Sunbury Shores

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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Open Studio
2024-07-06 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-06-22 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-06-08 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | 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.
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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

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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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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

Open Studio
2024-04-27 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-13 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-02 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-10 10:00 - 15:00 | 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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Sunday Life Drawing
2024-04-14 13:00 - 15:00 | 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.

An embroidery process workshop with Laura Roy
2024-04-06 10:00 - 15:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, 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.
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Opening Reception: Boissoneau and Choisy
2024-04-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, 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.

Sunday Life Drawing
2024-03-17 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-18 13:00 - 15:00 | 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.
Book

Open Studio: Oil Painting
2024-03-16 10:00 - 15:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, Canada
Open Studio – Oil Painting with Carla Perkins
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 Carla Perkins (painting in oil) will talk about her work and working methods.
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Opening Reception: Ella Morton, David Norris
2024-03-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Sunbury Shores, 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, E5B 1A7, 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.

Open Studio: Encaustic
2024-02-24 10:00 - 15:00 | 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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Yellow Blue - Winter Warmer Festival
2024-01-27 14:00 - 15:30 | 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 | 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 | 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.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
