Join friends and take a scenic coastal tour of 122 open galleries, artist studios and more. Enjoy events, demos and meet the artists throughout the weekend. Take part in this year's Art Auction at 32auctions.com/artcrawl2013. October 18 to 20, 2013 Friday (evening) Saturday to Sunday (10 am to 6 pm) Langdale to Lund For updated [...]
OCTOBER 17 – 27, 2013 October will mark the 10th Anniversary of the Sechelt Arts Festival, presented in partnership with the District of Sechelt. This annual tapestry of visual, musical and performance art will run for ten days beginning Thursday October 17 until Sunday October 27 and promises to be one of the best years [...]
Members of the Sunshine Coast Society for the Hunting, Recognition and Observation of Mushrooms (SC SHROOM) are almost giddy with delight this year. Those fall rains that signalled the end of summer produced an abundance of fungi in our forests, and SHROOMers are taking full advantage. Share in the fun at the fifth annual Sunshine [...]
"Wait!” I yelled as we were just about to pull away from the Sechelt Library parking lot. I had spotted the most precious scene: a brilliant red autumn leaf dotted with perfectly round water drops. In the middle of this urban situation, I had discovered a subtle yet incredibly complex universe as I followed the [...]
"Children’s creative slates are clean. Nothing is impossible, there are no rules to follow, no right or wrong,” says Sunshine Coast artist Morley Baker. “I try to imagine that freedom in my work, but I’m an adult with all the loss of innocence that entails. I struggle in my work to find a balance between [...]
The Sunshine Coast is blessed with more artists per capita than anywhere else in Canada. A small handful of these artists are world class, showing internationally, with studios open to the public. Mardi is one such hidden sparkling gem, showing her art locally at her little rustic barn/studio, the ArtBarn in Roberts Creek, just off [...]
Rotary Club Art Auction On Saturday, November 2, the Rotary Club of Pender Harbour will host the twelfth annual Rotary Art Auction at the Garden Bay Hotel in Pender Harbour. This event has become a favourite night out for many and a chance to either start a collection or build on an existing one. An [...]
Growing up in Africa, Liz de Beer was surrounded by a rich resource of wonderful design elements in nature, from which she draws inspiration for her pottery. Her dad used to pick up porcupine quills in the fields on their farm and would then turn them into actual writing instruments. The use of quills on [...]
I didn’t know what to write here until the very last day, when this issue was due to go to press. In the past, I usually had something brewing in my mind months before publication. This time, I just didn’t know what to say. This reminded me why ZOOM’s format emphasizes photography, with very little [...]
Located northeast of Sechelt, Tetrahedron Provincial Park affords visitors some of the most spectacular ocean and mountain views on the Sunshine Coast. The varied landscape includes mountain peaks, freshwater lakes, streams, wetlands, and the Sechelt area’s community watershed. The main access to the park is via Grey Creek forest logging road in Tuwanek. The park [...]