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Cris alvarez maglianowww.allmarquetry.comStudio/salon in nanaimoby appt. (250) 729 7415ALCHERINGA GALLERY CONT’Dlimited edition linocuts and etchingsby Torres Strait artists Dennis Nonaand Alick Tipoti, whose work weavesthe traditional rituals of coastal lifewith the myths and legends of the TorresStrait Islanders into contemporaryvisual form. Comparing and contrastingdesign in the work of leadingartists of the Northwest Coast ofCanada including lessLIE and RandeCook, and master carvers of PapuaNew Guinea including SebastienDumoi, Lucas Tangun and TeddyBalangu.★ Art Gallery ofGreater Victoria1040 Moss St ✆250-384-4171www.aggv.bc.catues wed fri-sun 10am-5pm thurs10am-9pm. Sep 3-Nov 28 MiniatureArts of China and Japan, astudy of daily life through smalltreasures collected and desired bydifferent classes of people; Thru Sep12 Kent Monkman: The Triumph ofMischief, drawing on images from19th C. colonial art and classic cinematicgenres, Monkman constructsnew stories and images that take intoaccount missing narratives of aboriginalpeoples; Oct 8-Jan 30 DanielLaskarin: Agnostic Objects (thingspersist), Laskarin works with adiverse range of media to arousequestions about perception, doubtand uncertainty; Thru Oct 17 ToddTremeer, “LAB 10.01: Little Wars …”, inspired by the H.G. Wells novel ofthe same name, Tremeer will createan interactive mural left incompletefor visitor collaboration on usingstamps which depict houses, trees,peasants, walls, mounted knights,tanks and animals; Thru Oct 31Focus On The Collection: SybilAndrews, linocuts by one of Canada’smost significant printmakers,infuenced by Cubism, Futurism andVorticism; Thru Nov 14 Return of theSamurai, newly acquired samuraisuits of armor, a major new swordand a painting attributed to the greatestsamurai general of all, ToyotomiHideyoshi (1536-98); Thru Jun 30,2013 Emily Carr: On the Edge ofNowhere, historical survey of Carr’sartwork in all media and styles.Avenue Gallery2184 Oak Bay Ave ✆250-598-2184www.theavenuegallery.common-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 12-5pm,open most holidays 12-4pm. Sep 12-25 The Modern Figure, collectiveexhibition; Oct 17-30 Renato Muccillo,“Edge of Existence”.Collective Works Gallery1311 Gladstone Ave✆250-590-1345 250-995-1697www.collectiveworks.catues-sun 12-6pm. Thru Sep 9 HarumiOta, “Squid”, new ceramic sculpture;Sep 10-24 PJ Kelly, “Rummage”, newpaintings and drawings; Sep 25-Oct 7Isa Sevrain, Coco Jones and KristinePatton, “The Fates”; Oct 8-21 RosalieMatchett, new encaustic work; Oct22-Nov 11 Chin Yuen, “Wavelengths”,abstract paintings.Community Arts Council ofGreater VictoriaG6-1001 Douglas St ✆250-381-2787www.cacgv.camon-fri 10am-5pm. Sep 9-22 MondayMagazine Photo Exhibition; Sep30-Oct 13 FCA Fall Exhibit; Oct 14-27 Watermark Print Exhibition; Oct28-Nov 3 Hannah and Lien Chang.Dales Gallery537 Fisgard St ✆250-383-1552www.dalesgallery.camon-fri 10am-5pm sat 11am-4pm.Thru mid-Sep Stephanie Harding,“Produce”, oil paintings; Oct 7-19Irma Soltanovich, “turn toward everything”,new works by local visualartist; Oct 22-Nov 23 Debbie Garside,”The Wild Horses of Sable Island”,photography featuring images fromsummer 2009 and winter 2010,www.sableislandhorses.ca.Deluge Contemporary Art636 Yates St ✆ 250-385-3327www.deluge.wswed-sat 12-5pm. Sep 3-Oct 2 CalebSpeller, “Canadian Muscle”, Onceupon a time, there were factories inCanada that made thousands of usefulthings: nails, stamp pads, pencils, batteries,hand salve, doorknobs, records,you name it, this series of drawingsdocuments and celebrates this madeit-in-Canadaattitude; Oct 8-17 AntimatterFilm Festival, www.antimatter.ws;Oct 29-Nov 2 Kevin Haas,“Untitled Landscape”, prints depictingcommercial landscapes found nearinterstate highways.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 63