February 24, 2012
What do children age 7 to 14 think about the Covenant for Child Honouring and the Nine Principles? The Centre for Child Honouring went into Victoria, Duncan and Salt Spring schools in the Fall of 2011 to find out. The gallery will be filled to the brim with student drawings of each of the Principles and the vision of child honouring. This insightful collection of work shows our children are very clear on what kind of world they want .The Centre for Child Honouring acknowledges the generous donations of our main Art Exhibit sponsors ARTSPRING and Gallery 8 . Their sponsorship has made it possible for us to exhibit this work. To see all of our project sponsors visit: www.childhonouring.org/friends.html
Shelagh Rogers, moderator
Charles Foran (President of PEN Canada)
Brigette DePape (Former Senate Page of “Stop Harper” Fame)
Carmen Aguirre (Author of “Something Fierce”)
What do children age 7 to 14 think about the Covenant for Child Honouring and the Nine Principles? The Centre for Child Honouring went into Victoria, Duncan and Salt Spring schools in the Fall of 2011 to find out. The gallery will be filled to the brim with student drawings of each of the Principles and the vision of child honouring. This insightful collection of work shows our children are very clear on what kind of world they want .The Centre for Child Honouring acknowledges the generous donations of our main Art Exhibit sponsors ARTSPRING and Gallery 8 . Their sponsorship has made it possible for us to exhibit this work. To see all of our project sponsors visit: www.childhonouring.org/friends.html
February 25, 2012
Bringing home the true story of the war
Kevin Patterson, moderator
Murray Brewster (Author of “The Savage War”)
Ann Jones (Author of “Winter in Kabul”)
Terry Glavin (Author of “Come From the Shadows”)
February 26, 2012
The role of the Roman Catholic Church, patrons, and the State in the evolution of Western Art music from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century. Along with lots of good music, we’ll explore art and architecture, peasant life and high society, famine and plague, and plenty of strange goings-on. You’ll even find out why and when the Parisians had Le Civet de Kangarou and Le Chat flanqué de Rats on the menu. You’ll learn a bit about changing form and structure in music, and why that happened, but no special musical knowledge is necessary. One lucky patron will have his or her full registration fee returned in gift certificates to ArtSpring events.
Six Sunday afternoons, 1:30 to 4:00, from January 22 to February 26, 2012 in the Theatre at ArtSpring.
$50 per person, $80 per couple. Tea will be served, but not kangaroo. All proceeds go to ArtSpring.
March 2, 2012
The Boy Jimmy is a play written and directed by GISS student Jacob Mulder. It follows the adventures of a young man in a grimy other-worldly dystopia. Upset by society and put upon by its systems of culture and law, the protagonist tries to grasp at the things that will make him happy. Aided by a mysterious stranger, a lovely aristocrat and a bumbling police officer, he fights against the world and arrives upon something deeper and more passionate than he ever could have predicted.
March 3, 2012
Ten years after first moving to Salt Spring Island, freelance book editor (and ex-Globe and Mail journalist) Cheryl Cohen will be coming out of her home office to hold a one-day Editing Workshop that is “for writers too.” To register, email cherylcohen@shaw.ca or phone 250-538-8172.
For more details, see www.cherylcohen.ca
Price: $100 / Early Bird Price (registered by Feb. 3rd) $85
The Boy Jimmy is a play written and directed by GISS student Jacob Mulder. It follows the adventures of a young man in a grimy other-worldly dystopia. Upset by society and put upon by its systems of culture and law, the protagonist tries to grasp at the things that will make him happy. Aided by a mysterious stranger, a lovely aristocrat and a bumbling police officer, he fights against the world and arrives upon something deeper and more passionate than he ever could have predicted.
March 9, 2012
Additional seating is currently available in our adjacent gallery to allow you to view the presentation via live video screening. Tickets are $12.
Internationally renowned author ethnobotanist, environmental activist and lecturer Wade Davis will make a rare appearance on Salt Spring to discuss his book- “Sacred Headwaters”- a call-to-action to save the headwaters of the Stikine, Nass, and Skeena rivers. Wade will also touch on his critically acclaimed new book “Into the Silence”. After his presentation, Wade will be joined on stage by fellow Massey lecturer Ronald Wright, who will lead off questions from the audience for Dr. Davis.”
Proceeds from ticket and book sales will benefit the Salt Spring Conservancy and the David Suzuki Foundation.
March 29, 2012
“I Never Met a Blank Canvas I Didn’t Like” a slide show presentation by Canadian painter Sheila Norgate. Starting with the dreaded blank canvas and charting her course through several recent paintings, Norgate takes her audience on a stirring and intimate road trip through the peaks and valleys of the creative process. It’s a no holds barred look at what really goes on behind the closed studio door. It’s a chance to be a fly on the wall without getting paint on your pants. For more information visit www.sheilanorgate.com.
