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LEGACY ART GALLERY & CAFÉ | MCPHERSON LIBRARY GALLERY
MALTWOOD ART MUSEUM & GALLERY
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Michael
Lewis, The Appletree Gang, 1992
Legacy Art Gallery & Café
Sunday, March 7, 2010 2:00 to 3:30 pm Conversational Café
Please join Ana Maria Peredo, Rose Henry, Kelly Reid,
and Kathy Stinson Executive Director for Victoria Cool-Aid Society, for a
round-table discussion about the intersections of art and well being. Our
discussants will probe questions such as: What is wealth? What role does
art play in community making? How can art improve our lives? How
can art mediate conditions of poverty? In what way can art contribute to
the well being of communities? We promise an engaging discussion and plan
to open up a creative dialogue experience, about the exciting role art can play
in shaping our local community. Free admission but please call 250-721-8480 to reserve a seat.
Legacy Art Gallery and Café
Sunday workshops 10:30 am to 12:30 pm for youth ages 11-13
Please call 250-381-7670 between 10 am and 5pm Wed to Sun to
register. $5.00 per class and
limit of 6 students.
| Mar 14 | The Art of Trash Explore the disposable nature of consumer goods in the style of Jas W. Felter. |
| Mar 28 | Get Jazzed About Art Visualize jazz music in the style of Gregg Simpson. |
| Apr 11 | The Stamp of Creativity Show Canada Post a thing or two by creating wildly original stamps in the style of Anna Banana. |
| Apr 25 | Who are we anyway? Media images of males and females get the media collage treatment in the style of Kal Opre. |
Kal Opre, Femina Eterna, 2003
EXHIBITIONS
Legacy Art Gallery & Café
February 24 to May 2, 2010
Regarding Wealth
This exhibit examines the
dynamics of wealth relations by probing the intersections of art and
homelessness. History in Art Assistant Professor and Williams Legacy
Chair, Dr. Carolyn Butler Palmer leads an annual seminar on curatorial practice
that draws on the Michael C. Williams Collection. This exhibition is the result of her students’
collaboration.
February 24 to March 28, 2010
Revival:
The Personal Archive of Robert Aller
A snapshot of the recently
acquired archive of the late artist and teacher Robert Aller. While studying under Arthur Lismer in Montreal, Aller’s interest in First Nations art grew, and it became his lifelong challenge to
document the lives and art forms of First Nations people.
Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery
March 12 to April 23, 2010
Masterminds:
Art by University of Victoria Retirees
Take a look at the range of
media in which these 27 artists are working, including painting, drawing,
ceramics and sculpture. Participating artists include Pat Martin Bates, Donald Harvey, Walter
Dexter, Bill Zuk and Betsy Tumasonis. Presented in conjunction with the
Masterminds Lecture series held every Wednesday evening in April. Visit www.uvic.ca/masterminds
WHAT’S COMING UP?
Legacy Art Gallery & Café
| Mar 31 May 2 |
Equine paintings, S.W. Jackman Collection |  mats?! Newsflash |
| June 9 Aug 8 |
Inuit Art from the Hal Knight Collection | |
| June 9 Jul 11 |
Photographs by Bob St. Cyr | |
| Aug 11 Oct 31 | Graphic Radicals exhibition of political comics, graphics and writing by WW3 Illustrated, a New York-based collective of artists, who publish an eponymous magazine. | |
| Nov 3 Feb 6 | Architecture and Power: The Legislative Buildings of Canada’s Capitals and Now Hear This: WAC Bennett Political Cartoons. |
McPherson Library Gallery
The McPherson Library Gallery will be moving to a new location
adjacent to Special Collections. The new gallery will house our permanent
collection of works on paper (drawings, prints, paintings, photographs), and
will act as both a storage and exhibition area.
Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery
The
University Centre Building is undergoing seismic work from April 2010 to
February 2011, which will interrupt our exhibition and programming
schedules. Please check our
website for updates.
2010 Conversational Café series is presented with support from the Government of B.C.
Become a Friend
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