I Have Been a Thousand Different Women
By the She Said Collective
Feb 28 - March 19, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday Feb 28, 5-7pm

This is the twelfth year that a group of women have come together to exhibit a show based on a theme. Each year the women choose a theme to work from in the medium of their choice, each expressing their own vision of that theme. Past shows by She Said Collective have included: This Is Who I Am, Unwritten Unspoken Unheard, This is A Love Story, and the theme that started it all:  Pieces of Her Story.

Over the years, members from the original group have continued participating but others have moved on, either physically or finding a different focus such as school. Each year another woman asks if they can be part of the next show, and the Collective continues.

This year the theme is from a piece of poetry by Emory Hall entitled: I Have Been A Thousand Different Women. The members of the She Said Collective always hope that their work inspires others to perhaps pick up that paint brush, marker or pencil crayon and explore their own creativity. We hope that you will enjoy the 2025 show.

Small Works
By the Members of Salt Spring Gallery
Nov 29 - Dec 21, 2024
Opening Reception Friday Dec 6, 5- 8pm

Throughout each year, the members of Salt Spring Gallery co-create and maintain a vibrant environment where new works are regularly featured by members and guest artists. The gallery is a valued gathering place where the local community and island visitors can always look forward to finding inspiration and meaningful artwork that enhances the quality of life.

In the spirit of the season upon us, and with holidays around the corner, the gallery will host a collection of small works by the members. This will be the final show before the gallery’s annual winter hibernation. 

Small works often invite the viewer to draw nearer, making this exhibit a perfect way to step into an intimate and reflective time of year in the Northwest.

A special reception will be held in participation with the downtown Ganges Winter Wander.

Impressions 9
Annual Exhibit of Works by SSI Printmakers
Nov 8 - 27, 2024
Opening Reception Sat Nov 9, 5-7pm

Salt Spring Island Printmakers began in 2012 as a small group of dedicated printmakers who planned to meet together once a month to “play” with printmaking.

The Printmakers held their first exhibit “First Impressions” at the SSI Public Library in 2016. Since then, annual “Impressions” exhibits have been held on Salt Spring.

In 2022 the group officially became SSI Printmakers Society, which includes over 60 members. The same year, they also opened up a new studio in the SIMS building where the members share studio space, network with one another, and host workshops.

As with previous exhibits, “Impressions 9” showcases the wide variety of printmaking techniques employed by members, including their traditional mini prints category and 3D works.

Artifacts
Michael Gooblar
Sept 27 - Oct 16
Opening Reception: Friday Sept 27, 5-7pm

After a lengthy hiatus from exhibiting, artist Michael Gooblar re-emerges with photographic documents resulting from a seven year archaeological exploration of contemporary artifacts of the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar.

Artifacts
Nothing is discarded in the Universe, it transforms. Michael Gooblar invites us tthrough photographic archeological explorations to witness and feel the obsolete and its journey normally hidden from the human eye.

In a world where fast speed and endless search for more and more, this exhibit offers a space to slow down and get aquainted with the life that continues its journey without us; enjoy the textures, the edgy  compositions emulating the seemingly random.