In The Theatre


Thank you to over 140 individual and corporate donors, all the bidders, and the organizing committee and volunteers. A massive cheer for committee lead Catherine Griffiths and her dedicated team, and a special thank you to Robert Steinbach of Country Grocer who organized donations for a $1500 BBQ and a $400 tent, along with gift cards and baskets from CG Pharmacy, Harvest Moon Cannabis, and Upper Ganges Liquor Store.
We are also proud to announce ArtSpring is relaunching a new and improved version of our Theatre Angel Program. Starting with our first red curtain performance on October 1, the commitment is to make 20 seats available for each and every ArtSpring Presents show for a special rate of $15 per ticket. These will be first come, first served and will be offered one week prior to the performance both in the Box Office and by phone. The intent is to remove barriers to encourage and include those who may not have the means, are on a fixed budget, or may not have had previous experience attending. Donors and sponsors who would like to contribute are graciously invited to allocate their giving specifically to the Angel Program and join us in extending the gift of art to everyone.
Don’t forget to purchase or renew your membership as our 25th Anniversary Season 2023/24 Program Brochure will be mailed out in August. Members will be invited to a special Season Launch Preview Gala September 5th, where the line-up will be previewed and tickets go on sale for members only to get first pick of seats before sales go public online Monday September 11.
Finally, make sure you have your say as we reach out for ideas of what to include in our 25th Anniversary celebrations. As always, we thank you for your support in helping us springboard into an exciting new season of arts to enrich, uplift, and connect our community.
With thanks,
Howard R. Jang
Executive & Artistic Director
ArtSpring
Connections by League 181 | ArtSpring Lobby
July 18 – August 30 | Tue-Fri 10am-2pm
League 181 members Judith Borbas, Peter Eyles, Don Hodgins, AFCA, Wendy Wickland and Dulcy Wilson present a series of paintings in the ArtSpring Lobby on now through August 30th. Scrubbed and verified leading-edge imagery drives deep creative expression, resulting in an uninhibited team who is fully process-connected — with the past, the present, nature, and each other. (Credit: Don Hodgens)
Photosynthesis Photography Show | ArtSpring Gallery
Aug 23-Sept 4 | 10am-4pm daily | Reception Aug 24 | 5pm to 7:30pm
Photosynthesis mounts its annual fine art photography show Aug 23-Sept 4. Since 2001, this select group of photographers has grown and matured while retaining an eclectic gathering of styles, subject matter, techniques, and visual expression. The leading-edge photography will not disappoint; this is a show that people look forward to each year. This year, the show includes seventeen regular members along with four guest photographers and one student. All participating photographers are residents of Salt Spring Island.
ArtSpring Presents Andrew Allen
Sat Feb 11 | 7:30pm
GISS Music presents Lost Together
Wed Jan 18 | 7:30pm
Thurs Jan 19 | 7:30pm
Are you looking for a fun way to engage with the ArtSpring community and give back? We’re looking for volunteers for our upcoming season.
From ushering at shows, to box office help, to billeting visiting artists, there are volunteer roles to fit just about everyone. Build skills, meet like-minded people, and enjoy great perks.
Visit artspring.ca/volunteer or email megan.w@artspring.ca to find out more.
ArtSpring acknowledges the unceded territory and the ancestors of Salt Spring Island, the Coast Salish First Nations peoples of Salt Spring and surrounding areas, who continue to use and steward these lands. We at ArtSpring wish to pay respect to the Elders of this land, past and present.
With thanks,
Howard R Jang
Executive & Artistic Director, ArtSpring
Vetta presents Bach and Mendelssohn
Show your support for your community performing and visual arts centre by purchasing an annual ArtSpring membership. Members get advance purchase on the ArtSpring Presents seasons and the right to vote at ArtSpring’s AGMs in December.
Individual memberships cost $30 and Couple’s memberships are $50 per year.
Are you looking for a fun way to engage with the ArtSpring community and give back? We’re looking for volunteers for our upcoming season.
From ushering at shows, to box office help, to billeting visiting artists, there are volunteer roles to fit just about everyone. Build skills, meet like-minded people, and enjoy great perks.
Visit artspring.ca/volunteer or email megan.w@artspring.ca to find out more.
ArtSpring acknowledges the unceded territory and the ancestors of Salt Spring Island, the Coast Salish First Nations peoples of Salt Spring and surrounding areas, who continue to use and steward these lands. We at ArtSpring wish to pay respect to the Elders of this land, past and present.
And so it begins! I’m incredibly proud of our new ArtSpring Presents season, which opens this month with a world premiere from Ballet Victoria. We also present exceptional music performances throughout October – from Accademia de’ Dissonanti, the Victoria Conservatory of Music’s Young Artists Collegium program, and Mirror Visions Ensemble.
There are two other new season launches this month. Our friends at Vetta Chamber Music return for the first in their series of five concerts. And the Met: Live in HD series is back for Saturday morning opera lovers.
An opportunity to hear from your local election candidates, and two exhibitions from community artists – painting group League 181, and the Weavers and Spinners Guild – round out a packed month at ArtSpring. I hope you can be a part of it.
I look forward to seeing you in the theatre soon.
With thanks,
Howard R Jang
Executive & Artistic Director, ArtSpring
Ballet Victoria – Broadway on Pointe and other works
Sun Oct 2 | 2:30pm
A world premiere from Ballet Victoria. A tribute to Broadway’s most iconic tunes featuring songs from Chicago, Kiss Me Kate, and Sweet Charity.
2022 Local Elections Debate
Thu Oct 6 | 7pm-9pm
Presented by The Driftwood and the Salt Spring Forum, and moderated by Aletha Humphreys. All candidates running for election to the CRD and Island Trust positions in the local elections of October 15 2022 will be present to present their plans and answer questions from the public. Free – no ticket or reservation required.
Accademia de’ Dissonanti – Boccheriniana
Thu Oct 13 | 7:30pm
Artistic director Elinor Frey.
Boccheriniana celebrates one of the most delightful and original voices of the classical era, Luigi Boccherini.
Vetta Presents: Inspiration
Mon Oct 17 | 7:30pm
This opening concert of the Vetta season features two of Vancouver’s own – pianist extraordinaire Jane Coop and composer Marcus Goddard with music inspired by other composers, literature and the muses.
The Met: Live in HD – Medea
Sat Oct 22 | 10am
In Cherubini’s rarely performed masterpiece, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance.
Victoria Conservatory of Music – Young Artists Collegium Program
Sun Oct 23 | 1:30pm
The very best students from VCM’S Young Artists Collegium Program perform a special chamber music concert, featuring ensembles on strings, winds and piano.
Mirror Visions Ensemble – Journeys
Thu Oct 27 | 7:30pm
Soprano, tenor, baritone, and piano take audiences on an imaginative journey, showcasing well-known and neglected pieces, set to texts by poets and historical figures.
League 181 – An Eclectic Convergence
ArtSpring lobby
Tue-Fri, Oct 2-28 | 10am-2pm, and before all theatre events.
Judith Borbas, Peter Eyles, Don Hodgins, Wendy Wickland, and Dulcy Wilson.
A collaborative painting group since 2013, who fuel each others’ enthusiasm for creating art, finding new challenges, and enjoying each others’ company.
Salt Spring Island Weavers and Spinners Guild – Show and Sale
ArtSpring gallery
Fri Oct 7 – Mon Oct 10 | 10am-4pm
Beautiful and practical items for the home, a large selection of popular garments and accessories, including hats, scarves, shawls and sweaters, and for knitters, handspun and mill-spun yarn. All items are handmade by guild members, or fibre products from their farms.
Makana Youth Choir
Grades 2-5 and 6-9
Fridays 3-4pm and 4-5pm
Discover the joys of group singing!
The Makana Youth Choirs are the place to develop healthy singing habits, learn musical literacy skills, and put on a concert. All while having fun with your friends.
Show your support for your community performing and visual arts centre by purchasing an annual ArtSpring membership. Members get advance purchase on the 2022-23 ArtSpring Presents season.
Individual memberships cost $30 and Couple’s memberships are $50, per year.
Are you looking for a fun way to engage with the ArtSpring community and give back? We’re looking for volunteers for our upcoming season.
From ushering at shows, to box office help, to billeting visiting artists, there are volunteer roles to fit just about everyone. Build skills, meet like-minded people, and enjoy great perks.
Visit artspring.ca/volunteer or email megan.w@artspring.ca to find out more.
ArtSpring acknowledges the unceded territory and the ancestors of Salt Spring Island, the Coast Salish First Nations peoples of Salt Spring and surrounding areas, who continue to use and steward these lands. We at ArtSpring wish to pay respect to the Elders of this land, past and present.
I hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer. After a relatively quiet couple of months it feels good to see more events coming up in the theatre – a great start to what’s going to be a very busy season.
Broadcaster, musician, and author Grant Lawrence kicks off September with an evening of stories, songs, and musical friends. ArtSpring presents a special rough cut performance from CAMP dance collective at the end of their week-long residency with us. And there are two documentary movies this month – the Dosed filmmakers return, and there’s a film fundraiser event about the transformational power of yoga.
There’s also a big art fundraising event in the galleries – for the SSNAP Parallel Art Show – and the lobby exhibition for September sees new work from the Island Textile Artists.
We’re releasing details of our own ArtSpring Presents 2022-23 season next week. Don’t forget to buy your annual membership to get advance purchase on new season tickets. Also next week, tickets go on sale for the return of the Met: Live in HD opera broadcasts.
I look forward to seeing you in the theatre soon.
With thanks,
Howard R Jang
Executive & Artistic Director, ArtSpring
Grant Lawrence and Friends – An Evening of Stories and Songs
Fri Sep 9 | 7:30pm
Bestselling author, broadcaster, historian, and humourist Grant Lawrence returns to Salt Spring with special musical guests, including Tom Hooper and Phöenix Lazare.
CAMP dance collective rough cut
Fri Sep 16 | 5pm-6pm
At the end of a week-long residency, artist-run dance collective CAMP will be sharing what they have been working on in a short rough-cut performance, with audience Q&A.
DOSED 2: The Trip of a Lifetime – with filmmaker Q&A
Sat Sep 17 | 7:30pm
Laurie, a loving mother of four, is granted the right to legally use magic mushrooms to treat her end-of-life anxiety. Followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
The Circle – documentary film fundraiser
Fri Sep 23 | 8pm
A film about the transformational power of yoga in curing drug addiction in the street children of Mumbai. Followed by a Q&A with Yogi and priest, Fr Joe Pereira.
Island Textile Artists – Embracing Nature
ArtSpring lobby
Tue-Fri, Sep 1-28 | 10am-1pm, and before all theatre events.
The Island Textile Artists present an exhibition of work offering hope for our blue planet earth. Through their textile art they offer motivation to embrace nature for the beauty and health she provides.
PAS 250 – The Parallel Art Show fundraiser
ArtSpring gallery
Fri Sep 2 – Mon Sep 5 | 10am-4pm
Support Southern Gulf Islands Artists. Take home an original work of art.
The Salt Spring National Art Prize Society invites you to PAS 250—The Parallel Art Show fundraiser!
We’re excited to bring back live broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera. This thrilling new season starts Saturday October 22 with Cherubini’s Medea.
Tickets go on sale on Tuesday August 30 – 10am in person or by phone, and from 1pm online.
Show your support for your community performing and visual arts centre by purchasing an annual ArtSpring membership. Members get advance purchase on the 2022-23 ArtSpring Presents season.
Individual memberships cost $30 and Couple’s memberships are $50, per year.
Are you looking for a fun way to engage with the ArtSpring community and give back? We’re looking for volunteers for our upcoming season.
From ushering at shows, to box office help, to billeting visiting artists, there are volunteer roles to fit just about everyone. Build skills, meet like-minded people, and enjoy great perks.
Visit artspring.ca/volunteer or email megan.w@artspring.ca to find out more.
ArtSpring acknowledges the unceded territory and the ancestors of Salt Spring Island, the Coast Salish First Nations peoples of Salt Spring and surrounding areas, who continue to use and steward these lands. We at ArtSpring wish to pay respect to the Elders of this land, past and present.
I hope you are having a wonderful summer. It might be a quieter month on the ArtSpring stage, but behind the scenes we’re keeping busy preparing for the ArtSpring Presents 2022-23 season. I’ll be able to give you a sneak peek of what will be in our new season in a couple of weeks. I can’t wait to share it with you.
This month the much-loved Salt Spring Chamber Music Festival faculty is back for two special concerts. Kai Gleusteen, Paula Kiffner, Amy Laing, Catherine Ordronneau, Paule Prefontaine, David Stewart, and David Visentin will be on stage on two consecutive nights, with a pre-concert talk before both.
Another regular visitor to ArtSpring is artist Johanna Hoskins. She has new work in a month-long exhibition – a feast of mixed media pieces grace the walls of our lobby in August.
Lastly, please join me in congratulating the Treasure Fair team, led by Catherine Griffiths, for their fantastic fundraising work. We reached 120% of our target. It was truly a joy to watch the community come together to support ArtSpring. Thank you if you were one of the silent auction item donors, a bidder, or helped in any way to contribute to the success.
I look forward to seeing you in the theatre soon.
With thanks,
Howard R Jang
Executive & Artistic Director, ArtSpring
Salt Spring Chamber Music Festival
Concert one – Deeper
Fri Aug 12 | 7:30pm
The faculty of the Chamber Music Festival presents a program of Debussy, Schnittke, and Beethoven. With a pre-concert talk at 7pm.
Salt Spring Chamber Music Festival
Concert two – Deepest
Sat Aug 13 | 7:30pm
The faculty of the Chamber Music Festival presents a program of Shostakovich, and Brahms.
With a pre-concert talk at 7pm
Johanna Hoskins – Playing With Paper and Other Things
ArtSpring lobby
Tue-Fri, Aug 2-31 | 10am-1pm, and before all theatre events.
“It’s all about textures, colours, and shapes. Add in a variety of mediums, surfaces, and found objects – and then the fun begins”. Johanna Hoskins
Would you like to join our fabulous front of house team for the new season? We’re always looking for new volunteers to help in the theatre or in the box office. Full training is given for every role, and there’s lots of flexibility with your volunteer commitment.
Please get in touch with our Front of House Manager & Co-ordinator of Volunteers Megan Wilson (250.537.2102), or fill in the Volunteer Form on our website. We look forward to meeting you.
ArtSpring acknowledges the unceded territory and the ancestors of Salt Spring Island, the Coast Salish First Nations peoples of Salt Spring and surrounding areas, who continue to use and steward these lands. We at ArtSpring wish to pay respect to the Elders of this land, past and present.