The Arts Council Banner Project is about to begin again!  Sponsored by Clayton’s Heritage Market, the theme for this year is “People + Places I Love”.  Encourage your students to think “outside the box”.

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The Sunshine Coast Arts Council is looking for artists aged 5-18 who love to be creative at home and who are working on their art independently of school. The Young Artists Awards are judged by a panel of working artists who feel passionate about encouraging creativity in young people. If you are interested in exploring this fantastic opportunity, please click on the link below:

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Our Ancient Forests
October 30 – November 22, 2020

Online Dialogues: Friday November 13, Saturday November 14.

In collaboration with The Only Animal, the Living Forest Institute and Elphinstone Logging Focus.

What role does art have in saving our ancient forests? How can artistic practice transform how we collectively understand the irreplaceable value of the last stands of ancient forests that remain, not just on the Sunshine Coast, but throughout British Columbia. These were the prompts shared to a group of artists who, in August of this year were invited into an area known at the Dakota Bear Sanctuary (The Sanctuary) in the Dakota Valley. This forty-six-hectare area was slated to be auctioned for timber as part of BC Timber Sales Block A87126. Within the unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) territory, there are many compelling reasons to save it from logging.

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