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Sept 21, 2016
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VISA Newsletter
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Art books, art supplies, artwork & art talks
There are lots of activities going on here at VISA and at the Visual Arts Departments at Camosun and UVic as well as at the galleries around town as we reach the third week in this summery September.
We are looking for art books for our book sale this Saturday and Sunday, September 24 & 25. We are also happy to accept literary fiction, poetry and books on writing. If you have any books to donate, please drop them off at the school before Friday, September 23 at 5pm. All those donating books valued at $25 or more, will receive a tax receipt. This is a great opportunity to cut down on clutter, to share your book wealth with others and to support the cause of art. All proceeds from book sale will go towards supporting our Draw by Drawing Drop-In that we run for the mere cost of $5/session with all supplies included. These sessions are a great way to explore creativity and also they provide an excellent form of community with the opportunity for like-minded people to make art together.
The book sale is part of a larger Pop-Up Shop sponsored by artsREACH, Sept 24 & 25. Here you will find alternative and unusual art supplies sold by the bagful ($10 large, $5 small) and a Mystery Grab Bag art project for kids! In addition, this weekend's event will also include Victoria's newest art collective BOXCAR6. They will be showcasing and selling their work for very accessible prices (or according to their fearless leader Clare Thomas, for "very cheap!!"). BOXCAR 6 is comprised of former and current VISA students.
So come by VISA this weekend for the art supplies, art books, art, or to try your own hand at making. Pop Up Shop, Art Book Sale, Art Exhibit & Sale take place September 24 & 25, 11am-4pm at the Vancouver Island School of Art
Both adults and kids are welcome!
There are also some exciting artist lectures talks coming up at VISA, Camosun and UVic, as well as some great exhibitions to check out around town. See rest of newsletter for more information.
Wendy Welch
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Draw by Drawing starts this Thursday, Sept 22, 7-9pm
All materials included. $5
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Pop Up Shop at the Vancouver Island School of Art
September 24 & 25, 11am-4pm
Vancouver Island School of Art
2549 Quadra Street
For more info: ArtsREACH
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NEW! Writing Drop-In Sessions with Buffy Cram
Mondays 7-8:30pm $15 per session
This weekly drop-in writing session offers a range of writing prompts designed to stimulate the imagination and awaken your inner creative self!
Buffy Cram's fiction has appeared in Prairie Fire, The Bellevue Literary Review and the bestselling collection Darwin's Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow. Her first book of short stories, Radio Belly, has recently been published with Douglas & McIntyre.
Vancouver Island School of Art
2549 Quadra Street
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Art Lectures by John Luna
Tuesdays, Oct 4, Nov 7 and Dec 6 at 7:30
We are very excited to annoucne the return of Art Lectures by John Luna. This season's series includes the following:
Oct 4
Style: skill, medium and namesake in Modern & Contemporary art
Nov 7
Cruelty: theatres of extreme experience in Modern & Contemporary art
Dec 6
Muses: museums, memory and inspiration in Modern & Contemporary art
Lectures are $15/lecture or 3 lectures for $35. Please arrive early to assure good seating. Lectures take place in the Slide Room Gallery (lower level of VISA) and are open to everybody.
These lectures are sponsored by Scott Vannan, Realtor. If you are looking to buy or sell a house or condo, Scott Vannan will donate 10% of his commission to the Vancouver Island School of Art.
For more info contact VISA Office
Photo credit: Tony Bounsall
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Xchanges Gallery: Natasha van Netten
Last opportunity to see Natasha's beautiful work
Continuing until September 25
Xchanges Gallery
2333 Government Street, Suite 6E
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Artist Talk at Camosun: Carol Sawyer
Wednesday September 28th, 2:30 - 3:30pm
Carol Sawyer is a visual artist, performer, and singer. Since the late 1980s her work has been concerned with the connection between truth, fiction, performance, memory, and history. Her current work takes the form of photographs, videos, and multi-media installations. She has also created musical performances and interdisciplinary performance pieces, and performs improvised music with her ensemble ion Zoo.
Camosun - Young Building Room 216
3800 Ring Rd
For more info: Camosun Visual Arts |
Artist Talk at UVIC: Cynthia Girard-Renard
Wednesday September 28, 7:30pm
Cynthia Girard-Renard
creates layered universes where politics, identity and imaginary worlds come together through painting, sculpture, installation, poetry and performance. Her broad range of techniques encompass various forms and take an experimental and theatrical approach to the exhibition context, such as large format works, banners, scenic backdrops, costumes and accessories, mobiles, sound sculptures and support structures.
Free and open to the public.
UVIC Visual Arts Building - A 162
3800 Ring Rd
For more info: UVIC Visual Arts |
Fifty Fifty Arts Collective: Julie Gennai
Continuing until October 8th
The drawing is its own. It's nothing more than a following of something that already knows what it is. The drawing unfolds exactly how it has planned, and the drawer has little to do with it. The drawer also has everything to do with it.
They grow like weeds of movement and line, sometimes asking for colour. Without us even knowing it, they contain symbols and information.
In the practice of drawing, it's always unpredictable what unfolds, and the moment of "it's done" remains poorly defined. Sometimes boredom or fatigue are markers - but they mean little. In truth, they could go on forever.
Drawing is at the root of something only vaguely executed, but infinitely important. It marks a moment of translation from the invisible to the visible, from the imagined to the made, from the unknown to the defined.
Fifty Fifty Arts Collective
2516 Douglas
For more info: Fifty Fifty Arts Collective |
Open Space: Group Exhibition
Continuing to October 22
Why Can't Minimal?
For the average person, Minimalism, a mid-20th century modernist genre, has a reputation for being coldly intellectual, abstract, or hard to understand. Why Can't Minimal, curated by John G. Hampton, both challenges and engages the critiques of minimalism. In his hands, art history is witty, candid and speculative. Artists:
510 Fort Street, 2nd floor
For more info: Open Space |
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Coming soon!
Slide Room Gallery: Jeroen Witvliet
Opening October 7 at 6pm
Slide Room Gallery
2549 Quadra Street
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Are you looking for an awesome tenant?
One of our students came from Mexico to study at VISA and she is currently in her third and final year. Recenlty she has been unexpectedly evicted from her current accommodation and is looking for a suite in a house or a bachelor apartment. If you or anyone you know might have a place to rent to this lovely young woman, please contact the VISA office.
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