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Michael Gurney

Michael Gurney

Michael Gurney covers lower Sunshine Coast arts and culture for the Coast Reporter.

Recent Work by Michael

ArtBeat: It’s about time

ArtBeat: It’s about time

A new exhibition at The Kube gallery in Gibsons features the work of a professional garden designer whose two-dimensional artwork gives shape to the concept of time.
Chatelech Secondary School grad’s life-changing award comes with community

Chatelech Secondary School grad’s life-changing award comes with community

Nardeen Ibrahim wins the prestigious Loran Award
Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts swells with public concerts, workshops

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts swells with public concerts, workshops

The longest-running annual festival on the Sunshine Coast is set this month to expand beyond its time-honoured tradition of adjudicated performances by multigenerational participants.
‘Spicy’ romance from M.J. Milne contains keys to renewal

‘Spicy’ romance from M.J. Milne contains keys to renewal

Inside MJ Milne's 'Secrets of the Italian Villa'
Art Beat: Journey without blisters

Art Beat: Journey without blisters

Award-winning speaker and local author of The Grateful Jar Project, Krystin Clark turned existential unease into a moving experience. The feelings she recognized are universal.
Unyielding women inspire art for the ages: 'Pages from the Book of Women'

Unyielding women inspire art for the ages: 'Pages from the Book of Women'

Carol Schlosar’s collection of portraits, crow studies, and inscribed handbags remains on display at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre until April 17.
New book sets sights on Coast artists: 'Artists of British Columbia' Volume 5

New book sets sights on Coast artists: 'Artists of British Columbia' Volume 5

 The latest volume in a series of books featuring B.C. artists is the first to be wholly dedicated to a specific geographic region. Artists of British Columbia: Volume 5, published last month, features 26 painters and sculptors, all from the Sunshine Coast.
Compounding comes naturally for alchemical collective: Alchemy at Sunshine Coast Arts Centre

Compounding comes naturally for alchemical collective: Alchemy at Sunshine Coast Arts Centre

An upstart artists’ collective — including a member from Savary Island — has resolved to illustrate collaboration over division by modelling community-building through creativity. 
Art Beat: Seascapes that shaped a life, also, Persian New Year celebration

Art Beat: Seascapes that shaped a life, also, Persian New Year celebration

And, the free film series presented by the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre continues in April with a short documentary titled Collective Agency. 
Painter takes a shine to wild volunteers: Matted Menagerie at The Kube

Painter takes a shine to wild volunteers: Matted Menagerie at The Kube

The pictorial bestiary on display at The Kube gallery in Gibsons does more than transport its backwoods subjects into the urban world of their human spectators.
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