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ArtSea Community Arts Council

Name: ArtSea Community Arts Council
Address: Sidney, BC, CA
Telephone: 250-656-7400
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ArtSea works to ignite interest and appreciation for arts and cultural activities on the Peninsula. Registered Charity

08/26/2025

This year's Salish Sea Lantern Festival was an amazing success! Thanks to Artistic Director, Jennifer Witvliet and the volunteer lantern festival team! It was truly impressive to see you all working as a team to pull off - you even inspired one of the kids, Cohen (see the pic of this helpful cutie) to join in as a junior volunteer -great work everyone! 🤩

Stay tuned for some great photos as they start to come in!

08/25/2025

There's still time to come to the ArtSea Gallery and check out some beautiful nature-inspired art from Margo Styan & Faith Livingstone!

08/23/2025

Today is the day! We are so excited to welcome you all to tonight's Salish Sea Lantern Festival! Here are some photos from last year's festival to whet your appetite 🤩

The evening festivities begin at 6:30 pm in Beacon Park with live music, interactive costumed characters, lantern installations, and family friendly activities. As twilight falls, the lantern procession will depart from the Beacon Bandshell, follow the Sidney Waterfront Walkway to Eastview Park, and circle back to conclude in Beacon Park. The evening event schedule and parade route map are available at artsea.ca.
Whether you create a lantern, join the parade, or simply take in the spectacle, the Salish Sea Lantern Festival is a glowing reminder of the creativity and connection that light up our community.

Event Details:
Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: Beacon Park, Sidney, BC
More Info: https://artsea.ca/salish-sea-lantern-festival/

08/22/2025

On now! 'Nature’s Attraction'
Show Times: 10am – 4pm, daily August 22 – 28

Exhibition Details: The ArtSea Gallery will be displaying two visual artists who will be selling paintings, cards, and fabric art wall hangings. Margo Styan’s fabric art consists of memories from her life including from her 2 decades spent in the Yukon, now with many west coast influences. Many of the fabrics were hand-dyed by her husband, and they continue to work together more and more. And Faith Livingstone’s impressionist style reflects her love of colour and whimsy. She has, over the years, worked in pastels, oils, mixed media, watercolours and alcohol inks. She is currently working mainly in acrylics. Her subjects vary from landscapes to portraits, to florals. Faith’s art has been juried into art shows in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Winnipeg Sketch Club) Vancouver Island (Sooke Fine Arts Show and Victoria Federation of Canadian Artists) and the BC Interior (Federation of Canadian Artists OASIS and The Lake Country Art Walk). Faith has also had a number of successful shows in Victoria and Sidney BC. Many of her paintings are in private collections throughout western Canada.

Participants: Margo Styan & Faith Livingstone

https://artsea.ca/event/gallery-art-show-week-34/

08/21/2025

The Salish Sea Lantern Festival is this Saturday, and we want to give a big THANK YOU and Congratulations to all of our amazing volunteers who work hard throughout the year to plan and put on this fantastical festival! We could not do it without you!
Special thanks also to our hard-working, creative Artistic Director, Jennifer Witvliet and all our community sponsors!

Be sure to come see the amazing results this Saturday starting 6:30pm at Beacon Park as we light up the night with music and a magical lantern parade!

08/16/2025

Mark your calendars - the Lantern Festival is kicking off tomorrow starting with the Week of Lanterns August 17th-23rd, 2025!

ArtSea Community Arts Council invites you to experience the magic and wonder of the 12th Annual Salish Sea Lantern Festival, culminating in a spectacular waterfront celebration on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at Beacon Park. This free, family-friendly event brings together art, community, and cultural expression in a radiant tribute to the Salish Sea.

Sign up online to take part in lantern-building workshops, and explore large-scale lantern installations throughout the community.
Full details and registration https://artsea.ca/salish-sea-lantern-festival/

08/15/2025

Check out this week's art show: Luminous Coast
Show Times: 10am – 4pm, daily August 15-21

Exhibition Details:

How would we experience the wild if we could see beyond its material nature?
Luminous Coast is a collection of watercolour paintings depicting west coast wildlife woven together within itself. This series imagines a worlds where crows grow flowers in their wings and herons have abalone hearts. Rendered in watercolour, realism is blended with surrealism to invite the mind into a deeper sense of wonder, beauty, and connection.

The artist will be present and live-painting daily

Participants: Iris Moore, irismooreart.com
https://artsea.ca/event/gallery-art-show-week-33/

08/13/2025

Looking to get your craft on? The Salish Sea Lantern Festival has got your covered - sign up for our 2-day Lantern Workshop where you'll learn how to make your very own fish lantern for the Lantern Festival on August 23rd! Register here: https://artsea.ca/salish-sea-lantern-festival/sslf-fish-lantern-workshop-registration/

The workshop takes place the 20th - 21st - just in time for the festival! It's a fun event and we hope you can make it 🤩

08/11/2025

Check out some of the beautiful artwork from Arabella Young, Sonia Lesage, & Dot Murray on display in the ArtSea gallery right now!

08/10/2025

Come to the Garden Court and see our Jellyfish lantern installation in partnership with the Sidney BIA and the Town of Sidney – Enjoy for the month of August – 🐡

08/08/2025

Opening today in the gallery: The Wild and the Cultivated
Show Times: 10am – 4pm, daily August 8-14

Exhibition Details: The Wild and the Cultivated is a collective show and sale featuring the work of three artists across different mediums. With pottery by Sonia Lesage, jewellery by Busted Button, and paintings by Arabella Young, these artists explore the wild and cultivated world around us.

Sonia creates earthy, functional pottery with a soft, west coast-inspired palette. Her simple forms and quiet designs reflect the subtle textures and rhythms of nature. Dot, of Busted Button, makes unique jewellery using dried flowers and playful elements that celebrate local landscapes and gardens. Arabella paints both the wild beauty of Vancouver and Vancouver Island, and florals cultivated from her own garden.

Come visit this unique collaboration and experience the latest work by these three artists.

Participants: Arabella Young, Sonia Lesage, & Dot Murray

Website: http://www.arabellayoung.com
https://artsea.ca/event/gallery-art-show-week-32/

08/07/2025

If you're looking for a nice outing, here's a little gem that may not be on your radar: The Centre of the Universe - our local observatory is open for viewing in the daytime this summer!

Fun observatory facts: The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is a designated National Historical Site. The 106-year old Plaskett Telescope was the largest in the world when it opened. It is still used nightly for scientific research. Tour the telescope and learn the history of this amazing machine that mapped the Milky Way Galaxy.

They also say: The Centre of the Universe offers the unique experience of visiting the historic Plaskett telescope. We also have our exhibit gallery, complete with planetarium showing the stars and full dome movies, and virtual reality experiences

Well worth a visit!

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Sidney, BC

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 4pm
Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

250-656-7400

Website

http://www.artsea.ca/

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“ArtSea Community Arts Council supports all the ways you may experience arts and culture in our community every day. You may create through paintings, writing, film, dance or music. Or you may express yourself in groups, through singing or acting. You may collect art for your home or visit art galleries and theatres. Or you may observe art wherever you find it – the Sidney sculpture walk, the children’s Lantern Festival and the welcome totems in Central Saanich. Our mandate is to help you participate in all forms of art.”