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Celebration: A 25th Anniversary Exhibition from Seth Berkowitz
For ArtSpring’s 25th anniversary Seth Berkowitz was commissioned to create a Lobby Art installation celebrating ArtSpring’s history over the past 25+ years. By creating 12 printed panels, representing notices and posters attached to the plywood hoarding often found around construction sites, a series of digital collages are installed in ArtSpring’s lobby for the April festivities. […]
25th Anniversary Festival
Apr 17-21 | Get ready for five days of performances, demonstrations, workshops, kids tables, speakers, exhibitions, dance parties, and concerts to celebrate the past, present, and future of arts and community at ArtSpring! Every inch of the property will be used -- from the theatre to the lobby, the gallery to the outside amphitheatre and […]
Sunday, April 14, 2024
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Monday, April 15, 2024
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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Featured April 17, 2024 -Featured Opening Celebration!
Opening Celebration!
The 25th Anniversary celebrations begin with a bang and an Opening Celebration to remember. The evening begins with a literal chorus of community voices as 70 members of seven community choirs combine to kick off the show. Salt Spring's Super Group. A giant choir of Viva Chorale!, Salt Spring Singers, Women of Note, United Church […]
$5 – $10
Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Featured April 18, 2024 -Featured Speaker Series with Max Wyman
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April 18, 2024 -Workshop: Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance
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April 18, 2024 -Workshop: Making Cordage w/ SS Basketry Guild
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April 18, 2024 -Workshop: The Writer’s Process
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April 18, 2024 -Open Stage Performance Slots
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April 18, 2024 -Community Potluck & Dance Party
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April 18, 2024 -Face & Body Art with Annie Delorme
Speaker Series with Max Wyman
Max Wyman: Why, for Whom, and How Much Do the Arts Matter? Apr 18 | Who better to engage in a conversation about these questions than Max Wyman who appears as part of ArtSpring’s 25th Anniversary Celebration. The Salt Spring Forum, in partnership with ArtSpring, welcomes Max Wyman who for more than forty years has […]
$10
Workshop: Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance
Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance Workshop with Sue Newman Who are your top five Broadway stars? What do you do when you hear the phrase, “jazz hands”? Where did you put your old tap shoes? When was the last time you thought you’d like to OWN a pair of tap shoes? Why is the shower the […]
Workshop: Making Cordage w/ SS Basketry Guild
Making Cordage w/ Natural Materials Salt Spring Basketry Guild members will teach you how to make cordage (very thin rope) from a wide variety of natural materials. Think leaves (daffodil, iris, crocosmia), barks (willow, cedar), grasses (sisal, miscanthus). Participants are invited to drop by and try your hand at this age-old technique. There will be […]
Workshop: The Writer’s Process
The Writer's Process: A Creative Writing Workshop with Angelo Rosso A creative writing workshop that dives into the craft of writing and engages the spark of inspiration that brings great work to life. Led by prompts, the first hour explores the writing process and group sharing. In the second hour we will articulate our creative […]
Open Stage Performance Slots
Open Stage with Rough and Tumble House band Rough and Tumble are in the house as we open the theatre and the mic (just like open mic nights) for performers, poets, speakers, comedians, and musicians who feel the call to jump on stage and share their talent. Between 5:00-6:30pm, 10-minutes slots are available for those […]
Community Potluck & Dance Party
Join us for ArtSpring's first Community Finger Food Potluck and Dance Party in our main gallery featuring Everyday People and face and body art by Annie Delorme. 6:30-8:00pm -- Potluck and Face Painting. Contribute and share snacks and mingle with your neighbours. Simply bring a snack dish or finger food dish to share. Dishes can […]
Face & Body Art with Annie Delorme
Come by to have your face or body made into a work of art by Annie Delorme. April 18 6:30-8:00 (pre Community Dance Party) April 20 3:30-5:00 (Saturday fun for adults, kids, and families!)
Friday, April 19, 2024
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April 19, 2024 -Workshop: Sacred Geometry in Nature
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Featured April 19, 2024 -Featured Jane Coop Recital
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April 19, 2024 -Kids Activity Art Table
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April 19, 2024 -Bling Squared Glass Sculpting
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April 19, 2024 -Japanese Drum & Shamisen
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April 19, 2024 -Drop In: Watercolour Painting w/ SS Painters Guild
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April 19, 2024 -Stagecoach Theatre Presents a Mini Enchanted Bookshop
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April 19, 2024 -Marianne Grittani w/ Rose Birney
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April 19, 2024 -19 Strings: Youth Folk Group
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Featured April 19, 2024 -Featured Jim Cuddy Special Presentation
Workshop: Sacred Geometry in Nature
Artis Ari Lazer on Salt Spring Island by Photographer.Kris Krüg The Seed of Creation: Sacred Geometry and the Living Language of Nature As delightfully improbable as it might seem, a handful of simple geometric shapes underpin the forms of the natural world. Our bodies are built from these proportions. Our minds are wired to perceive […]
Jane Coop Recital
Jane Coop Recital Apr 19 | Esteemed Canadian pianist Jane Coop is back for a special recital to commemorate ArtSpring’s 25th Anniversary on the very grand piano she advised on so many years ago. Join us for a beautiful hour-long recital of Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, and Debussy. Coop is one of Canada’s most prominent and […]
$5 – $20
Kids Activity Art Table
Pull up a chair and colour, paint, make crafts, and express yourself. An open drop-by place with supervision for kids to explore their creativity while parents can take in a lecture, workshop, or performance.
Bling Squared Glass Sculpting
Artist Neacol Miller will be working outside behind the gallery to show off the art of glass sculpting.
Drop In: Watercolour Painting w/ SS Painters Guild
Come try your hand at water colour painting with the Salt Spring Painters Guild and make your own water colour trading card. Tables set up in the gallery.
Stagecoach Theatre Presents a Mini Enchanted Bookshop
A sneak peak of Stagecoach Theatre's upcoming April production of Enchanted Bookshop at ArtSpring! StageCoach is a registered charity that runs a children's theatre school on Salt Spring Island. The school was started in the summer of 1999 by Simon Henson, Lynda Jensen and Margaret Jardine, and since the spring of 2000, has produced a […]
Marianne Grittani w/ Rose Birney
Folk roots singer songwriter Marianne Grittani w/ Rose Birney "As a performing songwriter, I aim to connect with my audience on an emotional level. That's the full circle moment – when the creative journey that started as a solitary endeavour completes itself with the sharing of what came out of it, and having it land. […]
19 Strings: Youth Folk Group
19 Strings 19 Strings are a 4 piece Canadian eclectic new-grass-styled band raised here on Salt Spring Island, BC. Born from many a long night playing music around the kitchen table, the band features brothers William and Charles Acken, Kai Barrette – the brother from another mother — and vocalist Georgia Acken. Their unique brand […]
Jim Cuddy Special Presentation
SOLD OUT. THANK YOU SALT SPRING. Jim Cuddy Headlines Special 25th Anniversary Celebration Weekend with Opening Act Salome Cullen. ArtSpring is proud to present a signature performance by Canadian treasure Jim Cuddy and his Jim Cuddy Band as a fundraising benefit for ArtSpring during our 25th Anniversary Celebration Festival (April 17-20, 2024.) As one half […]
$37.50 – $90
Saturday, April 20, 2024
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April 20, 2024 -An Undutiful Daughter: An Original Play Reading
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April 20, 2024 -Kids Activity Arts Table
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April 20, 2024 -Shakespeare’s “mini” Wake with Chris Humphries
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April 20, 2024 -Edgar Hann & Em Walker w/ Adam Hubler, an East Coast Music trio.
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April 20, 2024 -Chinese Tea Ceremony with Jennifer Maksymetz, Tea Mistress
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April 20, 2024 -Drop in for Spinning and Weaving Demo with the Guild
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April 20, 2024 -Blair Francis: Acoustic, Folk, Spanish Guitar & Reggae
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April 20, 2024 -Ojinika Glass Blowing Demo with Naomi Mbanefo
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April 20, 2024 -Joanna & Tobin, Piano & Vocal Duo
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April 20, 2024 -Face & Body Art with Annie Delorme
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April 20, 2024 -Sasha Mannequin, Singer-Songwriter
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April 20, 2024 -Shelder the Electric Clam Fish
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Featured April 20, 2024 -Featured Jim Cuddy Special Presentation
An Undutiful Daughter: An Original Play Reading
An UnDutiful Daughter: Readings from Wendy Judith Cutler, Playwright, and Cast "An UnDutiful Daughter, which premiered in July 2022 at Beaver Point Hall for a 4-day successful run, portrays conflicts within an upper middle-class Jewish family as the daughter comes into political and sexual awakening as a lesbian feminist during the turbulent 1970s and 1980s. […]
Kids Activity Arts Table
Pull up a chair and colour, paint, craft, and express your creativity. A supervised activity table that also enables parents to take in a lecture, workshop, or performance elsewhere in the building.
Shakespeare’s “mini” Wake with Chris Humphries
Shakespeare's "mini" Wake with Chris Humphries and actors. A "juke box" show of the Bard's greatest hits. "A resident for 13 years, I have been involved in different aspects of the island's creative life. As novelist and playwright I have given workshops and readings. As actor, director and producer I have worked with various Island […]
Edgar Hann & Em Walker w/ Adam Hubler, an East Coast Music trio.
Edgar Hann & Em Walker with Adam Hubler, an East Coast Music trio. "I (Marilyn who plays music as Em) have been a homeowner on SSI for almost 30 years and have lived here year round since I retired as a university professor in the Maritimes. My ancestry is English, Welsh, Irish. Edgar Hann moved […]
Chinese Tea Ceremony with Jennifer Maksymetz, Tea Mistress
Chinese Tea Ceremony with Jennifer Maksymetz, Tea Mistress (Outside at the meadow's stone table, weather permitting. Drop by for tea and conversation.) Jennifer (Tea Mistress) has been studying tea and practicing Gongfu tea ceremony since 2000. While living in Taiwan, she was introduced to tea culture through her tea aficionado Taiwanese ‘family’. She has auspiciously […]
Drop in for Spinning and Weaving Demo with the Guild
SSI Weavers & Spinners Guild members demonstrate processing and spinning island fibres. Salt Spring Spinners and Weavers demonstrate fibre processing – a mini sheep-to-shawl focusing on the use of SSI fibres (wool for sure and maybe alpaca). People are invited to drop-by to try spinning some yarn and incorporating it into the weaving. 1pm - […]
Blair Francis: Acoustic, Folk, Spanish Guitar & Reggae
Blair Francis: Acoustic, Folk, Spanish Guitar & Reggae "My name is Blair Francis, and I am a Salt Spring based singer-songwriter who uses my music and lyrics to uplift and awaken the hearts and souls of my fellow spiritual brothers and sisters all around the world. I've lived on SSI for 10 years now, and […]
Ojinika Glass Blowing Demo with Naomi Mbanefo
Ojinika Glass Blowing Demo with Naomi Mbanefo 2:00-4:00 outside
Joanna & Tobin, Piano & Vocal Duo
Joanna & Tobin, Piano & Vocal Duo "My partner and I are a music group, voice & piano, based here on Salt Spring Island. Our music is often described as melancholic, dreamy, introspective and emotive. We love to play music that others can relate to and interpret in their own way. As well as give […]
Face & Body Art with Annie Delorme
Come by to have your face or body made into a work of art by Annie Delorme. April 18 6:30-8:00 (pre Community Dance Party) April 20 3:30-5:00 (Saturday fun for adults, kids, and families!)
Sasha Mannequin, Singer-Songwriter
Jazz, blues, folk, and rock with modern sound design. "I’m a musician whose work runs the gamut between the singer songwriter and experimental electronic music worlds. My work attempts to tie the past and present together by balancing wry, lyrical songwriting that references jazz, blues, folk and rock music, with nuanced modern sound design. Prior […]
Shelder the Electric Clam Fish
Shelder the Electric Clam Fish -- Michelle Footz 4-piece band "I am the director for the music programs at GISS as well as Swing Shift Big Band. I grew up on Mayne Island, and went to GISS as a high school student, where I first started writing and arranging my own music as part of […]
Jim Cuddy Special Presentation
SOLD OUT. THANK YOU SALT SPRING. Jim Cuddy Headlines Special 25th Anniversary Celebration Weekend with Opening Act Salome Cullen. ArtSpring is proud to present a signature performance by Canadian treasure Jim Cuddy and his Jim Cuddy Band as a fundraising benefit for ArtSpring during our 25th Anniversary Celebration Festival (April 17-20, 2024.) As one half […]
$37.50 – $90