This is a workshop for anyone curious about spinning yarn.  Participants will learn the ancient skill of creating yarn using a simple tool, the drop spindle.  The drop spindle has been used for centuries by cultures all over the world as a simple portable device for making basic yarn from a variety of fibres.  You will need a spindle and wool rovings.  Spindles will be available for sale at the workshop  The instructor is Leigh Smith who loves teaching this ancient craft.

Cost is $100 for the day's instruction.  Space is limited to allow for individual instruction.

For more information contact workshops@qwsg.ca     Or visit our web site qwsg.ca

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The first annual Route 19A Music Festival is a family friendly event that gets rolling along Vancouver Island’s Highway 19A on August 30 with stops in Qualicum Beach before arriving in Parksville the following weekend. Take in evening concerts, a dance, and a musical storytelling evening, all featuring headline performers. Don’t miss the two free matinees, one with local professional musicians and the other with emerging young artists who’ll amaze you with their musicality while capturing your heart.

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This is a 3 day workshop that will take students through the basics of designing, planning and weaving their own unique cloth.  Looms and all equipment will be supplied.  The course starts on August 10th then continues on August 17 and 18th.  Places are limited to allow for individual instruction.  Cost for 3 days of instruction non-members $330, members $270

Instructors, Sandra Schulz and Sharon MacKay

The workshop takes place in the QWS studio at 744 Primrose Street in Qualicum Beach

For more information check out our website qwsg.ca

Experience the unforgettable ROCK THE PARK Music Festival in Parksville's Outdoor Theatre for the Performing Arts! Enjoy the largest music celebration in the city and make memories sure to last a lifetime. Dance, sing, and be inspired - August 9th-11th, 2024!

Tickets on sale at 

MAC Box Office

Buy Tickets HERE

Oceanside Music is pleased to announce that Ed Dumas, retired educator and concert band Concductor, will be starting our new musical group, Oceanside Adult Beginners Concert Band this September. Anyone wanting to learn a wind instrument, (flute, clarinet, sax, trumpet, trombone baritone or tuba), or a percussion instrument (snare drum or mallets) from the beginning stages is welcome to participate in this group. Musicians will learn everything they need to know to be able to keep up in a community concert band, including how to read music. The Adult Beginners Concert Band is perfectly suited to adult beginners, or people who have played in the past and would like to make a return to it. Experienced musicians who want to learn a new instrument are also welcome. Join us at our information event 7pm Monday June 17th at St. Anne & St. Edmund Anglican Church located at 407 Wembley Road, Parksville. If you can't make it, contact Ed directly at:

liaison-abcband@oceanside-music.ca.

 Create and Prepare for Plein Air:  an Art Gems watercolour workshop with Dorota Goede

Learn the ins and outs of drawing, perspective and sketching in preparation for plein air painting. Drawings will be finished in ink and enhanced with watercolour wash. We’ll also show you now to mount your paper on wood board.

You’ll take home a finished piece and be all set to venture outdoors to paint!
(This class will take place in the MAC studio, not outdoors.)

Monday, May 27 (10am-2pm)

$100 – materials provided

Register online here

About the Instructor: Born in Poland, Dorota studied Architecture before immigrating to Canada in 1981. She graduated with Honors from Architectural Technology Program in 1983 and completed her Bachelor of Architecture Degree at University of Toronto in 1989. Dorota received extensive education in drawing, completed courses in watercolors from Dundas Valley School of Art, and recently attended a number of workshops with prominent artists. She loves learning and, with

TALES FOR THE TELLING

STORYTELLING FOR ADULTS

KINGS, QUEENS, AND NE’ER DO WELLS

Oceanside Big Band with guest vocalist, Gary Lovell, performs jazz standards and more. Tickets available at the door. Adults $25. Students $10. Children under 10 - free. 

Oceanside Consort A Capella Singers performs Welcome Spring. Join us in the church lounge and enjoy a collection of folk, classical, pop and show tunes. All tickets are $15 and available at the door. 

APRIL 30 – MAY 26, 2024

OPENING RECEPTION, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024, 1-3PM

Tom Shardlow, AFCA, SCA

Tom Shardlow’s artwork was recognized early receiving awards and media attention in High School. He later studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr School of Art and Design) before working in advertising doing art layouts. After graduating from UBC, Tom worked as a field research biologist where he was fortunate to have traveled to many of British Columbia’s wild places. These travels inspired him to document on canvas and paper what he saw and felt.

His drawings and illustrations have appeared in book form, magazines, and newspapers, and he completed a series of commissioned drawings for Fitzhenry and Whiteside publishers. His paintings have won multiple awards and have been acquired by a major private collection lending to the National Gallery in Ottawa and are included in a Simon Fraser University permanent collection. Tom’s works have appeared in over 70 juried exhibitions a

OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, May 4, 2024,  1-3pm

The most positive childhood memories I have is growing up within the rugged and beautiful natural landscapes of Vancouver Island. That combined with a creative mind served me well in imagining our area as the most magical place. From the time I was brought into this world, I saw nature and my surroundings though my own mind, and that both fascinates me and inspires me.

It’s important for me to share my art with the world, because in my opinion, the story and narrative of my artwork does not end

April 30 – May 26, 2024

Opening Reception:  Saturday, May 4th, 2024   1-3pm

Born in Poland, Dorota studied Architecture before immigrating to Canada in 1981. She graduated with Honors from the Architectural Technology Program in 1983 and completed her Bachelor of Architecture Degree at the University of Toronto in 1989. After few years of commercial design work, and over 30 private residences designed, she accepted a teaching position at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario. As a Faculty Professor she specialized in design, rendering, 3D Revit and CAD modeling, building codes, as well as sustainable construction. Retired in 2018 she is currently living in Nanoose Bay enjoying nature, creative arts, gardening, golfing, sailing, travel, and recently teaching Arts at the Nanoose Place Community Center.

Dorota received extensive education in drawing, completed courses in watercolors from Dundas Valley School of Art, and recently attended a number of workshops with prominent artists. She lov

Beginner Weaving Lessons

May 3 to May 5 inclusive, 10am to 4:30

Learn how to make cloth using a harness loom.  Materials and equipment are supplied,   Participants will learn how to create a warp, dress a loom and weave cloth.

Note the class size is limited so that there is a time for individual instruction.

For more information or to register check our web site QWSwebsite