Date: May. 4, 2015
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Gabriola Arts and Heritage Centre
More Info:
Contact: hiveemporium@gmail.com
Tickets: No charge
Invitation to the Arts Community
What’s all the buzz about?… at last a new home for art to thrive!
HIVE EMPORIUM is pleased to introduce itself as a new cultural and social hub on Gabriola!
Manifesting a new vision for the island, HIVE EMPORIUM is a goods and cultural bazaar for the engagement of community, art, craft and experience – a focal point for local, and global merchandise, design and events.
Centrally located in Folklife Village Mall, HIVE EMPORIUM will feature two floors of retail space, a new café and gallery, a mini bookstore and a venue for event-oriented activity.
The store will feature a wide range of merchandise consisting of clothing, pottery, textiles, books, jewellery, bodycare, glassware, leather and woodcraft, CD’s, home design, curios, collectibles and many local crafted artisan products.
Meet the HIVE EMPORIUM Team
Monday May 4, 7pm
Gabriola Arts Council Hall (Former Women’s Institute)
hiveemporium@gmail.com
HIVE invites Gabriola artists and cultural stakeholders to an information session to discuss future exchanges and partnerships. The business seeks to expand upon existing relationships within the community, and to engage with hundreds of new and established artists, performers and artisans. We look forward to meeting with you!
There will be regular rotations of exhibitions by local artists in many different media, music concerts, literary readings and launches, guest speakers, as well as exhibitions, installations and exchanges by artists from other Gulf islands, and inspiring innovative work from Vancouver, international and First Nations artists.
HIVE EMPORIUM – the buzz on Gabriola
“active culture” – creative commerce that connects maker, merchant, artist and events!
Sounds exciting
Wow…this sounds amazing. I am sure it will become another wonderful reason for living on and visiting Gabriola. Congratulations to all those involved in this fantastic creative endeavor!
So happy to hear this news! Just what the community needs!
Good to know that art/cultural life will continue and thrive in the village core. Look forward to the meeting and the proposals at hand.
Bravo. Wishing you all the best; the community has been waiting. Hugs
Wonderful News! Looking forward to hearing all about it.
wonderful news! Artworks was , in a way, the heart of the community for us all, certainly of the village core.. and now we have a new and very vibrant beating heart! thank you to those who have not given up , have kept the vision alive, and have created the Hive!!!super name too! yay!!!!
Congratulations! Looks like a fine vision and a refreshing opportunity for existing and new artists, musicians and more to collaborate on some exciting things and in the heart of the community. Good On You All!…and a pace to shop for neat things to boot..
So delighted to hear this good news!
Wow! Super exciting news! If they get even a quarter of the satisfaction as I did running Artworks, they’ll be in for a great adventure! Big hugs and best of wishes to them! So glad to hear that the island artists will still be in the heart of the village! That’s is just wonderful news!
Very happy to know that a new arts venture is unfolding at the Artworks site. Wish I could attend the meeting tomorrow, but am away. Hope to participate.\
very good news
This is amazing!! How wonderful to hear the space remains about art! Vive le Art!!! xoxo
Gabriola Island and its islanders are very fortunate to have this great HIVE!
I’ll certainly follow its future activities and shall visit again some day soon.
In the mean time I wish all who are involved in shaping this renewed home
for culture and hospitality heaps of success and joy!