The Arts Centre is run by the Community Arts Council whose purpose is to support and encourage all forms of creative expression in the community. There are two spaces, gallery and studio. The gallery is a venue for all forms of art : literary, musical, performance, film...
Makeke Marimba is a vibrant, energetic dance band from Lasqueti Island, B.C.. Our music is inspired by the Shona tradition of Zimbabwe. The music is based on ancient melodies and poly-rhythms originally played on mbira (elaborate wood and metal thumb pianos).
Specialzing in using local, natural and recycled materials, we are a collective of builders that can be hired to build with you or for you, to create whatever your heart desires. We are experienced in building everything from cob cabins, ovens and benches to installing natural insulation, earthen wall plasters and cob floors in any...
Stories of the back to the earth movement of the 1970's and 80's covering 5 years in Southern Oregon and 10 years on Lasqueti Island.
One of these stories appears in the Lasqueti memoir of the time, "Accidental Eden".
Ingo Dyrkton is a Lasqueti wood carver specializing in spoons, ladles, soup and salad bowls, as well as masks & sculpture. Contact Ingo: 250-333-8627 toeclip2000 [at] yahoo [dot] ca
"Each coin starts out as casting grains or ingots of silver or gold. The molten metal is poured, shimmering, from a crucible into a mould which shapes it into a long slender bar...."
So begins the elaborate process of minting coins by hand, in small batches, on a rural island. For more...
You can check out more of Colin's work, purchase his paintings, and watch videos of him creating his amazing "firecolour" portraits on his youtube chanell at youtube.com/user/colinalexander777
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