Open Studio
2024-04-27 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
NEW! Open Studios
Date: February 10, February 24 (see above), March 2, March 16 (see above), April 13, April 27, May 11, and May 18
Time: Saturdays, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Price: $14 per session
Max 12 per session; must pre-register
Twice a month, Sunbury Shores offers an opportunity to engage with others in the shared space of the Main Studio. Due to popular demand, and an extension of earlier Open Studio sessions with an artist (Feb 24, Mar 16), these new sessions are not topic driven and no artist will lead. Instead, it’s time for creation in a collaborative environment. Bring your own materials and artworks in progress and share ideas and skills. For all levels of experience. A facilitator will be present. Coffee and tea provided.
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Rossmount Inn Fundraising Dinner
2024-05-08 | Rossmount Inn, 4599 NB-127, Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 3S7
An Invitiation to Sunbury Shores Supporters and Rossmount Inn Fans!
We are very happy to announce the return of a fundraising dinner at the wonderful Rossmount Inn! This always popular event will take place on May 8th. Doors open at 6 pm for socialising and perusing a small silent auction. The Rossmount Inn will provide a culinary work of art, starting at 6:30 pm comprising four courses, plus coffee and tea.
Tickets are $100 which include gratuity and tax (bar beverages/wine not included). Sunbury Shores will receive $25 from each ticket as donations to Arts and Nature activities. Tax receipts can be available for this portion.
Tickets will go on sale through Sunbury Shores via: email outreach@sunburyshores.org, 506-529-3386 or in person at the Centre, 139 Water St., St Andrews, starting on March 16th.
The menu is attached and main course choices must be made by May 1st, 2024. People who have specific dietary restrictions should also advise us of their needs by the same date. Click here for the Menu
The Silent Auction will include donations of work by local artists and supporters of Sunbury Shores in celebration of our 60th Anniversary.
These events book up fast, so don’t miss this fun evening, with great company and wonderful dining, at the lovely Rossmount Inn!

Opening Reception: Danica Olders and Christopher Griffin
2024-05-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Danica Olders: In my dream, you were a dark black circle.
A multidisciplinary artist interested in the space between people or the distance from a person to their connected walls/objects, Montreal artist Danica Olders reflects on the ownership that is felt of said spaces and the interactive energy possessed by them.
Christopher Griffin: Old Souls
In December 2023, the artist created 7 elephant snow sculptures along Passamaquoddy Bay he’s back with an exhibition of paintings, continuing to focus on visual communication and birds, fish and animal motifs.

Open Studio
2024-05-18 10:00 - 15:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
UPDATED! Open Studios
Date: April 27, May 18
Time: Saturdays, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Price: $14 per session
Max 12 per session; must pre-register
Twice a month, Sunbury Shores offers an opportunity to engage with others in the shared space of the Main Studio. Due to popular demand, and an extension of earlier Open Studio sessions with an artist (Feb 24, Mar 16), these new sessions are not topic driven and no artist will lead. Instead, it’s time for creation in a collaborative environment. Bring your own materials and artworks in progress and share ideas and skills. For all levels of experience. A facilitator will be present. Coffee and tea provided.

Annual General Meeting
2024-05-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
This message is to notify you that
Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre Inc. will be holding its
2024 Annual General Meeting
this Thursday, May 23
from 6:00 to 7:00 pm

at the Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
139 Water Street
St. Andrews, NB

Zoom Link available:
Please register in advance.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qduihpzkvGdGztaziqR7XuMA-TOZK1Ifj

All are welcome to attend.
Note: only members are entitled to vote.
If you are not a member, please check membership options at:
https://sunburyshores.org/memberships/

Memberships may be purchased at the door one-half hour
before the meeting commences.

If you have questions or need more information
please call the office at 506-529-3386
or email Board@sunburyshores.org

Opening Reception: CLASS
2024-05-31 17:00 - 19:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
CLASS of 2024: Art by Charlotte County Students
The annual group exhibition of work by students who participate in Sunbury Shores programs that take place in elementary and high schools and at the Centre, including for example, Afterschool Art and C.L.A.S.S.

Open Studio
2024-06-08 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-06-22 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-07-06 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-07-20 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-03 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-08-17 10:00 - 15:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Twice a month, Sunbury Shores offers an opportunity to engage with others in the shared space of the Main Studio. It’s time for creation in a collaborative environment. Bring your own materials and artworks in progress and share ideas and skills. For all levels of experience. A facilitator will be present. Coffee and tea provided.
Pre-register or drop in!
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Opening Reception: Deanna Musgrave and Mimi Lucas
2024-06-14 17:00 - 19:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Deanna Musgrave: Water Witness
The theme of celebrating and exploring water and weather has dominated the Saint John-based artist’s work for nearly 20 years. This new body of work uses a channelled language to give a voice to water, the sea, and the sky. When giving a voice to water, the artist highlights that water is a consciousness, thus bringing into question how we treat it and environmental concerns around it. This language is meant to be transpersonal so that it will connect with anyone and engage them with a unique message for each viewer.
Mimi Lucas: The weather was important.
In this series of artworks, the Saint John artist’s ultimate painting goals are to compose happy, yet serious and ambiguous work. This exhibition consists of small- and large-scale paintings that consider how our environment significantly controls our lives. With the current prevailing tendency toward extreme weather, our world has experienced diverse displays of excess rain and flooding, wildfires, hurricanes, and rising temperatures. Lucas’ paintings evoke rather than describe. They are presented in an abstracted landscape that is more a personal narrative than a perceived truth.

EARTHFest
2024-06-16 12:00 - 16:00 | New Brunswick
Sunbury Shores is participating in EARTHFest on Ministers Island!
details coming soon…

Panel Discussion
2024-06-20 16:00 - 18:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Join the panel discussion “Peace in Water Through Boundaries” with artist Deanna Musgrave, Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott and Kalen Mawer from Eastern Charlotte Waterways. Speakers will explore the changing nature of human’s relationship with water that is reflected in Deanna’s exhibition Water Witness on exhibition until July 6, 2024.
Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
139 Water Street, Saint Andrews
Thursday, June 20, 2024
4:00 PM
EVERYONE WELCOME. COFFEE AND TEA.

Haiku Workshop
2024-06-30 13:30 - 15:30 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Introduction to Haiku Workshop, Sunday June 30, 1:30 – 3:30 pm

Angela Leuck, President of Haiku Canada and Carole Martignacco, of Fundy Bay Writers will co-present how to write Haiku, three-line Japanese-inspired nature poetry. The workshop features Angela’s book ” Porch to Porch”, with copies available for sale.

Suggested workshop donation for Haiku Canada: $10

Artistic Growth Studio with Theresa MacKnight
2024-07-01 - 2024-07-05 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
All levels are welcome for this unique opportunity blending studio work (mornings) with customized instruction and coaching time with Theresa MacKnight (afternoons). Developed by the late Jay Dampf, a long-time artist instructor at Sunbury Shores, it’s an opportunity to enjoy dedicated time to work on your own practice while also benefiting from individual attention, guidance and critiquing with Theresa. Students bring their own work (drawing, painting in acrylic and oils, and watercolour), either in progress, or ready to start.
Theresa MacKnight is a highly accomplished artist and former art teacher. She has won numerous awards and been exhibited widely across New Brunswick and elsewhere. Theresa has extensive knowledge of working in different mediums and teaches with patience, encouragement, and consideration of individual needs. She has spent many years involved with SSANC as instructor, student, and exhibitor. Recently retired from full-time art teaching, Theresa continues to explore and expand her own art practice.
Instructor: Theresa MacKnight
Date: July 1 – 5, 2024
Time: Monday – Friday, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Min/Max students: 6/10
Materials: Bring your own
Registration Deadline: June 17, 2024
Course Fee: $525
Early Bird course fee: $475 until May 30, 2024
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Sparkling Event and Canada Day Fireworks Viewing Spot for Members
2024-07-01 20:00 - 23:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
TICKETS

Join us on our deck and in the garden for a sparkly night of celebrating Canada Day, with a private view of the fireworks to round it off. There will be live music and a cash bar with prosecco, wine, beer and soft drinks. If you want to come, but aren’t a member – sign up now on our membership page!
July 1st 8pm till post fireworks!
Members Only special event
$30.00 per person – includes a complimentary glass of prosecco and dessert

The Abstracted Landscape with Jay Isaac
2024-07-09 - 2024-07-12 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
This 4-day acrylic painting and drawing workshop will focus on how an observed landscape can be abstracted through colour and form. Short field trips will guide participants to observe the landscape, make preliminary sketches in situ, and then develop paintings in the studio. This course is recommended for participants with experience working in acrylics or watercolours at an intermediate level or more. Upon registration, participants will receive a list of course materials. Note: This is a scent-free workshop.
A prolific artist, curator, and writer, Jay Isaac will share examples of his work, and the work of contemporary and modern artists to illustrate the use of landscape and its components as starting points for abstraction. Formerly from Saint John, Isaac was educated at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver BC, and the Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff, Wales. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Isaac has also curated several online exhibitions and published critical essays and articles about artists in Canada. His work is in many private and public collections in Canada including the Royal Bank of Canada and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
Instructor: Jay Isaac
Date: July 9 – 12, 2024
Time: Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Min/Max students: 7/10
Registration deadline: June 25, 2024
Materials: List [click here]
Course fees only: $675
Early Bird Course Fee: $630 until May 30, 2024
Sunbury Shores Courses + Huntsman Accommodation & Meals Package:
· · $1,190 / $1,145 Early Bird before May 30 – single occupancy per person (includes 5 nights accommodations in Anderson House and 16 meals (Links Crest dining and box lunches)
· · $1,090 / $1,045 Early Bird before May 30 – double occupancy per person (includes 5 nights accommodations in Anderson House and 16 meals (Links Crest dining and box lunches)
Check out the Huntsman accommodations here: https://sunburyshores.org/accommodation/
Visit Jay Isaac’s website: www.jayisaac.ca
More about Jay Isaac – ArtsNB article
Are you a member? Contact us to use your one-time discount on this course! Click here to learn more.
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NEW Media Lab Orientations for Members with Lab Technician
2024-07-11 11:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Dawson Hatt, a recent graduate of UNB’s Media Arts program, is presenting free one-hour session of tips about hands-on film/video making, including camera settings, lighting, transferring files to computer, and video editing.
Dawson is working at Sunbury Shores on behalf of the Cultural Human Resources Council – Student Workplace Program. A resident of Black’s Harbour, Dawson has won numerous scholarships and prizes and participated in the Silverwave Film Festival.
Thursday, July 11 at 11: 00 am
Tuesday, July 16 at 11:00 am
Max 4 sign-ups per session
Pre-registration required – SIGN UP
Free for members

Opening Reception: 'Flora' and 'The View From Here'
2024-07-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Flora: Ralph Simpson, Caoife Garvey, Clare Bridge, Heather McCaig, David Eeles, Judy Blake and Alexa Jaffurs
Seven award-winning artists from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia working in diverse disciplines create artistic connections in their work by addressing one theme – that of nature and plants in wood, iron, plant fibre, clay, glass, textiles, and fine metals. Flora illustrates the social and artistic connections between the artists, their inspiration, and their collective reverence of the natural world.

The View from Here
Felicia Norris Bartlett: Felicia Norris Bartlett paints in oil with most of her work representing open spaces and idyllic landscapes. Her signature style mixes detailed clouds and skies with a touch of whimsy. The rugged cliffs of Fundy, picturesque lighthouses dotting the coastline, and the ever-changing moods of Passamaquoddy Bay and the Atlantic Ocean are all presented in delicate and serene paintings.
Theresa MacKnight: In this new work, Theresa MacKnight has created drawings and paintings of the interior of Sunbury Shores in a direct response to the Centre from the point of view of an artist, and longtime user of the studio areas. Theresa approaches her work in acrylic from many perspectives, always with consideration, thoughtfulness, and an openness to new challenges. Recently retired from fulltime teaching as an art teacher in the public school system, Theresa has turned her focus onto her art practice with increasingly consummate results.

Journaling with Mary Kircher
2024-07-19 - 2024-07-21 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Journaling can take many forms: sketchbook, diary, tapestry diary, and collage as you capture memories and develop ideas. Fibre artist Mary Kircher will teach how to make a unique accordion-style journal as versatile as your imagination. Mary will share her techniques for creating journals, incorporating collage, tapestry, stitching, and writing, resulting in creative displays for fibre artists, book lovers, creators, and makers. Participants are asked to bring found objects that are relatively flat including fabric, feathers, stones, paper ephemera, etc.
Mary specializes in hand weaving and custom dye techniques. With a Master’s in Art and Design from North Carolina State University, Mary has taught many workshops and exhibited her work both regionally and internationally, including at Sunbury Shores in August 2023. Mary’s work is in numerous private and public collections. Visit Mary at Woven Translations — Mary Kircher, Fiber Artist
Course fee: $350
Early Bird course fee: $325 until May 30, 2024
Instructor: Mary Kircher
Date: July 19, 20, 21, 2024
Time/Schedule: Friday, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Saturday, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Sunday, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Min/Max students: 6/12
Materials: to be determined
Registration Deadline: July 5, 2024
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Visit Mary Kircher’s website: https://woventranslations.com/
Are you a member? Contact us to use your one-time discount on this course! Click here to learn more.

60th Anniversary Celebration
2024-07-25 | Fundy Discovery Aquarium, 1 Lower Campus Rd, Saint Andrews, NB, E5B 2L7
Save the date: Thursday July 25, when we will be celebrating 60 years of providing a centre for creativity across our communities. This event will be hosted by the Huntsman Marine Science Centre at their fabulous Fundy Discovery Aquarium. The event is sponsored by the St Andrews Brewing Company, with more sponsorship information to follow. Music will be by the ever-popular singer-songwriter Cathy Hutch Trio. The Event theme is “The Sixties” which we hope will trigger some fun, imaginative, outfits. There will be prizes (as if anyone we know needs an incentive to dress up…)!

Valuation Day with Jones Auction House
2024-07-27 10:00 - 16:30 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Are you curious about the value of an artwork or art object in your collection?

Join Jones Auction House for Valuation Day – St. Andrews, NB edition! In Antiques Roadshow style, bring up to three works of art for assessment by Jones Auction House experts. They will aim to help you understand your work and discover its potential auction value.

Valuation Days are free, but please register for a 15 minute slot here: https://www.jonesauctions.ca/valuation

DATE: Saturday, July 27, 2024
LOCATION: Sunbury Shores, 139 Water St, St. Andrews, NB
FEE: Free!

Painting with Maggie Rose
2024-07-29 09:30 - 2024-08-02 16:30 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
This five-day intensive workshop is for artists with some painting experience, although all levels will be accommodated and will benefit. Throughout the course, a wide variety of painting techniques and approaches will be explored. Maggie will demonstrate various ways to “build” your paintings so that the results are complex and reflect and enhance the intent of your narratives. Artists will be encouraged to step out of their comfort zone and to take their work to places of new discovery and levels of excellence. There will be an emphasis on understanding the underlying abstraction of all sound work.
Subject matter is up to individual artists and working from life and/or photographs are equally encouraged. Participants are asked to arrive with a variety of possible ideas to explore. Maggie will provide prompts and suggestions for anyone interested in a more exercise-based approach. Participants will have the option to develop one piece or several pieces throughout the week. Contemporary painters and artists of historical significance and will be discussed and incorporated into all lessons, providing inspiration throughout the week.
A professional artist and much sought-after art instructor in Canada and the US, Maggie Rose received her MFA from The New York Academy of Art, graduating cum laude and was the recipient of the Forbes Foundation Travel Grant for excellence in painting. She taught at the New York Academy for over 20 years while maintaining her own studio practice. Maggie is known as a gifted and generous teacher and your week of study is sure to be action-packed, loaded with information and, as class size is limited, you will receive plenty of individual attention.
Instructor: Maggie Rose
Date: July 29 – August 2, 2024
Time: Monday – Friday, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Min/Max students: 6/13
Materials: Bring your own
Registration Deadline: July 15, 2024
Course only fee: $695
Early Bird course fee: $650 by May 30, 2024
Sunbury Shores Courses + Huntsman Accommodation & Meals Package:
· $1,325 / $1,280 Early Bird before May 30 – single occupancy per person (includes 6 nights accommodations in Anderson House and 16 meals (Links Crest dining and box lunches)
· $1,205 / $1,160 Early Bird before May 30 – double occupancy per person (includes 6 nights accommodations in Anderson House and 16 meals (Links Crest dining and box lunches)
Check out the Huntsman accommodations here: https://sunburyshores.org/accommodation/
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Artist Talk: Brice Garrett
2024-08-07 16:30 - 18:30 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Artist Talk with Silversmith Brice Garrett, Artist in Residence at Sunbury Shores, Wednesday, August 7 at 4:30 pm
“When a hole becomes a moat; a well; a spring; a secret channel to the sea.”

Opening Reception: Thaddeus Holownia and Brigitte Clavette
2024-08-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Thaddeus Holownia: of a feather
In memory of his late partner, Gay Hansen, well-known and highly respected photographer Thaddeus Holownia has created a body of work celebrating beauty in the natural world through bird plumage. Gay’s long professional career in the Biology Department at Mount Allison University included amassing a collection of study skins, mounted birds, nests and eggs that reflect her love of ornithology. From this collection, Holownia has put together a photographic print tribute.
After a long and distinguished career as Professor and Department Head at Mount A, Holownia is continuing his work as an artist. He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in Canada and internationally and he has received many grants and awards. His work has been part of numerous collaborations, bookwork and portfolios and is in many public and private collections.

Brigitte Clavette: Vessel forms and other Curiosities
A personal selection of sterling silver, bronze and copper objects created by acclaimed artist Brigitte Clavette during the past 44 years, and part of her private collection. Along with more recent work, this singular exhibition of hollowware metal objects provides a glimpse of the award-winning artist’s innate creativity, curiosity, and excellence as an outstanding contemporary metalsmith.
A former Studio Head, now part time senior instructor at NBCCD, Brigitte Clavette is a recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the 2022 Saidye Bronfman Award, the Strathbutler Award, and the Award of Excellence in Crafts from the Province of New Brunswick; her work is in public and private collections in Canada and abroad.

The Art of Conscious Connected Breathing
2024-08-24 15:00 - 18:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Discover the magic of your Breath through the art of Conscious Connected Breathing
Conscious Connected Breathing is done in a continuous rhythm while lying down comfortably. It serves to:

Regulate the nervous system,
Support heart-brain coherence,
Integrate suppressed emotions,
Calm stress/anxiety and facilitate deep inner connection.

It also can potentially allow us to enter into expanded states of awareness and an abundance of bliss.
Everyone welcome!
Guided by Colin Bird
CONTACT Colin at luminarysanctum@gmail.com to RSVP

Book Launch: Felt by Mark Blagrave
2024-08-28 17:00 - 18:30 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Join us at the release of Mark Blagrave’s new novel, Felt
Wednesday, August 28
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
-Brief Reading at 5:30-
A limited number of copies will be available for a $25 cash-only sale, or buy yours in advance wherever you get your books and bring it along for signing! (Snacks and Cash Bar)
Everyone Welcome!

Dear Dorothy: an illustrated talk by Ann Thomas
2024-09-05 16:00 | Fundy Discovery Aquarium, 1 Lower Campus Rd, Saint Andrews, NB, E5B 2L7
A major event of the 60th anniversary is a public illustrated talk ‘Dear Dorothy: Photographer, Philanthropist, Collector and Sunbury Shores Founder’ on Thursday, September 5, at 4:00 pm at the Huntsman Marine Dunn Theatre in the Fundy Discovery Aquarium
Ann Thomas, retired Senior Curator of Photographs, and Interim Chief Curator for the National Gallery of Canada will present her research on Dorothy Meigs Eidlitz, the brainchild behind Sunbury Shores. Eidlitz’s extraordinary life as a feminist, activist for people with mental health challenges, international traveller, photographer, art collector, philanthropist and summer resident in St Andrews will be presented in the public talk.
