Sunbury Shores

Open Studio: Encaustic
2024-02-24 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Open Studio – Encaustic with Barbara Majchrowski
An opportunity to engage with others in the shared space of the Main Studio (2nd floor). Bring your own materials and artwork in progress and share ideas and skills.
Artist Barbara Majchrowski (encaustic)will talk about her work and demonstrate painting with encaustic.
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Sunday Life Drawing
2024-02-18 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, 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.
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Open Studio
2024-02-10 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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Yellow Blue - Winter Warmer Festival
2024-01-27 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
YELLOW BLUE
Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street
Doors Open 2:00
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Tickets $15 online and at Cockburn’s
food & drink available

Hello Crows - Winter Warmer Festival
2024-01-26 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Live music performance featuring HELLO CROWS
Doors Open 5:00pm
Show 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Tickets $15 online and at Cockburn’s Corner Drug Store, 192 Water St. St Andrews, NB
food and cash bar will be available
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Open Studio: Drawing
2024-01-20 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Open Studio – Drawing with Theresa MacKnight
An opportunity to engage with others in the shared space of the Main Studio (2nd floor). Bring your own materials and artworks in progress and share ideas and skills.
Artist Theresa MacKnight (drawing) will talk about her work and working methods.
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Open Studio: Artist in Residence, Melissa Kennedy
2024-01-20 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
New Brunswick Artist, Melissa Kennedy, is Artist in Residence at Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre, in St Andrews from January 7 – January 21, 2024. With her studio set up in the front window of Sunbury Shores at 139 Water Street, the artist’s explorations in creating and using handmade materials, including original inks and handmade papers, will be visible to all passersby. A public Open Studio visit with the artist takes place Saturday, January 20 from 10:00 am – noon.
The 2024 Artist in Residency program is supported through the generosity of the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation. A second residency at Sunbury Shores funded by the BCF will take place in April.
Melissa has an Honours Diploma in Fashion Design from NBCCD, and a Bachelor of Applied Arts from UNB as well as extensive experience working in other media, including photography, drawing, and sculpture. She has participated in several exhibitions and residencies and has received grants from the Canada Council, ArtsNB, and other funding bodies. She has taught at the Saint John Art Centre and the Florence Academy of Art in Italy.
The artist’s working process centers on the nuances and variations she appreciates in nature and that helps promote a feeling of naturalness in her drawings and illustrations.

Opening Reception: Deck the Walls 2023
2023-12-01 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | New Brunswick
Join us for the opening reception of Sunbury Shores’ annual holiday art sale and exhibition, Deck the Walls. This show features artworks, fine crafts, and sculptures by local artists of Charlotte County, New Brunswick. There will be drinks, charcuteries, and a cash bar. Everyone is welcome and it’s free to attend!

Opening Reception: Art in Mind 2023
2023-11-17 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | New Brunswick
Presented by the Canadian Mental Health Association of New Brunswick, an exhibition by people expressing their mental health struggles through art.

Fundraiser: Beer Appreciation Kitchen Party!
2023-11-10 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Warm up for an evening of beer tasting with the Saint Andrews Brewing Company and live music from the Laurie Zwarych Duo! For sale at the event, there will be fish n’ chips, apple crisp, “Trash or Treasure”, and a cash bar.

Book Launch: Eco Lyrics of Love and Laments
2023-11-04 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Join the Fundy Bay Writers and friends for the launch of their latest publication. All are welcome and refreshments will be available!
About the Book: These writings, ranging from our laments for what is already lost – or threatened – to lyrics of wonder, gratitude and love for nature, were generated from the exploration of the many possible meanings of stewardship. We speak passionately here of our interdependence, our longing and our personal responsibility to preserve the beauty of the natural world.

Music: Rube and Rake
2023-11-02 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Rube & Rake’s new album begins with an ode to family and friends— togetherness—as Josh Sandu declares, against a hopeful bluegrass backdrop, “somewhere there’s a place to lay my head.” Nine songs later, over a gently plucked guitar, he sings, “I won’t go picking it up, the weight of the page is just too much.” The record evokes Blue Rodeo at its most rollicking, Great Lake Swimmers at their most thoughtful, and The Tallest Man On Earth at their most gently contemplative.
“Rube and Rake’s bare bones delivery is both warm-hearted and accessible, yet technically challenging.” – CBC Radio
“All I know is, the two dudes harmonized beautifully and sang lovely songs and it was gorgeous.” – Vish Khanna, Exclaim!
“Fair warning; you might need a drink with this one because it 100% will make you think of someone you haven’t thought about in a while.” – Ear To The Ground Music
Tickets $20 Available at Sunbury Shores *cash only* or online at www.winterwarmerfestival.ca/events/

Noonhour Talk: Donald Soctomah
2023-10-26 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Halifax) | New Brunswick
Donald Soctomah, Peskotomuhkati Elder and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Indian Township, Maine. Donald Soctomah is a Native American author, filmmaker, historian, and a former member of the Maine Legislature (1999-2011), highly respected for his achievements securing the passage of legislature to protect and safeguard Wabanaki culture.

Opening Reception: Napoigagenn / Mémoires érodées
2023-10-20 17:00 - 19:30 UTC | New Brunswick
Join us to experience two exhibitions that emphasize ancestral and spiritual connection; Marie-France Robichaud, Tara Francis and Starlit Simon.
Napoigagenn is an exhibition of the work of Tara Francis and Starlit Simon, Mi’kmaq artists from Elsipogtog First Nation. While the artists are in different stages of their careers, their work is united through a cultural perspective, while addressing symbolism, spiritual meaning, and traditional storytelling and narrative. The artists’ artworks put in context their identity as Indigenous artists and the significance of inherited traditional knowledge for social and cultural transformation.
Tara Francis has established a practice as a contemporary artist working in traditional porcupine quillwork. As a respected mentor, teacher and guide, she has helped emerging Indigenous artists find their way.
Starlit Simon is a student, journalist, writer and artist. She creates artwork in materials that reflect and honour Indigenous culture, including porcupine quills and birch bark while addressing contemporary issues of identity, violence against Indigenous women, and the spiritual world.
In Mémoires érodées, Marie-France Robichaud intersects and links memories of her grandmother with her own experiences. Robichaud lives in New Brunswick where she held a BA in Visual Arts from the Université de Moncton. After receiving the S.H. Mackay Merit Scholarship, she took courses in photography which became her primary artistic interest. The main theme of her artistic research is our relationship to time, expressed in narrative visual form. She obtained a master’s degree in photography at Studio Arts College International in Florence (Italy) in 2021, for which she received an internal scholarship and the ARTSNB Scholarship for Arts Studies as well as the Baxter & Alma Ricard Graduate Scholarship.
