Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his nature into his pictures."
- Henry Ward Beecher

Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization situated on the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay in the resort town of St. Andrews by-the-Sea in south-western New Brunswick. St. Andrews is a community renowned for its natural beauty, historic past, distinctive architecture, and its vibrant visual and performing arts community.

Since its beginning in 1964, the Centre has played a key role in the development of a strong arts community in St. Andrews through the execution of our unique mandate - to explore the connections between art and nature.

Our courses and workshops use the rich natural environment of this Region as a source of artistic inspiration and nature exploration and our instructors - professional artists, artisans, crafts people and naturalists - are well known both in their fields of expertise and as educators.

The Centre contains artists’ studios, printmaking shop, pottery studio, exhibition gallery, reference library, and nature room and is open year round. During the school year, Sunbury Shores offers the CLASS Program (Children Learning at Sunbury Shores). This program involves school children from St. Andrews taking part in art and nature classes on our premises during regular school time with instruction being given by artists and naturalists from the community.

Executive Director:
James (Jamie) Steel (director@sunburyshores.org)

General Manager:
Ruth Dunfield (info@sunburyshores.org)

Year-Round Artist/Instructors:
Ruth Dunfield
Mabel Ketcham
Robert Van de Peer
Chantal Vincent
Leo Despres


Printshop Technician (Master Printmaker): Robert Van de Peer
Pottery Technician: Leo Despres
Jewelry Technician: Cedar Sky

Board of Trustees

President: Robert Bartlett
Treasurer: Kim Haun
Trustee: Ed Hurley
Trustee: Nancy Leavitt
Trustee: Kurt Gumushel
Trustee: Sharon McGladdery
Trustee: Jessie Davies
Trustee: Ann Manuel
Trustee: Carly Anderson