Sheryl Sawchuk Artist Statement

I love to paint! Since I was a child who could barely hold a crayon until today I have never lost the fascination and enjoyment of using colours and lines to represent the people and things in the world around me.

I moved to Vancouver Island in 2003 and leapt into the challenge of becoming a full time artist, for subject matter I simply look around, living on Vancouver Island there is almost always something beautiful to see at every turn. It doesn’t matter if I’m on the beach, hiking in the woods, or in my garden, I like to examine things up close so I can explore the details and really appreciate the intricacies that I see.

I hope that when people view my art they can sense and share in the amazement and appreciation that I have for
the subject that I am so happy to experience and paint!

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Kat Cearns is an emerging artist and illustrator based in Coombs here on Vancouver Island. Her practice is ever-growing and evolving, driven by daily inspiration and a fundamental need to create. She works in a wide range of mediums including ink, watercolour, acrylic, block printing, oil, encaustic, and more. Art has always been a way for Kat to communicate with people. As a shy individual, expressing her inner self through an art practice has been a wonderful and fulfilling way to open up to new relationships and connections. Her subjects are often animals, both in natural states and settings, as well as whimsical and fantastical scenarios. Kat aims to depict and express her feelings of awe and gratitude for the minute, often overlooked moments in life that, when added up, make every day beautiful.

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Qualicum Beach will be hosting Beach Day for its 10th year on the beautiful waterfront! A full day of free activities has something for everyone - July 16, from

11 am to 3 pm.

 Activities include beach seining, beach games, touch tanks & marine displays, skydiving exhibitions, kite building, dunk tank, giant bubbles, sandcastle building, parachute games, mini putting, facepainting, and more!

 Stage entertainment includes opening ceremony by Chief Michael Recalma, Qualicum Beach & Mount Arrowsmith Pipe Band, Belly Laughs Dancers, Ian Johnstone (family entertainer), and Dave Hart (guitarist).

 A free shuttle runs from 10:30 am to 3 pm, from Berwick Retirement Community to the beachfront.

Find out more at www.qualicumbeach.com/beach-day

JOHNNY INAPPROPRIATE

Saturday, JULY 15th, 2023 at 2pm

Join us Saturday, July 15th, 2023 at the beautiful new Parksville Outdoor Theatre in Parksville Community Park, Parksville, British Columbia for a rocking band - Johnny Inappropriate.

Yellow Point • Cedar by the Sea • Nanaimo • Parksville • Comox

Expect the unexpected with the return of the Vancouver Island Symphony’s  popular Summer Pop Up Concert Series featuring 3 VIS Ensembles performing exciting, entertaining and enchanting live concerts. These 3 concerts take place in beautiful garden settings from Yellowpoint to the Comox Valley.

FULL DETAILS HERE

Support Local! Support Live Music! Spend those beautiful, sunny summer days on the Qualicum Beach Cafe patio with some of Vancouver Island's best musicians to serenade you!

Each Thursday night in July and August the Uptown Market will be taking place from 6pm to 9 pm on Second Avenue West, from Memorial Avenue to Primrose Street.

Each Thursday, starting July 6 and ending August 31

Parksville Beach Festival

For more details click HERE

The Play that Goes Wrong

Wednesday, July 12, 20237:30 PM 
Sunday, July 30, 20232:00 PM

By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields

Directed by Gary Brown

The smash hit farce!  On the opening night of "Murder at Haversham Manor'", things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous.  This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show – an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines).  Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences.  Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award-winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter.

More Details HERE

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Join us for a summer of fun in our Community Art Garden!
We have nine new classes for Creative Kids ages 8-12.  Our instructors Shania Frampton and Alex Carr will be here to lead the way!

Classes run Tuesdays through Thursdays from July 11- 27 and repeat from August 1 – 17.
Choose between am (10-12) and pm (1-3) classes so you can hit the beach before or after your class.

For details and registration information on these fun and new class offerings click HERE

2023 - Nanoose Bay Art in the Garden
Address: 2525 Northwest Bay Road, Nanoose Bay

THREE DAYS ONLY:
July 7th Noon - 6pm
July 8th 10am- 4pm
July 9th 10am- 4pm

Entrance fee $10 per person - children 12 years and under of age are free.
Hope to see you there!
13th annual Nanoose Bay Art in the Garden!
Partial proceeds of the entrance fee going to the Nanoose Community Services, helping our school, families and seniors in our community.
Held on a 10 acre family farm BumbleBees Farm & Garden.
www.bumblebeesfarm.ca/art-in-the-garden
Come and enjoy and walk the gardens, listen to live music, enjoy some food and visit all the wonderful talented Vancouver Island artisans!
FREE parking AND shuttle bus from NBES school and community Centre - avoid the traffic and busy roads. The shuttle brings you right into the Art in the Garden property leaving every 20min.

For details dates and times of these talks click HERE

TRANSITIONS: National Mosaics Conference 2023: We are so thrilled to be hosting this National Mosaics Conference at the MAC this summer! We will be welcoming Mosaic artists from across Canada, who will be hosting a wonderful series of Artist Talks, Workshops & Classes AND a community mosaics project, for all of our summer visitors to participate in! Bring your summer visitors and come and be a part of this exciting, innovative, educational, juried exhibition.

Running July 1- August 27, 2023. Opening Celebrations: July 1st, 1-3pm. Check out the MOSAICS Artist Talks and Classes and be a part of the wonderful activities this summer at the MAC!

More details HERE

Do you miss the joy of singing in community, but not a formal choir? Sing Again this summer in a fun, encouraging group, and explore your voice and creative expression, as well as learn to sing in harmony by ear. All voices are welcome regardless of age, gender, or experience - it's not about talent, it's about connection!

You're welcome to drop in until the end June and try it out, and see if you want to join us for the summer. We'll be gearing up for a big community singalong at Knox United Church on August 26th, and learning a set of songs from ABBA and The Beatles to Cyndi Lauper and Great Big Sea, as well as a few from local bluesman Gerry Barnum (who'll be joining us at Knox). Choir members will have the option to join me on stage at the big event!

I have two weekly groups starting June 12 and 15 (drop in open for the rest of June; email me if you'd like to join late):

1) Mondays at 5pm at Parksville Community Park (picnic shelter, behind the playground)

2) Thursdays at 3pm at the

Do you miss the joy of singing in community, but not a formal choir? Sing Again this summer in a fun, encouraging group, and explore your voice and creative expression, as well as learn to sing in harmony by ear. All voices are welcome regardless of age, gender, or experience - it's not about talent, it's about connection!

You're welcome to drop in until the end June and try it out, and see if you want to join us for the summer. We'll be gearing up for a big community singalong at Knox United Church on August 26th, and learning a set of songs from ABBA and The Beatles to Cyndi Lauper and Great Big Sea, as well as a few from local bluesman Gerry Barnum (who'll be joining us at Knox). Choir members will have the option to join me on stage at the big event!

I have two weekly groups starting June 12 and 15 (drop in open for the rest of June):

1) Mondays at 5pm at Parksville Community Park (picnic shelter, behind the playground)

2) Thursdays at 3pm at the McMillan Arts Centre (The MAC).

Invest

Do you miss the joy of singing in community, but not a formal choir? Sing Again this summer in a fun, encouraging group, and explore your voice and creative expression, as well as learn to sing in harmony by ear. All voices are welcome regardless of age, gender, or experience - it's not about talent, it's about connection!

You're welcome to drop in until the end June and try it out, and see if you want to join us for the summer. We'll be gearing up for a big community singalong at Knox United Church on August 26th, and learning a set of songs from ABBA and The Beatles to Cyndi Lauper and Great Big Sea, as well as a few from local bluesman Gerry Barnum (who'll be joining us at Knox). Choir members will have the option to join me on stage at the big event!

I have two weekly groups starting June 12 and 15 (drop in open for the rest of June):

1) Mondays at 5pm at Parksville Community Park (picnic shelter, behind the playground)

2) Thursdays at 3pm at the McMillan Arts Centre (The MAC).

Invest