Salt Spring Arts Council

06/01/2026

🎉 Mark your calendars! Artcraft Gallery + Shop opens for another vibrant summer season at 10 AM on Friday, June 5, followed by an opening reception from 6 to 8 PM.

Join us at historic Mahon Hall to celebrate the opening of Artcraft’s 2026 season and the first Artcraft Showcase Exhibition of the year, Groove Noir by Andy Doyle Linden. Exploring musicians performing on Salt Spring Island through intimate, atmospheric photography, Groove Noir will be on view from June 5 to 29 on the Mahon Hall Stage.

Opening night will feature live music by Wood Land 🎶

Artcraft showcases the incredible work of 100 Southern Gulf Islands artists and makers, from fine art to handcrafted goods.

🕙 The gallery is open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM until September 20, 2026. Come explore, shop local, and celebrate the creative spirit of our island community!

Artcraft’s summer 2026 season is generously sponsored by Country Grocer, Gulf Islands Driftwood, Voyage Liquor and Windsor Plywood SSI

Enjoy the very best art and craft created by artists and artisans of the Southern Gulf Islands. Our online shop offers a curated selection from our Arts Council-run gallery and gift shop featuring 100+ exceptional local artists.

05/26/2026

Last call for Salt Spring artists! 🎨

Applications for Artist in the Class close May 31.

This paid program connects professional local artists with Salt Spring Island classrooms, giving students from kindergarten to Grade 12 the chance to learn directly from working artists through hands on creative workshops.

Visual arts, music, dance, theatre, writing, clay, printmaking, photography, and more. We’d love to hear from artists across disciplines.

Apply by May 31 at https://saltspringarts.com/artist-in-the-class/aic-artist-application/

05/14/2026

film noir
/ˌfɪlm ˈnwɑːr/ noun
A visual language of shadow in which light reveals only what it must.

Groove Noir: Moments by Salt Spring photographer Andy Doyle-Linden opens this year’s Artcraft Showcase Exhibition series, featuring images of musicians performing on Salt Spring Island.

Through shadow, contrast, and atmosphere, the exhibition captures the intensity, intimacy, and fleeting emotion of live performance.

Groove Noir
Andy Doyle-Linden
June 5 to 29
Mahon Hall Stage

Opening Reception
June 5, 6 to 8 PM

Artist Talk
June 7, 2 to 3 PM

MODULATIONS: Music at Mahon
featuring Wood Land .land.band
June 12 and 19
7 to 9 PM

🔗 Learn more at https://saltspringarts.com/artcraft/groove-noir/

Presented with the generous support of , and this season’s sponsors: and

05/13/2026

Artist Leo Chan, whose work was featured in our recent Spring Art Show, *Digital Ecologies: Bridging Nature and Technology*, is offering an upcoming youth workshop exploring art and technology.

Join Leo for two hands on evenings and discover the computer as a creative tool. Participants will capture an object and transform it into a living, interactive digital artwork.

No experience needed, just curiosity.

📅 Friday June 5 and Friday June 12
⏰ 4 to 7 PM
Ages 14 to 18

Register by May 29 at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/AIworkshop #/

Please bring a laptop if possible. A limited number of laptops will be available to borrow.

Please note this workshop is organized independently and is not run by SSAC.

05/04/2026

Announcing the 2026 Artcraft Showcase Exhibitions at Mahon Hall:

This season brings together four exhibitions by Salt Spring artists, each offering a distinct perspective through photography, portraiture, painting, ceramics, and installation.

Groove Noir: Moments
Andy Doyle Linden
June 5 to 29, 2026

At the Table
Jeannette Sirois
July 3 to 27, 2026

Ordinary Exaltation
Cheryl Long and Laura Keil
July 31 to August 24, 2026

Seascape from Reality
Margo and Dan Zak
August 28 to September 20, 2026

🔗 Learn more about each exhibition, including opening receptions, artist talks, artist biographies, and statements at https://saltspringarts.com/exhibitions/

Presented with the generous support of this season’s sponsors: and

04/28/2026

Curious about live visuals and digital art?

Join us for our upcoming workshop: "Intro to Audio Reactive Visuals & VJ Demo" on Saturday, May 2 at Mahon Hall for a full day of creative experimentation in TouchDesigner.

You will explore audio reactive visuals, learn more about live visual performance, and take part in an evening session with a live DJ.

No prior experience required.

Only a few spots available!

Learn more and register at saltspringarts.com/vj

Photo credit: .matic_

04/24/2026

This Saturday! Join us for The Living Signal: Closing Celebration, the final event of this year’s Spring Art Show, Digital Ecologies: Bridging Nature and Technology.

From 7 to 10 pm at Mahon Hall, the installations will remain active throughout the night as the exhibition shifts into a live, immersive final evening.

JUNO and WCMA-winning artist Meredith Bates will perform live alongside her work Hyperopia, with an improvised electroacoustic violin score responding in real time to shifting pixels, glitches, and blue light.

Following her performance, Graham Van Pelt and Pravin Pillay will provide music and visuals alongside the artists and collaborators who helped bring this exhibition to life.

Whether someone has already visited the show or has not yet had the chance, this evening offers a unique way to experience it.

📍 Mahon Hall
📅 Saturday, April 25
🕖 7 to 10 pm
🎟️ Free admission. Cash bar.

Learn more at https://saltspringarts.com/event/the-living-signal-closing-celebration/

Art credit: Leo Chan & Matt Robertson

This event is generously sponsored by The Wilding Foundation, Salt Spring Eye Care, and Cassette Bar & Cafe

04/20/2026

This Tuesday! Youth & Technology Panel: Rewilding the Algorithm

A conversation about raising children at the intersection of the living and digital world.

We often frame nature and technology as competing forces in a child’s life — outside time versus screen time, the living world versus the digital one. But children today are growing up inside both at once.

Join us for an honest and wide-ranging conversation with a naturalist and science writer, an artist and curator, and a practitioner working at the intersection of technology and ancient wisdom. Together, they’ll explore what ecological thinking can teach us about digital life with children, and what technology, used with intention, might offer in return.

Set against the backdrop of Digital Ecologies: Bridging Nature and Technology, this is not a debate and not a how-to. It’s a thoughtful conversation about one of the most important intersections of our time.

📅 April 21, 2026
🕔 5:00–6:30 PM
📍 Mahon Hall

Learn more at https://saltspringarts.com/event/youth-technology-panel-rewilding-the-algorithm/

This event is generously sponsored The Wilding Foundation and Powers Construction

04/16/2026

Come see Digital Ecologies: Bridging Nature and Technology at Mahon Hall, open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM until April 26.

In this video, curator Raf Katigbak shares a glimpse into the exhibition and the ideas behind the show. We invite you to experience it in person and join us for the remaining Spring Art Show events:

Artist Talk with Anna Gustafson and Leo Chan
April 16, 7 to 8:30 PM
In conversation with curator Raf Katigbak. Cash bar.

Docent Tour with Zoe Zafiris Casey and artists
April 18, 2 to 3 PM

Youth and Technology Panel: Rewilding the Algorithm
April 21, 5 to 6:30 PM
A conversation about raising children at the intersection of the living and digital world.

The Living Signal: Closing Celebration
April 25, 7 to 10 PM
Live performance, music, and a festive finale. Cash bar.

🔗 Learn more at https://saltspringarts.com/sas/digital-ecologies/

Video credit: Molly Beaton

With thanks to our 2026 SAS producing sponsors The Wilding Foundation, Insurance, and Vivo Media Arts

04/13/2026

What happens when technology meets nature through art? Step inside the conversation behind Digital Ecologies.

Join us on Thursday, April 16, 2026, from 7 to 8:30 pm at Mahon Hall for an engaging Artist Talk with Anna Gustafson and Leo Chan.

In conversation with curator Raf Katigbak, the artists will discuss their work and creative process as part of Digital Ecologies, offering insight into how their practices explore the intersections of technology, environment, and perception.

Cash bar available.

Learn more about the exhibition and artists at https://saltspringarts.com/sas/digital-ecologies/

Presented with support from Auntie Pesto’s.