Top photo by Bill Underwood; Bottom piece by Suzanne Prendergast Looking UP 2 is the second joint exhibit by long-time friends Suzanne Prendergast and Bill Underwood. Suzanne is a water colourist, painter and printmaker while Bill's focus is exclusively photography. Their decision to co-display is premised on the concept that visual art is a 'big tent,' one […]
Fresh on the heels of his smash hit 6 Guitars (ArtSpring 2014-15), virtuoso actor and musician Chase Padgett becomes a manager, a mother, a mentor, and the guitar prodigy himself in this one-man masterpiece as each one tells their side of the rise, demise, and resurrection of the best damn guitar player you’ve never heard […]
The Salt Spring Island Painters Guild holds an art workshop and life drawing every Wednesday from Jan 13 to May 4, 2016 in the gallery at Artspring. See the guild's website for details. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Judy Nurse, registrar at murrayjudynurse@hotmail.com.
Michael Kaeshammer has been called a triple-threat combo of piano virtuosity, vocal ability and charisma. This combination has earned the Canadian musician international critical acclaim. Kaeshammer is a multi-talented musician with the uncanny ability to create a sound that is uniquely his own. And we love it! Michael Kaeshammer is highly trained technician and writer […]
The Salt Spring Island Painters Guild holds an art workshop and life drawing every Wednesday from Jan 13 to May 4, 2016 in the gallery at Artspring. See the guild's website for details. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Judy Nurse, registrar at murrayjudynurse@hotmail.com.
Photo by Yukiko Onley ArtSpring is so pleased that Jon Washburn, longtime Conductor and Artistic Director of the Vancouver Chamber Choir, will lead a choral workshop here at ArtSpring. This workshop is intended for all voices, full choirs, as well as individuals. Well-known internationally for his mastery of choral technique and interpretation, Jon Washburn travels […]
The Salt Spring Forum celebrates its 5th birthday by welcoming back the very first Forum speaker, Globe & Mail National Affairs Columnist and author Lawrence Martin. After a discussion in the theatre with Martin on The Undoing of Harperland: Where Trudeau Will Lead Canada, be sure to stay for a special reception in the gallery. Lawrence Martin […]
Gregorian chant is still a seminal force in choral music, even a thousand years after Saint Gregory the Great lent it his name. Jon Washburn conducts the Vancouver Chamber Choir in an a cappella programme that traces choral repertoire back to the Gregorian chant on which it is based. The Vancouver Chamber Choir is one […]
The Salt Spring Island Painters Guild holds an art workshop and life drawing every Wednesday from Jan 13 to May 4, 2016 in the gallery at Artspring. See the guild's website for details. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Judy Nurse, registrar at murrayjudynurse@hotmail.com.
Stephen Fearing has earned many critical accolades and awards (including two Junos). A founding member of Blackie and The Rodeo Kings and Fearing & White (at ArtSpring in summer 2012), Fearing has collaborated with a long list of artists. His performances feature original songs and instrumentals that are "rugged, edgy, unapologetic all the while tender, […]
What would it be like to live alongside one of the shapers of human events, in their youth, before they transformed history? In Fractured Land we follow Caleb Behn, a young Dene lawyer who may become one of this generation’s great leaders, if he can discover how to reconcile the fractures within himself, his community and […]
Photo Credit: Christian Kern Formed in East Berlin in 1985 and still with its original members, the Vogler Quartet quickly established itself as one of the finest quartets of its generation. Mastering a repertoire of over two hundred works from all periods and musical styles, they are widely recognized for their uncommon musical intelligence, homogeneous […]
The Salt Spring Island Painters Guild holds an art workshop and life drawing every Wednesday from Jan 13 to May 4, 2016 at Artspring. See the guild's website for details. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Judy Nurse, registrar at murrayjudynurse@hotmail.com Please note that for today's February 24th workshop, there will be a workshop but no […]
The Salt Spring Island Painters Guild holds an art workshop and life drawing every Wednesday from Jan 13 to May 4, 2016 in the gallery at Artspring. See the guild's website for details. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Judy Nurse, registrar at murrayjudynurse@hotmail.com.
PARADISE LOST? No Action is Not an Option is a performance art event and the outcome of the collaboration between MONAD members Anna Haltrecht and Luis Araújo. This new work by MONAD focuses on the environment and in particular, Salt Spring's St. Mary Lake, and sets out to draw further attention to environmental preservation as […]
For all interested in participating and learning more about performance-based art, join Anna Haltrecht and Luis Araújo, the performers in the video art installation Paradise Lost? No Action is Not an Option for a free improvisation workshop. Pre-register for the workshop by emailing: anna@bonesforever.com Are you ready to take action? 4 day schedule of events: Wed […]
Come to the ArtSpring gallery to interact, move, dance, and play in MONAD’s video art installation. Anna Haltrecht and Luis Araújo, the performers of MONAD: PARADISE LOST? - No Action is Not an Option, will be onsite. All welcome. Are you ready to take action? 4 day schedule of events: Wed Feb 24 & Sat […]
Participate in an afternoon of environmental talks and discussions – led by environmentalists, historians & community members – focusing on the exchange of knowledge and information about our environment and St. Mary Lake with four very knowledgeable community members. Schedule of Environmental Talks: Xatsa' — Indigenous History of St. Mary Lake, Chris Arnett, PhD (Candidate), Department of Anthropology, […]
PARADISE LOST? No Action is Not an Option is a performance art event and the outcome of the collaboration between MONAD members Anna Haltrecht and Luis Araújo. This new work by MONAD focuses on the environment and in particular, Salt Spring's St. Mary Lake, and sets out to draw further attention to environmental preservation as […]
Special guest Dave Phillips and musical guest Nicola MacKenzie join the Salt Spring Nite Live players for an evening of live sketch comedy!
Here is an example of a work where the artist (Bernadette Mertens-McAllister) participated in the “Painting Challenge”. The guild members were invited to paint one painting per day for ten days, following a theme and medium of their choice. What happens when talented amateur artists experiment together and learn new techniques? Come to the Salt Spring […]
The Salt Spring Island Painters Guild holds an art workshop and life drawing every Wednesday from Jan 13 to May 4, 2016 in the gallery at Artspring. See the guild's website for details. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Judy Nurse, registrar at murrayjudynurse@hotmail.com.
Back after his incredible One Man Lord of the Rings, Charles Ross performs his high energy One Man Star Wars Trilogy at ArtSpring. This one hour one man non-stop blast through the three films – A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and The Return Of The Jedi – is a must-see for die-hard fans of […]
The Met stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Jonas Kaufmann join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story. Opolais sings the title role of the country girl who transforms herself into a Parisian temptress, while Kaufmann is the dashing student who desperately woos her. Director Richard Eyre places the action in occupied France in […]
If death is the last stop for all of us, why are we not talking about it more? The Death Cafe is part of a global movement 'to increase awareness of death with a view to help people make the most of their (finite) lives'. It is not grief support or counselling; it is simply […]
Author John Vaillant returns on March 5th to ArtSpring with his latest book, The Jaguar’s Children, and the Salt Spring film premier of Hadwin’s Judgement, a documentary based on his Governor General’s Award-winning book The Golden Spruce (Norton 2005). Producer Elizabeth Yake, President of the local production company True West Films, will introduce the award-winning […]