Lots to see and do!
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Activities at Elphinstone High School:
Evening Events:
Fibre Festivities in the Landing — Saturday:
- Juried Artisan Market
- Craft demonstrations
- Children's Craft Tent
- Paper Making
- New to You
- Street performers
Museums, Galleries & Other Activities:
- Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives
- Tems Swiya Museum
- Gibsons Landing Co-op Gallery
- Gibsons Public Art Gallery
- Gift of the Eagle Gallery
- Westwind Gallery
- FibreWorks Studio & Gallery
- Artworks Tours
Activities at Elphinstone High School
WORKSHOPS
Choose from a wide variety of workshops starting Wednesday August 19, 2009. For more details, see the Workshops section.
Important: Pre-registration is required. Registration starts April 1, 2009. On-line registration is available.
It pays to register early! Sign-up before May 15 and you'll qualify for Early Bird prices.
Please read Important Info to Know for registration instructions and other important details.
Workshop Reception and Info Centre
Before heading to your first day of class please check-in at the Workshop Reception Centre.
- Open: Tuesday August 18, 2pm – 5pm;
Wednesday thru Saturday August 19 – 22, 8am – 5pm.
Workshops run from Wednesday thru Saturday.
Elphinstone High School, 840 Gibsons Way
Garden Court Café
Sponsored by Wendy's and Tim Hortons
Offering early morning continental breakfast, coffee service, delicious salads, soups, sandwiches and sweet goodies in the school cafeteria and garden courtyard (weather permitting).
- August 19 – 22, 8am – 5pm
Elphinstone High School, 840 Gibsons Way
JURIED EXHIBIT AND SALE
Sponsored by Sunshine Coast Credit Union
The unique juried exhibit embraces the whole spectrum of fibre arts. It is a spectacle of colour, texture and materials, showcasing the best of the Sunshine Coast's fibre arts, as well as entries from across the country. Many of the exhibited pieces will be offered for sale.
Experienced and Emerging Artists are invited to submit work. The exhibited work of experienced artists will be judged and awards will be made in several categories. In keeping with its mandate to encourage fibre arts on the Sunshine Coast, the Festival invites Emerging Artists to submit their work for display.
All entries are juried. Artists may choose to submit their work for judged competition or for display only.
Be sure to visit the show and cast your vote for the People's Choice award. All awards will be presented at the Friday night reception.
Deadline for submitting entries to the exhibit is June 30, 2009.
- Open to the public. Admission by donation.
Wednesday – Saturday, August 19 – 22, 9am – 5pm
Library, Elphinstone High School, 840 Gibsons Way
FESTIVAL MERCHANT MALL
Open to the Public
If you've forgotten an essential supply, have an urge to splurge on your craft, or just want to be dazzled by the array of merchandise that has come to Gibsons, stop by the Merchant Mall. Meet enthusiastic and knowledgeable fibre entrepreneurs who make a living doing what they love!
To date, participating merchants include: Alderspring Design, Birkeland Brothers, Capilano University Textile Art Department, Wendy Dunnett, Eileen's Studio, Fine Woodworking, Fun Knits, Homespun Haven, Kitambaa Designs, The Knit & Stitch Shoppe, Orange Wire Art, Penelope Fibre Arts, Rajasthani Designs, Sew Easy, Jane Stafford Textiles, Stitches Quilt Shop, SW Patterns Canada, Treenway Silks, Unwind Yarn and Wild Rose Fibres… and many more: click for details and application form.
- Free (public welcome)
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
August 20, 21 & 22, 9am – 6pm daily;
Gymnasium, Elphinstone High School, 840 Gibsons Way
BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY DISPLAY
Once again, the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society will present a display of plants used for fibre and for the dyeing of fibre. Look for this informative addition to our Festival near the Exhibit area at the school.
Evening Events
Hospitality Reception
Help us celebrate the opening of our ninth Festival. Come and socialize with your fellow workshop students, instructors and Festival volunteers. Complimentary appetizers and no-host bar.
- Wednesday August 19, 5 – 7pm
The Blackfish Pub, 966 Venture Way
All welcome.
QUILTERS
A musical play presented by the Sunshine Coast Driftwood Players
Performances from August 14 through August 23. All performances at the Heritage Theatre, Gibsons.
- Gala Performance for Festival participants Thursday, August 20, 8pm
Heritage Theatre, North Rd at Gibsons Way
QUILTERS is a record-setting entertainment presented on Broadway, where it won six Tony nominations, and the Edinburgh Festival. It blends a series of interrelated scenes, contained in "blocks", with music, dance and drama. At the end, the various blocks are assembled into one glorious, brilliantly colourful quilt — a magic and memorable theatrical experience. Join the cast after this special performance for discussion and refreshments.
Tickets $20 at the door, or in advance
Friday Night Festival Reception
Sponsored by MarketPlace IGA Gibsons
Everyone is invited! Come and help celebrate the 10th Annual Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival, presented by Howe Sound Pulp and Paper. Join artists, instructors, sponsors, students, volunteers, and friends of the Festival for an evening of socializing in the garden courtyard of Elphinstone High School. Congratulate the Exhibit Award winners, enjoy an appetizer buffet, refreshments, no-host wine bar, music and more. Plus, the Juried Exhibit will be open for viewing.
- Friday, August 21, 7pm – 9pm.
Tickets $10 at the Registration Desk or at the door, or online registration form.
Courtyard, Elphinstone High School, 840 Gibsons Way
Fibre Festivities in the Landing
Sponsored by CKAY-FM
- Saturday August 22, 10am – 5pm
Holland Park in the 300 Block of Gower Point Road in Gibsons Landing
An exciting fun-filled day for the whole family — a host of FREE activities, including:
- Juried Artisan Market — a vibrant outdoor market featuring fibre crafts by local and visiting fibre artisans.
- Craft demonstrations on the hour
- Children's Craft Tent — introduce your children to the wibderful world of fibre crafts with professional instruction
- Paper Making — try your hand at paper making. Experts from our Presenting Sponsor, Howe Sound Pulp and Paper will show you how.
- New to You — a bonanza for bargain hunting fibre crafters and an important fund raiser for the Festival. Hunt through a huge selections of yarns, fabrics, tools and more — all donated from treasured stashes. Musical presentations throughout the day.
- Street performers and MORE to come!
Museums, Galleries and Other Activities
See venue map for locations.
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives
See the museum's special fibre-related exhibit. Don't miss the extensive butterfly collection, then get your butterfly quilt squares.
- Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives.
Admission by donation.
Tues. – Sat. 10:30am – 4:30pm
716 Winn Road (at corner of Gower Point Road)
Tems Swiya Museum
"Our World", the museum of the Sechelt Nation features a fine display of First Nations art. See demonstrations of traditional weaving and basketry.
- Hours 9am – 5:30pm daily
5555 Sunshine Coast Highway, Sechelt
Gibsons Landing Co-op Gallery
Enjoy displays and purchase top quality artwork by local artists in this gallery.
- Free
Hours 10am – 5pm daily
436 Marine Drive
Gibsons Public Art Gallery
See multi-media exhibits by local artists.
- Open Thursday through Monday, 11am – 4pm (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
Down the stairs at 271 Gower Point Road or Up the stairs from Molly's Lane
Gift of the Eagle Gallery
Fibre arts themed displays, including silk painting, woodcarving and sheepskin goods, as well as other works of art.
- Free
Hours 10am – 5pm
441 Marine Drive
Westwind Gallery
See the work of many local artists as well as a fine collection of the work of the 2007 Festival image creator, Josefa Fritz Barham.
- Free
Monday to Saturday, 10:30am – 5:30pm; Sunday, 10:30am – 4pm
292 Gower Point Road
FibreWorks Studio & Gallery
Fibre related exhibits and a working fibre studio. Look for the yurts!
- Wednesday – Sunday, 11am – 5pm or by appointment
12887 – 12889 Sunshine Coast Highway, Madeira Park
Artworks Tours
Here's a fun way to discover the Sunshine Coast and get an insider's look at our creative community. Meet artists in their studios, see processes in action and ask questions. Your guide will share local lore and scenic highlights, too.
- Make arrangements directly with tour operator.
Artworks Tours, 604-886-1200.