Play Sechelt: Family Programs

Join Play Sechelt in a community forward project using visual art as a tool to create a more connected Sechelt.

Play Sechelt at its core facilitates environments that echoes the notion of “Land Between Two Waters”, by recruiting the crabs and sea stars, who both live on land and sea, to represent the unique cultural relationship that is created by living between two bodies of salt water. Through lyrical written word, poetry is used by Play Sechelt to express the sentiments of compassion and empathy for one another. This community centered interactive project is beckoning a vibrant, healthier Sechelt. Where art tells the individual stories of our people making us all proud to be locals.

This workshop invites participants into a provocation and respond in ways that relate ourselves back to Sinku. The she shashishalhem word for “open water”, or what we commonly call the Salish Sea today. So it is with Sinku as our companion for thinking-with, that bring us together into relationship between forests, rivers and oceans. Join in on this interactive, all ages, community led fun!

Meet the Artists:

Olivia Rose and London Allcock are two local young artists who have founded Play Sechelt as a project to give attention to under-utilized spaces within our community. Together they are creating art that will inspire the Coast through bursts of color, heartfelt text, imagery from our local oceans and collaborations done with directly with the community.

The designs of crab and sea stars are created by local artist Derek Georgson from xwemalhkwu Nation.

Find Play Sechelt on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/play.sechelt/

You may also like the following events from Sechelt Arts Festival:

• Next Saturday, 20th September, 02:00 pm, Durational Taiko Celebrating the Equinox in Gibsons
• Next Saturday, 20th September, 05:30 pm, Festival Procession:Equinox Raven in Gibsons
• This month, 27th September, 07:00 pm, An Evening of Climate Change Theatre Action in Gibsons

Also check out other Arts events in Gibsons, Workshops in Gibsons, Literary Art events in Gibsons.