Preview of the Visual Arts | April-May 2010

tive Visions of the Formline: New Works
by Rande Cook, inspired by the work of
the late Doug Cranmer, Cook takes an
inventive approach to the formline in a
new series of gouache paintings.
★ Art Gallery of Greater
Victoria
1040 Moss St
✆250-384-4101 www.aggv.bc.ca
tues wed fri-sun 10am-5pm thurs 10am-
9pm. Thru Apr 11 Glimpses of Japan:
Recent Print Acquisitions, prints from
the 18th-20th C. include landscapes, historical
scenes, individual portraits, genre
scenes and Impressionistic images; Thru
May 30 Sayaka Akiyama, Manabu Ikeda,
Yoshiaki Kaihatsu, Kohei Nawa,
Miwa Yanagi and Tabaimo, “Great New
Wave: Contemporary Art from Japan”,
new and recent works by six emerging
and mid-career artists; Apr 9-Jun 6
James Gordaneer: A Life in Painting,
work embodies aspects from the major
theories in painting proposed over the
last six decades; Apr 30-Aug 22 SMASH:
International Indigenous Weaving,
explores the unique materiality of weaving
practice and cultural and spiritual
uses; Thru Jul 25 Ivory: Chinese and
Japanese Carved Masterpieces, featuring
more than 100 works from the
gallery’s collection; Ongoing Emily Carr
and her Contemporaries.
Avenue Gallery
2184 Oak Bay Ave ✆250-598-2184
www.theavenuegallery.com
mon-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 12-5pm,
open most holidays 12-4pm. Apr 11-24
Ron Parker, “An Artist’s Journey”, a 30year
retrospective and sale of paintings
and bronzes; May 2-15 “Form Rearranged”,
group abstract exhibition
including Adelle Andrew, Michael den
Hertog, Laura Harris, Mark Heine, Jutta
Kaiser, Joyce Kamikura, Philip Mix,
Renato Muccillo, Joan Skeet, Linda
Thompson and Andrew Wooldridge.
Collective Works Gallery
1311 Gladstone Ave ✆250-590-1345
www.collectiveworks.ca
tues-thurs 11am-6pm fri & sat 11am-
8pm sun 1-5pm. Thru Apr 8 Grant Watson,
“Sculpt Fiction”, new sculptural
work; Apr 9-22 As We See It, Victoria
High School Student show; Apr 23-May
6, Jan Johnson, Miriam Mulhall and
Marnie Miiller; “The World According
to JanMirMar”; May 21-Jun 3 Arlene
Nesbitt, “Image Informed”; Ongoing
Charlotte Bell, Jason Grondin, Jan
Johnson, PJ Kelly, Michael Leger,
Rosalie Matchett, Marnie Miiller,
Miriam Mulhall, Arlene Nesbitt, Harumi
Ota, Pete Rockwell, Isa Sevrain,
Jenny Waelti-Walters, Donald Ius, Al
Williams, Grant Watson and Chin
Yuen, group show.
Community Arts Council of
Greater Victoria
G6-1001 Douglas St ✆250-381-2787
www.cacgv.ca
mon-fri 10am-5pm. Apr 5-14 FCA
Spring Show 2010; Apr 15-21 Advanced
Visual Communications, Western Academy
of Photography [open sat 10am-
4pm] Apr 22-May 5 Second to None,
Victoria Secondary Schools, CAC Arts in
Education; May 6-12 Light Sensitive,
Western Academy of Photography; May
13-19 group show, Colour 3; May 20-26
In The Middle, Victoria Middle Schools,
CAC Arts in Education; May 27-Jun 9
Fairbanks Calligraphy Society.
Dales Gallery
537 Fisgard St ✆(250)383-1552
www.dalesgallery.ca
mon-fri 10am-5pm sat 11am-4pm. Apr
8-May 4 Ira Hoffecker, unique style of
abstract art that combines drawing and
painting; Jan Johnson, a whimsical
approach to the human condition, using
irony in steel to examine old and new
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