“The Meaning of Symbols: The Meaning of Memories” entry in the SSNAP and Parallel Shows on Salt Spring Island. I created “The Meaning of Symbols: The Meaning of Memories” in 2021 and it was an entry in the SSNAP and Parallel Shows on Salt Spring
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ARTISTS-IN-CONVERSATION Saturday 12 February, beginning at 3PM Victoria Arts Council 1800 Store Street | Victoria, BC Parallel Art Show artists Susan Benson, Connie Kuhns, and Peter McFarlane will be in discussion at the Victoria Arts Council as a closing event for the Salt Spring Island National
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Victoria, BC Wednesday, January 12 – Saturday, February 12, 2022 The Victoria Arts Council 1800 Store Street, Victoria, BC Open Wednesday through Sunday, 12 pm – 5 pm Closed statutory holidays Admission by donation Vancouver, BC Monday, February 14 – Friday, March 11, 2022 Pendulum Gallery HSBC
Read more →The Salt Spring National Art Prize (SSNAP) is a juried show for Canadian artists throughout Canada with the Parallel Art Show(PAS) being a part of this biennial show. PAS was created for artists from Salt Spring and the Gulf Islands. I was delighted to be awarded the
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The Salt Spring National Art Prize Award Winners Announced at the SSNAP Closing Gala: Saturday, October 23, 2021, 7pm PST. Click here to watch. This is also available to watch on SSNAP’s YouTube Channel’s live presentation of the award winners, here.
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The Meaning of Symbols: The Meaning of Memories Saturday, September 25 – Sunday, October, 2021 This piece The Meaning of Symbols: The Meaning of Memories is part of the Parallel Show, a juried show which is part of the Salt Spring National Art Prize. It is a
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Collaborations In A Time of Covid: Writers and Artists of Salt Spring October 15th to November 1st, 2020 Collaborations In A Time of Covid: Writers and Artists of Salt Spring Island is an exhibition put together by Margaret Day of the Point Gallery for an exhibition
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Currently showing: AUNTIE PESTO: I am currently showing some of my more recent art here, primarily landscapes but also some portraits from the Portrait of an Island series. Auntie Pesto’s can be found nestled on the waterfront boardwalk in the heart of Ganges Village.
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Octogony: eight artists and their new work Mahon Hall, Ganges, Salt Spring Island September 25th – October 4th, 2020 In this one series of paintings, I have juxtaposed colour panels in acrylics with the realism of charcoal and pen drawings. The work explores the connection between men
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These are primarily paintings that I have shown before but now with an awareness of the problems in nursing homes and the danger from the virus which seems to primarily attack older people, it seemed a pertinent time to re-show the work. In our society we
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“A look at the work and career of Susan Benson whose work has been seen on some of the world’s most influential stages but is most identified with the Stratford Festival.”
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Mahon Hall, Salt Spring Island, March 30 – April 8, 2018
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