Opening Reception: Ella Morton, David Norris

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Sunbury Shores exhibition opening receptions are free to attend. There will be hors d'oeurves and a cash bar available.  Ella Morton: The Great Kind Mystery Canadian filmmaker Ella Morton aims to uncover how photographs and films can show more than a straightforward depiction of reality, and how the alchemy of analogue techniques can be reinvented in the digital age to tell deeper stories within images. Using techniques such as film soaking, bleaching, hand-colouring and mordançage, she captures the transcendent, mysterious, and fragile qualities of landscapes in and around Newfoundland. A documentary film which accompanies the exhibition, features Inuk and Mi’kmaw artist Amy Hull telling stories about her home in Daniel’s Harbour, Newfoundland. David Norris: The Adventures of Rivet Boy In this animated musical film, Saint Andrews animator and musician David Norris constructs scenes using photographs rather than traditional drawings, to make each moment visually compelling and captivating. The storyline, intentionally simple and whimsical, is crafted to resonate with both adults and children. The music and naïveté of the narrative evoke a sense of nostalgia for adults while maintaining an accessible and enchanting quality for younger viewers.

Sunday Life Drawing

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Sunday Life Drawing Date: February 18, March 17 & April 14 Time: Sundays, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Price: $20 per session Max 10 per session; must pre-register Note: Participants must be settled in the studio by 1:10 pm sharp to draw from the model. Take part in monthly non-instructional classes to sketch and draw the human figure from a live model. Please bring your own drawing supplies. Tables, easels, drawing horses, and boards are available and a facilitator will be on hand. Tea and coffee will be provided. Book

$20

Opening Reception: Boissoneau and Choisy

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Opening Reception, Friday, April 5, 5 - 7 pm Lisa Marie Boissoneau: Borrowed Roots This series of paintings draws upon family research, familial archives, and personal memory to create large format portraits that explore the many aspects of identity. The artist was born in Moncton to a single mother and adopted by a Catholic couple in Quebec.  The artist appropriates images, stories, links and sometimes even ancestors who become an important source of inspiration in her work. They connect her childhood to the present.   Rotchild Choisy: MASQU-ET-VISAGES : Comment naviguer dans ses relations  Through his artistic practice, Moncton-based artist Rotchild Choisy explores his quest for identity and the social, economic, and political relationships people have with their environment. From his point of view, it's impossible to understand and know another person without knowing oneself. In his work, he often uses expressive drawing; he also reinterprets Haitian and African symbolic figures to make a correlation between masks, emotions and the environment.

FREE

An embroidery process workshop with Laura Roy

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Mend What You Cannot See with Laura Roy An embroidery process workshop Date: Saturday, April 6 Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Ages: 12+ *$70 registration fee for ages 12 to 16 Price: $80 / $75 Early Bird before March 6 Working with Halifax-based textile artist and illustrator Laura Roy, participants will learn the artist’s process from idea to finished piece, beginning with designing a work, embroidery floss basics, colour theory, and material storage. Materials include an embroidery hoop, coloured floss, needles, etc. so art makers can continue their project on their own. Click here to Register

$75

Open Studio

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, 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. Book

$14

Sunday Life Drawing

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Sunday Life Drawing Date: February 18, March 17 & April 14 Time: Sundays, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Price: $20 per session Max 10 per session; must pre-register Note: Participants must be settled in the studio by 1:10 pm sharp to draw from the model. Take part in monthly non-instructional classes to sketch and draw the human figure from a live model. Please bring your own drawing supplies. Tables, easels, drawing horses, and boards are available and a facilitator will be on hand. Tea and coffee will be provided.

$20

Open Studio

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, 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. Book

$14

Opening Reception: Danica Olders and Christopher Griffin

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, 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

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, 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.

$14

Annual General Meeting

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, 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