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Ways to Walk Paths of Beauty
Review by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet The final exhibition of the 2024 season at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery invites us to Paths of Beauty. ...
Sep 6, 2024


Andrea Padovani - Deep Breath
Review by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet Deep Breath, the exhibition of work by Andrea Padovani currently being shown at the Old Schoolhouse...
Aug 23, 2024

Buddha is a Principle
Review by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet Even though art has been a continuing human dialog across thousands of years, and has been shaped and...
Aug 8, 2024


Ear to Ocean by Ebony Rose
Review by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet Ear to Ocean by Ebony Rose, is currently on exhibit at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery. This show is an...
Jul 25, 2024


Love of Place
Review by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet The current exhibition at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery, by Iris Steigemann, is an expression of...
Jul 12, 2024


Filipe Figueira: Painting with Eyes Closed
Review by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet Passing the Test Tests in art school are rarely what we imagine. In Painting with Eyes Closed, the...
Jun 28, 2024


Annual Members Show 2024
Review of the 27th Annual Members Show Kristen Scholfield-Sweet Seeing the Language of Art Art is a language received through the senses,...
Jun 14, 2024


Annual Members Show 2023
The annual group exhibition...
Sep 1, 2023


Chroma - Christann Kennedy
Review by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet Christann Kennedy’s exhibition, continuing at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery, demonstrates that good art...
Aug 18, 2023

My Life in Three Chapters - Vijen Vijendren
Review by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet Four ways to read three chapters Vijen Vijendren’s exhibition: My Life in Three Chapters, now showing...
Aug 4, 2023

A Show of Gratitude - Hannes Grosse
A Show of Gratitude: in praise of going the distance by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet The current exhibition by Hannes Grosse at the Old...
Jul 21, 2023


Island Time - Ester Strijbos, Janny Thompson and Monica Nawrocki
A review of Island Time: Finding Time by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet I learned there were five kinds of time nestled within our usual sense...
Jul 7, 2023


Waterscapes - Naomi Cairns
A Review of ‘Waterscapes’ at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet Art is not simple. It is rife with contradictions...
Jun 23, 2023


Between Heaven and Earth - Group exhibition
Art review of Between Heaven and Earth by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet The Reticular in Art A reticular structure is net like; it is a shape...
Jun 9, 2023


Water/Colour - Judith Williams
Judith Williams will be presenting her exhibition Water/Colour, an installation of paintings made with water collected from Bute Inlet.
Aug 26, 2022


Annual Members Show 2022
Going to art school at the members show Kristen Scholfield-Sweet Imagine we are walking in the front door of the Schoolhouse Gallery, and...
Aug 12, 2022


Falling Boundaries - David Ellingsen
Solo exhibition by David Ellingsen focusing on family and forest.
Jul 29, 2022


Sacred Dreamscapes - Kira MacDuffee and Majie Lavergne
Sacred Dreamscapes at the Gallery by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet Don’t miss this one! The Sacred Dreamscapes of Kira MacDuffee and Majie...
Jul 15, 2022


Ordinary Magic - Jane Newman
Ordinary Magic at the Gallery: a review by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet What is this? The art of Jane Newman is a way of showing what becomes...
Jun 24, 2022


Tales from the Garden of Insanity - Meinsje Vlaming
The Genius of Making Things: the art of Meinsje Vlaming Kristen Scholfield-Sweet TALES FROM THE GARDEN OF INSANITY, art by Meinsje...
Aug 28, 2021
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