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Rande Cook, Beethoven, 2011 |
Ebb & Flow Sonny Assu + Rande Cook May 18—September 1, 2012 900 Fifth St. Join us for a community event to celebrate Ebb & Flow: Friday, June 1 4:30 pm: talk by artist Rande Cook 6 pm: First Nations Feast and Celebration Free Docent Led Tours: 12.30pm - 1:15pm, Saturday, July 7 & August 11 All are welcome. Admission is free. Presented in partnership with Vancouver Island University's Shq'apthut: Gathering Place and VIU Office of Aboriginal Education. Ebb & Flow celebrates the distinctive voices of contemporary Aboriginal artists Sonny Assu and Rande Cook. Trained in both traditional and contemporary practices, Assu and Cook push boundaries to redefine what society understands and expects of First Nations art and culture. Their work preserves elements of their cultural heritage, and explores new concepts, media and methodologies. Themes of death and rebirth, displacement and belonging, loss and reclamation, colonialism and self determination, the sacred and the profane, traditional rites and practices, and contemporary popular culture, characterize the powerful works in Ebb & Flow. Curated by Ellen McCluskey and Rose Spahan With support from:
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 Lara Scarr, "Insectum Kingdom" 2011 |
When Nature Called: Downtown Gallery May 8 - 22, 2012 Join us for the opening reception, May 12, 2:00 - 4:00pm Tani Hamagishi-Allen is a recent Vancouver Island University graduate. During her studies, a combination of Visual Arts and Business, she began the Porcelain Dolls series in 2008 and has since exhibited the work in Vancouver, Victoria and throughout mid-Vancouver Island. Virginia Kwok Swan Song Series is intended to encourage a dialogue amongst the public, and most importantly, to offer people a chance to question about our uncertain status as a species and to rethink human relationships with the natural habitat. Lara Scarr is currently working on the Thread&Paint Revolution series, an exploration of complimentary and contrasting media; it draws attention to the contradicting effect of soothing traditional textiles, cut forms, and unsettling figurative images, reticulated within a labyrinth of thread and paint... |
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Jorg Seifert |
2012 Mayworks Festival of Labour and the Arts: Mail Art Exhibition Downtown Gallery May 10 - 22, 2012 Join us for the opening reception, May 12, 2:00 - 4:00pm Mayworks is a month long celebration of the part that labour plays in our social fabric and has been a Canadian tradition for two decades. Mayworks Vancouver Island is in its seventh year, and this the sixth Mayworks Mail Art Exhibition. .
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