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Nathan Cann – Stoic 3 (detail) – monoprint with dentil block 
Don’t miss
PRINTERS INC.
Up until May 8th
‘Ink Off the Wall’
Amy Ash, Alanna Baird, Nathan Cann, Ryan Livingston,
Ann Manuel & Bob Morouney
plus
Studio members and students of the SSANC print studio until May 1:
Rob Bird/Sheila Blagrave/Jacquie Bourque/Avril Bull-Jones/Joanne Carney
Jessie Davies/Susan Lazor/Emmaline Mortimer/Dawn Steeves

For an online experience – see our facebook page at
 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=sunburyshores&set=a.10158340647777371

  SSANC Spring Hours
We Are Open to the Public
  Masks are mandatory and safe distancing is required.  
Please call 506 529 3386 or email info@sunburyshores.org
if you need to speak to us about future events, merchandise sales, studio rentals, donations etc.
or go to our website
http://www.sunburyshores.org

Hours for Spring will be Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm. EXHIBITIONS AT SSANC 2021April 16th to May 8thOpening May 7th 

David Iain McDonald – “Seasons of Water”

Link for free tickets here!
Please limit bookings to four, respect your time slot, and advise us if you can’t come so we can release the tickets to others.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/opening-reception-seasons-of-water-tickets-152516094745

Masks will be mandatory
CLASS has run at Sunbury Shores since 2005!  That’s a whole generation of children we have provided with arts and crafts education.  All our classes are grounded in students’ relationships to the natural world around them, to promote understanding of their environment and healthy learning and self sustaining practices for the future. Be sure to see this year’s talent later in May.
 Win a Bob Morouney original print!*
SSANC Fundraising Raffle -Tickets $5.00
You may choose the print of your choice.
To purchase please go to
 https://sunburyshores.org/product/win-a-print/
or call 506 529 3386
Draw will be made at 4pm on Saturday May 1st.
Please note—prints will be send unframed.  Value framed, $210.00
All prints sized 8” x 10” , Copperplate etching with watercolour
* All prints limited to a 6 print run

Above: Three Green Chairs / Below clockwise:
Sweet Pepper Trio, Three Trees, Reclining Nude, Several Found Buttons.
Feeling lucky? Click here for raffle tickets!
MAY 1, 2021  |  11 AM – 3 PM
Welcome to Print Day in May!
 
We will be hosting an afternoon of printing activities as part of this International celebration of print! 
 
Printing Activities at SSANC
1. Gyotaku Printmaking with Alanna Baird
2. Bob Morouney’s Postcard Colouring
3. Monoprinting with Vegetables

For more details – click the link below!
https://sunburyshores.org/2021/04/22/printdayinmay/

Please note, masks and hand sanitizing will be mandatory.WE HAVE SPRING STRINGS IN STOCK!   
This is a limited run, so don’t miss your chance at these beauties!
Buy Your Spring String – click here!
Classes are returning – see below
 Please check our website and social media for updates.  
 https://sunburyshores.org/product-category/adult-courses/

Please note, we have set up our studios with protocols to keep our students, instructors and staff SAFE! This includes limited numbers for social distancing, PPE, and live stream and video projection for demos. 
Some classes will also be available remotely.
 Coming soon: 
 Pastels for beginners and experienced, Watercolour with
Helen Schideler, and more!A fantastic opportunity to explore the range of monotypes.  Some methods don’t even require a press, giving the freedom to create anywhere!  Nathan Cann is a wonderful instructor – we’re lucky to have him with us to teach us some of how he creates his mesmerizing pieces.
Click Here to join Nat for monotypingFour days of colourful fun!  A great opportunity to learn from scratch, polish up your old skills, or experiment with something a bit more adventurous!  Ruth will teach you how to create beautiful art with glass..
for Stained Glass fun with Ruth – click here!It’s back!  Beginners pottery with Chantal.  Learn how to create with clay using slap, coil and pinch techniques. Feeling the need to get  your hands in the soil?  This is the next best thing until it’s warm enough outside!
For Creative Clay Play, click here!This course last year was a huge hit! This year we are following the same format of live interactive and pre-recorded tutorials (made available for students at the end) with wonderful facilitator Ann Manuel.
Turn a real corner in your practice – you work will literally be enlightened!  Don’t miss out – limited places available at an amazing bargain of a price!
Grab this class with Aleah before it’s gone!This online course is designed to build knowledge of general photography concepts gradually in a way that doesn’t overwhelm. Use your own phone to create wonderful photographic memories.  You’ll learn to use your own phone to create wonderful photographic memories with composition, exposures and how to edit, utilizing the apps and options on your phone.
To take ‘snaps’ like this, click here!This online course will take you those steps further with your photography.  Get creatively experimental with form, colour, image, composition, effects and more, using apps and options on your own phone.
 To Create photos with a Wow – click here!This course is designed to help artists create the portfolio they want and need.  Don’t know how to stop the glare from the glass?  Can’t make your photo look like the image?  Learning techniques with Robert will give understanding of editing, labelling, filing, presenting and more.
Fix your portfolio now – click here!Have fun and take out some frustrations!
With this course you’ll make your own mosaic pieces by safely smashing crockery to make decorative pieces – it’s recycling, it’s funky, it’s easy – what’s not to like?!
To register for Mosaics, click here!This 2 ½ day workshop will focus on providing honest, thoughtful and supportive feedback on each participant’s art work.  This Forum invites painters who work with paint media.
 
This time with Stephen is an amazing opportunity – perfect for artists who are serious about their art practice and want feedback on such things as their work, their intentions, their technique, and their materials.  Many thanks to Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation for their continued support with this program, allowing us to keep the price so achievable!
Improve your practice now! Click here.This Forum invites painters who work with any materials. During this 2 ½ day workshop, Stephen will focus on providing honest, thoughtful and supportive feedback on each participant’s art work.  
 
This time with Stephen is an amazing opportunity – perfect for artists who are serious about their art practice and want feedback on such things as their work, their intentions, their technique, and their materials.  Many thanks to Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation for their continued support with this program, allowing us to keep the price so achievable!
For Feedback Forum 2, click here!The wonderful Brigitte Clavette returns with this 2.5 day intensive metals workshop. Designed for practicing metalworkers – learn a new skill, perfect an old one, grown your practice, share knowledge and tips with fellow artists. 
This IPC program is supported by the Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation, with funding for the promotion of the visual arts.  
To register for IPC Metalwork, click here!Sorry – currently Sold Out.For experienced and beginners.  Drawing is the most fundamental and important skill you can learn!  It trains the eye, builds confidence and co-ordination, encourages self-expression, and is a cornerstone for all practices, no matter the medium.

Facilitator(s): Theresa MacKnight, James Whitehead and Matt Watkins

 Sundays, March 28, April 11, April 25, May 9
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Materials not included – but drawing packs are available to purchase from SSANC!

Note: Pre-registration is required due to number restrictions. 
Masks and social distancing will be required.
To register for Life Drawing, click here!Registration for SCAMPS summer camp now available. 
Please see our website for details!
SCAMPS registration, click here!Mural project – can you help?

We are assisting with the creation of an outdoor mural to replace one that was painted over.  We need paint!  If you have any left over cans of  useable paint in any shades of blue or green that you can donate,  please contact director@sunburyshores.org
Preferably external, but not essential.
Thank you!Are you drawn towards promoting and celebrating Canadian art and culture? Would being a board member, and working with a dynamic Crown corporation of interest to you? If the answer is yes, the Canada Council for the Arts is looking for a Vice-Chairperson and part time board members.
 
As a key stakeholder in the arts and culture areas, we would like to encourage you to apply for one of these positions or to promote them within your network. Here are the links, to consult the notices of opportunity for the Vice-Chairperson and Member positions.
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MASKS – MASKS – MASKS
Great new patterns – great Valentine’s gift!
We have a range of hand-made 100% cotton, washable, reversible, wired, adjustable, re-usable masks in a whole range of colours and patterns! 
Only $10 each – these are donated to us, so all proceeds go to Sunbury Shores operations.
Commissions can be taken/lots of choice/great gifts!   
Call or pop in soon to grab some for you or loved-ones 🙂
Most of our programs are made possible by donations and grants from individuals, corporations and institutions.  We thank our generous supporters!  If you would like to be a part of making SSANC what it is,
please contact us or go to https://sunburyshores.org/donations/Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre are honored to have received funding for programming this year. 


The “Community Culture and Arts Awareness Program ”  is supported by the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund and Fundy Community Foundation.

Located in the heart of St. Andrews by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre’s historic building is recently renovated and offers top class facilities. The centre provides two galleries for exhibitions, studios for painting, drawing, printmaking, jewellery & metalsmith and ceramics. We offer and  art and nature programs and studio rentals.  Our Two Meadows Nature Trail is close by.
Support Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre
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