Photo credit: Elehna de Sousa Here's Looking at You is an exhibition of work by Salt Spring artists exploring some of the ways (both traditional and unusual) that the visual arts address the notion of personal identity. From among 75 submissions, a jury of professional curators has selected 25 for the exhibition, including paintings, photographs, […]
Salt Spring residents were invited in January to submit selfies that they felt said something about who they viewed themselves to be. A group of four high-school media arts students are curating the resulting submissions and producing a video installation to be shown in ArtSpring’s back gallery throughout the duration of Here’s Looking at You. […]
Building on recent work that combined images of First Nations elders with local scenes on Vancouver Island, David Baughan's new images from Hawaii combine petroglyphs and other original artwork from the original Kanaka Maoli peoples. Here is what David says about his exhibit Island Paradise: "Here we still struggle with respect for Aboriginal cultures and […]
Four of Vancouver’s best young opera singers – Robyn Driedger-Klassen, Barb Towell, Frédérik Robert and Peter Alexander – joined by sensational pianist Tina Chang, bring us a programme of operatic repertoire as well as exotic musical gems by songwriters from Schubert to Poulenc, Britten to Heggie, and Gershwin to Weill. You may remember Robyn Driedger-Klassen […]
Choreographer Claire French and composer James Maxwell from Restless Productions, one of Vancouver's newest dance companies, teach a performance workshop for Salt Spring dancers of all levels (teens & adults) on April 7th. The workshop is on the theme of forgetting and participants will create a lobby dance to be performed before The Moment of Forgetting performance on […]
One of Vancouver’s newest dance companies brings us a performance for five dancers and four musicians. Composer James Maxwell and choreographer Claire French explore the manner in which we experience time – lose it through forgetting, recover it through memory, live in it in the moment. “Dance audiences will see musical performance brought to the […]
On the heels of her triumphant Met performances as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna Netrebko takes on another Tchaikovsky heroine in the first opera of this intriguing double bill, consisting of an enchanting fairy tale (Iolanta) followed by an erotic psychological thriller (Bluebeard’s Castle). Netrebko stars as the beautiful blind girl who experiences love […]
The previous Death Cafes at ArtSpring have been so successful that we knew we had to offer another. Join Salt Spring Hospice facilitators for an open, honest and genuine conversation about death while enjoying tea, coffee and goodies (by donation). There will be small and large group formats. The Death Cafe is part of a […]
The Gulf Island Secondary School Senior Improv Team is heading to Ottawa to compete at the Canadian Improv Games! To fundraise for their exciting national competition, they perform at ArtSpring on April 11th. Attend their ArtSpring performance and help the GISS Senior Improv Team compete at the National Arts Centre in our nation’s capital, work […]
Hawaii - Maui Fern #1 by Sam Lightman Night Artists, an exhibit by members of the Salt Spring Arts Council, is currently on display in the ArtSpring gallery on the following dates and during the following times: Monday, April 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 16, […]
The year is 1955. Desperate to escape the stall-cleaning, hay-baling drudgery of life in RR#2 Caledonia, Ontario, Peggy Ann Douglas has a plan. She will follow in the footsteps of Debbie Reynolds and simply become a movie star – and she will start her journey to the top by winning the local pageant. Dora and […]
The Salt Spring Forum and Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) proudly present Marie Wilson, Commissioner on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). The TRC is a component of the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. It is mandated to create a public historical record, promote awareness about the residential schools system and its […]
Hawaii - Maui Fern #1 by Sam Lightman Night Artists, an exhibit by members of the Salt Spring Arts Council, is currently on display in the ArtSpring gallery on the following dates and during the following times: Monday, April 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 16, […]
During the Texture in Felt workshop with Ulrieke Benner, participants will explore texture in felted scarves, yardage, vests or tunics. They will also have the option of making a beret for a matching outfit. All skill levels are welcome. The workshop runs from April 17 - 19, 2015 (two or three days) with several options for […]
Prepare for an unprecedented musical and visual treat as the Salt Spring Concert Band presents music from award-winning anime films and exceptionally beautiful selections by Japanese composers. The concert will feature arrangements from three scores by composer Joe Hisaishi from the famous animation Japanese film company Studio Ghibli. Audiences will be treated to the music […]
During the Texture in Felt workshop with Ulrieke Benner, participants will explore texture in felted scarves, yardage, vests or tunics. They will also have the option of making a beret for a matching outfit. All skill levels are welcome. The workshop runs from April 17 – 19, 2015 (two or three days) with several options for […]
Helix Dance Theatre presents Perception in Motion at ArtSpring on April 18th. This will be Helix's third visit to Salt Spring Island. Helix is a pre-professional youth dance company based on central Vancouver Island. The company is made up of serious dancers from a variety of studios looking to move beyond the studio classroom and competitive level […]
During the Texture in Felt workshop with Ulrieke Benner, participants will explore texture in felted scarves, yardage, vests or tunics. They will also have the option of making a beret for a matching outfit. All skill levels are welcome. The workshop runs from April 17 – 19, 2015 (two or three days) with several options for […]
Vancouver’s pre-eminent mixed voice choir, originally founded in 1930, returns to ArtSpring after their sell-out performance in 2013. Director Leslie Dala has built on the strong connections between the choir and Vancouver Opera and the Vancouver Symphony to achieve standards of choral excellence that we want to experience anew. That the Vancouver Bach Choir has […]
Hawaii - Maui Fern #1 by Sam Lightman Night Artists, an exhibit by members of the Salt Spring Arts Council, is currently on display in the ArtSpring gallery on the following dates and during the following times: Monday, April 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 16, […]
Come enjoy StageCoach's fun-filled season-end show! StageCoach Improv students will open the show, followed by the headlining production of James and the Giant Peach. Don't miss the fabulous costumes created by Michele MacKenzie, animation effects by Cindy Jacobsen and the production design by artistic director Adina Hildebrandt. Additionally, Digital Artistry students will present a short film, […]
Come enjoy StageCoach's fun-filled season-end show! StageCoach Improv students will open the show, followed by the headlining production of James and the Giant Peach. Don't miss the fabulous costumes created by Michele MacKenzie, animation effects by Cindy Jacobsen and the production design by artistic director Adina Hildebrandt. Additionally, Digital Artistry students will present a short film, […]
Join photographer Tamar Griggs for the opening reception of her exhibit – Faces of Salt Spring: A Celebration of Community. For over twenty years Tamar Griggs has been photographing her Salt Spring community, passionately drawn to the people, events and changes here. Through her camera, she documents the fleeting moments in our lives and ultimately records history. […]
Photos by Tamar Griggs For over twenty years Tamar Griggs has been photographing her Salt Spring community, passionately drawn to the people, events and changes here. Through her camera, she documents the fleeting moments in our lives and ultimately records history. Over 400 islanders are in Faces of Salt Spring: A Celebration of Community, and […]
Singers of all ranges and abilities are invited to join VocaMe’s mezzo soprano Sigrid Hausen for a vocal workshop in the ArtSpring theatre. Workshop participants will develop their voices with the help of beautiful melodies from the Middle Ages. They will learn the art of medieval drone singing and will also sing mono and polyphonic […]
VocaMe, an early-music ensemble made up of four renowned female vocalists known for their breathtaking singing, returns to ArtSpring. VocaMe created a sensation with its original project, the world’s first recording of hymns by Kassia, a ninth-century Byzantine female composer. For its upcoming ArtSpring performance, VocaMe sings the music of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) former nun, composer, […]
Born in Sudbury of Peruvian parents, Patricia Cano is an extraordinary singer imbued with the spirit of South American, especially Brazilian, jazz. After a career in theatre, working with the likes of Thomson Highway and Paris’ Theatre du Soleil, Patricia is building a huge following in Canada as much for her captivating stage presence as […]
Come celebrate the power of youth and dance to uplift and inspire, with expressive dances created by the 100-plus students (aged 3-14) of the Children’s Dance Workshop. Following the children's show, Kristen Lewis will perform an excerpt of a new work-in-progress, Primordial, created by Lewis and David Westcott. All welcome! Families and children are especially encouraged to attend.
Photo by Bill Underwood; Image by Suzanne Prendergast Looking Up is a joint art exhibit by longtime friends Suzanne Prendergast and Bill Underwood. Suzanne primarily works in watercolor, colored pencil, and printmaking while Bill’s focus is exclusively photography. Their decision to exhibit together was based on the idea that visual art is a ‘big tent,’ one that comfortably accommodates […]
Salt Spring Fever by the Salt Spring Singers is a beautiful bouquet of songs touching on themes of love and renewal - from Madrigals to the swinging sounds of American jazz favourites, with a sprinkling of songs from other lands. The Salt Spring Singers are joined once again by acclaimed jazz singer Steve Maddock and Salt […]