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      • Fire: March 20-May 3, 2026
      • Beasties – April 10-26, 2026
      • The Anatomy Lesson – March 20 to April 5, 2026
      • Once We Were Wolves Exhibition, Feb 27-Mar 15, 2026
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      • Landlines: Jan 30–Mar 22, 2026
      • WHITElight, Nov 7–Dec 21, 2025
      • Talisman: Sep 19th – Nov 2, 2025
      • Fleeting — Exalting the Ephemeral, July 25 – Sept 14
      • PaTTeRN: rEpEAt, rEpEAt, rEpEAt, May 30 – to July 20 , 2025
      • Air: Exploring Our Place in the Atmosphere, Apr 4-May 25, 2025
      • STILLlife: Art to Seize the Moment, jan 31-Mar 30
      • Going Solo, January 2025
      • PaTTeRN: rEpEAt, rEpEAt, rEpEAt, May 30 – to July 20 , 2025
      • Peace/Joy Squared: exhibition, Nov 15 – Dec 22, 2024
      • Sleepless: Art from the Midnight Hour, Oct 4-Nov 10, 2024
      • PALIMPSEST: working into, over and through, Sept 21, 2024
      • PIECES OF ME: exhibition, May 31 – Jul 28, 2024
      • THE WONDER OF WATER, exhibition: Apr 12 – May 26
      • Collaboration: Jul 3-Aug 23, 2026
      • THE LOOK OF LOVE: Art as a Love Language, Feb 2 – Apr 7
      • SMALL ARTWORKS SHOW, Nov 17 – Dec 24
      • Home, Oct 6th through Nov 12, 2023
      • Pretty Ugly: Art Beyond Beauty, August 4th – October 1st
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    • About Time: Aug 28-Oct 18, 2026
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      • Distracted Abstraction: May 8-June 28, 2026
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    • Collage Workshop, August 8th, 2026
    • Monday – Watercolour Atelier, Drop-In
    • Tuesday – Life Drawing & Portrait Drop-in
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    • Videos of Exhibitions, Workshops and Playlists
      • All About Art Residencies – July 11, 2026
      • Disrupt/ing Realism – Illustrated Artist Talk – June 27, 2026
      • Abstract Collage Workshop – June 20, 2026
      • Ocean Week Event – June 7, 2026
      • Fire Magic Workshop, April 18 & May 2, 2026
      • Art of Seeing Panel Discussion, April 11th, 2026
      • Stitched Scrolls Workshop, February 7, 2026
      • Playing Abstractly Workshop, Dec 6th, 2025
      • Talisman Workshop, Nov 16th, 2025
      • Artist Talk, Saturday August 16th, 2025
      • Metchosin Ocean Art Walk July 1st, 2025
      • Look Again: a photographic guide to the Metchosin Ocean Art Walk
      • Ocean Art Parade of Events, April 12th, 2024 through July 1st, 2025
      • Learn Gyotaku and Create Your Own
      • Earth Day, Ocean Art Walk, April 22, 2025
      • Cyanotype Workshop with Phyllis Schwartz, June 10, 2023
      • Experimenting with Cyanotypes, September 2023
      • Illustrated Journalling: Workshop, August 10, 2024
      • Lumen Print Workshop, September 13, 2025
      • OUT OF THIN AIR: a collage workshop, 10 May 2025
      • Poetry Writing Workshop, February 10, 2024
      • PRESSING NATURE workshop, with Cindy Wright, July 6th, 2024
      • Seasonal Card Making Workshop, Dec 7th, 2024
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  • Exhibitions
    • Collaboration: Jul 3-Aug 23, 2026
    • Small Art Works, Exhibition July 3-19th, 2026
    • Cartographic Imagination – July 24 – August 9, 2026
    • About Time: Aug 28-Oct 18, 2026
    • Food: Oct 23-Dec 20, 2026
    • Exhibitions Past and Present
      • Abstracted Life, June 12 — June 28, 2026
      • Distracted Abstraction: May 8-June 28, 2026
      • Dare To Be Happy: May 22 – June 7, 2026
      • Dream Fragments – Cindy McMath May 1 to May 17, 2026
      • Fire: March 20-May 3, 2026
      • Beasties – April 10-26, 2026
      • The Anatomy Lesson – March 20 to April 5, 2026
      • Once We Were Wolves Exhibition, Feb 27-Mar 15, 2026
      • Threads, Jan 30th-Mar 15, 2026
      • Landlines: Jan 30–Mar 22, 2026
      • WHITElight, Nov 7–Dec 21, 2025
      • Talisman: Sep 19th – Nov 2, 2025
      • Fleeting — Exalting the Ephemeral, July 25 – Sept 14
      • PaTTeRN: rEpEAt, rEpEAt, rEpEAt, May 30 – to July 20 , 2025
      • Air: Exploring Our Place in the Atmosphere, Apr 4-May 25, 2025
      • STILLlife: Art to Seize the Moment, jan 31-Mar 30
      • Going Solo, January 2025
      • PaTTeRN: rEpEAt, rEpEAt, rEpEAt, May 30 – to July 20 , 2025
      • Peace/Joy Squared: exhibition, Nov 15 – Dec 22, 2024
      • Sleepless: Art from the Midnight Hour, Oct 4-Nov 10, 2024
      • PALIMPSEST: working into, over and through, Sept 21, 2024
      • PIECES OF ME: exhibition, May 31 – Jul 28, 2024
      • THE WONDER OF WATER, exhibition: Apr 12 – May 26
      • Collaboration: Jul 3-Aug 23, 2026
      • THE LOOK OF LOVE: Art as a Love Language, Feb 2 – Apr 7
      • SMALL ARTWORKS SHOW, Nov 17 – Dec 24
      • Home, Oct 6th through Nov 12, 2023
      • Pretty Ugly: Art Beyond Beauty, August 4th – October 1st
    • Exhibition Books
  • Artists Calls
    • Submission Guidelines
    • About Time: Aug 28-Oct 18, 2026
    • Food: Oct 23-Dec 20, 2026
    • Image Quality
      • Distracted Abstraction: May 8-June 28, 2026
  • Workshops & Ateliers & Events
    • Collage Workshop, August 8th, 2026
    • Monday – Watercolour Atelier, Drop-In
    • Tuesday – Life Drawing & Portrait Drop-in
    • Wednesday – Rural Sketching – Weekly
    • Videos of Exhibitions, Workshops and Playlists
      • All About Art Residencies – July 11, 2026
      • Disrupt/ing Realism – Illustrated Artist Talk – June 27, 2026
      • Abstract Collage Workshop – June 20, 2026
      • Ocean Week Event – June 7, 2026
      • Fire Magic Workshop, April 18 & May 2, 2026
      • Art of Seeing Panel Discussion, April 11th, 2026
      • Stitched Scrolls Workshop, February 7, 2026
      • Playing Abstractly Workshop, Dec 6th, 2025
      • Talisman Workshop, Nov 16th, 2025
      • Artist Talk, Saturday August 16th, 2025
      • Metchosin Ocean Art Walk July 1st, 2025
      • Look Again: a photographic guide to the Metchosin Ocean Art Walk
      • Ocean Art Parade of Events, April 12th, 2024 through July 1st, 2025
      • Learn Gyotaku and Create Your Own
      • Earth Day, Ocean Art Walk, April 22, 2025
      • Cyanotype Workshop with Phyllis Schwartz, June 10, 2023
      • Experimenting with Cyanotypes, September 2023
      • Illustrated Journalling: Workshop, August 10, 2024
      • Lumen Print Workshop, September 13, 2025
      • OUT OF THIN AIR: a collage workshop, 10 May 2025
      • Poetry Writing Workshop, February 10, 2024
      • PRESSING NATURE workshop, with Cindy Wright, July 6th, 2024
      • Seasonal Card Making Workshop, Dec 7th, 2024
      • TINTYPE SELFIES workshop: Honest Portraits, Historic Methods, June 15 & 16, 11 am – 4 pm
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Exhibitions

Pretty Ugly: Art Beyond Beauty, August 4th – October 1st

Over 30 contributing artists have been invited to speak about their artwork. 
Click here to view the online gallery.

The juror for this exhibition is the award-winning artist and popular workshop presenter Caroline James. 

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