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Steveston’s very first Antiques Fair and Appraisal Event will be taking place this November!
The event will take place at Army Navy and Air Force (ANAF) 284 in Steveston on Nov. 18 from 10am- 3pm.

Appraisers will be on site so bring in your antique and vintage items to see what treasures you may have!*

Appointments need to be made in advance for all appraisals. The cost to have an item appraised is $10, or $25 for three. Schedule your appointment by contacting Steveston Historical Society at info@historicsteveston.ca prior to the event. Once you have an appointment, please complete the Customer Appraisal Information Sheet (PDF, 228KB) and submit to the SHS no later than Nov. 15th.

There will also be vendors selling antiques at the event.
Admission is $2 (Free with scheduled appraisal) at the door with all proceeds benefiting the Steveston Historical Society and ANAF.

*These are general appraisals and cannot be used for estate or insurance purposes.

A very special welcome to our October pop-up artists! Stop by the Steveston Museum & Post Office to see their beautiful work. A percentage of all art sales goes towards SHS programs and events that support our community.

Special Artist Demo for Culture Days:
Drop in Sat. Oct. 14^th between 1:00pm and 3:00pm and meet Marsha Hoggan as well as Denise & Jeremy Nichol.  Marsha will be painting her pottery designs and discussing her process. Denise will demonstrate and discuss the process and creation of her beach glass art and what inspires her other work.  Jeremy will show several different types of painting mediums and different brands of oil paints and their qualities.

Marsha Lynn Hoggan

Marsha Hoggan is a local Richmond, BC artist who began making pottery in 2005. Her functional work is mainly porcelain, which she fell in love with early on in her pottery endeavours. Celadon is a favourite glaze for Marsha’s porcelain pottery and has been used for thousands of years on both porcelain and stoneware pottery. Marsha says, “it appeals to me not only for the cool lightness of its look on porcelain, but for its historical value as well.” Marsha also works with clay as it has endless possibilities and has allowed her to experiment with Raku as well as sculpting.

Instagram: @marshalynnpottery

Denise and Jeremy Nichol

Denise Nichol is a self-taught painter influenced by her love of travel, nature and the flavours of diverse cultures. Jeremy Nichol is a digital designer and artist. This mother and son duo are also avid beach cleaners, up-cycling found broken and ocean smoothed sea glass from local beaches into expressive framed art pieces.

Instagram: @nicholproductions
nicholproductions.com
jeremynichol.com

We are excited to announce our new pop-up artists this month! A percentage of all art sales goes towards SHS programs and events that support our community.

John B. Beatty

West Coast artist John B. Beatty started his painting career in 1960. He has now completed over 1000 acrylic and oil paintings inspired primarily from life on the West Coast and while traveling. John is an active member of the https://meninhats.art/artist/john-beatty/ art group as well as the Richmond Artists Guild, participating in Plein Air and studio outings throughout the year.

For more information about John and to see more of his work, visit him at: www.johnbbeatty.com

Wednesday Studio

Wednesday Studio is a group of grannies and Grammies painting in fellowship and encouragement together under the guidance of master artist Dave Tai-Foo Chung. The Richmond based group was established in 2007 and meets every Wednesday to practice their art. For September enjoy the art of Lina Cheung, Heidi Choi, Maggie Chung, Wai Shing Yu and Mavis Leung.

Margot D’souza, Marilyn Piccinin and Donna Gregory Wood are three talented friends who will be sharing Pop-Up Art space alongside Jenifer Gustavsen at the Steveston Museum and Post Office for the month of August.

Jenifer Gustavsen – In her first ever art show, we are pleased to welcome Jenifer Gustavsen as one of our Pop-Up Artists for the month of August. Jenifer has a long history with marking art primarily as a classic animator (hand drawn animation), with film credits including Dreamworks films such as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Road to Eldorado, and Sinbad, Legend of the Seven Seas. She has a master’s degree in archaeology and majored in art from a variety of cultures. Jenifer’s research into the brain’s response to making realistic art drove her to try her hand at oil painting and the results are absolutely stunning. Instagram at @ars_oilpainting.

Margot D’souza is a local artist, Steveston resident for over 48 years and member of the Richmond Artists Guild, Richmond Arts Coalition and Men in Hats Plein Air painters. She has a passion for drawing, oil painting and photography and gets her inspiration from photos or sketches made while traveling the world and being in nature.

Marilyn Piccinin, also a Richmond resident, has been painting for a long time, and started with “tole painting” – a decorative form of painting in oil or acrylic. Marilyn now prefers watercolour and paints and paints weekly with a group of local artists.

Donna Gregory Wood has called Steveston home for over 30 years. Since retiring from Children’s Hospital she spends most of her time exploring the outdoors, especially walks at Garry Point, Britannia Shipyards and the West Dyke. She discovered bird photography after receiving a camera as a gift and now has an immense passion for birds – learning about them, photographing them and even painting bird portraits using oil and acrylics. Instagram at @donnagregorywood.