Painter Lauren Mycroft, an abstract artist based on Vancouver Island who works primarily with liquid acrylic and ink on canvas, opened a new exhibition at the Kube gallery in Upper Gibsons on July 5.
The show, We are all here, is a continued exploration of impermanence and the transformative pauses that mark the passage from one state to another.
“Transitions are the essence of existence, the ever-present shifts that shape our reality and identity,” writes Mycroft in her artist’s statement.
The show captures relentless motion, exploring the fluidity of life through a kaleidoscope of moments, emotions, and experiences. Each gesture represents a moment; pieced together, the string of moments define a larger cohesive experience.
Mycroft’s We are all here remains on display at the Kube until the end of July.
Dig in and spread it around
The 13th annual Peanut Butter Jam musical extravaganza will take place at Henderson Beach in Roberts Creek on July 27.
Musical guests for the oceanfront concert include the rock band Slightly Twisted, supplemented with a special appearance by Al Harlow of Prism.
Net proceeds raised will go to the Sechelt Food Bank. “If good music, and helping feed your community is your jam,” said the event’s pun-loving organizers, “come on down and enjoy some incredible music.”
Virtuosity ahead in August
A garden concert in August will feature an evening of exquisite guitar music, with tickets released for sale this week.
Calum Graham is a gifted fingerstyle guitarist who was born in Fort St. John and is now based in Victoria. Calum’s meteoric rise began when he won the Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competition at just 17. Since then, he has toured the world, including performances at the Vancouver and London Olympics, and released 10 critically-acclaimed albums.
Graham’s live repertoire is a tapestry woven from the acoustic guitar that interweaves original compositions with traces of folk, world, soul, blues, and jazz, all anchored in virtuosic mastery of fingerstyle technique inspired by Michael Hedges, Don Ross, Andy McKee, and Antoine Dufour.
At the garden concert, innovative compositions will meet breathtaking skill in the hands of one of the world’s finest young guitarists.
The event takes place on Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30, with children under 10 years of age admitted by donation. Home-baked refreshments are provided.
Email Bobbie at [email protected] for tickets and concert details. For more information about Calum Graham, browse calumgraham.com.
Midsummer merriment
The Coast Shakespeare production of Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream continues for two more performances this weekend — at 7 p.m. on July 12 and 13. The community performance features a cast of 24 actors, plus a live orchestra playing Elizabethan music on Renaissance-era instruments.
Alta O’Farrell, who portrays the impish fairy Puck, delivers tour-de-force renditions of some of Shakespeare’s most poignant and playful speeches.
The show at the Rockwood Pavilion in Sechelt is sponsored and presented by the Driftwood Players. The pay-what-you-can admission proceeds will benefit the Bev Shaw Literacy Fund of the Sunshine Coast Community Foundation.
More information and tickets are available by browsing to coastshakespeare.ca.
