Isle of the Arts:
Yellow Flags are Artisan Studios!
Gabriola is home to one of the highest concentrations of artists per capita in Canada!
Our Gabriola Arts Council invites you to join in the fun with 3 annual events: The Isle of the Arts Festival, Cultivate Festival, and the Thanksgiving Studio Tour.
Visit Yellow Flags (these are local studios!) while touring the island and explore all local arts and culture businesses using the directory below.
Index codes correspond with our visitor map to help you locate these unique experiences.
Pick yours up FREE at our Gabriola Island Visitor Centre.
FOLKLIFE
Categories
Arts & Culture Publishing
About
FOLKLIFE is a premium semi-annual print publication inspired by island dwellers who live close to the earth, move with intention, and craft life as an art form. Evoking fine craftership with its minimalist design, matte aesthetic, poetic editorial, and vibrant photography, FOLKLIFE honours art and agriculture, business and creativity, food and farming, and dwellings and nature, all with a goal to slow the FOLK down. Each issue explores one theme through engaging interviews, stories, photographs, recipes, and artwork, celebrating and connecting those who live simply and sustainably. FOLKLIFE acknowledges that the Salish sea and the islands it encompasses are the traditional, unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples of Cowichan, Penelakut, Hwlitsum, BOKECEN, CUAN of the WSANEC, TEKTEKSEN, STA,UTW, SKEUWEWC, Halalt, Homalco, K’omok, Klahoose, Lyackson, MALEXEt, Qualicum, Snuneymuxw, Tsawout, Stz’uminus, and Tla’amin, their home since time immemorial.