Preview: The Gallery Guide | June–August 2010

“The Things We Do”, in an age rife with
metaphysical confusion, this show
with talking hands, erotic arms, mongrel
figures and arguing animals guide
us through the errors of our collective
ways; Jul 7-30 The State of the University:
The Biennial Faculty and Staff
Exhibition, 20+ SFU faculty and staff
members offer their thoughts on what
universities today look like, as well as
how they enrich, enthrall and torment
those who work within their walls.
CAMPBELL RIVER
Campbell River Art Gallery
1235 Shoppers Row
✆250-287-2261 www.crartgallery.ca
tues-sat 12-5pm. MAIN AND DISCOVERY
GALLERIES Thru Jun 25 28th Annual
Members Show, 80+ regional artists
showcasing the diversity and quality of
art-making practices in the community;
MAIN GALLERY Jul 2-Aug 6 Mary Donlan
(Campbell River), “Into the Garden”,
plant and garden components become
metaphors for creativity in these large
abstract oil paintings – the seed represents
creative consciousness, leaves as
power and roots as personal and artistic
ancestry; DISCOVERY GALLERY Jul 8-
Aug 6 Local Views, regional artists who
have created work in conjunction with
the Gallery’s annual Campbell River
Garden Tour; MAIN GALLERY Aug 13-Sep
17 Johann Wieghardt (Vancouver),
“Sailing the Forbidden Seas”, mixed
media sculpture (found objects, kinetic
and interactive) and paintings depict
the swashbuckling life of the mariner
and the sailing days of yesteryear and
the more sobering realities of immigration,
disease and death; DISCOVERY
GALLERY Aug 13-Oct 29 Gretchen
Markle (Victoria), “A Year of Morning”,
examines historical rituals, ceremonies
and spiritual connections to the dawn
of each day in 365 oil pastel plein air
drawings of a year of sunrises over the
Strait of Juan de Fuca.
CASTLEGAR
Kootenay Gallery
120 Heritage Way ✆250-365-3337
www.kootenaygallery.com
wed-sat 10am-5pm sun 12-4pm. Jun
1-6 West Kootenay Camera Club Photo
Salon, photographs adjudicated by
the National Association of Photographic
Arts; Jun 11-25 Sarah Lawless,
Marilyn Lee, Peter Galonski,
Wendy Allen and Maria Medina,
“Modus Operandi: Ideas and Process”,
exploration of the creative process;
EAST GALLERY Jul 30-Sep 12 Royden
Josephson, “Ride Off Any Horizon”,
large-scale abstract paintings; WEST
GALLERY, Asha Robertson, ”Break
Land”, paintings exploring the impact
of humans on the land.
CHILLIWACK
Chilliwack Visual Artists
Association
City Hall location: 8550 Young Rd
Artists Gallery: 45899 Henderson Ave
(Chilliwack Art Centre) Museum:
45820 Spadina Ave
✆604-824-0563 604-792-2069
www.chilliwackvisualartists.ca
Chilliwack Art Centre, Artists Gallery:
tues-fri 11:30am-2:30pm; Chilliwack
City Hall Gallery: mon-fri 8:30am-
4:30pm; Chilliwack Museum: mon-fri
9am-4:30pm, Phone 604-795-5210 for
sat hours, closed except when openings
are scheduled. CHILLIWACK CITY
HALL Jun 1-29 Group Exhibition, “Full
28 PREVIEW ■ JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2010 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS