6th Annual

2026 VIS Studio Garden Art Show

Opening Reception: Friday, June 26, 2026, from 5 pm to 9 pm

Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28, 2026, from 11 am to 5 pm

We are pleased to invite you to the 6th Annual Garden Art Show at VIS Studio.

Featured Visual Artists:

Bari Precious - ceramic / Carly Smith - ceramic / Dee Fontans - jewelry / Diane Brinton - blown glass

Dan Appel - clay sculpture / Dirk Wissow - woodworking / Grant Leier - painting / Hila Tuil - Drawing

Lorna Beecroft - textile, bowls & bags/sculpture / Joel A Prevost - Sculpture & Ceramic / Joshua Tuil - Drawing

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Experience inspiring art and support local artists.

Join us for this cultural celebration at

Vancouver Island Sculpting Studio, 294 Harewood Rd.

Mark your calendar for a weekend of creativity and inspiration:

Event Schedule:

Opening Reception: Friday, June 26, 2026, from 5 PM to 9 PM

Show Dates: Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28, from 11 AM to 5 PM

Throughout the weekend, we are delighted to have Hila and Joshua Tuil on site, offering caricatures for a donation

A fun and memorable way to take part in the event.

We are pleased to feature guest painter Grant Leier in the Studio Gallery. He has created six new pieces for the Garden Art Show and is offering a special sale of paintings from a previous series.

You are invited to a pre-show private viewing of Grant’s work from Tuesday, June 23 to Thursday, June 25. To arrange a visit, call me at 250-797-8432.

We look forward to welcoming you and celebrating art together.

Artist Spotlight:

Lorna Beecroft

Lorna Beecroft has spent her life making art in many ways, including drawing, painting, sculpture, and fibre art. She begins by closely observing shapes and textures, then lets her ideas grow as she works. Whether sculpting a horse, drawing or painting a subject, or making a fibre bowl, she finds inspiration in the beauty and spirit she sees in the world.

Lorna uses a variety of materials, allowing her to try new ideas while staying connected to her style. Her purses and bags combine abstract design with everyday function, and her fibre bowls turn simple materials into unique pieces. She puts care and curiosity into everything she makes, believing art should be beautiful and meaningful, whether displayed or used every day.

Diane Brinton

Diane Brinton has studied with local and international artists, developing her skills through a wide range of glass techniques, including mosaics, fusing, flame-sculpting, and glassblowing. Her home studio is like a candy store, filled with glorious, vibrant, multicoloured glass.

Her glass art continues to evolve through years of creative experience in weaving, watercolours, pottery, jewelry design, and metal clay. A longtime collector of glass objects, Diane has finally found her own way to work with glass, creating original pieces full of colour, energy, and imagination. Come discover the beautiful and ever-evolving work of Diane Brinton at the Garden Art Show.

Carly Smith

Carly Smith grew up in Qualicum Beach and has been making pottery for several years, first taking classes in 2011 in Port Alberni and then, after a break, more consistently since 2019. After signing up for more classes and joining the Arrowsmith Potters' Guild, pottery quickly took over, and she could be found at the studio most weekends, mainly making mugs and bowls.

In 2024, Carly wanted to explore sculpting and took a workshop at Vancouver Island Sculpting Studio. She loved it and, through the Artist-in-Residence program, has been sculpting various dogs. Carly continues working with Joel and the AIR program, has also created a studio at home, and is looking forward to continuing to grow her skills and creativity in sculpting, specializing in canines, when the dogs aren't taking up her time at various competitions.

Bari Precious

Bari started playing with clay as a child in Richmond, BC. Mud puddling led to wheel throwing at high school, then to two years at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr). Travelling around the world included teaching in Iran and working as a pottery advisor on an archeological dig. After finishing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in ceramics, she has spent 28 years as a working potter. She has sold work at juried shows in many major US cities and exhibited in a number of galleries in the Midwest. She returned to Canada in 2017, and has made her home in Nanaimo ever since.

When she returned home to BC, she increasingly felt that her love and passion for clay needed to be shared with others, so she shifted focus to become a clay instructor. Bari has taught at Nanaimo Ceramic Arts and Studio for eight years, at Bowen Community Centre for six years, and at her own studio since then. She instructs a roster of students who are finding their own love in clay.

Bari’s new creations in this exhibit reflect her love of the medium and its flexibility in the joy of expression.