Friends of the Gallery (FOG) 2017
January 4–29, 2017Sunshine Coast Arts Council Annual Friends of the Gallery (FOG) Exhibition.
“Imprints of Nature” – Megan Mansbridge
February 1–26, 2017 Oil paintings ~ impressionistic, abstracted, natural forest landscapes of the West Coast
“Imprints of Nature” – Mieke Bray
February 1–26, 2017 Works in acrylic ink with mixed media depicting motifs of nature with abstract landscape elements
“Flow” – Mary Dolman
February 1–26, 2017 This exhibit depicts water in various states, including rain, snow, ice and clouds.
“A Surrealist Alphabet” – Leonard Brett
March 1–26, 2017Leonard brett has created a new alphabet that combines language and visual motifs. These forms of communication become inter-changable, open to interpretation with multiple levels of reading.
Young People’s Own Show – Elementary Schools
March 29–April 16, 2017 An exhibition of Young People’s art work created in Sunshine Coast Elementary Schools.
Young People’s Own Show – Secondary Schools
April 19–May 7, 2017 An exhibition of Young People’s art work created in Sunshine Coast Secondary Schools.
“Point of View” – Colin Righton
May 10–June 4, 2017"My paintings are dynamic, colourful and atmospheric, with an overall emotional energy, sometimes expressed through the recognisable physical world, and sometimes not."
“Transfigured Shape” – Carole Millar
May 10–June 4, 2017
“Connecting The Lines”
June 7–July 2, 2017 This group exhibition showcases the diverse talents and skills of four LGBTQ artists on the Sunshine Coast.
Exquisite Corpse Parlour Games
July 5–30, 2017A creative collaboration between Donna May Balma and Nadina Tandy
“things with wings” – Melissa Tulloch
July 5–30, 2017My love of oil painting, equals my love of nature and the human form. "things with wings" is a way to blend all of these together.
50 Canadian Things
August 2–20, 2017This exhibition is based on stories from the book "A Number of Things" by Jane Urquhart.
RB Wainwright – Solo Exhibition
August 23–September 17, 2017"The joy of being an artist, is that the adventure of never knowing with any certainty where your work will take you - what previously was unknown is suddenly revealed."
Life and Limn
September 20–October 15, 2017 Nude art is associated with the depiction of an imaginative idealized human body.
Jeff Barringer
October 18–November 12, 2017"Life begins as a blank canvas full of potential. Paints are the events, brushes are the emotions."
Jan de Beer
October 18–November 12, 2017"Experiencing art is a state of mind and each individual has a different expectation of what it is and where to find it."
Young Artists Awards & Banner Project Exhibit
Youth Ages 5-18 are invited to submit 3 works of art created outside of school. Submission deadline: November 19, 3pm. Exhibition dates: November 29 - December 16, 2017.