Volume 7, Issue 5 september–october 2009

Newsletter for the Arts on the Sunshine Coast

See CCA Calendar Enclosed

artistry | Volume 7, Issue 5 | September–October 2009 | www.scartscouncil.com

A MESSAGE FROM THE executive director Hello Everyone –

Serving the Community in Support of the Arts Sunshine Coast Arts Centre

Box 1565, Sechelt, B.C. V0N 3A0 Corner of Trail and Medusa tel: (604) 885-5412 fax: (604) 885-6192 [email protected] www.scartscouncil.com ARTS CENTRE Hours

Wednesday to Saturday: 11 am–4 pm Sunday 1 pm–4 pm Board of Directors

Dave Allen, Chair Wendy Simmonds Linda Williams Tracy Wright Jenny Yeske Staff

Frances Wasserlein, Executive Director Sandy Beresford & Yanira Cuellar, Administration & Facility Management The Sunshine Coast Arts Council, a non-profit volunteer-based organization supports the arts in our coast-wide community and operates the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. The facility includes a community gallery and a performance space, and art and music studios. Assistance is received from volunteers who contribute their time and energy, working on all our programs. We also benefit from the assistance of the British Columbia Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Sunshine Coast Regional District, the District of Sechelt, and we acknowledge the financial assistance of the Government of British Columbia. We are also supported by the generosity of our members and donors, along with those who attend and support our fundraising events and our programs.

September is an odd month for me, even though my childhood going-back-to-school years are well behind me. Teaching meant September was a time for change, and now, for many reasons still, the shortening of the days, the coming of the autumn, lighting the stove to warm the evenings at home, mean September is a time when retrospection seems to dominate. I’m looking forward and back this September. Back to August, celebrating the great success of the 22nd Hackett Park Summer Arts & Crafts Fair. We had about 4,500 people through the gates, about 95 vendors, a program of music and performance everyone enjoyed. We did a good job on marketing and publicity, too. We made some changes that worked, and know what we need to attend to for our 23rd Hackett Park Summer Arts & Crafts Fair on 15/16 August in 2010. In July we had many people in the Arts Centre who were participating in the Sechelt Arts Festival which we were glad to see. We provide the Arts Centre as a venue for workshops as our contribution to that Festival. In addition, in July, many people came to see the Summer Invitational – Friends from Home and had an opportunity to enjoy the work of two groups of artists, one from Madeira Park/ Pender Harbour and one from Davis Bay. Looking forward I’m thinking about our financial year end, and the story the reports will tell, as well as budget planning and fundraising for 2010-2011 in light of the loss of the Gaming Grant we have counted on since 2003. Next week we’re going to be welcoming the jury who will make decisions about the Exhibitions which will fill out the calendar for 2010-2011. And soon afterwards we’ll put out the call for vendors for our December Christmas Craft Fair. You’ll also get information about the date and agenda for the Annual General Meeting if you’re a member of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council. There, we will have reports on the year, and elections of Board Members. I expect you’re remembering the visits of friends and family, and perhaps a little relieved to be entering into a quieter fall. Please tuck into the back of your mind that we could use a hand at the Arts Centre. Come and spend some time in our Gallery helping visitors who come to the exhibitions. If you know of a meeting or an event looking for a venue, suggest us, our rates are reasonable! Please renew your membership! Just keep us in mind. Thank you. Frances Wasserlein, Executive Director Sunshine Coast Arts Council & Arts Centre

Call for volunteers The Arts Centre relies almost exclusively on volunteers. There are opportunities to staff the Gallery, assist with events and receptions, join the gardening committee, help with mailing the artistry newsletter, and many others. Currently we have an immediate need for more gallery sitters. This duty involves greeting visitors, answering ques2

tions about the Centre and taking memberships. There are two 2½-hour shifts each day from Wednesday to Saturday: 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.–4 p.m. Please call us at 604-885-5412 or e-mail us at [email protected] and join us in keeping this important Coast icon dynamic and vibrant. Your help is greatly appreciated.

artistry | Volume 7, Issue 5 | September–October 2009 | www.scartscouncil.com

doris crowston gallery Exhibitions & Receptions september-october 2009 Gallery hours: Wednesday–Saturday: 11 a.m.–4 p.m. and Sunday 1–4 p.m.

Groping for the points of contact Heather Gatz, Giorgio Magnanensi and Steve Wright Multimedia events and more

Geiorgio Magnanensi

September 2–September 27, 2009 • Reception wednesday, september 2, 7 p.m.–9 p.m.

and so to dream again R.B. Wainright Acrylic paint september 30-october 25, 2009 • reception wednesday, september 30, 7 p.m.–9 p.m.

The World As Some Would Have It R.B. Wainright

After the Circus Paula O’Brien Acrylic paint october 28-november 22, 2009 • reception wednesday, october 28, 7 p.m.–9 p.m.

From First Steps to Red Sequins Paula O’Brien

3

artistry | Volume 7, Issue 5 | September–October 2009 | www.scartscouncil.com

The Fall Season of Literary Readings David Bergen, acclaimed author of the Giller award-winning novel, The Time in Between (2005) will inaugurate the Arts Council’s fall series of literary readings on Saturday, September 26, at 8 pm. Recently named Carol Shields Writer in Residence for 2010 at the University of Winnipeg, Bergen is a three-time winner of the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and as well has won the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award. His most recent novel, The Retreat (2008) was also nominated for a Giller. Like The Time in Between, it explores a clash of cultures, but in a setting far different from the Viet Nam of the latter, for The Retreat is set in and around Kenora, Ontario. Mary Henley Rubio, biographer of Lucy Maud Montgomery, has spent a large part of her academic career under the spell of the creator of P.E.I.’s and Canada’s gift to the world, Anne of Green Gables. Her recently published Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings, reveals the complicated history of a complicated woman, whose soaring imagination has brought joy to millions of readers and some kind of emotio http://www.tofinotime.com/articles/A-T811-20img.jpg nal relief to herself, an escape from the many obstacles encountered throughout her life. Sadly that life ended in a drug induced fog of the sort we usually associate with debauched rock stars not someone whose work featured the innocently bucolic pleasures of turnof-the-twentieth-century Maritime Canada. Henley Rubio, University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph will read Saturday, October 17, at 8 pm. Ivan E. Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territories. A renowned performer and award-winning author of four collections of short stories, a novel, two CDs and four short films, Ivan’s first love is live storytelling, and over the last thirteen years she has become an audience favourite at music, poetry, spoken word and writer’s festivals from Anchorage to Amsterdam. The Globe and Mail called Ivan “a natural-born storyteller” and Ottawa X Press said “Coyote is to CanLit what k.d. lang is to country music: a beautifully odd fixture.” Ivan is a columnist for Xtra West magazine, writes regularly for the Georgia Straight and CBC Radio, and pops up in periodicals all across the continent. Her first novel, Bow Grip, was released in the fall of 2006, and was awarded the Relit Award for best fiction and named by the American Library Association as a Stonewall honor book in literature. Coyote will read Saturday, November 7, at 8 pm. Reading Friday, November 20th is Margaret Horsfield, author of Voices from the Sound: Chronicles of Clayoquot Sound and Tofino 1899–1929. Published in 2008, this book is based almost entirely on letters and diaries that have never been published, and it contains over a hundred previously unpublished photographs. Her earlier book about Vancouver Island’s west coast, Cougar Annie’s Garden, was published in 1999, and received the BC Book Prizes Roderick Haig-Brown Prize for best book about British Columbia in the year 2000. Horsefield’s other books include Biting the Dust (1997), Beyond Golgotha (1993) and Beyond Bethlehem (1989), For 15 years Horsfield made radio features and documentaries the BBC in England, and for CBC Radio’s Ideas. She has written for a number of magazines and newspapers, both in Canada and in England. Presented by the Sunshine Coast Arts Council’s Literary Committee. Admission to all three of these readings is free, thanks to the generosity of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Sunshine Coast Arts Council + Arts Centre.

4

artistry | Volume 7, Issue 5 | September–October 2009 | www.scartscouncil.com

The Knabe proves its mettle The deed is done. The 1923 nine foot Knabe concert grand piano, ex-Pender Harbour, now resides at Gibsons’ Heritage Playhouse. It formerly belonged to Emma Noltze, a 1950s and 60s coordinator of Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festivals. Master restorer George Egerton bought it from her estate and lovingly rebuilt, repaired and restored this fine old instrument—new strings and hammers, bridge pins; case refinished; soundboard repaired, and so on and on. He estimates 200 hours for all the work involved. Local piano tuner Ken Dalgleish and I saw the finished product at George’s Vancouver home in 1994, but the Coast Recital Society was not then established. The Arts Council was not interested, but Ann Barker of the Pender Harbour Music Society leapt at the opportunity to buy this lovely piano for $13,000. It served the Society nobly for 15 years. Some Harbourites felt, though, that it was time for a new piano,

Thanks to a large donation, PHMS has bought a new 7'6" Yamaha. Reports are favourable. It’s never an easy matter to move a large piano, but it was accomplished without incident and the Knabe arrived in Gibsons June 11. Anna Lumière played it the next evening, part of a band backing up blues and gospel legend Sibel Th0rasher, featured in the Gibsons Jazz Festival. Arlys Peters, Luci Herder and Patricia Montgomery used it later for student recitals, and Miss Berni G played it for her SOPA performance with Frenz July 8. Berni likes it a lot. “It’s grown up,” she said. It was well and truly welcomed officially, at the Welcome the Knabe concert July 23. A cross-section of local musicians and three or four visitors played a huge variety of music. Jan de Grass had an excellent review of this event in the Coast Reporter, July 31, 2009. The Sunshine Coast Music Society acquired the Knabe for Gibsons Landing Heritage Society, managers of the Heritage Playhouse. Unfortunately no-one from GLHS was able to attend, so a plaque for the Society honouring the contributors to this piano was presented to Town of Gibsons’ Deputy Mayor Bob Currie instead. —Allan Crane, President Sunshine Coast Music Society

Left to right: Ken Dalgleish,Colleen Elson John Milne, a mover, Theresa Andrews, Sue Milne and Nest Lewis. photo by jan de grass

susan telfer launches in gibsons and sechelt 2008 Gillian Lowndes winner Susan Telfer will launch her new book of poetry, House Beneath on September 17th at 7:30 p.m. at Wild Bistro, 682 Gibsons Way, in Gibsons. Free admission, appetizers will be provided. Her Sechelt launch will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 5, 2009, at the Sunshine Coast Art Centre in Sechelt, Trail Avenue and Medusa Street. Desserts will be offered. House Beneath is published by Hagios Press. 5

artistry | Volume 7, Issue 5 | September–October 2009 | www.scartscouncil.com

IMAGINE A 40% CUT . . .

Mary Bittroff in her busy red trailer making slushies at the Hackett Park Fair. frances wasserlein photo

Artesia Coffeehouse Series

presented monthly by Coast Cultural Alliance PIANO SOLOS! Friday, September 25, 8:00pm-10:30 p.m. Sunshine Coast Arts Centre

As many of you are aware, Canadian Artists’ Representation/le Front des artists canadiens British Columbia (CARFAC BC) has been part of a campaign since the announcement in March, to get the provincial government to rescind the proposed cuts to the BC Arts Council over the next three years. We believe the cuts will be devastating to the entire community. The ongoing letterwriting campaign and press releases have been intelligent, informed and often elegant, but do not have quite the creative flair expected from the cultural sector and seem to have been largely ignored by the Liberals. As visual artists, we can actually show the province what a 40% cut to art looks like by cropping that percentage from our made-inBC original art and pasting the remaining part, along with name, title and location of artist, onto the attached file. Example attached and more can be found on What 40% cuts to the arts looks like events page linked to CARFAC BC’s facebook site. If any of your members are interested in being part of this creative protest, please have them send me a 72 dpi JPEG of one of your art pieces along with the title and your current town and we will cut, paste and return your virtual postcard to you with information and addresses suggesting where you can send it. If you have the capabilities to complete the postcard yourself, please ask us for a zip file and we’ll also provide the addresses with it. For maximum impact, we need as many visual artists as possible to lead this charge in the next few weeks, (the new budget is rumoured to be presented September 1), so please contribute your 60% and pass on this request to other BC art friends! Sincerely, Julie McIntyre, President CARFAC BC julie. [email protected]

Come to the first monthly Coffeehouse of the season featuring a night of 4 solo musicians with a variety of styles on the beautiful Arts Council Grand Piano. Performers include Anna Lumiere, Gemini with Val & Julie Rutter, Edwin Dolinski and J.J. Wagler. A very special evening.

Tickets $10 – $8 at the door

SPOKEN WORD Friday, October 30, 8:00pm-10:30 p.m. Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Featuring storytelling and spoken word from David Roche and friends and music from ‘McGillicuddy’ with Diana Halter, harp, Cam Keating, uilleann & small highland pipes, pennywhistle and Mick Bryant, guitar, mandolin and much more.

Tickets $10 – $8 at the door

6

The vendors who come the longest distance to the Hackett Park Fair, from Coeur d’Alene, in Idaho.

artistry | Volume 7, Issue 5 | September–October 2009 | www.scartscouncil.com

THANK YOU ALL! Thanks to all the 22nd Annual Hackett Park Summer Arts & Crafts Fair Volunteers & Supporters, and to all of the visitors who came to shop, to look and to listen: • Sunshine Coast Credit Union Donation Committee for their grant to help pay for our marketing; • Joan Payne for her help in single-handedly rounding up all the volunteers for the entrance gates, making sure it all ran smoothly; and then helping out with the Vendor Reception. • The musicians and performers who helped make the Festival successful; • Dorothy Fraser for developing the menu and preparing the vendor reception we enjoyed on Saturday at the end of the wonderfully busy day; • Tom & Jan Hutton for their help on Friday before the Fair, setting up the Park; • Katie Janyk, Carol MacDonald, Steve Murdoch, Bob Moore & Linda Monastro for stepping in to sit at the Arts Centre Gallery, welcoming many visitors; • Bruce Randall for getting up at the crack of dawn to help us move equipment; • Monica Robb who as our “rover” and was there wherever she was needed; And here are the thanks we included on the program for the Fair – • Everyone who supports the work of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council by attending this Fair, and our exhibitions and events throughout the year; • All of the funders at the municipal, regional, provincial and federal levels of government; • Rockwater Secret Cove Resort for their donation for dinner for two gift certificate as a door prize; • Every single business on the Sunshine Coast who provides us with a discount, or helps us out in any way; • Jef Keighley, whose willingness, work, drawings, and advice have helped us keep the Arts Centre in good working order, and helped to make the Park ready for our vendors now and in the future by developing our map for the Fair; • Volunteers who gallery sit, take care of receptions, help out in every conceivable way, serve as board members, facilitate events and exhibitions, make sure the garden is well cared for and beautiful, remind us of the history of this place, tell us stories about how it was and how it is, to all of you, our heartfelt special thanks; • Sandy Beresford & Yani Cuellar, who keep everything working and handle our rentals; • Erin Bildfell our “Summer Student” creative genius and support wonder; • All the users of Hackett Park who give up their usual access to the Park for this weekend, we appreciate your sharing the park with us; • Perry & his crew at the District of Sechelt for their assistance in preparing and maintaining Hackett Park and sign hanging; • The Senior Centre and Capilano University for lending us their parking lots during the craft fair. This annual Fair is the largest fundraiser for the Sunshine Coast Arts Council, and helps us to continue serving the community in support of the arts.

7

artistry | Volume 7, Issue 5 | September–October 2009 | www.scartscouncil.com

CHANGE OF MAILING ADDRESS?

Please e-mail information or drop off this form at the Arts Centre so we can update mailing lists for all the organizations listed below:

Name membership is in ________________________

Sunshine Coast Arts Council Box 1565 Sechelt, B.C. V0N 3A0

Publications Mail

New address: _________________________________ RR# and City__________________________________ New Postal Code ______________________________ EMAIL_______________________________________ Update with These Organizations: Sunshine Coast Arts Council Coast Recital Society Coast Cultural Alliance Southcoast Value-Added Co-operative Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts Sunshine Coast Music Society Other _ ___________________________________

HACKETT PARK—WHO WON THE PRIZE? Shelley Fowler, resident of Sechelt, was the fortunate person whose ticket was drawn for the door prize donated by Rockwater Secret Cove Resort, a $75 gift certificate for the restaurant. Enjoy that meal, Shelley.

SUNSHINE COAST ARTS COUNCIL Membership Seniors/Students $25.00 Individual $30.00 Family $35.00 Organization $50.00 Corporate $100 Patron/Benefactor $_____

Memberships may be purchased with cash or cheques made payable to the Sunshine Coast Arts Council by mail, in person or over the telephone by MasterCard or Visa. Box 1565, Sechelt, B.C. V0N 3A0

artistry Contributors: Allan Crane, Frances Wasserlein, Mary White, Linda Williams, and our wonderful volunteer mailing experts Dorothy Fraser, Elise Buque and Margaret Boyd.

Kerri Luciana surrounded by her beautiful jewelry and happy shoppers at the Hackett Park Fair. 8

Printing & Folding: Coast Copy Centre Next artistry deadline October 15, email [email protected]