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Artist takes ideas to the limit

Shawn Shepherd is a man of many parts. His strong, well-painted fruits and vegetables have long graced the walls of Café Brio. With his wife, Mary, he is proprietor of the eccentric Polychrome Gallery...

 
 
 
 

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Program puts art in the public eye

Europe has a reputation for nurturing its artists. It's something retired real estate agent Kerry Liggins noticed on her regular trips to France - in the open-air markets, in the buzzing gallery atmosphere...


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Mary Jo Hughes with some of the art on show in William Kurelek: The Messenger, a comprehensive display of the late Prairie artist's work.

Kurelek's hidden messages go public

EXHIBIT -- WILLIAM KURELEK: THE MESSENGER


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Quiet artist makes bold statement with murals

It's hard to believe that such big ideas can come from a small space. Jeff Maltby met me in the living room of the townhouse he shares with his wife and two children. When he drew back the curtain across...


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High style meets street art

What: Reflect, featuring Ronan Boyle's Sky Burials and Jay Hanscom's Rebel Where: View Art Gallery, 860 View St.


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Comic book college

Anew program at Camosun College in comics and graphic novels is a first for Canada, its instructors say.


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Artists open their studios

The fifth Vic West Art Quest adds zest to life across the bridge today and Sunday. Fifteen artists open their studios from 1 to 5 p.m. The event, created by and for the artists, is planned to coincide...


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Evan James, with one of his paintings at Pacifica Housing's Camas Gardens, is among the dozen formerly homeless artists whose works are on display at Island Blue Art Store.

Artist's talent born on the streets

Evan James says making art helped him survive five years living on the street.


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Quest for art leads to Vic West

Art studios around Victoria West open their doors this weekend for the Vic West Art Quest.


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Siren call lures art specialist

Nicholas Tuele has been a man about the arts since the mid-1960s. I've known him since 1975 and yet, until we sat down to talk last week, I'd never understood the range of his activities. He's very articulate...


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Silk

China's silken touch on display

Silk Splendour: Textiles of Late Imperial China (1644-1911)


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Two-sided project puts beauty into focus

In one photo, Theresa slouches slightly in a Sex Pistols T-shirt and red shorts, her black-and-red hair free at her shoulders, with a huge grin on her face and her gaze pointed to the side.


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Aboriginal Art

Exhibit features urban Coast Salish works

Friendship Centre displays selection of pieces from its collection


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Wolf/Sheep

Wolf/Sheep: A house of street art

Gallery and studio marks its first year with a two-day show


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Musician Will Millar's first Victoria solo show, Irish Frolics, opens on St. Paddy's Day at Winchester Galleries.

Paintings evoke Ireland of the past

Former Irish Rovers frontman distils moment in time of mother country


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Laurie White

Exhibit turns mail into art

When the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective issued a call for "mail art," it had one proviso: The art should be the size of a post card.


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Dr. Sketchy brings art to the people

Event encourages everyone to come out and draw


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Art that's a shock in the park

Tyler Hodgins is part of Throw Down, an exhibition of contemporary artists at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.


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The art of a culture

Barry Till has spent years overseeing the AGGV's Chinese art collection; now the public will see the best of it


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Collective Works closing its doors

ollectivism has collapsed at the Collective Works Gallery in Fernwood, which will close its doors Dec. 4.


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Casual restructuring

The Ministry of Casual living gallery is using its eviction from its home as an opportunity to reshape its future


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Photo project puts life into perspective

Artist Mike Andrew McLean took more than 100 photos each day for a year. His exhibit, Thirty-Five Thousand Forty, opens Thursday at Open Space.


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Illustrators mark 25th year

Group has grown from four to more than 50 members


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