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Opening Reception, Saturday, November 1, 2025     1-3pm

I’ve always loved nature, but it wasn’t until my teenage years that I realized how deeply the natural world shaped my sense of well-being. On a trip with my parents from our suburban

Melinda has been involved in many artistic ventures from private and public murals to volunteer after school art programs, community “Art Start” workshops, Professional Development seminars for CUPE and BCTF and the B.C. Ferries Artist and

Opening Reception:  Saturday, November 1   1-3pm

As a blind artist, it might come as a surprise to most viewers, that I have a close and treasured relationship with colour.  In scientific terms I experience what is known as Charles Bonnet

Artistic Composition Through The Japanese Art of Notan (Parksville/Qualicum)

Expand your creative boundaries and improve artistic composition by immersing yourself in the
compelling Japanese art of Notan. Notan is based on the artistic principle of ba

Born in 1984, Sarah grew up in the small town of Fort St James, BC. As a child she was very creative and gifted with focus and determination beyond her years. Growing up she was influenced by her mom’s passion for photography and the outdoors. You c

The Crow Show

I stepped onto the beach at Cox Bay one recent spring morning and found mounds of the freshest and most interesting and colorful seaweed I had ever seen. Crows were everywhere and certainly inspecting the new additions to a beach smo

Meaning is a driving force. Patricia allows and encourages the painting to speak for itself as she makes marks spontaneously and intuitively. A conversation develops as she paces back and forth while making those marks. Meaning emerges and she uses

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September 6 – 28, 2025 

Opening Reception, Saturday, September 6, 2025     1-3pm

KATE BRIDGER, FABRIC ARTIST

For over three decades I have been working with fabric to create landscapes, wildlife, house portraits, old cars, household objects and abstr

TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

ROBERT HELD    BRIAN MIDDLETON

September 6- 27, 2025

Get ready for an immersive digital art experience of a lifetime!

Brian Middleton has been a professional painter in Canada for nearly 50 years.  Describing himself as a “

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The Benson Brass Collective (BBC) is an exciting new brass ensemble formed in 2024 whose repertoire is eclectic and diverse - everything from Bach to the Beatles and beyond. The group looks forward to its two upcoming shows at the MAC