Newsletter for the Arts on the Sunshine Coast

Volume 5, Issue 8sePTemBeR–oCToBeR 2007

Please Do Not Bend—Ed Varney Collage

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The Sunshine Coast Arts Council, a non-profit volunteer-based organization promoting the arts in our community, operates the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. The facility includes a community gallery, and art and music studios. Assistance is received from the B.C. govern-ment through the BC Cultural fund, from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Sunshine Coast Regional District, and District of Sechelt, the generosity of the public through memberships, donations, and the support of fund raising events.

Sunshine Coast Arts CentreExecutive Director: Sherryl Latimer

Administrator: Chelsea Herz Box 1565, Sechelt, B.C. V0N 3A0

Corner of Trail and Medusatel: (604) 885-5412fax: (604) 885-6192

sc_artscouncil@dccnet.com

ARTs CeNTRe HouRsWednesday to Saturday: 11 am–4 pm

Sunday 1 pm–4 pm

www.scartscouncil.com

BRITISHCOLUMBIAARTS COUNCILWe acknowledge the support of the Province of British Columbiathrough the British Columbia Arts Council

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A messAge fRom THe exeCuTIVe DIReCToR

I am thrilled to be part of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council. I started my job as Executive Director August 1, working from home with the occasional day at the Centre. I will commence regular office hours in September.

My first Arts Council experience was the Hackett Park Craft Fair. What a fabulous display of arts and crafts. I met many crafters and visitors, all of whom were very happy with the success of the fair. It was truly a pleasure to be there over the weekend. My many thanks go to many Arts Council volunteers and

others who made this event possible. My job as Executive Director will include exploring fundraising options,

children/youth art programs and developing a membership strategy. I look forward to meeting with the garden committee to discuss future plans, working with board members on new branding and marketing, and working with artists and art groups on the Sunshine Coast, addressing any needs they may have. I will be working part-time: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday during the operating hours of the Centre. Please do not hesitate to call or drop by in September to discuss any ideas you may have for the Centre or the Council. We would like input from the community—AND keep in mind we still require several board members and if you would like to be involved in this exciting transition of the Arts Council, please come to our AGM in September.

Sincerely,Sherryl Latimer

Thank you:to our talented summer student, Kirk Gower, and good luck with your studies at Emily Carr. Thank you also to our excellent and hard-working gardener, Diane Nicholson, who recently let us know that this will be her last summer making the Arts Centre grounds look wonderful. If anyone has an interest in taking on this job, or suggestions, please contact the Arts Centre.

Correction: In last month’s Artistry Chris Reid mentioned our new Executive Director has completed the Arts & Culture Management program at Grant MacEwan College. She has not yet completed the program, but continues her studies online as time permits.

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Serving the Community in support of the Arts

President, Chris ReidSCAC Membership:

Seniors/Students: $25.00 Individual: $30.00

Family: $35.00 Organization $50 Corporate $100

Patron/Benefactor $_____

Memberships may be purchased with cash or cheques made payable to the Sunshine

Coast Arts Council, Box 1565, Sechelt, B.C. V0N 3A0

ANNuAl geNeRAl meeTINg

of the suNsHINe CoAsT ARTs CouNCIl

Wednesday september 19, 2007, 7 pmPlease come to hear our meet our new executive director, hear our

annual report, elect next year’s board of directors, listen to artists discuss their work in the current show and enjoy coffee, snacks and art!

All memBeRs WelCome— if you aren’t a member, please come to sign up.

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exHIBITIoN: CoNTINuINg To sePTemBeR 23mARIlYN mARsHAll: BeNDINg THe BoDY

Local artist Marilyn Marshall’s acrylic paintings bend anatomy. Working from the human body she sometimes simplifies, sometimes zooms in, resulting in novel shapes, textures and juxtapositions that transcend our usual experience of the body. Rather than replicating the human form she expresses the feeling, gesture or “meaning “ of the figure.

JAN PoYNTeR, susAN fuRze: exPloRINg THe fIguReJan Poynter takes the tradition of life drawing “mark-making” to the more permanent painted format. The paintings are composed within a square format combining charcoal and drawing mediums with acrylic paints. Poses are intentionally created to evoke a subtle emotional response in the viewer.

Susan Furze transforms her usually abstract stained glass work to the figurative. She uses her skill in a variety of glass techniques and creates designs in homage to artists such as Klimt and Klee producing this “Body of Work.”

exHIBITIoN: sePTemBeR 26–oCToBeR 28ARTIsTs’ ReCePTIoN, sePTemBeR 26, 7–9 Pm

RoYDeN JosePHsoN: WHo HAs seeN THe WINDWorking primarily in abstraction, Ashcroft painter Royden Josephson’s goal is “to make art that enriches life, art that helps us know ourselves and our world more intimately.” In this exhibition he pursues wind as a theme, exploring the formal relationship between elements on the canvas. “The notion of using wind as a theme is challenging in that wind is invisible, and therefore is totally illusive as a subject matter. Wind is a physical feature of our real world that concerns all, perhaps no one more than farmers and fishers.” Josephson has a BFA from the University of Manitoba. Having previously worked as an art teacher, he now devotes his time entirely to his own practice. Josephson has exhibited across Canada and in New York City.

eD VARNeY: PosTAl CollAgeEd Varney’s inventive and resourceful “postal collages” are composed of strips of used envelopes including his original perforated “artistamps” that he has sent through the postal system and exchanged with other artists over thirty years. Each strip of torn envelope records a trip through time and space: “I suppose it’s a form of recycling, turning used stamps and envelopes into art, but it also reminds us that as a thing becomes obsolete (in this case snail mail) it becomes more precious.” Varney is a Canadian artist, curator, writer and poet based in Vancouver. In the early 70s, he was one of the original mail artists who formed an international network of artists and poets who exchanged work and ideas through the mail.

oNgoINg: suNsHINe CoAsT ARTs CeNTRe BulleTIN BoARDsBoth the “On Coast” and “Off Coast” bulletin boards are posted with arts events, classes, exhibitions, calls for entry and grant info which we receive. Don’t forget to post your organization’s upcoming arts and community event information.

PReVIeW mAgAzINe...is now available at the Arts Centre! Keep up to date on the gallery scene on the Lower Mainland.

ARTs uPDATe Coast Cable tapes on site interviews with the Arts Centre’s exhibiting artists. Check channel 11 for the times for the half-hour show Arts Update. The Arts Council would like to thank Coast Cable and all our volunteer hosts.

suNsHINe CoAsT ARTs CeNTRe exHIBITIoNs & ReCePTIoNsGallery hours: Wed–Sat: 11am–4pm and Sunday 1–4 pm.

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F A L L R E A D I N G S E R I E S B E G I N S

TeRRY glAVIN Terry Glavin, the well-known writer of eight books, most recently Waiting for the Macaws and Other Stories from the Age of Extinctions, is coming to read at the Arts Centre on Friday, September 28 at 8 pm.

According to Ronald Wright, author of A Short History of Progress, “Terry Glavin is a wise and eloquent writer whose clear-eyed intelligence explores our conflicted relationship with nature and our fellow man.”

Glavin’s science and travel journalism has won Western Magazine Awards, National Magazine Awards, the Jack Webster Award for Science and Technology, and the “Science in Society” prize from the Canadian

Science Writers Association. The Last Great Sea: A Voyage Through the Human and Natural History of the North Pacific Ocean, won the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize in 2000 and was shortlisted for the Bill Duthie prize and the Roderick Haig-Brown prize. This Ragged Place: Travels Across the Landscape in 1996 was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for non-fiction.

This reading starts off the Sunshine Coast Arts Council’s Fall Reading Series, which is sponsored by the Canada Council. Admission to the event is free and refreshments will be served.

mARgAReT sWeATmAN

Margaret Sweatman, a playwright, poet and novelist living in Winnipeg, will be reading at the Arts Centre on Friday, October 19 at 8 pm.

Sweatman’s most recent novel, When Alice Lay Down with Peter won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the

Carol Shields Winnipeg Award, the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic and the McNally-Robinson Book of the Year. She is also the author of the novels Fox and Sam and Angie. In 1992 she received the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer. Her plays have been produced in Manitoba

by Prairie Theatre Exchange and the Popular Theatre Alliance, and at Ontario’s Guelph Spring Festival. Most recently she won a Genie Award for Best Song in Canadian Film, with composer Glen Buhr.

Marie Clements will be reading for us in November, date to be confirmed later.

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Publisher, Dave Allen 604-740-6675www.justbusinessmagazine.com

Proud supporter of theSunshine Coast Arts Council

BOOK LAUNCHReconciliationby Donna Balma

Wed. Oct. 3 7:00–9:00 pm Sunshine Coast

Arts CentreFor further details call Donna Balma, 885-7176

artistry Contributors: Will Cummer, Joe Hatherill, Chelsea Herz, Sherryl Latimer, Mary White, Silas White,

Rosemary Bates Terry, Linda Williams, Tracy Wright Printing: Coast Copy

Next Artistry deadline October 15, email tracywright@dccnet.com

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summeR CRAfT fAIR

Thank you to all crafters and over 4,000 participants who helped make this year’s Hackett Park Craft Fair a great success. We look forward to seeing everyone again next year. Don’t forget we have a Christmas craft fair as well, so pick up your applications at the Arts Centre and mail them in or drop them off before 3 pm on September 28, 2007.

Thank you again to all crafters, vendors and volunteers.

D’arcy Margesson of WM Terra Cotta Pottery, Gibsons

JAzz CoNCeRT WITH THe AmANDA Tosoff QuARTeT

Thursday Sept 20, 8 pmSunshine Coast Arts Centre

Presented by Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertainment Society

The band includes the young talents of composer Amanda Tosoff on piano, Evan Arntzen on saxophone/clarinet, Sean Cronin on bass and Morgan Childs on drums. The quartet swings with spirit and delicate interpretation of their originals and those of great artists such as Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Branford Marsails and others. More info at www.amandatosoff.com. Tickets $15 adults, $10 students/seniors. Available at Gaia’s Fair Trade, Talewind Books, RC Health Foods.

ARTesIA CoffeeHouse Friday Sept 28, 8 pm

Sunshine Coast Arts CentrePresented by the Coast Cultural Alliance

First show of the season including Murphy’s Lagh with Sara Fitzpatrick & Damian Brennan; singer/songwriter Pamela Mesner; vocalist Catherine Rowan with Chris Anderson with performer slide-show, yummy treats, the SCAC gallery show and lots of fun and friends. $8–10 at the door.

ToNY WIlsoN, guITAR solo sHoW

Saturday Oct 6, 8 pmSunshine Coast Arts Centre

Presented by Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertaiment Society

“. . . unquestionably one of the most original guitar stylists on the Canadian scene.”

—Coast Jazz and Blues.

If there are two schools of music—emotional and cerebral—Wilson is firmly ensconced in the former, as a composer, leader and player. Normally heard leading one of his many bands, now is your chance to hear one of Vancouver’s most understated guitar players in the intimate surroundings of the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre. $10 advance $12 at the door. Available at Gaia’s Fair Trade, Talewind Books, MELOmania in Roberts Creek.

ARTesIA CoffeeHouseFriday October 26, 8 pm

Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Presented by Coast Cultural Alliance

Again four great live performances including amazing vocalist, Laura Jean Hogan. Watch your local papers or go to www.suncoastarts.com to see the complete lineup. Come early for a good seat as we fill up fast! $8–10 at the door.

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CoAsT ReCITAl soCIeTY 2007/2008 seAsoN

As the weather mellows and cools, as the leaves fall and Coasters look to more indoor pursuits, The Coast Recital Society 2007–2008 concert season gets underway October 21 at the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt.

Subscriptions are still available for a six-concert series guaranteed to appeal to the classical music lover, whether your sensibilities thrill to the sound of a glorious voice, or the subtle precision of a string quartet, or the fascinating variety of a wind ensemble, or the virtuosity of the solo pianist.

The series starts with the renowned Kodály Quartet, October 21 at the Raven’s Cry. With over four decades of international appearances and numerous

recordings, the Quartet exemplifies the richness of Hungarian musical tradition. November 4 brings the CRS début of the young German pianist Markus Groh, who has garnered rave reviews for the astonishing power of his recital playing.

The great Canadian pianist Anton Kuerti performs November 25. A favourite with audiences in the nearly forty countries where he has performed, Kuerti boasts a long, distinguished career and a vast repertoire.

The 2008 portion of the season gets underway January 20 with a CRS and all-Canadian favourite, mezzo-soprano Susan Platts, who will be accompanied by collaborative pianist Rena Sharon. Called “the next Maureen Forrester,” Platts made her Carnegie Hall début in 2004 and pursues a full schedule of orchestral and recording engagements

across North America and abroad. On February 10, like a warm, tropical breeze, the chamber ensemble Winds of the Southern Cross promise to banish the winter blahs. The group performs a rich and wide variety of repertoire in many genres.

The CRS season ends with a March 2 recital featuring the young baritone Tyler Duncan, accompanied by Erika Switzer. Hailed as one of Canada’s brightest and finest young singers, Duncan is in demand around the world as a concert, opera and recital soloist.

All CRS performances are scheduled on Sunday afternoons at the Raven’s Cry. Start time is 2:30 p.m. Pre-concert chats begin at 1:30 p.m. For a six-concert subscription, call The Coast Recital Society: 604 885-0991. For single concert tickets, call 604 886-8330. Further information can be obtained from the CRS website: www.coastrecitalsociety.ca.

— Rosemary Bates Terry

Wow, two busy months have flown by and it is time for an update from the Sunshine Coast Music Society. There are definitely more musicians, more venues and more performances than ever before on the Sunshine Coast and I have recently had the pleasure and privilege to often be both in the audience and on stage.

The Sunshine Coast Music Society is now looking forward to the first performance of our 2007–08 season on Sunday afternoon, November 18, at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons. Bruce Pullan will lead the University Singers, a mixed choir of forty young people who have garnered international praise for their eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary styles.

After last season’s successful hosting of the Vancouver Opera Company’s production of Naomi’s Road, the Sunshine Coast Music Society is bringing in another opera adaptation for the benefit of local children and their families: The Barber of Barkerville. This touring show will be in Pender Harbour on Thursday, February 28, and is based on Rossini’s comic masterwork The Barber of Seville.

The “Vancouver Opera in Schools” program is now in its 36th year travelling throughout British Columbia. There are 50,000 people scheduled to attend performances of The Barber of Barkerville, given by four young rising star singers, a pianist and a stage manager.

March 7 will be a double bill with Beth Currie and School District 46’s Choralations choir led by Janice Brunson. Beth spent several years singing as a member of this prestigious local group, and is currently enjoying the challenges of university life majoring in voice at UBC.

I am pleased to announce the Sunshine Coast Music Society’s plan to sponsor another talented local musicians’ recital in late spring. I met up with Erin McDonald at the West Coast Amateur Musicians’ Camp where she was teaching viola and I was teaching jazz ensemble. Erin is living and teaching in Victoria and plans to begin a master’s program next year. More details in the next issue.

For more details on becoming a member of the Sunshine Coast Music Society, on ticket prices and availability, or to make a donation, please telephone me at 604-885-9123, or email hatherills@yahoo.co.uk

—Joe Hatherill

CommuNITY

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CommuNITY oRCHesTRA BegINs ITs 14TH seAsoN

The Sunshine Coast Community Orchestra Association (SCCOA) (www.musicsuncoast.com) is about to begin its 14th year operating permanent orchestras giving musicians of all ages/skill levels on orchestral instruments an opportunity to play mostly classical and popular music. Each ensemble rehearses weekly and gives scheduled concerts throughout the year. The Christmas and Spring concerts are popular with music lovers on the Coast. This fall the family Hallowe’en Howl returns – watch the local papers for announcements.

Start-up dates and times for the various ensembles are given at right.

This season the concert band will have several vacancies in its woodwind, brass and percussion sections and the three orchestras are always thrilled to have more string players. If you are interested in participating in any of these groups please call the conductor or come to the first rehearsal to check it out.

Registration will take place on Saturday September 8 from 9 am to 11

am at the Roberts Creek Community Use Room (in the foyer while the band rehearses). The 2007–08 fee schedule is as follows: first ensemble – seniors (19+) $100; juniors (under-19) $50; each additional ensemble $20. There is also a required membership fee of $10 per family. Bursaries are available by application and there is a $10 discount for early payment.

—Joe Hatherill

ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL TIME (*first rehearsal)

LOCATION CONDUCTOR

Suncoast Concert Band

Saturday (*Sept. 8) 9:15 to 11:30 am

RC Community Use Room

Joe Hatherill (885-9123)

Tuesday Chamber Players

Tuesday (*Sept.11) 4:30 to 6 pm

SC Arts Centre, Sechelt Joe Hatherill

Tuesday Wind Ensemble

Tuesday (*Sept.11) 4:30 to 6 pm

RC Community Use Room

Michael Stephenson (886-9267)

Introductory Orchestra

Thursday (*Sept.13) 4:30 to 5:30 pm

RC Community Use Room

Heather Beckmyer (885-0971)

Intermediate Orchestra

Thursday (*Sept.13) 5:30 to 7 pm

RC Community Use Room

Blaine Dunaway (740-3868)

Coast Symphony

Thursday (*Sept.13) 7:15 to 9:30 pm

RC Community Use Room Blaine Dunaway

This year’s Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival saw less participation from woodworkers than in past years. Festival workshop registrations were up 25 percent according to workshop coordinator Noreen Tretick, but only three wood workshops were held and wood entries in the juried exhibition were down from previous years.

While entries in the wood section of the exhibition may have been few, their quality was excellent and the first water craft entered in the festival took

the top prize for woodworking. Built by Larry Westlake and his seventeen-year-old daughter Hannah, the double-paddle canoe Twilight was a shining presence in the gallery. Word is that Larry may be offering a canoe-making workshop next year. Woodworkers on the Sunshine Coast may not realize how big this festival is getting to be and what an opportunity it is to participate. The Fibre Arts Festival is evolving into a world-class event and we are fortunate to be a part of it. Let’s make sure that next year’s festival is rich in beautiful woodwork and exciting workshops!

–Will of the Woods

Twilight double-paddle canoe by Larry and Hannah Westlake. Winner, first prize in wood category.

Turning instructor Gary Kelly assists student Ted McKinnon with a setup for bowl turning.

Student Aliceyn Forkul turning a bowl in Gary Kelly’s turning workshop.

Co-presidents, Peter Moonen,(pmoonen@dccnet.com)Gary Kelly, (gskelly@telus.net)

Membership: 1 share - $25Annual dues - $35Contact: John Jensen,1622 Blower Rd. Wilson Creek, B.C. V0N 3A0

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Box 1565, Sechelt, B.C. V0N 3A0

CHANge of mAIlINg ADDRess?Fill out this form and drop it off at the Arts Centre so we can update mailing lists for all the organizations listed below:

Name membership is in _______________________

New address: ________________________________

RR# and City _________________________________

New Postal Code ______________________________

EMAIL ______________________________________

uPDATe WITH THese oRgANIzATIoNs: Sunshine Coast Arts Council Coast Recital Society Coast Cultural Alliance Southcoast Value-added Co-operative Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts Sunshine Coast Music Society Other ___________________________________

AWARDS FOR ARTISTS!

It is time to nominate artists for the ANNE & PHILLIP KLEIN VISUAL ARTS AWARD. The SCAC is looking to award artists who have found their artistic passion later in life. Nominees are 65 and over years young, residents of the Sunshine Coast and working in any of the visual arts e.g. painting, crafts or fibre arts.

Reminding music lovers—the LOUISE BARIL MUSIC AWARD is also coming up. The SCAC is asking musicians who have demonstrated serious intent to pursue advanced music studies at a post-secondary level to apply for this award.

The SCAC is also looking for nominations for the GILLIAN LOWNDES AWARD which is open to Coast artists in any discipline who have shown recent growth, innovation and past substance in his or her field.

THE YOUNG ARTISTS AWARDS (YAA) This year the Gibsons School of Art is joining forces with the Arts Council for this sponsored competition and exhibition. The YAA is open to young Coast artists between the ages of 5 and 18 working in the visual arts, i.e. drawings, paintings, prints, mixed media, photographs, videos, sculpture or pottery. The event requires the artist to enter 3 pieces of original and recent art which have been created independently of school. The Gibsons School of Art will be offering scholarships worth $250 for the 12–14 age group and $350 for the 15–18 age group. The exhibition will take place October 31 to November 18, with the awards being presented November 18.

The deadline for all awards is October 19, 2007. Information packs will be available August either from the front desk at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre or by email:

sc_artscouncil@dccnet.com to the attention of Chelsea.

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2007 sCAC CHRIsTmAs CRAfT fAIRSaturday, November 24 10am–5pm

& Sunday, November 25 10am–4pmAt the Seaside CentreSet-up Friday evening

Applications will are available as of September 4 from the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre or by calling 604-885-6412. Application deadline: September 28, 2007

Jurying will be done by October 12 and samples may be picked up during gallery hours after October 17.

CAll foR exHIBITIoN PRoPosAlsThe Sunshine Coast Arts Council invites artists to submit exhibition proposals. All visual art mediums will be considered. We must receive your proposal by October 1, 2007. The Selection Committee plans the Exhibition schedule for the following calendar year. A Guide for Submissions can be picked up from the Arts Centre, or phone and leave your fax or mailing address.

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