Sunshine Coast Art Crawl 2011
While the weather may be rainy, I’m sure this will not deter participants in the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl 2011. It will certainly not deter ME from participating. In a few hours I will be leaving for...
View ArticleFrom Langdale to Lund: A Sunshine Coast Art Crawl #TravelTuesday
A couple of years ago, at one of the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC), BC Chapter meetings I talked with a number of folks from the Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast tourism boards, and I...
View ArticleThe Lund Hotel (Lund, BC)
Whenever I travel, be it for my academic purposes, for pleasure or on assignment for a media trip, I always make a point of asking the locals for stories and anecdotes. And apparently, The Lund Hotel...
View ArticleTug-Guhm Gallery Studio (Lund, BC – Sunshine Coast) #scac2011
I am, by every measure, very good at rampant consumerism. Don’t get me wrong, I only buy when I know that I am going to give away or replace something. And to be fair, when I was invited to do the...
View ArticleBrunch at the Rockwater Secret Cove Resort and Spa (Halfmoon Bay, BC,...
They had me at frittata. I knew that our Sunshine Coast Art Crawl 2011 might not have the opportunity for a longer stay at the Rockwater Secret Cover Resort and Spa in Halfmoon Bay (although I’ve...
View ArticleThe Laughing Oyster (Okeover Arm, Powell River, Sunshine Coast) #scac2011
What could be more fun than dinner with three lovely ladies (Andrea, Andrea and Robyn)? Well, finding a restaurant that has amazing food and that you had never heard about. Yes, The Laughing Oyster is...
View ArticleFibreworks Studio & Gallery (Madeira Park, BC – Sunshine Coast) #scac2011
One of the most creative artist outlets we visited during our Sunshine Coast Art Crawl 2011 was Fibreworks Studio & Gallery in Madeira Park, on the Sunshine Coast. It was amazing for several...
View ArticleNadina Tandy (Gibsons, BC – Sunshine Coast) #scac2011
Nadina Tandy is not only the dead-ringer of Tina Fey (yes, isn’t she?) but also equally funny. And her art is extremely intriguing. I loved her artist statement: I have always seen the pursuit of my...
View ArticleApril White’s “Hummingbird I” (Powell River, Sunshine Coast) #scac2011
We visited so many artists in our Sunshine Coast Art Crawl 2011 (from Langdale to Lund) that it’s almost impossible to write about all of them. But one that I wanted to write because her kindness was...
View ArticleGordon Halloran (Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast) #scac2011
One of the artists we visited during the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl 2011 was Gordon Halloran, whom you may remember from the 2010 Vancouver and Whistler Winter Olympics and Paralympics Games’ Ice Gate...
View ArticleCopper Sky Gallery and Cafe (Madeira Park, Sunshine Coast)
I love shopping, as you all steady readers of mine must know. So, it should come as no surprise to you that I bought something at Copper Sky Gallery and Cafe in Madeira Park on the Sunshine Coast. It...
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