About the
Sooke Fine Arts Society

About the Society

The Sooke Fine Arts Society is a not-for-profit organization created to encourage and promote a greater understanding and appreciation for the arts by organizing an annual art show, as well as hosting public learning opportunities to demonstrate artistic technique and expertise. The annual art show, held at the end of July and early August of each year, is Vancouver Island’s premier adjudicated art show. It brings artists, volunteers, visitors, and art patrons together in an 10-day celebration of the arts.

Board of Directors

President – Katherine Sutherland
Vice President – Janet Evans
Treasurer – Robin Middleton
Secretary – Margaret-Elizabeth Schell
Director – Alison McKay
Director – Abby Owen
Director – Jeff Head
Director – Claire Wollen

AGM

Our 2024 AGM was held at 7pm on Thursday, October 17, 2024 in the downstairs ballroom at the Prestige Oceanfront Resort in Sooke. The 2024 Annual Report will be posted here shortly.
View the 2023 Annual Report

Staff

Executive Director – Jen Hayward

Membership

Membership in the Sooke Fine Arts Society is available for an annual fee of $25. Click here to find out more about the benefits of membership and how to become a member of the Sooke Fine Arts Society.

Employment

SUMMER STUDENTS

Each summer, SFAS hires students to gain work experience in our office leading up and during the show.

The 2025 submission window for applicants will open in April, 2025. Job descriptions will be posted here at that time.

REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS

There are no requests for proposals at this time. Thank you for your interest.

YOUTH ART SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

The Youth Art Scholarship Award was established in 2014 to assist young artists in pursuing post-secondary studies in the arts, and has been made possible through private donations and events. We look forward to making higher education in the arts accessible to many more talented young artists. The Youth Art Scholarship Award, valued at $1,500, is selected at the end of May each year and presented at the Artist Celebration Event during the show.

The 2025 submission deadline for applicants will be open from May 1-15, 2025.
Successful applicants will be notified on or before May 31, 2025.

History of the Sooke Fine Arts Show

The Sooke Fine Arts Show stems from humble beginnings when the Sooke Region Museum would feature artwork from local artists in their upper gallery. In 1986, spurred by the buzz of that year’s Expo, a committee of five local artists conceived of a show to bring attention to art and artists of the region, and thus the inaugural FINE ARTS ’86 was born…

The Sooke Fine Arts Society is a non-profit organization created to encourage and promote a greater understanding and appreciation for the arts by organizing an annual art show, as well as hosting public learning opportunities to demonstrate artistic technique and expertise.

Location

SEAPARC Recreation Centre
2168 Phillips Rd
Sooke, BC
V9Z 0Y3

Mailing Address:

Box 471
Sooke, BC
V9Z 1H4
Canada

Contact

Main Phone:
250-642-7256

Art Sales Desk:
2025: tbd

Email
sfas@sookefinearts.com

The Sooke Fine Arts Society respectfully acknowledges the territory of the T’Sou-ke First Nation, upon whose land we gather in celebration of the arts.