WELCOME TO THE HEARTH GALLERY
WHAT’S ON…
Dancing with Upheaval: Renewing wonder and hope in challenging times.
Oct 29th - Nov 17th
By Devon Ronner + Andrew Hellmund
Sculptor Andrew Hellmund and painter Devon Ronner found common ground in their longing to transform frustration and grief at the violence we do to the earth and each other into something that celebrates the beauty of this planet and the daily kindness tendered among people. For them, creating art is a buttress against these fracturing forces. It is both a solace and an uplifting call to joy.
EVENTS:
Please join us for our artist party, Saturday Nov 8th, 6-8pm
Artist In Gallery : Please meet artist Devon Ronner, Saturday, November 1st, from 11 - 3 pm.
TEXADA
How big is time?
On the remote Canadian island of Texada, the everyday stuff of human existence—work, play and dreams—is juxtaposed against the tectonic shifts of the planet, rising and falling in cyclical patterns of creation, extinction and renewal.
In this impressionistic VR project, co-directors Claire Sanford and Josephine Anderson merge 360-degree live-action footage, captured across the island, with 3D animation of geologic upheaval to create an immersive, poetic experience. A chorus of residents’ voices ebbs and flows, unravelling the complexities of the surrounding limestone that is central to the community and economy of the island. Present in everything from toothpaste to the great Pyramids of Egypt, this humble yet ubiquitous rock is a critical element in the construction of our modern society.
The Hearth Gallery (Bowen Island Arts Council), partnering with Bowen Pride Society, is planning Bowen Pride Festival (2026), a community-based and multidisciplinary festival featuring a dynamic mix of art exhibitions and cultural events to celebrate LGBTQIA+ identities and lives as well as the coming-together of the community that we all belong to.
We welcome proposals from 2SLBGTQIA+ artists in all media styles: 2D, 3D, literary, and beyond—provided all work is original and created by the artist. Art in cultural styles to which the artist has no ancestral or cultural connection will not be considered. We encourage artists to use this year’s theme as a starting point. Take the freedom to explore the intersections of queerness, identity, and belonging in your work.
The title of this queer arts show at the Hearth gallery is “Hello, My Name is…,” an open-ended introduction that is meant to raise critical questions about the relationship among identity, art, and community. We seek, in presenting this opening, to encourage the public to consider a range of general questions: how do you feel when self-identifying or labelling? What are the comforts and challenges of labeling and identity categories? We will also focus conversation on issues of gender and naming, to enable the public to consider why we should have conversations about gender and sexual identities and expressions in local communities in Canada; how we give voice and offer space as a form of activism during precarious times for gender and sexual minority people; and - most importantly, for our Arts project - what Queer-identified artists can tell us about our world in holistic terms.
DECEMBER ART MARKET- ARTIST CALLOUT
The 6th annual 2025 December Art Market supports our local artists by Providing a venue for our holiday shoppers December 5th to 24th, 2025 from 11 am to 5 pm (closed Tuesdays)
Open to all designers, makers, crafters, and artists offering unique, original, and thoughtfully curated creations — a diverse selection that provides a memorable shopping experience for both locals and visitors to our island.
Buy Canadian ART
All artists featured with the Hearth Arts on Bowen are Canadian
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The Hearth Arts on Bowen operates as a non-profit arts organization on Bowen Island, supporting a variety of art forms including visual, performing, literary, theatre and more. We manage two venues - a visual art gallery near the Ferry terminal - The Hearth Gallery- as well as our partnership with the local municipality to program and produce performances in the new Bowen Theatre, located within the new Bowen Island Community Center.
The Hearth Arts On Bowen respectfully and gratefully acknowledges that we are located on Nexwlélexwm (Bowen Island), the traditional and unceded territory of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation and the Tsleil-Waututh (sail-wha-tooth) Nations
We bring arts to the people, and people to the arts.
Location, Hours and Admission
The Hearth Gallery
Hours: Open Daily 11 am–5 pm Closed: Tuesdays
Admission is free
430 Bowen Island Trunk Rd,
Bowen Island, BC

