Welcome to Sooke Harbour House Gallery, home to the art of more than 150 local artists and craftspeople.

Our unconventional art gallery encompasses most of the inn- from the art filled garden room, the meandering hallways, to sculptures nestled amongst our edible gardens.

This region has fostered an incredible number of talented artists, and we exhibit exclusively the work of artists from Sooke, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, Victoria, and the Lower Mainland.  We carefully select work that reflects the ocean, surrounding rainforest, gardens and food, and that tie into the Sooke Harbour House philosophy of local, eclectic and sustainable.
“We traveled to galleries all over British Columbia looking for art for our new home, and yours was the most interesting, with the most diverse selection of art.” –Guest from Calgary, Alberta

Our October and November Artists of the Month Show and Sale 

Entitled “Beneath the Bark” and featuring the works of Merlayna Snyder, James Atkin, Jack Stevension and Aivars Logins. Open for viewing daily and featuring an Artists reception on Sunday, October 2nd from 1 – 4 pm with artists in attendance. All welcome. Free event. Work will continue to be displayed until November 28th. Stop in when you’re in our area!

Our Christmas In November Art Show and Sale
The Christmas in November Art Show is on Saturday, November 26 from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm and on Sunday, November 27 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

The participating artists are:

John Bellis – native artist
Judy Thomson – soap
Dana Sitar – hand felted items
Maureen O’Connor – hand made silver & bead jewellery
Geri Pudwell – Hand knitted items and other knick knacks
Patrice Plank – scratch board artist
Sharon Grove – Pottery
Sandra Fowler – Glass
Sandra Terry – Artist acrylic on canvas & cards
Merlayna Snyder – Wood art
Amanda Swiminer – seaweed
Carol Harding – candles, jams, etc…
Darlis Carter – Jewellery

Coffee, tea & cookies will be served by donation. Funds will be used  to stock our Santa’s Clauset event, so please be generous. We hope that you can visit and see what creative gifts our local artists have to offer.

Our December Artist of the Month Show and Sale 
Sooke Harbour House art gallery presents “Collective of One, the contemporary styling of Malcolm Barker” and features a collection of Malcolm’s acrylic on canvas paintings. An artist reception will be held from 1-3 pm on Sunday, December 4th. Malcolm’s work will be on display December 1st – January 28th.

Each month we feature a different artist or group of artists and highlight their work throughout the Inn. Please visit our gallery for one of these excellent shows.

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Art Submission Guidelines

 

Dear Artists,

Sooke Harbour House Art  Gallery represents local, Vancouver Island artists.
We are interested in all contemporary media including painting, printmaking, drawing, mixed media , sculpture, and photography.

The gallery welcomes submissions from artists seeking representation throughout the year. Due to the volume of submissions we ask that you follow these guidelines closely.

Please send your submissions by email: gallery@sookeharbourhouse.com

Subject line in the email should read “Gallery  Submission”

Step 1 :  Send Website Information (Preferred) or description of your artwork , contact information, artist curriculum vitae and artist statement.

Step 2: We will contact you to complete submission or for an interview.

Upon acceptance please follow to the step 3.

Step 3 : Prepare and complete your submission
You will need to supply 3 images in 2 copies – 1 high and 1 low resolution. High res images must be .jpg  max 8″x10″ at 300dpi, low res images no higher or wider than 400px and 72dpi.

Images must be of good (preferably professional) quality -  3D artwork  on white or neutral background without any other objects visible in the photo,

flat art cropped exactly to the edges no frame or glass).

Email us your submission:

- low res images with titles and descriptions of size, price, media, etc

- a bio/curriculum vitae and artist statement in a Word document or a PDF (Photoshop PDF is not accaptable). Please only use basic formating in your documents.
- contact information.

We can provide a professional photography service for your artwork upon request - rates depend on artwork size and type

Please do not call about your email submission. Due to the volume of submissions received weekly, we will only reply back if there is interest in seeing more of your work.
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to view your submission and we wish you success in finding gallery representation.