A Place for the Pollinators exhibit continues to travel around British Columbia sharing information about the plight of pollinators in our local ecosystems through the mixed media painting and paper.

Current exhibit is at the Kamloops Arts Council courthouse main gallery. Showing April 1-30, 2025.

Work by Sara Wiens, Sarah Hope and Leilani Ambrose.

Sara Wiens shows work inspired by the tracking of honeybee flight paths over the landscape.

Musings on being a mother and an artist for The Mother(load) exhibition at the Lake Country Art Gallery April 2023.

Combining art and nature through scientific research and the simple joy of painting outdoors.

Upcoming Events Spring 2022

Spring marks the time for exhibiting and coming out in public again. Here are a few important events coming up that might interest you.

Sara Wiens shares her beginning process for creating the final pieces for the exhibition, “In Conversation with Vivian Lindoe”. A behind the scenes look at an artist’s process and thoughts.

“In Dialogue with Vivian Lindoe” exhibition at The Salmon Arm Arts Centre. Ten artists respond to seriographs recently donated to the Community Art Collection.

Art workshops exploring making marks with different tools and materials. We’ll use plants and natural objects to practice drawing from observation with fluidity and freedom. Click “read more” to sign up.

Artists often talk about mark making. When we do, we mean that we are learning and practicing the kind of imprint we can leave on a page. It’s an intentional act to leave a mark which can have a wide range of meaning.

I can see how creativity was saving me. It helped me deal with frustrations and the stress of this pandemic. But more than this, creativity allowed me to thrive in the middle of this chaotic time.