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Opening new art shows at the Nanaimo Art Gallery

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It is a great time to take in some art. The Nanaimo Art Gallery has new art shows starting this week at both locations, downtown and the Vancouver Island University campus gallery.

Today you can join artist Amy Loewan, January 13, 2012 from 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm at the Campus Gallery at VIU for her show “Illuminating Peace” which runs from January 13, 2012 – April 14, 2012. Her talk will be followed by a reception until 7:00 pm.

Amy Loewan’s exhibition and artist practices center on “creating work as a vehicle for personal transformation and promoting human understanding. I am dedicated to peace building and my career as a visual artist provides me with the avenue to carry out this task.” In the last decade Loewan has been focused on integrating her multicultural background and Chinese heritage by studying ancient symbols and eastern philosophies.

Downtown,  the Nanaimo Art Gallery at 150 Commercial Street is featuring a new show called “Person, Place or Thing” which runs from January 12, 2012 – January 28, 2012.

Artists B.A. Lampman, Rachel Evans, Chelsey Braham, Jean Paul Langlois, and Rose Dickson present “contemporary art exploring alternative dimensions, overlapping realities and all sorts of the beautiful and strange that exists within the mult-iverse.”

Also at the Downtown Gallery is “DATASTREAM 4 – Proliferating Signs & Cultural Layers” from January 12, 2012 – February 4, 2012.

Since its first exhibition at Vancouver Island University in 2004, the Datastream collective has reflected the stimulating–and sometimes disorienting—vectors of media and flows of data surrounding us.

Artists this year are: Robin Davies, Kevin Mazutinec, Niel Scobie, Marshall Soules, Doug Stetar, and Marian van der Zon.

 

Open Call for Public Art in Nanaimo

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Calling all outdoor artists! Nanaimo wants you.

The City of Nanaimo and the Nanaimo Art Gallery are seeking both large and small scale temporary public art pieces to be installed in high profile locations such as Maffeo Sutton Park and McGregor Park Plaza from May 2012 to April 2013.

Closing date for proposals is Friday, January 13, 2012, 2pm PST.

A non-mandatory information meeting will be held:
Thursday, December 8, 2011 from  5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Nanaimo Art Gallery, 150 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, B.C.

Expression of Interest documents are available at the City of Nanaimo under Bid Opportunities. Go there for all the details.

 

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Visions of Rural China comes to NAG

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A new art show opens at The Nanaimo Art Gallery called, “Visions of Rural China – Huxian Collection” by various artists. The Huxian paintings are all gouache watercolours on paper. The art show will run from August 29th to November 5th, 2011.

The opening reception will be held Friday, September 9th from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, at the   Campus Gallery – 900 Fifth Street, Entrance 5D. Everyone is welcome.

 

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Nanaimo Summer Art Camps

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Looking for something for the kids to do this summer? The Nanaimo Art Gallery is offering Summer Art Camps throughout July, 2011.

 All Day Art Camp: week of July 11-15th  9am – 3pm, age group 7 – 12  – $180 plus HST, all art supplies included.

ArtRageous art camp for little artists: July 18-22nd, 9am – 11.30am, ages 5 – 7 - $75 plus HST, all art supplies included.

Dance and Drama: July 18-22nd, 12:45 – 3:45pm, ages 6 – 12 – $90 plus HST, all supplies included.

Drawing, Painting and Printmaking for Teens: July 18-22nd, 12noon – 3pm, ages 13 -18  – $90 plus HST, all art supplies included.

For more information visit Nanaimo Art Gallery on the blogroll.

New exhibit at Nanaimo Art Gallery

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Charles Breth at Nanaimo Art Gallery

Charles Breth has a new exhibit at the Nanaimo Art Gallery at VIU.

Titled “Body of Evidence” this exhibit features figurative sculptures Charles Breth created by hand using age old techniques such as coil, slab and pinch pot processes.  These pieces have been fired with a terra sigillata solution of very fine clay particles most prominently used by the Greeks and Romans of antiquity.

Body of Evidence runs from May 13th to August 20th at the Campus Gallery, 900 Fifth Street in Nanaimo.

You can also visit his website http://charlesbrethsculpture.blogspot.com/

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New Public Art for Nanaimo

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Nanaimo gets new public art works this week to celebrate “Public Art Week” in Nanaimo which is all week from May 9 to 16, 2011. 

Today, Tuesday May 10th city crews will be installing six public art pieces at Maffeo Sutton Park, one at McGregor Park, and an eighth at the recently renovated Beban Park Social Centre. This collection of temporary art will be on display until May 2012.  

All of the art pieces will be on on-line auction at the Nanaimo Art Gallery website. The auction proceeds will benefit the Nanaimo Art Gallery and the temporary art project fund to ensure the project is sustainable.

On Thursday, May 12th come and meet the artists who created the public art, the Nanaimo Art Gallery will be hosting an Art in the Parks opening event at Maffeo Sutton Park at 4:30pm, with speeches beginning at 5:00 PM.

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