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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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Counterpoint and VIU Interior Design Grad Show

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Looking for some inspiration?  The Nanaimo Art Gallery downtown has two impressive shows on right now that you will be interested in seeing.

Counterpoint is a show featuring 3 Vancouver Island abstract artists, Carmen Mongeau, Barbara Ann Scott and Helen Webster. The show runs until May 25, 2011.  The art works are colourful and vibrant and subtle and blended.  A mixture of mediums have been used to achieve rich layers of interesting compositions.

VIU School of Interior Design Grad Show displays the final projects the students submitted for their thesis and portfolios of previous projects completed.  An impressive collection of work that showcases all their talents.  Any future students considering the program this gives a good idea of what can be accomplished. Congratulations!

For more information visit The Nanaimo Art Gallery on the blogroll.

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VIU Visual Art Grads invite Nanaimo to Art Show

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Come and see a feast for the eyes! The fourth year students in VIU’s BA visual arts program have put together, “Explorations” a show featuring the students finest works.        

For many of these visual art students this exhibition has been years in the making. Typically, this accomplishment assists their chosen concentration and usually takes four years to complete.  Come visit the show and support the students. Everyone is welcome at the opening reception between 7-9 pm on Friday, April 1, 2011, so come and meet the artists.

The art show runs from March 30th, 2011 to April 23th, 2011 at the Downtown Nanaimo Art Gallery on Commercial Street.

John Poirier’s Exhibit

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johnpoirier 300x225 John Poiriers ExhibitCome to the Nanaimo Art Gallery this Saturday, January 22nd (1-3pm) for the opening reception for John Poirier’s new photography exhibit which will run until February 5th.  Mr. Poirier is a renowned photographer originally from Yellowknife who now makes his home on Gabriola Island.

For more of John Poirier’s breathtaking photos, visit his website http://www.johnpoirier.ca