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Saltair Artisan Market

Attention Local Artisans and Makers!

The Saltair Community Centre is holding a winter market on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 from 10 am to 2pm.

Anyone interested in participating as a vendor should submit a vendor application.  Please email: info [at] saltaircommunitycentre [dot] ca to request a  application. Please supply photos and description of your items.

The cost of a table inside the hall is $30.  A hallway table is $20.00.

The market organizers are striving to showcase local island vendors, makers, bakers and crafters.  All products sold at the market must be handcrafted or hand made as the goal of the market  is to highlight local talents and products for sale in our community.

 

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Saltair Quilters Fiber Artists & Crafters

Interested in Joining Saltair Quilters & Fiber Arts Group?

We call ourselves the Saltair Quilters but we don’t just quilt, we knit, crochet, embroider, stitch and bead.

We gather once a week, every Tuesday at the Saltair Community Centre, 3850 South Oyster School Rd, in Room 18, every Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Please bring your own sewing machine, embroidering, knitting, beading, crocheting or crafting items.

The first time is free and subsequent visits are $5, which goes toward the rent we pay.

To provide the highest level of safety to all our members, it is our group’s consensus that all attendees provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Thank you for your consideration.

New members are always welcome. Our group provides inspiration, encouragement, helpful advice, and socialization.

Please drive along the lane at the right side of the building to the very rear parking lot of the center.  Park in available stalls and enter through the  blue doors.  Disabled parking is marked. See photo below.

Saltair Community Centre Rear Parking Lot and Entrance

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Chemainus Art Group

Join the Chemainus Art Group!

If you are interested in inviting more artistic play into your life, want to learn more about drawing and painting, or you’re a lonely artist who would enjoy meeting other like minded people for support and motivation, come join the Chemainus Art Group!
We are a group, varied in ability and interest, but with the common goal to support each other in our artistic community. Our next Meet Up is this Wednesday, November 8th from 9:30 to 12noon at the Saltair Community Centre.

We will hosting artist Silvina Lanusse who will be demonstrating printing and mark making using a gelli plate. Please contact us at artgroupchemainus [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to attend, to see what we do and consider becoming a member of our group.
www.chemainusartgroup.com.

We meet in person every 2nd Wednesday and 4th Wednesday of each month. Our Meet Ups include demonstrations from guest artists, presentations from members, discussions and feedback about member’s work, and much more.