Romi Kim, Marilyn Marshall Jan Legault and Craig Cochrane (Moderator: Anna Nobile)

The Sunshine Coast Arts Council is delighted to host works by artists Romi Kim, Marilyn Marshall, Jan Legault and Craig Cochrane. As the fifth anniversary of the Sunshine Coast’s LGBTQ2+ art show, the works in photography, video and painting and explore issues of gender, identity, and sexuality. Capturing for a moment in time what is in a perpetual state of flux, the works have a wonderful resonance for the pauses, suspensions and changes we are all experiencing during the pandemic.

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Skills for Solitude
Watercolour Workshop with Roberta Mauel

Saturday July 4, 11:00 – 12:30pm

Free! Register to get the access information; 20 participants maximum

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This online workshop is a preview to a 3-week plein air Watercolour course led by Roberta that will take place in the Art Centre Garden on July 11th, 18th and 25th. More information or to register for this workshop, please visit:

Roberta has worked in watercolours for most of her life, and draws inspiration from the beauty of her natural surroundings. A naturalist and avid outdoors enthusiast, she is deeply connected to the landscape of British Columbia and Canada and where possible, works ‘en plein air’. Roberta has always travelled with paints and brushes and capturing the world around her in colour and light has been an integral part of her journey. Roberta’s work covers a vast range of geography and landscape, and includes many architectural themes, lending her paintings a sense of place. The delicate quality of watercolour allows her to infuse a sense of light and transparency into her work. Roberta is a self-taught artist and paints in an impressionistic style. She has been offering watercolour painting classes on the Sunshine Coast for the past five years.

You need to have access to a computer with video and sound, and a stable internet connection. Zoom also works with a smartphone or tablet. We encourage you to sign up early so that you can test out the link to make sure it works well for you.

Skills for Solitude are a series of online workshops combining ideas, hands-on experimenting and a chance to share what you made. These workshops are open to any skill level and are meant to be a fun and creative way to keep connected during COVID-19.

Sunshine Coast Arts Council

Workshop: Plein Air Painting in Watercolour – Exploring Garden Motifs

With Roberta Helena Mauel

July 11th, 18th and 25th; 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
$150.00 (does not include materials), Maximum number of students: 8

To Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/workshop-plein-air-painting-in-watercolour-tickets-110046263336

Watercolour paints are well suited for capturing the freshness and spontaneity of the colours and textures of a summer garden. Please join experienced artist Roberta Mauel for an exploration of plein air painting in the beautiful floral setting of the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre garden. Enhance your appreciation of colour and all its glorious nuances in this series of three plein air watercolour painting classes in July. Learn to create delightful floral scenes with delicate and translucent watercolours. Roberta will demonstrate watercolour techniques suited to this botanical subject matter. You will learn to apply watercolour paint to paper in a painterly and creative manner and gain an understanding of warm, cool and complementary colour combinations, brush techniques, wet-in-wet and wet-on-dry techniques and more.

A detailed material list will be provided after registration.
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Some watercolour experience recommended. Workshop fees are fully refundable up to 5 days before the workshop begins.

Roberta has worked in watercolours for most of her life, and draws inspiration from the beauty of her natural surroundings. A naturalist and avid outdoors enthusiast, she is deeply connected to the landscape of British Columbia and Canada and where possible works ‘en plein air’. Roberta has always travelled with paints and brushes and capturing the world around her in colour and light has been an integral part of her journey. Roberta’s work covers a vast range of geography and landscape, and includes many architectural themes, lending her paintings a sense of place. The delicate quality of watercolour allows her to infuse a sense of light and transparency into her work. Roberta is a self-taught artist and paints in an impressionistic style. She has been offering watercolour painting classes on the Sunshine Coast for the past five years.

While we are delighted to host this workshop, the SCAC will adhere to strict cleaning and distancing guidelines. Here are some key things to keep in mind. If you are sick you will be refunded with no penalty. No more than 6 people will be allowed into the Art Centre at anytime. We have developed a series of robust protocols to keep staff and visitors safe including closing washrooms and the kitchen to the public. Masks will be available for purchase at the Art Centre and we encourage you to consider wearing them when visiting for everyone’s comfort and safety. Hand sanitizer and disinfectant will be available throughout the building for use.

Closing Performances
July 12, 2pm

Max 8 people in the gallery, livestreamed on SCAC’s Facebook Page

Join exhibiting artist Romi Kim for 2 closing performances in conjunction with their current exhibition Performing Flux which is on view at the Art Centre.

Haan is a performance art piece where Romi Kim performs in their drag character Skim. Haan is often described in Korean as a word with no direct translation in English. It is the emotion of resentment, anger or grief that was born from the separation of Korean families in the Korean war. Skim speaks and integrates prerecorded audio piece into the performance questioning what Haan is. In the audio piece Kim references the book Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly. Kim uses both knowledge in Western culture and Korean culture to understand anger and Haan.

Flux is a performance art piece where Romi Kim performs in their drag character Skim. The work speaks to their gender fluidity and emotions. They try to connect with the audience in drag and once more out of drag. The work uses taking off one’s makeup an often intimate experience to a drag artist to share with a live audience.

Artists Craig Cochrane and Jan Legault will also be in attendance, giving you an opportunity to meet and speak with them about their work.

Exhibition: Veronica Trujillo, Forest Skin

Lucas Kratochwil
Immersion in Nature

July 17 – August 16, 2020

Zoom Artist Talk: Sunday July 19, 2020 at 2pm

To Register:  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/artist-talk-veronica-trujillo-and-lucas-kratochwil-tickets-112142318694
Skills for Solitude Workshop: Quick Sketching + Composition (Free): Saturday August 1st at 11am
Lucas Kratochwil be sharing with participants his personal method to easily and quickly sketch out our compositions on our canvas. Ideal for anyone who feels intimidated by drawing or wanting to learn easy geometry tricks to transfer their references onto their canvas and be ready to paint! A method that can be used both for studio as well as for Plein Air painting.

Immersion in Nature is an exhibition of work by Roberts Creek-based artist Lucas Kratochwil.

The exhibition seeks to bring back the attention of the viewer toward nature and remind us we are here only as visitors and it is our responsibility to take care of this planet. These paintings aim to have viewers feel immersed in nature, struck, non-existing, in complete awe, and at peace.

More Information: https://sunshinecoastartscouncil.com/lucas-kratochwil-immersion-in-nature/

Exhibition: Veronica Trujillo, Forest Skin

July 17 – August 16, 2020

Zoom Artist Talk: July 19, 2020 at 2pm
Skills for Solitude Workshop: August 8 at 11am

Forest Skin is an exhibition of work by Squamish-based artist Veronica Trujillo.

Forest Skin was born between thoughts and daily walks as an exercise in approaching the environment and its community where she currently lives. Starting from the notion of exploring the human-landscape interaction through painting. The landscape observes us with an external face that has been formed with the time. Not only naturally but also by the uninterrupted human persistence.

For more information: https://sunshinecoastartscouncil.com/veronica-trujillo-forest-skin/

Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/artist-talk-veronica-trujillo-and-lucas-kratochwil-tickets-112142318694

Join exhibiting artists Veronica Trujillo and Lucas Kratochwil for a discussion on their practices and approach to painting. While remarkably different in their final form both artists are driven by a curiosity to express the natural world around them.

For Veronica Trujillo, the works in her exhibition were born between thoughts and daily walks as an exercise in approaching the environment and its community where she currently lives. The final works are part portraiture, part elegy and part record of the ruins of trees and the forests around Squamish. Her works reflect on interweaving of social and natural factors that shape her surroundings and deepen her search and observations for a sense of belonging. Veronica was born in Mexico City, and during her childhood, she and her family lived in five different cities across Mexico. She currently lives and works in Squamish, BC. Her nomadic life has influenced and shaped her perception, interests, and relationships with the world, from the delicate and intricate transformations of her own experience to the sacred learning of nature.
The works of Roberts Creek-based artist Lucas Kratochwil seek to bring back the attention of the viewer toward nature and remind us we are here only as visitors and it is our responsibility to take care of this planet. These paintings aim to have viewers feel immersed in nature, struck, non-existing, in complete awe, and at peace. Lucas is a third-generation painter, who lives and works out of British Columbia, creating large-scale realistic landscape oil paintings. His contemporary approach, combined with decades of painting experience, result in striking compositions that pull the viewer in as if looking at nature directly.