograph I made of [...]
Painting The Natural Landscape
Artists and aspiring artists will enjoy this workshop. Nature as Muse: Painting the Natural Landscape August 9 – 12, 2009 at the Centre for Arts, Ecology & Agriculture, at Foxglove Farm.
Description: Whether you are an accomplished painter or have never picked up a brush this workshop provides the opportunity to work alongside a master landscape [...]
A Horse of A Different Colour
August 10 to 15, 2009 at the Robert Bateman Gallery, Art Spring, Island Arts Centre, 100 Jackson Avenue. 9 am to 5 pm daily.
Submitted by Tracy Harrison
A Horse of A Different Colour features the work of Sonja Barnard, Tracy Harrison, Denise Bachman, Kathleen Horsdal, Carl Borgstrom and Paul Burke. Works will include clay and wood [...]
Diana Dean Art Exhibition
Diana Dean Exhibition: “The Mysterious in the Ordinary” Friday, August 7 - Sunday, August 9, 2009 At The Bateman Gallery, ArtSpring, The Islands Art Centre. 100 Jackson Ave. Ganges, BC.
Submitted by Stephen Glanville
The exhibit features oil paintings, bronze sculpture, prints and cards and is the first solo exhibit by Diana Dean in 2009.
“Diana will be [...]
