Vancouver Island Sculpting Studio
The VIS Studio operates on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nations,
and we are grateful to operate on Snuneymuxw territory.
6th Annual VIS Studio Christmas Art Sale 2026
November 21 and 22, from 11 am to 5 pm.
Join us for the opening reception on
Friday, November 20, from 5 pm to 9 pm.
Celebrate the season at the Christmas Art Sale 2025! Start with our opening reception on Friday, November 20, from 5 pm to 9 pm. The sale continues for two days of unique arts and crafts on November 21 and 22, from 11 am to 5 pm. Find special treasures at the Vancouver Island Sculpting Studio's Holiday Art Sale at 294 Harewood Rd in Nanaimo.
This is a great opportunity to meet talented people and see their work up close. Make your holidays brighter with handcrafted gifts from local creators, who offer a wide range of unique pieces, such as:
Andrea Bruecks / Ceramic
Dee Fontans / Jewelry
Diane Brinton / Glass
Dan Appel / Sculpture
Dema Maksod / Painting, Clothing, Books
Dirk Wussow / Woodwork
Lorna Beecroft / Textile Bag & Bowl
Gerda Hofman / Painting
Joel A. Prevost / Ceramics, Sculpture
Carly Leah / Ceramics
Madeleine Chisholm / Jewelry
Jacques Clement / Painting
Created by Vancouver Island artists and artisans, perfect for your holiday shopping. Find something special at our Christmas Art Sale and create handmade memories while supporting local artists.
Check back soon for updates on the artists who will be joining us. Get ready to find one-of-a-kind gifts for everyone on your list!
Third Annual Students’ Show
Visit the studio gallery Saturday & Sunday, December 5 & 6
from 1 pm to 5 pm
Opening Reception Friday, December 4, from 6 pm to 9 pm
We’re happy to invite you to the Third Annual Student Art Show, where you can see the amazing work our students created during the 2025-26 school year. Join us to celebrate their creativity, effort, and artistic talent.
You’ll find all kinds of art, like handmade ceramics, clay sculptures, drawings, and paintings. Each piece reflects our students’ creativity and hard work, so there’s something for everyone to enjoy, whether you love art or are just curious.
We’d love to know what you think! All visitors can vote for their favorite pieces and help cheer on our artists. Your support means a lot as they learn and share their talents with our community.
Art Nouveau Reimagined
Nature and Imagination in an Age of Transformation
April 23 to 25, 2027
Emerging around 1890 to 1914 during the Belle Époque—the “Beautiful Era”—Art Nouveau responded to industrialization by bringing beauty, imagination, craftsmanship, and organic forms into everyday life.
For this exhibition, artists are invited to reinterpret the movement through contemporary practice. The central theme is: “To find the right balance between uniting art and nature.”Artists may work in furniture, painting, ceramics, jewellery, sculpture, textiles, illustration, installation, or any other discipline.
Art Nouveau should serve as a foundation—not a strict historical reproduction, but a starting point for personal interpretation, experimentation, and new ideas. We encourage artists to move beyond strict realism. Submitted work may be ethereal, whimsical, utopian, surreal, dreamlike, symbolic, or linked to an imagined future. We are particularly interested in flowing lines, organic shapes, plant forms, natural movement, decorative details, and the balance between realistic imagery and soft illusion.
Art Nouveau connected the human-made world with the natural world through ornament, craftsmanship, and movement. This exhibition invites artists to consider how these qualities can be reimagined today. The exhibition also acknowledges the cultural upheaval of the 1960s, when psychedelic music posters rediscovered and transformed Art Nouveau’s flowing lines, vivid colours, and imaginative compositions. Today, we are experiencing another period of transformation shaped by artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, environmental crisis, and new forms of imperialism. In response, artists are invited to imagine a more human, creative, and connected future.
2027 Garden Art SHOW
18, 19, 20 June
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artists of the 2026 Garden Art Show
Aritist Call
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Artist Call
Art Nouveau Reimagined
The Vancouver Island Sculpting Studio invites artists to take part in an exhibition.
The exhibition will run from April 23 to 25, 2027.
Artwork delivery: Saturday, April 17.
This open call invites artists to create new work inspired by the language, ideas, and visual spirit of Art Nouveau.
Emerging between approximately 1890 and 1914 during the Belle Époque—the “Beautiful Era”—Art Nouveau responded to rapid industrialization by bringing beauty, imagination, craftsmanship, and organic forms into everyday life.
For this exhibition, artists are invited to reinterpret the movement through their own contemporary practice. The central theme is:
“To find the right balance between uniting art and nature.”
Artists may work in furniture, painting, ceramics, jewellery, sculpture, textiles, illustration, installation, or any other discipline. Art Nouveau should serve as the foundation—not as a strict historical reproduction, but as a starting point for personal interpretation, experimentation, and new ideas.
We encourage artists to move beyond strict realism. Submitted work may be ethereal, whimsical, utopian, surreal, dreamlike, symbolic, or connected to an imagined future. We are particularly interested in flowing lines, organic shapes, plant forms, natural movement, decorative details, and the balance between realistic imagery and soft illusion.
Art Nouveau connected the human-made world with the natural world through ornament, craftsmanship, and movement. This exhibition invites artists to consider how these qualities can be reimagined for the present day.
The exhibition also acknowledges the cultural upheaval of the 1960s, when psychedelic music posters rediscovered and transformed Art Nouveau’s flowing lines, vivid colours, and imaginative compositions.
Today, we are experiencing another period of transformation shaped by artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, environmental crisis, and new forms of imperialism. In response, artists are invited to imagine a more human, creative, and connected future.
Application deadline
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Email photos to info@joelaprevost.com
If you have an idea, please call me at 250 797 8432 to book a meeting at the VIS Studio, 294 Harewood Road, Nanaimo, to discuss it.
How can organic forms and handmade art respond to a world shaped by machines? Let us create work that is beautiful, meaningful, human, and connected to nature.
Join curator Joel Prevost and The Vancouver Island Sculpting Studio for this exhibition in April 2027.
Presented by The Vancouver Island Sculpting Studio, curated by Joel Prevost and a selection committee