Art
The Suitcase Project – Workshop
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaCommunity Workshop facilitated by Susanne Hunter, MD, RCC Exploration of Intergenerational Memories - How Do We Relate? A gently guided exploration of intergenerational and collective trauma and healing through the Japanese Canadian uprooting experience. What are signs in ourselves and others of carrying intergenerational and collective trauma? How does it affect our lives? What can we […]
The Suitcase Project – Community Talk
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaCommunity Talk by Kirsten Emiko McAllister, Ph.D., Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University Japanese Canadian Memory Projects: Rebuilding the Community and Recognizing our Responsibilities Today McAllister will explore how the community’s wider pursuit of social justice requires us to go beyond our own experiences of persecution and examine our responsibilities to Indigenous […]
Art: Jeanne Lyons
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaJourneys: Paintings, Sculptures and Works on Paper The pieces of work in this show are expressions of various journeys taken. When I begin a piece, sometimes I have a clear vision of what I want to create. Images can appear in my minds eye almost fully formed. Bringing it to fruition is the journey. Sometimes […]
Art: Wendy Wickland
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaWendy has lived and worked on Salt Spring since 1980, teaching in elementary schools and, after retirement, drawing and painting! These colourful and lively paintings are a fusion of collage and more traditional oil application. Subjects emerge from an underpainting of acrylic dyed archival tissues and find their place on the canvas often to be […]
Art: Bill Gardam
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaVisual and written works, photographs, paintings and drawings, poems and short essays. Some reflect Bill’s many years living on Saltspring beside her forests and beaches, while others take us along on canoe trips and on sailing adventures in the Pacific Ocean. Many of the poems were written to be read at the open mic in […]
Art: Jason Newport
November 1 - 30 For this show I have been experimenting in doing different styles of art. I have chosen to focus on landscapes. Some of the inspiration for this show comes from photographs and other artists’ work. Some reflects my previous focus on an older time period. I have loved creating art since the […]
Art Exhibition: Elaine Potter
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaNATURE MARKS Potter’s work focuses on an exploration of the environment, the seasonal changes that shift the colour, line and texture of her garden, orchard, and the surrounding forest and ocean. Each work starts as marks and lines, shapes develop, colour, line and composition to bring out the mood of the painting. There are two […]
Art Exhibition: Kaya Reiss
Roman Portraits by Kaya Reiss It all started with a book called "Roman Portraits", black and white photos of sculptures from the ancient Roman Empire. The sculptures ranged from first century BC to third century AD. Many were grooved or marked with age. I've always had a fascination with faces, and statues. I love being […]
Art: Charles Breth
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaArt Exhibition April 1-27 Artist’s Talk, Wednesday, April 17th, 1 – 2:30pm Recent Paintings by Charles Breth Local artist shows abstract paintings in acrylic on large scale panels. The art exhibit can be viewed when the Library Community Program Room is not in use Mondays-Fridays 10am-5pm, Saturdays 10am-3pm.
Art: Medwyn McConachy
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaContemplativeThreads - Textile Art My intention is that these pieces invoke the essence of the natural environment in which I live, and embrace a traditional practice that supports slow art. I am interested in re-invigorating ways of being that embrace fluidity of time, reflection and ease. Slow, methodical contemplative stitches create threads of connection embodying […]