Lobby Exhibition: Tina Dots – To Have a Face
To Have a Face explores the tension between visibility and vulnerability. The face—our first site of encounter—acts as both a mask and a mirror, an invitation into the vastness […]
To Have a Face explores the tension between visibility and vulnerability. The face—our first site of encounter—acts as both a mask and a mirror, an invitation into the vastness […]
Sat May 30, 10am | On May 30, the Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, […]
Japanese Garden Society - Unveiling of the Memorial Story Interpretive Panels The Unveiling Celebration on May 31 marks the completion of the Japanese Canadian Memorial Project on Salt Spring Island. […]
Sweetgrass Arts and Music Society Presents: Indigenous Art Show at ArtSpring Join us at ArtSpring for a vibrant celebration of Indigenous creativity, culture, and community. This special exhibition brings together a diverse mix of Indigenous artists, showcasing works that reflect story, land, tradition, and contemporary expression. Alongside the main show, we are hoping to include […]
Each of the grade 9-12 dancers will have an opportunity to shine brightly in this collection of new choreography from the studio at GISS Dance. This end-of-semester show will include […]
GISS Dance program presents A Community Dance Performance! We've invited our dance friends to climb up onto the stage with us! The show will include dance pieces from Jen Soo's […]
June 6, 2026 - Community Potluck & Dance featuring Queer As Funk 7:00-10:00 | 7:00 - Appetizer Potluck | 8:00-10:00 - Dance | Entry By Donation Celebrate Pride 2026 with […]
Some stories take a long time to return home. This year we are learning that the story of the No. 2 Construction Battalion is one of them. Authorized on […]
United by a focus on process and material, driven by the challenges of the ephemeral, mysterious, precarious and elusive, four Saltspring-based artists come together in Stratum, an exhibition of two-dimensional works. Stratum is layers, depth, building up and excavating down. It is smooth and textured wax, opaque and translucent, charcoal set down thick as velvet, […]
Crown-Indigenous relations in British Columbia have been badly strained since the BC Supreme Court found, last August, that the Cowichan Nation holds Aboriginal title to a portion of land in Richmond. Some politicians and pundits seized on the Court decision to argue that private property was at risk. But is private property really at […]
ONE DAY ONLY! STAINED GLASS SHOW Lorne Tippett is a local artist who specializes in stained glass. He grew up in picturesque eastern Canada and has been living on the west coast of B.C. since the mid 1990’s. He is an avid sea kayaker exploring our rugged shores which are an inspiration for many of […]
July 15-18 | ArtSpring's biggest fundraiser of the year is back! With furnishings, jewelry, artworks, musical instruments, sporting equipment, collectibles, professional services, and more, Treasure Fair is the perfect place to build your treasure trove and support Salt Spring's arts community in the process. The last two Treasure Fairs were ArtSpring's most successful yet, and […]
Fri Jul 17, 7:30pm | Get ready for a wild ride through the swinging streets of 1930s Paris, by way of Canada’s west coast. Van Django is a virtuosic string […]
Stephen Cornish has spent a career saving lives around the world: managing humanitarian responses from Chechnya to Sierra Leone, negotiating with warlords to gain access to vulnerable populations, and […]
King, Cash, and Diamond Forever is a high-energy tribute show coming to ArtSpring Theatre this September, celebrating three legendary icons of music—Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Neil Diamond. Multi-award-winning […]
Vetta proudly celebrates its artistic lineage: Joan Blackman, former Artistic Director for nineteen transformative years, and the esteemed pianist Jane Coop, long cherished by Vetta audiences, share the stage with […]
Step into the golden age of California rock with Eagle Eyes, a tribute to one of the most legendary bands of all time — The Eagles. Celebrating the timeless songs […]
Vetta presents a remarkable artistic collaboration: violist Jacob van der Sloot, a Vetta favourite and his musical family take on the Vetta stage with Dvořák's and Brahms’s beloved string sextets. […]