Sunbury Shores

EARTHFest
2024-06-16 12:00 - 16:00 UTC | 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 UTC | 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.

Open Studio
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.
Pre-register or drop in!
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Opening Reception: CLASS
2024-05-31 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | 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 UTC | 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 UTC | 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 UTC | 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 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.
Book

Sunday Life Drawing
2024-04-14 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.

An embroidery process workshop with Laura Roy
2024-04-06 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | 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 UTC | 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 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.
Book

Open Studio: Oil Painting
2024-03-16 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | 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.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Opening Reception: Ella Morton, David Norris
2024-03-08 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | 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 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.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

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.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

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.
