#saysutshun

[rhysintherain]

Took the puddlejumper ferry out to Saysutshun park today and hiked around. Great views all around, but I definitely fucked up my knee again climbing around the sandstone quarry blocks like a child lol.

Hopefully I'll get around to posting some of the good photos from my camera, since I got like 300 of them.

[frothytundra]

Saysutshun / Newcastle Island

For the first time, today I went to visit the island that I see every day from my window. Saysutshun / Newcastle Island is a short ferry ride from Maffeo Sutton Park in Nanaimo, and well worth the trip. A friend and I both enjoyed seeing the island and the magnificent trees beside the 4.5 km hike along the water’s edge. We saw lots of gulls, geese, and various little shorebirds as well as a…

[fangirlshandbag]

There is nothing more #fun than #wildlifephotography, except maybe #babywildlife #photography. At least the #jellyfish don’t move. #lionsmanejellyfish, baby #easterngreysquirrel (#invasivespecies), baby #riverotters. @canoncanada @newcastleisland #saysutshun #bcwildlife #marinewildlife #beachcombing (at Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0T1PT_JhZQ/?igshid=1lvehqw12sjtj

[boneszphoto]

Newcastle Island / Saysutshun

[daughtersofbeer]

Cooling off with Cantillon after running Saysutshun 🍻

[life-in-nanaimo-bc]

Saysutshun Island

[superdave6693-blog]

Slight variations of the raccoons on Saysutshun Island

[emmametcalfehurst]

Dream Islands

Sonnet L’Abbé, Derya Akay, Vanessa Brown, Maggie Groat, Yuki Kimura, Anne Low, Lari Robson

July 21 - September 17, 2017

Curated by Jesse Birch and Emma Metcalfe Hurst

Dream Islands is a group exhibition that takes the work of late Salt Spring Island-based potter Lari Robson (1942-2012) as a central point of inspiration. The exhibition features Robson’s pottery alongside new artworks by Derya Akay, Vanessa Brown, Maggie Groat, Yuki Kimura, and Anne Low, with writing by Sonnet L’Abbé that navigate islands of the imagination through intersections between art and craft practices.

As a creator of refined and useful pottery, Robson maintained a devoted and humble practice as an island potter. He sold vases, mugs, tea bowls, lidded jars, casseroles, jugs, serving bowls and other dishware every Saturday at the Salt Spring Island Farmers Market. He made personal and lasting relationships with his patrons and his community, and his pottery continues to be used and treasured in many households on Saltspring Island and beyond.

In December 2016, Nanaimo Art Gallery received a generous donation of ceramics from the estate of Victoria-based Curator and Art Historian Diane Carr (1941-2016) which included a unique stoneware jug made by Robson in the 1970s. Jugs are inherently social objects: they constantly empty themselves out through the act of giving. This spirit of reciprocity became a guiding inspiration for the exhibition.

For the occasion of Dream Islands each participating artist was gifted a pot of Robson’s to live with, and reflect on while creating new works for the exhibition. Through a variety of different media including weaving, metalwork, and blown glass the artists employ the materials and labours of craft, but as contemporary artworks, these creations avoid the burden of use. The artworks will be on display in dialogue with a selection of Robson’s pots borrowed from personal and private collections of his patrons, friends, and family, now also liberated from their daily use through new social and aesthetic encounters shared in the gallery.

On August 27, in dialogue with Dream Islands, we present a special event on Saysutshun (Newcastle Island), an island park on the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nations located fifteen minutes away from the Nanaimo Art Gallery in the Nanaimo harbour. Titled Island Dreams this event inverts Dream Islands by offering an embodied and communal experience of the physical space on an island, while encountering performances, poetry readings, and temporary installations by Tent Shop, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Gabi Dao, Tiziana La Melia, Sonnet L’Abbé with an introduction to Saysutshun by Snuneymuxw artist and storyteller Celestine Aleck.

These projects are presented as a part of Nanaimo Art Gallery’s celebration of our 40th anniversary in 2017. All year, through exhibitions, special projects, education programs and events, we explore the question “What does it mean to live on an Island?”

Image: Stoneware jug with tenmoku glaze, Lari Robson, circa 1970s

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Saysutshun — Sketch-It June 21 was National Aboriginal Day with celebrations at Saysutshun (Newcastle Island) and Maffeo-Sutton Park, hosted by the Snuneymuxw first Nations of Nanaimo in collaboration with various community groups.

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6 different colors of raccoons on Saysutshun Island this summer

[emmametcalfehurst]

Island Dreams Saysutshun (Newcastle Island) Sonnet L’Abbé, Celestine Aleck, Gabi Dao, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Jacob Gleeson, Tiziana La Melia Join us on Sunday, August 27, 1-4 pm for a multi-event trail walk around Saysutshun (Newcastle Island) $10 entry fee for trail walk RSVP required

Located fifteen minutes away from the Nanaimo Art Gallery, Saysutshun is an island park on the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation located in the Nanaimo Harbour. On Sunday, August 27 join us for a durational and immersive trail walk around Saysutshun for a series of performances, poetry readings, and temporary art installations by Tent Shop, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Gabi Dao, Tiziana La Melia and Sonnet L’Abbé, with an introduction to Saysutshun by Snuneymuxw artist and storyteller Celestine Aleck. Throughout the day, a special radio program from Nanaimo Art Gallery will be transmitted to Newcastle Island as a part of Broadcast Archipelago, the gallery’s ongoing radio project.

Saysutshun is accessible via foot ferry from Maffeo Sutton Park. Visit Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park for more information about ferry schedules and transportation fees. Please bring your own camping equipment and food.

Limited overnight camping is available on Saturday, August 26 and Sunday, August 27 for an additional fee of $5 per person per night. RSVP required.

To RSVP call 250.754.1750 or e-mail info@nanaimogallery.ca

Image: Saysutshun (Newcastle Island) from the Nanaimo Harbour

Island Dreams FB Event

[davidfalor-blog]

Saysutshun — Sketch-It June 21 was National Aboriginal Day with celebrations at Saysutshun (Newcastle Island) and Maffeo-Sutton Park, hosted by the Snuneymuxw first Nations of Nanaimo in collaboration with various community groups.